Chapter Eighty-Eight: A Cold Palace
After coming out of the Dawn Palace, Lin Luo walked forward with a cold face and without saying a word. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Qi Yu looked at Lin Xun and Tang Guxi, and saw that they were all staring at him, and after being stunned for a moment, he hurriedly chased after him.
"I know, you're angry with me, but didn't the king say anything in the end, why should you be so serious?"
"How dare I be angry with you, you are a dignified young general, I am a people's daughter, where do you have the guts?"
"What's so good about the major general? If one day, you get tired of looking at this armor, I'll throw it away! ā
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The footsteps of the two gradually slowed down, and Lin Xun, who was walking behind him, pouted and smiled, and was about to call Tang Guxi, but saw that she was alone, her face was sad, her eyes looked away lightly, and she seemed to have fallen into a long thought, with a sad and lonely face.
Lin Xun opened his mouth and didn't say a joke. He knew that she was touching the scene, and at this moment he must have remembered Chen Bingfeng who was far away in Shengge, and he knew her temperament and didn't want to be disturbed, so he pretended not to see it, and ran to the front by himself, looking around at the pavilion. The opulence of the surroundings made him linger.
When he just walked to the corner of the corridor, he was suddenly hit by a thin figure, Lin Xun stopped suddenly, and after the child found that he had hit someone, he hurriedly stopped his steps, took two steps back, and turned around to go around from the side.
Lin Xun inadvertently glanced at him, but couldn't help but look at him twice. I saw that he was thin, his bones were delicate, and there was a faint aristocratic temperament between his eyebrows, but he was too tattered on his body, which really didn't look like what the princes in the palace were wearing. And his face is slightly pale, and there are slight scars on his cheekbones.
He felt curious, blocked him, bent down and asked, "Are you a child in the palace, what is your name?" ā
The child was stopped by Lin Xun, and there was no way to escape for a while, so he had to shrink his body, twist his fingers, and hang his head silently.
Qi Yu heard the voice, turned around, walked in front of Lin Xun, and stared at the child, "Su Yin? ā
When the child heard the voice, he raised his head, "Brother Qi Yu!" ā
"Why are you here?"
"I'm ......" Su Yin lowered his head again and stopped making a sound.
Smelling the voice, Tang Guxi and Lin Luo also walked over, looked at the child's timid appearance, and asked Qi Yu, "Who is this child?" ā
"He's the Fourteenth Prince."
"The Fourteenth Prince?" Lin Xun's eyes widened and he looked at the child, "So, he is the son of the king?" ā
"The king's son," Tang Guxi wondered, "why are you dressed like ......this?"
Qi Yu sighed, his eyes were still on the child, "The mother is more expensive than the son, and the son is also more expensive than the mother." Princess Xiao has lived in the cold palace for many years, and Su Yin has no one to take care of her, so she is often bullied by some dog minions. With that, he lowered his body, looked at Su Yin, and put his hand on his shoulder, "You tell Brother Qi, what are you going to do here?" ā
"I ...... I want to see my mother. ā
"Then why are you in such a hurry? Also, what's the deal with the wound on your face? ā
The child hung his head silently again, and was silent.
"There is such a thing happening in the palace...... Tang Guxi couldn't help but say when he heard this, "He is just a child, no matter how humble his status as a concubine is, he is also a prince, how can he be bullied by his subordinates?" Isn't the king the king? This is his own son. ā
"Be quiet." Lin Luo reminded, "There are many eyes and ears in the palace, so as not to be heard." ā
"The king has many children, most of them are adults, and he is young and young, and he has no mother to take care of him, so he is naturally not noticed by the king, and even ...... It is even possible that the king knows. Qi Yu stood up and said to Su Yin, "Let's go, let's go with you to see your mother." ā
Su Yin's eyes lit up slightly, "Really? ā
"Hmm." Qi Yu nodded.
Several people turned around and walked towards the cold palace. Although this cold palace is a place where idlers are not allowed to enter, but for the sake of Princess Xiao and the fourteenth prince, the king allowed their mother and son to meet once a month. And Qi Yu is a cadre in the army, the king's favorite minister, and naturally no one in the palace can stop him.
"Su Yin, how old are you?" On the way, Tang Guxi asked.
"Fourteen."
"Ha, the fourteenth prince is fourteen years old, it seems that this year is your first year."
Lin Xun wondered: "Is there such a saying?" ā
"If I say yes, I am." Tang Guxi smiled and touched Su Yin's head. Su Yin looked up at her and grinned, his teeth like snow. He rarely walked with so many people on weekdays, and seeing that they were all with Brother Qi Yu, he was naturally a good person, and at this moment he escorted himself to see his mother, so he was always happy along the way.
Qi Yu walked and walked, and suddenly sighed: "If it was okay before, with your brother Chen taking care of him, the key is that he has been out of the palace for the past few months, and he doesn't cover you on weekdays, you have to be more careful in everything, understand?" ā
"Understood."
"Brother Chen you are talking about...... Is it his sibling brother? Lin Luo asked.
Qi Yu shook his head, "Princess Xiao only has one son, how can she be a sibling?" Su Chen is the son of the first queen, the seventh son of the king, and the eldest son should have been established as the crown prince, but due to the early death of his mother, and the harem has been in charge of Princess Zhao for many years, therefore, Princess Zhao's son has become the current prince. It's just ......," he chuckled, and changed his words, "hehe, don't talk about that." If you have a chance, I will definitely introduce Su Chen to you well, he is my good friend since childhood. ā
"Brother Qi, hearing you say this, I would like to know this Seventh Prince earlier." Lin Xun said, "The person who can be favored by you is a close friend for many years, then this prince must be extraordinary." ā
Qi Yu chuckled and glanced at him, "You Lin Xun, you can praise both of you in one sentence, who did you learn from?" ā
Lin Xun smiled, scratched his head, and did not speak.
After a while, a few people came to the door of the cold palace, and after some twists and turns and accommodation outside the door, several palace maids and aunts who guarded the door finally put them in, closed the door and went to do chores.
First, they passed through a courtyard, and many working palace maids and concubines looked at them, as if they were rare guests in this place. After all, they don't dress like the people in the palace, which can't help but attract extra attention. Several people ignored it, walked to the backyard without saying a word, and followed Su Yin to a secluded hut before stopping.
There is only one ragged aunt in this small courtyard, who was once the personal maid of Princess Xiao's side, and has been living here with the princess since she was abolished. Seeing Su Yin and a few nobles coming here, my aunt hurriedly put down the work in her hand and invited them into the house.
"Auntie, is my mother okay?" Su Yin asked as he walked into the room.
"The same old way." My aunt whispered, her voice hoarse, and when she came to the house, she hurriedly poured tea.
Qi Yu stopped: "Auntie, no need, we'll leave later, you go get busy." ā
"Major General Qi, thank you so much for sending Yin'er over, but this ...... Who are these people? ā
"Oh, these are some of my friends, you don't have to worry."
The aunt squinted her eyes and looked at Tang Guxi and the others, then nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, you talk, the lady is in the back room." That...... So I'm going to get busy first? ā
"Go ahead."
After my aunt left, Tang Guxi looked around the room, there was not enough light inside, and the windows on the wall were not big, so the room was a little dim. Fortunately, there are not many things, and the cleaning is quite clean, so that this house has some signs of being inhabited. But no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like the place where the prince's mother should live.
"Mother, mother." Su Yin shouted and walked into the inner room, "Mother, I'm coming to see you!" ā
Qi Yu and the four of them followed him in, only to see a figure lying on the bed, covered with a somewhat tattered blanket. As soon as Tang Guxi stepped into the house, as soon as he glanced at the person on the couch, he was so frightened that he took a step back, fortunately there was Lin Luo behind him, otherwise he might have lost his temper here.
Lin Luo and Lin Xun also noticed something unusual, and the two couldn't help but look solemn and frown.
The person on the couch has a haggard face and dull eyes, if you look closely, it is not difficult to see that she is a beauty, but the only difference is that her arm on the blanket is without hands! The ends of the arms were wrapped in white cloth, and the branches were bare, as if they had lost their leaves, and they were steeply exposed.
This...... What's going on?
Su Yin knelt beside the bed, probably surprised by the three of them, and explained: "Sister Guxi, don't be afraid, although my mother has no hands, she is not terrible. If not...... If it weren't for my mother's inability to speak, I would have been able to talk to you by now. ā
Princess Xiao was lying on the couch, quietly looking at the three people by the door, with a faint smile on her face, and there was no unnecessary reaction.
"I ...... I didn't mean to, Princess Xiao, right...... I'm sorry. Tang Guxi noticed his gaffe and his face was full of shame.
The woman on the couch shook her head with a smile, looking at her softly, without a hint of blame.
"Princess Xiao, this is a few friends from Xizhou, who came from Xizhou today, and went into the palace to meet the king today, and met the prince on the way, so I came with him. If there is any recklessness, please don't blame the princess. Qi Yu said respectfully.
"Uh...... Uh......" Princess Xiao got up, straightened her arms and pointed to the chair on the other side, looked at them eagerly, and motioned for them all to sit down. He turned his head and snorted at Su Yin twice, and Su Yin nodded and ran to bring tea.
Tang Guxi found that the fire in this room was burning very strongly, especially in this room, it was even hotter, and after a while, several people felt warm. But Princess Xiao on the couch was covered with a thick blanket, and in addition, she was wearing thick cotton clothes.
In addition to the silence of the severed hand, Princess Xiao must have other symptoms, but these symptoms, as well as the fire and cotton clothes in the house, made Tang Guxi feel a familiar feeling......
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