But apart from Daddy, is there anyone else who is worried about himself?

She quickly rummaged through the memories of the original owner in the depths of her mind, but unfortunately found nothing in the end, so she had to ask, "Who are you entrusted with, and where are you going to take me?" ”

The man in black held his hands and replied coldly: "I don't have time to answer your questions, I'll come again in three days, you decide for yourself whether you want to go or not." With that, he flashed onto the wall, and disappeared in a few jumps.

Ye Lan closed her half-open mouth for a long time and secretly gave her thumbs up. It turns out that the plot in martial arts movies is not all deceitful, and there are really people in this world who can fly off the wall, but whether they are good or bad, it remains to be seen.

"Gollum ......" Ye Lan rubbed her stomach that had not been quiet because of the unexpected change of Fang Cai, and went back to the house to lie down in the straw pile sadly, a little at a loss for a while, did she really want to escape from the palace with this inexplicable hero? Who knows what kind of situation awaits her outside, people's hearts are sinister, and you can't be gullible, but if she doesn't go out, she doesn't want to be trapped in this palace for the rest of her life.

After hesitating like this until the afternoon of the second day, Ye Lan finally made up her mind to leave, for no other reason, she was too hungry.

The damn maid was even more excessive, and she hadn't been seen for two days. Instead of starving to death, it is better to go out and have a look, and maybe there will be a wonderful place like a paradise waiting for her to come.

Ye Lan tried her best to describe the peace and prosperity of the paradise in her mind, while dragging her limp legs around the yard, hoping to find something to satisfy her stomach.

The emperor lived up to his painstaking efforts, I don't know which gluttonous servant hid a bag of sweet potatoes and a small flint in the small miscellaneous room in the corner of the courtyard, maybe he didn't expect Ye Lan to be locked up suddenly, and the sweet potatoes didn't have time to take them out, and coincidentally saved Ye Lan's belly that had been protesting for a long time.

The most important thing in the firewood room is firewood, grab the straw, knock the flint, and the small fire will be ignited. Ye Lan threw two small sweet potatoes at the bottom of the pyre, and in less than two quarters of an hour, she got two black charcoal lumps.

Full of honey is not sweet, hungry Coptis Xiang, Ye Lan is so hot that she grinned, but she ate all the sweet potatoes in three or two bites, and her belly was like a child, and she screamed happily twice, urging her to continue the great cause of roasting sweet potatoes.

Burned like this, ate and burned, tossed for an hour, Ye Lian was satisfied, and finally hesitated when she remembered to escape, people always have the courage to fight in a difficult situation, once they are comfortable, retreating becomes instinct.

It's a pity that there are very few sweet potatoes in the cloth bag, Ye Lan saved and saved, and at dusk on the third day, there were still only the last four left.

Ye Lan fiddled with the fire, and muttered helplessly, "People are iron, rice is steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry." Fight the landlords, divide the land, and both the rich and the poor. People take food as the sky, sweet potatoes as their parents......"

"Poof!"

Ye Lan was chattering happily, but she didn't want to hear a burst of laughter from the side. She thought it was the man in black who came again, but it turned out to be a young man wearing a moon-white brocade robe and a hosta on his head, handsome and masculine, with a long body, walking on the street, he is definitely a beautiful man who makes girls scream.

However, Ye Lan didn't eat for two meals, and at this time she was only full of sweet potatoes in the fire, and no beautiful men and women were attractive to her.

When she saw the man coming, she immediately opened her arms to protect the fire, and asked, "Who are you, who actually ran into the palace to grab sweet potatoes in broad daylight?" Aren't you afraid that I will call for guards? ”

The young man obviously didn't expect her to say such words, and after being stunned for a moment, he leaned back with a smile, wiped the corners of his eyes and replied, "This hall ...... No, it's the first time I've heard that the guards in the palace are so idle, and they actually have to go out because of a few roasted sweet potatoes? ”

"Hmph, there's a lot you don't know. Anyway, I'm hungry, so don't worry about this sweet potato. ”

Ye Lan didn't bother to guess the identity of this uninvited guest, picked up a happy branch and took out a sweet potato and broke it, under the black skin, the sweet potato meat was already roasted to golden, and even faintly had a dark red color.

The night breeze blew the wisps of sweet fragrance and spread it, causing the young man to swallow his saliva.

He couldn't help but secretly wonder to himself, he was just idle and bored, walking out of the palace, thinking about staying here for one night at the Sixth Emperor Uncle, smelling fireworks when he walked outside the courtyard, he came in to take a look at it when he was curious, but he didn't expect to meet such a strange woman secretly eating roasted sweet potatoes.

I don't know if she made a mistake and was locked in, she didn't even have a coat on her body, she only wore a moon-white jacket, stained with a layer of black ash, very embarrassed. But if you look closely, her appearance is very good, willow eyebrows, straight nose bridge, small mouth, especially a pair of apricot eyes, while eating roasted sweet potatoes while looking at him with vigilance, like a little beast protecting food, more and more cute and funny.

He also joked in a rare way, and threatened in a low voice: "The rules of the rivers and lakes, half of the meeting!" You roasted sweet potatoes to eat at this time, you must have carried someone, if you don't want me to taste it, then why don't I call the guards to go around? ”

Ye Lan frowned and glanced at the beautiful jade hanging from his waist, and secretly slandered in her heart: It is really unreasonable for such a rich person not to go to a restaurant to have a big meal, and to go here to fight with her for a few sweet potatoes.

However, under the eaves, she had to bow her head, she had already made up her mind to escape with the man in black, and it was better to be as low-key as possible at this time, and of course the guards and the like were not to provoke.

Thinking like this, she reluctantly picked the two smallest roasted sweet potatoes and pulled them out.

The young man smiled more heartily, and regardless of whether his clothes would be stained or not, he sat down on the wooden pier on the other side of the fire, picked up the sweet potato, and ate it as he blew it.

Happiness is always based on the pain of others, Xu is seeing the reluctance in Ye Lan's eyes, the young man only feels that the sweet potato in his hand is the sweetest he has ever eaten in his life.

The two of them swallowed their own sweet potatoes, and when they had time to look up at each other, they couldn't help but laugh in unison.

It doesn't matter if it's a beautiful woman or a handsome man, there is a black layer on his mouth, and no one can be chic.

The young man took out the handkerchief, thought about it and threw it to Ye Lan, and said with a smile: "Wipe it, share the spoils together, we are also friends." What's your name, I'm Zuo Tianyu. ”

I didn't want Ye Lan to throw the handkerchief back directly, pulled up her sleeves and wiped her mouth indiscriminately, and said disdainfully: "You are a big man and still carry a handkerchief with you?" Feminine! And your way of accosting is too old-fashioned, just ask the name directly, what kind of friends are not friends, my name is Ye Lan. ”

Zuo Tianyu good-naturedly stuffed the handkerchief back, and also pulled his sleeve to wipe his mouth.

Ye Lan was a little embarrassed, and complained in a low voice: "I just said it casually, but it's a pity that you have good clothes." ”

"Miss Ye, when I came in just now, I listened to what you said "the people take food as the sky", it sounds very reasonable, there is nothing to do left and right, let's gossip a few words, okay? Zuo Tianyu saw that Ye Lan was not surprised to hear her name, and guessed that she didn't know her identity, so he became more and more casual, leaned comfortably on the wooden pier, and asked with a smile.

Ye Lan looked up at the crescent moon that had just revealed half of her face, and guessed that the man in black should not have come over so early, so she did not exclude someone to chat with her to pass the time, and opened the chatterbox that had been boring for many days.

"Well, I saw this sentence "the people take food as the sky" in a magazine, and there is another sentence called "the economic base determines the superstructure", which I like better. ”

"Huh, the economic base? Superstructure? It's a fresher word, I've never heard it before. ”

"Of course you haven't heard of it, unless you're running into the twenty-first century." Ye Lan muttered in a low voice, and said without waiting for Zuo Tianyu to ask: "To put it bluntly, people must first have a full stomach, and then their minds will think about fame, fortune and wealth. ”

This sentence is somewhat similar to "Cang Liao knows etiquette". ”

"Smart, it's about the same thing." Ye Lan added a few dead branches to make the fire burn more vigorously, and the night in early spring was still a little cold.

Zuo Tianyu was curious about how much she knew, and asked, "Who did you learn to read and write, and did you read a lot of books?" ”

"Of course, I've not only read a lot of books, but I've also been to a lot of places." Ye Lan thought that she was going to leave the palace soon, the sea of people was vast, and she would never have the opportunity to meet this young man again in the future, so she took off her guard and completely opened the conversation.

The two talked about the world from mountains and rivers, and talked about eating, drinking, and having fun, until the middle of the moon, they stopped, but they were a little unsatisfied.

Zuo Tianyu licked his somewhat dry lips and said with a smile: "It's too late today, let's gossip later." ”

"Yes, definitely." Ye Lan suddenly remembered the man in black at this moment, and hurriedly responded with a weak heart.

The two of them each saluted casually, Zuo Tianyu jumped out of the courtyard over the wall, leaving Ye Lan to pretend to be indifferent and go back to the house, and after waiting for a long time to hear no movement in the courtyard, she ran out again, looking around and whispering, "The man in black, are you here?" Men in Black, where are you? ”

The man in black who was waiting in the dark rolled his eyes at the sky, and repeatedly convinced himself that as long as he sent this woman back to Gravel City, he would be completely "free". Be patient, be patient!

Ye Lan saw the man in black coming out of the corner, and hurriedly trotted over and complained, "The man in black, why did you come, I have been waiting for half a night." ”

The man in black took a deep breath and said coldly, "Let's go." ”

I didn't want Ye Lan to stop her: "Don't, hero, don't you walk the rivers and lakes, don't you have a good habit of being chivalrous and righteous, robbing the rich and helping the poor?" You see how rich this palace is, and it must have hidden a lot of gold and silver. I hurt my head before, and I almost died, please go to the main courtyard to get some gold, silver and jewelry, let's take it on the road together, when it is my nutrition fee, what do you think? ”

The man in black stared at her with dead eyes, his expression could not be said to be surprised or surprised, Ye Lan decisively took this as a signal of approval, and excitedly pointed in the direction of the main courtyard, and when she wanted to point out one or two more, the man in black slashed at the back of her head with a knife.

The world is finally quiet!

The man in black let out a long sigh of relief, picked up the soft Ye Lan, and disappeared into the night in a few leaps.

In the main room of the guest house, where the scenery and furnishings of the palace are the best, a large pot of tea was poured and a clean coat was laid, and Zuo Tianyu, who was lying on the bed in a half-dream, ordered the person who was waiting for him, "Remember to remind me tomorrow morning to ask Gonggong Hong, what mistake did that girl make, if there is nothing serious, send her to the palace, it's really interesting!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

The little eunuch put down the golden silk tent lightly, and was extremely curious, which maid was so lucky, and entered the eyes of His Royal Highness the Prince, and it was just around the corner to fly on the branches to be a nobleman in the future, and he must be a good stutter.

It's a pity that the world is unpredictable, God does not determine a person's luck because of his status or status, whether it is the prince of the court or the little eunuch chamberlain, Qi Qi is disappointed.

Early in the morning of the second day, Gonggong Hong personally brought maids and servants to serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for dinner, and when the prince mentioned the woman locked up in the firewood courtyard, he was still a little dazed for a while.

It stands to reason that a big manager is competent only if he knows everything about the palace, but because the sixth prince was "forced" by the prime minister to take a concubine, he took the princess away to inspect the border in a fit of anger.

Fortunately, he thought about it for a while and finally remembered the "hot potato", which was also the "new lady" who made him not know how to deal with it.

He secretly glanced at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's seemingly very happy expression, and his heart became more and more strange, and asked tentatively: "Your Highness, how can you ask about the people in the Chai Courtyard, could it be that she rushed into Your Highness?" ”

Zuo Tianyu shook his head, swallowed a mouthful of shepherd's cabbage and chicken wontons, and replied vaguely: "No, hurry up and call her over to have dinner together, and go back to the palace with me in a while." ”

Gonggong Hong's face was as bitter as Coptis chinensis, and he wanted to talk about it, but he didn't know how to open his mouth, do you want to say, Your Royal Highness, your uncle slept with the wrong woman on his wedding night, and now in addition to the princess, he also accepted a concubine, she is not a maid, she is your little aunt?

Even if he is a chief eunuch, he doesn't have such a thick skin, not to mention that this matter also involves the ugly things of his own prince, if it spreads, the prince is angry, and his old life will not be saved.

It is said that the urgency makes wisdom, Gonggong Hong's eyes turned countless times, and he really came up with an idea, that is, to kick the ball out, it is better to follow the prince's instructions and invite people over, with the "new lady" has a soft spot for his own prince, let alone entering the palace, even if he ascends to heaven and becomes an immortal, he will not go. When the time comes, the prince will hear the truth from the new lady, and the prince will not punish him when he returns.

The little abacus in Gonggong Hong's heart crackled, and he happily called two maids to invite someone.

I don't want to, everyone waits left and no one comes, and there is no shadow on the right, even the two maids are meat buns and dogs and don't see the turn, Hong Gonggong faintly noticed that something was wrong, and signaled the two little eunuchs to serve the prince carefully, and then planned to go in person.

As a result, before he could exit the door, the two maids sent earlier had already run back in a panic.

"Chief, manager, Aunt Ye is gone, there is no one in the courtyard at all!"

"What?" Gonggong Hong was so frightened that his knees weakened and he almost fell to his knees. "You've searched carefully, is there anyone hiding somewhere?"

"Chief," the two maids ran with sweat on their foreheads and their faces turned red, and hurriedly explained: "There is really no one in the Chai Courtyard, and we have even searched for several courtyards on the left and right." ”

"What's going on?" Zuo Tianyu heard the movement and asked in a loud voice.

Gonggong Hong complained bitterly in his heart, and in desperation, he had to drive the maids and servants in the house down to find someone, and then whispered about this farce, of course, he is a slave who is not good at gossiping about his master, and his words are very vague.

But what kind of person is the prince, dealing with those old foxes in the court all day long, he has already cultivated a seven-trick heart, and he guessed what happened when he heard half of it.

The taste in his heart is really a little complicated, the eldest lady of Prime Minister Xia's family, he has naturally heard the rumors that she is rude and domineering and chastity is damaged, and I remember that at the wine table, I also told my brothers that Uncle Liuhuang would definitely make the whole palace unpeaceful if he married her. Later, the sixth emperor uncle changed the princess, and he was still very happy.

But he never thought that the Qingling woman who sat under the moonlight last night, smiling heartily and knowing everything, was the eldest lady of the Ye family, is it really a rumor that cannot be fully believed?

Zuo Tianyu frowned, and after doubting, a little bit of regret welled up in his heart. God is really unfair, he has only met such a heart-to-heart and appreciative woman since he was born, but it is the woman of the Sixth Emperor Uncle.

Now he has escaped without a trace, so he has no chance to ask a few more words in person......

"Since she is the concubine of the Sixth Emperor Uncle and the daughter of the prime minister, why is she locked up in the firewood courtyard and doesn't even have food?" Zuo Tianyu reluctantly cleaned up his thoughts, and asked lightly: "Yesterday, I met her roasting sweet potatoes on the fire, and it is said that she has been hungry for two days. ”

Gonggong Hong's face changed greatly when he heard this, and this time he couldn't hold on anymore, and his knees completely softened. Even if Ye Lan is disgusted by the prince, and her status is only the prince's concubine, but in any case, she is half the master of the palace, and he is definitely a slave who can't afford to be accused of mistreating the master!

"Your Royal Highness, before the princess left, she instructed the old slave to carefully repair the new courtyard, so Aunt Ye stayed in the chaiyuan for the time being and did not move out, but the old slave had already arranged for the maid to take care of the soup and diet, and she really didn't dare to treat the master slowly." Gonggong Hong cleverly pointed out the existence of the new princess, and said: "The old slave will call that maid to come and inquire." ”

Zuo Tianyu nodded noncommittally, and the little eunuch who had already had sharp eyes ran out to find the white-faced maid pearl.

Pearl also knew that she had made a big mistake at this time, and her body trembled like chaff, and she knelt in the middle of the room and couldn't speak for a long time.

Gonggong Hong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, stepped forward and slapped her hard, scolding: "I told you to take care of Aunt Ye, where did you see people?" Say it! ”

Pearl covered her face and cried and begged for mercy: "Steward, slave and maid...... The old mother of the slave maid was sick, so she went to stay outside the back door for two nights. Aunt Ye...... Aunt Ye hasn't gone out in the yard, and the slave doesn't know why she's gone......"

When Gonggong Hong heard this, he wanted to strangle the pearl, and when the slave did not obey the order, he left his post without permission, which was a big crime, enough to be dragged out and killed with a cane.

But now that the people are gone, even killing the pearl won't help.

Zuo Tianyu was impatient to listen to their nonsense, and got up and threw down a sentence, "Send a letter to your prince, and don't hide it from the Prime Minister's Mansion." With that, he walked away from the palace.

Gonggong Hong diligently sent the prince out of the house and got on the horse, and when he turned back, his face was pale, and he commanded the two stewards in a loud voice, "Pearl left his post without permission, and he was punished with forty rods, and he was thrown out of the house!" In addition, I sent someone to the Prime Minister's Mansion to deliver a letter, and I will repair a letter to the prince to know. ”

"Yes, sir."