51.(Fifty-one)
"Dead girl, the concubine called you, where did you go!"
A palace maid wearing a pink palace flower stared at the little maid who came in a hurry, and wanted to accuse her, but remembered the instructions of the concubine Niangniang, snorted unwillingly, turned her head and walked forward.
As he walked, he counted: "I don't know what means your little girl uses to make the concubine value you so much." β
The little girl in the green shirt followed behind her, nodded with low eyebrows and said, "Sister Huarong taught me a lesson." β
"Hmph, you little girl......"
The two of them slowly left the Imperial Garden as they walked, and after their figures disappeared, the crown of a certain large tree suddenly trembled, and a pair of hands parted from the middle to the sides, revealing two human faces.
"Gone." Jiang Yuanzhong looked at the backs of the two of them and said lightly.
"Phewβit's good that it wasn't found." Su Muxian patted her heart in fear.
I don't know why the craftsmen who built the palace built the entrance to the underground secret passage in the imperial garden, this place is full of people, and as soon as they came out, they almost bumped into the palace maids in the palace of the two noble concubines, and almost scared her to death.
But then again, being a shopkeeper should be unique to her job, after all, it is very likely that she is the first innkeeper to enter the palace in history, and maybe she can go down in history or something......
Su Muxian thought wildly, and suddenly her body lightened, and when she came back to her senses, Jiang Yuanzhong had already grabbed her waist and slowly fell to the ground.
"What should I do now? Do you just go out? β
Su Muxian said and suddenly remembered the conversation he overheard in the meditation room of Qiyun Temple: "By the way, when I was in the temple, I heard Lu Sheng conspiring with others, saying that he was preparing to rebel, do we need it...... Remind the Emperor? β
Although it is difficult for anyone in power to affect them, the low-level ordinary people, no matter how Lu Sheng looks, the words "I am a bad person" are written on his face, even if he is kind and kind, he can't hide the fact that he is a scumbag. And when today's son has been in power for many years, although he has no significant achievements, he can also be called virtuous. If Su Muxian was to choose, she still supported the latter.
"Do you think that if you say it, His Majesty the Emperor will believe you?" Jiang Yuanzhong shook his head in disapproval, "What's more, how can you explain the reason why you appeared in the palace?" β
Su Muxian: "...... Oh yes. β
Maybe they were taken down by the palace guards before they even saw the Son of Heaven.
How did you get in?
I came in through the tunnel.
Where are the tunnels?
Imperial.
They know too much, come and go.
Thinking of the possible scene, Shopkeeper Su shuddered for no reason.
"Besides, how can His Majesty the Emperor be as incompetent as you think." Jiang Yuan hugged her and jumped lightly, and sneaked into a courtyard unconsciously.
"We can't interfere with this kind of big thing, so it's better to go out and get out as soon as possible."
"How do you get out?"
Su Muxian blinked, looked at Jiang Yuanzhong, and looked at the palace maid's clothes hanging in the courtyard.
"Are you supposed to be...... Are you going to sneak out dressed as a palace maid? β
"That's the plan." Jiang Yuanzhong quickly pulled a water-red palace maid's dress from the shelf as he spoke, and stuffed it into Su Muxian's hand. It was also their luck that the people in this courtyard seemed to have gone out, so that no one noticed such a righteous act of stealing.
"Can't you just fly out with me?" Su Muxian asked puzzled.
The walls of the palace are so high, Jiang Yuanzhong's light skills are famous, it shouldn't be difficult to take her out, right?
"At the end of the year, there were many royal relatives here, and the entire palace was heavily guarded, and now it can be said that it is ten steps and one guard, and there are forbidden troops in the imperial city everywhere. Not to mention two big living people, it is not easy for two flies to fly out. Jiang Yuanzhong said indifferently, and pushed her into the room while explaining, "Hurry up and change, I'll look out for you." β
Su Muxian looked at his empty hands and couldn't help asking, "What about you?" β
She can pretend to be a palace maid, but Jiang Yuanzhong shouldn't make this choice, does he want to pretend to be a little eunuch?
"I'll just hide under the carriage then." Jiang Yuanzhong said.
Needless to say, most of the eunuchs in the palace are petite, and the tallest person is probably half a head shorter than him, so there are really no clothes to wear. Although there is a method of shrinking bones in his disguise exercises, no matter how big the change is, it is impossible to completely change a person's bone appearance, and the probability of revealing flaws is too great.
"Let's change quickly, and find out where the palace procurement team is later, and we'll go out among them."
Su Muxian nodded, and no longer shirked the door and changed into palace maid clothes.
It's also strange to say, it was obviously the clothes that Jiang Yuanzhong was holding casually, but they unexpectedly fitted.
Shopkeeper Su touched his chin and smacked his lips, always feeling that something was wrong.
Jiang Yuan saw her thoughtful expression again, coughed lightly in his heart, and quickly changed the topic: "Let's go, the palace will generally send two teams out of the palace to buy, the batch in the morning has already returned, and now it is just past noon, and the second batch is about to leave the palace." β
After listening to him, Su Muxian rolled his eyes, and suddenly discovered the key point in his words.
"How do you know so much about what's going on in the palace?"
It is true that Jiang Yuanzhong has his own power, and it is normal to know a lot of news about the rivers and lakes, but his hand should not have stretched out so long, and he even knows the things in the palace so clearly, right?
"It's not a secret, and you can find patterns with a little attention." Jiang Yuanzhong said indifferently, "Besides, a few generations back in my family, there was also an aunt who was a concubine. β
At that time, the relationship between the Jiang family and the royal family was quite close, not only had a prominent position in the rivers and lakes, but also was a sword casting villa dedicated to the royal family, and it was beautiful for a while. However, since the death of that noble concubine and aunt, the new emperor felt that the Jiang family was from the rivers and lakes after all, and it was not appropriate to get too close to the royal family, so he gradually became cold and estranged. A few generations later, not many people still remember that the Jiang family was also a relative of the emperor.
The power of time is evident.
"I can't imagine that your family still has such a background......" Shopkeeper Su said silently.
"It's all about rotten sesame seeds." Jiang Yuanzhong said, "That aunt of the concubine is a well-known beauty, and the Son of Heaven fell in love with her at first sight, so he brought her back to the palace regardless of public opinion, and rose all the way to the concubine." Otherwise, how could ordinary families have the opportunity to send their daughters to the palace. β
"That's just as well."
"But it's also a blessing to her, I know a little bit about the palace."
While speaking, Jiang Yuan was on tiptoe a little, holding Su Muxian and hiding behind a tree. Not far from them, a column of palace maids and eunuchs surrounded by a soft sedan chair swept across the road, and I don't know which palace the lady came out to wander around.
β¦β¦
Turning left and right, walking and stopping, it took a stick of incense to reach the destination.
Most of the palace maids who go out of the palace to buy are used to doing rough work, and they seem to be older. Finally saw a young girl, while she was alone and didn't pay attention, Jiang Yuanzhong knocked her unconscious with a knife, took her waist card and handed it to Su Muxian, and briefly disguised Su Muxian according to her appearance.
"This thing is a human/leather mask." Su Muxian stretched out his hand and poked the extremely thin elastic film on his face, "It's so amazing." β
She asked, "Is there a mirror?" I want to see what I look like now. β
"No, don't move."
Jiang Yuan pressed her head and gave her a bun in the style of a palace maid, and then hung the waist card on her waist for her, and then nodded with satisfaction.
"It's quite presentable, remember not to talk as much as possible, so as not to show your stuffing."
"I know." Su Muxian replied, pointing to the palace maid who fell to the ground and asked, "Then what should she do?" β
"Hide her here first, and she'll be fine when she wakes up." Jiang Yuanzhong glanced at it casually and said calmly.
They covered themselves with blades of grass a little, and then ran to the large procession out of the palace to buy.
There was no one in the team to speak, and no one accosted casually, so Su Muxian breathed a sigh of relief when he sat in the middle of a group of strangers with a face that did not belong to him.
There was an almost inaudible knocking sound from the bottom of the carriage, except for Su Muxian, no one cared, everyone else was resting with their eyes closed, only she tapped her toes with her toes in response.
Jiang Yuanzhong agreed with her that when the team arrived outside the palace, he would directly take her away, and now all she had to do was to keep the road calm, not to show flaws, and follow the inspection of the guards.
The carriage did not hurry and soon arrived in front of the palace gate.
The guard holding a long tassel stepped forward to block the way, and said sharply, "Who is it?" β
Vaguely aware of the different tense atmosphere in the past, it seemed that an old lady who was in charge of the lead poked her head out and said with a flattering smile: "A few young masters, let's go out of the palace to buy goods." I've usually walked several times, and I'm afraid I'm not familiar with your face, but once you're born and twice cooked, you'll be able to do it? β
As soon as she winked, the little maid beside her immediately walked up with the silver in her hand.
Unexpectedly, the tip of the guard's arrow turned, and the long tassel was already aimed at the little maid, and said coldly: "There is an order from above, no one is allowed to enter or leave the palace today." β
The little maid neither advanced nor retreated, so she had to freeze in place and tried to explain: "This big brother guard, this morning's team is still out, how can we not get out?" β
"You'll have to ask someone up there."
The guards didn't give face at all, and the long tassel was crossed in front of his chest, and he said toughly: "Whoever messes with it will be regarded as a hard break." β
"It's like a hard break!"
Several guards behind him also echoed, holding the long tassel tightly in their hands, with the intention that this team would do it directly if they dared to go further.
The old lady who shouted earlier saw that the situation was wrong, and although she was confused, she reluctantly retreated, and complained dissatisfiedly: "In the end, it is a new soldier, who is not sensible at all, but we have serious things to do......"
was stabbed with an elbow by someone next to her, she was startled and subconsciously looked back, and the guard guarding the door stared at her coldly, as if she was already looking at a dead person.
She was stunned in her heart, and she still refused to admit defeat and said: "What kind of person is it! β
And just as she was complaining, there was suddenly one less person in the team, a silent and inconspicuous little palace maid in rose red clothes.