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Chapter 187 Are you a human or a ghost?
Little Winter Gua took back the porcelain vase, he thought to himself, such a coincidence, there happened to be an assassin, could it be that the whereabouts of the masked man were discovered?

He is not the only one who thinks this way, even the queen thinks so, she immediately got up and asked the maid who entered the palace: "Liu Yue, what assassin? Have you caught it?"

"Hui empress, I found it in the side hall—" Before the maid named Liu Yue could finish her sentence, the queen hurried out of the bedroom barefoot without even wearing silk shoes.

"Your Majesty, you are not wearing silk shoes." Liu Yue carried the empress's silk shoes and hurriedly chased them out.

The masked man actually made her care so much that he didn't even care about his own image?You must know that she pays the most attention to appearance and etiquette on weekdays.

A sneer that didn't match his appearance rose from the lips of Little Winter Melon, and he crawled out from under the table.

He knew that since there were rumors of assassins, there must be imperial guards searching outside.

If he went out through the palace gate, he would definitely be caught, he thought for a while, then ran to the bed and crawled under the bed.

He knew that there was an entrance to a secret passage under the bed in the Queen's bedroom.

The bedroom of the empress, the emperor, the empress dowager, and the East Palace, as well as several important palaces, all have such a secret passage.

It can be said that it is a secret escape route, in case of danger someday, as an escape.Only the emperors and princes of all dynasties are qualified to know, not even the empress and queen mother.

Each secret path leads to a different place, and the queen's secret path leads to the imperial garden.

Fortunately, Xiaodonggua's predecessor was the prince, otherwise, it would be difficult for him to get out of Qifeng Palace today.

With the help of the candlelight shining in from outside the bed, Little Winter Melon found the entrance to the secret passage at once, and pressed down on the protruding place above.

With a muffled sound, the large black jade bricks moved away automatically, revealing the entrance.

Xiaodonggua walked down, and just as he walked down the secret passage, the black jade brick moved back to its original place automatically.

There are only two steps, and when you go down the steps, you will find a straight secret passage. On the stone walls on both sides of the secret passage, every other section of the road is inlaid with a night pearl, which is the size of a baby's fist, illuminating the entire secret passage. Bright.

Although Xiaodonggua knew about the secret way a long time ago, he didn't expect it to be useful one day, so this is the first time he entered the secret way.

His footsteps didn't stop at all, he was almost running, and before long, he ran to the end of the secret passage, where there was a stone gate.

Xiaodonggua found the mechanism to open the door, and after walking out of the stone gate, she was in a cave in a rockery. After going out of the cave, it was the imperial garden.

After finally sneaking into the palace, he would not be reconciled if he didn't go to the East Palace.

Therefore, Xiaodonggua found a path with less guards and went straight to the East Palace.

Little Donggua didn't know that just after he left, a man in black came out from behind another rockery.

This person quietly followed Xiaodonggua, and from time to time helped Xiaodonggua clear up troubles, so that Xiaodonggua could go all the way unimpeded, and arrived at the East Palace smoothly.

Even Little Winter Melon thought it was too smooth, but he didn't notice anything unusual, and he could only attribute it to his good luck.

Xiao Donggua stepped into the East Palace where he lived for many years. Although it looked the same as before, he was still heartbroken.

A few palace guards sleeping in the main hall, because the East Palace has no owner now, and the palace staff below have become very lazy when there is no one, and there are no rules at all.

Xiaodonggua felt a sense of sadness in his heart, he walked towards those palace servants, they were sleeping soundly, but no one noticed him.

He took out the drug and sprinkled some on them before heading to the study in the inner hall.

Because he had hidden very important things in the study, he had to go to see if they were still there.

When passing the sleeping hall, Xiao Donggua couldn't help but look inside, and when he entered, he saw a person sleeping on a small couch not far from the entrance of the hall.

Xiaopingzi!Xiao Donggua recognized that person at a glance, he was the little eunuch who served him since childhood.

Xiao Donggua was a little puzzled. It stands to reason that once the master died, most of the people who served, such as the palace people who originally had ranks, would be assigned to other palaces. Why is Xiaopingzi still there?

Xiaopingzi has been sleeping on the small couch in his dormitory, guarding him at night, never willing to change shifts with others, in the name of protecting him.

In fact, with Xiaopingzi's three-legged cat skills, how can he protect him?However, if there was any movement in the night, Xiao Pingzi would always notice it and ask him what he needed.

Xiaopingzi is undoubtedly loyal to Xiaodonggua, but with the lessons learned from Yi Bingyun and the queen, can he trust anyone except Qi Xuan and Meng Fuling easily?

He sighed softly, and was about to continue walking towards the study when Xiao Pingzi immediately opened his eyes, and almost blurted out: "His Royal Highness!"

The little wax gourd suddenly froze, and her feet seemed to have taken root, unable to move.

Xiaopingzi still thinks about his master to this day, it would be a lie to say that he is not moved.

"Little brother, who are you and why did you come here?" Xiaopingzi's first reaction when he woke up was to shout 'His Royal Highness'.

When he found out that there was a child who looked only three or four years old at the door of the dormitory, he was really shocked.

He got up and came to the little winter melon, and looked at the little winter melon suspiciously.

Xiao Pingzi thought over the ages of the young princes in the palace, and it was even more strange to find that there was no prince whose age was similar to the child who was as delicate as a porcelain doll in front of him.

In the middle of the night, such a small child suddenly appeared in the late prince's bedroom. Would anyone find it strange?

"Xiaopingzi!" Xiaodonggua softly called Xiaopingzi's name.

"Little brother, how do you know my name is Xiaoping—" Xiaopingzi's unfinished words were stuck in his throat because of Xiaodonggua's next words.

Xiao Pingzi looked at Xiao Donggua in disbelief, and his eyes turned red instantly.

Finally, Xiaopingzi's knees went limp, and he plopped!Kneeling down in front of the little wax gourd, he choked up and said, "Your Highness, Your Highness, is it really you? Why is your ghost attached to the child?"

Xiaopingzi subconsciously believed that the little wax gourd was possessed by the prince's ghost. No matter how superstitious the ancients were, it was impossible for them to think of rebirth.

However, the reason why Xiaopingzi believed Xiaodonggua so easily was because Xiaodonggua said something that the prince often talked about, and it was different from the habits of ordinary people.

Little Winter Melon was not in a hurry to explain, but asked, "Where are the others?"

Apart from Xiaopingzi, there are naturally many useful people around him, so Xiaodonggua will naturally ask.

"Your Highness, they are all just white-eyed wolves." Xiao Pingzi told Xiao Donggua that it turned out that not long after his death, some palace people took refuge in the new master.

Xiaopingzi invited himself to stay in the East Palace, and he did not change his night watch habits for many years, sleeping on the small couch in the bedroom.

Little Winter Melon's expression is indifferent, and there is no expression of anger. Even a loved one and a mother can betray him, let alone a palace official?
"Have any suspicious people sneaked in?" Xiao Donggua asked again.

While he was talking, he walked into the inner hall, Xiaopingzi bowed down, respectfully followed behind him, and answered his questions truthfully.

In the end, Xiaopingzi still couldn't help asking: "Your Highness, you are attached to the child to tell the servant who is the murderer who poisoned you, so that the servant can help you avenge you?"

"Is this palace a ghost? Are you not afraid?" Little Winter Gua didn't answer, but smiled wryly, as if asking knowingly.

After Xiaopingzi heard this, his face turned pale, but he still said firmly, "Whether His Highness is a human or a ghost, he is the master of this slave."

Before Xiaodonggua could speak, suddenly, a voice containing great anger rang out out of thin air, "If you are a ghost, then where is my son?"

It's Qi Xuan!Xiaodonggua was so shocked that her face turned pale, as if someone had tapped her acupoints, she stood still, unable to move.

The next moment, Qi Xuan, masked in black, flew down in front of Xiaodonggua.

Qi Xuan's star pupils were filled with furious flames, and he approached Xiaodonggua step by step, "Answer me! Where did you get Xiaodonggua?"

Xiaodonggua couldn't figure out why Qi Xuan appeared suddenly, let alone how to explain it. After a long pause, he said, "I—"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Qi Xuan grabbed his collar, lifted him up, and said angrily, "Give me back the little wax gourd!"

(End of this chapter)