"It seems that you don't know anything," the prince said with staring straight into Lai Xing'er's eyes, "There was civil strife in the palace, and the people here were all killed by the forbidden army under Zhang Liang. ”

"What about my master and uncle, are they also dead?"

"I don't know." The prince impatiently replied to Lai Xing'er's repeated questions, and asked Lai Xing'er rhetorically, "Let me ask you, how did you get into this courtyard, and there was no one guarding outside?" ”

Lai Xing'er shook her head in disappointment.

"Haha, it's really heaven that won't destroy me!" The prince seemed a little excited, and kept pacing back and forth in the room, as if he was thinking about something.

"Niangniang is not worried that you will enter the palace alone, and you are still waiting for the news I brought back in the East Palace, so I will go to report to Niangniang." Seeing the prince's strange expression, Lai Xing'er was scared in his heart, and said tentatively.

"You're not allowed to go." The prince stopped him without looking back.

"Also, Zeng-sama ......"

"You mean Zeng Qingze?" The crown prince Huo Ran turned around, his eyes flashed with cold light and asked, "Where is he now?" Where did you meet him? Then, without waiting for Lai Xing'er to reply, he shook his head and muttered, "No, he is no longer useful." ”

Lai Xing'er was worried about the life and death of Su Fuzhong and Wu Xiaozhong, and wanted to get out of the idle yard to search around, so he followed the prince's words and asked: "Your Highness has anything you need to do small, just give your orders." ”

"Yes, there must be an errand for you. Don't make a noise, let Bengong think again. The prince was still immersed in his thoughts.

The two of them stayed in the room for half an hour, and the prince suddenly asked Lai Xing'er: "This palace vaguely remembers that you were on an errand in front of Ning Xiangxuan Wanrong, how did you run here?" ”

"When you left the capital two years ago, the little one was still on an errand in Ning Xiangxuan, and within a few days, Gonggong Xie reassigned the little one to the stable. Later, it is said that it was at the behest of the queen's mother, the East Palace stable and the stable courtyard were in one place, and the small one returned to the stable courtyard. Lai Xing'er replied 1510.

"Hasn't Fleur looked for you again in the past two years?"

"If you go back to your grandfather, I haven't seen her again in the past two years." Lai Xing'er was afraid that he would mention the matter of acting as the eyeliner of Qingning Palace back then, and replied busily.

"Weird!" The crown prince was puzzled, "She just let you leave the East Palace without paying attention?" ”

Lai Xing'er didn't know how to answer, so she had to stand still.

The prince pondered for a moment, turned around and sat on the edge of the bed, and instructed Lai Xing'er: "The palace is a little hungry, you go and find some food for the palace." ”

Lai Xing'er answered, and when he left the duty room, he did not go to the room not far from the duty room to find food, but ran to the stable in the other direction. However, it wasn't until Lai Xing'er searched all the stables in the courtyard of the stables that he didn't find any trace of Su Fuzhong and Wu Xiaozhong. He had no choice but to return to the backyard and enter the room.

"Why don't you come here looking for food, what are you looking for?" In the room, the prince was sipping a bowl of steaming porridge, and when he saw Lai Xing'er coming in, he asked with a straight face.

Lai Xing'er exclaimed: "Master, you have been following the little one?" ”

The prince put down the porridge bowl, walked up, patted Lai Xing'er on the shoulder, and said, "It's not bad, it's not in vain that the palace kept you and didn't kill you." ”

Lai Xing'er took a look at the cold and shining steel knife on the stove, and understood that the prince had sent him to find food, but it turned out that it was just to test himself. He felt aggrieved, but also full of worry and fear, and cried out with a "wow".

"Shut up!" The prince was already unsettled, and he became more and more irritable by his cry, "Today you are destined to meet this palace here, and you will be your part of creation in the future." At this critical juncture of life and death, what is the use of crying! ”

Lai Xing'er stared at the prince with a pair of eyes full of tears, and tried not to cry.

The prince took out something from his arms, hesitated for a moment, but handed it to Laixing, and advised: "There is an urgent errand sent to you in this palace." This is the Chixia Bi of the palace to the body, you take this thing and rush to the Dongyang County Mansion in Quy Nhon to see Jing Yuncong, and ask him to lead the personal soldiers in the palace to come here to protect the palace. ”

Lai Xing'er took the jade bi, wiped a handful of tears, and couldn't help asking, "Master, what happened?" , she ......"

"Don't ask too much, remember not to go to the East Palace, if Jing Yuncong is not in the mansion, you just have to return immediately, and you must not tell others that the palace is in this idle courtyard." The prince shouted sharply.

Lai Xing'er had no choice but to salute the prince, hurriedly left the room, walked through the duty hall, and walked towards the main entrance of the idle stable. But before he could open the courtyard door and go out, the prince's voice came from behind him: "Forget it, you better not go." ”

Lai Xing'er turned his head and saw the prince standing not far behind him with a depressed expression, his eyes fixed on the courtyard door, as if he was afraid to see the two doors open.

"Master, are you still not at ease with the little ones?" Lai Xing'er asked curiously.

The crown prince shook his head weakly and muttered, "He wants this palace to hide here, and he has his own reasons." So be it, so as not to cause trouble. ”

Lai Xing'er looked confused, and wanted to ask the prince who he was talking about, but the prince refused to say. He followed the prince back to the duty room in the backyard, and the two were relatively silent, each thinking about their own thoughts.

Seeing the golden wuxi falling, the light in the room gradually dimmed. Lai Xing'er thought of the corpses of the people lying in the front yard, and suddenly felt that this huge and silent courtyard was gloomy and terrifying. He stood up, took out the fire pleats he had brought with him, and tried to light the candle in the room to light it, but was stopped by the prince.

"Lai Xing'er, why did you help Bengong two years ago?" The prince probably couldn't bear the darkness coming, and asked Laixing'er.

Lai Xing'er didn't understand why the prince would bring up the past at this time, and replied with a snort: "The little one can't say it well, but I just think that it should be done, otherwise the little one will be really at ease." ”

"That's what you think?" The prince was a little surprised, and asked with a fuss, "Do you think that helping this palace is actually helping yourself?" For example, Liu Cairen, who was willing to be a vicious dog in Qingning Palace, came out to bite people, but still asked the master to kill his mouth. ”

Lai Xing'er was asked by him, and replied vaguely: "Maybe, the little one can't do the secret harm." ”

"In this way, he is helping Bengong now, and he is also helping himself." The prince didn't pay attention to Lai Xing'er's words, and said to himself, "I wonder if he has the ability to help Bengong survive this misfortune?" ”

Lai Xing'er looked out the window and asked uneasily, "Master, are we just staying here all the time?" Let's go together while it's dark. ”

"Shhh The prince put two fingers to his mouth and made a silent gesture.