4. Encounter Ananda
Tao Weaving foam rummaged all over his body, and in addition to the heavy jewelry, there were only two taels of silver and sixteen coins left on his body.
Now the four city gates are extremely tightly guarded, and the people who enter and exit must be checked by the officers and soldiers one by one, Tao Zhimo decided to go to the north of the city to hide for a few days, and then go out of Beijing after this search.
The north side of the city is still a bit lively, and the vendors on both sides of the road are shouting loudly, with the dull thumping of rattles and the crisp sonorous sound of maltose...... The sound of traders coming and going is endless.
It was almost noon, and the smell of food wafted from many restaurants and tea shops, and Tao Zhimo's stomach gurgled - she was really hungry!
Tao Zhimo swallowed her saliva, she knew that life without money was not easy, now was a special period, and she had to save some money. She was ruthless, forced her eyes to withdraw her eyes from the crispy roast duck opposite, came to a steaming steamed bun stall, took out a penny to buy a hot steamed bun, and found a corner that did not hinder people to sit down.
Just after a few bites, I felt that more than one line of sight fell on me, and this gaze was mainly focused on the steamed bun in my hand.
Tao Zhimo's eyelids jumped, she bought steamed buns and not meat buns, could it be that she was still worried about wild dogs?
As soon as she raised her head, she realized that it was a pair of siblings staring at her. The elder sister is estimated to be seven or eight years old, and the younger brother is only two or three years old, and he is very elven and cute, although the clothes of the two are a little shabby but still clean, and they don't look like beggars.
The little boy stared at his steamed bun and swallowed his saliva, and the little girl saw her looking over and hurriedly hugged her younger brother into her arms.
Seeing her movements as a cub, Tao Zhimo smiled faintly, beckoned them over, tore half of the steamed bun in her hand and handed it to the little boy.
The little boy wanted to reach out and take it, and looked up at his sister again, as if waiting for her to agree, and the sister saw Tao Zhimo's kind face, so she nodded to her younger brother, and after the little boy took it, she said timidly: "Thank you, master." ”
Father? Tao Zhimo was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that he was wearing a small dress, and smiled with relief.
The little girl divided half of the steamed buns into her brother and took out a white-washed old cotton handkerchief from her bosom to wrap the rest of the steamed buns.
Tao Zhimo was slightly puzzled, but didn't ask more.
The little boy took two bites and stopped eating, looked at his sister and said softly, "Auntie? ”
"You eat, A-Niang's is here." The little girl patted the half of the steamed bun she had stuffed into her arms.
The little boy paused, lifted the steamed bun and stuffed it into the little girl's mouth.
The little girl licked her lip and bit a small bite, and said, "Sister is not hungry, you eat quickly, we are going home." As he spoke, he squatted down and skillfully picked up the little boy.
"Wait." Tao Zhimo couldn't help but call the two.
She got up and went to the steamed bun stall to buy two steamed buns for them.
"Thank you!" The little girl was so excited that she knelt down, and the little boy knelt down with him.
Tao Zhimo hurriedly helped them up and said seriously: "In our place, kneeling and kowtowing are used to go to the grave. Seeing the little girl's frightened face, she smiled again, "Lie to you, don't kneel casually in the future." ”
After the sister and brother left with steamed buns in their arms, Tao Zhimo smiled faintly.
This sister and brother have a good heart, not only filial piety, but also know how to repay Entu. If it weren't for the fact that she was also a mud bodhisattva, she would have wanted to help these two.
Thinking of this, Tao Zhimo sighed again, the current emperor ascended the throne at a young age, and for decades he has been diligent in listening to the government, eating and closing, but after he got old, he indulged in the fantasy of immortality, and gradually abandoned the government.
Now the court is full of treachery, and more than a dozen princes are fighting openly and secretly, so that there are still young girls and children who are hungry at the feet of the dignified emperors.
was sighing, and suddenly noticed that there was a sight coming from the restaurant upstairs, Tao Zhimo looked up and was stunned, it was Ananda.
The young man in the window of the private room has picturesque eyebrows, red lips and white teeth.
The boy smiled softly at her, then politely looked away.
Tao Zhimo hurriedly lowered his head, and tears fell suddenly. She knew him, knew him, but couldn't recognize him.
Ananda's ancestors have been imperial doctors in the palace for four generations, and now he is the eldest grandson, and it is the time of brocade clothes and jade food. Only four years later, after the new emperor ascended the throne, he began to rectify the government, and his family was defeated.
Their family has always been dependent on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the enemy of the Four Princes. After the death of the crown prince, his family was implicated and exiled.
Later, Ah Ci took pity on his peerless medical skills, so he opened his mouth to intercede for him in front of the new emperor and let him stay in the palace as a palace doctor.
In those years, she lost money and profits, and he came to check her pulse from time to time, so the two met. He was gentle and simple-minded, and when he was young, he also traveled to many places with his uncle, and he was knowledgeable, and when he saw that she was depressed all day long, he began to tell her interesting stories outside, and she also loved to listen, and the two gradually became acquainted.
Later, during a pulse check-up, Ananda unexpectedly discovered a secret in her, a secret that even she did not know. Although this secret is very embarrassing, the relationship between the two is still much closer because of it.
When Ananda told her that she was pregnant, she wanted to keep the child, her and Aci's child, but she couldn't stand his torture anymore, so she begged Ananda to take her away. Unexpectedly, in the end, it was the East Window Incident, and he suffered a great humiliation because of it.
In this life, it is better for her to stay away from him, and don't hurt him again. But if she doesn't do anything, will their family be the same as she remembers?
Tao Zhimo thought about it carefully, and it was the prince who slandered General Nangong for colluding with the enemy country. Ah Ci and the four princes are cousins, they are the same age, and they have been very good since they were young. If she remembers correctly, after Nangong resigned and fled, it was the fourth prince who secretly helped him all the way. When the first emperor was seriously ill and dying, Ah Ci returned to the imperial capital as the assassin of Youzhou, overthrew the crown prince, and supported the four princes to ascend the throne. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he was named a king with a different surname for his meritorious deeds, and since then the scenery has been infinite.
The first thing he did after becoming the queen was to avenge his father, and he was fully responsible for the case, and the crown prince was also personally beheaded by him. He sacrificed three hundred and six people from the Prince's Mansion with blood to the one hundred and eight people whose General's Mansion was beheaded by the whole house.
Nangong Ci, his revenge is too terrible. There are also many people in the prince's mansion who have known him since childhood, and later heard Yahuan say that he didn't blink his eyes on the day of the beheading, and the corners of his mouth kept smiling.
With Nangong Ci's means, he will definitely seek revenge on the prince in this life. If you find a way to keep Ananda away from the crown prince and attach themselves to the four princes now, will you be able to escape by then?