Chapter 247: Entering the Palace (4)
This is a very remote little gate of the Royal Palace.
On weekdays, eunuchs and palace maids who basically have to go outside the palace to do errands will go in and out here.
Compared to the heavily managed main entrance of the palace, this is a small place that almost no one cares about.
Although it is a small place, it is also the residence of the emperor, and no matter how small it is, it is guarded by someone and has rules.
For example, in the simplest way, you can't carry a sedan chair here.
Two men dressed in officer and soldier clothes were napping at the small door.
The spear in his hand was also cowardly, and he couldn't see the slightest royal majesty at all.
If such a work attitude is discovered, will it really not be beheaded?
The two copper seals on the small vermilion door were already a little rusty.
Xia Qing saw that the two of them were sleeping soundly, and she was a little embarrassed to wake them up.
"Two ..... Two .... Little brother?"
"Hmm.... Uh-huh! Who, who, who!"
One of them was finally showing signs of waking up.
He hurriedly stood up, patted the dust off his clothes, and clenched the spear in his hand.
However, his poor hat is still crooked......
"What are you doing! You know you're going to commit a capital crime if you come here!"
Seeing that he was the only one talking, the buddy turned to look at his partner.
It turned out that his partner slept more than himself, and the corners of his mouth were drooling.
He looked at Xia Qing with an embarrassed expression, but Xia Qing pretended not to see it and looked around.
"Oh, hey, why don't you sleep! Didn't you say you'll be you and I'll be in for a while!"
He took the spear in his hand and struck the head of the man next to him hard.
The little brother who was soaring in his sleep was finally woken up by the stinging pain in his head.
"How.... What's going on!"
He jumped up from the ground, and the spear in his hand accidentally injured the palanquin man who was standing by and leaning his head to look at him.
"Someone, someone!"
The officers and soldiers covered their faces and pointed the spears in their hands at Xia Qing and the sedan chair man she was traveling with.
"Girl, who are you?"
The eyes of the officers and soldiers who had just woken up didn't seem to have recovered, he rubbed his eyes and looked at Xia Qing's face, "The little face looks a little bit ......."
"Idiot, do you want to look at your face!"
Another officer slapped him on the back of the head.
"Oh!
The officer and soldier turned his head and glared at the culprit very unhappily, "You, do you have a citation?"
"Passage citations?"
Xia Qing rolled his eyes, thinking about what a common quotation was in his mind.
"Girl, didn't the prince give it to you when you went out?"
Seeing that Xia Qing didn't know what the citation was, the sedan chair man had to lean close to her ear and said softly, "It's just a piece of red paper......"
"Ahhh
Xia Qing suddenly remembered that yesterday Uncle Liu stuffed a fiery thing into her baggage.
I didn't expect that thing to be so important.
Thankfully, she didn't lose the paper.
She took off her baggage and pulled out a red trinket inside.
"No. ”
She handed the paper to the officers and soldiers.
The officer frowned and pointed the paper at the fiery sun.
The intense light made the paper transparent.
Although it was transparent, Xia Qing still saw that there was a dragon pattern in the paper......
The officers and soldiers glanced at the officers and soldiers beside them with some surprise.
The two exchanged a look, and looked at Xia Qing with some smuggling.
"The little ones don't know Taishan with eyes!
Both of them were down to the ground.
Xia Qing was taken aback by the sudden change in the two, what kind of thing is this passage citation, it's really amazing.
"It's okay, can I go in?"
"The girl can go in, but these two, no. “
The officers and soldiers looked behind Xia Qing.
"Thank you, let's send it here. ”
Xia Qing took out two pieces of silver from his cuffs and stuffed them into the hands of the palanquin man.
The two palanquin men didn't expect this little girl, who looked very poor and sour, to be so generous.
They were stunned, glanced at each other, and said goodbye to Xia Qing.
Xia Qing stood at the door, watching the two palanquin bearers carrying the back of the palanquin.
"Girl, you can go in. ”
An officer and soldier asked Xia Qing respectfully.
She nodded slightly, and turned slowly.
The vermilion palace gate is not big, but it is very depressing.
As soon as Xia Qing stepped through the palace gate, the door was closed by two officers and soldiers.
She turned her head, and all she could see was the closed door.
I can't see anything else.
She looked up, the sky was still blue, and the sun was still dazzling.
But she could only see a square piece of the sky, and she couldn't see the sky beyond the square.
Although she knew that she only needed to stay for three months, she still felt sad.
Because, she always felt as if something had been pulled from her body from the moment she stepped into the palace gate.
It's freedom.
She stepped over her baggage and strode inside.
The bluestone path is the same as that of the palace, and the decoration here is not even as good as the palace.
There is a smell of quaintness and oldness everywhere.
This is the royal palace of the Windy Country.
This is where the emperor lived.
This is a place where cannibalism does not spit out bones.
This is her sojourn for the next three months.
Even if there is fear, there is confusion.
She still had to move on.
Because of her, there is no way back.
However, there are still a lot of costs to go forward.
For example, she is now lost.
How big is the Rui Wang's Mansion?
Xia Qing thought that it should be the size of ten drunken immortal buildings.
So how big is the palace?
Xia Qing thought that it should be as big as ten Rui Wang Mansions.
At this moment, she was walking around in this place larger than twenty drunken immortal buildings.
The place she is going to is called the Dance Room.
It is the place where the dancers in the palace usually train and rest.
According to Uncle Liu's description, the dance room should be not far from the small door.
But she was never found.
It's full of similar doors.
Inside one gate is a different yard.
Because this place is an activity area for the next people, Xia Qing has been unimpeded all the way.
She walked everywhere, but she couldn't find the dance room in Uncle Liu's mouth.
Along the way, there were many palace maids who cast strange glances at her.
She didn't see it, still looking for the legendary dance room.
In fact, Uncle Liu originally prepared a map of the palace for her.
But then it was taken away by King Rui.
He said that this map could not be brought into the palace.
If you find out, you're going to lose your head.
Drawing a map of the palace without permission is a felony.
Because this may give the Assassins an opportunity.
So Xia Qing can only rely on himself to grope in this labyrinthine palace now.
"Hey, who's that woman?"
"Looks like a ....... from the Western Regions"
"What do you know, you see that she looks so exquisite, no matter how good-looking the people of the Western Regions are, they will not be so exquisite. ”
"But what ...... she did in this remote place"
..........
A few little palace maids passing by did not shy away from standing on the side of the road and looking at her, and did not forget to discuss her with each other.
The discussion was unusually loud, as if she was deaf and couldn't hear.
Xia Qing twitched the corners of her mouth, not planning to pay attention to them.
It's more important to find a dance room now.
"Hey, girl, is there anything wrong with you?"
A reasonably friendly voice sounded from behind him.
A round-faced palace maid was asking her with her head sticking out.
She grabbed the burden on her shoulders and walked towards the palace maids.
"Everyone, how do you get to the dance room?"