(71) Inside the castle tower
An Yu took Shen Qingjun's palace card to the middle courtyard, and Zhaoyi opened the way, so naturally the road went smoothly.
However, there was no one in the place where ordinary Mai Dong was guarding, so An Yu went to find Xing'an first.
As soon as she entered the Internal Affairs Mansion, a few people approached, but after taking a look at the pattern of picking women on her body, she turned around boringly.
It's a good thing that no one is bothered, An Yu was happy and relaxed, and went straight to the inner hall, where Xing'an was writing something on the table.
An Yu stretched out his hand and knocked on his table: "Manager Xing'an has been busy lately?" β
Someone came to look for it, Xing'an naturally stopped his pen and looked at the person, looked at it for a while, and said with a smile: "An Cainu, why did you come back empty?" β
"The manager still remembers me, take a step to talk?"
"Naturally," Xing'an got up: "Pick a girl, please." β
went to the backyard, Xing'an was a little impatient: "It's worthy of being a sister, and she became a girl in a few days, but Xing'an didn't see her sister on the list of Rongqi, why is this?" β
"You know, I went to the Qingzhaoyi Palaceβ"
Before he finished speaking, he saw Xing'an suddenly laughing, and An Yu was helpless: "What's so funny about this?" The former cold palace entered Shen Qingjun, can it still be a cold palace? β
"Sister, don't blame," Xing'an replied angrily, "It's only early in the morning that I heard that Chief Shiyu sent an order that Qing Zhaoyi would break out of the palace in the next two days, but if she doesn't go out of the city, she can't stop it, and I can't let her see it. β
"This is an unexpected joy," An Yu's eyes lit up: "I am here to seek a way for Zhaoyi today." β
"Sister, please speak."
"I originally wanted to find someone to distract Your Majesty, and then let Shen Qingjun leave the palace with the palace maid who was sold, but this plan is too dangerous," An Yu shook his head: "I wanted to discuss with you, but I thought that since Chief Shiyu was ordered to send a message to Shen Qingjun, Your Majesty would have other arrangements, but I didn't want him to condone Qing Zhaoyi so much." β
"Sister, this method is good," Xing'an smiled: "It just allows Zhaoyi to go smoothly, and there is no need for the guards to think of another way, both ends can be sold well, but ...... Would Zhaoyi be willing? β
An Yu took out Shen Qingjun's token: "It was she who gave permission to get this token." β
"Sister is talented, Xing'an will go to get the palace maid's clothes for my sister, tomorrow my sister will only send Zhaoyi to the middle courtyard, and someone will lead Zhaoyi out of the palace from the side door to buy."
"Wait," An Yu called out to him, "Tomorrow...... Just let Zhaoyi buy some beads, just along the way, Zhaoyi also has no shortage of appreciative eyes...... Or directly replace the people who lead the team with Mai Dong and Peach Leaf, they are stable and reliable, and they can naturally take care of Zhaoyi. β
"Naturally," Xing'an said to An Yu: "Everything has Sister Lao." β
"The manager is, bother."
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On the second day, An Yu knocked on Shen Qingjun's door and gave her the palace maid's clothes and hair accessories in the middle courtyard: "Please Zhaoyi come with the villain, the villain will send Zhaoyi to the middle courtyard, and there will be a palace maid named Mai Dong who will take Zhaoyi out of the palace." β
Shen Qingjun nodded and said nothing, but Qingtuan frowned when he saw that there was only one piece of clothing: "I want to go with Zhaoyi." β
"Didn't Zhaoyi tell you to let the people in the Donglin Palace listen to my arrangement and distract His Majesty?"
The Youth League, which is easy to fool on weekdays, is extremely stubborn: "Your affairs have your own glutinous rice arrangement, and I must follow Miss." β
The hour is not early, the checkpoints in the palace are heavy, and if it is delayed, I am afraid that I will not be able to open the door in time for the morning, An Yu turned around and went to his room to hand over the clothes he used to have to the Youth League, and decided to come back and worry about today's account.
The group hurried all the way, until they saw Mai Dong, An Yu breathed a sigh of relief: "Then they'll be handed over to you." β
"Don't worry."
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As soon as they left the palace gate, the palace maids who bought them scattered around with a list, leaving only Mai Dong and peach leaves.
Mai Dong handed the basket and a curtain to Shen Qingjun and the two: "Zhaoyi doesn't have to worry about buying, the slaves and maids will meet here when Shenshi, and I hope Zhaoyi will remember the time." β
Shen Qingjun nodded and took the curtain away, dressed in palace clothes, and hurried through the streets with the Qingtuan, who was almost the same dress.
Three years have passed, and the long street is different from before, although the general layout has not changed, it has a strange feeling.
For example, the restaurant she often went to when she was in the boudoir. There is my brother's favorite clay pot wine, called Changting, and the restaurant is also named after it.
My brother used to discuss with Li Siyuan, and he had almost no time to go out to play, so she naturally did it for her, and occasionally went to pick it up in person.
However, Shen Qingjun's footsteps stopped here, but now the Changting Restaurant has disappeared from her memory, and in its place, it is a delicate and beautiful ready-to-wear workshop, and a sign reading "Chen's" is hung at the door.
She looked at it for a moment, then turned her head and continued in the direction of the city gate.
The Youth League immediately followed.
The two of them didn't say anything all the way, Shen Qingjun moved forward, his pace getting faster and faster, and finally he almost ran all the way, and the Youth League almost couldn't keep up.
The two rushed to the city tower, took out the palace token, and could barely go up to the city tower to have a look. Shen Qingjun's face was pale and his heart was desolate, but he still stopped the Qingtuan who wanted to be angry, and the two went up to the city tower together.
The Shen family army set up camp outside the city gate, and the gray military tents were next to each other, like patches of wild grass in the barren mountains and mountains, and when the wind blew, they scattered and shattered into ashes.
Once upon a time, she was here to greet her father, and now she is still here, but her brother is no longer her father.
Maybe even one day, she will be guarding the city gates with gray hair, and she will never wait for anyone to return.
She stood on the tower and could see someone ordering.
Although it seemed to be just a neat pile of ink from a distance, she clearly knew that the ink dot that fell on the front end alone was her brother who was connected to her blood.
He went out of the fortress at a young age, conquered Rongdi, and became famous in a war. should have been high-spirited and returned to his hometown, and should have been admired by thousands of people and cited as a hero, not a ...... Blocked out of the door like this, as a beggar.
Shen Qingjun's eyes trembled slightly, it was rumored that her brother returned to the imperial city with "heavy soldiers" to blackmail the emperor, but how could she not guess that with his temperament, he must have brought the old and weak soldiers back to settle down, how could he support the army and respect himself.
The remnants of the soldiers...... She was sour in her heart, loyal to the country, eating frost and drinking snow, fighting to the death, and feeding the lost flesh and bones to the Rongdi wild dogs.
It's been so difficult, but they turn a blind eye to the middle and up, as if they are a disease on the skin, to be discarded, to be thrown away, to dig out the wounded muscles and bones.
Shen Qingjun's hands were clasped in his sleeves, gradually tightened, clenched, as if he wanted to grasp something, or make up his mind.
Brother, she whispered, repeatedly, the word, lingering between her lips and teeth, chewing.
Hearing her whispered call, the Youth League subconsciously walked up to her, blocking the gaze of the soldiers guarding the city not far away.
Then, because they were closer, the Youth League heard a whisper that made her heart beat in horror.
"Brother...... Do whatever it takes...... Even if it is against all odds...... I'm going to free you......"
As soon as Qingtuan raised her head, she saw that her young lady's eyes had become as sharp and bright as before, like the Beisha White Eagle she had seen in the palace who had gone on hunger strike to death.
The eagle was hunted by the military attache that year, and because of its vigorous posture and gorgeous white feathers, it was presented to the emperor.
It did not eat or drink for several days, and eventually died.
The Youth League is afraid that its own young lady will become like that, and it will become the same as three years ago...... Same.