Chapter 57: Farewell to the Palace Gate
Father-in-law Qi hanged himself, and with the announcement of the chamberlain, Zhi Ning, who was still lying on the rattan chair next to Concubine Li, snorted, and suddenly lost consciousness and fell down from the rattan chair. This move was never even thought of by Yu and Li, who had been secretly arranged by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to sneak quietly on the roof.
"Your Highness, Miss Zhining has fainted......" With Concubine Li's exclamation, two figures also jumped down from the roof. I saw that one of the figures didn't wait for the prince's orders, but rushed straight in the direction of Zhining.
"Your Highness, it seems that she did not faint naturally, but seemed to have been injured by an external force." Yu Mian, who jumped down from the roof, was now holding the weak pulse of Zhi Ning's right hand and bowing back to the prince.
The prince here, who had already recovered from the apostasy of the teacher just now, had been on the rattan chair since Yu Mian descended from the roof until he was holding the pulse for Zhining, and was not supported by the eunuchs beside him. Only when Shi Cai Zhining fainted and fell, he was the first to react, and his feet reached forward, but he did not leave the seat. At this moment, when he heard Yu Mian report to him, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and a few words popped out of his mouth between his teeth: "Order someone to pass it to the imperial doctor." ”
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"Your Highness, that girl's pulse is weak, and her body is stagnant. Lao Chen has carefully diagnosed and treated her. Because his body was wrapped in a white cloth, when he examined it, he found this silver needle piercing half of the skin on his right shoulder. Your Highness, please take a look. As he spoke, he held a slender silver needle in both hands and stretched it out in front of the prince.
"Your Highness, forgive the old minister for talking too much, I don't know who this girl is?" The old lady handed over the silver needle and asked again.
"This matter has nothing to do with you, you just need to tell this girl in this hall how to treat her in the end." The prince frowned.
"It's Your Highness, but it's strange that this girl doesn't know what her identity is. He was hurt by this poison. Lao Chen took the needle just now and smelled the smell of the silver needle, but the thing it soaked in did not seem to be some poison, but a faint thing similar to a mandala flower from the Western Regions, so according to what Lao Chen saw, this girl was not a big problem, but she needed to recuperate for a few more days. ”
"Something that stuns? The main hall knows. Go to the Tai Hospital to prescribe some of the best scar healing elixirs, and send them to the main hall later. ”
The old lady said yes and turned to go.
"How could I suddenly fall asleep and fall asleep, and the silver needle ......," Concubine Li said in her mouth.
"Concubine Li, Zhining's rattan chair was placed at the door of the study by the palace maids in a hurry, in my opinion, this needle must be the Shi Zhaowen dog thief panicked, wanting to make Zhining faint, so as to divert our attention and take the opportunity to escape." Yu Mian replied.
"But......" Concubine Li immediately said without saying anything.
"Alright, that's all for today. Yu Qing Maofang, you go back first, as for Miss Zhining, follow her to recuperate in my palace first, and then let her go back when she gets better. The crown prince interrupted Concubine Li and looked at Yu and Li with a compulsive gaze.
"Your Royal Highness, Zhining is reckless and doesn't know how to be polite, so staying in the East Palace is afraid that she will disturb the ...... between His Highness and Niangniang."
"Yu Qing, this hall has said before that Concubine Li is alone by her side, and there is still a lack of companions, it just so happens that this girl is not feeling well, and the teacher and thief are quite fierce, so let her rest in this palace for a while" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said calmly.
Yu Mian had to say more, Li Maofang, who was already standing behind him, secretly knocked his elbow from behind him, and Yu Mian had no choice but to give up.
"Obey."
"Stand down." The prince, who was lifted up by the inner supervisor, waved his hand rather frustratedly, and turned to the direction of the upper study, which was not affected by the fire.
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Above the trail.
"Brother Li, why did you stop me just now?"
"Jing Zhan, you don't want to be too emotional just because you are a Zhining girl, at this moment she has added a new injury, but she has blocked a shot for His Royal Highness. And our Highness, who has always been lenient, naturally wants to thank her heavily, why are you so impulsive, and you dare to let Your Highness explain the reason to you. ”
"Blocked a stitch? Brother Li, you mean? ”
"Jing Zhan, you have always been smarter than me, but as long as you meet Miss Zhining, you will be confused again, do you think that if Shi Zhaowen was going to kill people just now, shouldn't he use the poisonous needle that sealed his throat with blood? If you think about it carefully, it was ...... behind Zhi Ning just now."
"How dare this dog thief?"
"Alas......" Li Maofang didn't answer Yu Mian's question, but sighed heavily.
"Brother Li, what did you think of again?" Seeing that Li Maofang didn't answer his question for a long time, he looked at him in a daze from the front, and asked from the side.
"Brother Li?"
"Oh, it's nothing, maybe I'm tired these days. Jing Zhan, let's go back to my Fuyang Marquis Mansion first. Li Maofang's eyes changed, and he responded immediately.
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Seeing that the wax moon was approaching, the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace also began to get busy. I don't know if it's because the imperial doctor's elixir for scarring and healing injuries is very effective, or because Zhining's body, which has suffered a lot, is gradually getting used to the surprises that fate will bring her from time to time, and in less than a month, almost all the bandages on her body have been removed, and even the imperial doctor who came to return for a follow-up visit three days ago was quite surprised, and hurriedly retreated after leaving a lot of instructions for walking activities.
And Zhi Ning wandered in the prince's east palace all day long, and gradually became familiar with Concubine Li, who had taken care of herself for many days, Concubine Li was born in the army since she was a child, and unlike other princes and concubines, she also liked to dance with knives and swords on weekdays. Since entering this deep palace, only the guards will use some effort, but as a concubine, it is not good to have too much contact with the guards, so since the arrival of Zhi Ning, there is a person who talks to each other, so Zhi Ning does not understand the etiquette in the palace, and Concubine Li often wants to find someone to try to come and go, the two are getting closer and closer, and then Zhi Ning has moved from the remote Xiaolu to the wall of Concubine Li's courtyard to live.
On this day, Zhining was called to the room by Concubine Li to talk again. The two had just talked for a while, only to hear the eunuch come to report that outside the East Palace, an acquaintance had sent Concubine Li a few melons and fruits that could not be eaten in winter, and attached a note.
Concubine Li, who was talking, took the note and looked at it a few times, her eyes stared for a moment, and the corners of her mouth showed a smile: "Sister A-Ning, this melon and fruit was given to me, but the person who left the book named and said that there was a Xinglan sword still outside the courtyard, and he was waiting for his sister to pick it up." ”
"Xinglan Sword?" Zhi Ning, who had been comfortable in the palace for a long time, suddenly heard the news of his sword, and suddenly said with joy in his heart: "Sister, wait a minute, I really have to go out." ”
"Go, go, go and meet old friends, and get rid of some old things, so that you can stay in this boring palace." Concubine Li smiled and beckoned.
"But the old thing? I'm just going to get the sword, what does Sister Concubine Li mean by that? Zhi Ning was stunned in his heart, but his mind had already flown to the Xinglan Sword, which he had not seen for a long time.
Wait for her to walk outside the side door of the East Palace.
But seeing Yu Mian holding the Xinglan Sword in his hand, he was standing anxiously under the willow tree, looking straight to the door, and when he came out of the door, Yu Mian suddenly looked left and right, and his face also showed a look like a smirk.
"Hey, surnamed Yu, don't think that if you saved me, I can forget the thing you owe me." Zhi Ning looked at Yu Mian's smirkling expression in the sun, frowned, and said hatefully.
"Sansan, I, I'm not here for you to thank me. I haven't seen you for a month, and I don't know if you're getting better. Oh, and this Xinglan Sword, Zheng Hou said that it has been in his mansion for a long time, and it is time to return it to you. Yu Mian looked at Zhi Ning in a daze, but his face turned red again. Fang Cai said with a sincere look in his eyes.
"I still want me to thank you and tell you that you saved me that day, but that's what you owed me before, and I don't need you to come and care about me." Zhi Ning pouted.
"I, I'm not pretending, I just really care about you. Oh, by the way, I'll also come to see you for Zheng Hou. ”
"I know exactly who you are. Don't take the name of my stepfather against me. Take it. ”
"Huh?"
"Take my Xinglan Sword, what do you think, your little life will naturally be taken when I heal my injury."
"Oh, oh." Yu Mian promised that the Xinglan Sword in his hand was not handed out.
"Why, do you want my sword to kill me? Hurry up and give it back to me, you can go. ”
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"Oh, what a spicy little girl, she can control my family's view." Yu Mian Zheng didn't know how to answer, but a sneering sound came from the tree where Yu Mian was standing.
This voice didn't need to look up, but he also knew that it was Li Maofang, the Marquis of Fuyang.
"The dignified lord is even sneaky hiding in a tree and eavesdropping on others, and he is not ashamed." Rather than be afraid of Li Maofang, he also sneered back at the moment.
"Three-three-......"
"Little girl, Ben Hou is not in the mood to secretly listen to the two of you flirting here, but as Jing Zhan, he can't enter the inner courtyard of this palace now, Ben Hou is just using his identity to send him in to meet you."
"Fuyang Hou really me off."
"Yo Yo, looking at the way she was jumping around after the injury was healed, isn't this the weak little woman who said that she had no clothes to wear and asked someone else to take off her robe for you?"
"Li Maofang, your evil taste of eavesdropping on the root of the wall can be taken seriously."
"I didn't listen to other people's hobbies, but Jing Zhan inadvertently said this when I went to drink flower wine."
"Yu Mian you ......"
"Jing Zhan, look at it, use a little trick, this is jealous, woman, it's not like you treat it like that." Li Maofang sat on the tree and crossed Erlang's legs and said with a smile.
"Sansan, don't listen to Brother Li's nonsense, it was he who asked me where my robe went, and I told him that it was put on you, but I didn't say that you didn't wear ......"
"Shut up and give me back my Xinglan Sword." Zhi Ning interrupted Yu Mian with a sullen face.
"It's not that Sansan won't give you a sword back, but there is still a heartfelt word at the end that I still want to tell you. Brother Li, you leave first. ”
A figure swooped to the ground and turned the corner.
"Alright, one last sentence, don't wear down my patience anymore." Zhi Ning said coldly.
"Sansan, I know that you have gotten along very well with Concubine Li in this East Palace recently, but if a woman who has no official position or is not a draft cannot live in the East Palace for a long time, the crown prince and Concubine Li naturally know this, but I don't know why they still want to keep you in this East Palace, there are crises everywhere in this palace, and you yourself need to be more careful. I'm about to go on a long trip, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you in a short time, if you have something to do, you can find Brother Li to help you. ”
"Okay, I know, if I continue to talk about it, I can't persuade me not to take revenge, your set of loyal and patriotic words, if I have something, my father-in-law will naturally help, and I don't need to go to your brother Li."
"Zheng Hou is naturally a good person, but from what I can see, he seems to be hiding something from you."
"This is the second sentence, do you give my sword or not."
"Alas...... Hello self-cherished" After Yu Mian sighed, the Xinglan Sword came out of his hand.
"Don't worry about it." Zhi Ning didn't look at the sword after receiving it, turned around and left.
The sound of the door slamming shut was heard.
"Jing Zhan, you just let her go back like this?" Li Maofang's body turned back from the corner.
"Sansan, she has a deep misunderstanding of me, let's take my time in the future."
"Then you should at least tell her the purpose of your trip." Li Maofang said puzzled.
"Leave it Brother Li, it's useless to talk more, just as a surprise for her."
"You, you......"
Two lamentations rang out at the same time. The figure gradually walked away.
A pair of eyes in the crack of the door also looked at it for a moment and hurried away.