Ning Wanshu saw that she didn't speak, and begged again: "Niangniang, please promise the slave." Although you are the master, the slave and the maid are the servants, but the slave and the maid are the same as you, and their hearts are all towards His Highness. Now that His Royal Highness is in trouble again, Niangniang, you want to sit in the East Palace again, so let the slaves and maids do their part for His Royal Highness and Niangniang! ”

After hearing this, the crown princess sighed in embarrassment and said, "Ning Shu, how can things be as simple as you think?" You are always a weak woman who is powerless, and this road is far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, isn't it risking your life? Take a step back, even if you can successfully reach the Southern Wilderness, but Nanxiao City has been sealed by His Royal Highness and placed under martial law, how do you enter the city? ”

Ning Wanshu thought for a while and said, "Niangniang, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, as long as the slave maid arrives outside Nanxiao City, are you still worried that you can't see Your Highness?" Even if you give some money to the city gate guard, let him help pass it on, or let them help bring a token, in short, the slave will definitely find a way to meet His Highness! ”

She spoke resolutely, and her beautiful eyes were full of earnestness and fearlessness.

The crown princess rubbed the corners of her forehead and pondered for a while, and finally said: "No, you should stay in the East Palace peacefully, at the moment the capital is quite chaotic, ears and eyes are all over the place, at this time, the people in the East Palace are big enough to be concubines, small to palace people, and no one can move anything unusual." Besides, Your Highness has placed you by my side, and I will not only be lenient with you, but also for your safety. ”

Ning Wanshu was unwilling and said, "Niangniang, the slave will secretly leave Beijing at night!" Never get noticed! As for their own safety, the slave and maid have also looked down, if the trip goes well, it is naturally good, if it does not go well, the slave and maid's humble body is a death, what can it be? ”

The crown princess frowned deeply, and said: "That's not what I said, if I let you go, if something really happens, I won't be able to escape, and His Royal Highness will definitely blame me in the future." ”

Ning Wanshu was smart and understood as soon as she heard it, and said: "Niangniang, the slave maid is really willing to run for His Royal Highness and Niangniang, and it has nothing to do with you whether it is safe or not, and the slave and maid themselves have no regrets." Ask the mother to be fulfilled! ”

The crown princess sipped the tea and said, "Even if you say so, but who else knows but you and me?" If you really have something to do, I'm still the villain. ”

Ning Wanshu half-lowered her beautiful eyes, thought about it, and finally said: "Niangniang, the slave has a way to do both!" But in order to show sincerity, the slave and maid did not tell the mother first, and the mother naturally understood the slave's mind afterwards. ”

Seeing that she was so stubborn, the crown princess asked, "What is the method?" Don't you mess around, huh? ”

Ning Wanshu said: "Niangniang, you can trust the slave once." ”

The crown princess looked at her and finally said, "That's it, let's get up first." ”

Ning Wanshu got up slowly: "Xie Niangniang." ”

The crown princess put down the teacup, pulled her to sit down beside her, and called her name seriously for the first time: "Wanshu, you are really sincere to Your Highness." People are still smart and brave, and they are much more brilliant than the other concubines in this East Palace. ”

Ning Wanshu refilled the tea for her sideways and said, "Niangniang praised it." ”

The crown princess said: "Okay, the tea is gone, I'm tired and want to sleep for a while, you can step down." ”

"Yes, the slave and maid are gone."

The dormitory is quiet and full of incense. The spring light in the afternoon shines into the window, which can make people sleep the most. The crown princess went to the beauty couch and lay on her side, supported her cheeks with her hands, and closed her eyes to take a nap. After a while, Ruomei came in again.

The crown princess slowly opened her eyes and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Ruo Mei handed over a letter and said, "Niangniang, Lord Xiao knew that you returned to Xiao Mansion but did not return, so I sent someone to send this letter of trust, saying that it can reassure you." ”

The crown princess took the snow-white letter, opened it and read it. Seeing the end, the tiredness and sorrow in his eyes slowly subsided, and the whole person seemed to be suddenly relieved. She left the beauty couch and came to the lampstand, burned the letter clean, and then came back and lay down, and said, "Ruomei, go down, I should also sleep well." ”

I have not slept well for many days, and now my body and mind are relaxed, but this sleep is very sweet and stable. I don't know how long I slept, but I vaguely heard a rush of footsteps approaching.

"Mother? Empress? Someone called out to her softly, and the princess rose from her sleep, opened her eyes, and found that night had fallen outside the window.

In front of him, there was a worried face: "Niangniang, the slave and maid should die, and the slave and maid don't want to wake you up, but it happened suddenly, and I have to report it to you quickly." ”

The crown princess sat up slowly and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Ruomei showed an angry look at this time: "Niangniang, Ning Shu ran away!" She took all the rewards you gave her and ran away in the night! ”

When the crown princess heard this, she finally suddenly realized. It turned out that this was what Ning Wanshu called the 'best of both worlds', she could leave the East Palace to find Huo Jingcheng as she wished, and she didn't have to be charged with 'poor care'. So she escaped on her own, and no one is to blame for what the future holds. What a Ning Wanshu! is such a wise and exquisite person.

At this time, the words of a deceased person suddenly echoed clearly in his mind: "Niangniang, according to what the concubine has seen, the concubine of the king of Beizhong is a very smart person, and she can even be said to be exquisite. ”

Very clever and exquisite......

Yes, she can win the pity of her husband as a widow, but she is not without her ability and reason.

At this moment, the crown princess realized something later, and then she glanced at this person.

Ruomei saw that she was silent, looked thoughtful, and said, "Niangniang? What are you thinking? Do you want to send someone to retrieve Ning Shu? She is really a white-eyed wolf, the mother treats her well, she is good, she sweeps away the valuable things in her own room, and she can't take the furnishings and can't move them, otherwise I'm afraid that there are only four walls left in the house now! ”

The crown princess came back to her senses and said with a slight annoyance: "That's it! A little palace maid, now seeing that my East Palace is about to fall, she ran away with the money! It's a good thing that such a villain ran away, what are you chasing her back for? ”

Ruomei thought about it, and said: "It's still the reason why Niangniang said, Niangniang has always been magnanimous, so spare her!" But she doesn't necessarily have good fruit to eat! Isn't she a runner? It's better to run and break your leg! ”

In this way, Ning Wanshu's trip to the Southern Wilderness was covered by the crown princess, and she was put up with the saying that she ran away with money.

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A few days have passed in the blink of an eye, and Emperor Qian's condition has still not improved. The imperial doctors have tried their best these days, but they still can't clean the snake venom in Emperor Qian's body, and they are all surprised, saying that Emperor Qian's body is as if it is inviolable by a hundred medicines, which is really strange but there is no trace. In this way, Emperor Qian's body was getting worse day by day, and he scolded a group of imperial doctors for being quacks, and when he was so angry that he was angry, he ordered two imperial doctors to be beheaded. Next, two more were added, and everyone worked together to govern for Emperor Qian. For a while, the concubines and princesses began to enter the palace frequently and took turns to serve the sick.

At present, King Hao is in charge of the country, but the court meeting has been exempted, although the ministers and officials do not need to go to the court, they also polish their eyes, paying close attention to the movements in the palace, as well as the progress of the East Palace's claim to be the emperor. In the past, Lord Ling was rejected for a meeting, everyone looked at the situation clearly, and the officials who wanted to denounce the East Palace did not dare to ask for a meeting, and in addition, Emperor Qiandi was irritable and irritable in his illness, and at this time, no one dared to go to the dragon head to see the horns.

In this way, Emperor Qiandi lay on the sickbed, and did not allow King Hao and the courtiers to discuss the affairs of the East Palace, let alone any officials who intended to denounce the East Palace, as if he had shrunk himself into a small shell, sick, stubborn, waiting for the return of the East Palace.

On this day, Huo Jingrou entered the palace to serve the sick, and as soon as she arrived at the Emperor Phoenix Palace, she saw that there was a bustle there, and several palace maids were carefully accompanying a girl with a pink carving to play with a small leather ball.

The girl looked like a four-year-old, dressed in a delicate and luxurious manner, and was dressed like a little butterfly. She chased the ball rolling on the ground, spilling laughter all the way.

Chunping looked at it and whispered: "Princess, isn't that the little daughter of His Royal Highness Chengwang?" It seems that His Royal Highness King Cheng and the princess are also in the palace. ”

Huo Jingju said: "Yes, it's really unfortunate. ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden movement under her feet, Huo Jingrou looked down, and saw that the ball had already rolled at her feet.

On the other side, the flowery little body chased after her, but she didn't chase a few steps, she slowly stopped, looked up, and saw that it was Huo Jingrou, so she said obediently: "Qing'er has seen Aunt Rou." ”

Huo Jingrou smiled slightly and said, "Qing'er is really polite. ”

Qing'er looked up at her little face and said in an innocent tone: "Children should be polite." Aunt Rou will also give birth to a polite child. ”

"Oh?" Huo Jingrou was overjoyed when she heard this, her smile deepened, and she beckoned to her: "Come here, aunt take a look at you." Oops, it's really naughty, my hair is scattered from play, come to my aunt to help you tie it up. ”

Qing'er approached obediently, Huo Jingrou touched her little head, then untied the little red rope on her bun, gently combed her messy hair, and tied it up again. After looking at it again, it was much neater and refreshing.

"Alas, wait a while, my aunt will give you a little flower hairpin, and Qing'er will look better." As she spoke, Huo Jingrou took off a small hairpin from her head, and was about to say goodbye to her head, when she heard a sudden startle: "Oops!" ”

Huo Jingrou turned her head to look, but she was terrible, and saw that Princess Cheng seemed to have seen some terrible scene, and she hurriedly ran over with her skirt and snatched Qing'er away and hugged her in her arms.

Huo Jingrou's face turned cold for a moment, and she asked, "Eighth sister-in-law!" What are you doing? After that, she looked at Qing'er in her arms and asked, "Qing'er, my aunt is a big bad person, not only pinching you and pinching you, but also eating you, isn't it?" ”

Qing'er shook her head slowly: "Auntie is not a bad person, aunt still has to bring flowers to Qing'er, Qing'er likes aunt and likes aunt's flowers." ”

After hearing this, Princess Cheng looked at the little hairpin in Huo Jingrou's hand, and said, "Don't worry about the princess, I'm just afraid that Qing'er will be naughty and disturb the princess, after all, the princess won't take children." ”

When Huo Jingrou heard this, flames suddenly burst into her beautiful eyes: "What else do you want to say ugly?" Isn't it pleasant to say it together? Yes, I don't have children, and I can't have a child after marrying two men, but so what? Time is still long, why bother to say no sooner? Besides, you laugh at me for this, and I laugh at you for having a daughter after a hard trip! Compared with the other concubines who gave birth to sons in starling, your main room is still half wrong! ”