Xiao Yuehuai clearly remembers:
In the early autumn of the fifth year of Chongyuan, not long after she and Lu Pingsheng got married, a flood occurred in Qingzhou. Qin Shenghan, the Minister of Household Affairs, was ordered by Emperor Zhou to go to flood areas to provide relief. However, he encountered a flash flood and mudslide on the way, which delayed the release of disaster relief funds.
Later, the treasury bank was stolen and the disaster relief efforts were unsuccessful. News spread to Jinling. Qin Shenghan was held accountable and escorted back to Beijing to await trial. At this critical moment, Qin Shenghan's father, Qin Tiancong, the left servant, was accused of corruption and bribery.
The Qin Mansion was sealed by the Ministry of Punishment, and all the Qin family's descendants were temporarily dismissed from official positions.
After investigation, it was found that Qin Tiancong's study did contain official silver donated by various places, and the crime of corruption was confirmed. So the entire Qin family was convicted, the adult men were imprisoned to be executed, and the girls were imprisoned in the inner court to await their fate.
Qin Tiancong lived a clean and honest life. He always considered the people in everything he did and had outstanding political achievements. Xiao Yuehuai simply didn't believe that Mrs. Qin would do such a scandal that would damage the lintel and ruin the whole family.
At that time, she was not yet under house arrest by the Lu family, so she took advantage of the opportunity of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to verify the case again, and returned to the palace accompanied by Lu Pingsheng on the pretext of paying a visit to her father.
That night, while her father and Lu Pingsheng were discussing matters at the Qinzheng Palace, she stayed in the Changqing Palace, deceived and stole the queen's warrant, sneaked into the inner prison, and secretly released Qin E from prison.
Qin'e, the legitimate daughter of Qin's family, is Xiao Yuehai's close friend. They have been reading and practicing calligraphy together since they were young, and they have a close relationship.
This woman is smart, witty, and quite capable. Xiao Yuehuai originally thought that if she was released, there would still be a glimmer of hope to save the entire Qin family.
However, not long after Qin E escaped from the inner prison in her previous life, she was discovered by Lu Pingsheng's spy and executed on the spot. Before her death, she was humiliated and raped, her body was dismembered, her body was separated, and her bones were exposed on a rockery. The scene was filthy. Unbearable.
Her best friend died tragically, and she was unable to save the lives of the entire Qin family. She watched helplessly as the men were beheaded on the execution ground and the women were ruined.
After resurrecting her life, Xiao Yuehuai took stock of the situation and immediately took A Lu to the place where Qin E was arrested in her previous life.
The moonlight is thick. Under the palace wall, two little girls ran quickly with cat-like footsteps and came to the path of the back hall of Changqing Palace.
Alu stopped panting, sweating slightly: "Princess...what are we doing here?"
Xiao Yuehuai quickly covered her mouth and lowered her voice: "Keep it down."
Just when A Lu was wondering, there was a commotion at the end of the path. The Imperial Guards patrolling the palace were noisy and seemed to be discussing the changing of the guard. Beside the water pier not far away, a figure flashed past and hid behind the rockery on the side path.
Xiao Yuehuai caught sight of this scene out of the corner of her eye. While paying attention to the movements of the forbidden army, she moved her steps and jumped into the grass next to the rockery.
The person who was hiding seemed to have heard something. He peeked out and was suddenly pulled out by a hand.
The man was frightened and was about to resist with his hands, but Xiao Yuehuai grabbed his wrist forcefully.
"Niao Niao! It's me."
Qin E shuddered and turned around to look, startled: "Princess? You... weren't you knocked unconscious by me?"
Xiao Yuehuai had no time to explain to her. His expression was solemn and his eyes were sharp, and he said three words: "Don't talk."
After he finished speaking, two young eunuchs looking around came walking from the verandah that led directly to the side. They seemed to be the palace guards on duty at night. At this time, the moonlight happened to fall and reflected on their sleeves, reflecting a dizzying cold light.
It's a knife!
When the three of them looked carefully, they found that the two young eunuchs walked with unusual steps and could not hear a single sound. They were completely different from ordinary palace people.
Seeing that they were approaching, Xiao Yuehuai's heart was in her throat.
At first glance, these two people are people with profound internal skills. Although their hiding place is hidden, their breathing is heavy, and martial arts practitioners can quickly detect it.
Xiao Yuehuai lowered her head and glanced at Qin E next to her. When she saw that the clothes she was wearing were silver robes dyed with smoke and green ink, she had a plan in mind. With quick hands, she pulled off Qin E's robe and let her wear it, then removed her bun, combed a man's crown at will, and then threw her to the ground.
Alu on the side was stunned when he saw this scene, standing like a stone in the corner, motionless.
Qin E was surprised at first when she saw the princess acting like this, but within a few seconds she realized what she was doing and cooperated with her.
The two of them were very close to each other. Xiao Yuehuai propped up her body and raised her ears to listen to the sound. She faintly felt a cool breeze blowing by, and immediately sat up vigilantly. Her whole body just covered Qin E, leaving only half of the cold water and smoke. The clothes are outside.
Thin clouds and light mist linger, the girl's hair is messy, her clothes are disheveled, her red lips are slightly opened, her phoenix eyes are frivolous and charming, as if she has just gone through a stormy scene, she is panting and resting at this moment, the scene is extremely fragrant.
This scene happened to fall into the eyes of the two eunuchs who heard the sound, and they were stunned for a moment.
When her good deeds were revealed, the girl's watery eyes flashed with a strong murderous intent. She flew over with an eye knife and shouted sternly: "Where did you come from, this cheap slave? Dare to disturb my princess's pleasure?"
The eunuch carefully identified it, and with the dim light, he saw the girl's face clearly, and his expression suddenly changed.
"Huaicheng...Princess Huaicheng?"
The moment they made a sound, Xiao Yuehuai immediately ordered: "Alu! Call someone in, tie them both up and throw them into the Jinwu River!"
Hearing this, the young eunuchs all looked towards the path connecting the side paths. They faintly heard the footsteps of the imperial army, so they did not dare to stay any longer, and hurriedly turned around and used Qinggong to fly away.
It wasn't until the rockery fell completely silent that Xiao Yuehuai was sure that they had left, and the tense nerves all over his body relaxed.
She was still riding on Qin'e's lap. When she woke up, she heard the little girl underneath her saying helplessly: "Huaicheng... haven't you done enough?"
Xiao Yuehuai jumped up in an instant. Seeing Qin E's dumbfounded expression, she twitched her lips in embarrassment: "Niao Niao, don't mind, I didn't do that just now..."
Before she finished speaking, Qin E cut her off softly: "I know, you don't have to explain."
"If you hadn't appeared, I would have been taken back to the inner prison again."
"Huaicheng... I'm sorry. I didn't want to hurt you. I knocked you unconscious because I didn't want you to be burdened by me. Does the wound on your forehead... hurt?"
Qin E said a lot of words in one breath and leaned forward to see the injury on the princess's forehead, but she grabbed her hand.
Xiao Yuehhuai: "I know what you are thinking, and I'm fine. Niao Niao, we don't have much time left, and it's not the time to care about each other yet. Someone is following me... I know that I secretly released you from the inner prison." come out."
"The two eunuchs just now should be killers. If they can't find you elsewhere, they will react immediately. You need to escape from the palace quickly."
Qin E clenched her palms tightly, her eyes were cold: "...The palace door has been locked and the Forbidden Army is heavily guarding it. How can we avoid censorship and escape from the palace? I wanted to hide for the night and pretend to be a little Gong E tomorrow. Gong Caimai. But now that someone has noticed your whereabouts, my escape from prison may not be hidden tonight. If the palaces strengthen patrols, I will be exposed before dawn..."
Xiao Yuehuai pondered for a moment: "I do have a way, but...it requires some hardship."
