After rebirth, I cried and criticized the prince

Chapter 125 A guilty conscience

"What else?" He Lan saw Shen Yinzhen's face had turned purple. "I need to go wash my hands. Do you want to go too?"

Qi Didi also said goodbye, "I still need to go to the inner courtyard to get some things, so I don't want to disturb the Second Prince's wife and Miss Wen."

Seeing Qi Didi also slip away, Helan Xuenuo just wanted to laugh. Qi Didi understood the situation best. If she didn't leave, Shen Yinzhen would probably make trouble for her. Before she got married, Shen Yinzhen always liked to make sarcastic remarks about her at various banquets. After saying that, she would just burst into tears, but... there were always people who stood up for her.

The palace's Gongfang had to go around to the left. She had originally planned to go to the inner courtyard, but after being delayed by three people, she could only use the excuse of going to the Gongfang.

When she came back, Shen Yinzhen and Wen Yulan were nowhere to be seen, so she went around to the right and followed a small path in the palace to the inner courtyard.

This path was found by her in her previous life. She escaped along it several times. Later, after Gu Shicheng sent people to guard it strictly, she never had the chance to escape again.

It was Gu Shicheng's wedding, and the palace was filled with joy. She had noticed that almost all the palace's guards and servants had been assigned to the front courtyard to serve, so there must not be many people on duty in the back.

She dodged several guards along the way and headed towards the inner courtyard of the palace. After passing the palace's flower hall and circling around a courtyard pond, she finally reached the inner courtyard.

It's smooth sailing.

After reaching the courtyard, there was a small corridor leading to an archway. Entering through the archway, one entered the inner courtyard. Two guards were standing guard outside the archway, one on each side, seemingly unattended, standing there a bit lazily. Helan Xuenuo was just worrying about the difficulty of entering, but when he saw the low wall on one side of the archway, he immediately had an idea.

She couldn't remember how many times she had climbed over that low wall.

She walked along the flowers on the side towards the low wall. The two guards were standing a little to the side, just out of sight of her.

Just as she rolled up her sleeves to get inside, someone grabbed her collar and pulled her down from behind. The person pulled gently, so she didn't fall. She was a thief, wondering who the hundred people who were pulling her were. She didn't dare look back! The worst-case scenario would be Gu Shicheng!

That's not right! Gu Shicheng is entertaining other people, and he can't really offend the princes and ministers.

"Which little thief?"

She immediately turned around, and after confirming that it was Yuan Xu, she breathed a sigh of relief, pouted at Yuan Xu, and pulled him towards the low wall, whispering, "Be quiet, there are guards over there, if you are discovered, it will be over."

Fortunately it was Yuan Xu. If it was anyone else in the palace, it would be difficult for her to explain.

Helan climbed up the low wall again, preparing to climb in, but Yuanxu climbed up first and reached out to pull her in. When she landed, she was standing in Yuanxu's arms, being held by Yuanxu. She looked up, and Yuanxu was staring at her. She left his arms embarrassedly, but was pulled back by Yuanxu again, her heart in turmoil.

Yuan Xu gestured for silence, "Someone..."

At the archway... a guard was leaving, heading toward the inner courtyard. She leaned even closer to Yuan Xu, her entire body pressed against him, while Yuan Xu pressed against the wall. They were blocked by a crabapple tree, a cluster of which drooped, tickling Helan's face.

She smelled a faint medicinal fragrance coming from Yuan Xu, and also the scent of crabapple, blending together, making her heart itchy, and she felt that these smells made it difficult for her to breathe.

Helan buried herself in Yuanxu's arms and raised her head slightly, "Have you left?" The breath of her voice sprayed on Yuanxu's exposed neck. Yuanxu felt hot and uncomfortable, and whispered softly, "Not yet." He hugged Helan tighter in his arms.

There's no reason to be away for so long. Helan felt her face itch even more, and her heart itched as well. She pushed aside the crabapple blossoms that were scratching her face and looked to the side. After making sure no one was around, she left Yuanxu's arms. The medicinal scent of Yuanxu filled her nostrils.

When she looked at Yuan Xu, Yuan Xu blushed. Helan Xuenuo looked at the crabapple tree and asked with concern, "You won't..."

Yuan Xu immediately said, "No..."

Helan Xuenuo smiled and said, "I want to ask you if you are allergic to crabapple blossoms. Your face and neck are a little red." She was about to touch them to check.

Yuan Xu pushed her hand away and said, "It's okay, maybe I drank a little." But a part of his body was unusually hard.

"I heard from my father that people who get red in the face easily when drinking are not suitable for drinking. You should be careful."

"Okay, it's all up to you."

Yuan Xu followed Helan Xuenuo to an unfamiliar yard. Helan Xuenuo tiptoed in. The yard was covered in dust and not locked. It looked like no one had lived there for many years and there was no trace of human presence.

She pushed a door open and entered. Inside were some hanging racks, which seemed very familiar. She took an arrow from one of the racks, wiped it with her hand, and looked at the bottom of the arrow. It had the palace's mark. Since the old prince's generation, the palace's arrows had their own unique mark. She found it by memory and confirmed that the arrow was still there. This made the matter easier. If she went to the armory where the weapons were stored, she would definitely not be able to enter. It was heavily guarded.

Yuan Xu asked curiously, "Have you been here before?"

"How... is it possible? How... could I have been to the palace?" Helan Xuenuo looked at the arrow guiltily.

Why hadn't Helan Xuenuo been here before? She'd already lost track of how familiar it was. This was the place she'd stumbled upon in her previous life. It was said to be where the old prince kept his weapons. After the old prince's death, Gu Shicheng had moved all the weapons. He seemed to still harbor resentment towards the old prince, the resentment of being abandoned. Even after the old prince's passing, he'd never paid his respects to him.

To Helan, Gu Shicheng has always been cold-hearted and cold-blooded.

"What are you doing with the arrow?"

Helan Xuenuo smiled and said mysteriously, "I'll tell you in a few days. I have my own use for it."

She tried to hide the arrow in her sleeve, but it was too long. She was about to break it in half, but it wouldn't break even if she pinched it with both hands. It was indeed a special arrow made by the palace! She couldn't knock it loudly, so she grabbed it and was about to hit it on her leg to break it.

Yuan Xu stopped her and said, "Give it to me." Helan handed it to him. Yuan Xu bent it slightly, and it seemed that without much effort, the arrow broke into two pieces.

When handing it back to Helan Xuenuo, Helan Xuenuo patted him on the shoulder and praised him sincerely, "Not bad." She put the two arrows into her arms, waved to Yuan Xu, and walked out.

Yuan Xu looked at his hands and saw a red mark. The arrows from the palace were specially made and coated with a strange paint. Even he had to put in a lot of effort. His hands were burning and painful. He just touched the palm of his hand and followed Helan Xuenuo.

They went back along the way they came, and when they climbed out, Qi Didi also came out of the inner courtyard, so the two of them hid behind a fake rock.

Qi Didi was talking to her maid Cui'er, her eyes sharp, "Huang Weiming didn't come, he's been put in solitary confinement! Send someone to keep an eye on the Prime Minister's residence. When he comes out, send someone to pass on the news to me."

Cui'er was quite timid and nodded like pounding garlic.

Qi Didi stopped, and Cui'er almost bumped into her. She said with a half-threatening smile, "You and I are on the same boat in the palace. If you do the job well for me, I will reward you with something small. If you don't do it well, I won't let someone who does not do a good job stay."

Cui Er immediately knelt down, "Cui Er understands."

Qi Didi turned around and continued walking, Cui'er followed. After the two left, Helan Xuenuo and Yuan Xu came out.

Huang Weiming? Helan Xuenuo was curious. What did Qi Didi want to do with Huang Weiming? She thought, they were like-minded. She could only be doing something shameful by looking for him.

It's probably related to her, so we have to be on guard!

She shook her head and sighed again. Chunhe had lived such a miserable life before, and now this maid's life could only be even more miserable. When she saw the scars on Cui'er's nails that day, and after seeing what happened today, she realized that this was another outlet for abuse.

"Why are you sighing?" Yuan Xu asked.

"There are so many sufferings in this world, and I only regret that I'm not a living Bodhisattva. I can't save everyone. Yuan Xu... you say... how wonderful it would be if I were a Bodhisattva?"

Yuan Xu smiled helplessly, "I just know that if we don't leave, even the Bodhisattva can't save you or me."

The two walked back along the path, and when they returned to the front yard, it was still bustling and no one noticed.