The third prince's lips were light, he wanted to speak and stopped, sighed heavily, raised his head and poured a big sip of wine, and said in a hoarse voice, "It's really good wine, the old minister thanked the queen mother." ”

The Queen Mother looked at the appearance of the third prince, and only opened her mouth again for a long time, "You shouldn't have pulled Xiu'er into the water, he is still young, how can you bear it." ”

When the third prince heard this, the wine jug in his hand fell to the ground instantly, his face became depressed, his eyebrows and eyes were lowered, and he had no words.

"The mourning family watched Xiu'er grow up, this child is filial and kind, he takes the blame for you, but you can't be blamed for it." The queen mother couldn't bear to see the third prince like this, so she comforted her.

"Queen Mother, you don't have to comfort the old minister, Xiu'er's death is the fault of the old minister, the old minister shouldn't be......" Although the third prince hung his head and couldn't see his face clearly, his voice was hoarse.

"Today, the mourning family only came to visit you, but they never wanted to make you uncomfortable." The Queen Mother held Mama Yu's arm and slowly stood up, "Forget it, it's cold this day, and the mourning family doesn't want to stay longer, take care of yourself." ”

"The old minister sends the queen mother to the queen mother." The three princes bowed.

After the Queen Mother glanced at Mama Yu, she walked slowly towards the door alone. Mama Yu understood, took out a stone blue brocade bag from her cuff and put it at the feet of the third prince, and then got up to chase after the queen mother.

The third prince was surprised, and quickly opened the bag, there was a note and a handful of hair inside, and the note read: Xiu is not dead, escape from the city.

The third prince was shocked, looked at the hair in his hand, and instantly understood in his heart, and then knelt down in the direction of the prison door and kowtowed three times, shouting in his mouth: "Old minister Xie Empress Dowager Longen, Queen Mother Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”

The Queen Mother listened to the voice of the third prince behind her, paused, and then calmly walked out of the prison door.

Late at night, Ye Hanyue and Huangfu Xiu lived in the inn, and in order to avoid the search of the officers and soldiers, they had already changed five inns.

"Little prince, it's not a way for us to toss like this, when will we be able to get out of the city?"

Ye Hanyue stood by the window, observed the situation on the street, and closed the window when she saw that the group of officers and soldiers who had just passed by had walked away.

"Huangfu Hongxuan is now sending people to search us everywhere, and it is not easy to get out of the city." Huangfu Xiu touched his chin and thought, he had been running around since he came out of prison for the past few days, and his whole person was much thinner.

"It's too dangerous for us to stay in the capital now." Ye Hanyue slowly walked to the table and did it, "It's better to ...... Let's do something that will grab his attention, and then we'll have a chance to get out of town."

"What do you think of?" Huangfu Xiu looked at Ye Hanyue with interest.

This girl has a lot of ideas, and she works every time.

"Aren't he and Linglong partners?" Ye Hanyue pursed her lips and smiled, "If Linglong died, would he ......?"

"But Linglong is you?" Huangfu Xiu was puzzled: "Even if you want to find a stand-in, who wants to be a stand-in who needs to face death?" ”

"This is also ......" Ye Hanyue pondered with her cheeks, and only opened her mouth again after a while: "Do you say that if you can find a death row prisoner?" ”

Huangfu Xiu took a cup of tea, took a sip, and smiled mysteriously: "This can work, bring a pen and paper." ”

"You can do it too?" Ye Hanyue's eyes lit up, and she stared at Huangfu Xiu tightly, "Let's hear it." ”

Huangfu Xiu approached Ye Hanyue and said in a low voice, "Have you forgotten Yao Lao?" He's a master! ”

"Really?"

Ye Hanyue was obviously shocked, it wasn't that she underestimated people, Yao Lao's rickety and old appearance really didn't match the word master.

"Deliver the letter tonight, and there will be news tomorrow evening!"

Huangfu Xiu smiled at the corner of his mouth, he was a little proud, but there was self-blame in his eyes, the medicine was old, if it wasn't for the last resort, he really couldn't bear to let his old man take this risk.

Ye Hanyue didn't hesitate, took a pen and paper to Huang Fu Xiu, and when the pen fell, she also deliberately checked whether Huang Fu Xiu had said the key point, and then folded the letter with satisfaction and called Xiao Er.

The two of them fell asleep hastily, got up early, sat bored in the inn for a full day, and in the evening, Xiao Er sent a bag.

Sure enough, as Huang Fuxiu expected, Yao Lao had already done the matter and instructed the two to be careful.

Ye Hanyue was overjoyed, and hurriedly drew the face that belonged to Linglong on the human skin mask as a backup.

On the third watch, Huang Fuxiu and Ye Hanyue changed into night clothes, left the inn, and went to the ready-to-wear store, in the dead of night, the officers and soldiers patrolling were no longer as frequent as they were during the day, and the two of them were much more relaxed along the way.

The two tiptoed into the ready-to-wear store and found the female prisoner lying in the corner, although her face was dirty, her body was extremely similar to Ye Hanyue.

"Girl?" Huangfu Xiu pushed the female prisoner, "Wake up, let's talk about business." ”

The female prisoner didn't react in the slightest, Huangfu Xiu was suspicious, squatted down, and gently pushed the woman's shoulder, "Girl? Wake up? ”

Unexpectedly, the woman's head fell to the side weakly. Both of them were shocked, Huang Fu Xiu hurriedly probed the woman's snort, and Huang Fu Xiu's hand was taken back with lightning speed.

"She's dead!" Huangfu Xiu exclaimed in a low voice, thought for a moment and said, "What did Yao Lao say in his letter?" ”

"He said the female prisoner was a woman with severe asthma who had been in prison for three years." Ye Hanyue's willow eyebrows frowned, "Isn't it?" ”

Huangfu fixed his mind, squatted down again, and looked at the woman's mouth and nose, "Died less than half an hour, there is blood at the corner of the mouth, it should be due to illness." ”

"That's good." Ye Hanyue clasped her hands together and prayed, "You can go in peace, I will give you more paper money." ”

Seeing Ye Hanyue like this, Huangfu Xiu sighed lightly, "Hurry up, we can't delay for too long." ”

The two began to get busy, and after an hour, everything was arranged, and before leaving, Ye Hanyue also deliberately took a good look at the ready-to-wear store, sighing, I don't know when I will be able to come back.

In the East Palace, the prince had just returned to the dormitory after the morning court, and was about to play with the concubine, when the guards hurriedly entered the hall, and there was still a complete shock on their faces.

"What's so alarming?" The crown prince pushed away the concubine who was sitting on his lap, and asked loudly, "Have you caught the emperor?" ”

"Your Highness, my subordinates have not found any trace of the little prince, but they are just ...... The owner of Linglong Ju ......"

"Linglong?" Huangfu Hongxuan's brows tightened, "What's wrong?" ”

"She died in a ready-to-wear store." The guard replied.

"What did you say?" Huangfu Hongxuan was obviously shocked, and continued to confirm: "Linglong is dead? Do you see the body? How did he die? ”

Linglong is Ye Hanyue, Ye Hanyue is dead? How is this possible? Huangfu Hongxuan couldn't believe it, he was in a trance for a moment, and for some reason, his heart suddenly felt empty.

Without waiting for the guards to reply, Huangfu Hongxuan said coldly: "Prepare the horse, the palace will go to check the scene in person." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." The guard bowed and hurried out the door.

At this time, the ready-to-wear store had been blocked by officers and soldiers, and even so, the periphery was still crowded with people watching the excitement, and the scene was noisy and chaotic, all discussing Linglong's death.

The prince dismounted on the side of the street, and when everyone saw the prince coming, they all gave way, and the prince went straight into the ready-to-wear store, and as soon as he stepped into the door with his right foot, he saw Linglong's corpse lying at the top of the stairs, and the blood on the ground had coagulated to brown.

The prince stepped forward to take a closer look at Linglong's pale and colorless face, and only after a long time did he speak: "Did you do an autopsy?" What was the cause of death? ”

A middle-aged man stood up and replied, "Back to Your Highness, the deceased died by accident." ”

"Accidental death? Tell me what kind of accident law you are? Huangfu Hongxuan was obviously angry, but he still suppressed it a little in public.

"Returning to His Highness, the deceased suffered a wound to the back of his head and died of blood loss." He presented a small wooden stick to the prince and continued: "Before the deceased died, he stepped on this wooden stick and accidentally slipped and fell, and the back of his head happened to hit the stairs, and he was injured. ”

Huangfu Hongxuan glanced at the wooden stick in his hand, then looked back at Linglong lying in a pool of blood, and was silent for a long time before slowly saying to the guards beside him: "Carry the body back to the East Palace, and no one will move without the orders of the palace." ”

"My subordinates understand!" The guard replied and sent Huangfu Hongxuan out of the store.

The prince went out and got on his horse, and struck the horse's buttocks with his whip, and the horse was frightened and galloped out.

Huangfu Hongxuan grabbed the reins and rode his horse out of the city for several miles before gradually stopping, the depression in his heart had subsided by half at this time, but there was still sadness and doubt in his eyes.

Although he personally confirmed Linglong's corpse, he still didn't believe that she died so hastily, how could she be so shrewd and intelligent, how could a person with a heart for the city leave this world like this?

Tonight the moon is like water, and the sky seems to have been washed.

Huangfu Hongxuan tossed and turned, never able to sleep, so he had no choice but to get up and sit in the courtyard for a while, but the miserable white face of the daytime Linglong still appeared in his mind, lingering.

Could it be? A terrible thought appeared in Huangfu Hongxuan's mind, is she really exquisite? Or is she really Ye Hanyue?

Huangfu Hongxuan did not hesitate, and directly carried the lantern to the side courtyard, waking up the guard, the guard took the key in a daze and followed behind our Huangfu Hongxuan, and the two went straight to the room where the corpse was parked.

"Open!" Huangfu Hongxuan pointed to the iron lock on the door and said coldly.

The guard didn't hesitate, and opened the door quickly.

Huangfu Hongxuan entered the house, handed the lantern to the guard, and reached out to tear off the mask on Linglong's face, but his hand stopped on Linglong's face, and he hesitated.

"Your Highness? Any questions? The guard on the side wondered.

Huangfu Hongxuan didn't reply, looked at the guard, took the lantern in his hand, stepped aside, pointed to the corpse, and said coldly: "You tear off the mask on her face." ”

The guard was stunned for a moment, and according to the prince's words, he tore off the mask on Linglong's face with a "swish".

"It's not her!"