He felt that he was being played by the little girl in front of him.

   He said with a cold expression: "Aren't you afraid of death? Why didn't you make peace with Gu Jingyun, but wanted to die with him instead?"

   "Because you're going to kill Jingyun," Li Baolu cried, "I'm with him. He's dead, so of course I'm going to accompany him."

  The emperor stared blankly at the girl who was crying so hard that she was out of breath.

   He also said and heard such love words, but not with Concubine Lan, but with the Queen.

   At that time, he had just gotten married, and he had regained his rights. It was when he was proud of the spring breeze that he had a tender and sweet marriage life with the queen.

   He said this kind of love, the now dignified and dignified queen was just a pretty and shy young woman, she also told him.

   But neither of them took it seriously, because as the empress, unless they were assassinated together, it was impossible to die together.

   At this time, His Highness's little girl was full of snot and tears when she said this, and her words were not tender, but the emperor knew that what she said was true, and she wanted to live and die with Gu Jingyun.

The    Emperor immediately lost the mood to play tricks on them, and waved after seeing her for a while, "Let's step back."

Li Baolu was still planning in her mind that she must ask the emperor to give them a decent way to die, and then when she would start her actions on the way to death, how to run for her life, how to avoid being hunted after escaping from the palace, and how to dress up and go south, what did she plan to do? The smuggling boat went directly south to pick up her uncle and heard the emperor's words. She raised her head in amazement, and then she immediately reacted, the emperor did not intend to kill them!

  Li Baolu hurriedly lowered her head and followed Director Su to exit.

   But they could not leave the palace. The emperor then ordered Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu to be held in the side hall of the east palace.

  The East Palace was abandoned as early as 20 years ago when the Prince moved out of the palace, and the side hall was even more deserted. Even if someone cleaned it every once in a while, it still accumulated a lot of dust.

  The guards who came with Gu Jingyun and his wife locked all the entrances and exits of the other palaces, leaving only a small door in this side hall to enter and exit, and then Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu were thrown in.

  There is no change of clothes, no quilts, let alone other daily necessities. Li Baolu's face is full of worry, "Isn't the emperor trying to kill us of thirst?"

  Gu Jingyun glanced at her, pulled her into the hall, and asked, "Did you slap your forehead yourself? Why are you so stupid, and what did you tell him, why did he lock us up?"

  Li Baolu glared at him and said, "If I hadn't knocked, we'd be in different places now. It's just fine to be locked up. As long as we live, there is always hope to get out."

  Gu Jingyun pursed his lips and asked, "Who told you that we are going to be in different places?"

"Who else could it be, what he said, I took the risk of interrupting him twice," she said triumphantly about her performance in the imperial study, and looked at him nervously at the end. : "I specifically mentioned the little cousin just to arouse his sympathy, but the effect didn't seem to be very good. He was still very angry at the end, but fortunately he didn't want to kill us immediately."

  Gu Jingyun glanced at her and said nothing.

   He couldn't bear to tell this silly girl the truth.

   He never thought that the emperor would kill him, just because he was Qin Xinfang's nephew and the only bloodline recognized by the Qin family today, the emperor would not kill him.

  The emperor who was dazed in the past would not be able to, and the emperor who is gradually regaining his intelligence will not be able to.

  But if he doesn't kill him, the other party can deprive him of his official position, he can forcibly dissolve his relationship with Li An, and he can even exile him from the capital and exile him like an exiled uncle.

   For him, leaving the capital was no different from dying, because then he was getting further and further away from his goal, and it became almost impossible to divide for his uncle.

   That's why Gu Jingyun thought about the risk of military action and directly angered the emperor, but unfortunately he didn't see the emperor, and luckily he didn't see the emperor.

  Otherwise he made the emperor so angry that he and Baolu would not be able to live.

   Looking at Shale's wife, Gu Jingyun touched her head and said, "Your luck has always been strong, and it is right to bring you into the palace this time."

  Although the silly girl did something wrong, she was wrong. Being placed under house arrest in the palace is much better than direct exile.

   As long as he remains in the capital, there is still a chance to stay in the palace.

  Gu Jingyun's eyes flashed again, and he kept telling himself to be patient. This time, he must not be in such a hurry, he had to take it slow.

Just when Gu Jingyun was thinking about it, Li Baolu was already full of the palace, and she didn't know how long they would be locked up. Of course, they had to get acquainted with their future residences first, and they had to find a way to escape. The emperor really wanted to wipe them away. , they can also escape faster.

  Although the East Palace is abandoned, a side hall is still very large, divided into three entrances, the side doors and the back door on both sides are sealed, leaving only a small corner door in front, and the door leading to the main hall is even more tightly sealed.

   When the prince moved out of the East Palace, he did not take all the things in the East Palace with him, but after twenty years, many things were no longer usable, and because the house had not been cleaned for a long time, there was a thick layer of dust in the house.

   Fortunately, Li Baolu found an ancient well in the backyard of the side hall, and also found a spacious kitchen with complete kitchen utensils at the back. Before coming to this side hall, he prepared food for the prince and princess in the main hall.

  Li Baolu is satisfied that the water in the ancient well may not be edible, but it can definitely be used for cleaning.

Li Baolu found two wooden buckets in the kitchen to fetch water, and finally pulled the buckets up. With a bang, the edge of the wooden buckets cracked, and the water shot on her body, making her dress wet in one fell swoop. .

   Li Baolu was at a loss, Gu Jingyun pulled her away helplessly, glanced at the wooden barrel and said, "Things that have not been used for twenty years are rotten."

   "Then what do we use to hold the water?"

   "I'm going to find out the iron pot. It's more durable. You use another wooden bucket to draw water, only half of it each time."

The water that was poured was immediately poured into the rusted iron pot, and then used to clean the room. Fortunately, a lot of cloth curtains were hung in the room to block the light to prevent the furniture inside from being rotted by the light. Pull it off and tear it apart. Use as a rag.

   If no one really sent them anything to keep out the cold, they could dismantle these cloth curtains, wash them, dry them, and keep them warm at night.

  After all, in May in the capital, the night is still cool.

   Li Baolu was in good health, but Gu Jingyun couldn't starve and freeze.

  Fortunately, the situation was much better. Before night, a palace servant would come to bring them dinner and a quilt.

Li Baolu immediately stopped them and said, "We don't have a change of clothes." She found a jade pendant from Gu Jingyun's body and put it in their hands, and asked shyly, "Could you please give us two sets of clothes to change? "

   This jade pendant on Gu Jingyun was rewarded by the emperor. The key is that it is not marked and can be sold.

The emperor shot a natural extraordinary product, and the palace servant who was stuffed by Li Baolu with the jade pendant felt the lustrous hand, hesitated, nodded, and then sent them a bag in less than an hour, which contained two sets of palace costumes, one set The palace maid, a set of eunuchs, there is no way, they can only find this kind of men's clothes.

   As for the jade pendant, it was reserved for the person in the lead, who would then distribute it to everyone.

They are all idle personnel left by the East Palace. After 20 years, they have no extra income except for the regular New Year's gifts. This time, they are satisfied with Li Baolu's generosity and are willing to give them convenience within their ability. .

   So Li Baolu used her money to exchange for a washbasin, a wooden bucket and a good pot.

   These things are naturally not expensive outside, but in the palace they spent all the money on Li Baolu.

   So Li Baolu turned to Gu Jingyun, "How much money do you have on you?"

Gu Jingyun silently took out the purse on his body, took off a jade token and put it on the purse, thought about it and pulled out the jade hairpin on his head and put it on top, and then said with a disheveled hair: "That's all. "

  Li Baolu stuffed all the money into her arms and said regretfully, "I knew this happened earlier, I should take all the money with me when I go out today, we just split a huge sum of money."

   Tens of thousands of taels, no need for nothing, no use if you die.

   "Don't worry, the situation will get better and better." Someone will take care of them, not to mention that this is the East Palace, but his great-grandfather and uncle's connections in the palace won't make him suffer too much.

   may not be able to save him, but it is still possible to take care of him in life.

   Besides, this is the East Palace. Even if the prince moved out, he still kept people here.

  Gu Jingyun was right. When they woke up the next morning, their treatment was different. The breakfast they brought had three dishes and one soup, and even a plate of fruit after dinner, and someone brought them a tin of tea.

Among the bags handed in were the two sets of clean clothes they had changed and washed, as well as daily necessities. Li Baolu even found a purse hidden in the clothes. Inside was a stack of small silver bills, each of which only Twelve taels, apparently for their reward and bribe.

   Li Baolu cautiously asked Gu Jingyun, "Is this from the prince?"

  Gu Jingyun gave a soft "um".

Li Baolu is still a little confused, "Why did the fourth prince want to assassinate you? Just because you pushed the grandson to expose his involvement in military power? Isn't it stupid to expose yourself to the emperor to kill you for what has happened? "

"He's scared," Gu Jingyun said indifferently: "It wasn't that I urged Taisun to expose his involvement in military power, but I instructed them to expose. Baolu, the power of the prince's family is in the hands of Peng Dan, and Peng Dan is a sway. Only the prince is the most respected person on his face, but everyone knows that he is also His Majesty's person. The prince doesn't dare to use him, of course he didn't find out such a confidential matter."

   And the prince still has a force that only he and Taisun can control, but in order not to let the emperor and Peng Dan notice, the prince and Taisun have kept them hidden, and naturally they dare not instruct them to do anything too obvious.

   This time, I was able to know the arrangement of the fourth prince in the army because Gu Jingyun cooperated with the prince.

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