Xiang Xiang immediately said: "I didn't cry, you see I didn't cry." No one knows what will happen next time, but if you don't save her this time, there will be no next time. I ......" she tugged at Qi Hui's sleeve, "It's good this time, I will never feel guilty, you believe me." ”

These words seem to be incompatible, but there is a reason for her, Qi Hui laughed helplessly in his heart, he couldn't refuse Xiangxiang's request. If he didn't save Jing Meiren this time, how could he come next time, besides, he frowned slightly, what will happen to the prince tonight? If something suddenly happens to the crown prince, the next step is for Pang Jun and Concubine Li to kill him and his mother.

They seem to have no entanglement for more than 20 years, but in fact, they have restrained each other, the life and death of Qi Hui and his mother have always been in the hands of others, which is also the reason why he wants to leave the palace, if he can't be above them, he would rather stay away from all this.

Xiangxiang tugged on Qi Hui's sleeve again: "Help her, okay?" ”

Qi Hui smiled: "I will send you to a place to watch the lights and enjoy the fireworks, and promise me that no matter what happens, you can't leave, I will take care of this matter, the prince and her, as long as you stop one of them, it will be fine." ”

Xiangxiang hurriedly agreed: "I'll wait for you to pick me up, otherwise I won't go anywhere." ”

But the place where Qi Hui sent Xiangxiang was in the high-rise building where the holy driver, the concubines, and the ministers enjoyed the lanterns, and the outside of the pavilion was also decorated with lanterns, she stood in the black hole room, when everyone looked here, they would only be dazzled by the lanterns, and they would never find her in a night dress hidden in the dark. But Xiangxiang can take in all the movements downstairs, and naturally all she can see in her eyes is Jingshu.

The lanterns this night were more beautiful and prosperous than when Qi Hui brought her here that day, but she was absent-minded, and secretly thought in her heart that she had failed Qi Hui's hard work. Speaking of which, the lanterns on the pavilion tonight, as if using some kind of trick, no one here lights up, but when the lanterns downstairs are lit, the lanterns dotted on the pavilion are lit up one after another, Xiangxiang has heard the sound of the wooden wheel turning when the lights are on, and the faint firelight swoops up at once, but I am afraid that people in the bright place may not be able to see it.

Xiangxiang unconsciously remembered Concubine Xian's maiden family, what could make the entire big family disappear overnight, twenty years have passed, no one is alive, no one is dead, no corpse is gone, and there is no trace.

At this moment, the sky exploded, colorful fireworks rushed up to the sky, Xiangxiang was looking up, but her shoulder was gently patted, she was frightened and avoided to the side, but she was taken into her arms again, it was Qi Hui's voice that said: "I'm not good, I'm scared of you." ”

Xiangxiang immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and in the faint firelight, it could be seen that she frowned and stared, but there was no deterrent, only the lovely delicateness, and when she remembered that incident, she asked seriously: "How is it?" ”

Qi Hui chuckled: "We all thought wrong, the 'she' in the mouth of the palace maid does not refer to Jing Meiren, she is the palace maid who was originally on an errand in Concubine Li's palace and often sleeps in the Mingde Palace these days, she has been sent to the East Palace." He pointed downstairs and said, "You see, they are taking turns pouring wine on the prince, and they will wait for the prince to get drunk, and if he is not drunk, he should be drugged." ”

Xiangxiang sighed: "Can't the prince hide tonight?" ”

"How?" Qi Hui asked, "Are you afraid that if something happens to the prince, Jingmei will be sad, Xiangxiang, this shouldn't be our business." ”

Xiangxiang suddenly came to his senses, "No, I was thinking, if something happens to the prince, will it affect you and your mother." ”

Qi Hui bowed: "When I come back at this time, I want you to wait patiently, I didn't come to pick you up after the banquet was dispersed for a while, I can't let the prince die tonight, he still has something to use me, only if he lives, others won't really think of me." ”

Xiangxiang didn't say it, but she thought in her heart, she was an orphan with no relatives, before she met Qi Hui, what she was looking forward to day and night was that her relatives could appear, she never blamed her parents for abandoning her, and even comforted herself, it should be her parents who lost her, and they must have suffered in the past ten years.

Family affection is precious to her, but in this palace, people who are obviously related by blood treat siblings so indifferently and ruthlessly. This is exactly the case in the world, what you care about is worthless in the eyes of others, and what you don't care about may be the pursuit of other people's lives.

"As long as you're here, you'll be fine, wait for me to pick you up." Qi Hui saw that Xiangxiang was a little in a daze, his tone was gentler, and Xiangxiang was no longer thinking nonsense, and nodded again and again, asking him to come and pick him up earlier.

But Xiangxiang thought that he was alone in this pavilion, but he didn't know that Qi Hui had arranged guards to protect her secretly, when Qi Hui was guarding the East Palace, seeing the drunk and unconscious prince being sent back, and was trying to stop Concubine Li's conspiracy, there were guards in night clothes who followed, and nervously told him that the girl Qi Hui wanted them to protect ran out, just in the imperial garden, the flow of people was like a tide, and they couldn't find anyone in a blink of an eye.

Qi Hui frowned, realizing the consequences that this might bring, no matter who Xiangxiang was discovered, she would not treat the person in the night clothes as a good person, she would be arrested by the guards, if there was a bigger movement, or if she was directly discovered by Concubine Li and Sun Zhaoyi, he could only save Xiangxiang by killing.

Looking back, seeing that the prince was put into the palace, he didn't need to make a choice at all, so he immediately decided to leave the matter here and go to Xiangxiang, and there was a fire in his heart, and if he found Xiangxiang, he must blame her fiercely. He is not afraid that Xiangxiang will cause trouble to himself, but he is afraid that she will be hurt herself, the injury on her leg is not completely healed, and she can't run fast when she encounters danger.

But Xiangxiang is much more clever than Qi Hui thought, and it is also strange that Qi Hui and her have always been haunted since they met, and she has been haunted several times with Xiangxiang, she is so smart, and some things can be learned by watching them. She chased Jingshu all the way, and the road to Furong Ju was relatively familiar, and she waited in the dark for a while, and when the surroundings became quieter and quieter, she saw Jingshu turn out of the door again, and this road was leading to the East Palace.

Jingshu didn't bring anyone with her, the people in Furong Curie should be the same as usual, thinking that the beauty had gone to bed, she hurriedly walked forward, and a black shadow rushed out of the side of the road coldly, so scared that she almost screamed, but immediately covered her mouth and pushed directly into the corner, Jingshu saw that she was about the same size as herself, and it was clearly a woman, as soon as the hand on her mouth was loosened, she subconsciously asked: "Xiangxiang?" Xiangxiang, is that you? ”

Xiangxiang sank down, "It's me, Jingshu, where are you going, going to the East Palace?" ”

Jingshu suddenly burst into tears, pulling Xiangxiang up and down to look at her: "Are you good?" Where are you, I went to the cold palace to look for you and didn't find you, did you burn you that day, your skirt was burned. ”

These words made Xiangxiang's heart soften, but she had more important things to say now, so instead of answering, she asked: "Are you going to the East Palace?" Tonight, you've been looking at the prince, I can see it, and others will notice it, why are you so stupid? ”

Xiangxiang told the truth, she looked at Jingshu all night, but no matter how lively it was, even when the fireworks bloomed, Jingshu's eyes always wandered around the prince, when the drunken prince was helped and sent away, Jingshu's impulse to follow up made Xiangxiang worried.

She knew that even if Concubine Li used the palace maid to harm the prince tonight, Jingshu would break into the East Palace by herself, and it had nothing to do with her, but she jumped into the fire pit by herself. When Xiangxiang chased Jingshu out of the pavilion, she suddenly remembered Qi Hui's advice, but it was too late, someone was carrying things to the pavilion, even if they didn't go upstairs, she couldn't go back, since this was the case, she had to follow Jingshu to Furong Residence.

"There will be an accident tonight at the prince's place, don't go, you will be involved." Xiangxiang tried hard to convince Jingshu to tell her about Concubine Li's conspiracy, but she didn't want Jingshu to learn that the prince was in danger, so she desperately wanted to find him.

Xiangxiang persuaded her to be calm, but Jingshu smiled sadly and asked: "I don't know how you are now, but I live with this one thought, if even the prince is gone, I should be like Yuping, hang on the beam of the house, this day is too difficult, Xiangxiang, do you know how difficult I am?" ”

"But......" Xiangxiang wanted to speak again, but was pushed back to the ground by Jing Shu, she turned around and ran towards the East Palace, and the scab on Xiang Xiang's leg cracked, tearing the flesh and skin, even if it wasn't painful, she couldn't catch up with Jing Shu. When she staggered to her feet, a gust of wind came behind her, her waist was steadily dragged, and a familiar voice asked behind her ear, "Can you stand firm?" ”

Even now, Xiangxiang will still be full of surprises for Qi Hui's "falling from the sky", but looking back at this moment, she only saw a cold face under the moonlight, and anger condensed between her eyebrows, she trembled in her heart, realizing that she had violated the agreement, and she should not run out.

But Qi Hui said: "If you can still go, we will follow her, and I will knock her out and take her away when it is critical, so can you feel at ease?" ”

Xiangxiang felt very guilty, she had already repented and said that she would never feel guilty, but at this moment she felt that she had caused trouble to Qi Hui again. She couldn't help but make a choice, and she had been led by Qi Hui to catch up with Jingshu's footsteps, but as a result, even Jingshu couldn't get close to the East Palace, and she could see that it was surrounded by people from a long distance, and the lights were bright, so Xiangxiang stood firm, and a terrible scream shook her heart.

Jing Shu was ten steps away from them, and this scream also made her legs weak, and at this moment, the old emperor staggered out of front of the door, and Concubine Li followed behind her arrogantly, but when she turned around and didn't know what to order, she immediately followed the emperor.

As soon as Xiang Xiang felt that Qi Hui had let go of her, she saw the figure rushing forward, and Jing Shu probably didn't even see the figure clearly, so she was knocked unconscious.

After that, Qi Hui and Xiangxiang sent the fainted Jingshu back to Furong Ju, and when they returned to the cold palace, Shifeng had already sent someone to wait, informing him that the emperor had not yet executed the prince, and the palace maid was directly executed in the East Palace, and the body was temporarily left in the East Palace.

These words, Xiang Xiang stood behind the door of the cold palace, and heard it clearly, after Qi Hui sent the comer, he bypassed the door to find her, took her hand and slowly took it into the room, feeling her trembling, Qi Hui didn't have the heart to blame her anymore, but there was still a little anger in his heart, and he didn't know how to solve it.

But instead of being angry, he still felt more sorry for Xiangxiang and was afraid that something would happen to her.

"Are you angry?" Xiangxiang suddenly stopped and grabbed Qi Hui's hand with both hands, "If you want to scold me, just scold." ”