Chapter 8: Stealing Food
As soon as Mama Xu returned to the queen, she began to wipe her nose and tears, and in her description, the queen's expression became serious little by little. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Niangniang, the slave has never seen such an arrogant person, it's like a ......" Mama Xu didn't know how to describe it, and after holding back for a long time, she finally found the right words, "It's like a wild man." ”
"Oh? Is it so serious? The queen raised a slender brow.
Mama Xu nodded vigorously, "Yes, Niangniang, the most important thing is that she looks like a person." ”
The queen sank her face, "Like whom?" ”
"Mrs. Xiang."
After Mama Xu answered, the cup in the queen's hand fell in response, and she stared at the sparrows passing by in front of the window, and she didn't come back to her senses for a long time.
Mrs. Xiang, the most beloved woman of the King of Chu, died young and early, taking away all the love of the King of Chu, as soon as she heard these three words, the queen's heart began to tremble, the king she loved did not love her as a living person, but she never forgot a dead person, her resentment but nowhere to vent, because what died was eternal, and what was alive was torment.
"Mother, what's wrong with you?" Mama Xu asked with concern.
"In any case, the king can't be made aware of this person's existence." The queen gritted her teeth.
In the laundry room, the six people are still working diligently, most of them have not done rough and heavy work, looking at the piles of clothes, the six people are quite distressed.
"Hurry up, hurry up! My master is still waiting to wear it, if it is delayed, can you afford it? Green Yi stood in the corner of the south wall, urging.
"Wash the red dress first, my master is the wife of King Chu Mingmei, this is the most important." Pink clothes stood in the corner of the north wall, urging.
"Hey, hey, don't worry, that golden satin, have you seen it, it's this one, it's a treasure given to the queen by the king of Chu, you wash this one first, and send it to the queen early in the morning, if it's late, delay tomorrow night's banquet, you just wait to lose your head!" Huang Yi is the queen's person, and his arrogance is several times higher than others, and his attitude is also very tough.
"Anyway, you can't afford to offend the master of any palace, if you don't want to be punished, just hurry up for me, don't grind." Huayi stood in the corner of the west wall and left a sentence.
"Ouch, ladies and grandmothers, the little baby in front of the master, we have worked very hard to catch up, at this time, I can't wait to grow eight hands, you guys, although rest assured, tomorrow morning I will send the clothes back to the hands of the masters, so that they can go to the banquet happily." The laundry supervisor coaxed them to silence.
"Okay, then we'll believe you once, if you can't get your clothes tomorrow morning, you guys, don't think about eating." After the bow girl finished speaking, the others snorted coldly and dispersed.
The Director looked at the mountains of clothes in despair and patted his head in pain.
Ginkgo took the opportunity to stretch, but was seen by the supervisor and whipped her, making her scream.
"If you can't finish washing, you don't want to eat!" The Director said and walked away with a grunt.
Ginkgo watched the supervisor leave, ran to the middle of the courtyard angrily, pointed to the director's disappearing back, and said angrily: "Die, die, die!" ”
The director walked around the corner, heard Ginkgo scolding, and turned back.
How could Ginkgo have expected the supervisor to come back? Before she could adjust her position, the director's whip fell, sending her running all over the yard.
"Slut, if you talk nonsense again, I'll discount your legs!" With that, the director left with a grunt.
Ginkgo limped back, crying while rubbing her clothes, Murong Lan stepped forward to comfort her for a few words, she stopped crying, she secretly swore in her heart that one day she would leave this ghost place that was not for people.
Xue Xue leaned next to Chen Mengdie and whispered, "Look at her appearance, it's so pitiful." ”
"Do your job well, or you'll be the next one to be beaten." Chen Mengdie said lightly.
Xue Xue shrank her head and hurriedly washed her clothes.
It wasn't until the twilight had fallen, and a crooked crescent moon appeared on the horizon, that they finished washing their clothes.
"I'm so hungry." Xue Xue rubbed her soft belly and said weakly.
Chen Mengdie's stomach also growled, and then looked at the other four girls, all of them looked haggard, pale, and malnourished.
"Shall we go to the kitchen and find something to eat?" Chen Mengdie proposed.
As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but shiver.
"No, no, if we are discovered, we will be miserable." Xue Xue protested.
"yes, let's bear with it, how can we survive this night." Murong Lan followed.
"We still have a leftover nest there, so we won't join in the fun." Kiyotsuki and Seiyue said they withdrew.
Ginkgo gritted her teeth, "If you don't go, I'll go!" ”
Chen Mengdie looked at Ginkgo biloba in surprise, and when she saw her firm gaze, she nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go, you sentry, I'll take the food." ”
"Good!" Ginkgo happily agreed.
"You're hurt like this, so don't go." Murong Lan persuaded.
"It's all right, miss, I'm thick-skinned, and getting these whips is like tickling," Ginkgo blinked wide, "and I know that Miss you won't be able to sleep without dinner, so you just wait for Ginkgo to bring you something delicious." ”
Murong Lan was full of emotion, but she didn't know what to say.
Xue Xue cautiously moved to Chen Mengdie's side, and pouted: "Furong, we are two good sisters who will never leave, I will also let go, I will accompany you." ”
Chen Mengdie laughed, "Okay, but you're timid, just keep watch outside with Ginkgo." ”
Xue Xue nodded aggrievedly, she had been well-behaved since she was a child, and she didn't dare to take a step beyond it, this time, in order to keep her friends from being snatched away by Ginkgo, she couldn't care about those etiquette constraints.
As early as the day she first arrived, Chen Mengdie found a convenient path to the kitchen, so they soon came to the kitchen.
The bright moon in the sky was round and bright, and the three of them chose a place with the shadow of a tree to avoid being discovered.
One person in the kitchen was dozing, one was burning the fire, yawning incessantly, and the other was packing up a drawer of food and hurried away.
Just now, Chen Mengdie flexibly climbed in through the window, her body was as light as a cat, and she was stunned by the direct teaching of Ginkgo and Xue Xue, this guy is simply burying talents if he doesn't go to be a thief.
In order to prevent the two from waking up, Chen Mengdie found a thick stick, and one person and one stick stunned and knocked them unconscious.
The cauldron was steaming hot, and the smell of meat came to her nose, Chen Mengdie couldn't wait to lift the lid of the pot, only to see a smoked duck on the steamer, which was steaming hot, and she threw the smoked duck into the big cloth bag prepared in advance.
There was also a plate of fried fish, a plate of sugar-wrapped peanuts, three pig's trotters, and half a bucket of white rice left in the wooden barrel.
It's easy to gain weight by eating so much at night, it's better to eat some fruit to promote digestion, thinking of this, Chen Mengdie walked to the fruit stall and picked up a bunch of fresh peaches, grapes and other things.
"Fleur, Fleur! Someone's coming! Xue Xue reminded in a low voice.
Chen Mengdie hurriedly tied the cloth bag, "Next!" Then he threw the bag out the window with a whoosh.
The two were caught off guard, fell to the ground by the cloth bag, and were about to get up, but Chen Mengdie pounced unceremoniously.
"Strange, what about people?"
The two of them fluttered under the cloth bag, "Here! ”
Chen Mengdie hurriedly lifted the cloth bag, and the two of them hurriedly inhaled the fresh air, Xue Xue complained: "How many things are you stuffing here, you almost crushed us to death!" ”
"How did I know you two had so little strength?" Chen Mengdie rolled her eyes.
"Who is it? Who's there? One of them came with a lantern, and the three of them quickly shrank into the grass.
"It's a dead deal!" Xue Xue muttered quietly.
There was no escape, and the three of them closed their eyes, ready for the worst.