Chapter 37: Face to face

Mother Dong saw that Lige was so thin, and she didn't push what she wanted to do to Lige, she just asked Lige to use a wooden bucket to bring water to her, "You are small, just bring half a bucket and half a bucket every time." Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Although the work of the Huanshuo is heavy, the people here are relatively simple, and there is not much intrigue, after all, there is nothing worth thinking about here. So the whole yard squeaked and gossiped while working, and it was interesting to listen to the song for a while.

Mother Dong asked where Lige lived, how many brothers and sisters there were, and if his parents were also working in the Qi Palace. After listening to the song, her face was entangled, she really didn't know how to answer it, she couldn't say that she was the daughter of King Qi. She thought for a while before she chose a more safe word to answer, "My mother is not in Yancheng, I live in the northernmost part of the palace, and I have a few brothers and sisters. ”

Fortunately, Mother Dong just asked casually, and did not mean to delve into it, and turned her head to gossip with a fat aunt next to her. They seem to be talking about the devil. Lige has lived in the palace since he can remember, and although he has read many books, there is little mention of the devil in these books.

After listening for a while, she asked curiously, "Is there really a devil in the world?"

Mother Dong and the fat aunt laughed, "If it's really a person who lives in the palace, let alone the world, even we have these ghosts in Yancheng." You're the one who never left the palace, so you don't know. The government stipulates that there is a curfew from the time of the night. ”

Lige listened to these things with great interest, so he didn't feel how hard it was to work in the Huanyi Courtyard at all, and lunch and dinner were also included, and the treatment was better than before. Sometimes she would secretly hide two steamed buns and take them back to add food to Granny Mu and Old Man Zhang.

The only inconvenience brought by working in the Huan Washing House is that the time for practicing and reading books has been reduced, but if it rains in rainy weather, except for some important clothes, other clothes can only be piled up first, and when the sun comes out, the clothes will be contaminated with moisture, and the people in the Huan Washing House will be punished. And those important clothes, Mama Su will not be responsible for newcomers like Lige at all, so Lige likes rainy days the most, although she can't leave the Huan Washing House, but she can find a remote corner to sit down and read a book, or practice secretly.

This year, the winter in Yancheng was particularly rainy. There is also a courtyard behind the hood of the courtyard, which is a place where a shed is built, and there is also a firewood with spices in the middle, and a big chimney penetrates through the shed, so it is very warm and dry under the shed.

During this rainy season, some clothes that have to be washed will be dried here, such as the clothes of the prince, the princess and the two side concubines. Other masters, even if they are favored, have to wait until the weather improves before they get the opportunity to wash clothes.

Lige remembered her own sets of clothes, no matter what the weather was, she still had to do regular laundry, otherwise where would there be enough clothes to change into. It can also be seen from this incident that this Qi Wangfu is really rich, and the masters can't wear all their clothes. Just take advantage of this rainy season to take out the clothes in the cage that usually don't see the light of day and wear.

These days, I leave the song early and return late, so the clothes are washed by Granny Mu, and I don't know if Granny Mu listened to her words and boiled hot water to wash her clothes, so as not to frostbite her hands. Just when Lige was leaning on the fire while warming up and thinking nonsense, Mama Su happened to arrange for someone to send some washed clothes and bedding to the outer courtyard to the prince.

Wang Po didn't take Lige's true identity to chew her mouth with Mama Su, but after all, Mama Su is the housekeeper in charge of the first hospital, and she knows a little about the things in this house. She thought about letting Lige take this opportunity, if she could show her face in front of the prince and arouse the prince's pity, she would naturally not forget her kindness to her in the future.

So Lige took the job in a daze, and Mama Su was worried that she didn't know the way, so she asked Mama Dong to go with her. Lige carefully wrapped the clothes in oiled paper, and then handed them to Mother Winter to hold, and she stood beside Mother Winter and held an umbrella for Mother Winter. The two of them carefully guarded the clothes in their arms and walked to the outer courtyard.

Huanbaishin is next door to the outer courtyard, out of the Huanbaishin, walk south along the sandwich road for a while, there is a corner gate that leads to the outer courtyard. This place is originally remote, generally only for some rough people to enter and exit the inner and outer courtyards, rainy weather, there are fewer people on the road. So they didn't meet anyone along the way, and they walked all the way to the outer courtyard, so that they could meet a few stewards or servants walking hurriedly in the rain from time to time.

Prince Qi has his own three-entry courtyard in the outer courtyard, the first is the council hall and study, and the second is the bedroom. This courtyard is called Fuhua-in. In front of the gate of the courtyard, Mother Dong and Lige were stopped, and the little maid guarding the door entered the door to inform the second-class maid in the courtyard.

After a while, I saw a girl wearing a pink bibi and a dark green belt following the little girl, and she smiled and said to Mother Dong, "I'm tired of my mother, please come in with me." ”

When you enter the courtyard, you don't need an umbrella, and there are verandahs leading to the various wings along the way. Lige left the umbrella at the door and let the little guy just now help watch it.

The girl led them through the first two courtyards, and all the way to the east wing of the third courtyard. She took the clothes that Mother Dong and Lige were protecting along the way, opened and counted them, she was very satisfied, and took two more snacks to Mother Dong and Lige, pointed out a little maid, and took them out again along the way.

It also happened that just as they walked through the hall and walked in the verandah where they first entered the courtyard, the door of the study in the main room was opened, and two or three adult men walked out. The little maid who led the way in front was very alert, and immediately took Mother Winter and them to stand against the wall, lowered their heads, and respectfully gave way to the masters.

Lige heard one of the men say, "Then thank you this time." I only heard another man's voice sound, "Brother Jin Shen is polite, I hope Brother Jin Shen will help inquire about the matter I mentioned last time." ”

Lige secretly rated this voice in his heart, his voice is still quite clear, and he sounds like a good-looking Langjun from the voice, no wonder his mother followed him at the beginning.

In Lige's opinion, the reason why his mother followed King Qi must be confused by his status and appearance, otherwise how could he end up like this.

The footsteps of those men were getting closer and closer, and Li Ge quickly retracted her thoughts and shrank in the corner as low-key as possible, even at this time, a strange thought flashed in her heart, "Will King Qi recognize himself as his daughter?"

At this moment, the few people had already walked quickly past her, and they breathed a long sigh of relief from Ge Chang, and were about to move their almost stiff muscles, when a person in front of him suddenly stopped and turned around.

It was also a coincidence that Lige thought it was safe, so he rubbed his shoulders and looked up at the front, but he just met the eyes of the person who turned back.

Frightened, Lige didn't know how to react for a moment, so he put his hands down beside him and stood in the corner. Where did I think that the man turned around and walked a few steps quickly, stopping in front of Lige.

Lige's heart was full of alarm, he just lost a little etiquette, is it worth him to come and reprimand in person? Mother Dong was also nervous in her heart, standing next to Lige, she didn't dare to come out.

Qi Wangye and the others were not surprised when they saw Jin Shen turning his head and still standing in front of a girl. This envoy of Yanyun Kingdom has always shown that he does not love women, he has sent envoys to Wei Xingguo many times, and the King of Qi and the royal family have sent a lot of beauties to him, and he has not seen any of them left, could it be that he actually fell in love with a rough envoy girl in the Qi Palace.

I only heard Jin Shen say to the girl, "You raise your head." A strange feeling arose in Prince Qi's heart, as if his things were coveted. He looked at the girl, and the girl hesitated for a moment before half-raising her face, but she still didn't dare to meet the eyes of the three men in front of her.

Qi Wangye's heart moved, he only felt that this girl's appearance was very familiar, he looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but be surprised, this girl looked very much like a person. He couldn't help frowning and thinking, how could the daughter that man had given birth to him had been placed in the back garden by himself, and how could he come to the outer courtyard?

Jin Shen stared at Lige's face for a long time before he said to Prince Qi, "Lord Wang, can this girl be rewarded?"

Prince Qi was puzzled, and suddenly heard Jin Shen say this, and he was stunned for a while. Zhao Zhao Guo has always wanted to establish friendly relations with Yan Yun Kingdom, so this Lord Jin Shen cannot be offended. But he didn't want to use his daughter to please him, not to mention that this daughter must stay by his side.

He smiled and said, "It's just a woman, since your lord has spoken, as long as it is not the king's family, this beauty in the palace of the king of Qi, Brother Jin Shen can choose at will." It's just that this rough girl is inevitably too unsightly, it is better for Brother Jin Shen to go back to the post house first, and then this king will pick ten or eight beauties and give them to you. ”

Jin Shen finally took his gaze away from Lige's face, he looked at Prince Qi with a smile and said, "Other beauties don't need it, I just want this, since she is just a rough girl, why don't you reward me now." ”