Chapter 23: On the Banks of the Dragon's Head Canal (2)
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In a trance, Lai Xing'er felt that his body was no longer sinking, and was lifted to the surface by a strong force, swimming forward slowly. He tried to open his eyes, and saw that he was lying on the curtain hat and slowly going up the river under the light of the fire on the shore. The sergeants on the shore apparently regarded him as if they had in their pockets, and laughed and followed him forward, and none of them rushed into the water to catch him ashore.
Lai Xing'er was crying and laughing, and suddenly heard the voice of the masked woman from under him: "Sensei, they won't be able to take care of us later." ”
On the night of heavy rain, in the Longshou Canal in the east of Daming Palace, Lai Xing'er floated on the water, and the masked woman held him in the water, and the two swam leisurely in the direction of Taiye Pond in full view, like a pair of naughty palace eunuchs playing in the water, where there was a trace of helplessness, and the embarrassment of diving and absconding. Lai Xing'er couldn't help but laugh out loud every time he thought about this scene later.
In the ambush in Dongjiacheng in advance, the sergeants who were preparing to capture the remnants of the Zhang clan gradually lost their patience, and someone laughed and shouted at Lai Xing'er in the water: "Little brother, talk to the one under the water, come up quickly." You're swimming in the wrong direction, where are you going to take us to the palace? When all the sergeants heard this, they all burst into laughter, and the unhappiness and tension caused by squatting in the rain suddenly disappeared in this burst of laughter.
At this moment, there was a noisy cry faintly in the distance in the Daming Palace, and then, Lai Xing'er heard a sergeant on the shore hurriedly proclaiming: "Someone in the palace has assassinated the emperor, and the general ordered you to rush to Yaohua Palace to escort you." ”
Almost at the same time, Lai Xing'er felt that the curtain hat under him was suddenly withdrawn, and he panicked so much that his hands and feet fluttered, but because he was not accustomed to water, his body involuntarily sank into the water, and gradually lost consciousness......
I don't know how long later, when Lai Xing'er woke up from his coma, he found himself lying on a soft and comfortable bed, covered with a thin embroidered quilt that exuded a faint fragrance.
Startled, he sat up suddenly, only to find out in surprise that he was wrapped in the quilt naked, and hurriedly wrapped himself tightly with the quilt, and then raised his eyes uneasily to look at everything around him: this seems to be a woman's boudoir, there is a small dressing table next to the bed, and there is a polished bronze mirror on the dressing table, and there are incense powder jewelry and other things used by women, and a gold-sprinkled screen with a hundred flowers and spring patterns blocks the view, so that Lai Xing'er can't see the door of the room, On the screen, it looks like a horsewhip hanging at random, which feels a little familiar.
"Is anyone there? Where is this? Lai Xing'er was embarrassed and couldn't get up from the bed, so she had to ask tentatively.
"You're finally awake, change your clothes quickly, and follow me to see my mother." The response from behind the screen turned out to be a brocade screen, holding a set of clean clothes in his hand.
Lai Xing'er thought that she was sleeping naked on the Jinping bed, and suddenly her face was flushed with shame, and she wrapped the quilt tightly and asked, "Why is it you?" How did I get here? ”
Jinping pursed his lips and smiled, and said without leaving half a point of affection for Lai Xing'er: "You came to ask me?" I was drunk and fell on the edge of the Taiye Pool, fortunately I bumped into it, if you let the forbidden army get it, you must be arrested as a suspect in the palace assassination. I have returned to my mother, and my mother is waiting to see you in the palace. ”
After that, he put the clothes in his hand on the dressing table next to the bed, and without waiting for Lai Xing'er to open his mouth, he dodged and avoided leaving the room.
Lai Xing'er was like falling into the clouds and mist, and she couldn't understand what Jinping was talking about: she jumped into the ditch with the masked woman and escaped, and was removed from the curtain hat under her and sank to the bottom of the dragon's head canal. Could it be that someone saved himself? If that's the case, where does you get the smell of alcohol on your body?
At the same time, he thought about the little secret on his body This time Jinping can see it clearly, his heart can't help but panic, he jumped out of bed with a red face, took the clothes sent by Jinping and quickly put them on, and walked out of the room hard, not even having the courage to raise his head to look at Jinping guarding the door, he only obediently followed behind her and went to see Jingxuan together.
Jing Xuan had learned from Jinping yesterday that Lai Xing'er had entered the palace on an errand in Yanying Palace, but unexpectedly thought that he would inexplicably appear at night by the Taiye Pool in the harem, although she believed that Lai Xing'er had nothing to do with the assassination incident in the palace, but remembered that Xing'er entered the East Palace two years ago and was sent by Empress Zhang as an eyeliner for the past when he entered the East Palace to be an errand by Queen Zhang, and had to be extra careful, and decided to ask him in person.
Lai Xing'er secretly compared Jing Xuan and Wanrong in her heart: they are both the same mother, but Jing Xuan is more like a big sister, although she makes a mistake, she will also severely reprimand and even punish, but once she is in danger, she will always help with love; And Wanrong is completely different, it is said that her background is more similar to Lai Xing'er, neither as noble as Jing Xuan, nor as humble as Wang Cairen, she should have an indifference and affinity for others, but although Lai Xing'er has not been on an errand in Ning Xiangxuan for a long time, she often tastes a strong alienation and indifference from behind Wanrong's smiling face. Both of them are as beautiful as flowers, Jingxuan seems to be a bush blooming in the wind in early spring, making people feel warm and hopeful from time to time, and Wanrong is just like a water lily in midsummer, which is pleasing to the eye, but it is always separated by a pool of water, which makes people easy to approach.
When Jing Xuan asked about last night, Lai Xing'er did not mention that the masked woman was the weaving palace maid Guo'er of the Shangfu Bureau, and almost without concealment, Wu Bi wanted to use himself as a fishing bait, and took the opportunity to worship at the burial place of Zhang's corpse, and all the before and after the trapping of the remnants of the Zhang Palace made a statement to Jing Xuan.
"In this way, they used the method of scheming and attacking the west, sending a masked woman to follow you to the East Jiacheng to worship the Zhang family, and it was true that they sent a master into the palace to assassinate them." Jing Xuan heard what happened to Lai Xing'er, and said thoughtfully, "But the strange thing is that why did the masked woman run away with you, a burden who is not accustomed to water, and then disguised you as drunk and placed you by the Taiye Pool, is it that there is something else between you and them, they can't bear to harm you, but they deliberately sent you outside Yuxiu Palace, and asked this palace to protect you?" ”
Lai Xing'er knew that Jing Xuan's analysis was quite close to the truth, but he didn't have the courage and courage to admit to Jing Xuan that he had a meeting with Furong before entering the palace, so he had to blush and argue: "Although the little ones don't understand why they treat the little ones like this, the little ones have nothing to do with them since the prince left Beijing two years ago, otherwise the little ones wouldn't have agreed to General Wu to trap them." ”
Jing Xuan saw that a layer of fine sweat appeared on his forehead, and he mistakenly thought that he was worried that he was involved in the reverse case of assassination in the palace and was anxious, and he never thought that Lai Xing'er was guilty because he had told a lie in front of him, so he held back his sweat. She stood up, handed a silk handkerchief to Lai Xing'er with her own hands, and said comfortingly: "No matter what the matter is, when Jinping found you by the Taiye Pool last night, you were drunk and unconscious, showing that you were not their accomplice. Besides, you have an appointment with General Wu beforehand, and he can speak for you, so you don't have to worry about it. The palace heard that the Yanying Palace is the place where the emperor receives important ministers in the court and meets with important military and political affairs, and the emperor has transferred you to the Yanying Palace on an errand, which shows that the trust in you is better than others. Alright, that's all for today, you can go back. ”
Lai Xing'er kept his voice open, but he couldn't help asking: "Is the emperor okay with his old man, has the murderer who assassinated last night been caught?" ”
Jing Xuan's face sank, and he wanted to reprimand him for asking more. Jinping, who was standing next to him, had always been used to fighting with Lai Xing'er, so he opened his mouth and said, "The emperor has his own gods to protect him, where will there be anything?" It's you, the victim went to Cailuan's room last night to make up for the night, and you will be punished for drinking and making amends another day. ”
Lai Xing'er remembered that he was still wearing an unknown robe, and it was inconvenient to ask Jinping in front of Jing Xuan who took off his clothes and cleaned his body for him, and stood there embarrassed, smiling stupidly, unable to say a word.
Jing Xuan took a look at the expressions of the two of them, she saw that Lai Xing'er seemed to have some awareness of the defense of men and women in a daze, and although Jinping was two years older than Lai Xing'er, because he had been guarding his side, it seemed that he had never opened his mind, and he was still as innocent as before, and his mouth was not blocked, so he smiled and hugged Jinping and said: "Last night, I was going to place you to Zhu Shuang and them, Jinping was worried that you couldn't sleep well, so he deliberately gave up his room to you, why didn't you have a word of thanks, just a smirk?" ”
Lai Xing'er's usual cleverness didn't know where it was thrown, so he bowed deeply to Jinping, spread his legs and ran out.
Jing Xuan looked at his back and muttered to Jinping: "It's a pity, he's a eunuch." ”
Jinping was stunned, then blushed and said, "Niangniang, what are you talking about." ”.