Chapter 54 Waiting for the Flowers
After Ying Yun left, Ruyi and Xia He returned to the house. Xia He was very frustrated, how could things have developed like this.
"Miss, you said that Sister Ruiqing and Senior Brother Sun will be fine, right?" Xia He asked cautiously.
Ruyi came back to her senses from her contemplation, she knew about Sun Bin's punishment, but she didn't expect it to be related to herself, so she was punished in this way.
"I guess it's going to be fine. We've got to find a way to get out. Go and save everyone. Ruyi said firmly.
"How are we going to get out?"
"I can only spell it out. There are flints here, and there is so much straw in the house, and the time is when people are most sleepy, and I have observed, and this is also the time when there are the least guards. A little further west of the rear corner door, there is a section of the fence that is much lower than the rest of the wall. ”
"Miss, what do you want to do after you say so much?"
"We set fire to ourselves and then took advantage of the chaos to climb over the wall and get out."
"Will it work?"
"I can only try it if I can do it, and that's the only way I can think of at the moment. We set up the ladder on this side of the wall first, and when the fire broke out, we jumped out as soon as the guards from outside ran in. ”
"Okay."
Saying that, the two of them carried the only remaining bed board, and went to the back corner door, and found the low wall along the back corner door, the wall was really low, only more than one person high, and you could see the situation outside the courtyard by putting something under your feet.
There was a big stone right in the corner of the wall, and Ruyi stepped on the stone and looked out, and there were three guards on this side of the back wall.
There are at least two guards at the front door, and I don't know if there are any other places.
"When we went out, we ran westward, and I remember hearing that on the west side was the squire's quarters, and that the guards were more relaxed. There are also separate palace gates for entering and exiting the palace, so maybe it's easier for us to get out. Ruyi said admonishingly.
"I know, I'll follow Miss."
"We don't have a timer, so we can only approximate the time. After a while, the guards on the back wall became two, probably when they changed the guard. Be ready to act then. Ruyi said.
The two of them hid under the wall, and the weather was a little cold, but neither of them noticed it. From time to time, the two men took turns standing on the stone and looking out of the wall.
Time passed minute by minute, and finally when both of them were a little sleepy, Ruyi checked the situation outside the wall again, and found that the three guards had been replaced by two guards.
Unable to wait any longer, Ruyi quickly lit the flint, threw it on the haystack in the house, and then ran back to the low wall and climbed the ladder built by the two of them to wait.
In a short time, smoke billowed from the house, and flames burst out of the windows.
After a while, I heard the front door start shouting, "It's water, it's water, come and put out the fire." Then there was the sound of the door pounding and the lock being opened.
Ruyi cats tilted their heads, and the two guards who were looking at the back wall heard the shouts and quickly ran to the front door. Ruyi said in a low voice, "Jump." ”
The two jumped down at the same time, Ruyi landed steadily, Xia He seemed to be kicked by something, but Xia He didn't say anything, and the two of them ran towards the west with one step. Avoid the crowded road, copy the small road, all the way to the west. The whirring cold wind poured into the ears and clothes, but neither of them felt cold, and when they saw that they had arrived at the attendant's residence in front, Ruyi glanced back.
The firelight reflected half of the sky, and the sound of gongs shattered the night sky. This familiar scene made Ruyi in a trance. Ruyi was dizzy for a while and almost stumbled to the ground, but fortunately Xia He held him in time.
"Miss, what's wrong with you?" Xia He asked anxiously.
Ruyi rubbed his temples, shook his head and said, "I'm fine, quick, let's keep walking." ”
Neither of them had ever been here, and they ran and ran into the laundry shop for some reason.
The two hid in the storage room where the dirty clothes were stored, and the two quickly found two maids' clothes from the pile of clothes to change into, and Ruyi found that Xia He's feet and neck were swollen.
"It's all swollen like this, and you can't bear to say it." Ruyi said distressedly.
"I'm fine, I'll be fine tomorrow." Xia He didn't want Ruyi to worry, so he quickly retracted his feet.
Ruyi went outside to fetch a bucket of well water, wet his clothes and put ice on Xia He. It took a long time to reduce the redness and swelling, and the pain was reduced a little. Since there is no medicine, I can only recuperate temporarily.
Then the two of them hid behind the hill-like pile of clothes for half the night, not knowing when the fire over there was extinguished, and the two of them fell asleep in a daze.
It wasn't until a noise woke Ruyi up.
"I don't want to wash this pile of clothes, this pile is from the queen's palace, I don't know what's going on recently, there are often blood stains on the clothes, and if you can't wash it, you will be scolded." A younger maid pouted.
"You have a lot of things, there are still fewer people in the harem now, and there will be more people in the future, so you have to choose." An older woman laughed and scolded.
After the two left, Ruyi woke up Xia He, and the two planned to sneak out quietly.
When they arrived at the West Palace Gate, the two found that although the access control was looser, they also needed a token to leave the palace. The two had to turn back again.
Because Ruyi heard the conversation between the two women in the raccoon clothes before, Ruyi deliberately approached the two maids, "Two sisters, sister, we are miscellaneous servants in the queen's palace, my sister fell and injured her foot, the queen not only did not heal, but also asked her to continue to work." I couldn't get angry, so I secretly took my sister out and wanted to go to the outside of the palace for treatment, but I was in a hurry to come out and forgot to bring the token out of the palace. I don't know if I can borrow a two-digit token to use it. As he spoke, he lifted the corner of Xia He's skirt and showed the two of them the broken foot and neck.
The younger maid immediately said angrily after hearing Ruyi's words, "I know that this queen is a mean lord, otherwise how can there be blood stains on her clothes, don't worry, we will help you with this favor,"
The older woman hurriedly stopped the young maid's words, "Our Huanyi Workshop is low, and there is only one token in the whole workshop. It is kept by Sister Fang, but it is a coincidence that you came today, Sister Fang was just transferred the day before yesterday, and the person who keeps the token has not yet been selected, and now the token is in the drawer of the second room on the right. ”
After thanking the two of them, Ruyi took Xia He to get the token.
"Miss, they obviously want to help us, why does that sister let us get the token ourselves."
"That sister must have seen that we wouldn't come back when we went out, and she didn't want to be affected. When I really asked, I said that I lost it or was stolen, as long as I insisted that I hadn't seen it, it would be fine. Actually, it's okay, if it really affects them, I will still be reluctant to go. ”
Ruyi went out of the palace smoothly. But the pot exploded in the palace, and Wei Pop didn't believe that Ruyi had been burned to death. I rummaged through half of the Wei Palace to find it, but I still didn't find it.
Wei Poppy went to Fengping Hall angrily.
"Why is Ruyi imprisoned in the cold palace? And not in prison?" Wei Poppy asked in a cold voice.
"This is the big priest who said that he was afraid that she would confess with the assassins, so it was best to divide the detention, and I thought that although it was a cold palace, the conditions were better than in prison, and the place was relatively spacious and free, so I really had good intentions." What Ying Man said was pitiful, and the corners of his eyes were still a little moist.
Wei Poppy saw that what Yingman said was not unreasonable, and what he said was sincere, so it was not easy to blame him too much. But he didn't believe that Ruyi would die anyway. She has come over with so many winds and waves, and this time she will definitely be fine.
Wei Poppy thought to himself, Ruyi must not want to see him now, hidden, as long as Ruyi is safe, he can do anything.