New Return of the Pearl: The Group's Pet Swallow Flies

After Yongqi and Benjamin left the Qianqing Palace in disgrace, they hid in a corner and discussed how to get out of the palace to find Erkang Ertai and the others. They also wondered how long it would take for them to be caught if they left the palace.

When Benjamin heard Yongqi's question, he touched his chin and replied crisply, "Yongqi, I think there is a high probability that we will be arrested as soon as we leave the palace."

"Uh, it shouldn't be that fast, right?"

Yongqi asked hesitantly. He knew that the palace was huge and it would be difficult to get out, but no matter how he thought about it, he shouldn't be caught as soon as he left the palace, right?

Benjamin came from Great Britain with his master, and he had taken a carriage around the capital. He knew that the palace was heavily guarded, and there were many people guarding outside the palace. He nodded with a firm look in his eyes and said, "It's very difficult to leave the palace, really. Let's get out through the dog hole, but we still need to find where the dog hole is.

Even if you find the dog hole, you probably won't be able to leave the palace. Yongqi, I think you should forget about leaving the palace, right?"

Yongqi felt very disappointed when he heard Benjamin telling him in a very detailed manner that it was impossible.

Seeing that there was no one around, he simply stopped being cautious and sat down on a stone in the corner, holding his chin with both hands, sighing helplessly, "But, Erkang and the others went out to play without taking us, aren't you angry? Let's go to Jiangnan. It is said that Jiangnan is very beautiful. I also want to go and see it. Don't you want to go?"

Benjamin sat next to him and imitated him, holding his chin up to the sky. "Of course I want to go out for a walk. I've been learning painting recently, and I need to see more scenery to get inspiration. But once I enter the palace, it's hard to go out."

"Forget it, let's not go out. If we sneak out and are discovered by the Emperor, we will be severely punished. It would be too pitiful if we can't go out and still get punished."

"Yeah, forget it, let's just leave it at that. Although we don't have freedom in the palace, we have enough food and clothing, which is not bad."

The two children were sighing and discussing in the corner. From what they heard, Xiao Luzi, who was preparing to make tea for the emperor, wanted to laugh. But after laughing, he couldn't help sighing.

Once you enter the palace, it's like entering a deep sea. He has been serving in the palace for at least twenty years. From the green young boy he has become a rootless eunuch. After struggling in the palace for so many years, he has gradually become smooth and can speak differently to different people.

When serving the emperor, he had to be on high alert. After all, serving the emperor was like serving a tiger. If he was not careful, he would lose his life. Even though he was now the eunuch closest to the emperor, he was smart. If he was not smart, he would have died long ago.

As a master, he wanted to go out of the palace to have a look. As a eunuch, he also wanted to leave this big cage. However, he had no choice.

Xiao Luzi stood there in melancholy for a moment, without disturbing the conversation between the Fifth Prince and Young Master Ban, and left quietly. After all, eavesdropping on the masters' conversation was a big taboo, and it was enough for him to know that they did not want to leave the palace.

Yongqi and Benjamin had no idea that their plot to leave the palace had been heard by Eunuch Lu. After they had calmed down and felt melancholy, they agreed to play games later.

Hongli in the Qianqing Palace had no idea that his son had almost staged a farce of sneaking out of the palace. He was feeling irritated and had been having dreams recently. He dreamed of two women calling him "Emperor Father". However, they were about seventeen or eighteen years old, which did not match the age of the princesses in his palace.

Moreover, that dream, although vague, made him feel very familiar, the familiar palace, the familiar environment, but the time seemed to have passed more than ten years later, and he was old, no longer young.

The two children were at the age of being as beautiful as flowers. One was very lively, while the other was mature and steady. They were very intimate with him, but not the kind who tried to please him. Instead, they were sincere with him without any twists and turns, which made him happy and he doted on them very much.

Hongli tried hard to see their faces clearly, but it was difficult to do so.

Before he knew it, he felt sleepy and fell asleep on the table.

He was dreaming again, this time the scene was in a dense jungle.

He seemed to be hunting. There were many people in the field. Their faces were blurry and he couldn't see them clearly. However, he heard a weak but shocking sentence in the noisy voice.

"Your Majesty, do you still remember Xia... by the Daming Lake?"

Xia what? Xia what by Daming Lake? Is it a person's name? What is it?

Hongli wanted to listen carefully, so he couldn't help but ask loudly, "Who is Xia Shi from Daming Lake?"

With a thud, his body trembled and a memorial on the table fell to the ground, awakening Hongli.

The dream was clear and blurry, so that he could not see the figures clearly and could not remember what happened. However, he only vaguely remembered that the summer by the Daming Lake...

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Xiao Luzi brought some tea and saw that the emperor was lying down to rest tiredly. He wanted to carefully put down the tea and go out to watch over him, but when he saw that the emperor suddenly woke up with a panicked look on his face, he hurriedly asked in a low voice.

"Small road, Daming Lake, what's there? Where is Daming Lake?"

Hongli stood up, looked up and asked Xiaoluzi in confusion. He always felt that he had forgotten something, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

How could Xiao Luzi know what was by the Daming Lake? He hadn't left the palace for a long time, so how could he know what it was?

He shook his head honestly, "Your Majesty, I don't know."

Hongli rubbed his brows. The late queen had passed away not long ago, and he had been in charge of all the trivial matters in the palace, which kept him extremely busy.

Now that the palace has re-established a queen and trivial matters have been slowly handed over to the queen to handle, he feels a little relieved. However, he always feels that he has forgotten something. It must be a very important person or thing, but he just can't remember it. This feeling is really frustrating.

"Your Majesty, someone has arrived from the Cining Palace."

Xiao Luzi heard some noise outside the door, went out to take a look, and saw that it was a palace maid from the Cining Palace. She hurriedly trotted into the room to ask the emperor for instructions.

Hongli rubbed his brows and let the person in.

After the palace maid entered the room, she knelt in the hall and greeted respectfully, "Your servant greets His Majesty, long live the emperor."

"Excuse me. What's up?"

Hongli sat up straight and asked with a cold expression.

"Your Majesty, the old Buddha invites you to have dinner at the Cining Palace tonight."

The maid answered tremblingly.

After Hongli responded, he dismissed the people. He knew that the Empress Dowager wanted him to have meals in the Cining Palace just to spend more time with the current Queen.

I feel that he has been favoring Concubine Ling too much recently and neglecting the Empress. But, he is just a little busy recently. Otherwise, he always treats everyone equally.

But as the emperor, he couldn't say these words to anyone.

But he was still wondering, who was the person surnamed Xia by Daming Lake? Why couldn't he remember?

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"Xia Yuhe, you are so shameless. You gave birth to a child out of wedlock, and you still have the nerve to bring this little bastard from nowhere back to your parents' home. If I were your father, I would be pissed off to death by you."