Chapter 416: Dumb

Queen Le and Zhao Hang have long been accustomed to it!

Queen Le smiled at Dumb: "I'm a mother, he's a son, we came here just to want the gifts in your basket!" she said, pointing to the small red basket in Dumb's hand.

Dumb became happy: "There are many good things in this basket...... It's all for you......" She excitedly handed the basket to Queen Le's hand, and then jumped away.

The heavy door slammed shut.

Empress Le and Zhao Hang heard the sound of the door locking.

Zhao Hang's heart sank with the loud sound of the door closing, and he knew that it would take another two months for this door to open.

Queen Le gently lifted the flower headscarf covering the small basket, and she was stunned for a moment.

In the small red basket were two shabby dresses, two packets of rapeseeds, a small shovel for digging the earth, a bowl of frozen lard, half a bucket of salt, and in addition to this, a small note was placed in the basket. Queen Le's eyes were firmly fixed on the small note.

On a small note the width of a finger, a line of fly-headed letters was written: Tonight, someone is trying to harm you!

Queen Le crumpled the small note, stuffed it into her mouth, and swallowed it hard.

Zhao Hang was still stunned and looked at the closed door in the distance, unaware of everything that happened at this moment!

Queen Le's heart was beating so hard that she didn't know who wrote that little note, how did it get to Dumb's little basket, because she knew that everything Dumb sent in had been strictly checked. Who could avoid surveillance and put a small note in a small basket? Could it be Dumb? How could it be? Dumb was so stupid, so stupid, she was famous in the court, how could she write? Empress Le sighed, she felt more sorrow than fear in her heart, she knew that sooner or later, the two of them would be slaughtered like lambs!

This day has finally come!

She is not afraid of death, and it is better to die happily than to live in fear like this. But what about her son Zhao Hang? He is still a big child, and his beautiful life has just begun, so did it come to an abrupt end? She is not reconciled, she wants to protect her son! Even if she is dismantled and chopped into meat sauce, she will fight and fight! Even if she dies, she will kick them and punch them, even if she can't kick them, she can't hit them, and she will bite them.

That night, Queen Le took out all the food she had stored, cooked it carefully, made it with care, and finally put it on the stove with five plates of exquisite snacks. A plate of sautéed edamame, a plate of fried potato chips, a plate of salt-boiled peanuts, a plate of stir-fried greens, and a plate of aged bacon!

Zhao Hang ate with relish, he said, he has not eaten such a good thing for many years.

Queen Le eats very little, and her mind is all on her son. Seeing Zhao Hang eating so happily, she was more or less comforted. Zhao Hang kept picking up vegetables for her, urging her to eat more. Queen Le vaguely agreed, but the chopsticks in her hand did not move. She looked at the bowl full of vegetables in front of her, her nose was sore, and tears fell from her eyes. The light in the hut was too dim for Zhao Hang to notice at all. Queen Le hurriedly got up, looked at the moon outside the door, and slowly controlled her tears.

Zhao Hang didn't know that this might be his last supper!

The hut was dark, but the door was surprisingly bright!

A full moon hung silently in the sky. The deep blue sky, cold stars are falling, and a few thin gray-white clouds float in the sky.

The night wind was bitterly cold. Queen Le took her son's hand and walked along the path of the garden.

There are no flowers in the garden, all of them are vegetable patches reclaimed by Queen Le. Her slender hands had long since become rough and covered with thick calluses. For the sake of her son, she can eat any hardship!

The abandoned palace and gardens are surrounded by high walls, and the only exit is the palace gate. The gate is only opened once every two months, and there are officials guarding the door, so there is no way to escape. The surrounding walls are more than ten zhang high, and there is not even a tree on the side of the wall, so it is impossible to climb over the wall to get out.

Empress Le took her son Zhao Hang and walked around the high wall twice.

There are no exits! This abandoned palace is a prison!

Queen Le sighed and looked at her son beside her.

Zhao Hang had already noticed something unusual, he looked at his mother, and suddenly asked, "Are we going to escape?"

Queen Le touched her son's cold hand: "We live well here, why run away?"

Zhao hung his head and looked at his mother's thin face: "We have eaten all the delicious food, will we only be able to eat the small vegetables in the garden in the future?"

Queen Le smiled: "You see that our house is so big, there must be a lot of delicious food hidden in it." ”

Zhao Hang said happily: "Mother, you are so thin, if you find something delicious, you must eat more!"

Queen Le's heart was sour, she quickly looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and forced the tears in her eyes back. She had to be strong and optimistic in front of her son. She couldn't tell her son about the little note, she was afraid of scaring him! In fact, even if she told him, it would be of no use except to make him afraid, not to mention whether the words written on the note were true or not, she was not sure whether it was true. It's still early in the night, she has to plan for the worst, she has to make the best preparations, she is not willing to sit still! Since she can't get out, she can only find life in this abandoned palace, even if there is a chance to escape, she will not give up.

The moon is tall and the cold moonlight illuminates the earth. The shadows of the palace were still dim. In the darkest part of the shadow, there was a sudden flash of red light. It's just a blink of an eye, and no one can find out at all.

Queen Le took her son to find food, in fact, this is just an excuse, her real purpose is to find a chance to escape, even if she can't escape, finding a secret place to hide is also a good idea, at least it is better than staying here and waiting for death!

This abandoned palace is said to have been abandoned for hundreds of years, and even Queen Le, who has lived in the palace for a long time, does not know its details. Why did this majestic palace fall into ruin? Why was it not demolished or renovated? Why did a high wall be erected around the palace to isolate everything here from the outside world? Empress Le did not know, let alone Zhao Hang! Ever since she was imprisoned here, Empress Le knew that there was such a tall and abandoned palace in the imperial palace of the Great Zhao Empire! Although this palace was tall and majestic, it was not suitable for habitation. There was nothing but thick dust and broken cobwebs! The layout of the palace was also peculiar, and the hall on the first floor was divided into hundreds of small rooms of various sizes.

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