That night, Zhou Ruiyuan went out wearing a cloak and didn't come back until the next day.
Du Wanchun asked him to take a nap in the room. He didn't sleep long before he left the palace again.
In the evening, in a small alley not far from the palace, the young eunuch who was about to sneak into the palace to report a message was stopped by several Nanyi people.
"That's him. I looked at him from a distance and saw the top of his head."
"Okay, someone is really eavesdropping. Master, what are your plans?"
The leader of the Nanyi people was wearing the clothes of Xuanyue Kingdom. He walked slowly and looked at the little eunuch coldly, "What else can I do? Of course..."
As he spoke, he shook his head towards his neck. ?.?????.???
The little eunuch was shocked. He didn't expect that he would be discovered in the suburbs yesterday.
But if you listen carefully to what they said, he should be the only one who was seen.
The Nanyi people were surrounding him with scimitars in their hands, and they were about to attack the young eunuch when he put them at his throat.
The little eunuch was trembling with fear. Originally, he just wanted to save the emperor, but he didn't expect that his own life was at stake.
He closed his eyes and waited to die.
Unexpectedly, just when the knife was about to fall, more than ten wild dogs suddenly ran into the alley.
These wild dogs usually walk around the streets and alleys in the city. I don’t know why they all gathered together today and swarmed into this small alley.
The wild dogs were all strong and bared their teeth and rushed towards them.
"Dogs?! Where are there so many dogs!" The Nanyi people were shocked.
The little eunuch opened his eyes and took a closer look. He saw a big black dog swooping over and biting the hand of the Nanyi man holding the scimitar.
"Ah! My hand!"
The scimitar fell to the ground, and the Nanyi man grabbed his hand and cried out in pain.
They came to their senses and swung at the wild dogs.
More than a dozen wild dogs surrounded them, and the little eunuch ran behind the wild dogs. He curled up and was terrified.
The Nanyi people saw him running away. In order not to attract attention, they did not confront these wild dogs head-on, but dragged their injured companions away from here.
The little eunuch panicked and ran away, rushing towards the palace gate.
The guard guarding the door did not recognize him and blocked him at the door, "Who are you? How dare you break into the palace gate!"
The little eunuch was frightened just now. He was covered in cold sweat. He searched for the token that allowed him to enter and leave the palace. However, after searching for a long time, he found that the token was missing. "Master, please let me in quickly. I am the emperor's palace." My father-in-law here has something important to report to the prince."
The guard looked at the young eunuch coldly. After sizing him up, he said disdainfully: "Look at your desolate appearance, even for the father-in-law in the emperor's palace. I think you are just a stinky beggar."
The little eunuch was indeed wearing rags while escaping.
When the guard said this, the little eunuch became more and more anxious and rushed in, "Let me in quickly. I really have something important to report to the prince. Let me in quickly!"
The guard stepped forward and pushed him to the ground with a palm, "How outrageous! You dare to break into the palace gate on the street, you will die!"
The little eunuch fell to the ground, got up in pain, and continued rushing in.
The guards pushed him to the ground again.
"You are so bold and cunning, let's see if I don't kill you!" The guard held the spear in his hand and wanted to do it.
At this time, the leading guard came from the palace and said, "Stop."
The guards immediately stopped and stepped aside.
The leading guard looked familiar to the little eunuch, but without the token, he really couldn't put the person in, so he helped him up and asked: "You said you have something important to report to His Highness, what is it?"
As if he had found a savior, the little eunuch grabbed him and whispered: "Assassin, there are assassins who want to kill Your Highness. They are remnants of the Wu family and Nanyi people. The Wu family is treasonous and wants to kill Your Highness!"
The leading guard was startled, with a look of horror in his eyes, and immediately asked him: "Is this serious?"
The little eunuch nodded heavily, "I heard it with my own ears."
The leading guard frowned and pulled him, "Follow me."
The little eunuch was overjoyed and said, "Yes."
The leading guard brought the young eunuch into the palace.
Zhou Ruiyuan was not in the palace today, and the young eunuch was brought to Du Wanchun.
"Your Highness the Crown Princess, this person is making a fuss at the gate of the palace, saying that someone wants to assassinate the Crown Prince."
Du Wanchun was startled and raised his eyes slightly to look at the young eunuch, "How did you learn about this?"
The little eunuch's eyes were wandering. He deliberately concealed the incident of rescuing the emperor, and only revealed that he accidentally bumped into the nephew of the Wu family and the Nanyi people outside the palace.
Du Wanchun noticed the clue and asked him coldly: "I remember that you are the father-in-law of the emperor's palace. Why did you suddenly appear outside the palace? Or are you hiding something from me?"
Her words struck a chord, but the little eunuch was still quibbling, "I don't want to stay in the palace as a prince, so I secretly left the palace."
As he spoke, he immediately brought the topic back and said anxiously: "Her Royal Highness, it is better to tell the prince about this earlier and let him be careful. Those Nanyi people came to the alley to surround me today."
Du Wanchun responded: "I already know about this."
She finished her words thoughtfully, and she probably guessed that this little eunuch helped the emperor escape together, but she couldn't understand why the emperor asked the eunuch around him to pass the message when he clearly escaped.
But one thing is certain, as long as you follow this little eunuch, you can find the emperor.
