22. Carry bamboo slips privately

Zhou Huaizheng was anxious in the Funing Palace, if the Queen Mother knew that the official family had not returned to the palace at the time, the first person to punish would be himself. Seeing the guard Su Hehe coming over, although he had a holiday on weekdays, he was happy at this time, and he hurriedly greeted the past, his mouth was unforgiving, and he screamed: "The official family wants to leave the palace, and you don't dissuade it, if the queen mother blames it......" The words were not finished, and Su Hehe glanced at him fiercely, and his eyes were like a knife, which hurt the back of people's necks.

Su Jihe said coldly: "Send a palace maid to go with me, don't make a noise." ”

When Zhou Huaizheng heard this, he knew that he was going to ask for a ride back to the palace, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly called the palace maid to prepare rain gear and clothes, and carried a four-corner palace lamp by himself, and followed behind him with a walk.

Zhao Zhen saw that he and the lady of the tea palace were behind him, and he was unhappy in his heart, but his face did not show it.

Jiaoxi's heart beat like a deer, leaned over and asked for peace, helped Zhao Zhen put on the rain crown, put on the feather satin oil coat, and took care of everything, only to hear Zhao Zhen say: "Zhou Huaizheng!" ”

Zhou Huaizheng saw that Zhao Zhen's face was colorless, and he was afraid, and said respectfully: "What do the officials command?" ”

Zhao Zhen said lightly: "Send someone to take out the coat in the pavilion before dawn, don't show your feet." Zhou Huaizheng replied "yes", and Yu Guang saw that Zhao Zhen had already descended the steps, and when he arrived in the rain, he trembled and followed.

Moran was drenched in heavy rain, but nothing happened. The next day, it was early in the morning, and I hurried to the pavilion to look for the man's coat from last night. The palace people were still cleaning, and when they saw Mo Lan, they were strange and quipped: "The lady is here to help us with the work?" She prevaricated: "I went to pick up the book and passed by, and I just remembered that I lost something here a few days ago, I wonder if you can pick up anything?" ”

The palace people giggled and asked, "But what kind of valuables?" ”

Moran also smiled: "It's not worth much." Then he cautiously joked: "If you pick up anything valuable today, you are not allowed to be greedy." ”

A palace maid smiled: "In this remote place, there are very few people who come, so it is for the palace people to rest and shelter from the rain." In normal times, not to mention valuable objects, even footprints are hard to see. If the lady doesn't believe it, just take a look inside and out. ”

Moran really searched inside and out, where was the coat, and even the umbrella that was accidentally lost yesterday was put back in its original place in an orderly manner. Afraid of attracting gossip, she said a few more perfunctory words before returning to the Tongjian Museum.

After a few days, the clouds cleared and the weather cleared. The wound on Moran's hand healed, and she wanted to wash the veil, washing it back and forth, but there were always very light marks, which made her very depressed. In the evening, she came up with a way, and under the candlelight, she carefully embroidered two white magnolia flowers on the handkerchief, and the seal was just right to embroider purple stamens.

In the middle of the night, when he was sleeping in a daze, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, the voice was heavy and urgent, Moran shrank into the quilt, and dared to ask, "Who is it?" ”

The man said softly: "I'm Langyue, sister, open the door quickly." ”

Moran was stunned for a moment, took his clothes from the truss in the dark, and didn't care about wearing them, so he only put them on his shoulders and went to take charge of the lamp. When I opened the door, I saw Langyue wrapped in a black cloak, her hair scattered, her face stained with tears, and she said in her mouth: "Sister, what should I do?" I'm so scared. Moran took her hand and sat down on the edge of the bed and asked, "What's going on?" ”

Lang Yue took out the small bamboo slip from her arms, spread it out and saw that all the words inside had been blurred, as if they had been soaked in water. Before Mo Lan could speak, Lang Yue hurriedly explained: "I really didn't mean to, when I changed the water in the vase in the morning, the bamboo slips on the shelf somehow fell into the vase, and when I fished it out, it had already become like this." I was scared, and I was fascinated for a while, so I brought the bamboo slips out......"

The more she spoke, the more anxious she became, for fear that she would not be able to argue.

Mo Lan stroked her hand and said with relief: "It's just a pair of bamboo slips, so you don't have to be so afraid." She took the bamboo slip in her hand and took a closer look, it was a document brought back by the envoy of Western Xia in a certain year, the text in it was obscure and difficult to understand, and few people read it. He also said: "How can you be so confused, if this bamboo slip is just accidentally wet, Yu Ming Shanggong Niangniang, there is still room for maneuver, and you can also ask someone to come over and repair it." Now you have taken the bamboo slips out without authorization, and you have violated the ban, but you have added to the crime, and it is irreparable. ”

There is a rule in the palace that if there is no amnesty order in the palace, the palace people are not allowed to take them out of the palace to prevent them from being lost.