Longyin Palace

Emperor Wen dismissed all the palace people, walked to the bookshelf on the wall of the inner hall, and took down a book on the left side of the middle floor. There was a small hidden knob there.

He turned the knob, and there was a "crash" sound. As the bookshelf slid to the right, the wall behind the bookshelf slid to the left, and a secret room suddenly appeared.

Bai Shixiang walked out of it: "Is everything okay? Has everyone dispersed?"

"Yes," Emperor Wen nodded, "this time I will count your merits."

Bai Shixiang waved his hand and said with a "little meaning" look: "It would be better to ground me less in the future. No, don't ground me anymore."

Bai Shixiang looked out and saw that there were no palace guests outside, so she waved her hands and sleeves to leave.

Emperor Wen shouted: "Wait a minute."

Bai Shixiang stopped and turned around.

Emperor Wen walked behind the dragon table, lifted up his robe and sat down. He pointed to the soft chair opposite and motioned for her to sit down too.

"Is there anything else?" Bai Shixiang looked confused and walked over to sit down.

"The situation was urgent just now and I didn't have time to ask. You said that Gu Yin asked you to do all this. Why did Gu Yin want to save the Ninth Prince?" Emperor Wen asked.

Bai Shixiang laughed: "You still call me Ninth Prince? It's time to call me Ninth Princess."

Emperor Wen glared at her, and Bai Shixiang quickly suppressed his smile and cleared his throat.

"Didn't I tell the emperor? Gu Yin is Ninth Brother, no, Ninth Sister, ugh, why are you shouting so awkwardly?" Bai Shixiang frowned and scratched his head.

Seeing that Emperor Wen's face was not so good, she had to sit up straight and said seriously: "The two of them are friends. Didn't Sister Ninth also say the same just now?"

"But she also said that Gu Yin was the leader of the secret guard of old Emperor Sang Lin. How could they become friends?" Emperor Wen was puzzled.

"What's the point? Gu Yin and I are also friends, and I'm not the great Princess Zhao." Bai Shixiang said disapprovingly.

At the end, he sighed in a long voice with self-movement: "Such an opposing identity, such an enemy's attitude, can still become a close friend who saves lives at critical moments. What a touching friendship!"

"I've read too many story books." Emperor Wen gave her a cold look before she stopped.

Emperor Wen told her: "Tell me all the details of the future."

"Oh." Bai Shixiang sat upright.

"I went out to play in the palace yesterday afternoon. At that time, there was already word on the street that Ninth Brother was a woman. I didn't believe it, so I didn't take it easy. Later, I met Gu Yin."

"Gu Yin has a very awesome, powerful, eye-opening, jaw-dropping skill." Bai Shixiang looked admiring and used four special skills. If she hadn't seen Emperor Wen frowning, she would have said more.

several.

"That is to imitate the voices of various people, almost exactly the same as the original one. Oh yes, you also saw it when I taught Brother Jiu just now."

"Gu Yin said that as long as I can sneak him into the palace, he will teach me this skill, so I agreed!"

At this point, Bai Shixiang was shocked to realize that this was against the palace rules.

But I've said it all, and I can't take it back.

Seeing that Emperor Wen didn't seem to care, she continued: "I hid him in a sedan and took him into the palace, and brought him to my Hongxiu Palace."

"Then he started telling me about Ninth Brother, not that Ninth Brother is a woman, but about the great things she has done over the years, those great things that have benefited the country and the people."

"He said that he read about it from a biography and got a rough idea of ​​it, and it was all true."

"I asked him why he told me all this, and then he revealed his true purpose, saying that the rumors were true, that Ninth Brother was a woman, and Ninth Brother had already entered the palace, and hundreds of officials had also entered the palace. Ninth Brother was more evil than good, and he

If you want to save Ninth Brother, let me help him."

Emperor Wen narrowed his eyes slightly but did not interrupt her.

Bai Shixiang continues.

"Then he told me a lot of good things about Ninth Brother. For example, she may seem inhumane, but she is actually kind at heart and treats me well."

"When I think about it, it's true. Although, she is always cruel to me and punishes me, but every time it is me who is at fault first, and if something happens to me, she takes the lead and takes care of me.

Settled."

"Then I asked him how to save her? He gave me a human skin mask made of my face and asked me to come to Longyin Palace and change her out."

"I said, all the officials are outside Longyin Palace. I can hide it from them, but I can't deceive you, the emperor."

"He said, there is no need to lie to you. You must also want to save Brother Jiu. I still don't dare. He said, he guarantees that you want to save Brother Jiu's life. If not, I can give him up and say that I will accept him.

Bewitched, his people are trapped in our Hongxiu Palace and cannot escape."

"I believed him, and then he taught me some basic skills of ventriloquism, saying that this thing is difficult to learn, so he could only improvise and focus on my voice, which is to let Brother Jiu learn my voice."

"Brother Ninth is holding my face, so you don't need to speak, but just in case, you can imitate my voice, which may come in handy at critical moments."

"Let me tell Brother Jiu how to learn my voice and what to pay attention to. And let me follow his instructions and teach a palace maid to try it first. Then, I really taught the palace maid to imitate my voice.

Some simple and short words. Then, it was daybreak."

"Then, he asked me to bring an idiom card that was sure to come to Longyin Palace. He said that if you read the card, you would definitely let me in. I asked him what he meant, and he said, ten is me.

,Nine means Brother Nine.”

"The emperor will know everything that happens next."

Emperor Wen nodded.

"I know you have good intentions, but have you ever thought about Gu Yin's method of replacing the Ninth Prince with you? The Ninth Prince can indeed escape, but what about the mess behind? Who will clean up the mess?"

"The officials are outside. The Ninth Prince is clearly in my palace, but he is missing. You have gone out, but you are still there. How do you want me to explain this obvious transfer? How do you explain it?"

Well.

Bai Shixiang was startled.

She really hadn't thought about this problem.

She thought it would be enough to rescue the person.

"Didn't the Emperor poison a man who looked exactly like Brother Ninth to death? This is the explanation given to the officials." Bai Shixiang said.

"Yes, this is indeed an explanation to the officials, but this is my arrangement. Is this included in your plan? No. When you made the plan, did you know that I would be like this? I don't know."

"To put it bluntly, in Gu Yin's plan, he only considered the Ninth Prince. He didn't consider you, let alone me, and he didn't consider the consequences. Do you understand?" Emperor Wen asked.

"Transfer means telling the officials that I let the Ninth Prince go. If I let her go, why bother? I could just let her go. Do the officials dare to stop her? Even if they dare to stop me, I have thousands of guards.

, the Ninth Prince is good at martial arts again, can they stop him?"

"The reason why I didn't just let the Ninth Prince leave like this is because I am the emperor and I have to consider all aspects. I can't let the officials alienate, I can't bend the law for personal gain, I can't follow the facts, and guarding the people's mouth is better than guarding the river. You know

?"

Bai Shixiang was stunned.

"Of course, I'm not criticizing Gu Yin for not thinking carefully. After all, it's rare for him to find a way to save the Ninth Prince. What I want to say is that you should use your brain more when encountering problems in the future. When others tell you, you will go there with a hot head.

Forward."

Bai picked up the incense and puffed his mouth, feeling a little aggrieved and nodded.

Emperor Wen continued: "Actually, without your plan, the Ninth Prince would have been fine. However, I have to find another time to send her out of the palace. Your participation will only allow her to leave the palace as soon as possible. Do you understand?

?”

Bai Shixiang nodded: "I understand."

There was a scapegoat and a secret room to hide in. Of course she believed what he said.

Thinking of the scapegoat, Bai Shixiang was very curious.

"Where did your Majesty find someone who looks exactly like Brother Ninth? It shouldn't be that he's wearing a mask, but he looks like that, right? Those ministers are so aggressive, they must be verified, right? If it's a mask, won't it be worn quickly?

?”

Emperor Wen lowered his eyes slightly and sighed softly.

"I had long thought that such a day would come, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly."

Bai Shixiang looked at him.

Just as she was about to say that he hadn't answered her question, she heard him say again: "This person is a palace maid who has committed a capital crime. Si Ya entered the palace two years ago. I asked him to perform a face-changing technique on this person, and then raised her

In the secret room, just in case."

The art of changing one’s appearance.

Bai Shixiang was shocked.

No wonder she just looked at the furnishings in the secret room, it looked like someone was living in it.

*

Two people and two horses went straight out of the capital of Zhao.

After riding the horse for a while, they came to a secluded place. Bai Jiuxiao pulled the reins and stopped.

"Thank you, Chief Gu, for saving me. Let's just say goodbye."

Gu Yin was not surprised. Without Bai Jiuxiao in the world, she could not let him follow her forever.
To be continued...