Looking at Chu Yugu, who was somewhat similar to Ling Zhao, Xu Zhiyi suddenly became suspicious in her heart: "Are you sure that it was the Xili people who killed your whole family?!" ”

"They are wearing Western Plough costumes and carrying full moon scimitars......" Chu Yugu replied half a sentence, and suddenly asked rhetorically: "What do you want to say?" ”

"I'm just a little strange, how did the second prince of the Nanyue Dynasty, who has lived in Kyoto for a long time, go to the border city so coincidentally to save you who look so similar to him?" Xu Zhiyi said quietly.

Chu Yugu was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Over the years, I have also been investigating this matter. The prince was obsessed with perfumery, and that year he also happened to go to Anyuan to buy spices from the Western Regions......"

Xu Zhiyi interrupted: "You said earlier that Ling Zhao was very disgusted with women because of this unbearable encounter with Mrs. Xin'an when he was a child. A man who hates women if one day he suddenly meets a teenager who looks like him......"

Chu Yugu's face suddenly turned pale.

"Shu Mei is like you, her family was also slaughtered by the Xili people." Xu Zhiyi suddenly pulled the topic back again, "She's just a weak woman in the boudoir, and she won't have an impact on your plan to compete for the throne......"

"Zhiyi, I really can't do this." Chu Yugu looked puzzled. Shu Mei has lost his voice, and he will let her go sooner or later. It's just that the Xiangji Temple is about to hunt Ling Li, and it is a matter of Ling Zhao's plan to compete for the reserve for many years, and he can't take the slightest risk.

"So, can I see her?" Seeing Chu Yugu's resolute attitude, Xu Zhiyi retreated to the second.

“……”

"Yugu, because of Shu Mei's matter, I have been having nightmares recently, and I came to Zanglong Temple today to pray for her, if I can see her and know that she is okay, I will be able to feel at ease......" Xu Zhiyi stepped forward and grabbed Chu Yugu's hand and pleaded.

She calls herself "Jade Valley"? She took her hand! As if an electric current was rushing, Chu Yugu's heartbeat suddenly stopped for half a beat.

"Okay? I just want to see her once and make sure she's alive......"

"Okay." Unable to withstand Xu Zhiyi's pleading, Chu Yugu nodded helplessly in agreement. He secretly thought to himself, he was going to send Shu Mei to Xiangji Temple tonight, and before she left, he could let Xu Zhiyi meet her. As long as the disguised grandmother reputs makeup on Shu Mei, and the lights are obscured at night, she will not be able to see the clues.

"Where to meet her?" Xu Zhiyi asked.

"Tonight, the king's ...... In the grove outside the east gate. ”

*********

At the end of summer, in the middle of the night, the trees are full of wind and shadows.

Xu Zhiyi was dressed as a maid in the palace, and stood quietly in the grove outside the east gate with Yuzhu, waiting to meet Shu Mei. The light from the palace lamp on the eaves of the palace penetrated the night and fell into the forest, leaving only a slight light and shadow, so that the two people standing side by side could only vaguely see each other's outlines.

A moment later, the sound of a horse-drawn carriage rolling over the bluestone alley could be heard in the distance.

"Princess, they are here."

Xu Zhiyi said: "You go to the back first to get ready." ”

Yuzhu nodded in response, turned and walked towards the depths of the forest.

After the carriage stopped, there was a small cracking sound, and a black shadow came against the light.

"Zhiyi ——?"

"I'm here."

After the black shadow stood still, Xu Zhiyi recognized the person in front of her as Chu Yugu by the dim light and shadow, she stepped forward and grabbed his hand and asked, "Where is Shumei?" ”

In the darkness, the familiar touch warmed Chu Yugu's heart. She already knew the secret of Li Dai Taozhuang, but she was still willing to be so close to herself, which made him feel like he was in the deep darkness of a long journey, and suddenly glimpsed a star of light, and his heart was suddenly full of joy. He took her hand and whispered softly in her ear, "It's right behind." ”

Soon, two more black shadows came against the light.

Through the faint light in the forest, Xu Zhiyi vaguely recognized that it was a mother-in-law holding Shu Mei, whose hands were tied.

"Sister Amei, is that you?"

In the dark, Shu Mei nodded, but did not answer.

Xu Zhiyi threw away Chu Yugu's hand, stepped forward, grabbed her bound hand and said, "Sister, I'm sorry for you and made you suffer......

Shu Mei just shook his head.

"Sister, are you mad at me? Why won't you talk to me? Looking at her blurred face in the dark, Xu Zhiyi wondered.

Chu Yugu next to him said: "Zhiyi, although I can promise to let you meet her, I can't let you talk......

"You guys, gave her dumb medicine?!"

Seeing Chu Yugu nodding in acknowledgement, Xu Zhiyi's nose was sour, and tears suddenly came out of her eyes, she grabbed Shu Mei's wrist and groped for the knots that bound her in the dark.

"What are you doing?" Chu Yugu grabbed her hand.

"She can't even speak, and you're still tied to her......" she cried and fumbled to untie the ropes.

Hearing Xu Zhiyi's crying, Chu Yugu suddenly felt that his head was big, and he regretted that he shouldn't have agreed to let them meet.

The woman held the rope firmly and refused to let go, Xu Zhiyi couldn't untie it, so she cried and threw herself into Chu Yugu's arms, "Yugu, I beg you, Sister Ah Mei must have suffered a lot this time, I just want to hug her......"

The familiar warm fragrance of the body breath drilled into the bottom of his nose, and Chu Yugu felt as if his heart was about to melt. He reluctantly turned his head to his mother-in-law and said, "With me watching, you can let her go for the time being." ”

The woman sighed and stepped forward to loosen the hemp rope tied to Shu Mei's wrist.

"Sister ,......" Seeing that the hemp rope was loosened, Xu Zhiyi stepped forward and hugged Shu Mei tightly, and then put her lips to her ear and whispered quickly: "After the funeral of the concubine, Ling Zhao will kidnap Ling Juan and booby trap Ling Li in Xiangji Temple, and the auspicious omen is in the forest in front of ......"

"What are you talking about?" Chu Yugu found that something was wrong, and stepped forward and grabbed Xu Zhiyi's arm.

"Sister, run-" Xu Zhiyi suddenly pushed away and Shu Mei was relieved.

At the moment when Shu Mei ran towards the depths of the forest, Xu Zhiyi hugged Chu Yugu sideways.

"Xu Zhiyi! Let go of me-" Seeing Shu Mei fleeing, Chu Yugu was anxious to chase after him, but was hugged to death by Xu Zhiyi.

Seeing Shu Mei fleeing, the woman immediately chased after her, but after all, she was old, and she could compare to the light and agile Shu Mei when she ran through the forest.

Once Shu Mei escapes, the rest will be in trouble!

Chu Yugu knew very well that he had made a big mistake today, so he was ruthless in his heart, pushed Xu Zhiyi away with force, and chased him towards the depths of the forest.

"Chu Yugu, you don't want it anymore, kid, right?!"

Chu Yugu suddenly stopped. He looked back and saw that Xu Zhiyi was using a shiny dagger against his abdomen.

"Zhiyi, you...... Don't ...... that."

"One life for another!" Xu Zhiyi said sharply: "If you let go of Shu Mei, I will let you and Ling Zhao's child go!! ”

"You and Ling Zhao's child", this sentence made Chu Yugu instantly understand that he had been deceived by her.

She actually forgot that before she met in the Hidden Dragon Temple, she was full of Ling Zhao in her eyes, and she had never existed in her life. And this child was originally imposed on her by Ling Zhao in order to compete for the prince, and it was a humiliation in her life. How could she be stupid, she would be as emotional as herself?!

It was the stupid confession in the Hidden Dragon Temple that allowed this cunning woman to grasp her weakness. Woman, it's really hateful!

"I promise you."