Spring Forest Evening

When Zhou Heng was encouraging himself and weighing the pros and cons of the two options, someone from the Queen Mother suddenly whispered:

"Your Majesty, it seems that someone is coming!"

"Then let's go!" The third princess still ordered calmly, and the group quickly got up and went to the Taiye pool.

Zhou Heng had already made up his mind to follow them. He wanted to follow them quickly, but he was worried that he would be discovered if he was too close, so he waited a little longer. After waiting, he realized that someone was actually coming, so he had no choice but to do so. She continued to hide behind the tree, secretly hoping that the queen mother and daughter could walk more slowly.

The person who came in was more anxious, the movement was a bit loud, and he was out of breath, so he tripped over the grass underneath just like the queen mother just now, and fell directly as a result.

After falling, he heard a cry of pain and a cry, both voices were so familiar that Zhou Heng almost yelled out—

It turned out to be the court lady and the fourth prince that Shen Fu placed in the palace!

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, don't cry, don't cry!" The maid hurriedly got up and comforted her in a low voice, but it was a pity that the fourth prince, a child, had already stood there and cried out:

"I want mother concubine, I want to go back to the palace, woo woo woo..."

Although the sound is not loud, it is very clear in the silent forest.

Oops, if you keep crying, don’t attract the imperial guards outside. Zhou Heng couldn’t care less, so he hurried out from behind the tree, and greeted the maid in a low voice:

"Don't be afraid, it's me!"

These words first made the fourth prince cry, and then he was so frightened that he quickly hugged the palace lady's neck, and the palace lady also hugged the fourth prince quickly, and asked vigilantly:

"Who?!"

There is also a faint flash of cold light in the middle, which seems to be a dagger or something.

Zhou Heng knew that the other party knew kung fu, so he was afraid that she would pounce on him with a dagger, so he hurriedly walked over and explained in a low voice:

"Don't be afraid, it's me! Fourth prince, did you hear my voice? I helped your concubine mother hug you just now, remember?"

Fortunately, everyone stayed in the dark environment for a long time, and the maid quickly recognized Zhou Heng, put away the dagger, and said joyfully:

"It's you?! Why... why are you here, girl?"

He comforted the fourth prince in a low voice:

"It's the girl who played with you and slept with you just now, by the Taiye pool, remember?"

"I remember." The fourth prince stopped crying and replied timidly.

Yes, this kid is really cute.

At this moment, Zhou Heng had already walked up to the two of them, first squatted down and touched the fourth prince's little face, and said softly:

"Not afraid."

Then he looked at the maid and asked softly:

"Why are you two here?"

After looking at the back again, I asked for confirmation:

"Is there no one coming?"

The maid also looked around and replied in a low voice:

"Probably not. We escaped. Something happened at Cuiwei Palace, you know, right? But the prince should be fine."

Zhou Heng seemed to have something hidden, but now was not the time to go into details, and hearing that Shen Fu was fine, he quickly talked about his situation and plans in a low voice. The mother and daughter of the queen mother who are not long away are important.

The maid reacted quickly, and immediately signaled the fourth prince to lie on her back:

"Great, then let's go too, girl, you lead the way!"

"Okay!" Zhou Heng got excited immediately, he didn't expect to meet the fourth prince, so that's good, there is a support for each other.

But the fourth prince stood there without moving, and stretched out his hand towards Zhou Heng:

"No, I want you to carry it!"

All right, I will recite it, and the court lady must have recited it all the way. Zhou Heng put down the robe he was holding, and squatted down happily:

"Then hurry up!"

After thinking about it, he didn't know how long it would take to carry it, so he signaled the court lady to help him make a simple small backpack out of the robe, so that the Fourth Prince would be tied to his back, which would be considered convenient.

"Okay, the maidservant will go over and have a look first." The maid was also happy, fixed the fourth prince, immediately asked the direction, and quickly chased after him.

Zhou Heng carried a child on his back, and was afraid of being discovered by the patrolling guards by the Taiye Pool, so he could only walk by the edge of the forest.

It was easy to stumble and fall on the grass, so he walked a little slower, but the fourth prince lay on his back and started whimpering again, saying that he couldn't move and felt uncomfortable.

Zhou Heng had no choice but to persuade him to sleep in a low voice, out of breath, while he was on his way:

"Hey, your name is He'er, right? He'er is very brave, why don't you hug my neck and sleep?"

It's a pity that the little guy muttered that he was not sleepy.

That's right, no one can fall asleep when encountering such exciting things, Zhou Heng had no choice but to coax him to divert his attention:

"Do you still remember the story of the sheep and the wolf that I told you just now? You are a brave Pleasant Goat, right?"

Suffering from the fact that he didn’t have many fairy tales in his stomach, and some stories could not be told to an ancient child in public, Zhou Heng chose the story of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf that had been popular among Chinese children for many years in the pavilion. At that time, my little niece was holding a tablet and watched it with great interest. I also watched many episodes with her, and I was able to piece together some plots.

The fourth prince was also very fascinated at the time. Although he had never seen real sheep and wolves, it did not prevent a child from using his imagination to construct two animals. Nodding on Zhou Heng's back, he choked and parroted back:

"I am the brave Pleasant Goat."

"That's right, He'er is a brave boy. Now there may be bad people outside, that is Big Big Wolf. We can't let them get caught, right? So you have to be good and try not to make any noise, okay?"

Although it is not right to frighten a child in such a dark night, there is no way to do it, the only way to do it is in the face of life and death.

And the fourth prince is indeed a well-behaved child, he nodded obediently on Zhou Heng's back and said:

"it is good!"

So, after that, one big and one small hurry up, and when Zhou Heng finally sees the maid not far ahead standing still, and learns that the queen mother, daughter and others have disappeared by the Taiye Pond not far ahead, he is suddenly overwhelmed. A sense of relief.

"It must have entered a secret passage," Zhou Heng explained to the palace maid who looked a little unbelievable: "Originally, this section was also underground. Listening to them, this section has been in disrepair for a long time and I can't leave, so I tried to find a way." Another hole was repaired, how about it, didn’t expect it? Otherwise, how dare they set fire to Phoenix Feather Palace?”

Seeing the two of them standing and talking, the fourth prince became a little impatient, and struggled to get down while muttering in a low voice, Zhou Heng had no choice but to scare him again:

"He'er good boy, Big Big Wolf is nearby. Big Big Wolf likes to eat lambs the most, so let's bear with it for now, shall we?"

Hearing that Big Big Wolf was here, the little guy decided to endure it, and said in a low voice, very aggrieved:

"it is good!"

"But girl," the maid next to her first listened to the conversation between the two in silence, and then asked with some hesitation:

"What are we going to do now? Do we want to follow directly into the secret passage?"