Chapter Seventy-Nine: A Chance Encounter in the Bamboo Forest
In the corridor of the garden, Princess Pingyang stood up with her hands on the railing, and then moved her feet forward a little bit, the injury on her leg had been healed for the most part, but the injured leg was not strong for the time being, but Li Xiu had told her that she should move more when the injury was almost healed, which was more conducive to future recovery, so Princess Pingyang had been holding on to the railing to practice walking for the past two days.
The injured leg can't use force, and when it is forced, it will tear the wound, causing bursts of pain, but Princess Pingyang has a tough temperament, has been gritting her teeth and persevering, and finally walked along the corridor, but nearly half an hour has passed.
Seeing Princess Pingyang's sweaty appearance, the helmet and other maids immediately pushed the wheelchair forward, helped the princess to sit in the wheelchair, and then several people wiped the sweat, and the water was served, and after the princess Pingyang drank the water, she sat and rested for a while, and then slowly recovered.
"Princess, seeing that you are tired like this, I think it is better to wait for your injury to heal before practicing walking!" At this time, I saw that the helmet was a little distressed and persuaded that she and several other maids such as Armor were orphan girls who were rescued by Princess Pingyang from the battlefield or refugees, and they had been with Princess Pingyang for many years, in their hearts, Princess Pingyang was not only their master, but also their only relative.
"It's okay, Captain Li said to move around more, which is also conducive to the recovery of the wound!" Princess Pingyang said with a smile at this time.
"Giggles, why does the princess still call him Captain Li, have you forgotten that you just asked Ma Ye to appoint him as the sacrificial wine of our women's army?" Hearing this, the helmet suddenly smiled and corrected.
Hearing the correction of the helmet, Princess Pingyang couldn't help but purse her lips and smiled: "It's called habitual, I feel that Captain Li is more pleasing to the ear than Li Xianjiu, and with Li Xiu's character, I'm afraid he also likes Captain Li, a nominal loose official." ”
Speaking of Li Xiu, Helmet and other maids were also very excited, after all, Li Xiu not only saved the life of Princess Pingyang, but also a talented and beautiful young man, as the so-called girl does not have a spring, although the helmet and other maids are not worthy of each other, but they are not illegal to discuss, so a few maids actually chattered endlessly.
Hearing that the maids had a good evaluation of Li Xiu, Princess Pingyang pursed her lips and smiled again, and then pushed her wheelchair to the flowers and plants planted in the garden, and personally watered the flowers and plants, and when she finally watered the jasmine that was treated by Li Xiu, Princess Pingyang was pleasantly surprised to find that this half-dead jasmine actually sent out new shoots, which also shows that this jasmine began to recover.
Looking at this pot of jasmine sprouts, Princess Pingyang wanted to tell Li Xiu the good news as soon as possible, but thinking that with her own identity, if she ran to see Li Xiu just because of this incident, it would definitely seem a little undignified, so in the end, she could only hold back the impulse in her heart and decided to wait until the next time Li Xiu came to see her, she would tell him the good news.
After taking care of the flowers and plants, Princess Pingyang also felt a little bored, and the helmet immediately proposed to go out for spring when she saw this, after all, it was a good time for spring to shine, and it would be a pity if she always stayed at home.
Hearing the helmet's suggestion, Princess Pingyang was also a little moved, and after thinking about it for a while, she agreed, and then the helmet and a few of their maids pushed Princess Pingyang out of the house, in fact, there was no need to go far, the princess's courtyard was originally backed by mountains and rivers, and the surrounding scenery was very good, so Princess Pingyang was walking and stopping nearby, but it was also very leisurely.
"Huh? Isn't it Captain Li over there, I didn't expect to meet him here, it seems that the princess and him are really fateful! At this moment, he suddenly saw the helmet pointing at the bamboo forest in the distance in surprise and shouted.
Princess Pingyang looked along the fingers of the helmet, and sure enough, she saw a person carrying something by the bamboo forest in the distance, although it was far away, but looking at the other party's figure and demeanor, it should be Li Xiu.
When you go out for a walk, you can meet Li Xiu, which makes Princess Pingyang smile a little, but Li Xiu in the distance doesn't seem to see them, I saw him carrying a bag of things and walking a few steps along the bamboo forest, and suddenly turned around and entered the bamboo forest, and I don't know what to do?
"Princess, let's go over and see what Captain Li is going to do, shall we?" At this time, the helmet proposed with a curious face, they usually follow Princess Pingyang's side, and they hardly have any contact with young men, but now that a Li Xiu finally appeared, they were naturally extremely curious about everything about him.
"Yes, yes, I see that Captain Li is carrying something, should he want to eat in the wild after the spring, why don't we go with him?" At this time, another lady Armor was also very excited, Armor was a petite, but ******** plump girl, and she was also the one who was most interested in Li Xiu.
"You glutton, just when you see what people mention, you used to eat the most!" Seeing the armor's greedy look, the helmet immediately stretched out his hand and nodded her forehead and said, when Li Xiu personally cooked a sick meal for Princess Pingyang, when she couldn't finish eating, these meals fell into the mouths of the four maids, don't look at the armor's small body, but the amount of food is very large, and almost half of the dishes are eaten by her every time.
"But...... But the dishes made by Captain Li are really delicious! The armor rubbed his forehead aggrievedly, and then persuaded Princess Pingyang a little coquettishly, "Your Highness, let's go up and see if it's okay, if Captain Li is also going out for spring, we can also be a companion, so that there are more people and it will be more lively!" ”
The words behind the armor were unanimously approved by the maids such as helmets, and they persuaded Princess Pingyang one after another. In the end, Princess Pingyang was also very moved, and finally nodded, but the helmet and other maids immediately excitedly pushed her to the bamboo forest where Li Xiu appeared before.
"There is a small road, Captain Li should have entered from here!" The armor had sharp eyes, and suddenly saw a deep path hidden in the bamboo forest.
"Something is wrong, if Captain Li is here to step on the spring, he shouldn't have entered the bamboo forest, right?" At this time, Princess Pingyang suddenly raised her own question, stepping on spring generally likes to go to open places such as riverside grasslands, and it is rare to hear that people like to go to the bamboo forest to step in spring.
"Not necessarily, Captain Li's words and deeds have always been unexpected, maybe he prefers bamboo......"
"No, I guess Captain Li must have come to dig bamboo shoots!" Before Helmet could finish speaking, he was interrupted excitedly by Armor. Hearing the words of the armor, including Princess Pingyang, they all looked at her helplessly, this girl had nothing else in her mind except to eat.
"Princess, since you're all here, why don't you go in and have a look!" Then the helmet persuaded again.
Princess Pingyang was also very curious about the purpose of Li Xiu's coming to the bamboo forest, and finally nodded after thinking for a while, so the group walked along the path again, this path is very narrow, and it seems that no one has walked for a long time, the road is covered with grass buds, and the soil is very soft, and people feel very comfortable stepping on it.
Princess Pingyang walked forward about a hundred steps or so, and after turning a small corner, they suddenly became cheerful in front of them, only to see that a round clearing appeared more than a dozen steps ahead, surrounded by green bamboo forests, making this clearing seem to have a green wall.
It's just that to the surprise of Princess Pingyang, they saw that in the middle of this clearing, a very neatly trimmed lonely tomb stood there, and there was a small stone tablet in front of the tomb, but because the distance was a little far, it was impossible to see the words on the stone tablet, and Li Xiu stood motionless in front of the grave with his back to them at this time, and did not make any sound, as if he was in deep thought.
Seeing the tomb in the clearing, Princess Pingyang immediately understood, this is probably the tomb of the woman Li Xiu loves, and he must have come to worship his lover, and now he is so reckless in breaking in, if Li Xiu finds out, it will be too embarrassing.
Thinking of this, Princess Pingyang couldn't help but glare at them, these girls were also very clever, and they also guessed something, and then gently pulled Princess Pingyang's wheelchair back, intending to leave before Li Xiu found them, so as not to embarrass the princess.
Princess Pingyang also knew that leaving quietly now was the best way, and repeatedly signaled a few maids to be careful, originally they were not only her maids, but also the most personal female guards around her, and everyone was good, so there should be no big problem to leave quietly.
However, Princess Pingyang didn't know that in the world of Li Xiu's previous life, there was a very famous Murphy's law, which was "If there is a possibility that things will go bad, no matter how small the possibility is, it will always happen." So when she thought that a few maids should leave quietly with her, there should be no accident, but the accident happened.
"Click~" The helmet pushed Princess Pingyang's wheelchair, only paying attention not to make a sound from the wheelchair, but he forgot his feet, and as a result, he accidentally stepped on a dry bamboo branch, which was very abrupt in this relatively quiet bamboo forest, and it was impossible not to hear it unless Li Xiu fell asleep standing there.
Sure enough, Li Xiu, who was standing in front of the tomb and pondering, immediately turned around when he heard the sound, and soon found Princess Pingyang and others with an embarrassed face, which made him also stunned: "Her Royal Highness the Princess? Why are you here? ”