Reborn as a concubine's sister, the eldest lady went crazy

The carriage continued to move forward, Xu Yixing opened her eyes and tried to look outside through the gap in the curtain. But she seemed to be wrong, this carriage had doors, and the shaking of the curtain would not reveal any scenery outside.

By the time the car stopped again, she was already very sure that she had been kidnapped.

The big house in front of us has obviously gone beyond the category of "house" and should be called a palace or a hall.

She was carried into a side hall and stuffed into a closet that could accommodate one or two people.

With a "click", the cabinet door was locked.

Xu Yixing waited until there was no more sound in the hall before looking out through the gap. It was empty, with only the most basic furniture and no signs of anyone living there.

"Yeah, yeah!" Xu Yixing tried to call out to Ying Jiu, but he couldn't speak clearly and Ying Jiu didn't respond.

Calming down, she looked outside again. This time she had roughly determined her location - in the outer palace of Gushan, in a remote and deserted hall. The site for tomorrow's moon-viewing meeting, where the emperor would return with all the officials today.

Because the air was filled with a faint fragrance, which was the water wood fragrance that belonged to the imperial palace. This fragrance was subtle and lasting, so the palace people liked to use it to fumigate the palace.

And based on the scale of the palace she had just seen, she was absolutely sure that it must be a royal style, and would not be the house of a noble or a local official.

Damn, Jingnan is so heavily guarded, how did this guy get himself in?

Xu Yixing rolled his eyes, and even thought for the first time that Lu Anyuan had hired someone to play a prank on him. But after thinking about it carefully, he knew that it was impossible. What was the point of him tying him up?

But the carriage just entered the outer palace freely, which proved that the person who kidnapped him must be related to the royal family.

Is it the second prince? Or an old friend of the Sun Mansion?

But no matter who it is, they went to so much trouble to tie me up and bring me in, they definitely don't want to kill me; anyone who can live here must be rich, so they wouldn't be after money, so the only reason is that they have a grudge against me.

After realizing that she was temporarily safe, she relaxed, slowly sat down against the wall of the cabinet, and tried to untie her hands and feet.

But it was obviously of no use, so she gave up and waited for the follow-up with peace of mind.

No one knew how long it had been, but there was some slight friction noise coming from the outside of the cabinet door. Xu Yixing woke up with a start and huddled against the cabinet door - she was afraid that someone would stab her through the gap in the closet.

"Master?" Ying Jiu spoke almost in a whisper, but Xu Yixing felt relieved instantly. He knocked on the closet slightly with his hand to indicate that he heard it.

"We are now in the outer palace of Gushan! It wasn't Yingba and his men who kidnapped you, and your lock is a bit difficult to open..."

Ying Jiu muttered as he carefully picked the lock. It took a lot of effort to follow him on the road just now, but who knew he would end up in the outer palace.

The emperor will bring all the officials to hold a banquet here tomorrow, so security is naturally heavy, so it took a while for them to get in.

"Okay, come out now."

Xu Yixing felt very stuffy in the cabinet. Fortunately, it was already autumn. If it were summer, he would probably be very hot.

Yingjiu took the cloth out of Xu Yixing's mouth and was about to untie the rope for her, but was stopped by her.

"Wait a minute! Don't untie it yet." She took a few deep breaths of fresh air before continuing:

"This is the Outer Palace of Gushan. Except for the Imperial Palace, this is the most heavily guarded place in the entire capital. Can you guarantee that you can escape with me?"

Ying Jiu was silent for a moment. It had taken him a lot of effort to get in just now. It would be a bit difficult for him to take someone out now.

"We can wait until dark, and maybe we can get out."

Xu Yixing shook his head: "You know it's easy to go in and out at night, don't the guards know that? Besides, it's still a while before dark. If you take me out, we are unfamiliar with the place. Where are we going to hide?"

She paused for a moment, and suddenly remembered something: "Hiss! How did you get in? Aren't there any guards outside this palace?"

Ying Jiu shook his head. The guards were all outside, so this empty hall was indeed unattended.

"That's even more wrong. Maybe it's a trick. I think the people who kidnapped me will show up soon. If they find that I'm not here, they will definitely search for me. Then we will be wanted as assassins, and that will be the end of us."

Although Xu Yixing didn't know why there were no guards outside, it was obvious that he couldn't get away now, so he might as well wait there. Anyway, Ying Jiu had already arrived, so his life would not be in danger at least.

"So what does the master mean?"

"I'd better stay here for now. When you think the time is right, come and take me away."

"Well... okay. But the news of your kidnapping should have been reported back to the Xu residence. By this afternoon, General Xu should also be aware of it. What should we do with the situation over there?"

"The plan goes as usual. You go write a kidnapping letter worth 10,000 taels of silver and send it back to my house. Even if I can go out tonight, I have to find a place to hide for the night."

Anyway, the plan that I worked so hard to plan cannot be disrupted. Now it’s just that the fake robbers have been replaced by real robbers. What’s the big deal!

"...Okay." Ying Jiu looked at Xu Yixing deeply. In the past, he only thought that his master was very resourceful, but now it seems that she is a little crazy. She has been captured by someone, but she is still thinking about the plan of fake kidnapping.

"Then, I'll go first?" Ying Jiu hesitated for a rare moment about this order. Although her master asked her to leave and report the news, if she was left here alone, if anything went wrong, it would be her responsibility.

"You can go, don't worry. The person behind this took so much effort to get me into the outer palace, and he definitely didn't intend to kill me here. You don't have to worry about my safety."

Ying Jiu thought about it and it seemed to be the same reason, so he stuffed the cloth strip back into Xu Yixing's mouth and locked her in the cabinet again.

As soon as Yingjiu left, Xu Yixing was completely relaxed. No matter what, her plan would definitely work. For her, this little episode was just turning a hidden enemy into an open enemy. Xu Yixing was very happy about it.

However, there were some things in her heart that she couldn't figure out. Just like what she had just said to Ying Jiu, if the person behind the scenes didn't want to kill her here, then why?

It can't be that he came to pick me up early to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, right?

Although this outer palace is more comfortable than the imperial palace, the people inside are all very sick. They know not to get too close to the royal family!

Xu Yixing gritted his teeth in hatred for Lu Anyuan while keeping an eye on the movements outside. Sure enough, not long after, a burst of orderly footsteps was heard.

She quickly looked out through the small gap and saw a group of palace servants carrying large and small bags and putting them into the room.