Chapter 1: First Sight
Chapter I
Southern Night Country, hot summer, sultry, Ningwangfu Huanyi room.
"Auntie, what do you say is wrong with thinking twice? I haven't said a word since I started this morning. Su Yinxiu entered the room with a basin of washed clothes, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Lin Sansi lying on the bed, she couldn't help frowning her delicate brows, among the more than 20 girls in the cloat room, she had the closest relationship with Lin Sansi, and she was very strange about Sansi's abnormal behavior.
Called the eldest lady is Cao Mama in King Ning's mansion, responsible for taking care of the Huanyi room, not so much to take care of, but to monitor, these girls in the Huanyi room, half of them are bought cheaply, and the other half are the relatives of the criminal courtiers who came to the house, in order to prevent them from escaping, Cao Mama was specially assigned over.
Mama Cao glanced at Lin Sansi, who was lying on the bed like a corpse, and snorted: "Didn't Gonggong Liu say in the morning that he would choose someone from among you to go to the east, Sansi is probably thinking about it." β
"East?" Su Yinxiu put the basin on the ground, wiped her hands, and smacked her lips: "What is there to ponder about here!" The one in the east has been locked up for two years, and he doesn't know if he is stupid or stupid, and now he heard that he is sick again, and he can't even take care of his nurse, who wants to go? Besides, that one is notoriously ruthless and kills people without blinking, and if he goes, he is tantamount to death! β
"Who's to say it isn't!" Mama Cao habitually took the off-white handkerchief and gently dusted it on her sleeves, the purple-black clothes have been worn for some years, and they have long lost their original texture! Although monitoring the raccoon room is not a heavy job, there is no oil and water to fish, and the girls who enter it are either poor Ding Dangxiang and are trafficked, or those criminal courtiers and daughters, whose money and property have been confiscated, how can there be oil and water for her to fish? But she didn't expect that Lin Sansi and Su Yinxiu had some silver in their hands, and stuffed some benefits into her pocket, she naturally treated the two of them differently, Lin Sansi had been lying on the bed for a long time, and she didn't accuse! Mama Cao put away the handkerchief, her eyes swirled on Lin Sansi's face, she knew what Sansi was planning, but she didn't want to think twice about leaving deep in her heart, because that would mean that there was only one of the two parts of oil and water left, and she was still counting on making a little more money before leaving the house! Besides, think twice, this girl is really very attractive to her! Mama Cao sighed and said meaningfully: "People, sometimes it's good to take care of yourself, how can you have the heart to worry about other people's hearts!" β
Lin Sansi was lying on the bed with his eyes blank, and the words Su Yinxiu and Mama Cao said intermittently came into her ears, she almost felt like crying without tears, and pinched her thighs a few times, and the real pain told her that this qiΔ was real! It's not a dream! In the last life, she was the daughter of the Lin Mansion, her father and mother spoiled her lawlessly, and her brothers and sisters also protected her as a treasure, and then her sister entered the palace, and her brother joined the army, and then later, my sister committed suicide, my brother sent to the frontier, and my father and mother were imprisoned in the dungeon, and she also became a rough maid in Ning Wangfu! Unexpectedly, after crossing again, she returned to Lin Sansi's body by mistake, but it started when she was beaten into the cloak room!
Lin Sansi really couldn't cry or laugh!
My mind is full of the appearance of my younger brother Xuan'er lying in her arms with a fever, when she was sent to Ning Wangfu as a rough maid, Xuan'er was imprisoned in the dungeon with her father, a month has passed, and I don't know how they are now?
"The emperor summoned and said, there is a prince Huo Yi who is imprisoned in the mansion for his crimes, and he is now infected with a disease, and he specially summons the daughter of the criminal minister to enter the mansion to serve, and the merits and demerits are compensated!"
The eunuch's unique shrill and twisting voice echoed in Lin Sansi's ears over and over again, and she suddenly sat up from the bed, and looked at Mama Cao fixedly: "Auntie, please help me go back to Gonggong Liu, just say that I am willing to serve His Royal Highness the Prince." β
Mama Cao narrowed her yellow eyes and sighed helplessly, even if she didn't want to, she couldn't stop thinking twice, right? "Have you figured it out? That's not a place for the average person! β
Lin Sansi's pale lips were pursed tightly, and his gaze was particularly firm: "Auntie, I have thought about it." β
Su Yinxiu walked to the side of the bed, reached out and touched Lin Sansi's forehead, and said worriedly: "Sansi, are you sleeping, isn't it good that our sisters stay here?" With Aunt Cao taking care of us, we don't have to worry about eating and drinking, why do you want to go there! Don't you know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ......"
"I know." Lin Sansi interrupted Su Yinxiu's words, and his eyes were dark: "Yinxiu, I'm not confused. β
Lin Sansi made this decision for two reasons, one was to save her younger brother Xuan'er, and second, she remembered that after she stayed in King Ning's mansion for about a year, King Ning rebelled, and the ending was the same as that of the prince - he lost, but his end was worse than the prince, and the emperor had no scruples about flesh and blood, and even wanted to kill him! As for which prince became the final winner in the end, she didn't have time to know, because she was hit by a carriage into a cliff and died on the way to escape with the little maid, and when she woke up again, she was lying on this bed!
And the time is back to a year ago, when she first entered King Ning's Mansion.
Since King Ning is going to die eventually, she might as well leave early, the person who wins, whether it is the crown prince or King Liang, is better than the end in King Ning's mansion! Because no matter who she chooses, she has a 50% chance of saving her family! She is the daughter of a criminal minister and does not have any backer, Liang Wangfu will definitely not be able to enter, the prince's mansion is her only way out at the moment, not to mention saving Xuan'er for the time being, if it is really the prince who dominates the world in the future, she will be able to keep her family safe for the sake of taking care of her when she is down!
This little thought has become Lin Sansi's spiritual pillar, although after crossing over, she has been living a life of fine clothes and food, but in just one or two months, she has seen all the warmth and coldness of the world, those who work hard to tie up her father on weekdays, who is willing to help her at this moment? Some people even fell into the well at this time, wishing that her family would never turn over! At this time, only relying on oneself is the right way, and no one else can believe it.
"Yinxiu, I know you still have some silver in your hand, after I leave, you remember not to spend it again!" Even though the two have a deep relationship, there are some things she still doesn't want to tell SΓΉ Yinxiu, seeing that Mama Cao didn't pay attention to them, she lowered her voice and said: "You remember to keep the silver, use it to leave King Ning's Mansion, find a reliable person to marry, and live a peaceful life." β
Su Yinxiu heard what Lin Sansi said, raised her eyes and glanced at Lin Sansi, and was about to ask, when she saw Mama Cao coming here, she changed her words: "Sansi, if you really leave, then what will I do with you in the future?" β
The two have been together for a while, and when they separated, they were indeed a little reluctant, Lin Sansi felt a little related in his heart, but comforted: "I am going to serve His Royal Highness the Prince, not to go to prison, there will always be a chance to meet in the future." β
The news of going to the Prince's Mansion was soon settled, it was much faster and simpler than expected, Lin Sansi simply packed two changes of clothes, and was pulled into the back door of the Prince's Mansion by a carriage, and after she was pushed and shoved, the door creaked and closed behind her!
Lin Sansi's heart also tightened.
Looking at the grass and the sky on the red tiles of the high wall, Lin Sansi clearly knew that this would be the place where she would live next, maybe for a year, maybe longer.
Living with the cold-blooded and ruthless prince Huo Yi with blood on his hands, Lin Sansi couldn't help but shudder when he thought of this.
The one who came to pick up Lin Sansi was the prince's nurse, a blind old woman, after the prince was imprisoned, only Granny Rong and him depended on each other.
"Mother-in-law."
Lin Sansi knew that she was not born with an eye disease, but because after Huo Yi was imprisoned, she cried day and night, although her eyes were invisible, her sense of hearing became extremely sensitive, she kept a distance not far away, and responded softly.
"It's coming!" Granny Rong held the crutches in her hand and lightly tapped the ground twice, with a smile on her face: "Since you are here, let's go with me to meet Your Highness first." β
"Hey!" Lin Sansi responded, took two quick steps and wanted to hold Granny Rong's hand, Granny Rong heard the footsteps behind her, the smile on her face suddenly froze, and she clenched the crutches in her hand imperceptibly.
"Mother-in-law, I'll help you."
When Lin Sansi's voice sounded, the smile on Granny Rong's face returned to the same as before, and she stretched out her hand tremblingly, letting Lin Sansi support her.
The prince's name is Huo Yi, the third of the princes, the most cold-blooded and ruthless, two years ago because of the rebellion was imprisoned in the prince's mansion, all the women in the palace were evicted, only the sixty-year-old nurse was left to take care of, the emperor remembered the love with the prince's biological mother, and has not abolished his prince's position! Huo Yi was sick a month ago, the nurse was old, and she couldn't take care of it, just in time for the eldest prince Liang Wang Huo Shu to supervise the country, King Liang in order to show benevolence and broad-mindedness, specially ordered to transfer the daughter of a criminal minister from King Ning's mansion to serve in the prince's mansion.
Lin Sansi followed the nurse to Yulin Garden, and when he passed through a corridor, he saw a person standing under a huge sycamore tree in the distance, the person had his back to them, the white clothes were better than snow, and the figure was handsome and straight, standing there far away, and the vigorous old sycamore was set off, and it looked more and more arrogant and cold.
As if sensing something, Huo Yi looked sideways in their direction, his eyes were as cold as a thousand miles of glaciers, and he couldn't see a trace of warmth, Lin Sansi's heart jumped suddenly, and he couldn't tell what it felt, but he felt chills all over.
"Your Highness, Miss Lin is here." Granny Rong was facing in the direction of Huo Yi, although she couldn't see it, her face was full of gentle and kind smiles, and she had already asked Sansi for her name on the way, and her words were especially polite at this time. "Miss Lin, that's His Royal Highness the Prince."
Lin Sansi was about to kneel down when he heard this, but saw the snow-white figure turn around coldly, still facing away from them, as if he hadn't seen them.
"Mother-in-law," Lin Sansi was a little embarrassed, hesitated, and said, "Am I going to go over to meet His Royal Highness the Prince?" After all, she had made up her mind to hug His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's golden thighs, no matter how indifferent his attitude and how eccentric his temperament was, she would not give up until she achieved her goal.
Granny Rong smiled and waved her hand: "No need, if there is anything, His Royal Highness will call you, let's go, Mother-in-law will take you to the kitchen to have a look." β
"Oh, good." Lin Sansi knew that it was inconvenient to insist, otherwise it would backfire, so he followed Granny Rong forward, walked a few steps, but couldn't help but look back in the direction of Huo Yi, the cold figure overlapped with the body in her memory, making her feel a little trance.
Lin Sansi had seen Huo Yi from afar, it was in the execution ground, she was squeezed in the middle by the crowd of onlookers, and saw from a gap that Huo Yi was sitting on the high presiding judge's platform, with a cold expression on his cold face, his eyes looked down at the audience with an imposing attitude, and the aura of the born king made the huge execution ground silent, the sun shone fiercely on the top of his head, his eyes were cold and there was no temperature at all, and with a slight turn of his wrist, it was the death of the knife!
His Royal Highness the Prince, who was majestic and invincible back then, has now become a lonely person in the old house, and Lin Sansi's heart suddenly felt a little sour for some reason.
Granny Rong took Sansi to walk around the prince's mansion, it was already evening, and Sansi carried Granny Rong back to the room: "I'm leaving tomorrow, you can wait for His Highness to go to bed tonight, while I'm still in the mansion, if there is anything unclear, you can also ask me." β
Lin Sansi understood that Granny Rong's words were also well-intentioned, but the hesitation that she had been ignoring was not particularly obvious until this time.