Chapter 36: The Dying
Xiao Yuanchan crumpled a piece of paper that had been broken, and squeezed her eyebrows at the seventh princess Xiao Yuanru: "She is really interesting, it is rumored that she is a talented girl outside, she is good, and she even said that she can't make lantern riddles." fake, scheming at a young age! ”
Xiao Yuan was noncommittal, she secretly stared at Xiao Yuan, Xiao Yuan's eyes seemed to be full of stars, and her whole person was glowing when she laughed.
Xiao Yuanru had never looked at Xiao Yuanhao before, and in her memory, Xiao Yuanhao was a little girl with dull eyes and dragging saliva and snot all day long.
As a noble princess, of course she disdains to associate with such a dirty little girl. But a good upbringing also made Xiao Yuanru never bully Xiao Yuanru. She still treats Xiao Yuan as a sister, but she never takes the initiative to show her kindness.
Unexpectedly, almost overnight, that silly girl in the past became so smart and clever. When Xiao Yuan goes to Xiaoyingzhou, the gentlemen in the school will only pay attention to Xiao Yuanhao alone.
Xiao Yuanru was a little uncomfortable, the little girl couldn't hide her thoughts after all, so she also echoed Xiao Yuanchan and said softly: "She is used to playing tricks, my brother is an example." ”
"Okay," the fifth princess Xiao Yuanwan hurriedly smiled and played a round, "Look at these lantern riddles I made, can you guess them?" ”
Xiao Yuanhao sat on the folded high-back chair, stuffing snacks into his mouth, while inspecting a few little princesses like the overseer, and when he saw Xiao Yuanchan looking up at her, he made a mischievous face at Xiao Yuanchan, so scared that Xiao Yuanchan's pen fell off.
Xiao Yuan was in a good mood, and he caught a glimpse of Su Su standing at the door and squeezing his eyes at her, so he made an excuse and pulled Su Su out of the house.
"Is there a letter?"
Su Su looked left and right and nodded: "I just passed it over, and I said that it would be tonight." Your Highness ......"
She pursed her lips a little worriedly: "Grandpa Guo said that this person is His Royal Highness's secret chess in the palace, and he can only be used if there is an emergency." Isn't it a bit too risky to use him today? ”
Su Su has always been obedient to Xiao Yuan's good words and has never refuted her, and today's sentence was also said by Su Su after thinking about it again and again.
"Sister Susu, just rest assured." Xiao Yuan held Su Su's hand and assured her, "I'm just going to see Tian Xiuyi, and I'll go back when I see it, and I will never do anything superfluous." ”
The dark chess mentioned in Su Su's mouth is a Lang official in the silver armor guard, named Kangyu, who received the favor of Sun Chang, the prince of Dingguo, when he was in the army in the past.
Kangyu is tall and strong, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looks like an honest and honest man.
His voice was very rough, and he lowered his voice to speak, just like a breath, looking very strange: "Your Highness, offended. ”
Kangyu picked up Xiao Yuan and walked against the wall, but fortunately, the moon was covered by a dark cloud, temporarily hiding their whereabouts.
Xiao Yuan was so hungry that she was so hungry that she was having dinner and lied that she was sick to her stomach, and led Su Su back to her room, and after Empress Dowager Xu and Xiao Qian came to see her, she "slept".
As soon as the person left, she waited for a while before letting Chu Chu pretend to be lying on the bed and leading Su Su out of Wanfu Palace.
Now lying on the shoulder of Kangyu, Xiao Yuan regretted it, and knew that he should take a small snack to cushion his stomach.
She remembered the snacks given to her by the eldest son Xiao Jianning, and her stomach couldn't help but scream a few times.
Kangyu's body stiffened for a moment, he grinned and laughed silently, took out a piece of dim sum from his waist purse, and stuffed it to Xiao Yuan: "Your Highness, this is the fruit fried by the villain's mother, with sugar and sesame seeds, if Your Highness doesn't dislike it, you will be fine if you eat a piece." ”
Xiao Yuan hesitated for a while before stuffing the snack into his mouth.
This fruit is hard to the touch, in fact, it is quite crispy when you bite into it, although it is not very sweet, but it has the aroma of sesame seeds, it is not delicious, but it can resist hunger.
"Thank you, Officer Kang Lang. Thank you for me, Auntie, the fruit is delicious. ”
Kangyu looked very happy, and his steps were relaxed. This was originally the fruit that his aunt fried and prepared for him to eat at night, but he never thought that he would be praised by Her Royal Highness the princess, and his mother must be very happy to know it.
Kangyu knew the distribution of the silver guards in this palace and the layout of the palace well, and he took Xiao Yuanhao and Su Su to Liuchun Palace.
At this time, Liuchun Palace was really an iron bucket, and there was a circle of silver armor guards outside, and in the dark night, the silver armor on their bodies exuded silver light, dark as water. Looking from afar, it is like a water belt, surrounding the dark and dreary Liuchun Palace in the middle.
Kangyu carried Xiao Yuan around to the back of Liuchun Palace, there is a corner door here, and there is the Xuanqiong Treasure Hall across it. Strangely, there were no Silver Armor guards guarding them.
"Tuk-tuk, tuk-tuk-tuk-"
Two short and three long knocks sounded, the corner door creaked open, and the two silver-armored guards came out of it and nodded at the Kangyu.
Kangyu hugged Xiao Yuan and entered the Liuchun Palace smoothly.
Xiao Yuanhao turned his head, looked at the corner door that Fu had closed again, and asked in a low voice, "Kang Langguan, are they also grandfather's people?" ”
Kangyu put down Xiao Yuanhao, took out another piece of fruit from his purse, and stuffed it to Xiao Yuan: "Your Highness is still too young, you don't need to know so many people." When the time comes in the future, Grandpa Guo will hand them all over to His Royal Highness. ”
Xiao Yuanhao blinked wide, it turned out that her maternal grandfather had placed so many people in the palace, when did it start? And why do you do that?
She didn't have time to think about it, so she was taken by Kangyu to the main hall of Liuchun Palace: "Your Highness, Tian Xiuyi is inside, if there is anything, Your Highness can shout." Time is short, and His Highness can't afford to delay. ”
Kangyu pushed open the heavy hall door, only pushing open a crack, allowing Xiao Yuanhao and Su Su to get in.
"Who is it? Is it Sister? ”
The main hall of the huge Liuchun Palace was actually lit with only two lights, and as soon as the door opened, the cold wind came in, blowing the two lights almost to go out, and a figure pounced at this time.
Su Su exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly protected Xiao Yuan behind him.
The figure paused, "Who are you?" Was it sent by my sister to deliver the letter? Does my sister want to help me out? ”
Tian Xiuyi has lived in Shengzhou for many years, but her accent still has the softness of the south, even if she is frightened, she is also a little delicate.
I heard that Tian Xiuyi was originally a musician who played the gonghou in Yuefu, and was caught by Xiao Qianxiang at a banquet, and since then he has entered the palace, starting from the young envoy, trembling step by step, abiding by the palace rules, and never crossing the distance. After giving birth to the sixth son Xiao Jianyi in the sixth year of Jianchun, he was named Tian Xiuyi and lived alone in the Spring Palace.
Tian Xiuyi's Ah Weng also became a petty official because of his daughter. When the Tian family was about to enter the upper aristocracy, Tian Xiuyi had this incident.
"No, you're not my sister's people!"
Xiao Yuanhao was still silent, Tian Xiuyi suddenly screamed, turned his head and ran back. She took a lamp, walked back quickly, shook it in Su Su's face, and fell silent.
The flame of the bean jumped, and continued to burn unwillingly.
Tian Xiuyi's face was hidden in the dark, and Xiao Yuan could only see her delicate and small chin clearly.
"I recognize you, you are the little palace maid next to Her Royal Highness the Tenth Princess." Tian Xiuyi chuckled lightly and shook the palace lamp towards Xiao Yuanhao, "It's the tenth princess, right?" Have you come to see me dead or not? You're early. ”
Tian Xiuyi turned around and walked back, and as he walked, he couldn't help but laugh wildly, this laughter echoed in the hall, hollow, very mad: "Your Majesty decreed that I will be executed tomorrow." The tenth princess might as well come back tomorrow, maybe she can see me breathlessly. ”
Xiao Yuan pulled Su Su, followed Tian Xiuyi, and slowly walked into the inner hall of Liuchun Palace.
Perhaps because the master here was about to be executed, the palace was also lonely, and there was not a single attendant in the inner sanctum, but a few more lamps were lit.
Tian Xiuyi didn't wear palace clothes, and she was dressed in half-new homely clothes, which completely covered her beautiful figure. She didn't wear jewelry on her head, and by the light of the inner hall, Xiao Yuan found that Tian Xiuyi's face was not even smeared with powder, and she looked a little haggard.
In the middle of the night, Tian Xiuyi was alone in the main hall dressed up, was she waiting for that "sister" to rescue her from the palace?
"Isn't Her Royal Highness the Tenth Princess leaving?" Tian Xiuyi raised her eyebrows impatiently, "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you again?" ”
"It's not you who killed me." Xiao Yuan looked directly into Tian Xiuyi's eyes, "Tian Xiuyi, who are you waiting for?" ”
Tian Xiuyi obviously didn't expect Xiao Yuan to ask her this, and subconsciously said, "Sister......"
Then he changed his words again and sneered: "Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't have to talk to me, I am already a dying person, there is no need to lie to Your Highness." The person who threw His Highness into the koi pond was my palace maid Xinghua, and everything was instructed by me. Tomorrow at this time, I will go to Huangquan, and Your Highness can go back to sleep with peace of mind. ”
Xiao Yuan looked at Tian Xiuyi playfully.
Tian Xiuyi's hands were twisted together, they were all red, and the corners of her mouth were tightly pursed, and she even twitched slightly because of nervousness.
Who is she waiting for? Is that person coming?
Xiao Yuan simply found a chair and climbed up, so he sat upright for a while: "In this inner hall, there are only three of us, Tian Xiuyi doesn't need to be so disguised." I know that Tian Xiuyi is not the instigator behind the scenes, and I also know that Tian Xiuyi is waiting for a very important person, who may be able to help Tian Xiuyi escape. ”
She paused, and looked at Tian Xiuyi's eyes full of surprise with great satisfaction: "Tian Xiuyi wants to live, I won't stop you." It's just that I also want one to understand. As long as Tian Xiuyi tells me who the person who instructed you to take the blame is, I will let Tian Xiuyi go. Otherwise, not only Tian Xiuyi will not be able to leave, but even the sixth brother will lose his future. ”
Xiao Yuanhao blushed slightly, Xiao Jianyi, the sixth son, is still an innocent little boy, she would use a little child as a threat. Could it be that after a long time in this palace, she has really changed?
"Haha......"
Tian Xiuyi suddenly burst out laughing, and his laughter was full of sarcasm: "Your Highness is really a cute child." Your Highness doesn't think that I care about the illusory future of the Sixth Prince, right? To tell Your Highness the truth, let alone the future of the sixth son, I will not care about the life and death of the sixth son. Her Royal Highness the princess still saves this heart. ”
Xiao Yuan was so surprised that the woman in this palace still didn't take her son to heart!
"Tian Xiuyi, you have thought clearly!"
Xiao Yuanhao quickly pulled out of the shock, she didn't have much time, and she couldn't entangle with Tian Xiuyi more: "If you point out the people behind the scenes, I guarantee that not only will you not die, but you will also enjoy all the glory and wealth in this life, and your parents and family will be glorified because of you!" ”