Hongdi

"What conditions?"

"You have to be blindfolded."

Bei Yaofei smiled disdainfully, nodded and said: "It's up to you." He thought to himself: "Blindfolded will make me unable to recognize the way inside? Just kidding, do you think I have spent so many years in the arena for nothing? !"

Yu Xun took out a white silk scarf from his bosom and wrapped it around his eyes, then waved his hand in front of his eyes to make sure he couldn't see, then led him into the secret passage by the corner of his sleeve.

When Bei Yaofei entered the secret passage last time, he was in a half-dream and half-awake state, and he only felt a little bit about this place.Although Yu Xun was blindfolded at this moment, relying on his years of experience in traveling the rivers and lakes, relying on his ears, nose and the wind blowing his face, he roughly guessed the situation of the secret passage.The secret road is very large, the footsteps sound a bit empty, there is not too much rotten smell, the wind is sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and a cool damp is surging from the ground, it seems to be connected to the water source, there should be many roads maze array.Bei Yaofei admired secretly in his heart.After walking for a while, the secret passage seemed to suddenly become smaller, and the smooth stone walls could be touched on both sides, and it seemed that it had left the palace.The two walked one after the other for a while, Yu Xun stopped, as if he had fiddled with the mechanism, and after the slight sound of gears turning, Yu Xun took off the silk scarf from his eyes.Bei Yaofei raised his eyes and saw that it was Yishui Xiaozhu where they met last time.

Yu Xun looked around and said lazily, "You should know the rest of the way. I'm going back to sleep. Farewell."

"Wait." Bei Yaofei grabbed him, looked at the tired face quietly, and remained silent.

"what's up?"

Bei Yaofei didn't answer, Yu Xun thought he was still worried about He Shuang's affairs, so he said, "Don't worry too much. I'll come back after I go back to sleep for a while, let's discuss it later."

Bei Yaofei nodded, but he didn't let go of his hand. He looked at Yu Xun's gauze-wrapped left hand with some hesitation, and couldn't say a word of sorry...

"Then can I go back to sleep?"

"Are you still coming from the secret road?" Yu Xun nodded, and Bei Yaofei said again: "Don't go back, just sleep here. There are so many houses here in King Yi, it doesn't matter if you are alone."

Yu Xun smiled bitterly, "My brother will be angry if he doesn't like it. Besides, there is morning morning today." He withdrew his hand forcefully, and said, "I won't tell you anymore. If I don't go back, I don't even need to sleep. It's gone." Said, regardless of whether Bei Yaofei agreed or not, he turned around and closed the secret door, and left.

"Leaving...?" Bei Yaofei stood in front of the secret door in a daze, reminiscing about the cool temperature that his fingers touched just now, parted his thin lips slightly, and murmured two words that he didn't even understand. Character……

Cook Xiao came back from the court hall, changed into casual clothes, took a short rest, and came to Yishui Xiaozhu to wait for Yuxun.But Yu Xun didn't show up after a long time, and Ling Yanxiu came with Bei Yaofei and Xun Shuiyin.The four chatted casually, and then waited for Yuxun together.

When Yu Xun came out from the secret path, he saw that they were centering on Ling Yanxiu, chatting and laughing happily, even the always icy-faced Fan Xiao smiled.Yu Xun felt that he had come at the wrong time, and a rare harmonious scene seemed to be broken by him.

"Why did you come here?" Cook Xiao put away her smile and looked back at him.

"Well, I got up late."

Cook Xiao frowned unhappily, and said coldly: "Do you know what the fourth brother said about you today?"

"I can guess."

"If you can guess it, you still don't go to the court!? There are not many morning courts once every six days. You are fine, how many times have you missed?"

Yu Xun didn't speak, his eyes were looking at the lake water churning with the wind, his heart was so cold that there was no warmth at all.It's not that he didn't want to go to the morning court, but when he wanted to get up from the bed, another high fever made him unable to do anything.Afraid that Cook Xiao would be angry because he missed the appointment, he reluctantly took the medicine and came here after walking in the secret road, but it was not this that Cook Xiao was angry with...

"Xiao Xun, you should know how many people want you to fall. From now on, you must go to court early!"

"understood."

"Well. Come and sit down."

Yu Xun sat next to Cook Xiao with a blank expression on his face, Bei Yaofei stepped forward and handed him a pill, and said angrily, "Take it."

Yu Xun didn't even think about it, he took it and threw it into his mouth...

Cook Xiao stopped her, frowned tightly, looked at Bei Yaofei hostilely and said: "What medicine?"

"Fever medicine. Don't you see that your brother is sick?"

"Why should I trust you? It's not that there are no doctors in this palace."

Yu Xun returned the medicine in his hand to Bei Yaofei, forced a smile, and said, "Thank you, you don't need the antipyretic medicine. I took it in the morning."

Bei Yaofei didn't answer, and retreated behind Ling Yanxiu in great displeasure, without speaking again.

Cook Xiao picked up the tea and sipped it slowly, Yu Xun was so dizzy that he couldn't say anything for a moment.Ling Yanxiu smiled awkwardly and asked, "How is your investigation? Any news?"

Cook Xiao was still drinking tea without saying a word, Yu Xun shook his head when he saw this, and said, "I have checked both Yushu Building and Wenshu Pavilion, and there is no record about that person."

"No? How could it be?"

Cook Xiao put down the cup and said, "It's right if you don't have one."

"What do you mean?" Ling Yanxiu looked at him puzzled.

"I asked a few old eunuchs. Twenty years ago, there was indeed a woman whose background was not clear. I asked the mother concubine later, and she said..."

"What did she say?"

Cook Xiao looked at the anxious Ling Yanxiu, smiled mysteriously, and said, "Miss Ling, I think you need to tell me how that He Shuang knew my father."

Ling Yanxiu twitched the corners of his mouth, and looked at him coquettishly, "Is it okay if you don't say anything?"

"You only told me one name, how do I know if my concubine mother is talking about the person you are looking for?"

"Well, I'll just tell you. He Shuang is my mother. 20 years ago, people in the Jianghu besieged Caohetang, and my master was poisoned. Only the special tribute Qinglongguo in the palace can ask for it, so my mother entered the palace. Then I was caught by your father and became his concubine."

"Are you sure your mother became a concubine after being arrested?"

"Well, sure. My mother wrote us a letter, saying that she likes the emperor and doesn't want to have anything to do with the world."

Yu Xun sighed slightly, thinking of his lecherous father, he thought to himself: "I guess it's a drug substitution, who can run away from the woman my father wants?" He asked half-seriously and half jokingly: "Since your mother is willing, Then why bother to disturb her happiness, why are you here looking for her?"

"You?!" Ling Yanxiu was a little angry, staring at Yu Xun fiercely with his big watery eyes.Yu Xun smiled unscrupulously and evilly, and said, "What? You still miss your mother when you are so grown up?" Ling Yanxiu rolled his eyes, picked up the tea bowl on the table, and threw it at Yu Xun's face.Yu Xun tilted his head to avoid it, and said with a smile, "Miss Ling has such a temper, it's just a joke."

"What can His Royal Highness, who has been held in the palm of his hand since he was a child, understand?! Don't be fooling around here!"

"Yes, yes, it's my fault. Miss Ling, don't blame me, don't blame me." Yu Xun's blue eyes sparkled, and Ling Yanxiu's heart palpited when she saw Ling Yanxiu. She blushed, turned her head, and ignored him.

Bei Yaofei stared at Yu Xun angrily, but did not attack.Cook Xiao said in time, "Xiao Xun, stop making trouble. But Miss Ling, please answer Xiao Xun's question, too, okay?"

Ling Yanxiu calmed down, and after thinking about it, he said: "At that time, there was only one green dragon fruit in the palace, and my master needed two for the poison, so we..." She lowered her head slightly, and said: "Half a year ago we I started to contact my mother, but found that my mother was not in the palace. The master said that my mother was probably forced at the time. She was afraid that something would happen to my mother, so let us check my mother's whereabouts first. As for the Qinglong fruit matter And let it go."

"There is no Qinglong fruit in the palace now. It will be shipped from He Jia next year or the year after. That kind of fruit grows very slowly, and only one fruit will be born in more than ten years. Only the emperor and Xiaoxun can use it in the palace, and it will not be available by then." Let Xiaoxun help you find a way."

Hearing what Cook Xiao said, Yu Xun nodded with a busy smile and said, "Being a prince still has some advantages."

Ling Yanxiu rolled his eyes at him, and said to Xiao Xiao: "I've already told you, should you tell me the news about your investigation?"

Cook Xiao nodded and said: "My mother and concubine said that there was a big riot in the palace 20 years ago. It was the general Wei Shan and his son Wei Lianfeng who took the lead in clearing it up. They caught and executed the person who caused the riot. Afterwards, the emperor rewarded her for her meritorious service, and at the same time conferred a conferment on a court lady who had made great contributions in protecting her during the turmoil. However, my imperial father didn't seem to like her, and the concubines in the harem ignored her."

"What about her now?"

"no one knows."

"how come?"

"I was in poor health when I was young, and my mother and concubine had no time to take care of the affairs of the harem. I just heard an old eunuch say..."

"what?"

"It seems that Wei's father and son found out that this court lady was connected with the rebels. The emperor imprisoned her in the sky prison and was tried by Wei's father and son. No one knows what happened after that." Cook Xiao paused for a moment. , and said: "But this is just a rumor. It is not known whether that maid is the He Shuang you are looking for. You should ask the person concerned for details."

Yu Xun listened quietly to what Xiao Xiao said, sipped the teacup lightly, closed his eyes slightly, and covered the surprise flashing in his eyes with his long eyelash feathers, he knew that Xiao Xiao was lying.

"Why should we believe you?" Bei Yaofei did see the record about the riot 20 years ago in Wenshu Pavilion last night, but it only mentioned Wei Lianfeng, not Wei Shan.

"You can choose not to believe it."

Ling Yanxiu hesitated for a moment, and said, "I believe you." After finishing speaking, she turned to Xun Shuiyin and said, "Shuiyin, go and prepare, I'll go to Wei Mansion to inquire."

"Investigate? How do you want to investigate?" Yu Xun knew that the guards in the Wei Mansion were extremely strict and that no ordinary person could break in, so he couldn't help but feel worried.

"You don't need to worry about this, you sick man, take a good rest." Ling Yanxiu replied lukewarmly, and ignored him.

Yu Xun was upset, but still worried, "Wei Manor, we have someone, maybe we can help you."

"How to help?"

Yu Xun glanced at Cai Xiao, saw that he was frowning, and didn't answer.

"Why don't you say it? Isn't it very capable? It's not relying on others."

"Miss Ling, can you wait for a while? Let's send someone to check." After cooking Xiao said, he lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said: "I can't help much, but the structure of Wei Mansion and the deployment of guards should be able to get it." He pondered for a moment and asked, "I wonder if this will help the girl?"

Ling Yanxiu nodded, "Yeah, that's enough, we can take care of the rest by ourselves."

"Then I'll go and order." After finishing speaking, Mi Xiao got up, paused for a while and said: "Xiao Xun, you go back, there's nothing to do here."

Yu Xun nodded with a smile, got up and said goodbye.Ling Yanxiu looked at his shaky figure, couldn't bear it, and said to Xiao Xiao: "Will the prince not let His Royal Highness rest?"

Cook Xiao remained silent, Yu Xun hurriedly laughed and said, "Why, Miss Ling is reluctant to let me go?"

Ling Yanxiu pouted immediately, snorted coldly, and said to Xiao Xiao: "My lord, I'll wait for your news. Goodbye." After speaking, he turned around and left with Bei Yaofei and Xun Shuiyin.

Yu Xun walked up to Cook Xiao and whispered, "Brother, is something going to happen?"

"Who?"

"them."

"I don't know, and it has nothing to do with you and me. But there is one thing I know."

"What's going on?"

"If you don't go back to rest, the illness will get worse."

Cook Xiao was still sipping tea slowly, Yu Xun knew it would be useless to talk too much, so she got up and said, "Then, I'll go first. Please let me know if there is anything to do." Cook Xiao nodded, Yu Xun turned and left.

A secret path that I have traveled many times, but this time it is particularly long.After finally returning to the Chu Palace, Yu Xun couldn't take it anymore, and fell on the bed and fell unconscious.He Borui invited the imperial doctor to have a look, he was actually poisoned...