The palace was eerily quiet, and the only light in the room was like a delicacy that lured its prey, attracting countless moths to the fire.

Hua Qingying lay on the beam of the room, and it took a long time to lie on the ground before jumping down. During this time, no one in the entire dormitory had ever come, and even Gonggong Cao, who was the most trusted by Emperor Qiyuan's side, was gone.

Hua Qingying felt strange, according to common sense, Gonggong Cao would not leave Emperor Qiyuan's side, he was the head of the inner house, and it was his job to serve Emperor Qiyuan. Now Emperor Qiyuan is under house arrest by Han Mi'er, and he is drugged, but Gonggong Cao is nowhere to be seen, which makes Hua Qingying have to doubt Gonggong Cao's loyalty.

Of course, if she could, Hua Qingying didn't want to doubt him.

Hua Qingying walked to the side of the dragon couch and probed.

Emperor Qiyuan fell asleep with his eyes closed, and he didn't know if it was the reason for Han Mi'er's decoction or something else, he slept very deeply, so deep that he couldn't feel his breathing. Hua Qingying sighed uncomfortably at his snort, and didn't let go until she felt a faint breath.

Hua Qingying walked around the dormitory, and did not find anything abnormal, he walked to the dragon couch again, and just lowered his eyes, but he met a pair of round eyes!

"Ho!"

Rao has seen a big scene, and no matter how calm Hua Qingying is, she was taken aback.

He took a step back, stabilized his mind and looked over again, Emperor Qiyuan had already woken up at some point, and was staring at him. Although Emperor Qiyuan's pupils were yellow, he was obviously still awake, and he clearly imprinted Hua Qingying on them.

Seeing that Emperor Qiyuan came to his senses, Hua Qingying was overjoyed, and stepped forward and whispered, "Your Majesty? Your Majesty, can you hear Wei Chen? ”

Emperor Qiyuan didn't respond immediately, just when Hua Qingying thought that Emperor Qiyuan was delirious, Emperor Qiyuan finally blinked his eyes, and even turned his head!

"Your Majesty, are you unable to speak?" Hua Qingying hurriedly asked, and then he saw Emperor Qiyuan nodding. Even such a slight response made Hua Qingying happy, at least he knew that although Emperor Qiyuan was under control, under his sanity, things were not too bad!

After that, the two talked for a long time in such a question-and-nod manner, Hua Qingying's questions were concise and to the point, without a word of nonsense, but Emperor Qiyuan's spirit was getting worse and worse. The more Hua Qingying asked, the more frightened he became, he was surprised to find that Emperor Qiyuan had not been awake for a long time, and every time it was after being fed medicine by Han Mi'er! At other times, Emperor Qiyuan was either asleep or delirious, and his mind was even more muddy. Although it had only been two days, Emperor Qiyuan himself clearly felt that something was wrong.

Such a result made Hua Qingying even more confused, it didn't make sense for Han Mi'er to poison Emperor Qiyuan and feed him medicine to keep him awake! Could it be that the decoction that Han Mi'er poured into Emperor Qiyuan before was not poisonous?

No, it can't be. Hua Qingying denied this idea, judging from Han Mier's personality and ambition, she would never do such a thing that was unfavorable to herself! If Emperor Qiyuan stays sober, even if she puts people under house arrest, she will not be able to get everything she wants in the end, and she will even hasten her death!

What went wrong?

About half an hour later, Emperor Qiyuan fell asleep again, and Hua Qingying wanted to help Emperor Qiyuan tuck the horns but still gave up because of some scruples. He looked at Emperor Qiyuan's thin and sallow face, and decided to go and find the medicine residue and take it back to let the Taifu see what the ingredients were.

Because of the candle flame, Hua Qingying had to be careful so that her shadow would not be reflected by the candle flame and let the people patrolling outside the hall find out. He bent his waist and quickly moved to the door with the help of the ornate and tall porcelain in the hall to cover it. He peeked through the crack in the door.

The guards patrolling outside the hall happened to come to a corner, but the entrance of the hall was a dead end.

Hua Qingying immediately pushed the door and left, but as soon as her hand was placed on the door, there was a slight sound in the hall. Hua Qingying was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly dodged behind the tall Bogu frame.

The Bogu frame on the right side of the dragon couch against the wall was pushed open little by little, and a black doorway was exposed. Hua Qingying frowned, he didn't expect that there would be such a secret passage in the palace of the Emperor Taishang! But I don't know who this person is who goes in and out of the secret passage.

Soon, Hua Qingying saw a familiar figure.

- Gonggong Cao walked out of the secret passage with a small candle flame, and he didn't notice that there was another person in the hall. He put the candlestick on the bookcase beside him, walked to the dragon couch and looked at the sleeping Qiyuan Emperor and sighed deeply, "Your Majesty, you have suffered." ”

As he spoke, he took out a small porcelain bottle from his coat pocket, opened the wooden cork and took out a crystal pill, and bent over as if to feed it to Emperor Qiyuan.

"Smack!"

The heavy sound from behind him made Gonggong Cao stunned for a moment, and then he felt a pain in his right hand, and the pill in his hand was also thrown out because of the loss of strength and fell on the dragon couch. Grandpa Cao cried out in pain for a short time, but he immediately clenched his teeth and endured it.

"Who is it?"

Gonggong Cao stood in front of the dragon couch and looked at the Bogu frame on the opposite wall with cold eyes, his right hand hurt badly, but he was still extremely tough standing in front of the dragon couch to protect the Qiyuan Emperor behind him.

Hua Qingying looked at Gonggong Cao's movements and hesitated.

The subconscious actions are the most real, seeing that Gonggong Cao protected Emperor Qiyuan for the first time in the face of unknown dangers, Hua Qingying felt that maybe her guess was wrong, this Gonggong Cao did not join the enemy?

After only a second of hesitation, Hua Qingying walked out of the darkness, "Gonggong Cao is me." ”

The candlelight shone on Hua Qingying's face, and Gonggong Cao quickly saw the person who came, and he was also relieved in his heart: "Shizi, it really frightened our family." ”

Hua Qingying said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Gonggong Cao, I thought you were going to feed His Majesty medicine, and I thought you were going to be unfavorable to Your Majesty, so I made a move, and I can't help Gonggong Cao." ”

After listening to Hua Qingying's explanation, Gonggong Cao was not angry, he relaxed and turned around to pick up the dropped pill: "This is the antidote that the prince got back for His Majesty, Your Majesty has to eat one every once in a while, but this is the last one." After Cao's father-in-law finished speaking, he frowned worriedly, "This medicine is gone, Your Majesty's situation is even worse now, and our family should not only be better." ”

Hua Qingying landed beside Gonggong Cao lightly with light skills, and glanced at the pill in his hand. This time, he did not stop Gonggong Cao from feeding Emperor Qiyuan medicine. After feeding the medicine, Emperor Qiyuan's complexion was a little better with the naked eye, and seeing this situation, Hua Qingying was also relieved.

"Our family dares to take a look at it in the middle of the night." Gonggong Cao looked out the window, although the window was closed, he could still see the hour, "We have to go, Han Mi'er's people will come to investigate in a while, we can't be arrested." Shizi, let's leave with our family. ”

Gonggong Cao did not doubt the purpose of Hua Qingying's trip at all, and he believed in the Hua family more than those guards in the palace. Therefore, Gonggong Cao did not shy away from the existence of the secret passage.

Hua Qingying did not shirk and followed Gonggong Cao into the secret passage, relatively speaking, it was safer to take the secret passage than for him to leave with light skills.

After the two entered the secret passage, they didn't know where Gonggong Cao pressed the Bogu frame and closed it little by little. The secret passage was dark, and Gonggong Cao walked in front with a candlestick to lead the way, "The prince just goes, the ground of this secret passage is flat." ”

Hua Qingying nodded without saying anything, and looked around with a faint gaze. This secret passage is obviously some years old, and the walls around it are smooth, and they have been formed by continuous excavation and repair. There are no torches on the walls, so they are obviously not commonly used. Hua Qingying looked at Gonggong Cao's back that was already a little stiff, and remembered her doubts.

"Gonggong Cao, why did Your Majesty sober up after drinking Han Mi'er's medicine?"

"We made it." Gonggong Cao did not shy away from saying, "Honey Guifei, ah, Han Mi'er and Han Zhen have wolf ambitions to kill Your Majesty, and they have been poisoning Your Majesty, making Your Majesty do a lot of wrong things in a daze. Although there is an antidote to the prince, it is also a symptom but not a cure, and after Han Mi'er found out that we had a response, she increased the amount of poison to His Majesty! The day before yesterday, His Majesty suddenly fainted, and our family felt bad. His Majesty took advantage of the fact that he still had a trace of sobriety to drive our family to the Queen Mother's side, and His Majesty himself was put under house arrest by Han Mi'er. ”

"Our family thought that Han Mi'er must have a plan to put His Majesty under house arrest, and then I heard the holy decree of marriage to the second prince. Our family thought that instead of letting His Majesty be awake and being manipulated by Han Mi'er, it was better to let His Majesty be unconscious. Gonggong Cao sighed, "Our family thinks that Your Majesty still has value for Han Mi'er and the Han family, and it will not be unfavorable to Your Majesty for the time being, so a coma is the best for Your Majesty." ”

"That's true." Hua Qingying arched her hand towards Gonggong Cao, "Thank you Gonggong Cao for your righteousness and coming up with such a way to save Your Majesty." Thank you Grandpa Cao! ”

"The prince's politeness is also serious." Cao Gong said fairly, "These are what our family should do, and it is also our family's duty." Our family has been by His Majesty's side for so many years, how can we bear to watch His Majesty suffer such a crime. ”

Saying that, he sighed again, and said worriedly: "I don't know when this matter will end, Your Majesty's body can't stand such a toss!" ”

"It's coming." Hua Qingying looked at the shining exit not far away, "There will definitely be no good results for the thieves and rebels." Moreover, they dared to take advantage of Prince Rui's absence, and the person they were afraid of was about to return. ”

Gonggong Cao also laughed after hearing this, and his laughter was obviously much easier than before.

The exit of the secret passage was not far from the Empress Dowager's Qingxuan Palace, and it was in a deserted palace. Gonggong Cao took Hua Qingying out of the secret passage and cautiously walked out of the palace.

"Go back, ......"

Before Gonggong Cao's words fell, a commotion came out of the Qingxuan Palace, and a little maid shouted in a loud voice: "Niangniang, it's time to go to the water!" Walk the water! The cold palace is gone! ”