Cao Yenaji successfully walked through the alley that she had carried thousands of times. This alley was just as Li Changan told her, and no one would pass by it.
When she was about to reach the pavilion, Cao Yenaji saw two maids walking and laughing with food boxes in front of her. She slowed down and waited until the two maids disappeared from sight before crossing the pavilion.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Cao Yenaji looked at the narrow door in front of her. As long as she passed through this door, she would be the Jiaofangsi.
Although Jiaofangsi is still in the palace in name, it is almost the same as outside the palace. Musicians and dancers can come and go at will, unlike the Daming Palace, where the palace residents cannot leave the Daming Palace.
"Who is there?"
A stern scream penetrated Cao Yenaji's eardrums, and her heart suddenly lifted.
what to do?
Li Changan clutched the chess piece in his hand and looked at the chessboard distressedly.
A large piece of her chess piece was blocked by Concubine Wu Hui's black piece, and she was almost out of breath.
Concubine Wu Hui smiled and tapped the jade chess piece with her nails, looking at Li Changan scratching his head and ears in a leisurely manner.
She wasn't in a hurry to make her move, and it didn't hurt to let Li Changan think about it for a while.
Li Changan smiled slyly, clutched the chess pieces and lay down on the table.
It turns out that there is an unnoticed "qi" at the very edge that has not been blocked. The piece that Li Changan dropped happened to be connected with the previous large chess piece. The originally lifeless white piece on the chessboard suddenly appeared again. Lively.
This was something Li Changan deliberately missed at the beginning.
Now this unobtrusive chess piece finally played its role at the most critical moment.
She actually left a way of survival in the place she ignored.
Concubine Wu Hui raised her eyebrows, and the chess piece turned around in the palm of her hand before changing its position and landing. However, the position of the chess piece was already different from the direction she had planned to place it before.
"Inspector Chen."
Just when Cao Yenaji was about to deal with the visitor according to what Li Changan taught her before, a clear voice sounded from not far away.
He is a handsome man wearing a green semi-worn round collar robe and a flute on his waist.
The internal supervisor, who was squinting his eyes carefully and carefully looking at Cao Yena Ji, looked at the visitor, his expression became much more relaxed, "It turns out to be Master Lei."
With a helpless expression on his face, Lei Haiqing glared at Cao Ye Naji, and just now he bowed his hands to the inner prisoner named Chen: "This is the new Hu Ji in the workshop. She doesn't understand the rules. I was supposed to take care of her." We knew our way here, but unexpectedly we just met Manager Sun and chatted with him for a few words, and in the blink of an eye, Hu Ji disappeared..."
As he spoke, Lei Haiqing approached Internal Supervisor Chen and quietly stuffed something into his hand.
Naijian Chen rolled his eyes, touching the slightly cold metal sheet, and his expression became more and more friendly.
"Fortunately, you bumped into me. It would have been troublesome if you had bumped into the noble man."
Lei Haiqing asked Mu Xiu for a drink again, and then left with Cao Yenaji.
Cao Yenaji gritted her teeth. She didn't know this man, but now she had no better choice but to follow the man.
As she walked forward to a remote courtyard with a half-open door, the man leading the way stopped and whispered: "Twenty-Nine Mother asked me to take you here. The matter has nothing to do with me.”
Cao Yenaji looked at him deeply, but Lei Haiqing had already turned around and left.
"Ah, are the number of white stones almost equal to that of black stones?" Li Changan lay on the table and counted the number of white stones and black stones on the board one by one.
"They are all ninety-two!" Li Changan counted them three times and was overjoyed.
Because she didn't check just now, Li Changan found a way out, so she planned to let Li Changan win the first game of chess in her life. Wu Huifei chuckled lightly and said with a calm smile: "The next move?"
Li Changan picked up another white piece and said happily: "Maybe I can beat A Niang."
Cao Yenaji has already put on the clothes given to her by Hong Ling. Cao Yenaji was previously wearing the clothes of the Jiaofang Si Wuji that Li Changan got, but now she is wearing Hong Ling, which she carried on her chest. The clothes are exactly the same style as those worn by Hong Ling.
"Wait a little longer." Hong Ling avoided another Hu Ji who came with her, and she leaned her head on Cao Ye's shoulder and whispered softly.
Others only thought it was a pair of sisters with similar looks whispering.
The Hu girl was just brought by her to make up the numbers. She was originally a Hu girl who stayed at the pastry shop to entertain guests. This was the first time she was brought into the palace by Hong Ling. She only knew that the other Hu girl next to the master would go back with them. , without knowing what exactly they are doing.
Now that I see the two very similar faces of Cao Yenaji and Hong Ling, I just think that Cao Yenaji is Hong Ling's sister.
"In another hour, the guards guarding the gate will change their posts. The master said that we can take advantage of the information gap. There are two groups of people on duty around the middle of the day. The people in the back don't know how many of us have come in." Hong Ling's lips Open slightly.
This is the pattern that Li Changan discovered during this period. Every time the Jiaofang Division changes duties at noon, there are two groups of people responsible for inspections in the morning and afternoon. The exchange of information between them only relies on the book.
The entry and exit of Jiaofang Department personnel must be registered, and their names must correspond one-to-one with their names on the roster. The number of people and their appearance must not be wrong. The person responsible for personnel inspections also relies on book records to check the entry and exit of Jiaofang Department personnel. .
But people like Hong Ling are not from the Jiaofang Division, which means they don't need to register. They just need to show the guards the voucher Li Changan got from Concubine Wu Hui.
The guards on duty in the morning knew that two people came in, but the guards on duty in the afternoon didn't know how many people came in. Anyway, the number of people who came was different every time. One, two or three were common.
Perhaps the first few times Hong Ling and others came in and out, they would check carefully, but the more times the guards came in and out, the guards would inevitably become inert. There were all Hu women on the left and right, and there were only a few Hu women in the Jiaofang Department. The low-level dancers, not to mention whether they can persuade Hong Ling and others to take them out, even if these foreign Hu girls really do something they shouldn't do, they are not responsible - —The voucher for entering and exiting the Jiaofang Division was given by Concubine Wu Hui.
This is the information gap that Li Changan discovered and wanted to take advantage of.
"If someone asks you your name, just say your name is Hong Ling." Hong Ling told Cao Yenaji again.
Cao Yena Ji has already learned Hong Ling's name from another Hu Ji, but now Hong Ling says that she is "Hong Ling", what about this real Hong Ling? If he takes over her identity, doesn't it mean that he has become her as a person without identity? If she is discovered, "Hong Ling" with identity will be fine, but the situation without identity will be in danger.
Hong Ling did not speak again.
If you want to become the master's confidant, you have to do some risky things. If this thing is done today, she will be the master's confidant. If it can't be done... it will control her life. If she doesn't work hard, she will be just a slave girl at the lowest level in her life. If she does, she will be the princess of the Tang Dynasty. confidant.
Although Hong Ling didn't know who the woman the master asked her to take out was, Hong Ling guessed at the first sight of this woman why Li Changan would choose a few of them among such a large group of orchids.
Li Changan concentrated on playing the chess game in his hand. She saw that Concubine Wu Hui was contemptuous of her and deliberately indulged in teasing children. Li Changan did not point this out, but used Concubine Wu Hui's contempt for her to wantonly expand Bai Zi's sphere of influence on the chessboard.
There were not many free positions on the chessboard, and Li Changan made every move carefully.
When the last piece fell, Li Changan cheered slightly.
"Did my daughter win?" Li Changan looked at Concubine Wu Hui expectantly.
Concubine Wu Hui chuckled and pointed at the chessboard: "Don't you know by counting?"
Fortunately everything went smoothly.
The gatekeeper only took a few glances at Hong Ling and Cao Yenaji, who looked similar to her, and let them out, assuming that Hu Ji, who often came here with the certificate of Concubine Wu Hui, had brought her sisters with her this time.
Just as Li Changan thought at the beginning, the guard guarding the door had already been impressed by Hong Ling and several other Hu Ji who looked similar to Cao Ye Na Ji. When he saw Cao Ye Na Ji, he would only have preconceived ideas. I feel that Cao Yenaji, Hong Ling and others are in the same group.
The moment Cao Yenaji and Hong Ling left the Jiaofang Simon, they both breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.
"Let's go, I'll take you to the master's pastry shop." Hong Ling's right hand hanging by her side trembled unconsciously, and a smile appeared on her face.
Cao Yenaji also showed a smile. She turned her head and glanced at the Daming Palace behind her for the last time. The huge stone that had been weighing on her heart for five years and made her breathless disappeared in this moment.
She turned around and looked at the flat street in front of her, suddenly feeling that the world was really vast.
"I won!" Li Changan jumped up in surprise, holding out five fingers with crooked eyebrows, "The white piece has five more pieces than the black piece."
Concubine Wu Hui pinched Li Changan's cheeks, which were still full of baby fat, and said with a fond smile: "An Niang is extremely talented in chess."
Li Changan proudly raised his head and raised his chest: "But, with a famous teacher teaching me everything, how can I not be great?"
"Your little mouth is like honey." Concubine Wu Hui was so teased by Li Changan that she trembled and hugged Li Changan into her arms.
This little daughter is different from her other children. Lin'er has been raised by Princess Ning since she was a child. She has never raised her personally, but she has raised Xian Yi by herself, but she only asked the wet nurse and palace attendants to take care of her. When interacting, Few, so occasionally she got interested and asked about her sewing studies. After all, Concubine Wu Hui and the Ding Dian-old child had nothing to talk about.
However, the little princess she brought back halfway gave her a rare chance to enjoy family happiness. Li Changan is a child who is very good at judging people. He is quiet when he should be quiet, and he is lively and smart when he should be funny. He has a childish spirit that is full of vitality but does not look stupid. As Wu Huifei gets older, she loves this. A measured and lively child.
For example, now, Concubine Wu Hui feels happy when she sees Li Changan smiling from ear to ear because he won the chess game.
"Auntie, I won!" Li Changan repeated it again.
Concubine Wu Hui said helplessly: "Yes, yes, you win."
Suddenly, an eunuch quickly walked up to Concubine Wu Hui in a panic and whispered: "... I put out the fire, but the house has collapsed and the stone walls have been burned..."
Concubine Wu Hui's expression changed, she stopped smiling and looked at Mingyue who was waiting on one side: "You go and play with the princess first."
Then he smiled at Li Changan and turned to leave.
But that smile looked weird, as if it was mixed with sympathy and pity.
It was not until evening that Concubine Wu Hui told Li Changan the bad news.
The small courtyard where she and Cao Yenaji lived was flooded, and Cao Yenaji unfortunately failed to escape.
When Li Changan heard the news, he only had time to cry out sadly "Aniang" and then passed out.
