Big Moon Ballad

The last time I came here, I just took a quick glance. This time when I actually walked under the tall palace walls, Li Ji found that the palace was really big.

The palace city, Afang Palace, was built by Emperor Taizu Emperor Yingdi's life-long painstaking efforts.

Compared with the Soochow Palace, which is also located in Ruyang, the capital of Soochow, it is more than ten times larger in terms of area.

The palaces and cities of other vassal states in the Great Wall were all built in imitation of Afang Palace, but all of them have only their shape but not their spirit.This palace can be said to be the last heritage of the Ying family. Even if there is no son of God guarding it, walking in it can make the practitioners of the heavenly rank feel intimidated.

The palace itself has a special temperament, as if alive.

alive?

Li Ji stopped in his tracks, startled by the thoughts sprouting in his heart.

"Mr. Zhaohua, what's wrong with you?"

Lady Yao, who was carrying a lantern, stopped abruptly and asked tremblingly.

After Qian Bofang left, only she and Li Ji were left, and she was always in a state of paralysis.

"It's nothing." Sensing the nervousness of the woman leading the way in front of him, Li Ji smiled wryly, "Don't worry, there are no guards or palace people approaching within a hundred feet."

"That's good," Ms. Yao stroked her chest, "Please follow me."

The two continued to walk hurriedly under the palace wall.

When Li Ji came here before, he would fly by, or fly over the eaves and walls with Zhao Guang. This time, because of the speed of Lady Yao's walking, it was the first time for Li Ji to walk in the Efang Palace like this.

Compared with the last time I came, the entire Miyagi was obviously much more desolate.

The number of patrolling palace guards has been reduced by about half, and the aura of the palace people has also decreased a lot. Most of them are still concentrated in the southwest of the palace city.

Li Ji remembered that location, it was Ying Hanri's sleeping palace, Ganlu Hall.

Since Ying Han had transferred most of the guards away, the defense in other areas of Efang Palace could almost be described as desolate.

That's why Miss Yao led him, a big man, with a lantern to walk under the palace wall at night without being noticed.

At this time, Li Ji found that the road along which Mrs. Yao took him was getting more and more desolate, and grass even grew in the gaps between the blue bricks on the ground.

"Miss Yao, where are you going to take me?"

Li Ji originally thought that she was planning to hide him in a place like the Lenggong, but now they are heading in a direction between the Harem and the Outer Court.

Ms. Yao didn't answer, her trembling legs walked faster and faster, almost trotting.She circled the corners with ease, and she had walked the road in front of her countless times.

Li Ji followed her suspiciously and quickened his pace, bypassing the winding palace walls, a deserted palace appeared in front of their eyes.

The palace seemed to have been unoccupied for a long time. Half of the main hall had collapsed, half of which was in ruins, and half a person's height of weeds grew in the cracks between the bricks.

With a "poof", Miss Yao blew out the lantern in her hand.

The cold moonlight shines on the moss-covered stone steps.

Li Ji fixedly looked at the palace under the moonlight, and walked forward step by step.

A dilapidated plaque fell among the bricks. Li Ji took a closer look and saw three big characters on the letter.

"Taishi Palace".

Li Ji was startled.

The Thai one is extremely great, just like the son of the son of heaven and the princes is called the prince, and the prince of the son of heaven is called the tazai.

Those who can use the word "Tai" as the name of the palace in Efang Palace...

"Could it be..."

Lady Yao bowed to the palace in front of her and saluted respectfully, "This is the residence of His Highness the eldest son of the late emperor, and it is also the temporary residence of His Highness the Princess before she gets married."

The eldest son of the first emperor?

Was it the palace where Ying Su lived?

Li Ji looked at the female official beside him who knew her way well, "You used to be a court lady here?"

"That's right," Lady Yao said with a complicated look on her face, "The maid entered the palace at the age of ten, and was assigned to be a cleaning lady outside the Taishi Palace. She has stayed here since then."

"Ten years old?"

Li Ji stared at the middle-aged female official in front of him. According to her age, this woman can be regarded as a veteran of the harem who has gone through three dynasties.

"Then you should have met the eldest son of the emperor?"

Lady Yao gave a wry smile and shook her head, "When His Royal Highness the eldest son was alive, the servants were still the lowest-ranking maids of honor, so they had no right to see nobles at all."

There is only one noble person she has ever seen in her life.

"Really?" Li Ji looked at the half-collapsed main hall in front of him, "How did this palace collapse like this? Was it caused by an earthquake?"

How can it be said that it used to be the prince's palace, but no one repaired it?
"This……"

Lady Yao's expression was a bit subtle, "It didn't collapse originally. It's just that when Her Royal Highness the Princess lived here six months ago, villains entered the pavilion, and when Her Highness fought with the villains, the pavilion was damaged..."

what?
Li Ji was stunned for a moment.

It seems that there is such a thing.

Speaking of which, when he met Ying Baoyue in Efang Palace, she was being hunted down by killers.

So it turned out that she was ambushed first in her bedroom?

Thanks to her low level at that time, she was able to escape.

No, it should be said that it is she who can make such a big commotion?

Thinking of Ying Baoyue again, Li Ji felt a little complicated.He pushed away the gravel slab blocking the way with one hand, bent down and walked into the half-collapsed main hall.

I saw a big hole where the bed should have been, and it was filled with gravel.

"What's going on here?"

Li Ji didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Has your highness the princess been sleeping on a pile of rocks?"

"Ah, you mean this hole?"

Officer Yao coughed, "This was originally a secret passage, but it has been blocked now."

"Secret way?" Li Ji was startled, "The way to the Imperial Prayer Province?"

Ms. Yao was a little surprised, "Mr. Zhaohua, how do you know?"

No wonder when he met Ying Baoyue and was hunted down before, she ran wildly in the Imperial Prayer Province.

Li Ji understood everything in an instant, and looked at the blocked secret passage in front of him with a complicated expression.

Ying Baoyue only lived here temporarily before getting married, and the person who left behind this secret path was obviously not her, but the former owner of this palace.

It's just that this secret passage has nothing to do with her.

In the bedroom of the eldest son of the Great Qin Emperor, there is actually a secret passage leading to the Imperial Prayer Province.

For some reason, Li Ji's mood suddenly became complicated.

He found a fairly flat stone and sat down, looked at the other ornaments in the house covered with thick dust, and said softly, "Did the eldest son of the emperor often go to the imperial prayer department?"

"This... the servant does not know."

Lady Yao looked puzzled, she had just said that she was only the outermost court lady, why would Li Ji ask her these things.

"Forget it, you don't even know."

Li Ji smiled wryly. He looked at the other furnishings in the house, but his eyes always unconsciously glanced at the blocked hole.

The so-called secret passage is set up for some secret behaviors.

To meet each other in broad daylight, naturally there is no need to go through any secret passages.

It is self-evident what the eldest son of the emperor dug such a secret passage in his bedroom for.

What else can I do?
With a click, the masonry under Li Ji's thigh suddenly cracked.

"Mr. Zhaohua," Ms. Yao was taken aback, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, it's just your eldest son of the emperor..."

Li Ji sat firmly on the masonry, and suddenly opened his mouth.

"I really like private meetings."