Xia Houzhang hesitated to speak, as if he didn't know whether he should tell Fang Zilan, but Fang Zilan saw Xia Houzhang's hesitation, so he simply stepped forward and knocked on the study door. Unexpectedly, the door opened a crack.
"His Royal Highness Prince Xiang?" She asked tentatively, but received no reply. She exchanged glances with Xia Houzhang beside her, and finally the two of them opened the door and walked in together.
Prince Xiang stood in front of the window with his back to them. The moonlight filtered in through the window, stretching his figure very long. Xia Houzhang carefully closed the door and then lit the candle in the room. Fang Zilan jumped up and down and managed to stand up straight not far behind King Xiang, "Your Highness King Xiang, what happened?"
King Xiang did not turn around after hearing this. For a long time, when Fang Zilan was thinking about whether she should say something more to break the silence, she heard King Xiang's voice, "Fang Zilan, you promised me that day to do things for this temple, can you still do it?" number?"
Fang Zilan was stunned for a moment when she heard Prince Xiang call her by her name for the first time. The title of the palace that followed made her heart tighten even more. Such a serious matter, if she agreed, I'm afraid it wouldn't be the case. What a simple thing. However, she still clearly remembered what the young master told her. She would stay with King Xiang until he came to the throne. She knew what it meant.
Thinking of this, Fang Zilan took a deep breath and said, "Of course it counts, but His Highness must also pay corresponding rewards."
"What do you want?" King Xiang turned around and looked at the person in front of him intently. Xia Houzhang on the side couldn't help shouting, "Your Highness, please think twice."
"I want a place that belongs to me." Fang Zilan replied without hesitation, but the two people in front of him were startled. King Xiang said with a strange expression: "Is this what you want?"
"Yes, after His Highness ascends the throne, I will come to collect my reward." Fang Zilan looked at the two people, while thinking to herself what she said was wrong, why do they all have this expression? He continued speaking bravely, "Now, I would like to ask Your Highness to tell me what you want me to do."
"Do you know about the late emperor's last edict?" King Xiang said quietly, but Fang Zilan was startled and subconsciously answered, "Your Highness is talking about the last emperor's last edict that passed down the throne to His Highness?"
"Yes, I want you to steal this edict and tell it to the world." King Xiang said this. Fang Zilan only felt confused in her heart. Everyone in the world knew about this edict of the late emperor, why did King Xiang let her steal it now? Come out and tell the world?
"This palace knows what you are thinking. Everyone in the world knows it, but no one has seen it. Anything that has not been seen does not exist." Prince Xiang's voice had a hint of chill, but he solved Fang Zilan's doubts in an instant. .
She couldn't help but ask, "Is this the Queen Mother's condition?" "You are indeed smart." Prince Xiang's lips curled up slightly, "But regardless of whether it is the Queen Mother's condition or not, this edict must be in the hands of this palace."
"Your Highness, can you trust me to steal such an important thing?" Fang Zilan smiled slightly, and the smile on Prince Xiang's face grew brighter, "I wouldn't trust you unless I had to."
The smile on Fang Zilan's face froze for a moment. She had expected Prince Xiang's answer, but she didn't expect it to be this one. "Your Highness is gambling with your life and wealth, aren't you afraid of losing everything?"
"Not only is this palace gambling, but so are you." King Xiang looked at the person in front of him calmly, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him, "You claim to be the best in the world, but if you fail, you will be ruined. There is also the risk of losing your life, so your bet in this game is no smaller than ours."
"Since His Highness has already placed the bet on the table, what's the harm in me accompanying His Highness to the end of this game?" Fang Zilan smiled brightly, and the look of determination to win made both of them feel a little more at ease.
A smile escaped from the corner of King Xiang's lips, "You are quite confident." The words were exactly the same, but the previous one was more like a joke, but this time it was more of a life-or-death trust.
Fang Zilan soon learned the reason why she had to steal King Xiang's edict. She was really forced to do so. The imperial edict was kept in the underground palace in the imperial city dedicated to the memorial tablets of successive emperors, and was guarded by royal guards.
According to the memory of this body, Fang Zilan also fought against the royal secret guards before. Although she suffered a lot of injuries due to her young age at that time, the skills of those secret guards were indeed first-class. Even she is not as good now. Escape safely under the eyes of multiple royal guards.
"There are ninety-nine royal guards inside and outside?" Fang Zilan couldn't help but repeat King Xiang's words, feeling a little headache, "This is not a small number."
"I know." Prince Xiang twisted a white piece in his hand and looked at the chessboard in front of him, "But since it's you, there are some ways. You go back quickly, and I will send Xia Houzhang to meet you at Suzaku Street. "
"Your Highness really trusts me." Fang Zilan smiled bitterly. Even if she was lucky enough to survive this time, she might have lost half her life, but if she said it, she would throw water away and there was no way she would regret it.
The action was scheduled for three nights later. When everyone was asleep, Fang Zilan quietly sneaked into the underground palace of the Imperial City. Since King Xiang had shown her the defense plan before and calculated the time for the internal and external secret guards to change guard, she easily obtained the edict behind the late emperor's memorial tablet. In order to prevent triggering the mechanism, she quickly replaced it with a fake edict.
Unexpectedly, at the moment when the edict was exchanged, he would still be discovered. Fang Zilan looked at the secret guard in front of her and couldn't help but sigh. Now she had to rely on herself to get out.
Fang Zilan was surrounded by several secret guards, fighting while retreating towards the exit of the underground palace. She only had a short dagger on her body, and she quickly fell behind the sword of the secret guard. The secret guards on the periphery were quickly alerted by the sound, some rushed over to support and some prepared to block the underground palace.
Fang Zilan secretly screamed, watching the secret guard's sword approaching in front of her, she simply hesitated, stepped forward and let the long sword pierce her waist and abdomen. The opponent was obviously stunned for a moment, and she took the opportunity to cut with a short dagger. She hit the other person's throat, and the moment blood spattered out, she pushed the body towards the person behind her, took a few steps back and jumped out.
Finally, she escaped before the underground palace was sealed. Fang Zilan pulled out the sword with her backhand. With the sword, she quickly eliminated several secret guards surrounding her. Only then did she have time to take a look at the injuries on her body.
Although he felt no pain, he could only see blood flowing like water, so even if he escaped, he would be overtaken. She hurriedly tore off the clothes of the corpse next to her and quickly tied them on her body to stop the bleeding. Then she tore off her coat, threw off her shoes, and ran barefoot onto Suzaku Street.
Zhuque Street is the street closest to the imperial city, and there is no lack of romance in it. At this time, there was still singing and dancing, and no one noticed an injured man in black who broke into the street.
And Fang Zilan saw Prince Xiang's carriage at a glance, a golden carriage that showed his identity, parked next to Fengyue Tower. She jumped into the car and was stunned when she opened the brocade curtain. The next moment, a hand stretched out and grabbed her wrist. She fell into the carriage and jumped into the carriage with the people inside.
"Your Highness, how could you..." Fang Zilan struggled to get up and was about to say something, when she saw Prince Xiang's finger pressing on her lips, making a silencing gesture, "Change your clothes first."
Prince Xiang said as he pulled out a set of women's fine clothes from behind. Fang Zilan hesitated for a moment but then heard a voice not far away from the carriage, "Search door to door for me!"
The situation was urgent and she didn't care about anything else. She hurriedly tore off her clothes. King Xiang helped her hide them under the soft collapse. She took the clothes from King Xiang and put them on hastily. When she was lowering her head to adjust her belt, she heard Xiang Wang's voice said, "Are you injured?"
Fang Zilan raised her head and met Prince Xiang's eyes, "I..." Just as she was about to say something, she heard a voice from outside: "Even His Highness Prince Xiang's car will be searched!"
"I'm offended." King Xiang's voice and breath reached her ears. Before she could think about what King Xiang meant, she saw King Xiang tearing open her robe with one hand and holding her hand with the other. waist, and brought her into his arms. Her belt, which had not been fastened yet, instantly loosened and slipped from her shoulders uncontrollably.
She immediately realized what Prince Xiang was doing, but suddenly she seemed to be a puppet with no ability to move and was at the mercy of others. Faintly, she could only hear the heartbeat of the person holding her, which was strong and powerful.
The next second, King Xiang raised his hand and took off the hairpin from her head, letting her long hair fall down to cover the scar on her back. Almost at the same time, the brocade curtain of the carriage was also opened.
People outside the carriage were startled when they saw the scene inside the carriage. The woman was disheveled, with her naked back leaning on Prince Xiang's arms. Her long hair covered most of her face, but she could not hide the blush on her cheeks. King Xiang's clothes were wide open, revealing his strong upper body.
When she saw the visitor, King Xiang, he held her hand a little tighter, and she buried her head in King Xiang's arms. She felt that the area around her waist where he held her was hot, and her whole body was wrapped in his close breath. This kind of The extremely ambiguous atmosphere made her panic for no reason.
"What's the matter?" King Xiang frowned and looked very unhappy. The leader of the secret guard outside the carriage saluted sarcastically, "Your Highness, King Xiang, we are chasing a thief."
"Have you chased the thief into our carriage?" King Xiang's face turned cold, "You see clearly, is there the person you are looking for on our carriage?" "No, no." The leader of the secret guard nodded as he spoke. The lower one went even lower, "I don't dare disturb His Highness." After saying that, he lowered the brocade curtain.
After a while, after confirming that the secret guard was gone, Xia Houzhang, who had been hiding in the dark, came out, took over the carriage driver's seat, and drove back home.
In the carriage, Prince Xiang still maintained the same posture as before, holding Fang Zilan tightly in his arms. "Your Highness?" Fang Zilan called out tentatively. The person in front of her relaxed her hand a little, but did not mean to let go of her. "You are injured."
King Xiang used an affirmative sentence this time. She still didn't care and reached out to push King Xiang's hand away, but King Xiang grabbed her wrist with his backhand, "You are seriously injured, don't move."
