Chapter 110: Entering the Palace
I tried to say something, but I just sat there dumbfounded.
The arrangement is proper, and if I meet with the palace banner when the palace is not in the palace, I will inevitably be seen and tell the truth. I am now in this prince's mansion, there are palaces and curtains entangled, and there are two sons outside. If you want Ansheng to stay and continue to investigate Shui Qing's news, it is naturally better to have more than one thing.
In this way, I only sat in the room with Guan Ju Pujia, trying not to think about the affairs of the palace flag.
And when the servant carried the drunken palace into my courtyard, it was already an ugly moment.
At that time, I was keeping a New Year with Pujia around the charcoal fire, praying in my heart for the health of Master Hou and Aunt Hua. Dinner was greasy, Guan Ju made a pot of fresh and elegant white chrysanthemum tea, which was full of fragrant fragrance. And after everyone carried the palace curtain onto my bed and left, there was only a room left of pickled wine.
"This..."Pu Jia looked at the snoring palace curtain, and sighed for a long time, "But it's really a wronged girl." β
"Now I feel wronged, how will I live in the future?" I didn't have too much anger or hatred in my heart, but I said lightly to the two young girls, "You guys are tired tonight, go back and rest quickly." β
Guan Ju wanted to say something, but was silently pulled back by Pu Jia. The two of them looked at each other, and seemed to pity me, but they couldn't help. He sighed and turned away.
The charcoal fire crackled, but it couldn't suppress the annoying snoring of the palace curtains. I sat in the outer hall outside the screen, reluctant to step into the inner room. The smell of alcohol in the air was disgusting, and I got up and opened the door, only to see that the moon was shining outside and the sky was already white.
It's snowing.
It's a snowy night again, the same snowy night as when I first saw him.
Sleepiness and tiredness weighed on my eyelids, and my mind was raced and I felt that I had nowhere to sleep tonight. A trace of remorse quickly crept in my heartβwhy should I let Sarong send me to this place where I don't see the light of day, why don't I ask her to use the power of the Flying Rock Banner to find Shui Qing's whereabouts for me?
If I hadn't gone my own way, would I be in the backyard of the Taopin Building now, sitting around Aunt Hua, Wanqiu and Sarong talking and laughing and drinking?
A picture hidden in my memory suddenly appeared in my mind - on Chinese New Year's Eve, I was lying on the bed in my room after having Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with my mother. The familiar sound of video calls came from WeChat, and I knew it in my heart, and opened my phone with a smile. Sure enough, I saw five familiar smiling faces in Liugong Geri.
Shui Qing, Zhuo Ying, Jinbi, Chu River, Xiaoli.
"Happy New Year, everyone!"
"Sister Hotaru is here! New Year's greetings to Sister Hotaru! β
"What time is it, you still haven't slept yet..."
"I haven't given you the president a New Year's greeting, what are you sleeping!"
"Zhuo Ying sends a red envelope!"
"ββYes, yes, yes, send red envelopes, and the president will send red envelopes!"
It was probably one of the best moments of my life.
Time is always in such a howling wind and snow, silently disappearing.
I'm going to grab it.
Yes, I can't turn everyone into a memory, I want to get my friend back as a retainer to Hotaru.
Asking for help from Aunt Sa Hua, Wen Zhao or Sarong is certainly feasible, but it can only let himself fall deeper and deeper in Wen Ling's life, and finally leave an unbreakable bond in this world.
After all, I have to rely on my own efforts to find my friends, even if I am trapped in the prince's mansion, or I am an enemy of the palace.
I don't care, I just want to go home.
In a trance, a trace of music suddenly sounded in the night sky. The sound of the music whimpered, like wisps of silk, and it was sad to hear.
The snoring of the inner chamber and the crackling of the charcoal fire seemed to be slowly fading, and all that remained in the whole world was the gentle and desolate sound of the flute, leaning against the door, and the snow swaying in the sky.
It's Miyahata......
I was taken aback by my own thoughts, but the thought seemed to have taken root in my heart. It was an irrational intuition, I knew, it was him.
Slowly forgetting the cold, I stepped under the porch and reached for a snowflake that looked like ice crystals. The sound of the music was still unstoppable, although it was faint and weak, but Wen Ling's ears were powerful, and it was very clear in the prince's mansion in the dead of night.
Miyahata, who are you thinking about?
No matter who you're thinking about, I'm thinking about you at the moment.
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When I was woken up by Guan Ju, I found myself lying on a round table in the outer hall. The sunlight shining through the paper was particularly dazzling, and it was obvious that it was already three poles in the sun.
"Girl..."Pu Jia saw my panic and suppressed my shout in time, "Don't worry, girl, Your Highness is still inside, and she hasn't woken up." β
I listened carefully, and sure enough, I heard the sound of even and steady breathing coming from the inner room, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After straightening his clothes slightly, he stepped into the inner room, and whispered to the palace man who was still asleep: "Your Highness, it's time to get up." β
Gong Wei was sleepy-eyed, a pair of thick lips on the three-layer chin smacked and smacked, and before his eyes opened, he called out in a daze: "Lian'er...?" β
Every time I heard the palace curd like this, I secretly gaged and couldn't stop gagging, but I had to suppress my disgust for him, and said respectfully: "Your Highness, it's not early, please get up." β
Gong Wei suddenly opened a pair of wild boar-like black crystal eyes, sat up suddenly, looked at me blankly, and then lowered his head and touched his only one layer of bedclothes, and said in surprise: "Lian'er!" I rested with you last night? β
I took the coat of the palace cloth that Pu Jia had brought in, and stepped forward, and lowered my head; "Your Highness, please, get dressed."
The palace maid grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the head of the bed, the dizziness of the hangover and the sickness of getting up in the morning were washed away by the frenzied joy, and he couldn't help but hug my waist and smiled, "Lian'er... What about us, what about usβ"
"Your Highness is up, and the slaves and maids are waiting for Your Highness to freshen up!"
I cast a grateful glance at Guan Ju, who had arrived from behind the screen, and took the opportunity to twist around and break free from the entanglement of the palace curtain. The maidservants followed Guan Juyu in, and when they saw the palace and me like this, they were all so shocked that they didn't dare to raise their heads.
"Oh, Your Highness, you are really, don't you know that our mother is thin-skinned?" In the end, Guan Ju reacted quickly, and he had the courage to laugh at the palace curly: "In front of so many people in the blue sky and daytime, how can you ask our mother such a thing?" Even if there is anything, you two should say it affectionately in private! β
Seeing Guan Ju smiling flatteringly, the palace maid was also happy for a while, although people sat honestly in front of the bed, and the maids were wearing shoes and socks, a pair of squinting eyes stared at my face for a moment.
"His Royal Highness was very drunk yesterday, and the concubine waited for His Highness to settle down." I replied hastily, "Pu Jia, why don't you go and bring the decanting soup quickly......"
In this way, the palace maid decided that I had slept in the same bed with him, and stayed in my room to have breakfast happily, and was urged by the subordinates to go to the front yard, change into court clothes and prepare to enter the palace. Before leaving, he kept telling me, and repeatedly said that he was very happy that I could go with him to the banquet of longevity in the palace in the evening.
At noon, sure enough, a slave and maid sent a full set of crown decorations of the princess rank. Along with it, there was also an old lady who taught the etiquette in the palace.
"Gong Wei has such a delicate mind."
"It's not that I'm delicate, I'm afraid that His Royal Highness is afraid that His Majesty won't want to see you, the crown princess elected by the people." Pu Jia whispered in my ear, "Girl, too, be careful. Entering the palace this time, presumably the emperor will not give you a good face. We have to learn the etiquette everywhere, so that no one can get caught in any way. β
As soon as I heard the words, I thought of Gong Hao's face with a knife hidden in his smile. One wall is made up for my hair, and the other wall listens carefully to Mama's teachings.
In the evening, Guan Ju wiped the sweat from my forehead over and over again, so as not to spend flowers. When my neck ached slightly from the weight of the precious and heavy jewelry on my head, someone in the front yard finally came to tell me to go. Walk out of the courtyard gate, sit on the soft sedan chair, go to the door of the house, and take a more exquisite and luxurious palace chariot in front of the convenience.
I looked in the direction of Peach Blossom Street from afar, and I couldn't help but sigh in my heart - I finally went out of the house once, but I couldn't stop for a moment.
When I went to the palace, I cleaned up my whole body. The sedan bearer is very stable, and there is hardly a bit of bump. I don't know how long I sat before the sedan chair man stopped and called out "It's here." β
Guan Ju Pujia got out of the sedan chair with my whole body sore and numb on the left and right, and the sky was almost completely black. I saw that in a very long and wide corridor deep in me, there was a bright vermilion glazed palace lamp every ten steps, reflecting the high black walls on both sides of this long street more solemnly.
"Mother." The sedan chair man in front bowed down and called to me, his voice was sharp, it was actually a eunuch, "You have entered the palace, and in front of you is the Yuanwu Palace, and today's Majesty's longevity banquet will be held in the Qingxu Hall behind the Yuanwu Palace." The minions can only send you here, and there is someone to greet you in front of you. β
After seeing the group of eunuchs carrying the palace chariot away, I walked with Guan Ju Pujia in the direction of the Yuanwu Palace. I didn't walk for long, and I saw Gong Hu wearing a navy blue satin embroidered white python and a moon double happiness pattern court dress walking towards me with a smile.
"Hurry up, didn't you see that the crown princess has arrived!" He whispered to the two family members behind him who were bowing down their heads and walking quickly, and turned his head and said to me with a smiling face: "Sister-in-law and noble person are late, and the family is just behind you!" β
"Why are you...," I frowned slightly, "what about the palace?" β
"Big brother is busy arranging the fireworks at the night party! This time, my father's birthday, the eldest brother didn't care, and specially found a folk fireworks master to add a few clusters of flowers to the sky in this palace! β
I still frowned, not wanting to look at Gong Hao's smiling face more, so I led Guan Ju Pujia to continue to move forward. Just as he was about to move, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the family member who had been bowing his head behind Gong Yu. When he looked up at me, I couldn't help but feel a chill on my face.
It's the hammer.
"They're both," I said in a breezy tone, "who are they?" β
Gong Yu didn't want me to ask such a question, so he turned his head and glanced at the hammer and the other family, and said with a smile: "They are the right-hand men of Prince Huan's mansion, and they were brought into the palace by the third brother to take care of them this time." It turned out that the third brother counted the hours and thought that his sister-in-law was coming, so he asked them to come out to greet him. I was afraid that they would recognize the wrong person, so I brought them with me. β
I nodded slightly, stopped looking at the hammer with my head hanging deeply, and walked forward. Gong Hao was not annoyed by my cold face, but followed silently. We bypassed the Yuanwu Palace, and we saw the civil and military officials waiting to enter the palace in front of the Qingxu Palace.
"Third brother!" Gong Yu behind him suddenly shook his hand towards a purple-clothed figure in the crowd, "I received my sister-in-law!" β