In the Qiulu Palace, there was no one in the empty hall, and He Xi, who was supposed to rest in the inner hall, was gone, only the ugly child stood under the eaves.

At this time, He Xi was walking forward with the palace lantern, which was a long and narrow road, and the stone walls on both sides were covered with moss, and even the ground was a little damp.

He Xi stretched out her finger and touched it on the wall, only to feel slippery and sticky, she stared at it for a moment, and she couldn't hear any sound, the silence seemed to be cut off from the world, she took a deep breath, lifted the skirt and walked forward, at this time, she suddenly heard the sound of impact at the entrance of the cave, three short and one long.

It's a code! Someone's coming—

He Xi immediately turned around and walked towards the exit, and after a moment of effort, he Xi blew on the palace lamp and placed the palace lamp at the corner of the dark passage, and then flashed out sideways.

Ruyi's face was anxious, and he said quickly: "Your Majesty is here with the eldest prince, and he has already passed the main gate." ”

At this moment, I only heard the ugly voice in a loud voice: "The slave and maid see Your Majesty, see the eldest prince, Wanfu Jin'an." ”

He Xi was stunned, glanced at Wu Ruyi, and walked outside, but after taking two steps forward, she suddenly stopped, and her pair of embroidered shoes were covered with moss and water stains.

I could faintly hear Tuoba Chen's voice and say: "The eldest prince misses his mother, but is Xicai here?" ”

The ugly child said with some hesitation: "Back to Your Majesty, the little master and the slaves and maids are cleaning the palace today, maybe they are tired, and they should be resting at this time." ”

As soon as Tuoba Chen heard that the palace was going to be cleaned, his eyebrows frowned with some dissatisfaction, and he turned his head to look around, and sure enough, he saw many old tables and chairs placed in the courtyard, and there were tents hanging on the branches.

He couldn't deny it, Ruyi in the house had already closed the stone door of the secret passage, He Xi immediately made a decision, stretched out his hand and took off the embroidered shoes, revealing slender white feet, and there was a trace of coolness on the ground of the bluestone slab, which made her can't help curling up her toes.

The toes are rounded, hidden under the slightly long skirt, which looks a little playful and cute.

She didn't have time to think about it, so she walked outside barefoot, Tuoba Chen was looking at the furnishings in the courtyard, only to hear a cheerful children's voice ringing in her ears: "Mother! ”

The voice was crisp, the voice was clear, and I don't know how many times I had chanted it during this time, and then my palm was empty, and the little ball-like Tuoba Lin rushed over like a whirlwind.

He walked on his little short legs and went straight to He Xi, He Xi was afraid that he would trip over the high palace gate, and he didn't have time to salute, so he hurriedly walked out, leaned down and took him into his arms, Tuoba Lin rubbed in He Xi's arms with satisfaction, and called sweetly: "Mother, Lin'er thinks-"

He Xi's eyes turned red, she patted Tuoba Lin's little head with pity, pulled him out of her arms, and then lowered her eyes and saluted Tuoba Chen: "The concubine sees Your Majesty." ”

Tuoba Chen seemed to feel that he hadn't heard the footsteps just now, and looked down, only to find that He Xi ran out barefoot, seeing Tuoba Chen looking at him, He Xi unconsciously took half a step back, and there was some faint crampedness on his face.

Tuoba Chen only felt that there seemed to be some hot emotions in his heart, and he turned his face away and looked at the weeds in the courtyard, half of which had been removed, and the remaining half was swaying with the breeze.

After a while, he said coldly: "Lin'er is clamoring to see you, so I will bring him over to take a look, you-your mother and son will talk, and I will take him away in half an hour." ”

There was no longer the kind of yin owl in the Ice Spring Palace in his tone, but he was still indifferent, and seeing He Xi nodded, he sat down next to an old desk in the courtyard by himself.

Chou'er was a little confused, so he wanted to see He Xi, but when he saw that He Xi was so focused on Tuoba Lin's body, he first looked at his little hands, and then looked at his little face, so busy that he didn't take Tuoba Chen in his eyes at all.

Tuoba Chen was also very strange, sitting far away, as if he was a person with nothing to do.

Tuoba Lin hugged He Xi's neck tightly and whispered, "Mother, mother." ”

As if she didn't know how to be tired, she shouted one after another, and He Xi's heart softened, and she pretended to be annoyed and said, "Is Lin'er not behaving at Grandma Taifei?" Did you get into trouble with Grandma Tofry? ”

Tuoba Lin's eyes didn't dare to look at He Xi at all, and they turned around, as if they were interested in a simple and unpretentious silver hairpin on He Xi's sideburns, and reached out to reach it, but He Xi pulled her little hand down, and she said helplessly: "Lin'er, if you are messing around like this, the mother concubine will be angry, and she will never see Lin'er again." ”

Tuoba Lin saw that He Xi was really a little angry, and put down his little hand a little stupidly, only holding his eyes and secretly looking at He Xi, He Xi was stared at by him with such an innocent gaze, and there was still any anger for a while.

Regardless of whether he could understand it or not, he said earnestly: "Lin'er, the mother concubine can't take you with her now, you have to be obedient and don't know, this is the first time in this matter, your father and grandmother can tolerate you messing around, if this happens again in the future, our mother and son really have no chance to see each other again." ”

Tuoba Lin tilted his little head and listened carefully, He Xi sighed lightly, and felt that he had done too much, how old was Lin'er, how could he understand this, but she ignored that this child grew up in a criminal slave, and the stupid Li Jingui may not have taught him anything else, but not letting him quarrel and not letting him make trouble is also the reason why he survived.

Although he didn't understand He Xi's other words in his small heart, he understood He Xi's meaning and couldn't make trouble.

The time between mother and son always passes very fast, half an hour is like a white horse passing by, flashing quickly, Tuoba Lin saw Tuoba Chen coming in his direction, a little cringe, He Xi put him down, and gently pushed in the direction of Tuoba Chen, his eyes were full of encouragement and love.

Tuoba Lin picked his fingers, as if he was unwilling, but his steps were indeed obedient and walked towards Tuoba Chen, just one step and three times back, and his reluctance was beyond words.

Ruyi on the side of the watch secretly touched his tears, Tuoba Chen pulled Tuoba Lin, who had already come to the front, endured and endured, and finally said: "Next time, even if it is a matter of urgency, you must put on your shoes, you have a leg disease-" He paused, seemed to be a little embarrassed, and added with a straight face: "It's unsightly, as a harem concubine, how can you be so untidy!" ”

He Xi lowered his eyes and said shallowly: "The concubine knows, and this time I will ask Your Majesty to atone for her sins." ”

Tuoba Chen seemed to feel that her desireless appearance was a bit of an eyesore, and snorted coldly, letting Fuqing hug Tuoba Lin and leave.

After a few people left, He Xi withdrew her gaze on Tuoba Lin, turned around and went back to the hall, until she sat on the bed, she felt that her feet had been cold by the bluestone slab, and even her knees were faintly painful.

Chou'er had already prepared hot water, brought it in and said, "Little master bubble bar, don't cause an old disease." Ruyi also complained: "The little master is too, how can he take off his embroidered shoes in a good manner." ”

He Xi took out his embroidered shoes from the inconspicuous gap on the side, and the two looked over, only to see that the water stains on the embroidered shoes that had not yet dried up were still mottled with green moss.

"Little master, what's behind this?" Ruyi asked.

He Xi shook his head and said: "I don't know yet, it's just that it's very damp inside, you look at the moss, it's the stone wall that you don't care, I think there should be a lot of space inside." ”

He Xi's tender beautiful feet were softly wrapped in warm water, dispelling the chill on her body, and her nerves that were just nervous were ironed down, and she sighed comfortably.

Chou'er guessed: "Since it may have been secretly built by Concubine Qi before, it is more likely that it is a secret passage to the outside, after all, there is no reason for her to build a secret room to imprison herself." ”

Ruyi nodded, and He Xi said: "Anyway, we are going to live here in the future, and we have time to explore slowly." ”

Ruyi suddenly thought: "Little master, do you want our people to check, it will be faster." ”

He Xi shook his head and said: "Now is not the time, besides, I have only lived in this Autumn Dew Hall now, there are still many people in the harem who are staring at me, and His Majesty brought Lin'er here today, maybe someone will come to us for trouble soon." ”

Speaking of this, He Xi felt a headache.

Sure enough, in the Luhua Palace, Linglong told Lan Xin the news she had just inquired about, and Lan Xin, who was grooming in front of the mirror, threw a good rouge powder on the ground in her hand, and scolded secretly: "It's really ghostly, this person has been punished to the place where the birds don't in the Autumn Dew Palace, and there is still a way to hook up with Your Majesty." ”

The ten fingers that had just been coated with cardamom seemed to be stained with blood, and Linglong also said very disdainfully: "But isn't it, I heard that I still took the eldest prince to go, and the slave maid sent someone to Shoukang Palace to investigate, saying that the eldest prince refused to eat, and Concubine De was troubled with a migraine, which was known by His Majesty." ”

"What? You said that Tuoba Lin's kid made a fuss? Lan Xin suddenly caught the point in Linglong's words.

"yes, don't you know that kid? It's really not that a family doesn't enter the door, his own mother is crazy, and the stepmother he likes is also a person who can't take the table, or how to say that this child is not blessed, if the mother has her own child in the future, she will not compare the eldest prince to the mud. Linglong said with a smile.

Lan Xin was shy and happy in her heart, but she said with disgust: "Don't talk nonsense, even if it is about the dignity of the prince, there is a queen sister in the palace, and the prince of the palace must not be pressed down." ”

Speaking of this, Lan Xin felt a little annoyed.