Chapter 346: The Caged Bird
No, send this to the girl in the East Wing! ”
A cook in the fire room put the freshly filled fungus lotus seed soup on the table, and instructed a little maid sitting on the bench to speak.
When the little maid heard that it was the East Wing again, the whole person was about to wrinkle, and she looked up at her bitter melon-like little face and said weakly: "It's the East Wing again, can you go to another person this time?" ”
"Yo~ You little girl has learned to pick and choose now when she does things, and I want you to send it today!"
"However, I was delivering it a few days ago, so can I not go today?"
The little maid was coquettish, but this cook was an old man who didn't eat hard and soft, she patted the little maid's shoulder and said, "Go early and come back early, there is still a lot of work in this fire room!" ”
"Oh~"
The defeated little maid could only look aggrieved and reluctantly walked to the east wing with the food plate.
If there was anything scary in the East Wing, which she couldn't avoid, there was nothing. It's just that there is a person with a strange personality who they can't afford to offend.
Since Hu Lian's banquet that day, Xiao Mu was arranged by Hu Lian and Phantom to live in a bright wing room in the east of the Eight Princes' Mansion, that is, the place where the little maid was reluctant to go at first.
This room was chosen by Xiao Mu herself, in fact, the phantom wanted her to live in another courtyard on the east side, because this one was too big, and there was a plum forest behind the courtyard, which made it even more difficult for the phantom to monitor Xiao Mu's whereabouts. But Xiao Mu couldn't move his legs as soon as he walked into this place, no matter what the phantom said, he wanted to live in this courtyard, so in the end, Hu Lian still relied on Xiao Mu's decision.
Since Xiao Mu lived in the Eight Princes' Mansion, there has been a rumor in this palace that Hu Lian likes Xiao Mu. Later, this rumor also spread that the palace had a lot of movement in the capital.
Although Hu Lian is indeed interesting to Xiao Mu, after all, who can not like a beautiful woman. But what Hu Lian did for Xiao Mu was not out of his liking for Xiao Mu, but out of a deal with Phantom.
Feng Linglou promised that only Hu Lian could get rid of Zhao Mingsheng and put him on the throne, such a good thing Hu Lian naturally would not miss it.
Since Xiao Mu lived in Hu Lian's place, she had been closed in the courtyard all day long, and the maidservants who went in to deliver food could know what she had done, and the rest of the people didn't know.
And at the beginning, when the little maid walked to the door of Xiao Mu's courtyard with the fungus lotus seed soup, she knocked on the door, and after waiting for a while, the door opened automatically.
The little maid cowered and walked into the courtyard, she looked around at everything around, and when she was sure that there was no one, she hurried to the stone table in the courtyard, put down the things in her hand, and shouted: "Girl, this is fungus lotus seed soup, I gave it to you on the table!" ”
She really didn't have the courage to walk in, because the last time she entered here, she was too curious about what the woman who made her prince treat her like this looked like, but she didn't expect that when she secretly walked into Xiao Mu's room, a long sword suddenly appeared in front of her, and the scene at that time was that the sword was about to force the girl's throat, so she was so afraid to enter Xiao Mu's courtyard.
Xiao Mu, who was lying on the roof, watched the movements of the little maid below very curiously, and only jumped off the roof after she left. She liked everything around her, but she couldn't seem to remember how she got to this place.
Sitting at the stone table, Xiao Mu looked at the fungus lotus seed soup on the table, and was in a rare and happy mood, and when he picked up the spoon and was about to taste it, suddenly the phantom jumped out from the courtyard wall and landed beside Xiao Mu.
Because Xiao Mu couldn't speak, the phantom found her a weapon with a handle as thin as a needle and as tough as a bamboo. Xiao Mu named it Qiansi, and when she wanted to talk to others, she would take out Qiansi and roll a leaf from the air to carve what she wanted to say.
However, there is only one phantom who can make Xiao Mu speak, and the rest of the time Xiao Mu is always silent and does not move.
The phantom looked at Xiao Mu and said, "Can you get used to living here?" ”
Xiao Mu continued to stir the spoon and nodded gently, Phantom Sword Xiao Mu has now completely taken on this new identity, so he is basically relieved of her. She stood proudly with her hands on her chest and said, "The master has come to the task!" ”
Xiao Mu raised his head and blinked at the phantom with a pair of blank eyes, as if asking what the phantom's mission was.
But the phantom met Xiao Mu's clear and bright big eyes, and then took two steps forward uncontrollably, she gently raised Xiao Mu's chin and said thoughtfully: "It turns out that it is such a pair of eyes, no wonder it is unforgettable." ”
Xiao Mu, who always only has the memory of yesterday, naturally didn't understand everything the phantom said, after the phantom let go of his hand, Xiao Mu wanted to dance her Qiansi and ask something, but after the phantom saw through her intentions, the phantom said: "Tomorrow Hu Lian will take you to a place, and then act according to the situation." ”
After saying that, the phantom left quietly, just like her appearance, every time the phantom left so unexpectedly and unexpectedly.
Xiao Mu, who was left behind, looked up at the blue sky above her head, and couldn't help but want to go out and have a look, but she promised the Phantom that she would never leave this place until she had revenge.
At this time, there was a bird flying overhead, Xiao Mu watched it gradually disappear from her sight with envy, and at this time she suddenly felt as if she was a bird in a cage.
But why did she feel like this, she couldn't figure it out, and after thinking about it, she still gave up the pursuit of this reason.
On the second day, Hu Lian sent someone to help Xiao Mu dress up and then took her to dress up and leave. Xiao Mu, who was sitting in the carriage, looked cold, she looked at the maids whispering outside the window, and then looked at Hu Lian who was sitting opposite. There were too many doubts in her heart, and she finally pulled out her thousand threads and carved a line of words on a thin piece of silk: "Where are we going?" ”
Hu Lian smiled and explained, "I took you to apologize to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”
Apologize? What apologies? Xiao Mu still didn't understand, and what she didn't understand the most was why Hu Lian apologized and pulled herself along?
Although there were still many doubts in his heart, Xiao Mu saw that Hu Lian had closed his eyes, and he was obviously unwilling to take care of himself anymore, so he gave up.
She lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the slowly moving picture outside, but there was always some familiar but indescribable feeling in her heart.
While she was still trying to figure out what it was like along the way, the carriage had stopped at the entrance of the Prince's Mansion. Hu Lian took Xiao Mu's hand and got out of the carriage, and when he stepped on the ground first and turned around to help Xiao Mu, he suddenly noticed the eyeliner outlined at the corner of her eyes today, as if today's makeup had raised Xiao Mu's beauty to a higher level. Those eyes were so beautiful, Hu Lian thought in his heart and couldn't help it, but it was a pity that this beauty turned out to be a killer who couldn't speak.
Zhao Mingsheng forced himself to stay in the palace these times, because he didn't know what he would do once he went out. He was standing in front of an easel in his study, with Yunyan's danqing hanging on it, and he was still looking for some evidence for himself that the woman who suddenly appeared had nothing to do with Yunyan. But his heart was struggling, Zhao Mingsheng was thinking that if Yunyan was really alive, even if he didn't know himself, he would be happy.
"Your Royal Highness, the Eighth Prince is here, saying that he is here to compensate you."
Zhao Mingsheng took his eyes off the painting, although he was unwilling to deal with the man who had been appearing in front of him like Xiaoqiang, but Zhao Mingsheng seemed to have no reason to refuse.
"Invite him to sit in the front hall, this king will come later!"
After the servant retreated, Zhao Mingsheng carefully put away the hanging danqing and gently put it away. This was already the last thing he could put in his thoughts about Yunyan.
After changing his clothes, Zhao Mingsheng appeared in the hall with an indifferent and even smiling expression.
But as soon as he stepped into the front hall, the moment he looked up, the gentle smile on his face gradually froze on his face, and then the whole person seemed to be fixed in the distance and did not move.
And Xiao Mu, who was sitting next to Hu Lian, was quietly holding a cup of tea, she took a small sip of the tea in the teacup, but when she took the first sip, her good-looking willow eyebrows wrinkled.
She has never liked to drink Pu'er, and she always has this expression every time she drinks it. Now the vivid and vivid picture in front of him overlapped with the gray in his memory, Zhao Mingsheng strode uncontrollably to Xiao Mu's side, he stretched out his hand and wanted to grab Xiao Mu's hand, but this action had already been recognized by Xiao Mu, so she dodged it.
Xiao Mu frowned and looked at the strange man in front of her, the look in her eyes was completely puzzled. Xiao Mu didn't understand why there were such complicated emotions in the eyes of the man in front of him, the suppressed, restrained, enthusiastic, sad, joyful, and shocking ......
"Oh~ His Royal Highness the Prince, this king came today to apologize to His Royal Highness because of the last incident, do you see that Xiao Mu was also in a hurry that day, can Your Highness be able to look at the face of this king and not worry about a little girl?"
Zhao Mingsheng's reaction was bigger than Hu Lian expected, and he naturally told Hu Lian about Xiao Mu's true identity phantom, although he thought that Zhao Mingsheng would be suspicious, but he never thought that he would react so much.
"Who the hell are you? Who are you? ”
Zhao Mingsheng was forced by Xiao Mu's coldness, and his voice couldn't help but get louder. Hu Lian looked at the embarrassing scene in front of him and couldn't help but protect Xiao Mu behind him, and he opened his mouth to explain: "Your Highness, are you not a gentleman today?" Xiao Mu couldn't speak, so she asked His Highness not to force her like this. ”
"What, what, how can the impossible smoke be ......"
"Your Highness, I think you may have recognized the wrong person, she is not a smoke but Xiao Mu."
If Xiao Mu could open her mouth now, she would definitely accuse Zhao Mingsheng of being too frivolous, but now she is not willing to deal with Zhao Mingsheng, so what Zhao Mingsheng saw Xiao Mu was just a cold look.