Xiao Lingyue raised her head and glanced into the distance again.
The three palace maids seemed not to want to be discovered, so they kept avoiding people and took many detours. Xiao Lingyue initially estimated that it would take at least ten minutes to walk from their current location.
Time is enough.
Like a dormant cat, she stood up silently, stepped on the slippery roof and walked around a small circle until she was close to the man hiding in the garden, and then jumped down.
While he was still in the air, the dagger hidden in his sleeve had already been unsheathed.
The strong wind passed by with a flash of cold light.
The man was hiding in the bushes and peering through the bushes when he suddenly heard something wrong. He turned his head instinctively and saw a human-shaped shadow falling down like lightning.
"Ah..." The man screamed, and as soon as his voice sounded, he was forced back by a chill.
The cold dagger was pressed against his throat.
Xiao Lingyue stepped on him and asked condescendingly: "Who are you? What do you want to do hiding here?"
The man's eyes almost popped out of his head, and his face suddenly turned black and red.
Xiao Lingyue looked at him quickly.
This is a young man who looks to be in his twenties. He is slightly chubby, dressed relatively richly, with average facial features, small eyes and a big nose. He has a powdery smell on his body, and his face is shiny and looks disgusting.
He looked like a dandy from a family who was addicted to women and was useless.
"You...you..." The man's lips trembled and he stared at Xiao Lingyue as if he had seen a ghost. He seemed to want to ask, where did you come from? Are you a human or a ghost?
No wonder he thinks so.
After all, in the inner courtyard of the palace, a remote palace that had not been inhabited for a long time, a woman covered in white gauze suddenly appeared.
Isn’t it just like seeing a ghost in the clear day?
Xiao Lingyue kicked him, raised the dagger and put it against his chin: "Answer me."
"Ah..." The man's chin was pierced by the tip of the dagger, and blood flowed out. He screamed in fright, and hurriedly raised his hands: "Woman, spare your life! I say, I say, I don't know anything.
explain!"
"Tsk."
Xiao Lingyue didn't expect him to be so weak-minded, so she paused and asked, "Who are you?"
"I...I'm just a nobody..." the man said hesitantly. Before he could finish his words, Xiao Lingyue pressed the dagger forward, and the blade pressed against his neck, cutting a bloody mark.
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"A nobody who can appear in the palace out of thin air?" Xiao Lingyue sneered, "Then you are really capable. Have you grown wings or can you escape through walls?"
man:"......"
Xiao Lingyue: "If you don't tell the truth, I will chop off your third leg!"
The man was dumbfounded: "What is the third leg...?"
Xiao Lingyue raised her chin and looked dangerously at the three inches below his lower abdomen.
The man suddenly felt a cold feeling in his trouser pockets and tightened his legs in fear: "I, I, I... I said! My name is Hu Hongzhi, I am from the Hu family, you can't do this to me!"
"Hu Hongzhi?" Xiao Lingyue asked coldly: "Who are you, Hu Hongwei?"
Hu Hongzhi immediately said: "He is my eldest cousin!"
Xiao Lingyue narrowed her eyes.
There is only one famous Hu family in the capital, and that is Concubine Shu’s natal family.
Hu Hongwei is the heir of the eldest family member of the Hu family, the nephew of Concubine Shu, and the cousin of Prince Xiang.
Since the Hu Hongzhi in front of her called Hu Hongwei his cousin, he was obviously from the same family. However, as far as she knew, Concubine Shu's only biological brother from the same mother was the eldest husband of the Hu family. The rest of the houses were all concubines, so they were not the same mother as Concubine Shu.