Half an hour later.
The night banquet at Yongshou Hall officially began. From a distance, the sound of silk and bamboo could be heard coming from the hall, and people were laughing and talking.
Tian Bao, Bai Yu, Su An and Wheat Sui Chu were lounging in the verandah of the side hall thirty feet away, their heads growing hairy from boredom.
Wheat Sui sat on the bench in the verandah with his arms folded, with a gloomy look on his face, "There are so many broken rules in the palace, and it's inexplicable! Why can't maids and guards enter the banquet? How can I protect my master if I don't follow him? What if there is something wrong inside? If something happens, it will be too late for us to grow wings and fly!"
Su An sat at the other end of the bench, stretching her arms and leaning on the railing, with the moon reflected in her eyes, "Okay, there's no point in scolding, we are not the only ones who are blocked outside. Look around, aren't they all people?" .”
A winding corridor was filled with people sitting on various benches. They were in small and distinct groups, obviously not in the same group.
These are also the entourage of each envoy group.
Bai Yu and Tianbao both leaned against the pillars of the verandah, ignoring the glances from around them that were coming overtly or covertly.
"With Xiling and Yun Qin here, Master Gan and the old man will not be completely isolated at the banquet, and nothing big will happen." Bai Yu whispered to the girl next to him, "The Nansang Emperor's ceremony is about to take place, and nothing can be missed, just for him He himself would not choose to cause trouble at the banquet."
Tianbao hummed, "While we were chatting at the palace gate, the old man poisoned Yan Changkong. If Nan Sang dares to catch a turtle in the jar, the emperor's eldest grandson must be buried first. The initiative is in our hands."
Bai Yu, "..."
When the old man comes out, he will discuss it with the old man, and the poison will not be cured.
In a happy mood, Bai Yu had a smile on his face, tilted his head and whispered, "Guess how many people are watching secretly?"
Tianbao, "Two people on the acacia tree ten feet away to the southeast, one person by the rockery seven feet away to the north, two people at the west end of the verandah... The top of the pillar we are leaning on, there are six people fifteen steps across to the east."
"...Fortunately there are so many noisy people around, otherwise the guys hiding above would have heard everything we said."
"It doesn't matter, they will die before they can send the message back."
"Tsk, I just like your sharp energy!"
Tianbao raised his eyebrows and glanced sideways, "Want to play?"
Need to ask? Bai Yu took the lead and walked out, kicking the other two people who wanted to follow back to the bench, "You guys stop behind."
When Wheat Sui and Su An came to their senses and tried to chase them again, the instigator had already disappeared with Tian Bao.
Wheat Sui was so angry that she gritted her little white teeth, waved her fists and roared, "What are you waiting for? I was fooled without noticing, Bai Yu, this thief! Brother An, you didn't stop them either." ! Let me tell you that Bai Yu has no good intentions towards his sister!"
Su An put his hands in a mess and replied in the same breath, "You are so smart that you didn't react. How can you expect Brother An? Besides, if Tianbao is not happy, Bai Yu will not be able to take care of him no matter how nine hundred more tricks he has." Don’t leave, Tianbao. Sit down, take your breath, and wait.”
Wheat Sui had nowhere to vent his resentment, so he punched the air with a combination of punches before giving up.
After leaving the verandah, the two walked along the path paved with white marble. The moon in early September was like a bitten moon dumpling. Although a corner was missing, the moonlight was still bright and bright.
Both sides of the road are dotted with strange flowers, plants and rocks, pavilions and rockeries are scattered here and there, and shadows are everywhere under the moonlit night.
"Bao, what do you want to play?" Bai Yu tilted his head and asked with a smile, staring at the girl with a calm face beside him.
Tianbao glanced around, looking for a suitable place, "Just play with it and get a response, try it, maybe it will work."
"We'll see."
The two of them whispered quietly, their auras all around were loose and relaxed, and they didn't pay attention to the hawk's eyes behind them that were staring closely at them.
Go straight to the outermost edge of the side hall, next to the arch bridge that intersects with another hall, there is a medium-sized rockery.
"Wait for me here." Tianbao whispered, and then he ducked into the rockery cave.
The hole is not big, only one person high and narrow enough to accommodate only one person, and there is no exit at the other end.
After quickly checking that there was no one else in the cave, Tianbao released Wangbai.
There was a dull thud.
Wangbai stood in the dark cave, hunched over, with one hand on top of his head, his face expressionless.
Tianbao, "..."
Sorry, I forgot to calculate Wangbai's height.
She stood at the perfect height and couldn't straighten her waist.
Hit the head.
She stretched out her hand and pressed Wangbai's head down a little, pretending not to see Wangbai's glare, "Go around and see if there are any Tibetans in this palace. I know you have a way."
Wangbai covered his head and remained still, obviously still angry that the innocent person was "attacked".
"Wangbai is the best."
"..."
Wangbai's eyes flashed invisible for a moment, and he used his hand to dig into the rockery where his head hit, and then disappeared with his bare hands.
Wangbai left, and stone chips were still falling from the place where he had dug them into pieces, which fell on Tianbao's face, "..."
When she walked out of the cave, she looked like a disgraced woman.
The corners of Bai Yu's mouth twitched.
"...Don't laugh, I'll beat you up."
"Sorry, I tried my best...hahahaha!"
Next to the rockery under the moonlight, laughter started and stopped, and then there were the sounds of punches and kicks that were more terrifying than the laughter.
The eagle eye watching in the dark could only see the men and women chasing and fighting, but could not see the sign language they used to play.
The laughter in Yongshou Hall continues, and the moon slowly climbs up in the blue sky.
Wangbai never showed up anywhere in the palace.
It's just a very hidden place, and from time to time a tiny hole will appear out of thin air.
Near Hai, there was a strange movement faintly coming from the most remote place at the northern end of the palace.
There is the abandoned palace complex of Nansang Palace. I heard that it was once a cold palace where many guilty concubines were imprisoned and many people died.
As the most favored prince of Nan Sang, Yan Changkong was naturally at home at the palace banquet. Countless people came to chat and toast during the banquet.
The banquet ended quietly, and everyone was already drunk.
Suddenly a man in a guard uniform hurried in from outside the hall and whispered in Yan Changkong's ear.
Later, Yan Changkong's expression changed slightly, and he left the banquet without even having time to say a word.
When Emperor Nan Sang, who was sitting at the top, saw this, a dark look flashed across his eyes. He turned his head and said something to the eunuch next to him, and the eunuch also left.
"What's going on? Why is there such a big commotion all of a sudden!" Yan Changkong scolded angrily as he walked, his heart feeling like a heavy weight.
The guard responded tremblingly, "Your Majesty, forgive me! My subordinates have been keeping strict guard, but this time for some unknown reason, they all rushed out and ran around, unable to stop them!"
"Where's the whistle?"
"I blew the whistle, it's useless!"
"Go over and have a look at the situation first. If that doesn't work, release that person! We must not let anyone at the banquet notice!"
The guard did not dare to say anything more and his face turned slightly pale.
