Chapter 21: Climbing the Wall
When Huanhuan wakes up, the sun is on the rise. She hurriedly got dressed and ran to Qin Niang's room, wanting to see if she was waiting for her and saying goodbye to her. I kept regretting in my heart, why did I treat Qin Niang like that yesterday, I didn't say hello to her, and let her wait for herself.
Unexpectedly, Qin Niang had already left, and Mo Niang, who slept in the same room with her, shook her hands, not knowing when she left.
Huanhuan felt that her heart was empty all of a sudden, and something was missing, which made her eyes feel very sour.
Ling'er's leg injury was generally healed, and when she heard the movement, she walked out of the house to find Huanhuan with a cane.
"Miss, come here."
Huanhuan saw Ling'er standing outside the house on crutches, her brows furrowed, and she had something to say.
Maybe it's because of Qin Niang, she always feels that Ling'er is not like the previous Ling'er, and she can't help but guard her.
"Qin Niang came to me last night and said a lot to me." Ling'er took Huanhuan's hand and said softly.
"What did she say to you?"
"I have talked a lot, and I understand what she means, that Ling'er should not be delusional that she can call Miss Sister with her. She told me her old stories, and she told them to you. ”
"Oh."
"Qin Niang gave me a pack of this and asked me to give it to Miss."
Huanhuan took the purse, not Li Zerong's purse, but a plain purse, and the needlework was excellent. I open it and it is full of gold leaves.
"Qin Niang said, she has a coil, she doesn't need so much, she took two gold leaves in front of me, and asked me to hand over the rest to you."
"Oh." Huanhuan took his purse and turned around to go back to the room, not planning to have a deep chat with Ling'er.
"Miss, today is the sixth day."
"What sixth day?"
"On the sixth day of the princess's rebuke."
"Oh."
"Miss, be ready." Ling'er said worriedly in the back.
"It doesn't matter."
"The palace has come to the palace again today, and the prince was taken to the palace early in the morning."
"Oh." Huanhuan was absent-mindedly coping with it, not interested in it.
"It's His Royal Highness the Prince, it seems to be gone."
"Oh, Ling'er, where's my duck? I woke up this morning and didn't see it, do you know where it went? ”
"How can Miss not care about this thing that everyone in the world cares about." Ling'er was puzzled, "The prince asked someone to send a female duck yesterday, and when he came out of the young lady's house this morning, he was holding Xiao Attack. ”
"Oh? Where's the she-duck? ”
"Xu is to let Mo Niang put it in the back lake together."
"Then go to Houhu."
Ling'er walked hard, but she stubbornly wanted to follow Huanhuan and go to Houhu with her.
The lotus flowers in Houhu Lake have shown sharp corners, and you can see the pink purse in the distance, and under the emerald green lotus leaves, a few red koi fish gently wag their tails.
There is no white figure on the surface of the lake. Huanhuan was a little lost, and sighed: "Xiao Attack is a flying duck, unusual, how can the high walls of the palace trap it?" ”
"Why, Ling'er liked that green duck very much when she saw Xiao Attack this morning. As soon as I saw it, I bit its neck with my mouth armor, and my wings fluttered and fanned. ”
"Can the green duck fly?"
"No, it's just like a normal duck......"
What Ling'er said next, Huanhuan didn't listen to because she heard another voice.
"Lord, I'm going to become a prince. The prince was about to lose his breath again this morning, and I heard that he couldn't survive tonight. Wait a few more months, and we'll be able to go to the East Palace. It's a bigger place than here. The old maid of a laundry said to another woman in a raccoon dress.
"There are many princes in front of the prince, in addition to the eldest prince and the third prince, there are also two princes, four or five princes, and those two princes are also the two princes who want to be the crown prince."
"Why were the three princes exiled? He is His Majesty's favorite prince, born with literary talent, able to draw landscapes and rivers that have left the world, and compose poems and recite them in five steps. As a result, it wasn't cleaned up by our prince and exiled to Nanfan. Our prince has the merit of rebellion, if Lin Jinhai's old thief is really allowed to succeed, the key country will be the ...... of his Lin family."
"Shut up!" Ling'er said sharply.
Huanhuan turned around and shook his head nervously, his eyes signaling Ling'er not to talk more.
Those subordinates didn't take Huanhuan seriously. Strange replied: "Miss Qi, can you discipline your subordinates?" ”
Ling'er was about to speak, but Huanhuan stretched out her hand to pull her, walked back, and reminded in a low voice: "If people know that we are from the Lin Mansion, we won't survive." ”
When Ling'er heard this, her body stiffened, and she understood Huanhuan's prompt.
"Miss, do you believe me? Worried that I'm hurting you? ”
Huanhuan didn't deny it, but she didn't expect Ling'er to ask so directly, she was a little embarrassed, and her hand holding Ling'er loosened a little.
"What Qin Niang said, Miss listened to every word."
Ling'er asked herself, she treats Huanhuan very well, and is willing to do anything for her, as long as the young lady stays away from the prince. She didn't know what was going on, as soon as she saw the appearance of the prince and the young lady, she was crazy with jealousy, and her heart seemed to be stuffed with hundreds of poisonous snakes, biting her fiercely. She will never forget that helpless and sobbing night, the prince held the hand of the flint, and will not forget that day in the main courtyard, he reached out and pulled himself up, and nodded to her gently......
"I'm sorry." Huanhuan said pitifully, "Ling'er, it's me who is wrong. ”
Ling'er shook her head aggrievedly and squeezed out a smile to comfort her.
"Ling'er, will Xiao Attack come back?"
"Yes, so will Qin Niang."
"If only we could fly, like eagles."
Ling'er didn't dare to say much, just looked at the young lady quietly.
"Why don't we run away?" Huanhuan suddenly thought that there must be a way to get out of this palace, and now that she has money, she doesn't have to worry about not being entangled halfway and struggling.
"No!"
"Why not!"
"If the young lady leaves the house, it will be difficult for the prince to protect you!" Ling'er was in a hurry, on the one hand, she hoped that the young lady could leave the prince and go as far as possible; On the one hand, I am afraid, afraid of being separated from the young lady who has been with me for more than ten years. explained, "It's not time, not to mention that Childe hasn't come back yet, where is Miss going to find him?" ”
Ling'er knows Huanhuan too well, she knows her concerns, her obsessions, and her weaknesses.
"Then let me be trapped in this world."
"Miss." Ling'er said helplessly.
"After lunch, Ling'er stayed in the house for me, I went outside for a walk, and I was very upset."
"But, yes, but Miss don't want to go to Fengxian Residence, or Chunfeng Building, and don't be greedy for the wine of the Pear Blossom Wine Shop."
Huanhuan nodded solemnly, and then saw a white thing under a rockery not far away, and behind the white thing was a small ball of green oil, shaking and shaking.
Ling'er's eyes were sharp, and she shouted: "It's a small attack, and that green duck, what are they doing?" ”
Walking in, Huanhuan saw that the white duck was carrying a dead branch in its beak and yellow mud on its wingtips, and was diligently building a nest. And the green duck behind it also has a dead branch in its mouth. Seeing Huanhuan and Ling'er peeking at them, the green duck screamed nervously, causing the white duck to turn its head to look at them.
"Miss, look, I said that Xiao Attack will come back." Ling'er grabbed Huanhuan's arm as before, and said with a smile, "I'm afraid it's a wild duck, and it doesn't like to live with us." You see, Xiao Attack likes that green duck very much, the prince will really choose ......"
Ling'er saw the white duck shaking her buttocks, and ran over to pick up the dead branch in the green duck's mouth, and couldn't help but joke, naturally thinking of the prince.
"Let's go, don't bother them."
When Huanhuan returned to the hospital with Ling'er, he saw Mo Niang leaning on the threshold with a kitchen knife in her hand, staring blankly at something. "Mo Niang, what's wrong?" Seeing Mo Niang like this, Huanhuan had an ominous premonition in his heart and asked uneasily.
Mo Niang came back to her senses, shook her head in embarrassment, scratched her hand weakly a few times, and then took the kitchen knife into the kitchen.
"When will the young lady leave the house?"
"After lunch."
"But the dog hole is long gone."
"There are few people in Houhu, so move a bamboo ladder and climb the wall to get out of the house."
"But there will still be subordinates."
Ling'er reminded right, although there are few people in Houhu, there are still people walking around, and it is not very convenient to climb the ladder out of the house.
"It's better to be at noon, when the next person is resting."
"Then you take care of Mo Niang for me."
"Miss, don't you forget, Mo Niang is a mute."
Huanhuan shook his head.
"Silly Ling'er, a dumb person can also "speak". ”
Huanhuan went back to the house to change her clothes, she wanted to dress as a man again, but no matter how many ribbons she wrapped around her chest, there were still ups and downs. gave up this stupid idea, took out the peach Luo skirt that he hadn't worn for a long time, put on a plain white veil, and tightly covered half of his face, revealing only a pair of bright peach blossom eyes.
"Miss, I'll put the bamboo ladder in the firewood room next to the back lake for you, only if you put it there will not arouse suspicion, Miss will go there to pick up the bamboo ladder later."
"Okay."
Huanhuan put the dagger hidden under the pillow into his sleeve, and then took out two gold leaves from the purse that Qin Niang gave her, and put them in his arms. When everything was ready, Huanhuan patted Ling'er on the shoulder, sat on the chair, and when the time came, he climbed the wall and left the house in style.
"Miss looks so good in pink."
"Then I don't look good in lotus white?" Huan Huan watched the change of sunlight in the courtyard outside the window, and quipped boredly.
"That's not what Ling'er meant."
Huanhuan saw Ling'er's aggrieved face, and realized that the tone of his speech might be inappropriate, so he hurriedly hugged his shoulders and explained, "I didn't mean that either. What does Ling'er want? Let this "fairy girl" bring it back to you. ”
"Ling'er, I do have something to ask for, and I hope that the fairy aunt will bring it back to the letter girl."
Both of them were laughed at by each other's cordial tacit understanding, and raised their sleeves to cover their mouths and snickered.
"Good, good. What is it? ”
"Some needlework and thread, and a piece of light blue brocade."
"What do you want this for?"
"Miss, don't you forget that Ling'er's female worker is excellent, I want to sew a few purses to play."
When Huanhuan dropped the purse containing candied fruit that day, Ling'er took a few glances at the purse and noticed that there was a begonia flower with very poor embroidery on the purse, coupled with Qin Niang's look of pity and cherishing the purse, which made her convinced that the purse belonged to the prince, and the begonias on the purse may have been embroidered by himself.
Sew a purse and give it to a loved one.
Huanhuan agreed to her, she had no experience in needlework. I can't argue the line, I can't choose the color, I can't pick the cloth. But she has a plan, come over the big deal, and just ask someone to send it to the house.
When the time came, Huanhuan jumped up and ran to Houhu to leave.
Ling'er covered her out of the side courtyard, so she hurriedly ran to the kitchen and went to serve food into the house.
When Huanhuan built the bamboo ladder, he found that the high wall of this palace was so high that the ladder was only two-thirds of the height of the high wall. Hwan Hwan didn't want to give up easily, she put the ladder and quickly climbed the bamboo ladder, standing on the last step, dumbfounded at the wall that had to be touched by tiptoe. Try your toe, your palms tightly gripping the eaves of the wall, and your arms lifting your body up. The strained arms didn't make her feel bad, but the squeezing of her breasts and the wall made her feel uncomfortable.
With his legs lifted, after exhausting his strength, Huanhuan finally sat on the edge of the wall and saw the street outside. Reaching out to wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead, he gasped as he looked at the height of the soles of his feet from the ground.
How is this going on!
She heard a few light footsteps behind her, and then she felt the eaves of the wall on which she was sitting as if she were trembling a few times. When she turned her head to look at where the voice had come from, there was already a person standing beside her.
"The prince instructed that the girl should not leave the house without permission."
Huanhuan looked at the man and saw a man dressed in black, wearing a dark hair crown, with a resolute expression and a handsome appearance, holding a sword in his hands. Huanhuan only felt that this person was familiar, but he couldn't remember where he came from. Seeing that he is extraordinary and can fly the eaves and walk the wall, I have respect. On a whim, he learned the rules of the rivers and lakes in the book, clasped his fists with both hands, and quipped: "Nu'er, I've seen a hero!" ”
With that, she laughed and fell down the eaves.
She'd found a way to go on.
He'll definitely hug her, and maybe spin around in the air a few times, like the infatuated brother in all the books that climb the wall......