Chapter 84

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"What are you doing?" Although the boy was out of breath as he took the man's hand, he realized that he didn't have much effort on his hand at all. He glanced at the girl in amazement, but found that there was no breath except for the thin veil churning in the wind, and she had been running for so long and she was evenly breathed, and her steps were light, not at all like what he thought was the kind of delicate and weak lady who had been in the deep boudoir for a long time. The girl seemed to sense the surprise in the boy's gaze, and her feet slowed down.

"Don't run, don't run," the boy gasped heavily, and there was an inexplicable extra irritability in his heart, this little girl dared to lie to herself, if she had known that she had kung fu, then she would not have kicked the master to death, although the master did sound more than a little younger than the county master, but since he came here, he listened to the discussions of those passers-by, and the people avoided him, and now most of them are the master who is doing it, It was easy to pant evenly, and he glared at the guy next to him as if he felt a little uneconomical, you said that you know martial arts, and you don't come out with a knife or sword, and let people look at and know your identity.

The girl's face was even more inexplicable, although she was still a little confused and ran away with him just now, but seeing the serious eyes of the little boy with dirty clothes but a sincere face on her face, she suddenly realized. Although I was curious about where the imp would catch him, I still followed him driven by curiosity.

"You're a young lady from a big family?" The boy's eyes purred and turned, as if he was a little unconvinced.

The girl nodded, her crisp voice was still so beautiful, "Yes, I just ran out, in fact, it's not..." I thought that if I died in such a place, I would die, but I didn't expect that the official who was guarding the prisoner that day drank too much, so he ran out desperately. If the official is afraid of being beaten by the superiors, he will falsely report the sudden death of the prisoner, and then find a dead person outside to top, which can be regarded as a big and small matter, but if it is reported truthfully, then it can no longer sneak home secretly so as not to let the family suffer together, and the housekeeper who does not know what the situation at the border is can only run to Gaul while begging for food, and finally because the tattered clothes on his body still have a bit of bookish atmosphere, That's why he was favored by the protectorate prince of Gaul to stay in the palace and become a housekeeper again. Although Gaul is completely different from the Great Zhou after all, but this new housekeeper not only takes care of the original messy things in the mansion in an orderly manner, but even the customs of the female dependents of the ordinary people have to be corrected one by one according to the Great Zhou, although the dissatisfaction in the heart is not strange, but the only one who really listens to the housekeeper's bitter words is Apiruya, who was taken from the palace to the palace when he was a child, although he is a princess but because he does not have the protection of his mother, so no one cares about her, although the prince loves her a lot, But because he stayed in the barracks all day long, he didn't have time to take care of it, and even the prince's flower-like ladies didn't know that there was such a thing. Only the butler was a warm-hearted man, and he inevitably saw the unfavored concubine child in the old man's place, and without thinking about it, he took care of her as a little pitiful mother who died early, and if it were not for the weight of Abyrua in the prince's heart, he was afraid that she would have starved to death when she had just fallen here.

But some people don't like her, not only the charming county lord is the first to dislike her, but even the maid who lives together will always drive her to the kitchen every time she eats, and every time the house cuts new clothes, she will deliberately leave Abyruya behind, and even the monthly payment is very harsh, once the county lord actually asked Abyruya to wear the maid's clothes to serve her, if the housekeeper hadn't hurried back that day, she might have been tortured by Mrs. Zheng.

"Phew!" A vase of full weight slammed into Abruja's feet, and several broken pieces were about to fly up and hit the back of her hand, but Abruja still stared at the woman who was scolding her without blinking.

"Oh, it's really the opposite, you all come here to take a look, this little is going to kick her nose in the face, isn't it, relying on the little favor of the Gallic king to her, she wants to yell at our sisters, you look at how domineering her expression is, so young you know that the fox prince, if you grow up a little more, you will not have to drive out all of us who entered the door early!" Madame Zheng's voice was sharp and ugly, and her pointed nails were about to poke the girl's face.

"She's not going to do it, is she?" A woman with light makeup clearly had sympathy for that girl written on her face, "Didn't Your Highness say that she was your own child?" ”

"Ouch, my stupid sister, you even believe His Highness's words," the foreign county lord's voice was even more pretentious, "Who doesn't know that their man is a little bit of a showman, good for this and good for that, who knows which of his sentences is true and which is false, maybe I was afraid that we would be unhappy, so I found an excuse to send her in as a daughter, in fact, yes... What did the Han man say? ”

A graceful woman frowned: "Ming Xiu plank road secretly crosses Chen Cang? ”

"Yes," said Mrs. Zheng, clapping her hands as if she had some kind of treasure, "Actually, he had calculated it a long time ago!" You think, a good beauty embryo, put it outside, I'm afraid it's not safe, so just put her at home, it's convenient and safe, as long as the last sentence 'She's my daughter' makes us all defenseless, can't he do whatever he wants? ”

"Sister's words seem to really have some truth," another person hesitated to stand on Mrs. Zheng's side, she herself is an unassertive person, and she does everything according to Mrs. Zheng's eyes, so although she is not too favored, she is not treated slowly in the prince's mansion.

"I don't think so, what kind of man is our husband, I'm afraid that the sisters know more than you and me." Another voice came slowly, and although the veil covered her face and only heard it, the kind of charming voice that even a woman couldn't help but feel sad when she heard it. Although it is still unclear how many ladies there are in this prince's mansion, this woman who even the prince himself has to respect her for three points has heard it several times from the mouth of the maid, and even the people below are talking about whether she will be the best candidate for the prince's concubine, as long as you listen to what she just said, you will know that she does not just rely on her voice or beauty to win the prince's favor, this woman who rarely shows up is also a thoughtful person, and it looks like a plain sentence, Listening to the somewhat insinuating taste in the ears of those who have a heart, the county lord who has always been jealous is even more unsightly, doesn't this make it clear that his old pearl yellow is not as beautiful as those new women? She glared fiercely at the woman who had hidden her smile behind the veil, and her heart was filled with shame.

The girl looked at everything about them in her eyes, her face was indifferent, but she sneered in her heart, she couldn't imagine that even here it was an endless intrigue, and it was often said that the ruthless emperor family now seemed to be so.

"What's your name?" The man with the light veil gently touched the head of the girl with only stubbornness and indifference in his eyes, and asked as if he was suddenly interested in her.

She was still answered with that indifferent look, and it was not until she saw the interested smile in the woman's eyes that she said sullenly: "Abruya, my name is Abruja." ”

Almost at the same time she heard everyone gasp, Abyru, in Gallic means princess, and her other meaning is the divine bird that soars for nine days, according to convention, this is a title that only the royal family can use, but now it appears on the body of a strange girl, and what is even more interesting is that she appears here, which is unjustifiable in any way.

The county lord who had been married into the prince's mansion for a long time was obviously a little scared, but he pretended not to admit defeat and muttered in a low voice: "Cut, look at her clothes, where she looks like a princess, it's just a ...... called Hanako" A henchman maid in the palace next to her hurriedly pulled her clothes, and whispered without a trace: "County lord!" The woman in a gorgeous dress stared fiercely at the girl who was neither humble nor arrogant in front of everyone, snorted coldly, but never spoke again.

"Your name is really Epirua?" The veiled woman also frowned slightly confused, although she knew that it was inappropriate to question a princess in her own identity, she still couldn't help but ask first.

"Yes," that low hoarse voice didn't sound like the voice of a royal princess, let alone herself, even the people in the palace had never seen a princess's guard of honor come to the palace, and the prince only came back in a hurry that day, and after leaving her behind, he turned and left, except for instructing the housekeeper to take good care of her, and he didn't even say a word about them. Look at the food and clothing she has eaten and dressed after coming here, it is no different from a maid, but she has always been obedient, without half a complaint, this is not at all like the treatment that a high-ranking princess should have, but she didn't lose her temper, it's really a bit unpredictable.

"When did you come here, and how come I have never seen you, little sister?" The person who understood the eyes of the county lord stepped forward with a smile, she knew in her heart that no matter whether this princess was true or not, it was always right to be polite, although the county lord was the first woman brought back by the prince was extremely favorable, but at this time she did not come forward in person, and she was afraid that she would offend her in words before she did not find out the details of this little girl, it was okay if it was fake, but if she was really the daughter of the king of Gaul, then I am afraid... I'm afraid she doesn't have to think about the position of the concubine anymore.

"I... I don't remember," the girl's eyes were blank, "that's a long time ago," a servant girl hurried over, and hurriedly replied, "This... This young lady came to the house when she was very young, and I saw her in the firewood room, and I don't know what happened to her, so I ran out without saying a word, and I thought she was going to buy something, but I didn't expect her to come here......"

When the little maid said this, all the ladies and ladies breathed a sigh of relief, and the breath that was originally hidden in their hearts suddenly became much more relaxed, and in their eyes, they were afraid that the probability of Abyrua being a complete liar was now far greater than that she was a princess. Many people are obviously bolder, even the county lord who hid behind the maid just now because she was afraid became more and more untouchable, "I said she was a maid a long time ago, and you still don't believe it - hmph, it's time to believe it, stinky girl, you dare to trick me, see how I clean you up later!" As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves regardless of his identity.

"Wait," the veiled woman hurriedly walked up to the girl, stretched out her hand to stop the slap that was about to fall on the girl's face, and the always arrogant and domineering county lord angrily broke away from her hand and glared at her: "What are you going to do!" ”

"If you slap this girl in the face so indiscriminately, won't we all have to be punished if the queen prince blames him?" There is always a convincing temperament in the woman with a beautiful voice, and a few people who originally wanted to rush forward to point fingers also stopped, anyway, getting the prince's favor is more important than anything else, and the woman who was originally regarded as a thorn in the eye seems to have some truth in what she said, not to mention whether she is a real princess or not, but if she annoys the prince because of this, it will be more than worth the loss.

"Humph!" Seeing that her supporters immediately put on a wait-and-see attitude, the county lord's face was full of anger, but she was glaring more at the woman who repeatedly raised the bar with her, if she couldn't find any decent reason to excuse her and that cheap maid today, then don't blame herself for suing her in front of the prince. In her eyes, although that woman has always lived in seclusion and will not openly oppose herself, it is because of this that she seems to be too contemptuous of the authority of her county lord, and now if she is not reminded of her identity in time, she will inevitably find trouble for herself when she becomes a concubine.

"Don't worry, the county lord," the woman's voice once again revealed a nice femininity, almost didn't see her move, the tulle covering her face was windless, revealing a trace of smooth face, "Presumably this little princess won't be lying to us, I'm afraid that the reasons for the matter will be difficult to say clearly for a while, why don't you take this little princess to change clothes and dress up, and then find one to talk to the sisters, I don't know what the county thinks?" ”

"Hmph," the county lord tried to refute but found that he could not find any reason to refute it. Although she is arrogant, she also knows how to weigh the pros and cons, and now the matter is not clear, and all the testimony is just a one-sided statement of a little maid, and when there is no more evidence to prove whether the person in front of her, who has always appeared with the face of Cinderella, is a real princess, it is better not to act rashly.

"Hey, what the fairy said is not right, the little sister naturally will not suspect the fairy's motive for taking away this little girl, but it's hard to guarantee that someone will want to go somewhere else, maybe my sister will be charged with trying to collude with a confession, and the little sister is really worried about my sister." The other voice was soft and generous, seemingly reminding the veiled woman to be cautious, but without a trace, it attracted everyone's attention to the woman, judging from this ability to sow discord, half of the smile on the face of the woman who spoke just now was fake, at least she didn't intend to let the veiled woman get out of it.

Li Yi sneered in her heart, how could she not know the truth that people are warm and cold, the world is hot and cold, and she is sweet on her lips, but she may not like you in her heart. The woman who has always stayed at home has a blue eye for a little girl dressed as a maid, if she hadn't found something strange in her, how could she have been interested in her, it's good that she didn't hear it, but just now the maid clearly said that the little girl had entered the house early, and she didn't look like a princess at all, she even called the little girl so respectfully ' Princess', Li Yi's heart couldn't help but tighten secretly, could it be that she really saw something that was why she was so sure, or was she simply playing tricks to lure all of them into the bait?

Sure enough, several women who didn't know that they had been used by others came forward to accuse the veiled woman, and the county lord, who had always looked down on the woman who was tricky, was rarely calm, but looking at her clenched fists, it was estimated that she was on the verge of breaking out, and the maid dressed in blue had always been behind the county lord, but I was afraid that the county lord was so well-behaved now was also her credit. Li Yi glanced behind her slightly, there were indeed two maids with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, but if there was not even one person like the county lord's side who helped her at a critical time, she seemed to have a kind of breathless dullness in her heart when she thought of this.

"I'm just an ordinary person, how dare I be worthy of the word 'fairy'?" The woman with her face covered smiled good-naturedly, as if there was a kind of magic in her voice that could fascinate her, and suppressed the voices of those women, "If there is really a fairy in this world, it must be the county lord's sister, she is young and beautiful, how can someone like me who Lao Zhuhuang doesn't even want to see his own appearance can be compared." ”

Although he has always regarded the veiled girl as his biggest opponent, the county lord's cold expression still showed a hint of joy when he heard the opponent praise him like this, and the maid next to him saw all this in her eyes and sighed secretly.

"But this little sister's matter is really not easy to handle," Li Yi raised his eyes and looked at the people around him, and sighed deliberately to test others.

"The slave maid has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not," the maid who had just identified the little girl seemed to be a clever person, although she was not now accepted as a confidant by these women favored by His Royal Highness, but she had been looking forward to such an opportunity, and now the opportunity to show all her wits was in her hands, and if she didn't cherish it, she would really miss the position she had always dreamed of.

"Say, say everything," the county lord's attitude began to become arrogant again, as if she was the only one who was here.

"Yes," the maid raised her head slightly, and hurriedly lowered her head after seeing the terrifying cold light in the county lord's eyes, "Send someone to ask Your Highness, he should know if this child is really a princess." ”

"No," someone immediately retorted, "if this little girl... This girl is not a princess but a concubine he is preparing for Xinna, originally he didn't want us to know, but we stabbed... If His Highness blames us, we will be miserable. ”

"Yes, if he gives her another title or something, then we really have to kick people out as the county lord's sister said, and you have to make the decision for us," several panicked women looked at the county lord cautiously, like a child who had made a mistake looking at his mother pitifully.

"That's right, Your Highness said that there are all kinds of opportunities, how can I bother him with such a trivial matter, this idea doesn't work, well, absolutely not." The county lord lowered his head and thought for a while, then waved his hand irritably, "Chun Zhen, you don't need to say more about this matter," the maid beside him paused, gritted her teeth, and still took half a step back.

The veiled woman smiled coldly, it seems that the county lord's heart is still small and pitiful, the maid beside her walked to her very carefully, and whispered in her ear under the pretense of supporting her: "This girl is unknown, and her behavior is too strange, let's not stay here,"

The veiled woman glanced at the other person behind her, "You think so too?" ”

The maid who was staring at her had a calm face, and she couldn't see a trace of waves at all, "The slave maid can only see that the young lady's kung fu is not weak, as for whether she is the princess of Gaul, the slave maid does not dare to say anything, the girl is born with wisdom, and the girl is asked to judge herself for this kind of thing." ”

The masked woman was even more surprised, she didn't expect that this little girl who had been mingling in the palace maid would still be able to do kung fu? The question in her heart couldn't help but increase a little more, who was teaching her martial arts?

"Xiaoya, where have you gone, the ladies are here," the housekeeper ran out of a big sweat, and he couldn't bother to wipe his eyes when he saw the beads of sweat the size of beans flowing down his forehead, and his face tightened: "General Shi Gong is looking for you everywhere, don't you still have to learn words from that old master today?" ”

This time, even the old lady who had been standing silently in the distance changed her face, and the county lord standing in front of the butler could no longer care about anything else and asked, "What?" A girl's family still has to learn martial arts? He can't let this mad girl and my Isa take the throne, right? ”

For a while, everyone's faces changed, and the housekeeper tried his best to make his face look calmer, but the blue tendons that burst out of the corners of his forehead could no longer be hidden, "Please respect yourself, I didn't hear anything from what I said just now, and please don't talk casually." Ignoring the man's extremely ugly face, he turned his head as if he remembered something: "This young lady's name is Apiruja, the daughter of the Gallic king, the eldest princess of the Gallic royal family, if you don't mind, please add the word 'Your Highness' after her name, okay?" (To be continued.) )