Chapter 232 Blessing in disguise

The fire outside was getting bigger and bigger, and Jun Tingsheng didn't care about anything else and took Song Baoling into the secret passage.

At first it was a small path, and the space gradually became larger when they walked in. Finally, they found that it was a small house that was enough to accommodate two or three people.

"How come there are secret passages here?"

Before Song Baoling could finish his speech, a person suddenly rushed out of the shadows, and she immediately spoke to remind Jun Tingsheng.

Jun Tingsheng dodged the attack and was about to fight back, but was stopped by Song Baoling: "She is not an enemy."

Both sides stopped at the same time, and with the faint light, they saw each other's faces clearly.

The other party was an old woman, and she was holding a dagger in her hand, "Who are you? Why did you come here?"

Song Baoling looked at her carefully identifying it, and suddenly a thought popped up in her heart. She approached the other party and asked softly: "Auntie, don't be afraid, we are not bad people."

"We are Yuanyi's friends. There is something important here this time. Are you his mother?"

The old woman still stared at them vigilantly, "Are you Yi'er's friends? But I have never heard him mention, who are you?"

It seems that this is indeed Yuanyi’s mother.

"Auntie, let me tell you the truth. We came to investigate the affairs of Concubine Lou and your son."

"As far as we know, they were framed by others, so we have to find out the matter and give them justice."

After hearing Song Baoling's explanation, the old lady burst into tears in an instant, "You... are you really here to restore my innocence?"

"Yes, so you don't have to be so nervous, we can sit down and say slowly."

Despite this, the old woman did not fully trust Song Baoling and the others. They hid in the dark room and waited, and the fire outside was burning violently.

Later, no matter what Song Baoling said, the old woman did not disclose anything about Yuanyi, and seemed to have some concerns.

Song Baoling knew that she was suspicious, so she did not force her to turn around and analyzed the situation with Jun Tingsheng.

"Didn't we just throw away the people we followed, and they put the fire outside?"

Jun Tingsheng shook his head silently, "No, it may be that someone noticed that we were investigating Concubine Lou, and they also found Yuanyi's mother, and we happened to appear here."

"It seems to make sense to hear what you said."

The two of them said and said nothing, and they did not avoid the old woman at all. When the other party heard their words, their doubts dissipated a little.

Here, someone passed the news to Yemuqi. He looked disbelief when he learned that Song Baoling and the others were trapped in the fire.

"Did they escape?"

"Your Highness, the fire is too big, and the houses are almost burned, and they can't escape."

"So you mean..."

The guards did not answer this question. Yemuqi sat on the chair almost collapsed. If he hadn't forced Song Baoling to help, they wouldn't have been buried in the fire.

Except for Concubine Lou, Yemuqi had almost never been sad for others, but at this moment, he felt a little sad.

"Your Highness, then we now..."

"Go down first."

Yemuqi raised his head and closed his eyes, and Song Baoling's appearance suddenly appeared in his mind. He thought that Song Baoling was so smart that he would not have any trouble easily.

He opened his eyes suddenly, yes, they will definitely not be able to do anything.

Just as Yemuqi thought in the last guess, Song Baoling and the other two were hiding in the dark room. The old woman seemed to have been prepared for a long time and stored a lot of food in the room, so it would be fine if she hid for a few days.

The old woman took out food to entertain them. Song Baoling noticed that she was not very convenient to walk, so she took the initiative to suggest giving her a massage.

"No, no, I'm just a woman, how can I let you do this?"

She had just looked at the clothes of Song Baoling and the others, and she knew that they were not ordinary people at first sight. Besides, if they really came to help Yuan Yiping’s anger, that would be even more amazing.

"It's okay, auntie, we were here to find you, but we didn't expect it to cause you trouble."

Song Baoling helped her sit down on the chair and said, "What's more, you gave us food. This is a reward for a meal."

The old woman wanted to refuse again, but Song Baoling insisted, but in the end she couldn't fight and had to follow her.

While Song Baoling gave her a massage, she talked about family matters with her, and she was quite happy.

The three of them spent a day and a night together in the dark room. The old woman slowly believed Song Baoling and talked about Yuan Yi's past.

"By the way, I suddenly had a serious illness more than a year ago. At that time, my family had no money to see a doctor. Yi'er blamed herself for a long time after learning about it."

"Later one day, he suddenly told me that as long as he accomplished something, he would have money to take me to see a doctor and also get a silk parfait."

Speaking of this, the old lady got up and walked to a corner of the wall, found the hidden box, opened it, took out the silk parquet and handed it to Jun Tingsheng.

"When Yi'er gave me a silk pipa, she said that if something happened to him, she would hide the silk pipa and someone would come to me for something."

Jun Tingsheng carefully looked at the silk handkerchief and found that the name of the Queen of Xianqi Kingdom was embroidered on it, but he knew very well that this kind of thing could not prove anything.

He and Song Baoling looked at each other, and they knew that this was not something that could be told to the old woman, so they changed the subject.

"We have been inside for so long, and the fire outside must have been extinguished. I'll go out and take a look later."

In the middle of the night, Song Baoling sneaked out of the dark room and found that there were ruins around him, and the people who set fire were undoubtedly taking their lives.

Just after a while, Jun Tingsheng was anxious. After comforting the old woman, he ran out to find Song Baoling. He was relieved when he saw that she was safe and sound.

"If the mastermind knows that the aunt is still alive, she will definitely attack her again. You can take her away and find a place to settle down first, and we will meet in the palace."

"Okay, you have to be careful."

"So too, you must find a safe place."

After parting with them, Song Baoling sneaked back to the palace with a silk pipa, but when she went back, she found that the candlelight in her room was bright.

She tiptoed to approach and saw Shu Ning dozing through the gap in the window and using tea with the queen. At this time, the queen came here, probably to block her, so she took a detour to the cold palace.

"Imperial Concubine, I'll come to see you."

Concubine Lou didn't seem surprised at all when she heard Song Baoling's voice. She smiled and said, "What did you do? The queen has been looking for you."

Upon hearing this, Song Baoling was a little surprised, "Has the Queen passed by the cold palace?"

Concubine Lou smiled gently, but did not answer Song Baoling's question, but just patted the stool next to her to signal her to sit down.
Chapter completed!