The idea of hurting the killer and the like is obviously that Hong Bingying is too worried, and the woman sitting on it is only defensive against Hong Bingying and Xiu'er, but she has no intention of harming her. After listening to Hong Bingying's story, the woman supported her chin with one hand and gently tapped the arm of the chair under her with the other.

"In other words, you didn't sneak into the palace on your own, but were brought in by someone else. The purpose of coming to the palace is only to find his mother, is that right?"

Hong Bingying hurriedly nodded: "That's right, I heard the last news, that is, my mother returned to the palace, so I want to find my mother in the palace." If you know something, can you tell me, and I'll be forever grateful. ”

"You can call me Wu'an Niangniang, but ......" The woman paused: "I have never heard of a member of the royal family who are outlived in the palace, so naturally I don't know who your mother is, so I'm sorry, I can't help you with this." And, since I haven't heard of it, no one else in this palace will ever hear of such a thing. So I thought maybe the news you got was fake, and maybe your mother wasn't from the palace. ”

After listening to Wu Anniang's words, Hong Bingying's originally hopeful eyes slowly dimmed, and he said with some difficulty: "...... I see...... Thank you Wu An Niangniang. ”

Wu An Niangniang glanced at Hong Bingying, who was sitting below with a sad expression, and felt compassion in her heart, and he glanced at Xiu'er who was sitting on a chair and couldn't even reach the ground with her feet: "I temporarily blew up the bridge connecting the island in the middle of the lake and the outside world, it is impossible for you to leave here for the time being, and now outside the palace, every place is full of dangers, and I don't recommend you to leave here, so I don't know if you are willing, just do what you can on my island in the middle of the lake, I can at least give you a meal." ”

After a pause, Wu An Niangniang continued: "Although I have left a lot of resources on the island in the middle of the lake, whether it is food or things that I usually use, there are not many of them, and there are many people on the island in the middle of the lake, so I can't let you get these things for nothing, if you want to live here, it is necessary to work with your own hands." Of course, if you don't want to, I'll have someone row you out at night, and now you have a choice. ”

Hong Bingying looked at the woman above, hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to leave here, since my mother is not in the palace, there is no need for me to stay here, maybe my mother is somewhere else now, waiting for me to go to him." So, Wu An Niangniang, thank you for your kindness. ”

Xiu'er opened a pair of big eyes and looked at everything in this side hall blankly. Hong Bingying thought for a while and continued to speak: "Wu An Niangniang, if you can, can you keep this little girl, he and I are not together, and there is no need to suffer with me." ”

Wu An Niangniang glanced at Xiu'er, who was sitting quietly below, startled by the mention of her name, and nodded: "It's okay, I have a lot of things to do for a little palace maid of her age, and I believe that he will have a good time here." Let Hongping take you to rest first, and at night, I'll let Hongping send you out. ”

After speaking, Wu An Niangniang, who had been sitting at the top, turned back behind the screen, leaving Hongping to smile at the two of them: "Come with me, I'll take you to rest first, you shouldn't have eaten in the past few days, there is still some food in the kitchen, I'll ask them to send it to you." ”

Hong Bingying thanked her, pulled Xiu'er to follow behind Hongping, and walked out of the side hall, and the scenery in front of her was open.

......

The place where Hongping took the two of them was the room where she slept at night. There was a bed, a table and a stool in the room. Hongping instructed the two of them to rest in the room and not run around, so she hurriedly left her own room, looking very busy.

When only Hong Bingying and Xiu'er were left in the room, Xiu'er stared at Hong Bingying with a pair of big eyes, and spoke, but there was no usual soft taste: "Sister Hong, you are a liar! Didn't you say that you would take me to find Sister Juan'er and Miss?"

Hong Bingying smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry, Xiu'er, the purpose of coming here from the beginning was to find my mother, I haven't seen my mother since I was a child, and now that I have hope, I will never give up." So, Xiu'er, I can't take you to your sister and miss Juan'er, and then you have to be here alone. ”

"No!" Xiu'er stretched out her hands and hugged Hong Bin's waist: "I won't let you go, Sister Hong! Sister Juan'er said that what you promised others will be done no matter what! Sister Hong, you promised me! You will take me to find Sister Xiu'er and Miss! So you are not allowed to go!"

I don't know why, in just two days, Hong Bingying and Xiu'er have established a sisterhood that cannot be easily involved. Miss Hong Bingying felt that if she had a younger sister, she should be like Xiu'er, who was cute and obedient, like an elf who had landed in the mortal world.

"Don't! I don't!" Xiu'er hugged Hong Bingying, and hugged her waist tighter: "I don't want to stay here! I want to go with you, Sister Hong!"

Hong Bingying gently patted Xiu'er's head: "Is this good? When I finish my own business, I will come back here to see Xiu'er, and then I will take you out to play, there are a lot of fun and delicious foods on the street outside, I will take you to eat them all." Xiu'er, you have to be obedient, I will go to find my mother, the road must be very dangerous, so I can't take you with me. ”

"Really?" Xiu'er stared at Hong Bingying with tears in her eyes and wide eyes: "You can't deceive people!

"Of course it's true!"

"Then let's pull the hook!" Xiu'er stretched out her right hand, clenched her fist, and gently stretched out her little thumb: "Pull the hook and hang yourself!

"Okay, let's pull the hook. ”

The next moment, two hands, one big and one small, were joined together.

......

Maybe it was because she had experienced too many things in one day, and Xiu'er's little girl fell asleep in the middle of the afternoon. Hong Bingying carefully pulled her fingers out of Xiu'er's clenched fist, and then let out a long sigh of relief.

Puppies are puppies, in fact, Hong Bingying really doesn't know what she will encounter if she leaves here, let alone where to find clues about her mother, the only clue he knows is that her mother may have left traces in the palace. He didn't know the identity of Wu An Niangniang, but he was convinced of what he said, after all, as a person he didn't know, there was really no reason to deceive himself.

Maybe the only thing he can do now is to go back to the Black Tiger Hall's home, and then take a good look at the person from the source and ask him for some more clues.

When the afterglow outside the window of the room left a faint orange glow on the edge of the bed, Hongping, who had brought them here during the day, finally returned. Hongping looked at Xiu'er, who was lying on the bed and fell asleep, and smiled at Hong Bingying: "It's best if this little girl is asleep, I have received so many flaws today, so I can replenish my strength." Come with me, and we'll leave here when the sun goes down, when it's darkest, so that we won't be seen by the people on the shore. ”

Hong Bingying nodded, glanced at Xiu'er who was sleeping sweetly on the bed, followed behind Hongping, and walked to the other side in the direction of the long bridge.

The island in the middle of the lake is a stone island, however, I don't know who has laid a layer of soil on top of these stones, the thickness of the soil is somewhat amazing, at least when Hong Bingying walked on it, she didn't feel that there was a stone mountain under her feet. This feeling became stronger as Hong Bingying walked forward, and as she walked, both sides of the road had become farmland, and in the summer season, those lush rice, in the dusk sunset, lined up in a neat queue, like soldiers waiting for the general to review.

There are many farmlands, and it seems that the owner of this place has been preparing for a long time, preparing to turn the island in the middle of the lake into an isolated island, and then self-sufficient on this isolated island.

After crossing the farmland, Hong Bingying finally stepped on the part of the stone of the island, the stone under her feet seemed to have been stepped on by many people, those angular parts were smoothed, there were no plants around, and the other side opposite the Yao Pond could be seen from here. That side was also sunk in the darkness of the night, only covered with layers of shadows, if Hong Bingying remembered correctly, those might be the layers of trees next to Yao Chi.

"Watch your step, it's a little slippery here. Hongping reminded Hong Bingying, there was a stone staircase in front of her, and there was a set up shed on each side, and in each shed stood two palace maids in red clothes.

When the four palace maids saw Hongping's figure, they all bent down and saluted: "Sister Hongping is good!"

Hongping nodded: "I want to use the boat below, this is Niangniang's order, this is a warrant." ”

As she spoke, Hongping took out a folded piece of paper from her arms and handed it to the palace maid who looked the oldest among the four: "Remember to check the integrity of the fire paint." ”

The eldest palace maid respectfully folded the paper, and then opened it carefully, and looked at it carefully from top to bottom: "Sister Hongping, there is no problem with the warrant!"

As he spoke, the four of them got out of the way, revealing the steps that stretched all the way down from behind, and at the end of the steps was the surface of the lake of Yaochi, from this angle, Hong Bingying could faintly see the small boats floating and sinking on the lake.

"Watch your step, it's slippery here. Hongping reminded again, and took the lead in stepping on the stone steps, the stone steps and the stone above are one, and I don't know how much time it took to polish the stone steps like this.

Stepping on the smooth stone steps, Hong Bingying thought.