The Queen Mother jumped from the tower, and His Majesty was reborn with fear

The night is dark, the moon is like water

Jiayu Palace

Yu Jinzhi was sitting in the courtyard in a moon-white brocade dress, her hair was just lightly tied up with a white jade hairpin. She was flipping through a book in her hands, with a candle beside her.

She spent these days like this, as long as she had a book in her hands, she could sit here for the whole day, neither happy nor sad, neither crying nor making a fuss, and neither speaking a word.

"Princess, it's windy outside. Shall I accompany you inside? There are candles on in the house, so it will be clearer than outside." Qingyu walked out of the house.

But Yu Jinzhi shook her head: "I'll just read a book here for a while, it won't delay me, you don't have to wait on me, just go and have a rest."

"Princess, it's already very late, and you've been looking at it all day. If you keep looking at it like this, your eyes will be damaged." Qingyu also looked distressed.

"Go down." Yu Jinzhi didn't want to continue talking. She had been talking less and less in recent days.

Qingyu was helpless, but she didn't say anything more. She asked Yu Jinzhi to bow, and then left first, because she knew that no matter how she persuaded, it would be useless.

It was late at night, and the wind outside was getting stronger. Yu Jinzhi felt a little cold, so she put down the book in her hand and hugged her arms. There was a moon tonight, and she looked up. The moon was not round enough, but looked like a scimitar.

The cold wind blew in the clouds, covering up most of the moon. She was a little disappointed, but she still stared at the sky for a long time. She was expecting the wind to blow away the clouds and the moon to shine again. The clouds brought by the wind will surely be able to blow away the clouds, right?

But she waited for a long time, the clouds became thicker and thicker, and the expectation in her eyes gradually dissipated. Maybe I won't be able to see the moon tonight, which is really meaningless.

In this case, there is no need to force it. If you can't wait, there is no point in waiting any longer. Yu Jinzhi was about to get up. She was a little tired.

But the moment she stood up, Yu Jinzhi seemed to hear someone calling her.

The sound of "Gardenia"...

Yu Jinzhi's pupils shrank slightly, and she turned around instantly to look under the locust tree not far away, where stood a man in a black suit.

"Zhizhi..." He called out again in a hoarse voice and took two steps forward.

"Brother Prince?" Yu Jinzhi looked at the person in front of her in disbelief—the deposed Prince Xie Zhao!

But after recognizing him, Yu Jinzhi was immediately filled with panic. Why was he here? What if Xie Yuxiu knew about it? He would die. Yu Jinzhi stood there, at a loss and nervous...

"Zhizhi, I'm here to take you away. I have already arranged everything outside. Let's leave the palace together, okay?" Xie Zhao's eyes were full of affection, and even his tone was the gentlest.

Yu Jinzhi shook her head: "Brother Prince, I can't leave, you..." She really wanted to ask how he got out, but she couldn't ask, and she didn't dare to ask.

Xie Zhao took two steps forward again: "I won't leave you here alone, Zhizhi, you must go with me today. If Xie Yuxiu knew that I was missing, he would never let you go easily." He became more resolute, and then he was about to pull Yu Jinzhi.

"Brother Prince." Yu Jinzhi wanted to break free, but Xie Zhao was too strong.

Yu Jinzhi's uneasiness gradually grew. He should be in prison, why did he suddenly appear here? Xie Yuxiu's people were watching Jiayu Palace every day, so how did he get in quietly?

It would be fine if Xie Yuxiu really didn't know, but what if Xie Yuxiu knew it a long time ago and deliberately let him in? Thinking of this, Yu Jinzhi broke out in a cold sweat. She couldn't take the risk. If she really left with Xie Zhao today, she and Xie Zhao would have to pay the price. And she couldn't afford the consequences of that.

"I won't leave!" Yu Jinzhi's tone became more serious. Xie Zhao was slightly stunned. She turned around and looked at Yu Jinzhi, the sister he had protected since childhood and the Crown Princess his father had once designated for him.

"What did you say? You don't want to go with me? Zhizhi, Xie Yuxiu is too dangerous, and the palace is even more..."

Before he finished speaking, Yu Jinzhi took over the conversation: "I know, but I can't leave. Brother Crown Prince, something strange happened today. If I could really go with you, wouldn't things be too easy and smooth? Brother Crown Prince, you don't have to worry about me. If you can leave, just leave by yourself. I'll be fine. His Majesty won't kill me for the time being."

"Xie Yuxiu is moody, how could I let you face him alone? Zhizhi, believe me, okay?" Xie Zhao seemed to be completely unable to hear anything he said, and pulled Yu Jinzhi towards the courtyard wall.

There are people here, but it seems that they are not Xie Yuxiu's people, but Xie Zhao's people. Seeing this, Yu Jinzhi began to doubt, could it be that Xie Yuxiu really doesn't know now?

Xie Zhao led Yu Jinzhi to climb the wall, and because there was someone to help them, it was relatively smooth. But just as Yu Jinzhi was standing on the wall, footsteps were heard not far away.

Judging from the sound, there should be quite a few people, and... it doesn't sound like the footsteps of ordinary palace servants. Yu Jinzhi felt a chill on her back, and the thing she was most worried about had happened.

really

People not far away were holding torches and lanterns, and the dim corner of the courtyard was soon illuminated. The corner of the courtyard in the middle of the night was illuminated as bright as day.

The guards held sharp swords and stood in an orderly manner on both sides, leaving the road in the middle clear.

Yu Jinzhi stood on the courtyard wall and shivered. It was unclear whether it was because of the wind or because of the fear she saw.

Xie Yuxiu was wearing a black dragon robe with a gilded dragon pattern. The sound his feet made when stepping on the pebbles on the ground was oppressive, and Yu Jinzhi's face turned pale.

Half of Xie Yuxiu's face was hidden in the darkness, with only his thin lips showing. His bony fingers were fiddling with the delicate dagger inlaid with green jade, and the blade was emitting a bright cold light. As he walked forward, Xie Yuxiu's entire face slowly emerged from the darkness, but the frost in his eyes was colder than the moon tonight.

The palace servant swiftly brought a chair over, and when Xie Yuxiu sat down, he leaned back, one hand on his knee and the other on the handle of the chair, the dagger between his hands gleaming coldly.

"Xie Yuxiu!" Xie Zhao jumped down from the courtyard wall, calling his name with gritted teeth.

Xie Yuxiu had never looked up at them before. Only when he heard his name did he look over at them. But... he was looking at Yu Jinzhi who was still standing on the courtyard wall.

Yu Jinzhi almost fainted when she met Xie Yuxiu's eyes, which were like a pool of dead water.

Xie Yuxiu just looked at her quietly, without saying a word, but his eyes had already been covered with a layer of ice.