Chapter 2: Whose Hand Killed the Deer (4)
Fourth, there is a lot of danger
It was getting brighter, and although it was raining, the footsteps coming and going outside the door never stopped. Looking at the sky through the slightly propped up window, the sky was gray.
The rain kept falling.
The eyelids grew heavier and heavier, and he turned back to the bed in a daze, and Xiangbao fell asleep.
"Shih Tzu, it's time for dinner." Hua Mei lifted the curtain and walked in.
"Dinner?" Xiangbao opened his eyes in a daze, then came to his senses and exclaimed, "Is it already night?" ”
"Well, when I came in to see you at noon, you slept soundly, and you had injuries on your body, so I didn't call you." Hua Mei smiled and put dinner on the table.
"I don't think I have time for dinner." Smiling slightly wryly, Xiangbao got up hurriedly.
"Where are you going? It's raining heavily. Hua Mei grabbed Xiangbao.
"Go back to the king, if you don't go back, I'm afraid something will happen." Looking down and seeing that he was wearing Hua Mei's clothes, Xiangbao frowned slightly, going back in this dress would inevitably affect Hua Mei, thought about it, and said, "What about the clothes I wore last night?" ”
"Outside, I'll look for it." Hua Mei knew what was at stake, so she hurriedly answered and walked out of the door. After a while, she came in with the bloodied garment.
Changing back into his clothes, Xiangbao borrowed a less conspicuous robe from Hua Mei and wrapped it around his body, so as not to make the bloody clothes too eye-catching.
After changing his clothes, Xiangbao lowered his head and walked out of Lanyue Pavilion. From time to time, guards passed by outside the door, but the search was not so strict. Xiangbao made up his mind to go back to the Drunken Moon Pavilion first, but it was a big deal to knock himself out and pretend that he was sent back by the black-clothed assassin......
After passing through the corridor, Xiangbao walked smoothly to the vicinity of the Drunken Moon Pavilion, but no one came to interrogate him. Coming out of the corridor, he rushed to the Drunken Moon Pavilion in the rain, and was about to rush into the door, but Xiangbao's footsteps stopped vividly.
It's a husband!
He was dressed in a white single coat, his long hair was untied, and he sat on the chair where Xiangbao often sits, his head bowed, not knowing what he was thinking. His dark hair was scattered in front of his forehead, and Xiangbao couldn't see whether his expression was happy or angry, and he didn't dare to enter the house rashly for a while.
Although it was summer, the raindrops of this bean were smashing on his body, and Xiangbao couldn't help but tremble slightly.
As if sensing the presence of Xiangbao, the husband raised his head, and slowly lowered his head expressionlessly, and then as if he was stunned for a moment, he suddenly raised his head again. Through the threshold, narrowing his eyes slightly, he looked at Xiangbao from a distance.
Seeing him like this, Xiangbao's heart trembled slightly, and suddenly he had an extremely ridiculous thought, shouldn't he ...... Been waiting for her? It's just that his eyes looking at her were cold to the bone, which made Xiangbao, who was already shivering with cold, tremble even more.
It took a long time for him to stand up slowly and walk slowly towards her. Then, slowly, he walked up to her. Standing in the rain, he was still calm, as if he was taking a walk in the courtyard in the sun.
The rain poured down, and in a short time his white clothes were drenched, and his long hair was soaked with the rain, and he could no longer raise it arrogantly.
"Why did you come back so late?" In the sound of the rushing rain, he spoke lightly, as if she had just missed the time to go home because she was playful.
Xiangbao's body froze, and he really ...... Sure enough, it was known that she had deliberately let the assassin go.
"The widow only waits for one day, if you don't see Mrs. come back intact before the sun goes down tomorrow, even if you turn Wu Guo upside down, you will be found out." That cold and terrible tone echoed in her ears, and he looked at her as she said it, she had always thought that he was threatening Shi Lian, but it turned out to be ...... Was that a statement addressed to her?
It's just that...... Why did he let Shi Lian go even though he knew about her little tricks?
"It's raining today...... There is no sun...... Scold...... Hehe......" Xiangbao grinned at the corners of his lips and smirked.
He raised his eyebrows, reached out and hugged her into his arms, his left hand touched her cheek, and the rain was wet, his thumb rubbed gently back and forth on her lips, narrow eyes slightly narrowed, unable to see whether it was joy or anger.
Feeling the slightly cool touch on his lips, Xiangbao was stunned and blushed slightly, but fortunately, the rain was heavy and he couldn't see clearly.
It's just that...... Is this a pass?
The rain kept falling, a chill hit the soles of her feet, the heavens and the earth were spinning, and when she let go of her heart, her consciousness gradually blurred.
"You dare to faint!" A pair of strong hands picked her up and strode into the house.
Hearing this, Xiangbao really didn't dare to faint.
"Get the Yue Nu." put Xiangbao on the couch, and the husband instructed Ziruo without looking back.
Ziruo was ordered to leave, and the husband turned around to untie Xiangbao's wet clothes, Xiangbao dodged for a while, and was held back by him. Seeing that he was so persistent, Xiangbao had to lower his eyes in resignation and toss with him, anyway, it was not that he hadn't seen it. Hmm, it's okay if you want to open a little......
Feeling his hand suddenly stop, Xiangbao subconsciously looked up at him, but saw that his thin lips were slightly pursed, and his face was full of anger. She followed his gaze and looked down just in time to see her blood-stained rags.
"Have you taken what the widow said, ma'am......" he gritted his teeth and laughed as he approached her.
Belch...... Speech? What words?
"Widows don't like to be saved by women, and they don't like to be saved by their own women."
"This is just one time, not the next one. If there is a next time, the widow will definitely make you regret saving me. ”
The words he said in the dense forest that day suddenly sounded in his ears, Xiangbao subconsciously shrunk his neck, and then secretly scolded himself for being spineless, but ...... But the person she was dealing with was Fuchaya...... It's normal to be spineless.
"Remembered?" The husband grinds his teeth and chuckles.
"What are you talking about...... Xiangbao's voice immediately became extremely weak, and his hands shook lightly in front of him, and then he fell back weakly.
Instead of falling on the bed as expected, he fell into an equally wet bosom. Xiangbao did not say a word and continued to play weak. Alas, in fact, there is no need to pretend, she has long wanted to faint, dizzy.
"How dare you faint......" A voice gritted its teeth in her ear and finally turned into a sigh.
Listening to that sigh, Xiangbao fainted with relief.
Very reassuring, very reassuring.
When Xiangbao woke up, the clothes on his body had been changed, and the wounds were well bandaged, except that his head was still a little groggy, there was nothing wrong.
"Woke up?" An eerie voice sounded coldly, startling Xiangbao.
Xiangbao raised his head in panic and looked into a pair of dark eyes, "Big ...... King! ”
"How am I going to punish you?" Sitting down on the edge of the couch, he raised his hand and picked up a wisp of green silk from her shoulder and put it under his nose and sniffed it.
Xiangbao turned white.
The unfatted face was set off by the green silk like clouds, Chu Chu was pitiful, and the husband remembered that when he first saw her, her chin was still round, and now her face was not as big as his palm.
"Huh?" He raised his eyebrows.
"I ...... Can I eat before I get punished? Feeling empty in her abdomen, Xiangbao snorted and discussed.
A hint of a smile seeped into his dark eyes, the husband raised his hand, and Ziruo, who had been waiting outside the door, hurriedly brought the porridge in.
opened his mouth and drank porridge with his hand, Xiangbao didn't feel anything wrong with her husband feeding her porridge, because her head didn't dare to be idle for a moment, she kept thinking about it...... How can we escape this?
"Full?" His lips softened, and the breath of the husband came to his face.
Feeling that he was licking the corners of her lips, Xiangbao's eyes rolled and raised her hand to hug his neck, and before her husband could come back to his senses, her soft lips were already attached to his.
The husband was slightly stunned, and it was rare for a beauty to take the initiative, so he had to let her soft and sweet lips rub awkwardly on his lips.
"Is it delicious?" Xiangbao asked him softly.
"Hmm......" He responded lightly, and he was half distracted.
Ziruo gritted her teeth slightly, turned around and exited the door.
"I said porridge ......" Xiangbao let go of him, blinked his eyes, and smiled innocently.
The husband came back to his senses, smiled and stretched out his hand to hug her into his arms, biting her ear and saying, "No wonder Wu Xiangguo said that you are a disaster." ”
Xiangbao laughed hesitantly, laughing silly. The husband pinched her cheek, maybe even he didn't know how much pampering he had hidden in his eyes.
"King, Wu Xiangguo has something to ask to see." Someone came to break the charm of a room.
The husband lowered his head and saw that Xiangbao was smiling, with a look of pride that "escaped this catastrophe", he couldn't help but laugh, so he complied with her and got up to leave.
Half leaning on the couch in front of the window, Xiangbao looked up at the unknown tree outside the window, and didn't know what he was thinking, so he lay lazily until noon. The sun was just right outside the house, and Si Xiang happened to come to the door and pulled her to the abandoned garden.
Because the abandoned garden was where Mrs. Mei's wife lived before her death, Si Xiang regarded it as her own territory, and no one was allowed to clean and repair it, and over time, it really became a waste garden. It's just that since Sicha's body was salvaged in the pond of the abandoned garden, and Akie was executed there by Yun Ji, Xiangbao hasn't been there for a long time.
In summer, the abandoned garden is very cool, but it is a good place to escape the heat. Found a big tree and sat under it, Xiangbao smiled and watched Si Xiang take off his shoes and sit on the edge of the pool to play in the water.
"Ahh Suddenly, Si Xiang screamed, her face pale, as if she had seen something terrible.
Xiangbao was slightly stunned, and hurriedly got up and rushed to his side: "What's wrong?" What's wrong? ”
Si Xiang just screamed, his eyes staring at the pool, and Xiangbao followed his line of sight and looked sideways, and was also frozen. There was a woman floating on the top of the pool, who had been soaked in the water, and was vaguely dressed as a maid, and her face could not be recognized for a while.
"Mother...... Mother......" Si Xiang screamed.
"No, it's not your mother." Xiangbao hurriedly covered his eyes, "That's not your mother, no." ”
Si Xiang struggled violently: "Mother, mother......"
"Mother is here, here, that's not your mother......" Xiangbao hurriedly held him in his arms and comforted him softly.
Xiangbao felt a wet piece in his arms, and Si Xiang was crying. Caressing his back with one hand, Xiangbao frowned and looked at the floating corpse in the pool, feeling a little familiar, his eyes fell on her neckline, Xiangbao was stunned...... It's her!
It was the maid who opened the door for them in Lanyue Pavilion that night, and then was knocked unconscious by Shi Lian! But...... How did it end up here? Didn't Slen say he just fainted? How can you die?
Xiangbao's face turned pale little by little.
The child in her arms didn't know when she was tired of crying, so she fell asleep in her arms, but she slept very unsteadily, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes. A soft corner of his heart was touched, and Xiangbao raised his hand to gently wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and carried him out of the abandoned garden. Along the way, Si Xiang slept very deeply, and Xiangbao couldn't bear to wake him up, so he carried him back to the Drunken Moon Pavilion.
Carefully placing Si Xiang on her couch, Xiangbao got up and saw Ziruo standing behind her.
"Take good care of the prince, and if he wakes up, tell him I'll be back soon." Xiangbao commanded.
Looking at Xiangbao's pale and fierce expression, Ziruo nodded hurriedly yes, she seemed to be getting more and more used to obeying her orders, maybe...... It's not for nothing that the king will like her. She's really a ...... An elusive woman.
Without hesitation, Xiangbao turned around and went to Lanyue Pavilion. When passing through the corridor, a masked woman in white came to her, followed by two palace women. The white-clothed masked woman passed by her without squinting, but Xiangbao subconsciously stopped.
"Who is she?" By the time Xiangbao realized it, she had already asked.
The palace maid beside the woman in white knelt on the ground with a frightened face: "I bumped into Madame, please forgive Madame." ”
"Who is she?" Xiangbao frowned, her eyes were really similar......
"She is just a lowly slave, a gift from Wu Xiangguo to the king, please forgive Mrs. Xi Shi." The two palace ladies thought that Xiangbao was going to make things difficult for them, so they were so frightened that they hurriedly kowtowed.
Shih Tzu ...... Madam? The woman in white suddenly spoke, with a faint sneer in her eyes.
Xiangbao was shocked, it was her! How did she end up here? Didn't Fan Li already send her back to Ramie Village? How could she become a gift from Wu Zixu to her husband? What's going on?
Xiangbao was in a trance, and when she came back to her senses, she was already standing at the door of Lanyue Pavilion, and the one who opened the door for her was no longer the maid that night.
"That's what happened to me?" As soon as he entered the garden, Xiangbao heard a sharp voice. It's Zheng Dan's voice, what are they talking about? Are you arguing? Why quarrel?
Hua Mei's door slammed open, Zheng Dan walked out angrily, stunned for a moment when he saw Xiangbao, and then rubbed her shoulder expressionlessly, knocking Xiangbao to the ground.
"Shih Tzu?" Hua Mei then walked, and when she saw Xiangbao, the expression on her face changed, and then she smiled, "Are you okay?" ”
"The maid is dead." Xiangbao looked at Hua Mei and spoke softly. She tried to see something in her eyes, and she had the luxury of seeing nothing. But when she saw it, Hua Mei's expression became a little unnatural.
"There is more than one who dies." Zheng Dan said coldly and walked out of Lanyue Pavilion.
Xiangbao was stunned, and when she turned around, she only saw Zheng Dan's back disappearing around the corner, her words...... What is the meaning?
"She must die, and if she lives, you must die." Hua Mei's voice came from behind him, faint, with a slight dazedness.
Xiangbao bit her lip and couldn't refute it.
"Madame! Madam! Ziruo's voice came from afar, and Hua Mei stopped.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was caught in a nightmare and never woke up." Ziruo gasped, obviously running all the way.
Xiangbao didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly ran back.
"Mother...... Mother...... "As soon as he entered the Drunken Moon Pavilion, Xiangbao heard a slight cry coming from the bedroom.
On the couch in the bedroom, the thin quilt had fallen to the ground, Si Xiang's eyes were closed, and he kept calling his mother.
"Don't kill me, don't kill me...... Mother ......" His eyes were closed, his eyelashes were covered with tears, and his mouth was shouting, getting louder and louder.
Xiangbao hurriedly picked him up and shook him awake. He opened his eyes suddenly, looked at Xiangbao in a daze, and for a long time, he came back to his senses, bowed his head and buried himself in her arms, refusing to make a sound.
"Mother......" he muttered in a low voice.
Xiangbao hugged him tightly.