Forced to marry as a concubine: the prince is too presumptuous

Chapter 175
After a while, the servant girl stood up, covered the incense with snow, and said: "My servant came to see the prince, the prince must return to the palace, this place originally belonged to you."

The maid's words made Zhixia's face change, but Ximo was indifferent. It seems that there are people in this world who want King Qingling to rebel, such as this seemingly ordinary maid in front of him.

The palace maid turned around slowly after finishing speaking, as if she wanted to leave, but at this moment, she saw Ximo and Zhixia standing on the snow, "Ah..." subconsciously exclaimed, and then knelt down with a "plop" Excuse me, "Young maidservant greets the young master." It seems that they don't recognize her, so they are only called the young master. Yes, although she is under house arrest by Concubine Shu, her clothes are the clothes worn by the masters in the palace.

Ximo paused for a moment, but the silence for a moment made the maid even more frightened. Seeing her shrugging shoulders, Ximo said: "Get up."

"I don't dare." She said in a trembling voice, but the palace maid still knelt on the snow and dared not get up.

Ximo went up to meet her, and supported the servant girl with her own hands, "It's rare for King Qingling to have an old slave like you, and this is his blessing."

Ximo's words made the servant girl raise her head, "Young master is..."

"Lan Ximo."

"Lan... Xi... Mo..." whispering softly, the eyes of the palace maid suddenly sparkled, "Are you the little... from the Sixth Prince's House who was almost rescued that day?"

Unexpectedly, she still knew about being used by Concubine Shu, Ximo nodded slightly, "Yes."

The palace maid hastily knelt down and then kowtowed, "The servant greets the young master. The young master will definitely turn the bad luck into good luck and will definitely leave this palace."

"Get up, I want to take a walk in this palace, but unfortunately, I have never been here before, and I didn't see anything after walking around. I wonder if the old man can take me around this Qingling Palace?"

"Okay, okay, here, the old slave is the most familiar."

She also didn't mention her identity, but that warm attitude has already made Ximo's heart clear, maybe, she was really...

It was a small path in the Qingling Palace, and the maid led her to go with Zhixia, and soon turned to the most remote part of the Qingling Palace, a small courtyard, but it was because it was far away from everything, That's why the fire didn't affect the courtyard. When we got closer, we realized that it was a study.

But when she entered the yard, Ximo's heart was startled. The snow here was messy. Obviously, she was not the first person who had been here. Many people had already been here before.

Pushing open the door of the study, the icy breath blows towards the face, making people shiver uncontrollably, but any house, no matter how good it is, will be ruined if it is not inhabited, especially in winter, it is too cold and the walls will crack .

The layout in the study is simple and grand, only a painting facing the front attracted Ximo's attention.

It was a picture of "The River and Mountains Are Like a Picture", and that painting was about the great rivers and mountains of the Raging Flame Kingdom. Just by looking at this painting, one could see the artist's mentality. He loved the country of the Raging Flame Kingdom.

Walking closer, the inscription on the lower right corner of the painting: Yan Xuanyu, it really is the handwriting of King Qingling.

Just watching, the palace servant suddenly said: "Little master, the master of this servant is a concubine in the palace, this servant has been away for a long time, if you don't go back, I'm afraid..."

Hearing what she said, Ximo turned her head and said: "Then you go back first, be careful on the road."

"Thank you, little master, the slaves will go first, otherwise, if they are found to have left for a long time, they will suffer..."

"Go."

The maid left immediately, and the people in this palace, except those who are in high positions like Concubine Shu, are all trembling and depending on other people's faces to live their lives, even the Queen Mother is the same, Ximo seldom saw the queen mother attend any occasions, except for Yan Kang's birthday party, which was a routine party she had to come out.

"Miss, look, this word is really well written, bold and unrestrained, and beautiful."

Ximo walked towards Zhixia. It was a picture of calligraphy hanging on the side of the desk. The handwriting was clean and neat, as if it still carried a tiger's anger. Zhixia has always liked calligraphy and painting, so she read it seriously. Ximo's hand fell on the It seemed that the thick fragrance of ink could still be smelled from the calligraphy, but at this moment, something unexpected happened to Ling Ximo.

The calligraphy suddenly moved, and under Ximo's surprised eyes, the calligraphy and painting moved away by a distance of about one meter. Then, at the original position of the calligraphy and painting, Ximo saw a small doorway, which was enough to open the door. One can walk in.

"Miss, this..."

"Let's go in." This was Ximo's instant decision. This place must lead to a mysterious place. When the Qingling Palace was reduced to ashes, there must be a reason why this place can be preserved so well.

"Miss, what if there is a trap?"

"Not afraid." Thinking of the possible relationship between King Qingling and her, Ximo was really not afraid, she walked in as soon as she lifted her leg, Zhixia had no choice but to follow her in.

Standing at the entrance of the cave, the inside was brightly lit, and there were actually candles. King Qingling had been away for a long time, but the candles were still lit here, which proved that people often came here.

In such a place, it is impossible to just open the hole and not close it. There must be some kind of mechanism. Ximo carefully searched on the wall with the light in the hole, and finally let her find a depression, and pressed down gently with her fingers. , the hole was closed immediately, and the painting in the study must have returned to its place.

I don't know where this place leads, but Ximo has a feeling of excitement, she must go to the end, it will let her discover many secrets that she doesn't know.

Or, that would have something to do with her life experience.

Walking through a long corridor, the dark, wet and cold air permeated the surroundings. Her footsteps were as light as possible, but they still couldn't help causing echoes. I don't know how long I walked. The road seemed to have no end. "Miss, we have been out for a long time, and if we don't go back again, if the concubine finds out..."

"Hush, don't make any noise." Ximo stopped suddenly, and signaled Zhixia with her finger to stop talking.

Zhixia stopped, and the two of them stopped at a turning point. There were muffled footsteps above their heads, as if someone was walking up and down.

"There's someone up there." Zhixia said in a low voice.

Ximo nodded and continued to walk forward. Sure enough, after turning a corner and walking a few steps, she came to the end. There was a wooden board above her head, and there were small pits on the dirt wall. The pit can go to the ground.

Ximo didn't dare to go up rashly, because she really didn't know who lived on it.

It should not be the place where Princess Xinrong of Shuixie Bieyuan is, otherwise, King Qingling could have left through this secret passage instead of burning down his palace and fleeing.

Thinking about it this way, it is very likely that it is the Guangyuan Palace of Concubine Shu. When thinking of Guangyuan Palace, Ximo couldn't help but secretly calculated the length and direction of the road she had walked. The more like it.

Tilting up her toes, she gently pushed the wooden board above her head, and soon a gap was exposed, and a voice came over at this moment, "Your Majesty, the Chinese New Year is coming, when is Your Majesty going to do it?"

God, it was Huan Yan's voice, it seems that she guessed it right.

"If people are sent to search from house to house, I'm afraid it will cause chaos in the capital and make the people suspicious."

"But if he doesn't act, I think he's about to rebel."

"Oh, it's all my fault. How could I give him such an important thing, but now, it's hard to get it back."

"Mother, although the command talisman can command thousands of troops, if we put all the members of our Feng family in those troops, and warn them in advance not to obey the command of the general order, can we wait for him to rebel?" To catch him off guard?"

"Do you think he will not arrange for his people? His daring to escape from the palace under my nose proves that he has already planned everything in advance. If there is no accident, I think he will take action soon gone."

"Ma'am, when do you think it will be?"

"New Year's Eve, or..." Concubine Shu paused thoughtfully.

"Or the Lantern Festival."

"Huanyan, you and I thought about going together. That day was too special. He hated me. I didn't expect that I treated him so sincerely, but he hated me so much."

"That woman always gave birth to a child for him, and she also died for him. People always miss the past. I think he would still like the empress if it wasn't for the throne."

Huanyan's voice was low, but it made Ximo tremble and startled. Sure enough, what is the relationship between Concubine Shu and King Qingling? Otherwise, this tunnel would not lead directly to Qingling Palace, and Just now, Concubine Shu and Huanyan would not discuss King Qingling like that.

"But me, haven't I done enough for him? Originally, the first emperor wanted to bestow him with death, so it was because I desperately saved his life. I kept him in the Qingling Palace, thinking that we could all be together in our lifetime." I have a happy old age, but I don’t think he actually betrayed me, I hate him when I think about it, how can I feel sorry for him?”

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for Huanyan saying something that shouldn't have been said."

"Huanyan, it's okay if you say it."

"Madam, Ni Piaoxue died because of Madam. I think this is what he hates the most."

"I can't blame Concubine Zhen's death all on me. It wasn't that old hag who made me put the blame on Ni Piaoxue. She killed two birds with one stone and secured her position. Even I can't touch her now. The previous emperor treated her It’s really a preference.”

"So what, the empress is not the only one who has the final say in the palace now? The empress is rich all her life, and the empress has the emperor, but she has nothing and nothing. The emperor is so filial to the empress. This is the empress's blessing." , the emperor can block the knife for the empress, how many sons and daughters in this world can do it?"

(End of this chapter)