Empress Zhang and Chen Yi expected it well, Chen Ji really did not die.

Just when Zhang Shao led people to the gate of Cining Palace, Ling'er ran out of the back door and found Chen Ji.

Chen Ji knew that Zhang Shao was not Liu Yong, and once he learned that he had run away, he would definitely not take into account the feelings of the people in the city and come to a big raid. In order to make the crowd give up the idea of arresting him completely, he killed one of the eunuchs who guarded him, and blackmailed another person to create the illusion that he was dead.

Although Chen Ji's trick was not clever, he deceived the Empress Dowager Wu.

What Empress Zhang and Chen You didn't expect was that Chen Ji had already escaped from the secret passage that led directly to the outside of the palace at this time.

With Chen Ji, there is also Ling'er.

The two came to the place where Lin Yuniang was hiding, that is, the house where the earliest eunuch Huang Hao hid gold and silver.

"You can wait here for Li Yin, I expect this guy to return here soon, and at that time, you two can stay away from here without worrying about Liu Yong's revenge." Chen Ji said.

Ling'er was still a little nervous.

"Isn't Lord Chen here?"

"Lord Ben can't go back to the palace, and he can't stay in this city, so it's better to escape first and find another way." Chen Ji replied.

We said that Huang Hao had dug an underground secret room here in order to hide the gold and silver, which was unknown to no one except Chen Ji.

Ling'er watched as Chen Ji opened a well-concealed wooden lid in the courtyard, revealing the hole underneath.

"This can be used as a temporary hiding place." Chen Ji explained, "If you don't return to the palace for a long time, the Queen Mother will inevitably be suspicious, if Empress Zhang and others know about your secret connection with Li Yin, they will not let you go, you can go down with me to take a look." ”

Ling'er hugged the package in her arms.

That was all her belongings over the years, and she was confident that these things would be enough to cope with the food and clothing of her and Li Yin for the rest of their lives.

Following Chen Ji slowly down the steps, Ling'er's eyes widened in surprise.

Huang Hao's gold and silver have all been taken away by Liu Yong's envoys, but the wealth hidden here by Chen Ji is no less than Huang Hao's at the beginning.

The wealth that Chen Ji has, in addition to the rewards he receives from the Empress Dowager Wu on a daily basis, is more of the military salary he withheld when he was in charge of the forbidden army, as well as gifts from other officials.

"I didn't expect the Queen Mother to be so eccentric, the slave maid has served her with all her heart and soul for many years, and the reward she received is less than a fraction of Lord Chen?" Ling'er looked at these dazzling treasures and gold and silver, and couldn't help but tremble with jealousy.

"Everything that Lord Ben has paid for the Queen Mother is comparable to those you and others." Chen Ji spat on the ground.

"How can Lord Chen take away these many treasures?" Ling'er thought for a moment and proposed, "It's better to store it here for the time being, and ask Ling'er to keep it for you." In the future, when Lord Chen finds a place to stay, Ling'er and Li Yin Gongzi will personally send it to you. ”

Chen Ji smiled.

"Miss Ling'er is so calculating, you even dare to swallow the treasure that Lord Fei Gong gave to the Queen Mother, this little thing of Lord Ben will be cleaned up by you in less than a day."

Ling'er was caught by Chen Ji's words, and hurriedly waved her hand.

"Lord Chen can't believe Ling'er, so forget it."

Chen Ji stared coldly at the package in Ling'er's hand.

Ling'er seemed to suddenly feel a hint of danger, hurriedly hugged the package again, and took a few steps back: "It's dark here, Ling'er still go up there and wait for Lord Chen." ”

With that, Ling'er was about to leave.

Chen Ji caught up from behind and grabbed her by the collar.

"Where's that jade pendant?" Chen Ji pulled Ling'er's body to his with force, looked at her fiercely, and asked.

Ling'er panicked.

She knew that what Chen Ji was asking was the jade pendant that she had secretly swallowed with a golden dragon, if it weren't for it, she wouldn't have been coerced by this Chen Ji and risked going to Wang Si's mansion to deliver a letter.

"Lord Chen has so much possessions, won't he not let go of this little accumulation of slaves and maids, right?" Ling'er forced a smile and asked.

"Lord Ben only needs that jade pendant." Chen Ji's cold voice made Ling'er desperate.

"Master Chen can't treat slaves and maids like this, you need to know that slaves and maids have helped you get out of danger more than once."

Chen Ji shook it hard and threw Ling'er to the ground.

"Lord Ben has become a lost dog, and the old feelings will not be brought up again." As he spoke, he leaned over and snatched the package from Ling'er's hand.

Where is Ling'er willing to follow, tearing desperately.

With a "bang", the package was torn, the gold and silver jewelry inside rolled to the ground, and the jade pendant also fell at Chen Ji's feet.

Chen Ji was really not interested in other things, so he reached out to grab the jade pendant, but he didn't watch out, and was grabbed by Ling'er and bit it hard.

Chen Ji screamed in pain and staggered back a few steps, and for a while, he was angry, and he ran over and kicked Ling'er in the chest more than a dozen times.

Ling'er was kicked and rolled to the side with her chest, and blood flowed from the corner of her mouth.

Chen Ji picked up the jade pendant, looked at it in his hand, put it in his pocket, and then suddenly lowered his head and picked up a golden hairpin, aimed at Ling'er's temple.

In fact, as early as when Ling'er helped Empress Dowager Wu poison Liu Chan, she had already expected that she would die, so she deliberately planned to ask Li Yin to leave the palace with her. It's just that she wouldn't have thought that just when she had already seen hope, she died in the hands of Chen Ji. In the entire palace, he is the only one who is his offensive and defensive ally.

As Ling'er closed her eyes unwillingly, Chen Ji threw away the golden hairpin in her hand.

He didn't want to delay his big event because of such a little girl, he knew that the only place he could go now was Wujun.

Imperial Palace, Jing'an Palace:

"Qi Yu Niangniang Chitose, the slave maid observed at the gate of the Queen Mother's palace for a long time, and did not find the Queen Mother's movement to bury Lord Chen, and sent people to search for Miss Ling'er in the palace, but they didn't find it." A palace maid said to Empress Zhang.

Empress Zhang glanced at Chen Yi and Zhang Shao, who were standing at the bottom of the steps.

"Ling'er is really gone, it looks like the whole thing has something to do with her."

Chen Yi thought for a moment.

"Queen Mother, Weichen has a proposal, but he hasn't thought about it completely, please make a decision about it."

"Lord Chen just said that this palace has no intention of participating in the political affairs of the imperial court, but His Majesty is not there, and the Queen Mother is involved in these many rights and wrongs, and the palace has the right to discuss it with Lord Chen." Empress Zhang explained in due course.

"The queen mother is so smart, this matter must be the final decision." Chen Yi said.

"Master Chen is overrated."

"The list of ministers provided by Fei Gong to Chen Ji, although there are many old ministers from the time when the first emperor was alive, however, it is now impossible to determine who Chen Ji has been in contact with and what his thoughts are. Therefore, Weichen thought that it was possible to put these people under house arrest for the time being on the grounds that there were changes in the palace and it was not suitable to go out. According to this, Chen Ji can also be cut off from contact with everyone and avoid hiding his private mansion. After His Majesty returns, he is doing something. ”

"It's a feasible plan." Zhang Shao didn't wait for Empress Zhang to speak, and said first.

Empress Zhang pondered.

"The news of my brother leading people to break into the palace and Chen Ji's escape will soon spread in the city, if these ministers are placed under house arrest at this time, any excuse will cause unease, if Chen Ji has not yet made contact with these people, wouldn't we help them unite to jointly hostile the imperial court?"

Empress Zhang's words surprised Chen You.

"The queen mother is thoughtful, and she can't do it." Chen only cocked a thumbs up.