auspicious time has come

Only then did Shaoyan ask: "Aheng, I want to know about you and Your Highness..."

As he spoke, he stopped suddenly, and hurriedly held the food box he brought in front of Heng Yu with both hands: "A Heng, eat something to satisfy your hunger first!"

Hengyu looked at the food box.

"Don't worry, no one will know about this. If you don't eat all day long, your body will collapse..." Shaoyan persuaded: "Didn't you always tell me that no matter what happened or the situation, Can't you give up on yourself?"

"Don't worry, I've never thought of it before." Heng Yu whispered, "Take two steps back, we'll talk after I get out."

Shaoyan subconsciously nodded and backed away holding the food box.

The next moment, a girl with half-dressed hair came out of the window.

Seeing this, Shaoyan was about to reach out to help, but Hengyu jumped off by himself, with skillful and light movements, then turned around and closed the window without making any sound.

Shaoyan had some guesses in his heart, but he was not in a hurry to ask more questions. Instead, he walked dozens of steps away from Hengyu, and sat down in a gazebo among a clump of bamboo groves.

"Just come out like this, will they find out?" Shaoyan asked Hengyu a little uneasy while laying out the dishes in the food box.

"No." Heng Yu said: "I've scared them a long time ago, they don't dare to go into the inner room to make trouble, but they will sneak in every two hours at night to check if something happened to me, and half an hour ago, They just came in."

"That's good." Shaoyan felt a little relieved, and handed a pair of clean bamboo chopsticks to Hengyu: "I was afraid that the people in the kitchen would notice something strange, so I dared to use what I had in the small kitchen to make some simple and light clear soup... …Ah Heng, I am sorry that you have to make up for one or two first.”

"You took the risk to see me and prepared meals. I am already grateful, so why should I be wronged?"

Hengyu didn't refuse to delay, took the chopsticks, and ate the first full meal in recent days.

Seeing that she was very positive and showed no signs of committing suicide, Shaoyan was relieved a lot, and couldn't help asking: "Ah Heng, why don't you use the food they sent?"

"It's also used." Heng Yu said truthfully to him: "After they delivered the food, they would retreat and wait. I would pick some porridge and rice of unknown quantity and eat some, and then smashed all the dishes , they just thought I refused to eat."

After Shaoyan was stunned, he couldn't help asking: "Then, Ah Heng...do you want them to mistake you for committing suicide, so that His Highness will be forced to let you out?"

"No, I don't want to go out, and she won't let me out just because of that." Heng Yu said, "I just want to tell her that I'm depressed now, and I don't have the energy to do anything else, so I won't pose any threat to her."

Looking at her, Shaoyan felt that there were too many things he didn't know about, and for a moment he didn't know where to start asking: "Ah Heng..."

"Shaoyan, since you have found this place, let me explain all the inside information to you clearly - you are in this princess palace, so you can't stay out of it, I think you should know all this. "

Under the moonlight, the girl looked serious and solemn.

The great uneasiness in the face of the unknown caused the boy to back off for a moment, but he finally nodded slightly when he met the girl's eyes.

Hengyu started from the Shi family's affairs nine years ago, and described what Princess Yongyang did and did.

Shaoyan's face was as white as paper, and his eyes were full of disbelief.

Frame Shu Guogong's mansion, kill Mr. Qinghan, instigate Jin Wang to rebel, even kill the king...

And as an enemy, he performed an act of kindness to Ah Heng...

"How...is this possible?" He said in a low voice, "Everything you and I have seen these years...is it all fake? Why is she like this, Your Highness? Ah Heng, what you said is really true. Is it true, could it be..."

"She has admitted it all."

The girl's clear voice shattered the mirror called luck in his heart into powder in an instant.

Then, there was a moment of silence.

After a long time, Shao Yan raised his head to look at Heng Yu, and asked: "A Heng... did you really want to kill His Highness that day? I heard that you poisoned the dagger."

Heng Yu answered without hesitation: "If you can kill her, most of the predicament can be solved, it would be the best."

But she knew in her heart that with Qi Zhen present, the possibility of her being able to kill the opponent in one blow was very slim, and she could only make an "impulsive move" to try it out.

Killing is earning, and if you can't kill, you can use it as a cover to let her stay.

Shaoyan was still a little dazed: "You...are you really capable of doing this?"

That is Your Highness.

Everything from the past is still in front of my eyes, does His Highness really treat him without a trace of true affection for Ah Heng?

"Why not." Heng Yu said: "Being deceived in the past may be justifiable, but now the truth is in front of you, if you still waver and have other thoughts, then everything you may suffer next will be your own fault .”

Shaoyan twitched the corner of his mouth complicatedly, looked at the girl in front of him, and said in a hoarse voice: "Ah Heng, I really admire you."

Ever since he was a child, the reason why he was attracted to Ah Heng may be because the other party has the courage and firmness that he lacks.

When she is in love, she presents her heart completely, and she is worthy of the kindness others have treated her.

When hating, she can decisively raise the knife to the enemy, not ashamed of herself, let alone the person who died in vain.

When Ah Heng first learned the truth, would it not hurt?

Of course it won't hurt.

But as she said, you can't waver after the pain, otherwise you will harm others and yourself.

"But... Ah Heng, are you afraid?" He asked in fear, "What if Your Highness..."

"No." Heng Yu said firmly, "She won't kill me because of this."

This certainty is naturally not the so-called "confidence", thinking that the other party will not be willing to kill him, but——

"The more I show my teeth and claws, the less she will kill me easily. She wants to prove that she is right. I am naive, naive and ignorant. If I kill me now, she will lose. So as long as I am still with her She will not let me die within the controllable range she thinks."

Seeing Shaoyan's expression stunned, Hengyu smiled complicatedly: "It's hard to understand, right? There are hundreds of people in the world, and there are extraordinary people who don't have one in a million. It depends on what she has done all the way. It can be seen that she can’t look at her from the eyes of ordinary people. To her, secular ethics and human feelings are superficial, ignorant and superfluous. Use one or two."

After hearing this, Shaoyan said in a low voice: "Ah Heng... I know you are careful and intelligent, but this move is also equivalent to walking on the edge of a cliff. I'm afraid if you are a little careless..."

"After Ah Weng left, it has been like this every day for these years." Hengyu exhaled lightly, not pessimistically tense: "It is clear now, at least I can see clearly where the edge of the cliff is. where."

As she spoke, she raised her hand and unhurriedly went to pack the dishes and food boxes.

Bian said: "Shaoyan, it was because of me that you entered the eldest princess's mansion back then. At that time, I didn't know what would happen today, but now you are inevitably involved."

She packed up the food box, pushed it in front of the young man, and said, "The reason why I am telling you this at this time is to give you the right to choose - if you are willing to leave the Princess's mansion at this time, I will write A letter, you can take it to meet Xiao Mu in secret, he will send you and A Rui away from the capital safely, and find a place for you to stay, so you can stay away from these disputes."

Shaoyan looked at her in surprise: "But... Ah Heng, what are you going to do then?"

"I'm already in it, it's an inescapable thing."

"But..." Shaoyan's eyes struggled and changed.

"It's time to go back, I'm afraid they will notice something strange after a long time." Heng Yu got up in time, pointed forward and said, "Tomorrow night I will write the letter and put it under the stone, you can ask A Rui to pick it up .”

Shaoyan is gentle and soft-hearted, so she needs to be more agile at this time.

Shaoyan hesitated to speak.

Seeing that figure come out of the gazebo, he subconsciously stood up.

"Aheng—" he finally called out to stop him.

Heng Yu only heard the young man behind him ask: "You...you haven't told me that you want to make His Highness relax your vigilance at the expense of yourself. What is the reason for taking such a risk?"

Hengyu turned her head, looked at him and said, "Shaoyan, you don't need to ask these questions."

"I know, if I leave here, I shouldn't ask again..."

The moonlight was light and hazy, but it was enough to drive away the struggle in the young man's eyes: "But Ah Heng, didn't you just say that you want to return the right to choose to me?"

Hengyu looked at him, slightly startled: "Shaoyan—"

"Aheng, I know what you want to say." The young man also looked at her, and his eyes met with a clarity that he had never felt before: "But I want to stay, not for anyone, but for For oneself. When things happen, people who only know how to run away and hide behind others, how can they have the courage and opportunity to see the vastness of the world?"

After a while, Heng Yu showed a smile and nodded: "Okay, then stay."

"Aheng, can you tell me now, what exactly do you want to do?" Shaoyan walked towards her with the food box in hand: "Is there anything I can help with?"

"Why don't you tell me about the current situation outside—"

Shaoyan was embarrassed when he heard the words, and said embarrassingly: "I have never been out of the mansion... I just heard some news roughly, I only know that Your Highness is now engaged in military and political affairs, and she has to summon those in the Ganlu Palace every day. The officials who admired her... Also, the king of Xiang who murdered the prince has been demoted to common people, sentenced to exile, and was escorted out of Beijing to Qianzhou yesterday."

"It's just the punishment of exile..." Heng Yu asked, "It's her story again, right?"

Shao Yan nodded slightly: "At that time, the court and several clan princes advocated the death of the King of Hunan. It was the Palace...it was the Eldest Princess who came forward to ease the situation, claiming that the Emperor Daxing and the Crown Prince had a new funeral, and that blood should not be seen frequently in the same room. , and this was changed to the punishment of exile."

"Is it necessary for someone to praise her for her kindness again?" Heng Yu looked into the dark night: "It's a long way to go to Qianzhou..."

"Yes..." Shaoyan's expression was also a little heavy.

During the journey, it is too simple to encounter some "unforeseen events".

The road to Qianzhou is difficult, and I am afraid that every step will be murderous.

At this time, the road under their feet is also the same.

Seeing Hengyu's eyes looking towards the distance, Shaoyan asked again: "Aheng, you sneak out of the room every night, right?"

After all, Ah Heng's movement of turning over the window just now was too skillful.

"Yes." Heng Yu looked towards the outside of the courtyard: "In the past few days, I searched around at night and found that the defense in the direction of the west courtyard is particularly strict. Do you know why?"

She is very familiar with this mansion, she can walk through it completely with her eyes closed, and thanks to this, she can successfully avoid the sight of those guards.

"West courtyard direction..." Shaoyan subconsciously looked to the west: "Ah Heng, what do you doubt?"

"I suspect that someone may be hiding there..."

During these days, people from the Dingbeihou Mansion and the Jin family have secretly searched all the places that can be investigated, but found nothing.

Now, only the eldest princess mansion that no one else can get close to is left.

Shaoyan was startled: "Who is it?"

Heng Yu: "She wants to stay in the future, to witness that the person she proclaims emperor—"

What she wanted to kill was the prince who blocked her way.

But she probably wants to keep Li Chang, who is also a direct descendant, to replace his grandfather and father, to witness their stupidity and blindness.

This unwilling and obsessive state of mind can also be traced in her words and demeanor when she mentioned the past.

Therefore, the prince must still be alive.

That day, after he entered the Palace of Princess Yongyang, he never left again.

……

The next day, Li Ping, the king of Huaiyang County who was about to be enthroned, went to the Ganlu Hall with his mother to pay his respects to Princess Yongyang.

That night, a medical officer rushed to the county palace——

Li Ping had a sudden emergency, and after a lot of treatment, he was still unconscious.

After examination by several medical officers, it was finally concluded that it was a sign of poisoning.

The matter caused a sensation.

The newly agreed candidate for the new monarch was poisoned before the enthronement ceremony, and his life is in danger at any moment!

The prince was killed before, but now it happened again!

If it is said that the crown prince was killed by King Xiang, then who was the one who poisoned King Huaiyang?
So blatantly, the person behind this can be said to have no fear!

After all the ministers discussed with each other overnight, a crowd of officials headed by Jiang Zhengfu gathered outside the Ganlu Hall in the morning of the next day——

Hearing this, Liu Qian hurriedly took someone to stop him: "My lords, stay here. The Ganlu Palace is the living place of the emperor. How can you come in without being called!"

"You eunuch who sees the wind and turns the rudder, you also know that this is the residence of the emperor?" A minister glanced at him angrily: "But who is it that you serve servilely and occupy this place?"

Liu Qian's complexion changed for a while, and he couldn't stop this group of menacing ministers at all.

Approaching the stone steps, a sick and weak figure slowly walked out of the main hall, was supported by the mother to stand on the outer steps of the hall, and asked everyone in a warm voice: "Your Majesty and all the lords have gathered here, what is the reason? "

A minister said coldly: "The new king has been established, but the eldest princess Yongyang has no intention of moving out of the Ganlu Palace. Under such circumstances, we have no choice but to come and ask the eldest princess to move!"

"Yongyang can't afford to move the word "Yongyang." The eldest princess of Yongyang looked calm, and her gaze fell on Jiang Zhengfu as if without meaning: "I heard that Ping'er suddenly had an emergency last night, and I don't know what's going on now, whether I can catch up Enthronement ceremony?"