Chapter 13 Layout
The long row of bungalows in the kitchen in the backyard burned down, and the earthen walls made of man-high loess were blackened, and some broken trees were still emitting black smoke. Under the leadership of Laifu, some of the families are sorting out the destroyed and broken furniture and some usable utensils, and the broken walls and ruins are occasionally scattered with dirt. Several charred bodies, covered with white burlap, were parked in the open space in front of the house.
Tong Hang let go of Xiao Cui's hand, pointed to her and motioned her to stand in place, walked to the leftmost body in the row of corpses, and slowly knelt down. Mu'er told him in the backyard atrium just now that it was the body of a. Xiaocui stood under the attic and looked at Tong Hang blankly.
"Xiaocui, Steward Li arranged for me to live in the East Courtyard with you." Mu'er timidly pulled Xiaocui's sleeve and said, "I'll go clean up those rooms first." ”
Seeing Xiao Cui Muran's nod, Mu'er looked at Tong Hang, who was kneeling in a daze, her lips moved, she didn't say anything after all, lowered her head and hurriedly left Guiyuan.
Mu'er didn't know why the kind-hearted would encounter a flying disaster, but he could vaguely feel the hostility of the group of people in Yiyuan towards Tong Hang, and he didn't dare to get too close to Tong Hang. He was bought into the Li Mansion at the age of eight, and now it has been eight years, and the young man's active and talkative surname has long been worn out, so he can only get up early and go to bed late every day like a calf, and he is cautious of anyone in the mansion. There is also an old mother in her sixties at home, with an older brother with dementia in her forties, if it weren't for the death of his father when he was seven years old, his mother would not have sold him into the Li Mansion as a young man. He was afraid of saying the wrong word, afraid of taking the wrong step, and counted the words in the Li Mansion in fear. Fortunately, the old lady and the housekeeper Li treated him well and allowed him to take care of the family with a little money. This time, Steward Li let him also live in the East Courtyard and serve Tong Hang, but how dare he offend those people in Yiyuan. In the second half of last night, Xiaocui was left in the Lotus Garden by the third lady, and the housekeeper Li asked him to take Tong Hang back to his front yard to live together, although Tong Hang fell asleep, but he didn't dare to close his eyes all night. The slightest noise scared me to death. As soon as the day dawned, Xiaocui came over, Tong Hang also got up and washed his face, he had just squinted for a while, he woke up when he heard the footsteps, and saw that it was Xiaocui and Tong Hang, he hurriedly got up and followed. Why is this kid Ba'er so stubborn, from last night's fire to now, I only remembered to go to see, but he didn't cry, didn't shed a tear, just knelt there with a black face......
I don't know how long it took, Tong Hang's chaotic thinking slowly condensed, his consciousness gradually woke up, and he felt that his legs were on his knees. He slowly stood up and looked at the backs of the busy nurses, and no one cared to pay attention to him. Only then did he realize that in this world, the departure of had made him stand alone. He stepped on his legs, staggered, and a pair of delicate little hands next to him wrapped around his arms. He slowly turned around and found that it was Xiao Cui. Cui'er, there is still a person in this world who cares about herself, yes, Xiao Cui who was promised to herself. Looking at Xiao Cui's tearful and beautiful face and concerned eyes, he couldn't help but feel a warm heart.
"Didn't you say that Madame arranged for us to stay in the East Courtyard?" Tong Hang gently brushed away the tears on Xiaocui's face, and said softly, "Let's go and see." ”
Xiao Cui nodded, and Tong Hang, who was numb in his legs, slowly walked towards the backyard atrium.
In the attic of Guiyuan, a maid came over and said softly, "Madam, they are gone." ”
"Hmm. That Niu Ba is also a poor child. The old lady said: "Go and talk to the big housekeeper Li, and raise the use of Niu Ba to the level of the second son, and say that the old lady said it." ”
The maid said yes and went downstairs.
The old lady's face remained as usual, without the slightest change. After a while, her brows twitched, and she said, "Xianglian." ”
A tall and thin maid said yes from the next room and greeted her, "Madam."
"You go and tell the young lady and let her take good care of Niu Ba and Xiaocui, except for them and Mu'er, none of them who are not from the East Courtyard are not allowed to enter the East Courtyard. If there is something, they will all block the door of the east courtyard and reply. The old lady smiled slightly and said, "The house must be safe, and people with ulterior motives should not be disturbed." ”
"Yes, ma'am." Xianglian agreed and walked away quickly. Xianglian is a solid maid, just because she is tall and thin, which does not conform to the aesthetic point of view at this time, everyone thinks she is extremely ugly, so she is also very inferior. Fortunately, the old lady has a good heart, never thinks her figure is ugly, and maintains her everywhere, making all the maids red-eyed.
Seeing her go briskly, the old lady couldn't help but smile slightly, and said to herself: "What a solid and good girl, but it's a pity that she's a little taller." ”
The maids next to them couldn't help but glance at each other a few times, and thought in unison, what does Madam mean?
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After the three Yang lords left the Renzhi Palace, Wang Zhen put away his smiling face and returned to his face coldly. He clapped his hands, and served a wet towel in a green coat. He took it and wiped his face, and threw it out, but the waiter in Tsing Yi hurriedly caught it and lowered his body and retreated.
"Father Weng, did the kid do well just now?" When the little emperor saw Wang Zhen's face, he hurriedly smiled and asked Wang Zhen: "But what did the child do wrong?" ”
Wang Zhenpi pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, and said, "Qi Boer, well done." In the future, I will let others know that the emperor is the only one who can persuade the emperor many times. ”
Qi Boer, Wang Zhen used a lot of secret power in the East Factory, and spent more than two years searching for it, only to find this face exactly the same as the prince, and then hid in the East Palace to secretly imitate the prince's tone and actions for a whole year. After the crown prince ascended the throne and became emperor, he used two groups of people, Jinyiwei and Dongchang, one to rob and assassinate the little emperor, and one to send back to the little emperor. Who knew that the mistake was in the useless thing, and this horse had to be beaten and beaten. Let him know that he has no way but to follow our family. Hmph, I still want to step on two boats, something!
"Yes, yes. Only Weng's father has such power. The little emperor's waist was lowered, and his smile was more infectious, like a twelve-year-old child.
"Huh?" Wang Zhen snorted with a cold face: "This is the palace. ”
The little emperor was startled, hurriedly straightened up, swept around majestically, and said, "Set up Cining Palace, I want to go to the Empress Dowager to say goodbye." ”
Wang Zhen hurriedly changed to a sneer, and said loudly: "Let's drive-."
Around the two of them, several Tsing Yi attendants brought by Wang Zhen shouted in unison: "Drive Cining Palace-".
After a period of chaos among the surrounding Tsing Yi attendants, everyone rushed towards the Cining Palace in the north of the Renzhi Palace.