Chapter 25: A Chance Encounter at the Palace Gate
I originally thought that I would say goodbye to my sister and go home after Zhongxuan's birthday party, but now that two days have passed, I still haven't been able to see my sister, and every time I go to ask An Liuli, I say that my sister is unwell, and after a few times, I also know that my sister is deliberately avoiding me,
"Sister still doesn't want to see me today?" I watched Ruri come out of the room, and although the look on her face had already told me the answer, I couldn't help but want to be sure.
"Well, Second Miss should come back tomorrow." Ruri whispered back to me.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to come tomorrow," I smiled helplessly at Liuli, and then said: "The Queen Mother has already arranged the frame for me, and I will leave in a while, since my sister doesn't want to see me, I will bother Miss Liuli to tell my sister to take care of it on my behalf." ”
"Second Miss, is this going out of the palace?"
I didn't say anything, just nodded, then turned and walked out of the hall......
Originally, I thought that I would be able to find some truth by staying in the palace, but now it seems that everything is more chaotic, Bai Xue is dead, Shen Guiren is also dead, and I don't even know why they died.
After getting into the carriage, Aunt Liu Ruo handed me a black chess piece from the window.
"What is this?" After I took it, I looked at Aunt Liu Ruo incomprehensibly and said.
"The Queen Mother said, just let the girl go back to Mrs. Zhou, and the rest of your mother will naturally understand."
"Yes, Min'er thanked the Queen Mother on behalf of her mother."
"Let's go, it's not too early." Aunt Liu Ruo turned her head and said to the coachman on the side.
"Yes." After receiving the order of Aunt Liu Ruo, the coachman turned his horse's head and walked out of the palace.
I looked at the chess pieces in my hand, and lived my life in the palace for more than a month over and over again in my mind, time is so flickering, it seems to be a lot closer to my days and Lu, I don't know what kind of gift my mother and monk Wen will prepare for me at that time?
Just as he was thinking, the carriage suddenly stopped, and there was a commotion outside.
"What's wrong?" I asked, opening the curtain.
"Miss Hui, there seems to be something going on ahead, and the way out of the palace is blocked."
"So, you can help me go over and inquire."
"Yes." When the coachman heard my command, he jumped out of the carriage and went out into the crowd.
Originally, I didn't want to join in the excitement, but I saw that the maid who was stopped was dressed in the palace, and the people in the palace were stopped, so I naturally wanted to see what was going on.
"Girl, it's the frame of the Shen noble, and the accompanying palace maid didn't leave the palace paperwork, so she was stopped." The coachman quickly inquired about the news, and came back to my window.
"Shen noble?" When I heard this title, I couldn't help but be shocked in my heart, wasn't she dead?
"Yes, although the trouble is terrible, but the Shen nobleman is reluctant to show his face, so there is this now, does the second lady need to go around the gate of other palaces?" The coachman asked.
"No, I have some friendship with that Shen nobleman, so I'd better go over and have a look." I lifted the curtain and stepped out of the carriage.
There were only two people who escorted Shen Guiren out of the palace, a father-in-law and a palace maid, although their faces were familiar, they couldn't name them, but they only remembered seeing Shen Guiren when they came to his sister's palace to ask for peace.
"You can help me call that girl to come over." I walked outside the crowd and stopped, and said to the driver.
After a while, the palace maid came to me and timidly greeted me with a greeting.
"Do you recognize me?"
"The slave knows that the young lady is the queen's sister, and she has seen her several times in the palace." The palace maid replied with her head bowed.
"Are you from the palace of the Shen nobles? What's it called? ”
"Miss Hui, the slaves and maids are in charge of the palace of the Shen nobles, my name is Cixin, and it is Li Lei's father-in-law who is driving over there."
"Since it's in the palace of the Shen nobles, why are the guards reluctant to let it go?"
As I asked this, compassion suddenly knelt down at me.
"Li Lei's father-in-law was ordered to send the nobles back to their hometowns, but the slaves and maids were not allowed to leave the palace without leaving the palace, so they were stopped by the guards."
"Since there is no letter, why do you have to go out?"
"Second Miss, I'm afraid I don't know yet." Compassion looked up at me, her red and swollen eyes filled with tears. "The noble man Shen has already been buried a few days ago, and the coffin on this car is the coffin of the nobleman."
I looked at Cixin, and I couldn't find a word to answer for a while, and I naturally knew about the death of the noble person.
"Are you Shen Guiren's dowry maid?"
"Yes, I grew up with the nobleman since I was a child, and I entered the palace with her, and now although the nobleman has gone, I don't want to leave the nobleman, so I beg the second lady to help the slave and maid for the sake of me and the nobleman's master and servant, so that the slave can return to the hometown with the young lady, if not, I will crash to death at the gate of this city today, and it can be regarded as the right nobleman......" Cixin knelt on the ground and kowtowed and pleaded.
I sighed, lifted Compassion up from the ground, and brought a handkerchief to wipe the dust and tears from her face.
"Does it hurt?" I touched the wound on her forehead, and suddenly my heart ached, and I don't know how many times she kowtowed to get out of this palace.
"It doesn't hurt, the second lady has promised to help the slave?" Compassion grabbed my hands as if it had seen a life-saving grass, and her eyes were full of longing.
I nodded, and let Compassion get into my carriage, and besides, the death of Shen Guiren also had something to do with me, and now I naturally can't ignore it.
After arranging the mercy, I gave the coachman some silver taels and asked him to go and take care of the palace gate guards, and then by the way, I informed Li Lei's father-in-law to wait three miles east of the city. I naturally know that this silver tael will not play a role in the palace gate guards, but the coachman must be able to, because of the things on his waist, since the queen mother has a heart, I naturally can't break it.
As I expected, under the guidance of the coachman, we got out of the palace gate very smoothly. The carriage continued to walk towards the east of the city, in fact, I could have asked Li Lei's father-in-law to wait outside the city at the beginning, and the reason why I chose it was three miles away was entirely because I had something to ask for compassion.
"If the second lady wants to know anything, just ask, the compassion must be everything." After leaving the city gate, Cixin, who had been sitting quietly beside me, suddenly spoke.
Sure enough, it was a harem person, looking at such a mirror-like compassion, I suddenly didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
"Why did your noble man die?" I asked, pretending to be casual looking out the window.
"The noble man has been in poor health, so he naturally died of illness." Without the slightest hesitation, Cixin replied to me directly, and it seemed that he had already prepared a speech waiting for me to ask.
"Obviously poisoned, why did the benevolent girl say that she died of illness?" I asked Cixin rhetorically, and then said: "If I'm not mistaken, now in the noble palace, I'm afraid there are only two living people, the benevolent girl and Li Lei's father-in-law, right?" "Actually, I'm not completely sure, just casually, but the harem has always believed in the dead.
"Second Miss, ...... you" Cixin looked at me in surprise, and then quickly lowered her head to sort out her emotions.
After seeing Compassion's reaction like this, I knew that I had guessed correctly, what kind of secret was it? actually let dozens of people from Qixiang Palace accompany the funeral, it seems that I underestimated Li Yu.
"Say, I want to hear the truth, you don't want your nobleman to die so unclear." I stared into my compassionate eyes and said word by word.
"Okay." It was like making a big decision, and after being kind for a long time, I finally got a good word back.