Chapter 8: No Return

Hwan Hwan sat in the room stupidly, somehow she was very impetuous now, and always felt that something bad would happen.

Ling'er also missed Qin Niang, she sat in the courtyard, looking at the path stupidly, hoping to see Qin Niang return with a package on her back and smiling. Ling'er held her ears, and suddenly heard one after another rapid footsteps, as if she was rushing this way.

Ling'er hurriedly stood up and looked at the weedy path, it was Qin Niang, it was Qin Niang who was back!

"Miss, Qin Niang is back! It's back! Ling'er turned around and shouted happily to Huanhuan.

Hearing this, Huanhuan finally relieved himself, stood up, and walked towards the courtyard.

In the courtyard, Huanhuan looked at Ling'er trembling in front of her, and was about to ask her what was wrong, when he saw Qin Niang hunched her back, holding the package tightly in her arms and running desperately into the courtyard, and when she got closer, she saw that Qin Niang's forehead was injured by a sharp weapon, and she was dripping with bright red blood. Then she heard Qin Niang shouting again.

"Miss, it's a conspiracy, it's wrong! That's wrong! Qin Niang cried as she ran, "Ling'er, miss, take the bag back to the house, don't come out!" ”

Qin Niang struggled to throw the package into the yard, then turned and ran in the direction of Houhu, waving her hand to signal them to go back to the house.

Ling'er picked up the package and looked at Qin Niang's back in a daze, unable to say a word. Then she saw the slaves, with their sticks, running towards the path toward the courtyard. Then he understood and pulled Huanhuan into the house.

A master and a servant, their faces turned pale with fright, and they couldn't say a word. Ling'er was still holding the heavy package in her arms, looking down at the bloodstained package, her nose was sour, and she couldn't help crying. Even if Ling'er and Huanhuan are simple, they understand that they are princesses!

No wonder he quietly sent someone to send Jin Hai in the night, and he didn't even wipe the bloodstains, in addition to making Huanhuan feel disgusted and scared, it also made her fall into another conspiracy.

Huanhuan couldn't hold back her tears anymore, she heard the hurried footsteps of the servants outside the house, the clatter of wooden sticks on the ground, and Qin Niang's choking sound. She crawled over on her knees, pushed the window, and saw Qin Niang being dragged away with two thick wooden sticks. There were a few more red and swollen slap marks on Qin Niang's face.

The one who led the slaves in front was the old woman who sent the hairpin yesterday.

Qin Niang seemed to sense that Huanhuan was looking at her, and she didn't turn her head, but just shook her head vigorously and signaled: Miss, don't come out, it's dangerous!

"No, no......"

Huanhuan looked at the bloodstains along the way, shook his head in despair, couldn't hold back his emotions anymore, hugged his head and cried. The bloody scab on the left side of his face cracked in an instant, and it hurt even more than the moment he cut through the flesh yesterday. At this moment, the glow of the scar alone made people feel distressed and uncomfortable, not to mention her heart-rending cry.

Huanhuan's mind was full of Qin Niang's loving smile to her, stretching out her calloused hand when she was sick, caressing her forehead, talking to her in a childlike tone, and taking care of her meticulously for two years...... remembered that Qin Niang was still asking her yesterday, "Miss, tomorrow I will cook this white porridge more badly, and then add some fish to the porridge, okay?" ”

It's already tomorrow, but I didn't wait for Qin Niang's fish porridge, but I waited for the princess's persecution again!

Obviously, she only promised her yesterday that as long as she self-destructs her appearance, she will be good to her Qin Niang and Ling'er and will not hurt them. In the blink of an eye, he dragged Qin Niang's stick away, wounding her forehead, face and body, and bleeding all over the ground...... Qin Niang obviously didn't do anything wrong! Why do good people always have to be persecuted, why are some people's promises more empty than air!

Huanhuan couldn't bear it anymore, she stood up, pushed open the door hesitantly, took out the tray, red cloth and gold-patterned mahogany box carrying the golden hairpin yesterday from Qin Niang's house, and ran out of the courtyard with them. She can't let Qin Niang be wronged, she has to take Qin Niang back to Wuzhou together!

Seeing this, Ling'er hurriedly ran over to grab her, and begged: "Miss, don't go, when the prince comes back, let's go find him, okay?" ”

Huanhuan shook her off like crazy, and went straight to the main courtyard of the palace with his things in his arms.

Passing through yesterday's begonia garden, the begonia petals have begun to wither, and the wind is gently rising, and the rain of begonia petals is released. The tree also seemed to be sad, trembling and sobbing.

Huanhuan no longer had the heart to look at the spring begonias in the garden, she wanted to be faster. She couldn't protect anyone before, but now she has to do everything in her power to protect the people she wants to protect.

She naively thought that the red cloth tray and box in her arms were enough evidence to point to the princess's conspiracy!

When she was about to arrive at the main courtyard, she condensed her mind and wiped the tears from her face with her sleeve. The wound on the left side of her face was still painful, but she didn't care, and after wiping the possible bloodstains, she walked slowly towards the main courtyard, but was disturbed by the scene in front of her again.

Li Zerong is back!

He was dressed in a black and gold royal robe, a white hosta, a thin shawl of black velvet on his shoulders, and a dagger that he had snatched from her that day on his waist. He was full of energy, his thin lips were slightly pursed, and a pair of fox eyes that were enough to suck people's souls were looking at the princess who was changing his clothes in front of him.

Such a look does not belong to the sixth prince Li Zerong, but to her white-clothed young man Qi Lu.

I suddenly remembered that at the Mushu Festival that year, Qi Lu pointed to the pairs of ink butterflies on the paper and said to her gently: "Xu Nu'er has a couple for a lifetime." ”

Her thin shoulders trembled slightly, she thought that she would look at Qin Niang who was unjustly beaten and executed in the main courtyard, she was mentally prepared, but she didn't want to see Qin Niang being beaten more painfully!

The people in the main courtyard all noticed Huanhuan's arrival, and saw that her face was pale, her eyes were blood-red staring at the prince and princess, and she was still holding a red cloth, a tray, and a beautiful box in her arms.

Someone stepped forward to greet her, "Miss Qi." ”

It was the old woman in front of the princess, when she saw her come forward, Huanhuan stretched out his hand and slapped her, sobbing and saying viciously: "Despicable! ”

The slap was not very forceful, but the old woman pretended to fall to the ground with tears streaming down her eyes.

Seeing this, the princess reached out to hold Li Zerong's hand, leaned against him with her beautiful body, and said in fear: "How can this Qi girl beat people." ”

The old woman was already lifted up by the servants, and the old woman covered her face and looked at the princess aggrievedly.

Huanhuan didn't say much to her, and said bluntly: "Gao Yu, hand over Qin Niang!" ”

Gao Yu is the princess's name.

The princess was about to speak back, when she heard Li Zerong say coldly: "How can the princess's name be shouted by your subordinates." ”

Huanhuan didn't want to look at Li Zerong in the first place, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but look at him, seeing that his sword eyebrows were slightly frowned, and he looked at himself coldly, and his heart was inexplicable. Huanhuan had never seen Li Zerong look like this, and there was anger hidden in Bing's eyes, releasing disdain and indifference. When she saw Li Zerong in the main courtyard, in addition to being angry and sad, she also had expectations, hoping that Li Zerong would have a trace of pity for her when he saw her like this and listen to her defense. It's delusional!

Now he has his own princess, he spoils her, and he doesn't ask a word about her ruining his face, and everything he used to do with her was just a scheme.

Huanhuan sneered, and still said to Gao Yu without giving up: "Yesterday, you sent someone to send a golden hairpin, and I only sold it to Xu Qinniang because you were disgusting me." I don't want you to make a promise to me yesterday, and today you will poison Qin Niang, the red cloth, tray, and mahogany box with the golden hairpin here are still there, when do you have to load it! ”

Huanhuan slammed the "evidence" in his arms in front of him and couldn't help crying. She was hating herself, believing the words of the femme fatale, even if she ruined her appearance, she couldn't protect Qin Niang.

Li Zerong no longer looked at her, his expression was solemn, and he didn't say a word.

Gao Yu leaned on Li Zerong and explained delicately: "Yesterday, when my nurse took care of my dowry, I found that the begonia golden hairpin that the prince gave me was missing. I took great care of the golden hairpin, and I put it in a good mahogany box, put it in a tray, and covered it with a red cloth. I don't want the people under Miss Qi's hands to steal it to pawn it, and now they want to frame me in turn, Yu'er and the nurse are very wronged. ”

When Huanhuan heard this, he was struck by lightning, and he was about to refute when he heard Li Zerong's cold voice.

"If it's her fault, punish her."

"That's not right! Qin Niang didn't! Li Zerong, why don't you believe me! Huanhuan knelt on the ground, looked at Li Zerong in despair, and cried.

When Gao Yu heard this, he gestured to his nurse. The old woman then understood, and angrily rebuked, "Bold! How can the prince's name be called! ”

After the nurse reprimanded angrily, she first glanced at the princess, then at the prince, and saw that the prince did not reach out to hug the princess from beginning to end, so she swallowed back the words that "punished her with twenty slaps." ”

Huanhuan was still begging, begging Li Zerong to believe her, and muttered: "Yesterday she sent the golden hairpin, I didn't know that the golden hairpin was actually given to her by you, she sent it, I'm just disgusting, I don't want to see it again... Why don't you believe me! ”

Li Zerong ignored her and said to the princess Gao Yu, who was close to him: "This matter is entrusted to you, and if it is Qin Niang's fault, she will be punished." ”

The princess was naturally dissatisfied with such a result, but she didn't show it, but just looked meaningfully at Huanhuan, who was kneeling on the ground, and was jealous.

Li Zerong took a step back and motioned for Gao Yu to enter the house with him.

There were only two guards left in the main courtyard, holding swords. Seeing the woman kneeling on the ground, her face was haggard, and the left side of her face was still pumping blood, and her face was unbearable. One person helped her up, stretched out a handkerchief and handed it to her, and whispered comfortingly: "Miss Qi, go back first." ”

It turned out that everyone in the house knew her and knew what a dirty existence she was. She smiled bitterly, shook off her handkerchief, stood up slowly, and said sadly: "I can't go back, I can't go back." ”

Since she stepped into this palace, it has been a road of no return to the past. can no longer be the same as before, innocent and romantic, heartless and wanton life.