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The grass blue in the pepper woman's hand is almost finished, and she carefully collects the edges. Mulan propped up her legs on the kang and supported her cheeks, and Zhang and Yanhong sat on the tree stump bench from far and near, listening carefully.

Aunt Hao's voice echoed unhurriedly in everyone's ears, "...... It is easy to put the icing on the cake, but it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow, and the people in the palace are used to praising the high and stepping on the low.

When the nobles are favored, they can't even eat a bowl of thicker porridge when they lose their favor. The palace maid often slipped into the dining room and stole some food to fill the stomach of the nobleman while people were unprepared. I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet? After stealing a few times, I called my father-in-law who was guarding the dining room to hit him.

The most taboo in the palace is that the hands and feet are not clean, and stealing things is called catching it to be killed with a cane. The palace maid knelt on the ground and cried and begged, but the father-in-law was soft-hearted and promised not to report it to the father-in-law in charge, and gave her the food he had shared.

Since then, she has been giving her some food and things every once in a while, and she and the nobles have relied on this idea to survive.

The prince of the noble man was a competitive one, led the troops and made great contributions, showed his face in front of the saint, was promoted to the prince, and the noble man was also released from the cold palace. Although it is not as red and purple as before, she is no longer the sin concubine in the cold palace who dares to step on her feet.

Because of her loyalty, the palace maid is more and more useful, and there are many people who slap her up. After the previous events, she felt that the world was hot and cold, and she couldn't look down on these people with false feelings, and she could be perfunctory, but she was sincere to the father-in-law who took care of her in many ways when she was in trouble.

Don't look at the splendid palace and the glory everywhere, in fact, from the king of a country to the rough palace people, everyone's heart is empty and cold.

The palace maid and the father-in-law are both hard-working people, and for a long time, it is inevitable to sympathize with each other and give birth to affection. The two made an appointment, and when the palace maid reached the age of being released, she begged the nobleman and pardoned the father-in-law together, and after leaving the palace, the two became husband and wife and lived together......"

"And then, then?" Yan Hong sat against the light, not seeing that Aunt Hao's eyes were already red, and urged repeatedly.

Aunt Hao took a deep breath, pressed the sourness in her heart, and then said: "There is a strict order in the palace that palace maids and eunuchs are not allowed to marry each other. The two of them are diligent in their correspondence, and it is inevitable that they will be eye-catching. There are those who can't see the nobles regaining power, so they make a fuss about it.

The father-in-law bit him to death, saying that he was entangled with his own family and had nothing to do with the palace maid, so he was sent to the Internal Criminal Department to be tortured, and he lost his life within two days. The nobles only came out of the cold palace, and it was when they were cautious, and they couldn't protect the palace maid from retreating, all they could do was to plead for mercy and save her from being killed with a cane, and the Internal Punishment Division sent people to the official ship of exile.

I don't need to tell you about the rest of the story, you must have guessed it. ”

For the vast majority of women in this era, being exiled to Shouzhen Island was an unbearable shame worse than death. The older you get, the greater the shame becomes, and the more difficult it is to talk about what happened before the exile.

After Mulan came here, she had never heard Chili Po mention her past, and she only knew that her maiden name was Yan. As for who else is in her family, and why they were exiled, don't say that she, even the Zhang family doesn't know anything.

Aunt Hao is the same, but she confided in her name more than Chili Po.

Because she is more kind and talkative than Chili Po, Yanhong also inquired a few times, but she diverted the topic from the side.

Mulan is not like Yan Hong, she doesn't like to inquire about other people's privacy, and what does what they have to do with her in the past? She just needs to know that they are the best people in the world for her.

She didn't expect that Aunt Hao would take the initiative to confess today. It had only been a few days since Wu Yutong died, and she had palpitations, and she inevitably thought of the plot of the confession before she died, and hugged Aunt Hao's arm, "Auntie, where are you uncomfortable?"

Aunt Hao understood what she was worried about, reached out and rubbed the top of her head, and a smile appeared on her lips, "Don't worry, my aunt is fine, and she won't die in another ten or twenty years." My aunt is telling you this because she wants to have a good relationship with you. ”

After a pause, he looked up and said, "Girl, you're planning to leave here, are you not?"

Mulan was stunned, looking at her and not knowing how to answer.

"Mulan, are you leaving?" Yan Hong cried out in surprise, "Do you have a way to get out of this hellish place?"

Zhang opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't say it. Even Chili Po stopped what she was doing and looked up.

Aunt Hao saw Mulan's complicated expression, and she wanted to speak and stopped, so she took her hand and held it in her rough palm, "Mulan, you are a good boy, you are still young, you really shouldn't be like us a few old bones, counting the days on this island and slowly waiting for death, if you want to go, just leave......"

"Auntie, what are you talking about?" Before Aunt Hao's words fell, Zhang's became anxious, "There is the sea on all sides, where do you let her go?"

Aunt Hao ignored Zhang's and stared at Mulan, "I grew up watching you, what are you thinking in your heart, how can I not know?

Mulan nodded and shook her head again, "I just have that guess, and I don't know if it's accurate." I wanted to verify it today, but I didn't know that the sky had changed. ”

"No wonder you're sullen. Aunt Hao's face showed a sudden look and pinched her hand, "You are a little lucky star, your mother can float to the island alive with you, it can be seen that God is protecting you."

You are born with a knack for water, and you know more about the sea than all of us combined, and your conjectures are mostly accurate. I also know that you are hiding from us because you are afraid that we will worry, but Mulan, no matter how capable you are, there is only a limit to what you can do alone.

A few of us are not as smart as you, but we have all lived a long time, and we always have some knowledge. I don't dare to say it, but I can help you come up with ideas. No matter how bad it is, I still have the strength to help you contribute, right?

If we have anything to say, we might as well say it, lest you be alone and worried, and we will see that you are not happy, and our hearts will not be comfortable. ”

Aunt Hao had talked about this, and Mulan couldn't hide it anymore, so she told them the guess that the current was relatively gentle at high tide, "...... I missed it this time, so I had to wait for the first time to try again. ”

"No, I can't. Zhang was the first to object, "It's too dangerous when the tide is high, and if you don't pay attention to the waves and sweep them away, where can we find you? Besides, what can we do if we try it right? We don't have a boat, you are a little child, can you swim back to land with only your arms and legs?"

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