Chapter III: Acceptance
At the end of the next day, Nanling Mo woke up. She got up and sat down at the dressing table, looking at the unfamiliar face in the mirror. It was the first time she had seen her new self since she was reborn. The girl in the mirror is fifteen or sixteen years old, with a circle of gauze wrapped around her head. A goose egg face is embedded with a pool of autumn eyes, as if it is an abyss, which can see people to the bottom. The skin is slightly dull yellow, probably caused by three years of malnutrition in the nunnery, and it is not as creamy as Li Yunqing's previous life. The small nose stands on the face, the faint willow eyebrows and a small cherry mouth that is not dotted and red, and the small pear vortex that appears when you laugh is also very delicate. Of course, these are the red spider birthmarks around the left eye, which are the size of a palm.
Nan Lingmo untied the gauze with her hand, but what caught her eye was a crescent-shaped scar on the right sideburns. The fragment in his mind flashed out again, hehe, Nanling Mei, the child of the side concubine Zhang, the eldest daughter of the princess, the scar on her forehead is still due to her. Hehe, all kinds of bullying framed when you were young, right? Nanling Mo, don't worry, since I, Li Yunqing, live for you, I will help you avenge this.
"County Lord, are you up so early? Slaves and maids come and serve you to wash! Midori walked into the room with the wash water and began to serve her fresh.
"County Lord, this gauze can't be removed, the doctor said, if this wound catches the wind, it will leave a big scar!" Luliu saw Nan Lingmo tearing off the gauze wrapped around her head, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade her. "It's fine, it's already scabbed. Just apply some ointment to the rest. ”
"Green Willow, just comb my hair in a simple bun," Nan Lingmo said seemingly nonchalantly as she looked in the mirror.
At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and Peach walked in like a gust of wind, snatched the comb from Green Willow's hand, glared at Green Willow, and complained: "Why did the county lord get up so early, this is still early before the time to ask for peace!" Without waiting for Nan Lingmo to speak, he lowered his face and reprimanded Lu Liu: "Lu Liu, you too!" It took so long to get a wash on the county lord's face, and I've already made breakfast for the white fungus porridge that the county lord boiled in the small kitchen, why don't you hurry up and watch the fire?! ”
"Yes...... Slave and maid, go now! Green Willow stood aside and said timidly. Well, don't talk about these useless things early in the morning. Pink, what day is it? Nan Lingmo didn't say anything in her eyes, and asked lightly.
"Back to the county lord, today is October 11." Pink replied with a non-stop movement on her hand. "I mean October 11 of that year!" Nan Ling Mo asked in a somewhat unkind tone.
Taohong seemed to be shocked by this tone, looked up at Nan Lingmo, and found that her eyes had a cold light, and she replied with a shudder: "Back to the county lord, it is October 11 of the third year of Xiping." ”
"Go down and call Green Willow over!"
"Is the county lord suspicious of the slave's hair comb?" Peach asked a little aggrieved, "County Lord, look at how beautiful the flying fairy bun that the slave maid combed for you, and with the red gardenia flower flowing fairy skirt on a blue background, how beautiful is the ruby begonia hairpin on the hairpin!!..." Nan Ling Mo suddenly slapped the table and shouted loudly, "When will it be your turn to question when the county lord speaks!" ”
"Mama Qian," Nanling Mo raised her voice and called, Mama Qian heard the voice and walked into the house quickly, and saluted: "County Lord, what are your orders?" ”
"Tie up this slave who hit me and pull her to the yard and kneel! Find a mother-in-law to watch her, and wait for the county lord to come back and then settle the score! ”
"Yes." Mama Qian waved her hand, and two strong mothers-in-law appeared in Lingmo Courtyard and dragged Taohong out.
At this time, Lu Liu walked into the house with breakfast, and said to Nanling Mo in a low voice: "County Lord, breakfast is ready, you can use a little before you go to say goodbye!" ”
"Green willow, come here, this bun is too complicated, re-comb my previous bun." Luliu put down the tray in his hand and walked towards Nanling Mo, ready to re-groom Nan Lingmo as he said. And at the moment when she approached Nan Ling Mo, Nan Ling Mo put the silver hairpin in her hand directly against Lu Liu's temple with lightning speed, and her left hand made a tiger claw to clasp Lu Liu's throat. Luliu didn't expect Nanling Mo to react in such a skill, so he was caught.
"Say! Who sent you! Nan Lingmo asked in a low voice, "If you dare to shout out, the county lord will immediately crush your throat and kill you!! ”
Green Willow didn't speak, Nan Lingmo's left hand was hard, and Green Willow felt a piercing pain, but he couldn't make a sound. She knew that if she didn't say anything more, the county lord might really kill her. So nodding his head, Nanling Mo quickly clicked on her big so that she couldn't run away with her fists and feet, sat coldly in front of the dressing table and continued to look at her, and said coldly: "Say, if there is half a word false, I will kill you immediately!" ”
Lu Liu knelt down and whispered in a dumb voice: "The slave maid is the second-class maid placed in the side concubine's room, and Taohong and the slave maid are the same people selected by the side concubine Niangniang. It's just that the peachy aunt is Cui Mama next to the side concubine. ”
"You're the big brother's guy? So how long have you been with Concubine Zhang? ”
"In the last two years of the princess's serious illness, the prince was very suspicious of the princess's illness, and secretly sent the slave maid to the courtyard of the side concubine, starting from the third-class sprinkler and sweeping the maid, and it has been two years since she was promoted to the second-class maid."
"How did you follow my eldest brother?" Nanling Mo asked in disbelief.
"The slave's real name is Long Qian, and she is the daughter of the big boss of the Liangzhou Qinglong Dart Bureau. Eight years ago, a plague broke out in the state and county where the slave and the slave's brother were located, and the slave's brother was suspected of being infected with the plague because of a rash on his body, and the people in the dart bureau left the slave and the brother in the barren mountains. The slave maid and the elder brother thought that they would definitely die, and at this time they met the prince and the son of Ren. Ren Gongzi diagnosed that his brother was only poisoned and not infected with the plague, and cured his brother. From then on, the slave and her brother followed him. ”
"Ren Gongzi?" Nanling Mo squinted and recalled, "You mean the young valley master of the Medicine King Valley, commonly known as Ren Xifeng of the 'Yin Yang Ghost Doctor'??? ”
"Yes." Midori replied. Mid-night Green Willow asked, "County Lord...... How did you find out that the slave was not an ordinary maid? Midori asked in a low voice, "The slave thinks that what she has done is no different!" ”
"Hehe, Luliu, my Zhennan Wangfu is a family of Jiangmen, except for the serious illness when the eldest brother was eight years old, there is no weakness, including the county lord, the children in the palace have also learned martial arts since childhood. It's just that now there are fewer and fewer noble girls in the capital who practice martial arts, and most of them are also embroidered shelves. Although you look timid, you can hold the plate without shaking when you are frightened, and come in early in the morning with a basin of water, looking at the fragments, but you are also calm with internal force in it. If you don't know martial arts, you naturally don't know, and I just practice martial arts. ”
After hearing this, Lu Liu suddenly realized and said: "Since the county lord has already recognized the identity of the slave and maid, please believe in the slave and maid, and the slave and maid will definitely protect the county lord." ”
"You have been in the dart game since you were a child, and your fist and foot skills should not be bad. The palace seems to be calm but the waves are surging, and the lord of this county will entrust his life to you. Nanling Mo got up slowly, took out a white porcelain bottle from his sleeve, poured out a pill, quickly stuffed it into Lu Liu's mouth, and said, "The county lord can't believe that what you said is the truth now, what you just swallowed is the county lord's self-made poison in the nunnery, which occurs once a month, and the head and feet restrain each other like a pull during the attack, and the pain is in the intestines." If you don't have a regular antidote, you will eventually die of ulcers. ”
"This ...... Yes, the slave and the maid will never dare to turn their backs on their masters. Midori said in a low voice.
Nanling Mo untied her big hole, and Green Willow got up to continue the unfinished grooming errand. Nan Lingmo looked at her and said, "Tell me in detail what happened in the last month." ”
"Yes", Lu Liu said while busy, "A month ago, the Li family of Zhenguo Gong was found to be collaborating with the enemy and treason, and more than 300 people in the whole government were sentenced to prison. The trio lasted one month and the conviction was undoubtedly convicted, and the whole clan was beheaded on the third day of the first month of October. Hearing this, Nan Lingmo pinched the nail of her left hand into her palm, and she didn't feel any pain when she pierced her palm. She closed her eyes as if she saw that day repeated. And the current seriously ill bedridden queen Li Yunqing heard the news on the third day of the first month of October, and was overwhelmed with grief, and unfortunately died on the same day. His Majesty remembered the companionship of the queen mother for decades, and did not know anything about the rebellion of the Zhenguo Mansion, and specially posthumously named the queen Li Yunqing as the 'unequaled queen' to show the friendship that accompanied Her Majesty when she was the princess of Ping, and especially showed that Empress Li was the first female princess and the first emperor praised her 'unparalleled intelligence' as her nickname......"
Nanling Mo's face became more and more heavy when she listened, and the silver hairpin in her right hand was directly broken by her, and it fell to the ground with a "dang long" sound. "County Lord, your hand !!" Lu Liu was startled by the sound of the hairpin breaking off and falling to the ground, and hurriedly picked up the hand that broke Nan Lingmo, and said hurriedly, "County Lord, your hands are broken...... Slave and maid, this will give you medicine. ”
"It's okay," Nanling Mo said lightly, "Just take some gold creation medicine and smear it." It's just a small injury, and there is no need to make a noise. According to the etiquette system, the princes and nobles need to enter the palace to mourn on the first seven days of the queen, and now everyone in the palace can come back? ”
"Yes, they all went back to their homes at the first watch yesterday." Midori replied.
"That being the case, it shouldn't be too early to say hello today."
"Yes, county lord, Rong Jintang passed the word yesterday, and today's please be on the fourth hour of the hour, half an hour later than usual."
"Green willow, you go to find a light cyan dress without patterns, now that the queen is gone, she is still in the period of national filial piety, and it is not appropriate to wear gold and silver." "Mama Qian," Nanling Mo called out. Mama Qian heard the voice and went into the house to salute again: "What does the county lord command?" ”
"When the queen died, you will fold all the brightly colored satin and curtains in my house one by one, and we will bring them to my grandmother when we greet her."
Mama Qian was stunned, glanced at Nan Lingmo with relief, and nodded secretly: "Yes, the old slave will go." ”