"Okay, Yu Yue, please worry about it, so late at night, you still find a way to go out of the palace to find the axe to find me in the inner prison. It's just that there's so much going on tonight, and it's not the place to talk. Next, I need to go to Huaihua Street in the West Market in person, and there is nothing to do with you for the time being. I winked in the direction of Miyahata, "If there is nothing else, you can go back and still hear the news for me." ”

Yu Yue was still staring at me worriedly, but the axe understood my hint, pressed my brother's head and bowed to me, then picked up the rope that had climbed over the wall, and jumped up to it.

"In this case, the flag owner is careful in everything, and his subordinates still return to the third prince, and if there is news, the flag owner must be notified immediately!"

Yu Yue still seems to be uneasy, but he also realizes that his various performances are really inappropriate. After a few struggles, he finally bowed down to me again and ran in the direction of the inner palace.

Seeing his figure disappear into the night, Sarong suddenly pulled out the jade sword from his waist, and walked towards the palace banner without saying anything-

"Hey! Sarong! I stood in front of her the moment she drew her sword at Miyahata's neck, "What are you doing here?" ”

"I'm afraid this friend of yours has wanted to kill me a long time ago." The palace banner behind him was ready to fight, but his tone still maintained his usual casual and frivolous, "You didn't want me to come out just after I was in prison, did you?" ”

"Knowingly asked. If you were me, would you not do it? Sarong was very disdainful of Gong Wan's words, and she said to me seriously, "He is the prince of great hearts, and he has heard everything we have said, how can I keep him alive?" ”

"I know, Sarong, you listen to my explanation......" My mind was racing, but I didn't know how to start for a while, "It's a long story, and I don't know how to explain it, so you can put your sword down first!" ”

"Gui Hotaru, you're crazy! You and I are in a high position in the Tail Sect, if he told the emperor about today's events, have you ever thought that the Tail Sect and the Taopinlou will be a catastrophe! ”

"I know!" I was so anxious that I simply took two steps back, and opened my arms in front of Miyahata, "But he won't, Sarong, I promise you, okay!" ”

Sarong stood still, obviously not expecting me to protect the palace flag like this. After a long time, she seemed to be reluctantly persuaded by me, and slowly put down the jade sword.

"If he has an accident, if I don't care about Aunt Hua and Wanqiu, and leave Taopinlou alone, don't blame me." Sarong retracted his sword from his waist and turned his back to the past, saying, "Explain tonight's events to me tomorrow, this place is not suitable for a long time, let's go back quickly." ”

I nodded gratefully at Sarong's back, turned around and took the hand of the palace flag: "I'll explain what happened just now, this is the palace in the end, we will be discovered at any time, let's go out first-"

"I'm not leaving."

I didn't expect Miyahata to suddenly break free of my hand and look back at him in disbelief.

"What's wrong with you! Are you still playing tricks at this time? ”

"I'm not playing tricks. You still have a peach sales building to go back to, and no matter how bad it is, there is still the prince's mansion. But my home is here..."Miyahata's eyes were so dim that it was distressing, "If I leave, I'm afraid that my father will never trust me again." Gui Hotaru, you don't understand, you don't understand my situation here. You go first, and I'll be back in prison. When you find out the truth outside, I'll go out innocently. ”

"Miyahata ......"

"Right now, the third brother and the fourth brother are tripped in the palace by their father, and it's not too late for you to go to the craftsman's family tomorrow morning." Miyahata said seriously, "Take care of yourself, so you can come back and save me, I believe in you, return to Hotaru." ”

He didn't say anything more, only smiled at me one last time. In a trance, I seemed to see tears glinting in his clear eyes. Before he could see it, however, he had already turned his head and strode towards the gates of the inner prison.

All the way out of the palace with Sarong, I was thinking about the sad but hopeful eyes of the palace flag when he parted.

"Why the hell do you trust him so much? If it's okay to leave the palace with us, and you still agree to him staying in the palace by himself, then wouldn't he be able to report to his emperor Lao Tzu at any time? ”

It was early in the morning when I returned to the Taopin Building. Walking through the lonely front building, I just strode silently to the wing room in the back building that I had not set foot in for a long time. Sarong, who was following me, saw that I didn't speak, and still didn't let go, "And your subordinate, the brother of the twins, is called Yue." Gui Hotaru, I don't understand the rules of your Gangfeng Banner... It's just that his attitude towards you tonight, is he too worried? ”

Sarong's words are true - the few times I saw Yue before, he was like a robot without half of his emotions. Today's reaction to my imprisonment is completely beyond the concern that a dead soldier should have for his own bannerman.

I shouldn't be worried that I'll be killed and that Gangfeng Banner will fall......

There was a vague and unethical conjecture that welled up in my head, and I immediately rejected it.

Yu Yue... He won't.

"Return to Hotaru!"

It was a fairy voice I hadn't heard in a long time. I looked up in surprise and saw Wanqiu wearing a blanket and sitting at the entrance of the fifth floor.

"Wanqiu!"

"I'll sit here and wait for you as soon as Sarong leaves, why did it take so long to come back!" Wanqiu took my hand, and her eyes overflowing with tears of joy looked me up and down, "This has been going for a long time, I must have suffered a lot again, show me quickly, but I hurt ......"

I was secretly grateful to Wanqiu for not meeting me and asking me why I entered the Prince's Mansion, why I became the Crown Princess, or why I was involved in the trivial matter of tonight's dispute. Perhaps this is the intimacy of Wanqiu, sometimes, it is more reassuring not to ask than to ask for warmth.

Maybe deep in her soul, she and Chu He are the same, firm, and always unconditionally believe in their friends.

"I'm fine, with Sarong here, everything is in order. Speaking of injuries, Wanqiu, Zhuo Ying she-"

"—shh

Wanqiu pressed her white and slender jade fingers against Sakura's lips, and shook her head and pointed upstairs, hinting not to wake up Aunt Hua.

"I'll go back to my room first," Sarong whispered in a sleeping position, "and there's someone else." ”

Wanqiu nodded, and when she saw Sarong go back to the room, she took my hand and walked in the opposite direction, my wing.

"Now that I am in charge of the Taopin Building, I have moved to Aunt Hua's temporary room on the sixth floor." Wanqiu pushed open the door and ushered me in, "There is always a guest room in Sarong's room, and I am afraid that I will alarm Aunt Hua by bringing people to me." I have the right to place Miss Zhuo with you. ”

Wanqiu stopped me at the screen of the cabinet. Looking at Zhuo Ying, who was covered with a quilt but still bruised and purple on his face, my nose was sour, and tears flowed down.

"Everyone has found it, look at you..."Wan Qiu reproached softly, but picked up a handkerchief in her hand to wipe my tears for me. I managed to fall asleep, you can't wake me up. Even if there are thousands of sentences, it's better to say it tomorrow morning, okay? ”

Wanqiu's tone was gentle, and when she blew it in her ears, she was crispy. She pulled me out of the room reluctantly, and met Sarong as she walked out of the room. When she saw that I was crying sadly, she took my other hand and tilted her head towards her room.

"I've continued some intoxicating incense, and I'm going to sleep until at least noon tomorrow."

Wanqiu and I couldn't help laughing, the three of us held hands with each other, and went to Wanqiu's wing room on the sixth floor.

Wanqiu's wing room is adjacent to Aunt Hua's room, which is next to the account room where I overheard Aunt Hua and the girl in the building having a secret meeting that day. The three of them crept in the door, Wanqiu lit a candle, and I was surprised to find that this wing room was so rich and luxurious, it was twice as big as my one downstairs. All the furniture, tables and chairs are of the finest golden silk wood, and the carvings on the screens and walls are elegant and exquisite, but Wanqiu's simple temperament makes it impossible to have anything else in such a spacious room except for a few necessary pieces of furniture and a few pots of flowers and trees.

"Look stunned, people didn't do anything, so they added five million taels to the building for nothing, no wonder Aunt Hua was eccentric." Sarong smiled at me and lay straight down on the huge bed in the cabinet, "Fortunately, this bed is big enough, more than four times larger than normal, even if the three of us live together." ”

"Yes, Gui Hotaru, you can rest with me." Wanqiu changed her bedclothes, walked in with a candle and said with a smile, "Recently, Sarong has a guest accommodation bureau, and they all came to live with me." ”

"It's cheaper for her." I glanced at Sarong who was lying on the bed with a big smile and said, "Wanqiu is my good sister, you can sleep in such a good bed but borrow my light, why don't you even say a word of thanks?" ”

"Don't dream, you ask Wanqiu if she is good with you or with you," Sarong yawned and kicked me in the air, "Who broke into the palace tonight to save you, and I want to thank you......"

"Okay, okay, you're not tired after a busy night's work." Wanqiu also climbed into bed, and smiled separately from me and Sarong, who were fighting together, "Listen to me in my territory, don't make any more trouble, there will be a lot of things tomorrow!" ”

The three of us chattered together in the warm quilt for a long time before it quieted down. Listening to the crackling sound of the charcoal fire, I felt more comfortable and comfortable than ever before - the last time I slept in Taopinlou, it seemed like a previous life.

Everything about tonight kept pouring out of his mind, the marquis in front of the Qing Palace, the emperor, Concubine Li and Concubine Ying, the palace flag blowing the ocarina alone in the Wangqi Pond, the flying knife that burst out of the fireworks, the Zhuo Ying who was covered in scaly wounds, the firework master who framed the palace flag with his life, and the Yu Yue who fell from the sky and lost his temper......

Sarong and Wanqiu beside me were already breathing evenly and deeply, and I remembered that they had been tossing all night because of me. Between the guilt, his mind became groggy and ached.

I rolled over in displeasure, trying to put aside the clutter of trivia that had filled my mind. However, there was a sudden ache in his chest, as if he had been hit by something hard. Annoyed, I reached out, but unexpectedly pulled out a handful of hard strange things.

In the night, I realized that it was a straw flower given to me by Miyahata.

A strong warmth gushed out of my heart for no reason, and the chaos in my mind disappeared in an instant.

I'm always at ease with him.

I smiled and shoved the ugly flower back into my chest again, and the moment I closed my eyes again, I fell into a sweet and true dream.