Chapter Forty-Eight: What a Painful Realization

Hong Ling fell on the bed and slept until noon before waking up, sat up from the bed and saw Xiuxiu looking like she wanted to speak and stopped, Hong Ling couldn't help but feel puzzled in her heart, so she moved and sat on the edge of the bed and prepared to get up, as soon as she looked down, she saw that she was dressed in plain clothes, her expression changed from puzzled to puzzled to shocked, and she raised her head very slowly to look at Xiuxiu, and asked very unwillingly: "Have the prince and Luo been here today?" ”

Xiuxiu frowned and said very sympathetically: "Yes, Niangniang."

Hongling suddenly felt a rumble in her head, running around the palace ten times, ten laps, I remember the last time I went out of the mansion through the side door, I didn't even see the end of the north-facing wall, is there really an end?

Hongling reluctantly stood up from the side of the bed, and moved out of the room very slowly, and as soon as she arrived in the hall, she saw Xiaocui giving a very careful salute, "Xiaocui asks the princess for peace"

The corners of Hong Ling's eyes twitched slightly, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Qi Yu Niangniang, my mother is afraid that the princess will sleep for a long time and forget to promise the prince, and she is afraid that the mother will lose her demeanor, so she specially asked the slave to wait here, and fortunately, she will inform Yu Niangniang in time after she wakes up."

"That's... Why don't you wait for me to have lunch first? ”

Hongling responded as if she was resigned to her fate, but helplessly, who made herself sleepy and confused at that time. But fortunately, there is no set time to finish these ten laps, you can grind it slowly, grind it for half a day, and take a walk, Hongling felt a little more relaxed, so she sent Xiaocui out of the hall and let her wait in the courtyard, and walked into the hall leisurely.

Xiaoqing looked at Hongling worriedly, "Miss, why don't we go to the prince to ask for a favor, maybe the prince will reduce it a little?" ”

Xiuxiu nodded approvingly, "What Xiaoqing said is reasonable, the prince knows what happened to Niangniang yesterday, and he will definitely not be too embarrassed by Niangniang."

Plead? Forget it, just sign a contract with him, and I begged him for a long time, since the contract is decided, if I cheat first, then if I want to ask for freedom or something in the future, I have to deal with his face, since I promised him to completely attract Luo Luoyu's firepower, then come.

"No, you don't need to worry too much"

"But...", Xiaoqing wanted to persuade a few more words, but saw Hongling wave her hand, "No need to say more, tell them to serve the food."

Xiuxiu dragged Xiaoqing slightly and stepped aside, Xiuxiu knew that nothing could change Niangniang's mind now, seeing Xiaoqing's melancholy face, Xiuxiu comforted: "You can rest assured, I will be by Niangniang's side then, and I won't let her have an accident."

Xiaoqing glanced at Xiuxiu, with a little contempt, and said: "You are a weak woman, you still don't know how to protect yourself, how can you protect Miss", Xiuxiu was speechless for a while, pinched the corner of Xiaoqing's clothes, and slowly lowered her head, Xiaoqing thought that her words stung Xiuxiu, so she held Xiuxiu's hand back, and said: "You know that I am unintentional, I am just too worried about Miss...", Xiuxiu slowly shook her head, "I understand".

She really understands, she understands how relieved Xiaoqing is at the moment to be a princess who is holding on to her face, but Xiaoqing really doesn't need to worry, because I am fully capable of protecting my mother, but most of the time, I have to hide myself.

As soon as the meal was served, Hongling swept the food like the wind sweeping the leaves, put down the dishes and chopsticks in an instant, hummed a little song and leaned back, and then slowly drank a few pots of tea, before standing up with satisfaction and saying, "It's time to go out and eat."

As soon as she walked into the courtyard, Xiao Cui immediately greeted her with sharp eyes, "Niangniang is going to be punished?" ”

I saw Hongling pouting slightly, and said, "No."

Xiao Cui was surprised for a moment, and immediately tried to suppress her with 'Wang Ye', only to see Hongling calmly skip her and walk out of the yard, and slowly left a sentence, "I'll go for a walk first, you go to the side door first and wait for me, and I'll arrive later."

Xiao Cui gritted her teeth slightly, and immediately returned to Luo Luoyu's courtyard to report. Luo Luoyu arbitrarily picked out the latest style of jewelry in front of the dresser, while listening to Xiaocui's report, while casually scratching her head in front of the mirror, "I'll ask two guards to follow her later, do you remember to stop those people around her, you know?" ”

Xiao Cui smiled viciously and said clearly: "The slave understands."

......

Half an hour later, Hongling and Xiuxiu belatedly appeared at the side door, Xiaocui greeted them with a smile and said, "Niangniang is ready?" Hongling stepped out of the threshold and prepared to start.

"Wait"

Hongling glanced at Xiao Cui in confusion, only to see Xiao Cui call two tall guards from the side to come over, and said: "Luo Yu Niangniang is worried about the safety of the princess when she is punished, so she specially selected two guards to follow the maid Niangniang to protect her mother."

I saw Hongling nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, Luoyu Niangniang is thoughtful, so, then Xiuxiu, you can stay here and wait for me."

Xiuxiu's heart tightened, "Niangniang, let's ask me to serve you around."

Hongling shook her head helplessly, "You are a weak woman, you may not be able to compare to my physique, if you are tired on the road later, you may not be able to take care of whom, you can wait for me here with peace of mind."

Xiuxiu gritted her teeth and stomped her feet, but she didn't know how to explain to her mother, Xiaocui on the side secretly sneered, hugged Xiuxiu enthusiastically, and said: "With me here to accompany Xiuxiu, the princess can rest assured."

Hongling glanced at Xiaocui, gave Xiuxiu a calm look, and then turned around and ran north.

Xiuxiu broke free of Xiao Cui's hand and wanted to follow, but Xiao Cui grabbed Xiuxiu and threw it to the side, "Hmph, you still want to fight with me?" As soon as Xiaocui waved her hand, several big men came out of the courtyard and tied Xiuxiu up to a stool.

"What do you want to do?"

Xiao Cui stared at Xiuxiu with a smile, "What do I want to do, can't you see it?" ”

"I'll tell the princess..."

"Smack", before Xiuxiu finished speaking, Xiaocui slapped up, "What?" Want to sue? Xiao Cui rounded her arm and gave Xiuxiu a slap, "You can sue, but before that, let me give you back what the princess added to me last time", as soon as the words fell, Xiao Cui slapped Xiuxiu on the face again.

Xiuxiu's face was hot and painful, and when she saw the gap, she spit out a mouthful of phlegm and spit on Xiaocui's face, "That day, Niangniang cared about your life, so she let you live to this day, you are so ignorant"

Xiaocui was even more annoyed and embarrassed by Xiuxiu's saliva, threw the handkerchief that wiped her face to the ground, and then gritted her teeth and took a wicker from the strong man......

Hongling just wanted to run slowly and simply, but when she turned a corner, the two guards behind her took a slender needle out of nowhere and stabbed Hongling in the back......

Hong Ling was startled, sped up a few steps, stopped and turned around and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

The two guards looked at Hong Ling as emotionlessly as the ice of the cold winter, "If the mother runs slowly, we can only act according to orders", after saying that, before Hong Ling jumped to her feet angrily, the needle stretched out again, seeing that the needle was getting closer and closer to herself, Hong Ling was so excited that she turned her head and ran.

After a lap, Hongling was already out of breath, and she didn't have time to find out how Xiuxiu was suffering at the door at the moment, so she skipped over.

Xiao Cui snorted coldly and watched Hongling run in front of her, and the faint Tong Xiuxiu said, "Do you know why your mother ran so fast?" ”

Xiuxiu slumped on the chair, raised her eyelids, and didn't speak, Xiaocui used a willow branch to pick up Xiuxiu's face on the side, "But you don't have to know", as she spoke, Xiaocui's eyes changed suddenly, and she called out one of the big men fiercely, "Call me!" Fight to the death! ”。

Two laps, three laps, four laps, Xiuxiu was finally beaten and fainted, the blood at the corner of her mouth flowed and dried, dried and flowed, her face was already swollen like a pig's head, Xiaocui was very disgusted and poked Xiuxiu with a stick, seeing that she was completely unconscious, he asked Dahan to throw her back to Hongling's courtyard with a chair.

The family at the door of the princess was so frightened by Xiuxiu's appearance that she rushed to the hall to find Xiaoqing, "Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing girl, Xiuxiu is ...... outside the door"

Xiao Qing followed the trembling family out in confusion, only to see a person with his head tilted and his hair scattered, his clothes stained with blood, his hands hanging on one side as if broken, and his whole body hung on the chair as if he was not lying down, and when he approached, he found that the person's face was like a ball of purple and red flesh, and he didn't know how much blood had flowed out of his mouth and nose, so that his neck had been soaked in blood.

Xiaoqing almost couldn't recognize this as Xiuxiu, except for this dress, there was no detail that could match Xiuxiu in the morning, Xiaoqing covered her mouth tremblingly, "Quick!" Call the doctor! ”。

Several people moved Xiuxiu into the room, and Xiaoqing washed the blood stains on her face with a handkerchief, her hands trembled, her body trembled, and her heart trembled......

Soon the doctor came to diagnose and treat, and when he withdrew from the room, Xiaoqing greeted him and asked, "Doctor, how is she?" ”

"At present, it is mostly skin trauma, just a lot of blood loss and blows, and I am not optimistic, I will first prescribe some medicine to invigorate blood and remove blood stasis, replenish qi and blood, and then observe and observe", Xiaoqing pouted and endured her grief, "Then doctor, you can prescribe medicine, I will call someone to catch the medicine."

Xiaoqing sat on the edge of Xiuxiu's bed, gently touched her hand, and kept chanting softly: purring rabbit hair, longevity is indispensable; Snoring rabbit fur, sadness and pain are gone......

After the medicine was grasped, Xiaoqing plunged into the kitchen, and the tears broke out, on weekdays, Xiuxiu was busy before and after, but today Xiuxiu fell, and he had to stand up, and he couldn't let others see the joke. Thinking about it, he used his sleeve to sweep away the tears on his face, can't cry, can't cry, Xiuxiu said before, I should be strong, I can't fall, otherwise Miss ......

Miss! She didn't dare to imagine what the young lady would be like if Xiuxiu looked like this now......