The emperor originally refused to accept the harem, but after this incident, he was like a different person, not to mention the draft, but he did not refuse to send the women that the old ministers intended to send into the palace, and he spoiled some beautiful palace maids at every turn.

Although the increasing number of concubines in the harem is not what the queen wants, she knows that the emperor is not sincere to these women, as long as she is not the only one who favors the Mo family as she did at the beginning, she would rather be like this Everyone serves the emperor together, and her position will be truly stable.

"It turns out that there is such a secret past in the Dongzhao Palace."

Mu Yunyi couldn't come back to her senses for a long time in Xiangying's narration, not only because of the sad and lamentable emotional entanglement of Emperor Dongzhao when he was young, but also because the concubine and the eldest prince were also buried in the fire......

"Princess?" Xiangying saw Mu Yunyi stunned, and patted her, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"Well, it's nothing, it's just a reminder of an old man, he ...... He also died in the fire. The corners of Mu Yunyi's mouth floated with a touch of bitterness.

After a while, she shook her head, the more she missed him, the more she couldn't get stuck here.

"I still don't understand, why did you save me?" Mu Yunyi didn't know that Shuguifei, she didn't believe that this Xiangying saved herself just because she was kind.

Xiangying was also simply, "The slave is entrusted by people." ”

"Who's the trustee of you?"

"The princess forgives her sins, and the slave and maid need to keep this matter a secret, and the princess will know when the time is appropriate in the future." Xiangying didn't seem to be pretending to be mysterious, her hands were arched, and she was very honest.

Mu Yunyi was surprised, this Xiangying should only be Concubine Shu's personal maidservant, and Concubine Shu has been dead for many years, who can she be entrusted with? But seeing that Xiangying was so resolute, she couldn't ask anything, so Mu Yunyi no longer insisted.

"I've searched the palace once, but I haven't found it, so I should have a second time, and I'm afraid I won't be so easy to hide next time."

As he was talking, there was a sound of beating outside.

Xiangying stood up and muttered, "It's the fifth watch, it's now." ”

"What?" Mu Yunyi didn't know why.

Xiangying quickly turned around and squatted down, stretched out her hand to the straw on the ground, groped out a set of palace maid's clothes and a small porcelain jar, handed the clothes to Mu Yunyi and said, "Princess, quickly change this set of clothes." ”

Mu Yunyi turned out to be dressed, but she still couldn't see Xiangying's intentions, "What does this mean?" ”

"There's no time, princess, you believe in the slave, change your clothes first."

Originally, the clothes he wore would attract attention in the palace, and it was always better to change into the clothes of the palace maid. So Mu Yunyi didn't hesitate any longer, quickly took off the red middle coat and put on the palace maid's clothes.

Seeing that Mu Yunyi had almost changed, Xiangying picked up the small porcelain jar and the candle on the table, and walked to the edge of the straw shop.

Mu Yunyi looked at Xiangying's movements and felt that something was wrong, so she grabbed her arm and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Does the princess know that a fire can burn people to death and save people?"

"You're going to ...... Set fire to here? Mu Yunyi was shocked.

"Yes, the fire will get bigger in a while, and it will attract everyone, and you will escape through the back door."

Mu Yunyi understood what Xiangying meant, at this moment, the palace was heavily guarded, and he had nowhere to escape, but if the cold palace went to water, it would be different, you must know that the most taboo in the palace was to walk the water, and everyone's attraction would be on extinguishing the fire, so he could escape by taking advantage of the chaos.

Xiangying saw that Mu Yunyi had already understood her intentions, and continued: "Princess, you will walk along the small alley behind the cold palace for a while, go straight north out of the alley, and turn left at the end, where someone will pick you up. ”

It turned out that someone had already arranged everything to save her, but who was the person who was so hand-eyed in Dongzhao Palace, and calculated everything early, and helped him at a critical moment? Or is it all a conspiracy?

Xiangying opened the jar, it was full of vegetable oil, she poured all the oil on the straw, and when she turned around, she saw the hesitation in Mu Yunyi's eyes, and said: "Princess, the slave knows that you have concerns in your heart, but if the slave says something disrespectful, do you have any other way to go now?" ”

Mu Yunyi was stunned for a moment, and then she was relieved, Xiangying was right, do you still have a choice now? No matter who the master behind Xiangying is, and what his purpose is, he must always get out of the palace alive to plan a way out.

"However, if there is a fire in the cold palace, the palace will definitely investigate thoroughly in the end, what if you are involved." After thinking about it, Mu Yunyi still felt that it was inappropriate, although it was important to escape for her own life, she must not let others put herself in danger, not to mention that she had only known this Xiangying for two or three hours, how could she be dragged into this troubled water?

"It's a dry day, and there are few people in the cold palace to take care of it, and it's not uncommon to walk in the water, and even if the emperor finds out that he has something to do with me, he won't kill me easily." Speaking of this, Xiangying sneered with some disdain: "He was so angry at the beginning, didn't he spare my life?" He sent me to the cold palace and didn't want to see me, but he wouldn't let me die, just because I was the only one in the palace who was related to Concubine Shugui, and he couldn't let go of our mother after all. ”

"You are very loyal to your mother." Mu Yunyi could see the hatred for the emperor in Xiangying's eyes.

"Yes, my mother treats me like a sister, and even gives me money to send out of the palace for treatment when my mother is dying, except for my mother, the only one in the world who really cares for me is the concubine Niangniang, but she doesn't want me to serve my mother for less than a year before ......" Speaking of this, Xiangying sighed heavily, threw the candle lamp on the grass, and the flames quickly jumped up a fire dragon along the vegetable oil, and soon the whole straw burned.

"Princess, take advantage of the moment, go quickly!" Xiangying pushed Mu Yunyi towards the back window.

"You and I meet in the water, thank you for saving your life, if you can see it later, I will return this kindness!" After that, Mu Yunyi walked through the window.

Looking at her back through the firelight, Xiangying actually smiled peacefully: "If I can save you, it will be considered that I have not been secretly born in this cold palace for more than ten years, princess, take care." ”

Then, Xiangying rushed out of the door and shouted: "It's water! Someone's coming! The cold palace is gone......"

As soon as Mu Yunyi walked into the small alley behind the cold palace, he heard that the cold palace behind him was already full of fire and thick smoke, and soon there was a commotion around it, with cries for help, footsteps, and the sound of doors and windows toppling.

Mu Yunyi felt that the injury on her right shoulder began to bleed again, but fortunately, it was night, no one was paying attention, she clenched her fist with her right hand, lowered her head and continued to walk forward in pain.

Coming to the end of the north palace wall that Xiangying said, Mu Yunyi really saw a person dressed as a eunuch standing there, but she couldn't determine the identity of that person, her steps slowed down, and her left hand was placed on her waist, so that she could do it immediately in case of any situation.

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