Chapter Seventy-Five: Old Things
On the palace road, the four of them walked in a hurry.
"Brother Huang, hurry up, don't look at what time it is!"
"It's obvious that you're late for the fourth sister, but now you're blaming me."
"It's not that you're so slow to change your clothes, it's been delayed for too long."
"I've been served by my grandmother since I was a child, and you won't help me."
"Hey, okay, okay, let's go, Huo Cheng is still waiting in Shenwu Gate!"
The four people walking side by side were King Chen Hua Nanxin, the fourth princess Hua Nan Ji Yan and two palace maids Yao'er and Jin'er.
Stuck in the palace for a long time, South China Ji Yan couldn't stay stunned.
When the queen went out of the palace and entered Yonglu Temple to fast for one day and return tomorrow, Kunning Palace let go of the sheep, and South China Ji Yan found her imperial brother and made an appointment to wait for the queen's honor guard to leave the palace, and asked the guard Huo Cheng to take a few of them out of the palace to play.
King Chen was really stupid, he heard that he went out to play, so he waited at the agreed place early, and it was not until the sun was in the west that his four emperor sisters brought their subordinates to appear together.
A few of them had already changed into civilian clothes, brought a set of Molan Gongzi clothes for King Chen, helped him remove the golden crown on his head to change the Guanlun belt, and changed into the Gongzi clothes, and the group hurried to Shenwumen to have a round with Huo Cheng, the guard on duty.
The so-called it is easy to enter the palace and difficult to get out of the palace, and South China Ji Yan pulled Huo Cheng in order to use his status as a guard to help them get through the trick. If it is any later, the routine inspection of entering and exiting the palace gate will become more stringent.
On the opposite side of the palace road, two palace maids walked by, each carrying a bamboo basket on their arms, and a circle of goose yellow tassels in the blue belly greeted the breeze and swayed gently.
King Chen raised his eyes and noticed the slightly shorter woman at the end of the group, her handsome complexion did not reveal much expression, but her clear eyes flashed a trace of coldness in an instant.
Things seemed to be getting more and more interesting, he felt.
Jin'er approached South China Ji Yan as she walked, and said in a low voice:
"Did the princess just see it, those two are the palace maids of Yongning Palace, and the one behind is a newcomer, who is often bullied by the fox spirit."
"I saw it, the appearance is really beautiful, no wonder it makes the fox spirit unhappy."
South China Ji Yan said casually and quickened her pace.
The plan went very smoothly, as soon as they got out of the Shenwu Gate, the four of them said goodbye to Huo Cheng and went to the East Factory.
Gu Yunxi rushed outside the gate after receiving the news, and saw the four princesses and King Chen dressed as sons, and the palace maids with the appearance of two scholars.
Without waiting for Gu Yunxi to clasp his fists and salute, King Chen took the first step and hugged her with his arms, extremely intimate:
"Little sister, how are you doing? I miss you. ”
In front of the guards at the door of Dongchang, Gu Yunxi was at a loss by Hua Nanxin's overly enthusiastic greeting gift, and his expression was quite embarrassed, and he retreated to separate from him for a distance after he hugged him enough.
South China Ji Yan surrounded Gu Yunxi in front of and behind her, looked at her in the soft leather armor of the purple fanfu, and then took off the embroidered spring knife pinned to her waist, and fiddled with it curiously.
Gu Yunxi looked at them in surprise:
"Why are you all out of the palace?"
"Naturally, the royal brother misses you, so pull me out to play with you!"
South China Ji Yan's pair of spiritual eyes flashed with a sly light, and the two pear vortex light cheeks were flushed, smiling harmlessly.
As soon as the words fell, King Chen's rebuttal was aroused, and he frowned, and his voice raised an octave as if he was full of grievances:
"It's clear that the imperial sister misses your guard, and asks me to come over and ask the young lady when she will find someone!"
"Forehead ......"
The lie was exposed on the spot, South China Ji Yan was very embarrassed, scratched the back of her neck with her backhand, first looked at the resentful King Chen, then looked at the helpless Yao'er and Jin'er, and finally looked at Gu Yunxi, who was surprised and embarrassed, and grinned:
"Hehe, it's been more than ten days since you left the palace, and the owner can't rest assured, so I'll come here to find out the news in person."
Gu Yunxi knew that he couldn't tell the fourth princess about Brother Lu being injured by the overseer, so after thinking about it, he proposed to invite them to Baoyue Tower for dinner and chat while eating.
Asked the factory servant to give the overseer a message for dinner, don't wait for her, she took the four of them to North Street.
King Chen seemed to be out of the palace for the first time, walking in front with Gu Yunxi, looking left and right to see that everywhere was fresh, and the smile on his plain white face was full of joy.
Gu Yunxi peeked at him several times, and sighed with emotion in his heart:
In the end, Langhua is a handsome person, but it's a pity that he was grinded into a fool by the cruel deep palace!
There were not many guests at Baoyue Restaurant at this time, and the shopkeeper was extremely enthusiastic about Gu Yunxi, who was wearing the official uniform of Dongchang, and warmly welcomed her and her friends to the best private room on the second floor.
After sitting down, King Chen's face was suddenly displeased, and he pouted:
"Little sister, you might as well go to Dongchang with us in the palace, you can still cook me some delicious food and drink in Xu Niangniang's palace, it's like now, you have to go to the restaurant to play with you."
South China Ji Yan took a sip of tea and was about to spray on the table, reluctantly swallowed it, and said with a smile:
"My royal brother just can't lie, it seems that he is interested in you......"
On the other side, King Chen's cooperative laughter was without shame.
Gu Yunxi is most afraid of being pulled into a complex emotional relationship other than the overseer, and King Ranchen is stupid, even if he likes anyone, he should have a simple good feeling like a child, so she doesn't want to be serious with her, so she only holds the teacup and bows her head to sip tea to alleviate the embarrassment of the scene.
The cool atmosphere made South China Ji Yan feel a little awkward, so she asked:
"Tu Duxue, is there really no news of Lu Ji in Dongchang?"
Gu Yunxi shook his head and dropped the teacup:
"Brother Lu's martial arts are extraordinary, and he must have something important at home that he can't leave, so he delays his journey. The princess is at ease, he will return to the palace safely and meet Her Royal Highness. ”
South China Ji Yan's eyes were blazing, her head was crooked, and she looked directly at Gu Yunxi:
"I felt that you and Lu Ji were acquaintances in the palace before, and you told the owner, where is Lu Ji, what is the situation at home, and how did you get acquainted?"
Gu Yunxi was caught off guard by her question, and couldn't answer for a while.
At this time, the sound of slamming the door started, and then Xiao Er's voice was different from ordinary people, and the syllables were subdued and frustrated into the private room:
"Guest officer, here comes the food-"
The delicacies were served one by one, the dishes were ready, and Xiao Er led people out and closed the door.
In order to prevent the fourth princess from continuing to break the casserole and ask to the end, Gu Yunxi deliberately interrupted:
"Dare to ask the prince and princess, how is the palace? Concubine Xu and Concubine Yu are all right, right? ”
South China Ji Yan waved her hand aggressively:
"Don't worry, their old sisters are very good. Concubine Yu moved to the palace early to Jingyang Palace, and now her body is pregnant, and before winter comes, the owner will add a little brother or little sister! ”
South China Ji Yan said easily, her eyebrows and eyes were flying, it can be seen that Concubine Yu's current situation is really good, Gu Yunxi's heart can finally suspend her worries, and her heart can be a little calm.
King Chen held the teacup in his hand, his heroic facial features were hazy by the steaming heat, his eyes seemed to be a clear mist, and the hazy color made it impossible for anyone to read:
"Yongning Palace has been lively recently, I always go there to see the excitement."
Hooking his lips and smiling, he suddenly spoke, and King Chen clapped his hands:
"Recently, there was a new palace maid, and her beautiful appearance overshadowed Wan Yuyao, so she was tortured to death when she saw the sky!"
"Well, that's right, Wan Yuyao's fox spirit is really evil, she doesn't like to send people elsewhere, but she doesn't let go, and she still has to work hard to trample people?!"
South China Ji Yan nodded in agreement with the imperial brother's words, and after speaking, she picked up a piece of burnt meat with chopsticks, bit the meat with a big mouth, and ate with a mouth full of oil.
"I've heard about this too......
Gu Yunxi casually agreed, and raised his eyebrows one by one, feeling inexplicable.
She had heard people from Dongchang talk about the imperial concubine's abuse of palace maids before, and for some reason, as long as she heard someone talk about it, Gu Yunxi's heart would always feel uneasy, and this time was no exception.
Who is the palace maid, how bright and beautiful her complexion must be, and how bright she can provoke the imperial concubine to be jealous, and she always refuses to let her go, and she has to torture her vigorously?
While chatting and eating, time passed very quickly, during which Ji Yan in South China felt that she was not addicted, and called a flower carving. And King Chen relied on Sarai and continued to argue for Gu Yunxi to feed him.
The fourth princess's rudeness Gu Yunxi had heard about it in the palace, so she didn't dare to stop the princess's decision to buy wine and drink, so she had to let the maids of the two palaces make noise, chattering and persuading the princess, and feeding King Chen patiently, secretly wishing that this party would end early.
It was dark, and it was finally time for a few people to go their separate ways.
South China Ji Yan was slightly drunk, and was stimulated by the light breeze, and completely leaned on Gu Yunxi, the soles of her feet were as soft as garlic.
Gu Yunxi was almost crazy.
The four people in front of them, Yao'er and Jin'er's martial arts are average, King Chen's mind is incomplete, and the four princesses are drunk, how can people let them go with confidence?
There was no way, Gu Yunxi and Yao'er set up the drunken four princesses on one side, Jin'er was responsible for taking care of King Chen, and the group advanced towards the palace with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
The orange light of the palace at midnight is beautiful, and the wind blows through the palace lamps, fluttering the flickering candle flames, making a subtle "crackling" sound.
……
There was a bright moon on the jagged branches, and there was a person sitting on the branches.
He is of medium stature, his black suit blends with the color of the ink dome, his square face is covered under the hat, his facial features are not seen, and the empty sleeves of his upper body are blown by the night wind, fluttering under the moon plate, becoming the most striking scene.
A woman's voice came from the opposite side of the red wall a foot away from the treetops, Xu was too shocked, but she endured the flood of emotions by herself, and her voice trembled slightly:
“…… I really didn't expect it...... I really didn't expect to see you again in my lifetime in this palace, this palace...... Hongu, at this time, it feels like a dream in the clouds......"
Wen Renjun sighed, dropped his legs, turned his eyes hesitantly, and threw himself at the disadvantages of the red wall, and saw a figure of smoke and water in the corner of the broken wall.
The heart seems to have stopped beating abruptly at this moment.
Wen Renjun was half-open, turned his head suddenly, looked at Qionglou Yuyu who was overlapping and overlapping with lights, and cleared his throat slightly:
"I sent Qiange into the palace today, and I stopped by to visit Xin'er......"
The woman chuckled softly:
"Xin'er is in Wutong Garden, you don't know, why bother? Tell me the truth about this palace, saying that you came to visit this palace, but it is still difficult for you? ”
Wen Renjun's body was tense, and he raised his hand to support the hat on his head, and his movements were a little stiff and uncoordinated.
After a moment of silence, he said in a low voice:
"It's not difficult, it's just that I'm not qualified to speak. Back then, I couldn't give you the tranquility you wanted, I ......"
"It's just a different choice."
The woman on the other side of the red wall hurriedly raised her voice to interrupt Wen Ren Junzheng, and said to herself:
"You yearn for the pleasure of the rivers and lakes, the life of drinking water with a knife, and this palace ...... From the day you left, you have woken up, this palace is waiting for you to be the fool of this palace, this palace has always belonged to the deep palace, if you want to live, you have to find a way to sleep, and give birth to an heir for the emperor.
No matter how hard it is, now the palace has survived, but since I should thank you, it was you who secretly passed on the letter to me on the original love between you and me, and taught him to pretend to be crazy and stupid to protect himself. ”
Hearing this, Junzheng's expression was slightly condensed, and he said suddenly:
"That's the only way I can compensate you, are you going to keep gambling? Listening to what Qiange said, I'm really a little confused, do you let Xin'er do those things, is it for him, or for yourself? ”
The woman's laughter began, with a faint coldness:
"Xin'er is the meat that fell from the body of the palace in October, the so-called mother-son heart-to-heart, Feihuang Tengda is also the common honor of our mother and son, how can it be said for whom? In any case, Hongu has been in business for more than ten years, and the current form is enough to prove that Hongu has won the bet, isn't it? ”