Chapter 8: Doesn't the Master Miss the King?
Although he was threatened to stay in the palace, but since he was threatened that day, he didn't know what His Royal Highness King Ming was busy with, Yuan Quanquan hadn't seen him for several days, and when he saw him again, it was already six days later.
At that time, Yuan Quanquan had just finished lunch and was chatting with Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Xu in the small courtyard of the front hall. Well, to be exact, it's the two of them listening to the story of the Yuan Circle.
Yuan Quanquan inadvertently chatted with them, mentioning the story of Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian, and found that no one here knew about chatting, so he suddenly became interested, and began to be a storyteller. She was talking in a low voice, her expression was quite rich, and she told the story very infectiously, which made Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Xu stunned, and her eyes were full of novelty.
Just as the Yuan Circle said that the old demon of Montenegro was going to capture Xiao Qian as a demon, and Ning Caichen went to save her from this wonderful place, a man's voice suddenly came from behind him: "I didn't expect the master to be so versatile, in addition to being able to exorcise evil spirits and tell fortunes, he can even tell stories!" ”
You don't have to look back to know who the person is talking to, and you don't have to worry about the interruption of the story in the Yuan Circle, and when she turned around, she saw the meditation cultivator who she hadn't seen for several days standing not far from her, still wearing a Xuan robe, half of her green silk was tied to the top of her head by a silver hair crown, half of it was draped on her back, and she was looking at her with an unfathomable face.
As soon as Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Xu saw the prince, they immediately got up and saluted, and then Mrs. Xu stuck to it like a boneless snake, climbing on the arm of meditation and coquettishly, "Lord, where have you been these days?" The concubine can't see you, but she wants to die as a concubine. ”
Meditation glanced at her with a slanted gaze, patted her hand, and comforted her with a smile on his face: "This king has something to do these days, and he is not in the mansion." After speaking, he took two steps forward without a trace, dodged Mrs. Xu's body that wanted to rub up, and stood in front of the Yuan Circle.
"What kind of story is this telling by the master? It's very interesting, and I'll tell the king about it. With that, he walked to the table and sat down, raising his eyes to signal the circle to continue.
Yuan Quanquan heard his words and glanced at him, it turned out that something was going out! No wonder I haven't seen anyone in the house these days. In the past few days, she has heard several ladies complain and tell about their lovesickness, especially this Mrs. Xu.
Quietly turned her eyes to Mrs. Xu behind the Ming Xiu, the great beauty Xu was standing with a look of grievance in her handkerchief, looking at someone's eyes that was called a grievance, and she felt distressed when she saw it.
But what about someone? But he just stared at her, and the strange eyes made her feel furious. And let her tell him a story!
"Uh, Lord Wang, you are not in the mansion these days, and the ladies miss you very much, I ...... I won't bother you, I'll go first. After saying that, he wanted to anoint the soles of his feet, but as soon as he lifted his feet, he was stopped.
"This king has just come, and the master is leaving, is this king so terrible?"
Yuan Quanquan turned his back to the meditation cultivator, gritted his teeth in annoyance, turned his head, but changed to a dog-legged sneer: "How can it!" Lord Wang, you are so handsome and chic, rich and handsome, how can you be terrible? It's really that the two ladies miss you and want to say something to you, and I'm here...... Not quite right. ”
The meditation cultivator listened to her make excuses quietly, and when she finished speaking, his eyes glanced left and right at the two women with a sad face and an innocent look, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Master...... Don't you miss the king? ”
Yuan Quanquan scolded his mother in his heart, I miss you as a ghost! You big pig's trotters!
"Hehe, naturally I miss it."
"If you're thinking about it, why are you in a hurry to leave?"
"That's because...... Because ......"
"Because of what?"
Yuan Quanquan hung his head and tried hard to think of a reason, and he couldn't stop roaring in his heart: If you don't go, wait to be threatened by you?
Meditation seemed intrigued by her appearance of trying to find an excuse to escape from him, and was not in a hurry, the old god sat on the ground, waiting for her to come up with a reason.
Several excuses flashed through my mind, but they were all vetoed by the Yuan Circle one by one, and finally I had a flash of inspiration.
"Because the concubine asked me to chant the Buddha with her and pray for you, the prince. I had just told the two ladies a story, and I almost forgot about it, but now I remember. Lord, the concubine should wait, I won't accompany you, if you want to hear the story, next time! ”
After speaking, he didn't care whether he believed it or not, he turned around and ran away, as if there was a ghost chasing behind him.
Shen Xiu didn't chase her, he just sat in his original position, tilting his head to look at her running away figure with a smile on his face.
Mrs. Xu rubbed over again, a pair of white and tender eyes looked like she was about to touch the shoulders of the meditation cultivator, the meditation suddenly got up, I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional, just avoided it, looked at the slightly stunned beauty, he said indifferently: "This king is tired, go and rest first, if there is nothing to do, don't bother." ”
Then ignoring Mrs. Xu, who was embarrassed in mid-air, turned around and left.
Mrs. Zhou had been standing next to her and didn't speak, but at this moment she jumped over, leaned in front of Mrs. Xu, stretched her neck and looked at the prince who was walking away, and then said, "Huh? Odd...... How do you feel that the prince has become a little different? Sister Rou, doesn't the prince like you the most and love you the most on weekdays? Why do you ignore you so much today? ”
Xu Wanrou looked at the back of the cultivator in a daze, looked down at her hands, was silent for a while, pulled the corners of her mouth and said with a dry smile: "The prince may be tired...... " After speaking, she turned around with a sad face and went back to her courtyard.
After Yuan Quanquan ran away, she didn't go to the concubine at all, which was originally an excuse she made up to deceive the meditation cultivator. She ran around the back garden to her own Lingyin building, closed the door and lay down on the bed, and began to think about the questions she had been thinking about for the past few days.
What is the real purpose of this Beitang Xiu keeping her in the palace? As for what he said himself, he kept her because he liked her, and she remained ninety percent skeptical. After all, she is quite self-aware, and she feels that with her current appearance, she will never be able to enter the eyes of that master.
But no matter what he wanted to do, as long as he didn't mess with her, it wasn't impossible to stay here. After all, living here for nothing, eating and drinking, having new clothes to wear and people to serve, who doesn't like this kind of rice worm life!
But......
Yuan Quanquan still has a little backbone, she knows that staying here is not a long-term solution, if she wants to gain a foothold in this world, she has to have her own strength. And the first and most important thing is economic strength.
Before she entered the palace, she was doing her old job, although she didn't make much money, but because she had new skills, developed new businesses, and saved a few copper plates. It's just that these are not enough to see, she has to make more money.
Lying on the bed and thinking for a long time, the Yuan Circle finally decided to sneak out of the house while Beitang Xiu was away, take a few businesses, and make money!
And this opportunity soon came.