Are you in the Shura field today?

"Where are the people inside?" Li Zuoqing hurriedly asked.

"I heard that there were some casualties, but the city defense patrol is in charge now, so I don't know exactly how..."

After Tao shopkeeper finished speaking, he heard an irritable sigh from behind the screen, and was startled. He didn't know what kind of information angered the other party.

"Okay, you go down."

After Li Zuoqing finished speaking, the guards on duty at the gate led Shopkeeper Tao out of the pavilion.

Not long after she waited for the person to leave, she tapped on the table impatiently.

Lan Shuang heard the sound, and as soon as she walked over, she saw the eldest princess with a guilty and anxious look, and looked at her with some pleading eyes, which made her feel like an enemy.

"His Royal Highness the eldest princess must not!"

Li Zuoqing pouted: "I haven't said what to do yet."

Lan Shuang caressed her heart and let out a sigh of relief, and persuaded: "This subordinate knows that His Highness is a sensible person..."

But Li Zuoqing didn't wait for her to relax, and quickly walked up, holding the other's shoulder firmly, and said with burning eyes: "——so you must help me with this matter!"

Lanshuang opened her lips, and the words she wanted to say lingered on her lips for a long time but she couldn't get out. She couldn't resist the eldest princess' firm and serious gaze. I can't bear to let her down if I ask her for anything.

So she struggled a bit in her heart, but she still gave in and said: "... How can I help my subordinates?"

"After an hour, when shopkeeper Tao returns, you go to his store and say 'there are other books that need to be purchased'," Li Zuoqing smiled at her, and added, "then take me with you."

"Well, it's very simple, right?"

Lan Shuang was so anxious by the eldest princess's smiling attitude that she felt dizzy and could only remind her helplessly: "Your Highness, you have been banned from walking for fifteen days by the emperor himself. You just have to go out now. ——" Resist the decree.

"If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, who else would know?" Li Zuoqing let go of her shoulders, shook the hem of her clothes, and said lightly, "Besides, I'll pretend to be an ordinary maid."

"Your Highness..." Lan Shuang looked up from the bottom of her feet. The other party's exquisite and beautiful eyebrows and eyes are outstanding no matter whether they are placed in the sky or the earth. How can they be dressed in an ordinary way?

"If you still don't feel at ease, then I'll be a servant, will the difference be bigger?" Li Zuoqing frowned, thinking seriously.

Maybe being a man would make it easier for people to think of her identity, and what identity doesn't matter to her, she just wants to take the opportunity to get out.

"Princess...I want to know why His Highness is in such a hurry to leave the mansion. Could it be that he really wants to see the Xianglou that day?" Lanshuang asked euphemistically, "But you just heard that it has been burned down. Gone."

Lan Shuang guessed the reason for her abnormal behavior, but she probably didn't expect that the other party would rather take the risk of resisting the decree and go out of the house to find someone.

When she was in Lizhou before, she saw Xin Liangyuan's kindness to His Royal Highness. As long as the eldest princess likes it, she is willing to bless the relationship between the two, but His Highness is the person in her heart who wants to ascend the throne steadily. Dikun, who has been in the government for less than half a year, is still not worth it.

Besides, she guessed that Xin Liangyuan had a disagreement with His Highness during the New Year's banquet, not only disappeared suddenly, but the eldest princess also kept silent about her affairs for several days.

Recently, the eldest princess and Miss Lin were married by the empress. If they were found out, it would not only disobey the imperial decree, but also shame Miss Lin.

...I really don't know what His Highness is thinking.

"Whether she's here or not, I can only feel at ease if I confirm it myself." Li Zuoqing said in a low tone, thinking back to Tao's words just now, he was worried and depressed.

The pain of self-blame continued to swell in the bottom of her heart, making her unable to rest for a moment.

She wants to give Xin Fei the best ending that is most in line with the original line, but if Xin Fei faces being buried in a sea of ​​flames after leaving the house, then she will not drive him away no matter what.

She whispered: "It's night again, just in case..."

If Xin Fei really refuses to listen to the persuasion and insists on staying in the Tianxiang Tower in the capital, it must be very close to danger.

"No, I have to take a look anyway, and I will come back after seeing the scene myself."

Li Zuoqing came out from behind the screen, turned to Lanshuang and said, "And if you don't help me, I will think of other ways."

Is this threatening her?Lan Shuang smiled bitterly.

Her Royal Highness the eldest princess really knows what she is most afraid of.

"Since that's the case, then this subordinate...do your best to help His Highness pretend." Lanshuang compromised.

"Hmph~" Li Zuoqing's serious expression, which was still full of sorrow just now, suddenly showed a gleam of joy. She showed a reassuring smile to Lanshuang, raised her index finger and said, "First thing first, go and help me get a suitable set of clothes Come."

"Yes..." Lan Shuang replied weakly.

But it didn't take long for her to pull herself together.

After all, she agreed to the eldest princess, so what she needs to do is to do her best to protect the identity of the eldest princess from being discovered, and she must be fully prepared during this hour.

Li Zuoqing retired the other servants, and while changing clothes, he discussed with Lanshuang about various emergencies and countermeasures that might arise.

But when Li Zuoqing mentioned being stopped by the guards or held back by the spectators, Lanshuang began to feel a little uneasy.

"The subordinates think that we need to recruit another person into the group."

Li Zuoqing shook his hair tied with gray-blue cloth strips, nodded and praised: "It's exactly what I want!"

So a quarter of an hour later, the innocent Lu Shiwei was forced to listen to Li Zuoqing finish the whole plan.

Lu Shiwei's expression was a little dazed, but seeing that the eldest princess had even changed her clothes, Lan Shuang also looked sad and resigned, and couldn't help but seal the words of trying to persuade her.

He trusts the eldest princess very much, so no matter what the other party decides, he is willing to see her off at any time.

But the matter of resisting the decree... really made him unprepared.

An hour later, Li Zuoqing followed Lanshuang, ready to leave the mansion quietly.

Lan Shuang has accepted it well, and managed the relationship with the guards and guards in the mansion, allowing the three of them to leave the mansion smoothly, but Guard Lu was more nervous than her.

"You were on the same hands and feet just now, I was really afraid that you would fall at the door." Lanshuang recalled the unnatural reaction of guard Lu just now, and couldn't help reminding, "Just pretend that we are really accompanying the eldest princess to buy books. Enough?"

Li Zuoqing added: "It's not to accompany the eldest princess, the eldest princess is not here now."

"Yes, yes, we are just buying books!" Lanshuang nodded quickly.

Lu Shiwei also affirmed: "This subordinate knows, and will definitely act carefully."

"Hmm..." These two are still very nervous, Li Zuoqing thought.

Disobeying the imperial decree is probably an act of losing one's head for ordinary people. Although Li Zuoqing is the eldest daughter of the emperor, if the emperor gets angry, the consequences will be unpredictable. Maybe even her right to succession will be completely deprived, and she will be killed in an instant. Drive out of the capital and place them in random circles.

Li Zuoqing has also considered this point, there is indeed a risk, but compared to her most important thing now, this risk is completely worth her face.

As long as you know how Xin Fei is doing now.

The best result is that Xin Fei is not in Tianxiang Tower, so she can conduct investigations with confidence. No matter whether the final outcome is good or bad, at least the only person she cares about is safe and sound in this world.

But if she was in Tianxiang Tower and was injured because of the fire last night, he could secretly send someone to resettle her, and this time he would personally find a safe place for her.

The only situation that Li Zuoqing didn't want to face was that Xin Fei failed to escape from Tianxiang Tower and was buried in a sea of ​​flames alone... No, no, she knows how to do light work, and she can definitely find a way to escape.

Li Zuoqing closed his eyes, dispelling those bad thoughts in his mind.

The few of them hurried and hurried, and finally came to Huajie.

After more than two months, stepping into this street again is a strange scene.

The flower street in the cold winter day is even more deserted than the last time I came here.

Li Zuoqing saw sawdust and ashes falling on the bluestone bricks at the bottom of his feet far away from Tianxiang Tower, and his heart couldn't help but sink a little more.

The tall buildings that used to be tens of feet have disappeared, and it seems that the center of Huajie is empty.

Li Zuoqing ran forward in small steps, the smell of burnt charcoal became clearer and clearer, Lanshuang and Lu Shiwei followed closely behind.

When he got closer, Li Zuoqing confirmed that, just as shopkeeper Tao said, the Tianxiang Building was burned down to the point where there were only a few shelves left. The scorched bricks and tiles were piled up on the burnt beams and pillars, and all the brightly colored fabrics that were once dazzling were turned into burnt black. Ashes, a group-shaped pendant with an invisible pattern fell from the broken beam with a snap, causing nearby broken tiles to roll and slide.

The guards on duty nearby came to Li Zuoqing: "Who are you?"

"I—" Li Zuoqing just opened his mouth, and Lanshuang immediately came forward and said, "We are going to Wanhua Wenshu to buy books."

"You seem familiar." The guard frowned and looked at Lanshuang a few times, but he couldn't remember which family he was from for a while, but he was not an ordinary person after all, so he waved away and said, "Wanhua Culture is located in the East China Sea. Head, go quickly, don't watch the fun here!"

"Okay," Lan Shuang turned her head and grabbed Li Zuoqing, leading her to the east, "Let's go miss, let's go buy books!"

"That, that—" Li Zuoqing was still hesitant, trying to inquire about the casualties here.

But Lanshuang held her tightly, winked at her as a hint, and emphasized emphatically: "Aren't you impatient to see it? Then go quickly."

The guards looked suspicious, but fortunately Li Zuoqing finally turned his face away, followed by guard Lu, whose tall body blocked the guard's sight.

They walked all the way to a nearby corner, and Lan Shuang relaxed her vigilance, and said in fear, "Just now, His Highness was so focused on the ruins of Tianxiang Tower that he didn't notice that the guard was staring at you."

"Look at me?" Li Zuoqing wiped her face. Could it be that her current disguise is obvious?

"En." Lan Shuang nodded and explained: "Your Highness used to go in and out of Huajie frequently, and the guards around here probably know what you look like, so you must be more careful."

"Oh..." She almost forgot about it.

The original owner used to bring the beauties of the house here to drink and watch the lanterns.

"But he doesn't seem to be aware of it yet, so if Your Highness still has something to do, do it quickly." Lanshuang knew that Li Zuoqing was going out of the mansion against the will, because there was information that had to be confirmed by herself, so she was not allowed to do it. He definitely won't go back easily, so he had no choice but to persuade him like this.

"Well, let's inquire separately, it will be a little faster this way." Li Zuo and Qingchao said, "Go to the people nearby and ask if there is a person named A Qiao in Tianxiang Tower. If he does, Did she escape when the fire broke out last night?"