(7) Scorching

I dragged my tired body, moved my steps and walked on the way back to the Maolan Palace, the drizzle was like a bead curtain, and the rain drops were ticking on the flowers and leaves around me, like weeping. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

I was drenched from head to toe by the rain, and the plain white filial piety clothes on my body were close to my skin, cold to the bone.

I raised my face slightly, saw the three words "Biwu Garden" on the arched door in front of me, and couldn't help but stop, this Biwu Garden is a place where my uncle and mother often took me to enjoy the flowers, the garden brings together hundreds of kinds of flowers and plants, and it is very lively all year round.

Now the flowers are still there, but the old people are not there.

I walked quietly through this green garden, letting the rain wet every inch of my skin, every strand of hair, as if in this way I could soak all my pain and loneliness in this autumn rain, and slowly fade.

After the Biwu Garden, turn right less than 100 steps is the Maolan Palace. Chiori and Suhe stood there with umbrellas and looked left and right, and when they saw that I was coming back wet, they hurriedly ran over with an umbrella, and couldn't help but say, and walked back to the house with me quickly.

Chiori quickly changed my clean clothes, and said distressedly: "The princess is back, and it really makes the minions worry about death, and my heart is about to rise to my throat." The princess has been very tired and weak for the past few days, how can her son drench herself like this, and what if she gets drenched?"

Su He had already brought hot water, and several palace ladies began to wash my face and wipe my hair. Then he took the quilt and wrapped it around me, and helped me to the bed and lay me half-lying.

"Zhongyun, go and boil some ginger soup, so that the princess can drink to warm her body, if she catches the wind cold, it will be troublesome." Qian Zhi said, and then stopped Zhong Yun again: "Wait a minute, I'll go with you, and by the way, fry the Chinese medicine that the imperial doctor ordered before." Then, he turned around and told Su He: "Su He, you take care of it here first, don't let the princess catch a cold again." ”

I covered the quilt with a stagnant expression, and after a while, I gradually felt warmth in my body, and my mind gradually recovered.

The dissent that had arisen in my heart before came to my heart now.

Although there were thousands of martyrs, there were not many male and female palace slaves in the palace, so why did Mrs. Dai want Zang'er by my side to be martyred? Even if she disliked me to the extreme, there was really no need to poison a palace lady beside me. Recently, the affairs of the previous dynasty have been very troublesome, and the uncle Wang must have no time to ask about the trivial matters such as the funeral.

Zang'er is my personal maid, I have always treated her well, friendship is far better than that of master and servant, everyone in the palace knows, and the palace people next to her do not dare to despise her.

Aunt's personal palace Emei Yun is Zang'er's aunt, Zang'er was brought into the palace by her aunt since she was a child, because she saw Zang'er was smart and well-behaved, so she sent Zang'er to my palace as a maid. According to the palace rules, when the concubine died, most of the palace people who served in the palace were to be buried together, and Meiyun had to be martyred after serving her uncle for more than ten years. Although Zang Er is Meiyun's niece, she has no reason to go to her aunt's master to be martyred.

Besides, when they took Zang'er away, I didn't know at all, and it was supposed that there should be a eunuch with a priest or a palace person designated by the acting lady to come and spread the word, which is not in line with the palace rules and regulations.

If you think about it, there must be something strange about it.

From the sudden death of my uncle and mother to Zang'er's funeral for no reason, there are too many doubts before and after that make me very frightened. But in any case, I must cheer up at this time, I want to rescue Zang'er and find out the truth about my uncle's death.

Zhongyun followed Chiori in one after the other, and Chiori walked to the bed with ginger soup to feed me and drink. I stretched out my hand and took it, my fingers touched the residual warmth of the jade bowl, tasted it again and felt warm, and drank it all.

After drinking, he asked, "Where's the medicine?" ”

Seeing that I had finally regained some of my senses, Qianori and Suhe hurriedly ordered Zhongyun to bring the boiled medicine to me.

Before I could enter my mouth, the strong and bitter smell had already entered the cavity, and I just took a sip of the stool and frowned, and asked casually: "Is there any honey water?"

Chiori said, "Yes, I'll have someone fetch it." Why did the princess suddenly want to drink honey water, is this medicine too bitter? It's just that the medicine is bitter, and the princess must drink it all before this disease can be cured. ”

I said, "I'm just trying to give myself a little bit of bitterness." ”

Chiori nodded, turned around and ordered Nakayun to fetch honey water.

I remember that in the past, when I was sick, I was always afraid of drinking medicine, so my uncle and mother prepared a bowl of honey water for me, in case I could relieve the bitter taste after drinking the medicine. He also taught me that in fact, bitterness is only born from the human heart, and whenever I feel bitter in my heart, I drink a bowl of honey water to give myself a little sweetness in all kinds of bitterness.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but wet my eyes again, so I raised my head and drank the bowl of bitter juice, but I couldn't help but cough lightly twice, and I almost vomited out of it. I quickly drank the bowl of honey water and immediately felt much better.

I drank three bowls of soup in a row, and I only felt bloated at this time, so I lay down tightly on the quilt, leaving only Qianori and Suhe to serve in front of me, and the others all retreated.

After a while, the whole body began to sweat, the back gradually sweated, and then the forehead and the hair on the temples were wet with sweat, and the spirit was obviously better.

I struggled to get up, and Chiori couldn't help but persuade: "The princess has just sweated, be careful to catch a cold again, if there is anything, just tell the slave to go." ”

"Help me up. I insisted.

"What is the princess going to do, it is better to lie down and rest for a while. Su He also persuaded on the side.

I ignored them, so I struggled to get up, and in desperation, I had to help me get up and get dressed, and simply take care of my makeup.

I have been in good health since I was a child, and because I still haven't heard from the prince after waiting for these times, my heart is already anxious, and I already feel that I am half better, so I got up and walked out.

"Where is the princess going, it's still raining outside. Chiori asked.

"The prince promised that I would save Zang'er and let me wait for him to hear from him in Maolan Palace, but at this time, no one has come to pass the word, I can't wait, I have to go and see it myself, I will never give up if I can't save Zang'er. As I spoke, one foot stepped out of the house.

"Princess, please wait, let Chiori hold an umbrella for the princess and go together. Chiori said, turning around and quickly fetching her umbrella.

Who knows, as soon as I walked out of the Maolan Palace, I saw a plain eunuch hurrying towards me from a distance, and when I got closer, I realized that it was Li Zhong, the prince's personal slave.

I guessed that Zang'er had news, and without waiting for him to speak, I couldn't wait to ask him: "But Zang'er's news?"

He was not in a hurry, and after asking An and bowing, he said, "The slave came for Zang'er." The princess can rest assured, the prince sent me to say that Miss Zang'er has been saved, because she was too frightened, and she is resting in Tai** at this time. The crown prince let the princess not worry. ”

As soon as I heard that Zang'er had been rescued, I was immediately relieved, and Chiori on the side also stretched her brows, and I asked him repeatedly: "She must be frightened, the jailers who take care of the dungeon are the least serious, is she hurt? Is there any big problem? Take me to see her!"

"Back to the princess, the prince has ordered someone to see it, and it is fine, but he is just frightened. I heard that the people who were dragged to the funeral were all shackled and locked in the dungeon, and some people were probably overly afraid of sudden death in the middle of the night, and the death was very horrific. Since coming out of the dungeon, her eyes have been wide and she has refused to speak, and the prince is afraid that the princess will be sad to see her, so he asked her to slow down and come back to see the princess. The prince came to the Maolan Hall in a while and said that he still had important things to say to the princess. ”

I nodded thoughtfully, but before I could react, the man bowed down to me and said goodbye.

Qianzhi held an umbrella and carried me back to the Maolan Palace, and when she saw my solemn expression, she comforted me and said: "The princess can rest assured now, Miss Zang'er is really auspicious, there is a princess who is pitiful, and the prince comes to the rescue, finally escaped this catastrophe, and there will be great blessings in the future."

When I heard this, my heart warmed, and I barely squeezed out a faint smile at her, and then I became inexplicably sad, causing everyone to retreat.

The wind and rain outside the window are miserable, the floating light is reflected like a tide, and the heart is like a fog, haunting the heart.

Now Zang'er is finally saved, and I can't predict my future.

"What are you thinking?"

The familiar and warm voice came from behind me, and I looked back to see that it was the crown prince Situ Chengjin.

"Fox Xi has seen Brother Chengjin. Thanks to his brother's rescue, Zang Er was able to survive today, and Fox Xi thanked Zang Er for his brother's life-saving grace, today's grace, Fox Xi remembered it in his heart. ”

I bowed to him, and he quickly stretched out his hand to help me, and said, "Sister, please get up, no need to thank you, you and my brother and sister, and we have been studying together since childhood, and the affection is not as good as ordinary people." ”

At this point, there was a pause. But seeing that he looked lost, he only looked at me in a daze, and I was so awkwardly looked at me that I had to lower my eyebrows and turn my eyes away.

Xu saw that I was a little uncomfortable, and he said in a straight voice: "Zang'er's funeral is indeed done by my mother, presumably she is haunted by the last incident, I heard that the queen mother went to relieve you that day, and now that the queen mother has passed away, she is even more angry with you, so she has to be angry with your personal maid." The mother concubine has always been competitive, and she has been favored by her father for many years, so she is even more difficult to get along with, and she just wants to take out her anger on the people around you. If you want to talk about it, the root cause of all this is caused by me, so saving Zang'er is what I should do, not only do you not have to thank me, but I have to make amends to you. ”

I was amazed that he had spoken so bluntly to my face that his mother was not, but I didn't think it was as simple as he said. But seeing that his expression and words were quite sincere, there was still a burst of warmth in his heart.