Chapter 498 Night Fire
Qin Shu had a good meal and good sleep. Apart from worrying about her husband and son, there was nothing else to consider.
Of course, you still have to think about the way to escape, but what to do? Although she knew a lot of secrets in Shoukun Palace, she could not find those places to hide under so many eyes that were eyeing her.
The people sent by Empress Dowager Lin to serve her were also very thoughtful. Three meals a day can almost be said to be based on the Empress Dowager's dietary standards. If Qin Shu had any food and drinks, he would give her two orders and someone would deliver it as fast as possible.
If this is imprisonment, I am afraid that many people will yearn for such special imprisonment.
Danggui had not given up yet. She seized all the opportunities to observe the distribution of power around her, trying to find a weakness that would allow her to rush out with her princess. As long as she escaped from Shoukun Palace, they would be safe.
It is impossible for Emperor Taixi to have not received any news yet, so the prince must have taken action long ago. As long as they run out of Shoukun Palace, they will meet the person they are receiving!
Qin Shu can also confirm this, but the question is how they should run out of Shoukun Palace.
"Shoukun Palace is the territory of the empress dowager, then there will be people who have been inserted by the emperor." Qin Shu bit his nails anxiously: "But how to meet these people is the problem."
This difficult problem was quickly solved. When I was delivering my meal at night, the palace maid they had already known before came in, but replaced it with a young eunuch with a down-looking and calm eyes.
"Sister Yinghong suddenly had a stomachache and asked me to come and see me off." The little eunuch nodded and laughed at the guard at the door, with a look of an angry face, and it was obvious that he was bullied.
"Isn't this Xiao Haizi?" The eunuch guarding at the door looked at the little eunuch with sympathy. Who wouldn't know that Yinghong's girl relies on her aunt as the confidant of the empress dowager and never took them like this. Xiao Haizi's like this is not bullied if she fell into Yinghong's hands: "Forget it, you little monkey is also pitiful. It must be Yinghong who is lazy and asked you to come up and push the tank? Go in!"
Xiao Haizi thanked him again and again, and walked in with a smile on his face. The palm of his palm holding the food box handle was covered in sweat.
After he came in, he saw the Princess Zhenbei. Although he was under house arrest, the woman did not show any decadence and despair. It was indeed not a simple one.
"Why did you change people today?" Angelica stared at Xiao Haizi vigilantly: "Where did the palace maid go before?"
"Sister Yinghong feels uncomfortable, so she calls me here." Xiao Haizi turned around and looked at the door. The two eunuchs were guarding outside and watching inside. Even when it was time to deliver meals, their guard was absolutely tight.
Qin Shu looked up at him, facing Xiao Haizi's flashing eyes, and was slightly stunned.
"By the way, this is made by the Empress Dowager's Kitchen instructed Shoukun Palace. Don't look at the inconspicuous buns, the fillings in them were made by the master." Xiao Haizi opened the food box with a flattering expression, and there was indeed a plate of exquisite buns inside.
Qin Shu's eyes flashed, but there was no expression or any response. The eunuchs guarding outside have become accustomed to the attitude of Princess Zhenbei. This woman is just ignorant. The empress dowager treats her with courtesy and looks arrogant.
Xiao Haizi nodded and bowed out: "Eat slowly, and the servants will come to clean up later."
He retreated and the door was closed. The first thing Qin Shu did was to take the buns over and set them open one by one to check the contents inside.
Angelica is a little surprised, but she is very sensible and does not speak out, worried that she will be heard by someone outside.
When I broke open the second bun, I found a ball of paper wrapped in oil paper. Angelica's eyes were straightened. It turned out that the filling of the bun was carefully prepared!
After opening it, Qin Shu looked familiar with the handwriting on the paper, but after seeing it, he couldn't help feeling complicated. This note that asked them to wait for the opportunity to escape tonight was written by Emperor Taixi.
She will definitely not forget the familiar handwriting.
"Princess?" Angelica shouted: "If you try this, the buns should be eaten while they are hot, and they will get tired of it when they are cold."
Qin Shu came to his senses, took off the lampshade on the table, burned the note in the candlelight, and the paper ash was completely crushed and covered with water to ensure that there was no clue at all.
"This bun is really good. It's hard to make it. It doesn't look special, but the taste is different." The bun that has been broken open will naturally have to be eaten, otherwise it will cause others to doubt it after a while. The master and servant will solve it one by one.
After a while, Xiao Haizi came again. Seeing that there were two buns left, he looked at Qin Shu with some confusion. Does the Princess of Zhenbei understand or not? Did the note in the bun be found?
Qin Shu met the little eunuch's puzzled eyes, turned his face casually, and nodded gently: "Today's buns are pretty good, and the filling is really good."
This is how I understand. Xiao Haizi was suddenly overjoyed and grinned and packed up his things. Qin Shu also heard the two eunuchs mocking him: "It's just that I was praised and I didn't get any rewards. You look at the little monkey happily."
"Why would you still be so unreliable for so many years and be bullied by the palace maids?" Another sarcastic remarks without any sympathy.
But Qin Shu and Angelica didn't take these things seriously at all. They were all waiting quietly, waiting for the opportunity after the night.
In addition, Qin Shu also had a vague premonition that Emperor Taixi began to doubt her identity, and it might have been told by someone else, otherwise he would not have such confidence, thinking that as long as she created a chance, she would be able to escape smoothly.
The night soon became deeper. Xiao Haizi quietly got up from the bunk bed of the eunuchs, walked out without disturbing anyone. It was very cold outside. He was only wearing thin clothes and couldn't help but tremble as soon as he came out.
He was waiting for the signal that had been agreed upon long ago.
Not long after, a thick smoke rose because it was night and it didn't look very conspicuous.
Xiao Haizi was shocked and knew that there was a start to attack. He quickly rushed back into the house and shouted at the top of his throat: "It's water gone! Get up quickly! It's water gone!"
The sound of this at night was particularly harsh, not to mention the screaming eunuchs shouting in a sharp voice, which immediately woke up the eunuchs who were sleeping in the same bed.
"Xiao Haizi, why are you shouting nonsense if you don't sleep?" No one was happy when they were woken up at the quarrel in the evening. Someone immediately got angry at the initiator.
"Oh, I'm still sleeping!" Xiao Haizi pretended to be very similar, with an anxious face: "I'm going out!"
It is not a trivial matter to go to the palace. The palace pavilions are layered next to each other, and the fire will soon spread there. The eunuchs were startled and immediately woke up. They rushed out and saw the smoke that was not obvious in the dark night. They immediately exploded: "It's gone! It's gone!"
The shouts of a person are incomparable to the shouts of a group of people. The quiet night was instantly broken by a group of eunuchs.
Taking this opportunity, Xiao Haizi, who was on the back, took out the fire in his arms, blew it out, and blew it out the open flame, lit the bedding on the innermost side of the Datong Bed, and then quickly ran out before the fire could get up, and sneaked into the crowd shouting for fire.
After the quilt was lit, the fire was a very fast process from small to large. When the entire bedding in the bunk bed was burning, the fierce tongue of flames finally began to spread up along the walls, tables and chairs, and it started to burn completely.
Seeing an open fire on that side, the few people gathered in remote corners to burn leaves immediately extinguished the fire, and then quickly destroyed the corpse and threw all the burned leaves into the water. The water connected to the moat outside and would soon flow out along the direction.
The palace was completely boiling, and more people rushed to the vicinity of Shoukun Palace by shouting to put out the fire. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!