The sun rose and sunset, and night soon fell again, and the temple was silent and dark. The doors and windows were closed, and no wind could penetrate them, and it was stuffy and hot, so the smell of blood wafting through the hall was particularly prominent.

On the couch was a girl covered in blood, her eyes closed, her cheeks flushed from heat, and her forehead was covered with beads of sweat the size of beans, rolling down one by one. From time to time, there was a frightened grunt in his throat, as if he had sunk into a deep nightmare.

"Sister Peony...... Please, let Sister Peony go, we really don't know anything......"

"Don't ...... No...... Stay back...... Help......"

"Little mud...... Little mud, come and save me......"

A thin white hand pinched the handkerchief and kept wiping the sweat from her forehead, and the other gently patted her back, trying to soothe her.

"Begonia, Begonia, wake up, ......"

Suddenly, Begonia opened her eyes violently and sat up with a scream.

"Ah......!!! Don't come, don't come...... Mother, mother, save me......"

Begonia was still immersed in a terrible dream, and when she opened her eyes and was frightened by the darkness around her, when she saw the person in front of her, she threw herself into her arms and cried in horror.

"...... Empress...... Sister Peony...... She, she's gone...... Woowoo woo ......"

As if expressing the deepest fear in her heart, Begonia's whole body trembled and couldn't cry. Seeing Peony close her eyes in front of her eyes was too big a blow for her......

Xia Taozhi had tears in her eyes, her eyes tingled, and her tears slipped silently. But she didn't dare to cry, so she could only stroke Begonia's hair one by one, and choked hoarsely: "I know...... I know it all......"

If Xue Cheng told her that when Peony died, there was still a glimmer of hope in her heart, then from Haitang's mouth, she knew that there was no room for turnaround. Now that the peony is gone, Begonia only has half a life left, and even the tsundere prince is in a crisis and has no time to take care of herself, and she can only be trapped here, so that the sky should not be called the earth.

How can she save herself, and how can she save others......

Begonia cried hoarsely in her arms, crying one sentence at a time, unable to speak.

"...... It's all to blame on the slave, woo woo woo, I didn't do the things you explained well...... Before he could even send a letter to His Royal Highness, he was arrested by His Royal Highness King Rui...... They locked up the slaves and maids, and Sister Peony was with her...... The slave maid heard that they tortured Sister Peony to extract a confession, but no matter how they forced it, Sister Peony didn't say a word. Finally, that Lord Xue came...... Take Sister Peony away for interrogation alone...... Then, then ......"

Haitang couldn't stop crying when she said this, and she slowed down for a long time before she choked up and said, "Then when that Lord Xue came out, Sister Peony was already out of breath...... That Master Xue held a piece of paper and said that Sister Peony had confessed to the crime of killing the king...... Empress...... The slave and the maid did not believe it...... The slave doesn't believe that Sister Peony would do this......"

"I don't believe it either...... I don't believe ...... either."

Xia Taozhi couldn't stop nodding, as if this could dispel the tearing pain in her heart.

If she could, she would rather not know these details, she really didn't expect that it would really be Xue Cheng's hand in the end. She had never hated herself for not being born in the emperor's family like she did now, and in the face of deceit, intrigue and intrigues, she didn't even have the ability to protect herself. In the end, it harms others and oneself, and affects the innocent......

If she can have half of the mind and skill of the tsundere prince, if she is not a chivalrous woman who only thinks about the morality of the rivers and lakes, if she ......

It's a pity that there are no ifs......

Begonia sobbed and asked her, "Niangniang...... Are we going to die? ”

Xia Taozhi: "......"

She really didn't know how to answer this question, so she hesitated for a moment before patting Begonia on the back and comforting: "No...... We're not going to die......"

In fact, she knew in her heart that they might die tomorrow......

Song Yuanmin's patience was limited, and she was only given one day to think clearly, whether to hand over the "Hundred Arrays of Strange Soldiers", or send her to Huangquan with a three-foot white silk or a glass of poisonous wine. She thought she could only choose to die generously...... Because she didn't know what the so-called "Hundred Arrays of Strange Soldiers" was and where it was.

Begonia finally got tired of crying and fell asleep in her arms.

She just sat with her in her arms in a daze, not moving. Until dawn, when she was too tired to fall asleep, she heard Begonia's exclamation and sat up. Begonia is now like a frightened bird, and the slightest movement can make her frightened.

There seemed to be movement on the windowsill, Xia Taozhi calmed Begonia and decided to go over to see what was going on.

Strangely, when she pushed the window open, she found that there were no half of them outside, and what about the people who guarded them?

Suddenly, a face peeked out of the window. By the moonlight, she stared at the familiar face for a long time before she exclaimed in a low voice.

"Master......?!"

！！！

Master's old face actually appeared outside the window of a side hall of the heavily guarded East Pole Hall in the Chu Palace, which surprised her a lot.

It can't be a hallucination?!

She reached out and grabbed her beard and pulled it, and the face in front of her instantly crumpled.

"Ouch! You stupid apprentice, what are you doing?! The master scolded angrily.

"I ...... I just want to see if it's a hallucination......"

The master looked at her with disgust, "How did you make yourself so virtuous?" As a teacher, I still want to come to touch the light of Princess Ling's mother...... As a result, hey, he simply lost his face as a teacher......"

Xia Taozhi said helplessly: "Master, don't ridicule the apprentices......"

Could it be that this dead old man sneaked into the palace at night after traveling thousands of miles over mountains and mountains, just to see her jokes?!

At this time, the begonias in the house timidly asked: "Niangniang...... Who are you talking to?! ”

Xia Taozhi stepped aside, and the master jumped in with a dodge, so light and agile that he didn't look like an old dead old man.

Begonia wanted to scream again, but only half of it screamed, and the back half of it was stuck in her throat. Because the master gently waved his sleeve, the candle in the hall was lit, and Haitang obviously had never seen such a trick, and was so frightened that he didn't dare to make a sound.

Xia Taozhi was already surprised, and with the help of the candlelight, she saw clearly that her master didn't even wear night clothes when he broke into the palace at night. is still dressed in a moon-white robe, noble and elegant, with the appearance of fairy wind bones.

This old man obviously didn't take breaking into the palace at night seriously......

"Begonia, don't be afraid, this is my master, Qingyin Daoist." Haitang has never been to Qingyang Mountain, this is the first time to see Xia Taozhi's master, but maybe he was too frightened today, and he was stunned and couldn't even say anything at this time.

Xia Taozhi had no choice but to say embarrassedly: "She...... She's overly frightened today......"

The master didn't say anything, walked up to Begonia, and suddenly hit the acupoint on her neck, and Begonia fainted.

"Master?!"

The master waved his hand, took out a pill from his arms, handed it to Xia Taozhi, and said, "This is life-saving medicine, this girl's injury is not light...... You feed her first. ”

Xia Taozhi complied.

Master picked a clean and comfortable stool and sat down, Xia Taozhi sat opposite him, and couldn't wait to ask, "Master, why is your old man here?" ”

A look of disgust appeared on Master's face again, "What? Should you be a teacher? If you come a little later, I'm afraid you'll die. ”

She: "......"

This dead old man, does he have to say it so ugly? Forget it, who made him the only lifesaver now, since this dead old man is here, it means that she is saved!

So she said with a shy face: "It's time to come, it's time to come...... The apprentice is also missing the master......"

She thought, don't reach out and hit the smiling man. But the master obviously didn't eat this set, and the old problem was committed again, and once he disliked her, it was endless.

"Tell me about you, after going down the mountain for so many years, you don't have any eyebrows about revenge, and you do some messy things. I went to participate in that star-picking event, and I was beaten with only half my life left, and I secretly ran to the border gate, and I only had half my life left, and I stayed in Chujing well, and I could get myself to this step, which was simply humiliating and irremediable......"

Xia Taozhi suddenly felt embarrassed, and she almost wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into.

I thought that fortunately, Begonia was dizzy and didn't hear it.

Seeing the grievances on her face, the old man couldn't bear to count her down anymore, and said: "This time I came as a teacher, so I naturally came to save your ......."

She was overjoyed: "That's great, Master, take us out!" ”

The master gave her a blank look, and said in his heart, How did I accept such a stupid apprentice as you?

"It's definitely not okay to run away."

She was inexplicable: "...... Why? ”

Master asked, "On what charges did King Rui put you under house arrest?" ”

She said, "...... Regicide. ”

"Is the Emperor still alive?"

"It should still be alive......" She was a little unconfident, because Emperor Chu looked like he would lose his breath at any moment.

"That's it." Master said: "Since King Rui still let the emperor live, it means that he is still afraid, or there is something he hasn't gotten, and he doesn't dare to kill the emperor right now." As long as the emperor does not die, your charge of killing the emperor will not be established. In other words, as long as you can save the emperor, you can also save yourself. Otherwise, even if you flee to the ends of the earth, you will always be charged with the crime of killing the king, and you will not be able to live in peace. ”

Master's words were like a bright lamp, lit up in Xia Taozhi's heart. But then she became worried again: "But the disciple is trapped in this place right now, and he can't get out at all, and it's impossible to even save himself, so how can he save the emperor?" ”

"What's so hard about that?" The master smiled and said to her mysteriously, "Come here with your ears and listen to what the master says......"

……

When the sky was bright, the door of the temple opened, and the dazzling white light entered the hall, and a figure stood with his hands in the light, and asked slowly: "...... How's that, brother and sister, have you thought it through? ”

“…… Once you've figured it out, I promise you. ”

"Really?"

"Really. It's just that I hope His Royal Highness King Rui can keep his word, if I give what His Royal Highness King Rui asks, and ask His Royal Highness King Rui to keep his promise and let our master and servant live. ”

Song Yuanmin laughed, "Brother and sister, rest assured, this king has always kept his promises." ”

Xia Taozhi said: "In addition, I have another request. ”

Song Yuanmin immediately became vigilant, "If my brother and sister want to play tricks, this king will never show mercy!" ”

Xia Taozhi smiled, "Don't worry, I just want to see my father again, and tell him in person that I didn't poison him, I was wronged......"

Song Yuanmin sneered in his heart, in the end, she is still a woman with long hair and short knowledge, and in front of a person who can no longer hear or speak, no matter how you say it, it is useless.

He smiled and said, "Okay, this king has agreed." ”