There are four doors in the Qi Palace, in addition to the front and back and two side doors, there is also a small side door dedicated to transporting garbage outside the palace.

Outside the five gates, there are soldiers guarding day and night, the right door belongs to the West Gate Department guard at night, the long street of the side gate has always been deserted, few vehicles and people have walked through, and at night, it is even more inaccessible.

It was another night, and after dark, Wang Fu of the Ximen Department led more than a dozen Wu Jingwei of the Ximen Department to take turns at the side gate.

Responsible for guarding Wang Fu, mainly the two divisions of Wu Jingwei, one during the day and one at night, take turns on duty, the Qi Wangfu covers a very wide area, and it takes half a day to go around the Qi Wangfu for a week, and it will take half a day's work, when the capital is in a good mood, he will turn around one or two times to inspect the guarding work, otherwise he will send his own guards to inspect the school for a week.

No one knows when the Lu Dao Guard School will come to check, the soldiers guarding around the palace can only hold on to their own time on duty, recently Wu Jingwei has carried out a rectification work, discipline has also begun to be strict, and the various offices in the capital have also carried out a lot of transfers, but this kind of personnel changes have not affected the Ximen Department.

The side gate of the long street, that is, the West Gate Department is responsible, not only to keep an eye on the side door, but also the entire long street to watch, as long as the slightest suspicious situation is found, it will immediately warn, and someone will come to reinforce.

It was late at night, it was freezing cold, and although a few torches were lit, the whole street was still very dark.

Wang Fu bowed slightly, followed behind a guard school, and came to the side door along the long street, and the West Gate Department saw the Wu Jingwei wearing the armor of the guard school.

It was freezing cold, and the Lord of the Guard School not only had armor on his body, but also approved a large coat and wrapped himself very tightly, and the black iron helmet also wrapped the head of the Lord of the Guard School in it.

Seeing the guard school coming, the three soldiers of the Ximen Department who were guarding the door immediately knelt down on one knee, Wang Fu had already stepped forward, waved his hand and said: "A few of you take a look in the alleys on both sides, when you came over just now, the master of the guard school saw the shadow, and I don't know if someone has trespassed on this side, don't alarm others, go over and look for it." ”

If it is a weekday, a few people have to joke with Wang Fu, although Wang Fu is the head of the Ximen Administration, but the soldiers under his command are not very afraid, but now there is a guard school here, dare not say more, although the guard school is only one level higher than the head of the department, there are also the capital division, the general flag, but the official level crushes people.

After the three of them left, the guard school looked left and right, and the nearest Wujing guard was also some distance away, and he stood upright like a green pine, without squinting.

"Wang, I'll go in now." Wei Xiao lowered his voice, "I'll leave it to you for the time being." ”

Wang Fu's eyes flickered, his eyes were full of nervousness, and he said softly: "You have to be faster, I really don't know when the guard school will come, don't let him find a flaw." ”

The guard school nodded, and suddenly stuck to the wall, looked left and right, a hand reached out, holding an iron hook in his hand, hooked on the wall, and then his body rose like a bat, and in the blink of an eye, he had climbed the high wall of the Qi Palace, and then floated into the courtyard.

Wang Fu held the hilt of the knife in his hand, looked nervous, and muttered to himself: "Amitabha, don't make any mistakes." ”

The guard school turned into the palace, looked around, the people of the palace had left, the house was a dead silence, the school took out a silk silk from his arms, opened it and looked at it carefully, then he looked up, put the silk silk into his arms, a few ups and downs, has been hidden in the darkness of the palace.

King Qi sat on the chair, depressed and weak, his legs were in the wooden barrel, the water in the wooden barrel was steaming, Ling Shuang asked softly beside him, "Lord Wang, is the water hot?" ”

King Qi shook his head and said, "It's just right, Ling Shuang, there are medicinal herbs in here?" ”

Ling Shuang said: "If you put wormwood, you can invigorate blood." ”

"It's late, you go and rest first." Seeing that Ling Shuangqiao's face was a little pale, King Qi reluctantly smiled and said, "I'll soak for a while." ”

Ling Shuang said: "Don't worry, I'll wait here, after soaking, I'll help you clean up." ”

King Qi sighed lightly, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked, "Ling Shuang, I still want to ask you, why are you unwilling to go?" Be...... Because of sympathy for me? ”

Ling Shuang was stunned for a moment, lowered her head, and said faintly: "Lord Wang, if I leave, who else can serve you?" And at this time, Ling Shuang stayed by the prince's side, and the prince would not be too lonely. ”

"Lingshuang, you...... You're so nice. King Qi stared at Ling Shuang who was waiting, these days, Ling Shuang had obviously lost weight again, King Qi knew very well in his heart, although this girl didn't talk much on weekdays, but she knew better than anyone else that everything that happened in the palace, Ling Shuang was in her eyes, she didn't say much, it didn't mean that she wasn't worried.

Ling Shuang's cheeks flushed slightly when she heard King Qi say this.

Of course, she knew the mind of King Qi, if she was not completely sure of King Qi's mind before entering the palace, but King Qi spent a lot of effort to get her into the palace, Ling Shuang had already understood King Qi's intentions.

She didn't know why King Qi of Lu Dao was so fond of her, but she also knew that the relationship between men and women sometimes really didn't need any reason.

The prince of the dignified empire, who fell in love with himself as a girl from a dusty background, logically speaking, it was a blessing that he had cultivated for ten lifetimes, but since the first day he entered the palace, Ling Shuang did not have any excitement, but he had always felt a little depressed.

Speaking from her heart, she doesn't hate King Qi, although in her opinion, King Qi is sometimes too young and frivolous, lacks calmness, and even sometimes cowardly, but King Qi is honest and kind in his bones, and many people have the shortcomings of King Qi, but as a royal nobleman, his advantages are commendable.

And Ling Shuang had to admit that he was able to get out of the dust, and it was indeed King Qi who saved him.

She was grateful to King Qi in her heart, but gratitude was not the same as the love between men and women, in the dead of night, she didn't think about some things, but she always felt that she seemed to treat this prince as a younger brother, although she would never explain this to King Qi.

It was as if King Qi was in a predicament this time, Ling Shuang only felt like his family was in danger, and of course he couldn't leave at this time.

She didn't know what would happen to her in the future, and whenever she thought about it, she was confused.

What she thought in her heart, King Qi naturally didn't know, but under the lights, seeing Ling Shuang's beautiful appearance, she couldn't help but feel a pound in her heart.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a knock on the door, the knock was not loud, King Qi frowned slightly, the palace is now apart from himself and Ling Shuang, only Lu Haosheng and Ma Zhongheng are left, so late at night, the one who came to knock on the door can naturally only be one of them.

But coming to look for himself so late, there must be something urgent, Ling Shuang glanced at King Qi, and when he saw King Qi nodding, he left the inner room and went over to open the door.

Soon, he heard the sound of the door being opened, and then heard Ling Shuang's soft cry of "ah", the voice was full of horror, King Qi heard the voice, and knew that something had happened, so he didn't care that his feet were still soaked in the water, he got up barefoot, and easily held the long sword next to him in his hand, turned around and rushed out of the inner room.

The lamp was lit in the outer hall, but King Qi saw that Ling Shuang was covering his mouth and standing aside, and a warrior in armor and a big hat was turning his back to him and closing the door.

King Qi was taken aback, but he rushed over quickly, pulled Ling Shuang behind him, and pointed his long sword forward, aiming at the comer.

The man closed the door and turned around, King Qi saw the outfit on the man's body, and recognized it as Wu Jingwei at a glance, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

Of course, he knew that Wu Jingwei was now under the control of the crown prince, and the people guarding around the palace were Wu Jingwei's people.

In the middle of the night, a Wu Jingwei sneakily broke into his bedroom, and there was a knife at his waist, there was no doubt that the person who came was naturally not good.

In his mind, he thought for a moment, could it be that the prince couldn't wait, and in the middle of the night, he sent someone over to take his life?

Thinking of this, his heart was angry and nervous, since the prince sent someone over, this person's martial arts are naturally extraordinary, and his own martial arts are definitely not up to par, so far, he has not thought that he has any good results, but if Ling Shuang is also killed because of this, it is absolutely unacceptable, but in an instant, he made up his mind in his heart, and he will fight with the other party for whatever he says, and strive for time for Ling Shuang to escape first.

Although the entire capital is under the control of the prince, if the prince really wants to solve it even with Ling Shuang, Ling Shuang will not be able to escape from the palace even if he escapes from this house, and even if he escapes from the palace, he will not be able to escape from the capital, but at this moment, the king of Qi can't think so much, at least he can't let Ling Shuang be killed by the other party in front of his eyes.

The man was dressed in the uniform of the Wujing Guard Academy, and when he turned around, he saw King Qi barefoot, holding a long sword to protect Ling Shuang behind him, frowning, but he still took two steps forward, King Qi held a sword in one hand and a ramp in the other, the other party advanced, he couldn't help but take two steps back, and said coldly: "You...... You want to kill ...... Want to kill the king? You...... You come and try it...... Try......! ”

Even he could hear his voice trembling a little, and he tried to control his nervousness and fear, but the hand holding the sword was already trembling slightly.

Wei Xiao did not move forward anymore, knelt down on one knee, bowed his head, and said respectfully: "See the prince!" ”

"No need to pretend." King Qi gritted his teeth, "The prince sent you?" ”

Wei Xiao raised his head, shook his head, stretched out a hand, spread out his palm, in the palm of his hand, suddenly there was a thing, King Qi's body leaned forward slightly, I don't know what the hell this person is doing, seeing the thing in the person's hand, his expression changed greatly, and he lost his voice: "Yes...... Blood jade wrench? ”

"Lord Wang, in the enmity is like blood, on the order of the governor of Chu Huan Chu, go to Beijing to meet the prince." Wei Xiao stared at King Qi, "The prince ordered, everything is subject to the command of the prince, this blood jade wrench finger was brought by the order of the governor of Chu, which can prove that he is the person of the governor of Chu." ”

"Choke!"

The long sword in King Qi's hand fell to the ground, and his whole person was like prostration, he took two steps forward, grabbed the blood jade wrench, and saw that this blood jade wrench was indeed a token of his contact with Chu Huan, and it was a token that he asked Sun Desheng to take to the northwest to see Chu Huan, and he was surprised and delighted, it was at this moment that he felt that all his grievances had disappeared, and he grabbed the hand of Qiu Ruxue, "You ...... You're finally here! ”