She turned around and saw a man wearing a monk's robe standing behind her, looking at her with a smile on his face.
Xie Li was so frightened that she almost fell off her stool.
This is a deep palace, the East Palace.
Besides the prince, there is actually a second man here.
The reason why he is definitely a man and not a eunuch is because the long beard on his chin is too obvious.
And he's still an old man.
"You...you are..."
Xie Li subconsciously wanted to step back. Even if she had no experience, she knew that as a prince's woman, being alone with other men in a secluded place would be enough to kill her twice.
She looked around, but there was no one around. It was so quiet here.
Xie Li couldn't help but regret in her heart. Even if she didn't want to go back and face Jiang Shuhua's expression, she should have gone in with the palace maid. It was too dangerous to be alone here.
No, she has to find a way.
She secretly glanced at the soft satin shoes on her feet, and then glanced at the person opposite. She couldn't run away from him at all.
Then we can only... put it off.
As long as the palace maid who dragged her comes to find her, she will be fine.
With this thought in her mind, she tried to muster the courage to reply: "Who are you? Why are you here at this time?"
Before the other party answered her, she changed her tone again and tried to sound gentle, "This is the inner palace. You are a man living here, so you are somewhat suspected of being a man. If you don't want to break a taboo and be beheaded, you should leave quickly!"
The man's eyes only stayed on her face, and the smile at the corner of his mouth did not change at all, "You are a new face, I have never seen you here before.
Let me guess...your...surname is Xie? Xie Yuncang's daughter?"
Xie Li was a little nervous when he guessed his identity, but only for a moment.
If a person is interested, it is not difficult to inquire about the condition of the prince's wife in the East Palace.
There was a lot of rumors before Xie Yuncang's concubine entered the East Palace. Now that she can be recognized, it is not something worth making a fuss about.
She forced herself to calm down, "Who are you?"
"I heard outside that Xie Yuncang's little daughter is dead. It seems that he doesn't want you to live anymore. I didn't expect that Xie Yuncang also has such a cruel side, which surprised me."
The disdain for Xie Yuncang in his tone was so obvious that it was difficult for Xie Li to ignore it.
This was an extremely new feeling in her mind. Ever since she was a child, no one had ever dared to speak of Xie Yuncang in such a tone, because he was the backbone of the entire Xie family and the one everyone looked up to.
Even when the prince mentioned Xie Yuncang in front of her, he always called him Xie Shoufu, but she still didn't dare to call him by his first name.
So who is this person in front of me?
The fear slowly subsided, and Xie Li had some inexplicable expectations in her heart, "You...who are you? Do you know my father?"
"That's natural." The man smiled slightly, and for some reason, Xie Li felt that his smile suddenly became a little weird.
But she couldn't care anymore. What she just learned made her clear that she was already a dead person in this world and she had to save herself.
"You seem to be in trouble now, do you need me to help you?"
Before Xie Li could ask what he wanted to ask more, the other party suddenly spoke.
Just such a sentence immediately made Xie Li nervous and excited.
But she was not completely crazy after all. She tried her best to suppress her uncontrollable emotions, "You... pull me? How?"
"You don't want to die, right?"
Although it was a question, it was clearly a determined tone when it came out of his mouth.
Xie Li himself had no way to refute.
Seeing that she didn't speak, the man continued, "If you really don't want to die, I have a way to not only keep you alive, but also to live like a master.
"
If someone else said something like this, Xie Li would probably think that the other person was bragging, but the person in front of her stared at her with his eyes, making it impossible for her to doubt the authenticity of the other person's words.
"Who are you? What are you going to do? How do I know if what you say is true? If you..."
"Little girl..." The man suddenly interrupted Xie Li with a smile, "Too many problems are not the qualities a lovely girl should have. All you have to do now is tell me whether you choose... or not."
A pair of eyes looked at Xie Li with a smile.
Xie Li was helpless with such a look in her eyes and subconsciously agreed.
But she didn't know whether it was because she was too excited or because she hadn't recovered from the fear just now, but she couldn't speak.
In the end I could only nod my head vigorously.
When the other person's face showed an expression of achieving his goal, Xie Li finally found his voice, "Why do you want to help me?"
At this time, the other party had already turned around and started walking out. Xie Li thought he would not answer, but who knew that his footsteps suddenly stopped again, as if he was thinking about her question.
Finally, after a while, he smiled and said, "That's probably because I'm... a little bored."
This answer was really too hasty and made Xie Li confused for a while.
"You still won't follow?"
"Ah?" Xie Li was stunned for a moment as she didn't understand what he said.
Then I heard the man say again, "What are you still doing here? Are you waiting for someone to quietly kill you and throw you into a well before you regret it?"
Her simple words made Xie Li shiver. He didn't care about that at the moment, and immediately chased the man.
When Xie Li's maid came to find her, her master was nowhere to be seen.
The maid was so anxious that she immediately ran to report the incident to the Crown Princess.
Although Zhao Mingxi didn't want to take care of it after hearing this, he still had the responsibility, so he still asked someone to help him find it.
The strange thing is that I started looking outside the place mentioned by the palace maid, and after searching for several times, I couldn't find Xie Li.
Not only did they not see her figure, they didn't even find anyone who had seen her.
And what's even more weird is that when the palace maid clearly said that she was leaving, Xie Li was standing there.
But after careful analysis by the experienced eunuchs in the palace, there was not even any trace of Xie Li's stay.
It's been going on like this for a whole day, and there's not a trace of it at all.
When the news was reported to Zhao Mingxi, although Zhao Mingxi felt it was strange, he still reported the truth to the front yard.
Sure enough, there was no movement at all from the front yard.
I'm afraid the prince felt relieved that this great scourge had left no trace behind.
Zhao Mingxi suddenly stopped the palace maid who was delivering the message, "Send a letter to Prince Chen's Mansion too!"
The palace maid immediately stopped and said, "Please give me your instructions."
Zhao Mingxi hesitated again, and then said after a while: "That's all, I'll write it myself, and remember to deliver it to Princess Chen personally later."
Xie Songhua also did not expect that the Crown Princess of the East Palace would actually write to him.
Hearing this, he took it from Cuiliu's hand. Unexpectedly, Lan Tian on the side suddenly said: "What's there to see? Isn't it just to show my favor to you?"
