Chapter 16: Escape from the Palace
The scenery of the Begonia Pavilion at night is beautiful.
In the middle of the night, the show girls were basically asleep. The lights were also turned off in Rose's room, and it looked as if the person had slept.
A dark shadow flashed into Rose's room, resisted Rose's resistance, and said in a low voice: "If you want to leave the palace, just follow me obediently." β
The sounds around seemed to have stopped, and only the fragrance of osmanthus outside the house floated like silk around the roses. Suddenly, the window was blown open by a gust of osmanthus fragrance, and the clothes on the rose's body were raised freely, and a comfortable bright red immediately rose in front of her eyes.
"People are more charming than peach blossoms, do you still need to bring peach blossoms?" The man behind him suddenly said, a man's voice.
As soon as these words entered her ears, Rose's body suddenly sank, and after a black curtain flashed, there was a quiet river in front of her, and there was a beautiful peach tree by the river, and the flowers on the tree were blooming shyly. A woman in a pink coat was standing under a peach tree with her back to a rose, reaching for a peach blossom. Rose wanted to ask her what this place was, but found that she couldn't open her mouth. She was so anxious that she couldn't even move for half a minute. What's going on?
At this moment, a light wind blew, and the peach branch that the woman was about to start lightly bounced high.
"Oh, no." The woman chuckled softly.
"Who's not good anymore?" A male voice came, and then, a man walked through the body of the rose and walked towards the woman, and the green shirt raised the peach blossom petals on the ground.
The man always had his back to the rose, so she couldn't see what he looked like, only that he was tall and had very long black hair. The woman whispered and laughed, "I said the peach tree." β
Their hair was gently lifted by the breeze and wrapped around each other in mid-air.
The man walked over, reached out and plucked the peach blossom, carefully inserting it on the woman's head. The woman smiled happily and said shyly: "I'm not afraid of being seen, I'm ashamed." β
The breeze lifted the woman's belt, and the man reached out and grabbed the two, and while carefully tying them, he said in a laughing voice: "People are more beautiful than peach blossoms, do you still need to bring peach blossoms?" β
Rose held back her rapid breathing, wanting to listen to them more carefully, to see their faces, but the scene in front of her suddenly dissipated like light smoke.
Rose came back to her senses and was already outside the palace.
The night was hazy, and I couldn't see anything clearly.
The rose looked up, but accidentally crashed into a darkness like eternal night, as if falling into two bottomless pools.
The man in front of him had a tall nose, thin lips, and sword-like eyebrows that flew diagonally into a few strands of black hair under the corners of his sideburns. It looked cold, and her eyes were as dark as eternal night, looking at her indifferently and mercilessly. The indescribable drifting dust, like a celestial man.
Why did she always feel a little familiar in those eyes......
They had clearly not seen each other before, and the memories of searching for this body were also blank for him.
Who the hell is that? It's worth the risk he takes to escape from the palace with himself!
"Don't be in a daze, if you don't want to be caught, come with me." The cold voice came again.
"Who are you? Who are you? Who told you to save me? What do you want to do? "Rose a litany of questions.
The man was silent, and after half a sound, he said lightly: "Canghai, my name is Canghai." β
A certain heartstring was suddenly plucked, and a thunderbolt flashed through the heart. Cang-Sea--Hai
It's obviously the first time I've heard of this name, so why does Rose feel so familiar?
When the rose was confused, a piece of jade pendant appeared on Canghai's handβsnow-colored jade and red silk, which reflected his hand and made it even more crystal clear.
Rose recognized this as the poor mother's jade pendant in this body, and couldn't help but ask in surprise, "How can this jade pendant be in your hand?" This is my mother's, what's wrong with her? β
"It's good that you recognize this jade pendant. If you want to see the owner of this jade pendant, you can go with me obediently. β
There was an impenetrable mist in Canghai's eyes, he didn't say anything further, and when Rose raised his head, the dark figure had already left. Rose hurried after him.
In the middle of the night, after running for nearly half an hour after following a ghostly person, Rose was taken to an ancient street, the buildings on both sides of the street were antique, looking like a commercial street, and on both sides were shops one after another.
Rose followed Canghai down the aisle and into a small patio, where the dark moonlight shone down from above, freezing the silence of time.
To the right of the patio is a brown wooden staircase, which is very old, wet and slippery, and several of the treads are still covered with moss. On the railing at the end of the staircase are several flower pots with a few lush spider plants. Long ears of spider plants spread down the handrail of the staircase to the halfway of the handrail, and the pink and white flowers were dotted among the turquoise leaves.
At the end of the staircase is a wooden lattice door painted with green paint and a string of bronze bells hanging from the door frame, "Kichijokaku" is the name of the shop.
Why is this shop so hidden, are there any customers coming?
What did the sea bring me here for?
Is my mother here?
A series of questions in Rose's mind.
Hesitating like this, Rose followed Canghai into the store.
The shop is very small, with a wooden display case on each side, and there are some charms and jade pendants in the cabinet, and the goods are a little shabby. In the middle of the display case is a one-person-wide aisle, and a door opens on the right side of the aisle.
Canghai pushed open the door and walked in: "Come in." β
Rose hurriedly followed, and when she turned the door, her eyes lit up. I didn't expect the front store to be small, but the back room was huge.
The room had two large green wooden lattice windows, and in front of one window were two rattan chairs, and in the middle of the rattan chairs was a small wooden table. In front of a window is a set of mahogany desks with a brush. On the side of the wall are large dark red bookcases, which are neatly stacked with books, and the whole room exudes a faint smell of books. On one side of the room are two mahogany doors. In the small corner to the left of the room is a staircase that leads to the second floor.
After being stunned for a while, Rose asked, "What are you bringing me here for?" Is my mother here? β
The face frozen in the sea is still without joy or sorrow. He stared at the rose seriously, and said coldly: "You have to help me look after the store here, the job is very simple, receive guests, and sometimes accompany me to go out." You will be given a salary of ten cents a month, including food and lodging. With that, he walked over to a door and pushed open the wooden door, "This is your room." β
Rose walked over and leaned over to him to look into the back room. In the middle of the room was a quaint wooden bed with a fence, and by the wall stood a large yellow pear wood wardrobe. There is also a bronze dresser next to the windowsill. The interior of the house was spotless and clean.
Without waiting for Rose to continue speaking, Canghai said coldly: "If you want to see the owner of the jade pendant, you'd better stay here honestly." Otherwise, not only will you not see your mother, but you will also be arrested and returned to the palace. See for yourself. With that, he turned around and left.