Chapter 22: Leaping to the Mountain
Mo Xiao asked them what they were doing, and a maid told him, "The princess is bathing, and she has been washing for three hours. ”
Three hours? Mo Xiao's heart was sour, did she really hate him to the extreme? He just took off her coat and didn't touch her.
Mo Xiao knew what it was like to dislike a person, and he felt redundant even to look at it, because he had seen Su Nianqing like this.
But since when did Su Nianqing be so reluctant to see him?
Su Nianqing had been soaking in the water for too long, her hands had turned white, and she had shed a lot of skin, but she still felt that she still had the smell of Mo Xiao on her body, which was the case the day before she went to Nanlin Country in her previous life, and then she became pregnant.
Su Nianqing sobbed quietly, Mo Xiao's actions scared her today, fortunately Yuzhu came back in time, otherwise she and Mo Xiao might not know what would happen, and maybe there would be another child who would not see the light of day.
"Miss, is it okay?"
Yuzhu reminded in a low voice, thinking that her young lady and the prince had achieved good things today.
Su Nianqing stopped the cranky thoughts in her mind, dried herself, and returned to bed.
The next day, when it was dawning, Feng Ying came.
Su Nianqing just freshened up and dressed up, today is the first day of the new year, every day, the housekeeper will come to receive money to buy the things needed in the house, this rule is set by Su Nianqing, and the house has been well organized by her since March.
Feng Ying held her hands in front of her and bowed her body slightly, waiting for Su Nianqing.
Su Nianqing strode out of the door, "Young Master Fengying, what's the matter?" ”
The government called him Young Master Fengying, so Su Nianqing went to the countryside and called him Young Master Fengying.
But as soon as Su Nianqing came, he gave this young master Fengying a dismissal, so he instigated his subordinates to secretly make things worse.
Feng Ying bowed, and then followed behind Su Nianqing, and said as she walked: "Princess, the tenants who jumped to the west of Shanxi said that the food was sluggish this year, so they asked for half of the rent. ”
Su Nianqing continued to walk towards the warehouse, "The rent has been reduced once at the beginning of the year, how can they say that it will be reduced?" ”
"Yes, I have said it many times, but they have to say that they want to see the princess, and they will tell the princess in person."
Feng Ying washed himself clean in and out of words.
Su Nianqing stopped suddenly, "What?" See me? Feng Ying, who was trotting behind, hit Su Nianqing's back straight up.
Feng Ying touched her nose and nodded.
Su Nianqing continued to turn around and walk towards the front, and came to the warehouse in a blink of an eye. When he entered the warehouse, he turned around and said, "Young Master Fengying, you go and prepare the carriage, and today we will go to Yuelin Mountain." ”
After the housekeeper's mother-in-law received the money, the sun was slowly rising, and Su Nianqing explained some things and went out with Fengying.
Only Su Nianqing and Feng Ying have long heard that the tenants who leap into the mountain are not easy to deal with, and today Su Nianqing wants to take a look.
The carriage was bumpy all the way, Feng Ying drove the carriage, Su Nianqing sat in the carriage, the road to the mountain was not easy to walk, the carriage walked very slowly, and it was almost noon before the two of them arrived at the mountain.
The princess personally collects the rent, I'm afraid it's only Su Nianqing, in fact, before she came, Su Nianqing knew that it must be Feng Ying who was the obstacle. The tenants didn't feel too embarrassed when they knew that the princess was coming, and only begged Su Nianqing to consider reducing the rent.
It's just that at the foot of the mountain, Su Nianqing saw a person, and the back was somewhat similar to Mo Xiao, but it was definitely not Mo Xiao, that was? The Five Princes? The man did not have time to think about it, so he went east. In her previous life, she heard that the five princes often came to Yuelin Mountain, so she expected that Yuelin Mountain was related to the five princes.
"Young Master Fengying, you go back first, I still have some things."
Feng Ying didn't know when Su Nianqing would appear behind her.
The carriage stopped suddenly, and the horse let out a roar, "Princess, if you don't go back, I won't be able to explain to the prince." ”
Feng Ying's tone softened, and when she was communicating with the tenants, Su Nianqing clearly saw Feng Ying's careful thoughts. But she didn't say it, Feng Ying also understood it in her heart, so at this time he was actually a little afraid of Su Nianqing.
Su Nianqing looked at Feng Ying, "What I'm going to do is very dangerous, you go back first, if I don't come back after dark, you tell the prince and let him come to find me." ”
Feng Ying nodded, and immediately retreated when she heard the word danger.
Su Nianqing rode a horse and galloped towards the east, Su Nianqing rode a horse and whipped like a heroine in a picture book.
To the east, it is a wooded mountain with almost no arable land, and the further you go, the more gloomy it becomes.
In the previous life, during the autumn hunt, the assassins assassinated the emperor in the hunting ground, and the five princes stepped forward and made a meritorious contribution to the rescue, so the emperor took back the military power of the Praetorian Guard in Mo Xiao's hands and handed it over to the five princes.
At that time, Mo Xiao suspected that the assassination was planned by the five princes, but there was no evidence, so it was over. Calculating the time, it is also close to the autumn hunt.
Su Nianqing clenched the reins, the horse stopped, Su Nianqing flew to a big tree, and as far as the eye could see, there was the royal hunting ground on the other side of the mountain.
The strange thing is that there is no arable land and no people, but there is a big road on the mountain.
"It's an official road down the mountain, isn't it ...... here?"
Su Nianqing continued to walk along the mountain road, wanting to confirm his thoughts.
At the top of the hill is a flat clearing, surrounded by a clutter of weeds, as if someone had fought here.
Su Nianqing tied the horse outside and tiptoed along the road by herself, afraid that it was true, but she couldn't turn back at this point.
Finally in the middle of a forest, Su Nianqing saw a thatched hut with the door closed, and he didn't know what was going on inside.
"If there is a mistake in what I explained just now, all your family members will die, but is it clear?"
A man lowered his voice, but the majesty in his tone could not be concealed.
Su Nianqing covered her mouth, the man turned his back to him and couldn't see his face clearly, but she was sure that the person was the person she saw at the foot of the mountain.
Then several people knelt on the ground, "Yes, Lord." ”
What are they plotting? Is it really the same as in a previous life? Su Nianqing couldn't help but fall into contemplation, and the memories of her previous life came back to her heart.
There was a small hole in the thatched hut, and Su Nianqing looked through this small hole.
The Fifth Prince was an extremely cautious man, and he used to stand in the middle of the hut, but it was afternoon, and the sun would shine through the little hole, and the light happened to be where he was standing now, and there was no round light and shadow at this time.
No, the fifth prince was immediately alert, turned around and looked in the direction of Su Nianqing, he couldn't see Su Nianqing, but when he looked at it with sharp eyes, Su Nianqing panicked.
"Who?"
As soon as the words of the fifth prince fell, a crossbow arrow flew towards Su Nianqing, and the people in the house immediately came out of the house, Su Nianqing suddenly became even more flustered, so he had to run away.
"Catch her!" The fifth prince came out of the house in a rage, his eyes seemed to be hiding two flames, and his fingers were "gurgling".
Su Nianqing ran to a densely populated place in the woods, she must not be caught by the five princes, otherwise her life would not be saved.
"Stop!"
The shouts continued, followed by the sound of steady steps, and Su Nianqing listened to it in his ears, trembling.
No, they will not give up, they must find the horse first, otherwise they will have to die of exhaustion. Thinking of this, Su Nianqing flew up and crossed from one tree to another.
The people behind flew up one after another, and the fifth prince stood on the ground, holding his hands in front of his chest, looking at the direction Su Nianqing left, the corners of his mouth hung a trace of fierceness.