Chapter Forty-Seven: Delivering Food
The days are still uneventful, day by day.
Duan Xisu and Duan Zishan, who had been in the field outside the palace for a long time, came back, and after Duan Tangtang heard the news, he saw that they were kneeling in the ancestral hall, and the queen was holding a long bamboo stick in her hand, and scolded them angrily, "Say, is it wrong!" ”
"Queen Mother, I'm sorry." The two of them lowered their heads, not daring to resist at all.
"Sneaking out of the palace for so long, there is no news at all, I think you want to be angry with the palace!" I raised my hand and wanted to hit it with a bamboo stick, but I stopped in the air, in the end, it was my own flesh and blood, and I couldn't bear to do it, so I could only put it down.
Duan Tangtang stepped forward to support her, "Queen Mother." ”
"Hongu is fine." The queen waved her hand. "You are kneeling here, don't you send someone to watch over them, and you are not allowed to let them come out without the order of the palace."
With that, he threw the bamboo stick to the ground and left.
Duan Tangtang sat cross-legged on the ground. "I said, where have you been out of the palace all this time?"
Duan Xisu had a sad face, "Don't mention it, the experience during this period of time is simply painful." ”
Duan Zishan roared: "It's not all you! I told you to come back early, but you had to drag me away. ”
"Then I said later, don't you hesitate!"
Duan Zishan closed his mouth instantly.
Duan Tangtang said curiously, "Tell me what you have all experienced." ”
"It's hard to put into words."
"It's hard to put into words."
"What's the matter? Dejected. ”
The two of them didn't answer, which was a hurry for Duan Tangtang.
But they didn't speak, "The past is unbearable, and we have decided to forget the past and start over." ”
Duan Tangtang: "......"
Duan Xisu touched his empty belly, "Seventh sister, we rushed all the way back, and before we could eat, we were escorted here by the queen mother and punished for kneeling, can you go and get us something to eat." ”
Duan Tangtang picked up the bamboo strip that was thrown on the ground by the queen, with a tense face, one hand behind his back, and the other hand shook the bamboo strip, "Sister, what sister, call sister." ”
Among their triplets, Duan Tangtang was the first to come out, and naturally became the eldest of the three, but Duan Xisu was not convinced, and shouted that he was only half an hour late, so why was he a younger brother.
However, this time he was so hungry that he had to bow his head, "Okay, my good sister, hurry up and get food, if you wait any longer, your dear brother will starve to death." ”
"Hmm." Duan Tangtang nodded with satisfaction and patted the dust behind him, "Wait here." ”
Duan Tangtang went to the imperial dining room, took a lot of food, and returned to the ancestral hall. But he was stopped by the guards guarding the door.
"I'm sorry, Seventh Princess, the Queen has an order not to give any food to the Eighth and Ninth Princes today."
No, the queen mother is so ruthless.
Duan Tangtang couldn't get in, so he could only sit outside the door and think about how to send the food in quietly.
Suddenly, Duan Tangtang ran away, and after a while, when she came back, the food box in her hand was gone, and her figure seemed to be more ...... than just now Plump.
"Now you can come in." Duan Tangtang smiled, his hands folded in front of him.
The guards stared at it for a while, and Duan Tangtang bulged out on his lower abdomen.
Duan Tangtang kept smiling, and pressed his stomach in without a trace.
Guard: "......"
Duan Tangtang: "......"
"Princess, you need to be searched to enter."
"Why?!" Duan Tangtang said angrily, "I don't have anything to eat." ”
Before she could finish speaking, an oiled paper suddenly fell out from under her, and inside the oiled paper was a bun, and the air was silent for a few seconds.
Duan Tangtang was like a pregnant baby in October, holding her stomach, slowly bent down and picked up the buns, then smiled at the guards, turned around and walked away in a strange posture.
Duan Tangtang stopped around the corner, then leaned against the wall and took out all the food hidden in his arms one by one.
"It was seamless, why did you fall out so well." Duan Tangtang took the bun that fell just now and scolded it angrily.
Buns: "......"
Duan Tangtang took a bite of the bun angrily.
I can't hide the food, I have to think about something else.
So she thought as she ate.
Finally, after she finished eating the bun, she thought of another solution.
Duan Tangtang got a ladder out of nowhere, with a loop of rope hanging from his shoulder, "Ouch, why is it so heavy." ”
Wobbly holding the ladder, carefully avoiding the guard's sight, came to the back of the ancestral hall, leaned the ladder against the wall, shielded the glare with his hands, and looked up, "Well, it's just right." ”
Then he threw down the rope and sneakily went back to get the food box.
Coming to the back of the ancestral hall again, Duan Tangtang picked up the rope and hung it on his shoulder, carried the food box, and climbed the ladder to the roof of the ancestral hall.
It's been a tough process.
Duan Tangtang put the food box on the roof with all her strength, and then climbed up herself, and finally climbed up, she sat and gasped, and rested for a while before moving.
She removed the tiles piece by piece, revealing a hole just big enough for a food box to fit in.
Duan Xisu's kneeling legs were numb, and his stomach was hungry, just when he couldn't hold it anymore, he suddenly heard Duan Tangtang's voice, "Old eight, here." ”
Duan Xisu looked around but didn't see anyone, it seemed that he was hungry and fainted, and he had auditory hallucinations.
But that voice was still in his ears, and Duan Xisu couldn't help but turn his head to look at Duan Zishan, "Ninth brother, did you hear the voice of the seventh sister." ”
Duan Zishan nodded weakly: "I heard it." ”
"Looks like we're all starving."
Duan Tangtang saw that they never looked up, so he casually touched a small pebble beside him and threw it down, and the faint sound of the stone falling attracted their attention, so the two raised their heads and saw Duan Tangtang's face.
The two were pleasantly surprised when they saw her, and finally they didn't have to be hungry, and then wondered, "Why are you there?" ”
Duan Tangtang made a silent gesture to them, "The queen mother won't let you eat, I can't get in, so I can only give it to you here, you continue." ”
Duan Tangtang tied one end of the rope to the handle of the food box, and then slowly lowered the food box.
As soon as it was put into the air, suddenly the rope loosened, and the food box fell straight down, and fell in front of the two of them with a "bang".
All three froze for a moment.
"What's going on?" The guards outside the door heard the movement and were about to come in to check it out.
Duan Tangtang hurriedly took back the rope, but the tiles didn't have time to cover it, she directly pounced on it and covered the hole with her body.
Duan Zishan in the ancestral hall was quick-eyed, and quickly pushed the food box forward, and the food box was pushed under the table of the Buddha statue, and was covered by a yellow cloth.
So, when the guards came in, Duan Xisu and Duan Zishan were still kneeling with their backs straight.
The guard said, "The Eighth Prince, the Ninth Emperor." Just now I heard a movement outside the door, are you okay? ”
"Lone didn't hear any movement, you heard it wrong." Duan Zishan deliberately turned his head and asked Duan Xisu again, "Starling, did you hear that?" ”
Duan Xisu shook his head, "I didn't hear it either, you heard it wrong." ”
In Duan Xisu's sincere eyes, the guards began to doubt their ears.
The guards looked around the ancestral hall, and there was indeed nothing suspicious, "Since this is the case, the minister went out, and the minister was outside the door, and if there was anything, he would be at his disposal at any time." ”
"Hmm." Duan Zishan nodded, "Hey, wait." ”
The guard said, "What do the Nine Emperor Princes command?" ”
"Lone and Starling have thought about this, if you are not called, don't break in at will."
"Yes."
After the guards left, Duan Xisu looked around for a while, and after confirming that he would not come in again, he hurriedly went to take out the food box, the two of them were really hungry, and they didn't care about their image, so they gobbled it up.
Duan Tangtang on the roof completed the task, put the tiles back up, and then took the ladder rope and quietly avoided the sight of the guards.
waved his sleeves and left, hiding his fame.