"Xiao Xia'er had better be sensible to this king, the rules in the palace should be guarded." He said lightly, turned around and went back to the Xi Pavilion. Xia Xiaoxiao glared angrily at his back and scolded a few bastards in his heart, and saw Lu Wuxian walking not far away, the empty plate in his hand had not been put down, and he also scolded the idiot in his heart by the way, the people of Beigong Yu are not good people! As soon as she turned around and wanted to go back to the Dusk Pavilion to sleep in her big sleep, she didn't know that a maid appeared out of nowhere, looking like a person who had forgotten the dust, "The crown princess, my master is invited." ”

Xia Xiaoxiao was overjoyed when she heard this, and suddenly lost any anger.

It's an aunt!

July is the season when many flowers bloom, and the palace is the palace with the most flowers, usually the emperor is diligent, and occasionally gives some new flowers, and when the time comes, they will bloom fragrant flowers. Naturally, there are also seeds that can't be planted, and I won't plant them next time, so I don't have to waste some good seeds.

Concubine Lan was holding scissors at this time and was sorting out a chrysanthemum that had just been moved from the other courtyard, Xia Xiaoxiao hurriedly broke in at this time, and the little palace maids couldn't stop it.

As soon as Concubine Lan looked up and saw her, people rushed to her and hugged her, she hurriedly handed the scissors in her hand to the maid on the side, and scolded: "You are still so sloppy!" What should I do if I get hurt! ”

"Auntie, I haven't seen you for so long, Xiao'er misses you to death." Xia Xiaoxiao let go of Concubine Lan, carefully checked it up and down, and said with a smile: "My aunt looks better again, the emperor likes it more, right?" ”

"Okay, okay, don't talk about it." Concubine Lan pulled her to sit down, stroked her cheek lightly, her eyes were full of distress, "I haven't come to see my aunt for so long, and you still know that you miss me?" During this time, how are you doing in the womb? ”

"It's not the same as before, you should eat and sleep all day long." Xia Xiaoxiao snorted, looking at Concubine Lan's aging face, and felt a little uncomfortable in her heart. I think that when my aunt entered the palace, she was full of rich children in the capital who were vying to step on the door and propose marriage, but now, a generation of beauties has entered the palace and entered this cage, and they have become the same as ordinary women, waiting for their husband's favor, and fiddling with flowers and plants to pass the time in their spare time. Even if the emperor favors her again, it is just compared with others, he will still go to other women, this huge house, more alone and lonely.

Concubine Lan knew about Chenxiao Palace, so she didn't ask much, but just asked the maid to bring some tonics, the box was opened, and there were two mellow pills lying quietly on the splendid side, "This is the medicine that the emperor gave me to replenish my body a few days ago, Xi'er's body needs to be replenished recently, you and her will have one each." She asked people to put it away and handed it to Xia Xiaoxiao, Xia Xiaoxiao held it in her hand, and listened to her comfort: "Xi'er has been poisoned for a few days, I heard that the prince has been staying there for the past few days, after all, she has just been injured, don't take it too seriously, it's just that in the days when she was poisoned and unconscious, you, the elder sister, have stayed outside the palace until now before returning to the palace, which is indeed a bit inappropriate." ”

Xia Xiaoxiao lowered her eyes and didn't speak, she didn't bother to explain, she got up and came to the pile of chrysanthemums, held up a flower in her palm, and carefully learned to take care of it, "Auntie, I want to leave the palace." ”

Concubine Lan was afraid that she would break those flowers, so she slapped her little hand unceremoniously, and the maid's scissors were handed over again, Xia Xiaoxiao rubbed the back of her hand, pursed her lips and didn't speak, Concubine Lan glared at her, "Didn't you just come back from outside the palace, and besides, didn't His Highness give you his personal token?" But don't worry about playing for too long, just the few days you stayed outside the palace, the prince was already very dissatisfied, I heard that the prince still asked the military department Shangshu to give you a message, you just rushed back today, you don't know the rules of the palace, especially the concubines can't spend the night outside, the prince is so indulgent to you is already very relaxed rules, you have to be sensible. ”

Xia Xiaoxiao turned around and sat down, Beigong Yu just never cared about himself, but he didn't connive. She poured a cup of tea and drank it to herself, swallowed half of the tea, rubbed her fingertips along the rim of the cup, and took a breath before saying, "Auntie, I mean...... I want to leave the palace, and when I leave the palace, I won't come back. ”

With a "click", the flower branch that Concubine Lan was building accidentally broke on the ground, she looked at the petals scattered on the ground, and took pity on the flowers she had cultivated for so long.

The maid was about to come forward to clean up, and she waved her hand, "Let's all go down." ”

Seeing that there were only the two of them left in the house, Concubine Lan came over and snatched the teacup from Xia Xiaoxiao's hand and put it aside, staring at her eyes, "Don't say this kind of thing in the future, you will get into trouble." ”

"Auntie, come with me!" Xia Xiaoxiao grabbed her hand, "I have the brand given by Beigong Yu, you can leave the palace at any time, as long as you go out, you don't have to come back!" The emperor has so many concubines, he won't care! As long as the emperor doesn't pursue it, no one will care about us when we go out! ”

"Nonsense!" Concubine Lan shook her off and shouted, and her beautiful face was flushed with anger by Xia Xiaoxiao, "Do you know what the crime of escaping the palace without permission is?" It's going to raid the house and destroy the door, and it's going to punish the nine clans! Have you ever wondered what your father will do when we're gone? What should Xi'er do? What about the entire Xia Mansion? The palace doesn't say you can get out if you can, do you know how much risk it takes? ”

Concubine Lan never thought that Xia Xiaoxiao would come up with this idea, since ancient times, which woman who has entered the palace can still go out? Which of the people who want to escape from the palace has not had their homes raided? The idea of leaving the palace is something that these women in the deep palace dare not think of, Xia Xiaoxiao's idea is so bold that she has to send back the palace people around her, if this matter spreads, it will be a felony to think about it!

"Xia Yingxi has Beigong Yu, Beigong Yu is the prince, she will be fine!" After a pause, she remembered that there was still her father, what was her father? Thinking of this, Xia Xiaoxiao suddenly sneered, "As for Daddy, doesn't he want me to disappear?" My mother is gone, isn't he looking forward to marrying me off day and night? Now that I'm married, he thinks I can't climb the dragon and the phoenix for him, and I'm gone, isn't it just what he wants? ”

Xia Xiaoxiao is a selfish person, others treat her badly, she doesn't want to be good to others, her leaving the palace is her business, and it has nothing to do with her father, besides, the emperor is a wise man, he is a sensible person, and he will definitely not blame the entire Xia family for such a trivial matter, she has already thought about it.

Concubine Lan realized that she had gone too far, her brother only had two daughters in his life, Xia Xiaoxiao and Xia Yingxi, she had seen clearly what Xia Xiaoxiao was like over the years, no wonder Xia Xiaoxiao would be so unkind to see her father now, she just ignored Xia Xiaoxiao's feelings for so many years, Xia Xiaoxiao was alone in Chenxiao Palace, with her playful nature, it must be uncomfortable.

But the matter of leaving the palace is really not careless.

"Auntie." Xia Xiaoxiao screamed softly, and her eyes turned a little red, "I never thought of entering the palace at the beginning, it was my father who sent me in for his fame and fortune, greedy for life and afraid of death. ”

"But you've seen it too, but for a few days, His Royal Highness can't allow anyone to break the rules of the palace, whether the prince has you in his heart or not, you are still his person after all." If you fail to escape from the palace, is it still meaningful that you can't even save your life? I'm afraid that even the queen won't be able to protect you at that time! ”

Xia Xiaoxiao looked at Concubine Lan, as long as she thought of spending her whole life in the palace for a man, she would be upset for her, and her eyes full of unwillingness stared at Concubine Lan and said: "Whether it is successful or not, I will always give it a try, aunt, you just come with me, it is better to gamble than to do nothing!" ”

Concubine Lan suddenly smiled bitterly, and a pair of hands that were white but had a little wrinkles gently touched Xia Xiaoxiao's head, "My Xiao'er is now grown up, and she doesn't even listen to what my aunt says?" ”

Xia Xiaoxiao frowned and looked at her quietly, seeing a faint worry in those eyes, and calmed down and waited for her answer.

Concubine Lan suddenly hugged her, patted Xia Xiaoxiao's vest like when she was a child, and said softly: "Auntie knows that you are doing this for your aunt's good, but my aunt is now old and has been in the palace for most of her life. ”

"Auntie!" Xia Xiaoxiao got up to look at her, only to find that the corners of her aunt's eyes were a little wet. Concubine Lan looked up at the palace where she had lived for half her life, and had lived in the Forgotten Dust House for half her life, and finally shook her head, "Auntie is destined to die of old age in the palace in this life." Xia Xiaoxiao wanted to persuade again, but she just said: "Xiao'er, you said that you are willing to gamble, and after you really think about it, make a decision, you are now older, and your aunt can't make decisions for you about what you want to do, you can go out, maybe it's also a good thing, it's better than staying in the palace for the rest of your life, but if you fail, the whole Xia Mansion will be affected, or at worst, you will be sent to prison, in this way, are you still willing to gamble?" ”

In Xia Xiaoxiao's heart, she is also a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

It would not be difficult for her to leave the palace alone, and the one percent chance that the Pure Dharma Master told her that day would mean that she would live after leaving the palace, that she could escape without being caught, which was a difficult thing.

"Besides, what's wrong with staying by the prince's side all the time? Why bother pushing yourself into a corner? Concubine Lan has always known Xia Xiaoxiao's thoughts, for her, even if that person has other women in her heart, as long as she can stay by the side of the person she loves, it is also a kind of happiness. She knew that Xia Xiaoxiao would choose to leave the palace, perhaps partly for Beigong Yu.

But she can't understand Xia Xiaoxiao, for her, it's not hers, she would rather not.