Chapter 31: The palace gate is in danger
Yuan Xincheng wandered the streets and alleys with Shen Le'an, and occasionally bought a gadget for her: "Son, I will reward you, take it, and I will check it in the future." β
"Yes, slave, obey."
Occasionally, Yuan Xincheng saw a sugar gourd seller, so he bought two strings and handed her a string: "Answer me a question before eating, why do you say that the people who sell sugar gourds are grandmothers?" β
Shen Le'an glanced at the street and saw that there were sugar gourds sold in the past, and it was indeed the grandmother who was selling them, "because ......"
Shen Le'an was thinking about it and suddenly saw an old man selling sugar gourds walking nearby: "That, son, that's old man." β
Yuan Xincheng pursed her lips, is this dead girl a fire-eyed crystal? "You still have to answer my question."
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Shen Le'an only felt naΓ―ve and speechless, how do I know!
"Of course it is, because, because the old man is not feeling well and can't go out." Shen Le'an was not satisfied, but he still replied obediently.
"No, guess." Yuan Xincheng shook his head.
"That's because, because the old grandfather has to take care of the little grandchildren?" Shen Le'an asked.
Yuan Xincheng shook his head again: "No, guess again." β
Guess you're a big-headed ghost!
"Because the old grandmother is a good runner, she ran out." Shen Le'an said.
Yuan Xincheng couldn't help but smile and said, "No, but I think you may come out to sell sugar gourds for this reason in the future." β
You will only sell sugar gourds later, and your whole family will sell sugar gourds!
Shen Le'an sneered and continued to speculate: "That is, because the old grandmother sells sugar gourds to tempt other grandfathers to buy them for their granddaughters?" β
"Poof, okay you, Shen Le'an, just by looking at your answer, I can guess who you are, and you can figure it out." Yuan Xincheng pointed at Shen Le'an and said.
Shen Le'an pursed his lips, obviously you asked me to guess, didn't I guess?
"But you are stupid enough, or you will beg me to tell you what the answer is?" Yuan Xincheng said as he played with Fan Bing.
"Please also ask the son to teach, the slave and maid don't know." Shen Le'an reassured himself to endure, endure.
Yuan Xincheng smiled: "Of course, it's because the old man wants to stay at home to make sugar gourds, and the husband sings with the wife." β
Yuan Xincheng left Shen Le'an, who was thinking about the answer in place, and walked forward, Shen Le'an stood in place and thought, is it like this? Otherwise, I'll ask that old grandmother and grandfather what they do at home, if it's not to make sugar gourds, then I'll slap Yuan Xincheng in the face.
Yuan Xincheng walked and found that the little girl behind him was still thinking in place when she didn't keep up, so he stepped back and stretched out his hand to lock her throat and walk forward: "What do you want?" β
Shen Le'an's throat was a little overwhelmed by Yuan Xincheng's hand: "Ahem, cough, son, I, the slave is going to die!" β
Yuan Xincheng hurriedly let go of his hand: "Look at you, you can't lift your shoulders and can't carry your hands, what's the use?" β
Shen Le'an rolled his eyes: "Oh, yes, it's really not suitable for a little girl like a slave to do this, otherwise the son will arrange for the slave to sleep, right?" β
Yuan Xincheng looked at Shen Le'an and didn't speak for a long time when he heard this, why is this girl full of filthy things in her mind all day long?
"You, you stop this thought for me, let's continue shopping!" Yuan Xincheng looked around and said.
"Yes, slave and maid obey." Shen Le'an replied a little helplessly.
Yuan Xincheng shook his fan, but the corners of his mouth showed a smile.
The two of them came to a stall selling jewelry, Yuan Xincheng picked up a jade bracelet and looked at it, Shen Le'an glanced at it and then lowered his head to touch his jade bracelet.
Yuan Xincheng saw this small detail clearly, "Childe, buy one, you see how beautiful your wife is, she is just right for her." β
An old mother who sells jewelry said with a smile.
"Don't talk nonsense, we're not ......" Shen Le'an just wanted to resist, Yuan Xincheng coughed, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Okay, then listen to you, buy one for Humble Jing, what is it good to buy?" β
Yuan Xincheng ignored Shen Le'an's eyes and picked it up, "How about this?" β
Yuan Xincheng picked up an earring and asked Shen Le'an: "It looks good, can the son's choice be good-looking?" β
Yuan Xincheng nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, Le'an, you have a high level of understanding, and you like my son, so I will buy this and give it to you as a gift." β
"Okay, the little one will wrap up Childe right away." The old mother took the earrings and began to pack, Shen Le'an shook her head helplessly, her mother bought her a lot in this building, this guy is purely wasting silver taels.
The old mother wrapped it and handed it to Yuan Xincheng, Yuan Xincheng took it with a smile and stuffed it into Shen Le'an's hand: "But you have to take it, I will check it at any time, son." β
Shen Le'an pursed his lips: "Yes, the slave obeys the order." β
The two of them staggered to the vicinity of the palace gate, Shen Le'an saw that there were guards in front of him checking people, she didn't dare to appear rashly, so she simply grabbed Yuan Xincheng.
"Childe, the slave is a little hungry, otherwise, let's go back?"
Yuan Xincheng raised his eyebrows slightly, "Okay." β
The two men were about to walk back, when two guards came over with portraits: "Stop! β
Shen Le'an panicked for a moment.
Yuan Xincheng and Shen Le'an slowly turned around, and a guard looked at the two of them suspiciously: "Look at you sneakily at the gate of the palace, what are you doing?" β
Yuan Xincheng put away the fan and said, "Passing by, passing by." β
The guard went to look at Shen Le'an, who lowered his head and was silent: "Raise your head." β
Shen Le'an raised his head slowly.
The two guards compared the portraits, and suddenly found something strange, "This? β
The two guards glanced at each other, Shen Le'an was very nervous, the portrait would not be himself, he thought that Kyoto had been searched for three years, and he would definitely not continue to search, Anfu would think that he had gone to a remote place, why did he increase the search? She didn't take the Anle Sword when she went out today, what should she do later?
Yuan Xincheng raised his chin slightly to glance at the portrait, and then calculated in his heart.
"You two are not allowed to move, wait here for a while, and I'll go and ask us to come over." One of the guards instructed them to run to the palace, leaving the other guard to guard the two of them.
What to do, what to do? Who will he call? Dead, dead. Shen Le's peace of mind was anxious.
Yuan Xincheng noticed that Shen Le'an beside him was a little nervous, his hands kept shaking, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly: "Le'an, the man above is a man, but he is a little similar to you, don't be afraid." β
Shen Le'an glanced at him and had to nod, what is the use of being afraid now?
Soon the guard came over with a person, Shen Le'an looked up and saw that the person was Xu Hejia of Jinyiwei, now it's okay, there is hope, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Hejia followed the guards over, but he didn't expect that the guards said that he caught a suspicious and similar person, that is, Her Royal Highness the Princess, fortunately, fortunately, he was in charge of the search and arrest, otherwise the princess would be in great trouble today.
"My lord, it's her, and it's a little similar to the portrait." The guard said respectfully.
Xu Hejia glanced at him coldly and took the portrait, compared Shen Le'an with the man in the portrait, and then angrily threw the portrait on the ground: "What we are looking for is a man, this is obviously a woman, what?" Is it too idle? β
The two guards were so frightened that they immediately knelt down: "My lord is angry, it was the leader who said that he would rather kill the wrong person than let it go, but it was the subordinates who made the mistake." β
Xu Hejia glanced at them coldly: "Don't get out of here." β
The two guards picked up the portrait and ran away as if they were running for their lives, Xu Hejia glanced at Yuan Xincheng beside Shen Le'an, Yuan Xincheng was looking at him, and then Xu Hejia put his eyes on Shen Le'an's body, there were leaders everywhere around him, he didn't dare to talk more, coughed twice and left.
After he left, Shen Le'an let out a long sigh: "Childe, let's not come to the vicinity of the palace in the future." β
Yuan Xincheng listened to Shen Le'an's rather indifferent tone, and her eyes were a little cold as she stared at the gate of the palace.
"Okay, let's go back."
Along the way, the two of them stopped talking, each with their own thoughts.
Yuan Xincheng deliberately took her to the gate of the palace, he just wanted to test whether Shen Le'an was the person he was looking for, so it seemed that it was.
Until the two of them returned to the Blowing Flower Building, Shen Le'an realized that he was not enthusiastic enough about Yuan Xincheng just now because he was almost found out, would he get angry and drive himself away, and he couldn't stay by his side to cheat the answer?
So she subconsciously glanced at Yuan Xincheng, but fortunately, Yuan Xincheng was in a good mood.
"Le'an, let's eat downstairs."
Yuan Xincheng took Shen Le'an to a vacant seat and sat down, and asked for a few vegetarian dishes.
The old mother looked for Shen Le'an for a long time, and then she saw her follow Yuan Xincheng back from outside before she put her mind at ease, thinking that the princess had her own arrangements, she still didn't want to disturb the princess, and then turned around and went upstairs.
"Le'an, who are some of the people in your family?" Yuan Xincheng asked while eating.
Shen Le'an took the hand of the chopsticks and paused: "It's gone, it's just me." β
"Did they get sick and died?" Yuan Xincheng then asked.
Shen Le'an glanced at him, then nodded, more is better than less, this person is a person in the palace, let's talk less and do more.
Well? The people in the palace?
Shen Le'an suddenly reacted that something was wrong, no, if Yuan Xincheng was from the palace, even if the two guards didn't know each other, it was impossible for Xu Hejia not to know, so why didn't they say hello today?
"Le'an, Le'an?" Yuan Xincheng shouted when he saw that she was gone.
Shen Le'an reacted, "I, I remembered that there was still something to do, so I went out first." β
Shen Le'an put down the dishes and chopsticks and ran out, no, she wanted to go to Xu Hejia and ask, why did this matter become more and more suspicious?
Just wanted to take a step forward and felt inappropriate, Xu Hejia was searching for people, and if he went, he would inevitably see more people, and it would be bad to expose his identity at that time, so she walked back again, Yuan Xincheng was eating, and saw her slipping away and came back and asked, "Why did you come back?" β
Shen Le'an shook his head and sat down, picked up the bowl and continued to eat.
"Childe, I, the slave forgot to ask you, are you from here?" Shen Le'an asked suddenly, and Yuan Xincheng blinked a few times.
"I'm not, I'm from the Heavenly Destiny Kingdom."
"God, from the Heavenly Destiny Country?"
Yuan Xincheng nodded: "Yes, what's wrong?" β
"No, it's okay, just ask, why did that son come all the way to Anping Kingdom, especially the current Anping Kingdom is not peaceful."
Yuan Xincheng chuckled: "I came to find someone, I've been here for three years, but I haven't found it, so I don't dare to go back." β
Shen Le'an didn't ask any more, no matter how curious she was now, she had to calm down and ask Xu Hejia later to understand.
Looking at Shen Le'an a little strange, Yuan Xincheng secretly thought in his heart, this girl is afraid that she is not scared stupid, right?