This slave lowered her voice so low, is she afraid that others will hear her? It's strange, isn't it just asking about the time of his reign, how to do it is the same as something unseemly.

"I see that your palace alone is so gorgeous, even if there is a locust plague, you shouldn't have to worry about eating and drinking." Xiao Lingran said in a light tone, wanting to say something.

"Bad, don't mention it. Our palace wasn't meant to be like this......"

Xiao Lingran raised his eyebrows, it seems that there is a story in it.

The maid sighed and said, "Although our Shazhu country is rich in ores, His Majesty still strongly demands thrift and holds the country. Everything has changed since the death of the first queen......"

"It's hard to do it, these are all ...... What the current queen demanded? Xiao Lingran looked at the splendid decorations on the wall, such extravagance is really aesthetically tiring......

"Yes, Empress Wen has always liked luxury, and since she took the throne, Her Majesty's body has gradually weakened, and everything has become taken care of according to her wishes."

Xiao Lingran paused, looking at the smiling girl on the wall, poor man, the person on the painting is probably gone now......

"I didn't expect Shiso's fate to be so ill......-fated," Xiao Lingran couldn't help but sigh.

The lady-in-waiting's color changed, and she grabbed her hand and asked, "What did you just say?" ”

"Eh, I didn't say anything...... Xiao Lingran realized that he had missed something, and quickly cleared up the relationship.

"I heard, you know the princess, you know her name! Tell me, have you seen her? Is she doing well and where is she now? The maid was a little impatient, and grabbed her and asked several questions in a row.

Xiao Lingran didn't want to say anything, after all, the identity of the person in front of him was unknown, and he couldn't easily reveal the news.

The maid looked at her with a sincere expression, realized her rudeness just now, and quickly came back to her senses, "I'm really sorry, I'm ...... It's rude. I am the princess's personal maid, so to speak, I grew up with her......"

"I've seen her." Xiao Lingran replied calmly.

The maid's eyes lit up instantly, so Xiao Lingran continued: "But she was already ...... at that time"

"Already?" The maid realized that something bad had happened, and Mira suddenly became nervous.

"She robbed the dart, saying that she wanted to get back her mother's relics, but unfortunately she was poisoned by the bodyguard, when I met her...... Her time is running out. ”

"What......" The maid staggered a few steps, sat down on the ground at once, and burst into tears.

"It's all my fault...... I shouldn't have let the princess out secretly, it's all my fault......" The maid cried and slapped her face, her white face covered with slap marks.

"Stop!" Xiao Lingran grabbed her hand at once and said, "What's the use of you blaming yourself now, people are gone, as long as you raise her brother well, it will be the best compensation." ”

Speaking of this, the maid actually laughed: "Hehehe, what do you think...... Think I don't want to? The prince is already a useless scrap wood......"

"How can you say that." Xiao Lingran frowned, how could the prince become a wastewood?

The maid laughed at herself: "Do you think that I, a little maidservant, can be rivaled by the queen?" As long as she spoke, ten heads would not be enough for me to drop. ”

"The Queen? What do you mean by that? "Xiao Lingran really doesn't understand the trivial matters of the inner palace.

"The queen mother also has a prince under her knees, how could she let His Royal Highness Zichen block her son's future? Since the first queen left, His Royal Highness was raised by Queen Wen, and there were countless teachers who were beaten away, and the queen didn't care about teaching him, but indulged him to play...... His Majesty is not in good health and has no way of knowing these things at all, and the country will soon ...... She's going to be in charge, right? ”

Xiao Lingran's face was heavy, if it was really like what she said, then Zisu's last concern, father, brother...... and all will be annihilated at the hand of one man.

"Fortunately, Your Majesty ordered the granaries to be opened and distributed to the people, so they don't know what is going on and can live without worry...... But there is not much imperial grain left, and I don't know how long such a day can last. ”

When I think of the lively places on the street, those laughter, I am just kept in the dark...... People are still indulging in a prosperous life, and the palace is already in dire straits.

"I beg you, help us ......," said the maid, taking her hand tightly.

"......" Xiao Lingran didn't know what to say at this time, she was just an outsider, she didn't have any position to evaluate, and she couldn't reverse the status quo of a country.

"Bang-" The maid knelt directly on the ground, "I beg you, help us, please......" She kept pleading, kowtowing heavily every time she said it.

Each knock made a heavy "thump" sound, and each sound stabbed Xiao Lingran in the heart.

"I ...... Not in a position to help you. Xiao Lingran pursed her lips, then turned around and left the room that had been assigned to her, and walked into Wanqing's room.

You can't blame her for being indifferent, she's only thirteen years old, how can she get so much scheming to participate in the royal struggle.

This maid can only be said to be sick and rushed to the doctor......

The next day, Senior Brother Fengyun was summoned by the queen into the palace to speak, and it took him half a day to come out of it. Then he summoned all the disciples, and it seemed that he was about to give a task.

"The locusts are now gathered in a mine, and someone will take us to that place in the afternoon, so get ready."

Xiao Lingran was a little speechless, although this mission was in a hurry, but he couldn't make any arrangements, he didn't say any strategy, he was in a hurry to exterminate the insects, did he really forget the embarrassment in the well last time?

"Senior Brother Fengyun, should we ......" Xiao Lingran wanted to stop Senior Brother and discuss it with him again, but he didn't expect that people would ignore it and leave.

"Weird......" Xiao Lingran muttered.

……

At lunchtime, a lot of food was arranged in the palace, and all the disciples ate together, and there was shredded mutton and pilaf in it, which was a novelty, but Senior Brother Fengyun didn't have much appetite. It's just that he dislikes dirty hands, or that the smell of mutton makes him unbearable.

"Bang~Bang~Bang......"

With the sound of countless bangs on the table, I saw the new disciples collapse on the table one by one, motionless, as if they were asleep.

At this time, a person's voice came-

"Senior brother, it's not good for us to be like this......" A white figure came into view.

"Well...... I was also forced to do so, and the head of the house said that this mission was dangerous, and I couldn't let my junior brothers and sisters take risks...... "The person who spoke was Senior Brother Fengyun."

It turned out that the brothers and sisters joined forces to act in a play! Only these junior brothers and sisters were kept in the dark one by one, and they didn't plan to take them with them on this mission at all!

"Senior brother is also helpless, you don't have to be embarrassed, everything is for their safety." Another person stepped forward to speak for Fengyun.

Senior Brother Fengyun nodded, and then said, "It's not too early, let's set off quickly." ”

"Yes—"

When the other disciples had made peace, they were led by an envoy to the locust's final hiding place, and when they went out, they did not notice a small tail behind them.

"Hehe, you still want to leave me behind, dreaming!" Xiao Lingran hid by the pillar and muttered.

When she was eating just now, she smelled that the taste of the dish was wrong, and at first she thought it was the special taste here, but when she saw that the senior brothers didn't touch the mutton tearing by their hands, she immediately became suspicious.

Sure enough, as she expected, Senior Brother Fengyun deliberately mixed some medicine into the mutton, because the smell of mutton is strong, and it is not easy for people to find it if it can be covered, but Xiao Ling's nose is not an ordinary point, coupled with the strange behavior of the senior brothers, I guessed it at once.

The messenger led them to a mine, where there were several mines, and they came not too early or late, just as the absentees were resting in the shade after they had finished their work.

When he saw this group of people coming, he was still a little vigilant, but the messenger went up to explain, and those people were not so hostile, and offered to take them into the cave.

Xiao Lingran followed them into the mine, since he knew that the locust was hiding here to rest, the mine was also abandoned, and now it was pitch black inside, and nothing could be seen.

"Rustling ......"

The crowd heard some noise, causing a small commotion. Kuanggong smiled and said: "You people are too timid, just some rumors, so they are scared-"

"Ahh

There was another scream, and in the darkness I could faintly see the absentee covering his ears, crouching there and wailing.

"My ears, my ears—" shouted as he ran out.

The others didn't care about smacking their tongues, and continued to walk deeper, Senior Brother Fengyun lit a few torches and passed them to the other disciples, and the cave was just a little brighter.

Xiao Lingran saw that they were some distance away from him, so he quietly followed, stepped on a soft thing, stretched out his hand to light a small fire, and took a photo, almost scared to death, it turned out to be a bloody ear!

She had the expression of an old man looking at her phone in the subway, and it froze for three full seconds before she reacted.

The others had already reached the cave, and when they went into the depths, the messenger reminded them to extinguish the torches and leave one or two as they sufficiened.

But when they entered, they saw only the bare gray rocks around them, and no locusts in sight.

"Strange, why is there nothing?" Ah Chen's voice was quite loud, and the sudden sound of such a voice in the silent atmosphere scared many people.

A senior sister hammered him hard and scolded: "You stinky calf, what are you doing so loudly, shouting soul!" ”

Her voice was not small, and the hole trembled three times. Senior Brother Fengyun was full of helplessness.