Chapter 103: The Sheep Enters the Tiger's Mouth
I was at a loss along the way, but I didn't dare to act rashly.
Although such an unexpected change has occurred, no matter what, I can keep this prince's mansion for the time being.
Shui Qingruo was once the crown princess who had not passed through the palace, and now if she wants to find her, she can only start from here. It's for her sake, I have to stand still first, and see what the palace curls do before making plans.
The sun was about to set, and the men locked me in a hut and never reappeared. However, after the subordinates of the prince's mansion brought me dinner, the palace maid strode in and pushed the door quietly.
I was uneasy in my heart, just sitting in front of the desk and speechless in front of a table of dishes, and when I saw him come in, I was shocked again, and subconsciously stood up and took half a step back.
The palace maid watched my movements, and the candlelight became more and more indecent to his little sparkling eyes. Suddenly, a strange smile bloomed on his fat face.
When I saw that smile, I felt a chill in my heart, and I couldn't even speak. He took in my panicked look, seemed to be in high spirits, and quietly stepped forward on his feet, and I immediately took a step back. The two people confronted each other silently in this dim hut, like a sheep entering a tiger's den, a vicious cat playing with a mouse.
"Say it."
Seeing that I stepped back, his stiff body leaned softly against the cold wardrobe behind him, he sat down on the chair where I was sitting with satisfaction, poured himself a glass of wine, and drank it all.
"Say what..."
"Say what?" He snorted and smiled, and continued to think to himself, "Tell me how you, the daughter of a lowly family in the West Market, got into a place like Peach Blossom Street; And on that day, since you caused someone to beat me, why are you willing to enter my prince's mansion to choose a concubine today? ”
Listening to his question, I was already panicked. Where do you still remember the various emergency response strategies and Shui Qing's things that Sarong instructed before, and said casually, "Since the prince knows that I am from a humble background, what is so strange about entering the Taopin Building?" But Your Highness... If Your Highness thinks I'm not innocent, send me out as soon as possible! ”
"Whatever I said, you're ashamed of it. Now that I have entered the door of my prince's mansion, where is the reason to go out? ”
Gong Wei's dark and yellow cheeks flushed with a cloudy flush, and he smiled at me obscenely and intimately, "That day, I went to visit Taopin Building in private clothes, and you didn't know my identity, but you just said that you were not the girl in this building." I wondered how you could be spotless in that kind of place, with your appearance. Now I understand, you ghost, you got my idea in the morning, didn't you? ”
I froze in place, completely unaware of what the palace was saying. But seeing that he looked relaxed and didn't seem to have any intention of attacking me for the time being, he couldn't help but calm himself and said tentatively, "What does Your Highness think?" ”
"Sure enough, I guessed it, didn't it!"
Seeing me like this, the palace maid's eyes lit up more and more proudly, "According to the palace, it is true that you were originally from Xishi, and it is not false that you later entered the Taopin Building." It's just that your heart is higher than the sky, and you are not willing to be a first-class lowly prostitute. Helplessly, there was a new girl Ji pressing on the top, and even half of the princes and nobles couldn't climb the high branches. You are sad to yourself, and you heard that the new concubine in my house fell ill and died, so you hurriedly begged the flower woman to help you enter my roster for the next round of the draft. How shrewd that flower woman is, seeing you like this, I can't help but give you this favor. Therefore, I accepted you as a goddaughter, just waiting for you to enter the mansion to accept her grace, she can make a lot of money from you, yes or no! ”
I was dumbfounded, and my heart was faintly sick. By the time he finished the last sentence, he was so disgusted that he almost vomited.
Although Gong Wei's words are nonsense, they also make up a reasonable explanation for my identity.
Thinking of Shui Qing, I had to squeeze out a shy smile, and said softly, "Sure enough, I can't hide anything from His Royal Highness's eyes, since you know the ins and outs, why bother to ask me again, I don't have to make people blush......"
"I'll just say it!" Gong Wei laughed loudly, and slapped his palms again and again, "It's really a god-sent fate to send you to my mansion!" Gui Hotaru, do you know how much I miss you-"
As he spoke, he threw himself at me with his arms open. I didn't expect him to be like this, so I couldn't help but be shocked, and took a few steps back to protect myself: "—Your Highness! What are you doing! ”
"Lian'er, good Lian'er, do you know that the peach has been sold overnight, and this palace has fallen in love with you at first sight!" The palace maid still screamed, "I've been waiting for this for a long time, and now that you have entered the prince's mansion, I can't wait any longer!" Come on, good darling—"
I felt a violent nausea, but I didn't dare to show half a word on my face. One wall hid and the other said urgently: "Your Highness, Your Highness, don't worry!" Now that the concubine has entered the palace, she wants to dedicate herself to His Royal Highness, but... It's just that since His Royal Highness's mind is the same as that of a concubine, he should also give the concubine a name-otherwise... It's good to tell everyone to do it! What is this blue sky and white day, aren't you, aren't you wronged by a concubine! ”
"What grievances are not grievances! After today, you will be the crown princess of my kingdom! Who dares to wronged you! The palace was already extremely impatient, and overturned the celadon vase that was blocking between me and him, "This palace is the crown prince, three media and six appointments, and the wedding banquet will be arranged properly, you and I will have a round house sooner or later, so why bother with this day or two——"
"Your Highness! Your Highness don't! "I've long been frightened by the broken porcelain pieces all over the ground, where can I care about the tone," - you, if you dare to move again, I'm not kind to you! ”
The palace lady didn't have the slightest fear when he heard me so intimidating. On the contrary, after being stunned for a moment, he laughed more and more wildly: "Yes! My baby, it's your wild spicy, the most haunting of this palace, even more seductive than Qing'er——"
As soon as I heard Shui Qing's name, I froze in place like the three souls of thunder. Unexpectedly, the palace maid saw the opportunity and pounced on his fat body in one step.
I was slammed into the chair by him, and I came to my senses, only to find that the waist branch had been pinched by a pair of big hands from the palace guard. He kissed my cheek with a pair of thick lips, and my body was agitated, and the blood rushed to the top of my head, and I didn't care about anything else, and I was about to slash at his face with the internal force in my hand—
"—His Royal Highness the Prince!"
The door creaked open. Gong Wei was startled, and his fat body struggled and climbed down from the chair. I hurriedly put away my palms and hurriedly sorted out the clothes, and saw a subordinate hurriedly running in, kneeling down in front of the palace and trembling: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the Third Highness and the Fourth Highness have come down!" ”
"-The third and fourth? Why are they here......" Gong Wei's rough brows furrowed into three folds, and then he said angrily to the man, "They will come, what are you doing in a hurry like a fire burning your ass, don't you know how to knock!" ”
Only then did the man raise his eyes and see me who was slumped on the chair and frightened, and then turned his head to look at the palace curtain, who was still a little out of breath, and he was so frightened that his soul flew out of the sky, and he kowtowed again and again: "Your Highness spares your life!" The slave has no eyes, and he has collided with the good deeds of His Highness! It's really... It's ......."
"-What is it, I can't say anything!"
"Oh! It's really the Third Highness who called you in a hurry," the man stammered and replied, "The Third Highness said that he caught the Fifth Highness, so he carried the Fifth Highness and wanted to hand it over to His Highness for disposal!" ”
My heart skipped a beat—it was Miyahata.
"Old five? Can he be caught by the third child? The palace maid seemed to be very surprised, "This naughty boy, there are so many ghosts, these days have made his father and ministers sad, the third child can actually catch him......"
"yes... Right now, the Third Highness and the Fourth Highness are waiting in the front hall with the Fifth Highness," the kid continued to tremble, "Your Highness... Want to see you? ”
"The fourth is here too?" Gong Wei's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, "These two people are really annoying, they don't come early or late, but at this time... You go! Say I'm asleep, and tell them to wait an hour! ”
"—Your Highness..."The kid hesitated, as if he was very embarrassed, "Your Highness, Your Majesty asked you to search for the Fifth Highness with the Third Highness, and now you haven't found anyone, and the Third Highness has found it... He also offered to send someone to your door. You said that if you don't meet as soon as possible, if these three highnesses simply turn around and enter the palace, and directly send the five highnesses to your majesty, won't you be ...... when the time comes?"
Gong Wei turned his head and stared directly at the trembling subordinate, although his eyes were still irritable, but he did not continue to scold.
I was shocked, and looked at the two people with bated breath on the side, and slowly reacted in my heart - the idea of seizing the heir of the palace curtain was already known to the dynasty. This time, he grabbed the palace flag and did not enter the palace directly, but came to the prince's mansion, presumably just for his own reputation, so as not to be too obvious in his disobedience, which attracted the emperor's jealousy and the government's and the opposition's sideways.
"If the third child enters the palace..."
"—If the Third Highness enters the palace," the kid wanted to remind, but he was afraid of saying the wrong thing, so he could only say cautiously, "At that time... Obviously, Your Highness has also contributed a lot, but I'm afraid that Your Majesty won't remember your merits......"
"Yes! Can't let the third child take advantage! The palace man seemed to be suddenly, stomped under his feet, gritted his teeth and said, "At the moment, he hasn't reacted yet, if he reacts and turns his head into the palace, the palace won't suffer a big loss!" ”
"Your Highness is wise!" The kid hurriedly responded and said, "The Third Highness is accompanied by the Fourth Highness on this trip, and that is also a slippery lord, if the two of them string out any articles, it will not be good to refer to you for the crime of dereliction of duty and slackness in front of the emperor!" ”
Gong Wei was stunned when he heard this, and then turned his head to me and said, "Gui Ying, I have some important things to do right now, and I have to go ahead." Don't worry, I'll come back to you when I'm done! ”
I didn't expect the palace to speak to me suddenly, and I couldn't help but be stunned, and before I came back to my senses, he was led by the next person and strode out of the room.
As soon as my arms slumped, I sat down on the ground, realizing that I was too frightened to do anything.
Everything happened too fast, everything went out of the way I envisioned......
Gong Wei Shi said... Qing'er? That's Shuiqing, right? Can you be sure that Shui Qing did appear in the Prince's Mansion before, right?
There is also Miyahata, last time I said goodbye to the street, I missed the appointment. He is so smart and agile, I don't know if when he was waiting for me in Lianyue Mountain, his third brother discovered his whereabouts, so he was accidentally arrested?
I breathed a long sigh of relief, got up and walked to the door, only to see that the sky was full of stars and was already full of gray when the sky was cut by the towering roof of the Prince's Mansion.
It was like my state of mind at the moment, bleak and desolate.