Chapter 80: Forcibly returning to Beijing

"Stop, stop!" Lin Ling patted the side wall and shouted, for two or three days in a row, the ghost will always have this attitude, ask him not to say anything, just hurry, hurry! She has long had a fire in her heart, and now she is 108,000 miles away from the capital, what else can't she say? Besides, she's a princess, isn't she qualified to know where she's going?

The ghost didn't pay attention to Lin Ling, and said without changing his face: "Caixia, take care of the princess, there will be half an hour at most!" ”

Suddenly, a bright lightning bolt streaked across the sky, and then, a "boom" thunderclap sounded.

"Princess, it's going to rain, sit in!" Caixia pulled Lin Ling's arm, trying to pull Lin Ling back to his original position.

The thunder stunned Lin Ling, and a trace of panic slipped through her heart for no reason, she has not been afraid of thunder since she was a child, what happened today?

Caixia pulled Lin Ling, but Lin Ling was stunned and stiffly climbed the carriage door. I don't know what's going on, and immediately there was a sudden violent jolt, and Lin Ling's head hit the car door, making Caixia pale in fright, and hurriedly helped Lin Ling to lie on the couch: "Princess, are you okay?" ”

Lin Ling closed his eyes and gently rubbed his aching forehead, the panic in his heart was still spreading.

"Stop! Stop the car! Lin Ling suddenly jumped up, kicked open the door of the carriage, and shouted, "Ghost Li, turn back!" ”

"Princess, what's wrong? What happened? Caixia asked uneasily.

Guili looked up at the sky, and said with a cold face: "Don't make trouble, princess, if you delay any longer, it will rain, and you won't even be able to find a place to stay!" ”

"Something happened to the prince!" Lin Ling yelled, "Ghost Li, do you still want to go your own way?" ”

"Phewβ€”" Oni Li tightened the reins, and the carriage slowly stopped.

At this time, another flash slid by, shining the faces of several people.

"Princess, what did you just say?" Ghost Li turned around and looked at Lin Ling, who had a pale face.

Lin Ling held the carriage door with her hand, jumped off the ground, a thorn crossed her dress, she didn't care, after standing firmly, she said coldly: "You also know that I am a god-given goddess with the ability to predict the future, you have not seen it, so you may not believe it." But I'm telling you, something has happened to the palace now! I have to go back, and if you don't want to, then I'll walk back on my own! Hum! ”

Ghost Li pursed his lips, grimaced, and didn't speak, obviously not believing it.

Caixia immediately panicked, the reason why the prince was in such a hurry to send the princess out of the capital was just for the princess's safety. But now the situation in the capital is dire, and the queen is scheming, if something happens to the palace, it is not impossible!

Lin Ling flicked his sleeves, turned his head and walked back.

The moment she hit the car door, her heart was swept over by fear.

She couldn't tell what it was like, she just knew that something must have happened.

In this other world, there are only two people and things she cares about. The first is Ma Xiaoge, who was summoned into the palace by the queen's mother, and the second is Long Yuze, who abandoned her...... Lin Ling sighed, she actually used the word "abandonment", which showed that she had a deep resentment in her heart.

And the only way to make the ghost obediently stop and turn back is to use the excuse of Long Yuze.

Sure enough, Lin Ling had only walked four steps away when he heard the sound of the carriage "Dada".

"Princess, get in the car, my subordinates will escort you back to Beijing!" The carriage stopped in front of Lin Ling, and the ghost said unwillingly.

Lin Ling nodded, and got into the carriage with the strength of Caixia, she wanted to say something to embarrass this ghost who had no one in her eyes, but after thinking about it, it was more reliable to hurry up in this ghost weather of thunder and lightning.

"I'm afraid I'm going to sleep in the wild tonight." Caixia tidied up Lin Ling's dress that had been scratched by thorns when she got out of the car before, and sighed, "I hope it doesn't rain too much, otherwise you will have to stay in the carriage all night." ”

Staying in the carriage, it is difficult to stretch his hands and feet, and he will have back pain on the second day, Lin Ling knows. But there are people who are worse than them, a group of eight or nine people, the ghost is the coachman, and the rest are on horses and hide behind them, and if it rains heavily, they are the worst.

Sure enough, only a quarter of an hour later, the crackling rain fell.

Visibility was extremely low on rainy days, making it unsuitable for driving, and Oni Li also knew this, so he slowly stopped the carriage.

The carriage was parked in the bushes, and not far away there was a small hill, and the hillside was leeward, and if you stood on the leeward side, you would not be caught in the rain. Lin Ling lifted the curtain of the car and judged it, glanced at the ghost who was already drenched, and said slowly: "Slowly drive the carriage to the side of the hill over there, avoid the downhill place, and you can just avoid the rain." ”

Avoiding the downhill slope, you can avoid the mudslide caused by the heavy rain, and the ghost suddenly glanced at Lin Ling.

Lin Ling sat in the carriage and ate melon seeds, and couldn't help but sneer.

She still remembered that when she was in the palace, this ghost was very unkind to her, and did not treat her as a hostess at all. Now in this wilderness, she never listens to her orders, and if she hadn't been in a hurry this time, she might have been sent to where she would be now. Now it is raining heavily, and it is the solar term of late spring, and if it rains, everyone who is beaten with iron will have to sneeze twice.

Sure enough, Ghost Li didn't intend to listen to Lin Ling's words, and his voice was rigid: "Princess, this place has a wide field of vision, if there is danger, you can quickly protect the princess!" ”

Broad? Broad, your sister! Lin Ling couldn't help but burst into foul language in the bottom of her heart, if this group of people were drenched, she would die faster!

Caixia glanced at Lin Ling's distorted face, silently pushed forward to open the door, and in an instant large raindrops smashed in, she hurriedly said to a long story short: "Lord Ghost, you better find a place to shelter from the rain, if you are sick, you can't find Lang Zhong in this wilderness." ”

"Ghost Li, you are here to guard the carriage, let the rest of the people take shelter from the rain in the leeward place!" Lin Ling said coldly, pulled Caixia back, and blocked the big raindrops and the wind outside the carriage.

The ghost responded: "The princess doesn't have to worry, they can find shelter from the rain on their own." ”

"Tell me where else I can shelter from the rain?" Lin Ling snorted coldly.

"There are a few big trees with lush foliage 100 meters here, so it shouldn't be a problem to shelter from the rain." Ghost Li said sullenly.

"What?" Lin Ling roared angrily, pushed open the car door with one palm, let the raindrops lap her cheeks, and grabbed the collar of the ghostly coat, "You idiot! Do you know that this will kill people! Hurry up and call them to the leeward part of the hillside! If you don't want to drive, I'll do it myself!" ”

Lin Ling wanted to pull the reins, and at the same time, he was anxious for the intelligence of the ancients in his heart.

Ghost Li glanced at Lin Ling deeply again, he knew since he was a child that he couldn't hide under the tree when it rained heavily, otherwise he would be killed by thunder, he just answered the princess's words casually. This is the experience that the palace training camp exchanged for blood and tears, but this princess is a woman who lives deep in the inner courtyard, how can she know so much knowledge of survival in the wild? The ghost was confused, but did not let go of the reins, and with a loud shout, the carriage sped away towards the hillside.

In fact, as the secret guards beside the prince, they have not experienced any hardships, and they are not afraid of this sudden rainstorm.

It's just that Lin Ling made a fuss about it, and it made the ghost get out of his heart.

It wasn't until the side of the hillside that Lin Ling saw the six guards who were protecting her in the shadows.

"How tired you are hiding in the shadows, isn't it okay to follow in the open?" Lin Ling was idle and bored.

The six secret guards were expressionless, standing straight to the side, and when they heard Lin Ling's question, no one paid any attention. Ghost Li coughed and said, "Princess, this is a trick to make the enemy mistakenly think that only one of his subordinates is protecting the princess. ”

"Oh." Lin Ling saw that the rain was gradually decreasing, and asked, "How long will it take to get from here to the capital?" ”

"Hurry up, you can arrive in three days." "But we have a carriage, and it has just rained, so I'm afraid it will take about five days to return to the palace, so be patient." ”

The ghost was still a little accurate, and it was not until the evening of the fourth day that the carriage slowly drove into the capital.

In the eyes of everyone, Lin Ling is a person who has disappeared, so it is not suitable to return to the palace with great fanfare. The group walked through the bustling streets of the capital in a low-key manner, and then bypassed the quiet and wide official road, and did not move forward, and first sent the ghost to investigate the situation.

She hurriedly returned to the palace, and she didn't know if Long Yuze would be angry, hoping that it would not ruin his plan.

Lin Ling's heart was a little uneasy, and he looked and waited for the ghost to come back.

Soon, the ghost came back, and his eyes dodged: "Princess, my subordinates will take you to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing first, and the prince is dealing with important matters." ”

"Nothing major happened in the palace, right?" Lin Ling frowned and asked.

Ghost Li shook his head: "Everything is fine in the palace. ”

"Then ......" Lin Ling still wanted to say something, but noticed that Guili was uncomfortable, after getting along with Guili for so many days, Lin Ling still probably figured out Guili's character, and if he looked like this, he definitely had something to hide from her. No wonder he didn't blame her for the failure of the prophecy and clamoring to go back to the palace, maybe something really happened in the palace!

But the ghost had already stepped forward and grabbed the reins, and drove the carriage out of the capital.

Lin Ling was full of irritability, she finally persuaded the ghost to return to Beijing, why did she have to leave when she arrived at the door?

However, she didn't dare to suddenly appear in front of everyone, in Long Yuze's plan, she was missing.

"Ghost Li, find a restaurant to rest, I haven't had a decent meal in days." Lin Ling raised his voice in the carriage and said, "The saliva chicken in Babao Zhai tastes good, let's go there, and this princess is also merciful to let you all follow me to enjoy the mouth." ”

Lin Ling's voice was full of anticipation, but the smile on his face seemed to be hung up. What Babao Zhai, what saliva chicken...... She has only heard of it at all, she has never eaten, and in the past few years in ancient times, she has only been at ease in Quanzhou for three years.

The ghost pulled the reins of the carriage and sighed lowly, along the way, the princess was reluctant to go, so she was silent, and even a little unreasonable. But when he agreed to take the princess back to the capital, the princess became much more lively, not at all like a lady who grew up in everyone's house, but very lively and kind, without any shelf...... He has followed the prince for many years, his face is tense every day, and he has never really respected the princess from the bottom of his heart, he always thinks that his master is only the prince.

However, he had a strange feeling in his heart, and he didn't dare to look directly into the princess's eyes.

It's just that I know that the prince married another side concubine, why don't you dare to tell the princess?

Or did he subconsciously know that the prince was unwilling to let the princess know about it?

Ghost Li couldn't figure it out, and stopped the carriage at the gate of Babaozhai.

Lin Ling was dressed in not gorgeous clothes, and she didn't attract much attention when she walked into Babaozhai, she didn't enter the private room, but found a place on the first floor where several tables of people sat nearby. When there are many people, there will be a sound of talking, noisy and shouting, Caixia said in a low voice: "Princess, let's change to a quiet place, right?" ”

"It's so crowded!" Lin Ling smiled, "Caixia, ghost departure, you also sit down, and, later, remember to ask the boss to pack a few more saliva chickens and bring them to the other brothers, you can't just remember to eat yourself!" ”

Coming to Babaozhai are all here to eat, few people will stand, Caixia and Ghost Li sat down helplessly, but they were still very restrained, and their bodies were stiff. Lin Ling also knew that this was a rule that they had to abide by as subordinates, and he was no longer embarrassed, eating the small snacks on the table while pricking up his ears to listen to the movements in the main hall.

"I said, this time the emperor will definitely not spare His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's ......" Lin Ling held his breath and listened carefully, "The last time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince assassinated the second prince, I saw it with my own eyes, and the emperor was covered in blood. Hey, this emperor is too partial, the second prince was the eldest son, the rightful prince, but he ......"

Lin Ling's face turned white suddenly, and Long Yuze was injured? And it's very serious?

He subconsciously looked at Lin Ling, and saw that her face was like white paper, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. If the prince was just injured, he could still get the princess's distress, but he married another side concubine...... Wait a minute! The ghost suddenly woke up, it was the prince who forced the princess to marry into the palace, and at that time, the princess also tried all kinds of ways to escape, when did he start to think that there was love between the prince and the princess?

Ghost Li frowned and thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't come up with a result.

If there is no affection between the prince and the princess, then why should the prince hide the princess's marriage to the side concubine?

Then if there is love between the prince and the princess, this matter will be very serious!

"Ghost Li, is the prince injured?" Lin Ling stared at the ghost and spoke anxiously.

Ghost Li shook his head calmly: "The prince is handling political affairs, and he is not injured." The prince's ambush of the prince happened three or four days ago, and the prince's injuries had already healed, and the princess did not need to worry. Unconsciously, the ghost comforted Lin Ling.

"Really?" Lin Ling shook his head, "Then why did the prince break me up?" Even if the prince has to deal with important matters, there is no reason to let the concubine live in the Zhuangzi, right? Ghost Li, tell me, what is hiding from me? ”

Onili lowered his head, his face solemn, and he was silent and did not speak.

"You don't say yes, do you? I'll ask myself! Lin Ling snorted coldly, stood up and was about to walk towards the table where he had spoken before.

"Princess!" The ghost said in a low voice, and when he saw Lin Ling turn around, he said, "The princess is plotting a big thing, and the princess's return to the palace will only make the prince restrain his hands and feet, and give the other party a chance to take advantage of!" He still couldn't tell the matter of the prince marrying the side concubine, subconsciously, he felt that after the princess knew about it, she would definitely be more vexatious than in the carriage, which was not something that a small secret guard of his could parry.

Lin Ling's figure froze, pinched his fingers, turned around with a cold face, and sat down.

Onili breathed a sigh of relief.

Caixia was silent and held the tea bowl, every time the princess had an argument with the ghost, she kept it like this.

The legendary delicious saliva chicken was no different from ordinary chicken in Lin Ling's eyes, and Lin Ling hurriedly finished dinner and got into the carriage out of the capital. There are many fields in the Qing Palace, and there are many granges outside, and Lin Ling knew it when he used to look at the account books of the palace. Suddenly, Lin Ling thought that many of the concubines in the palace had been sent to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing on a whim by her, and no one even offered to take them back, and I didn't know how these concubines had been doing in the past two months.

"Ghost away, go to the textile manor." Lin Ling lifted the curtain and said in a deep voice, just don't let her go back to her house, can't she choose where to go? Those concubines were originally enjoying happiness in the palace, but she was sent to this village to work and suffer, and she still felt a little unhappy. But if these concubines are allowed to return to the palace now, Lin Ling is also reluctant, what way should he think of to get rid of the names of these concubines?

Although Long Yuze doesn't spoil them either, it will also give her the illusion of sharing men with countless women.

Ghost Li listened to Lin Ling's instructions, and before dark, the carriage arrived at the gate of the textile manor.

This manor is taken care of by the old housekeeper on weekdays, so the people here don't know Lin Ling, the new princess, and they are also very unfamiliar with ghosts. Guili unhurriedly untied the waist card from his waist, and said coldly: "I am the prince's personal guard, Guili, escorting the princess to live here for a few days." ”

The owner of the textile manor is a woman who is no more than forty years old, called Mother Tian, she recognizes the waist card, and immediately bends down and salutes: "The old man has seen the princess, he has seen the ghost of the adult, a few of you hurry up!" As he spoke, he brought the group in, and did not forget to shout loudly into the distance, "You guys clean up the small courtyard in the east, move quickly!" ”

The textile manor is not large, with a view of the back wall at a glance, and the houses where you live are simple tiled houses without any frills. The road under your feet is paved with gravel, and only this main road in the huge manor is a stone road, and the roadside is overgrown with all kinds of plants that the forest spirit cannot name.

She couldn't help but hold her forehead, this textile manor was like a heaven and a earth compared to the Qing Palace, and those concubines must have resented her in their hearts. Lin Ling shook his head, is every Zhuangzi like this, or is it just this Zhuangzi who is shabby?