Chapter 44: She and Him
"Somebody will buy us then. Alas~ I didn't know that I was stunned on the street before, and I woke up here. Now I can only hope that a good person can buy me from the Jinguo, then my life will be better in the future. The woman seemed to accept her fate, and she said everything very Buddhist.
"What? Is there anyone so bold that he can't escape? Mi Bei was a little angry when he heard this, what kind of world is this, how can there be such a thing?
"Where did you escape, there is water all around, and now there are tied up here, if you don't obey, you will starve to death here every minute. I heard before that a man who wanted to run away before getting on the boat broke his foot and went to beg, and someone was always following him, and he couldn't get home. You'd better listen to them, or you won't know what will happen to you. β
The woman was a little ridiculous when she heard Mi Bei's words, but she still advised Mi Bei not to mess around, after all, they had all seen people who had come over.
"After that, I bought it for those people, can't I escape?" Mibe has been looking for a chance to escape, no matter what.
"How can it be so easy, you are signed a deed of sale, the better is to be a subordinate in some ordinary people, the bad is to buy a brothel or be a child bride. Even if you escape, the government will not recognize it, and besides, those people are so vicious, if you don't obey, there are ways to torture you. It's better to leave it to fate. β
The woman seemed to see the mundane clearly, and kept persuading Mi Bei to accept her fate, but the more Mi Bei heard such words, the more she didn't want to admit defeat.
"Is there still such a treatment of women? Doesn't it mean that there is an unbalanced ratio between men and women? And that's how women are treated. Mibe was a little confused. It stands to reason that such cases should be rare.
"There are many in the Jin country, the Jin country is mediocre, the upper and lower courts sing and dance, and the wine and meat are lived. It is the equivalent of a world where you can do whatever you want if you have money, and it is a paradise for the rich. β
Hearing her say this, I really heard some rotten taste. What kind of world did Mi Bei come to, and why is there such a big difference?
In the court of the Wood Kingdom.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, the Queen Mother summoned you." The father-in-law outside the door didn't know how many times he had reported this information to Xiao Xiaolu.
"Nope." With the sound of the wine, he threw a few jars of wine out the window.
"Xiaolu. Why are you so willful now, do you know that now you are the prince of a country, not the person who did whatever he wanted at the beginning, for the sake of a Mibei, are you like this?"
It turned out that the Queen Mother had been outside the door all the time, and she had been summoning him before, but there was no news, so she planned to come here to see her good grandson, thinking that he was just because he lost a friend, and it was normal to be sad. Who knew that after so long and no one could be found, Xiao Xiaolu had been decadent for so long, even Nangong Jiang didn't have a way for him.
There was no sound in the house, and the Queen Mother faintly stepped forward, intending to see the situation inside, only to see the dim house, because of the pungent smell of wine, damp and gloomy. Xiao Xiaolu lay lifeless on the bed. He also holds a bottle of wine dripping outwards in his hand.
"Grandson, how did you become like this. Come on, come and help the prince sort it out. The Queen Mother was a little heartbroken, and hurriedly helped him up to see if he was still uncomfortable.
"No, go down." Xiao Lu scolded.
"Good, good. You all go down, I'm here, close the door, I'm here. The Queen Mother was afraid that Xiao Xiaolu would have any accident for a while, so she said in a good voice.
"This-" The surrounding maids and eunuchs didn't know what to do, after all, the wine bottle thrown by the prince was quite lethal, and a slave was injured before.
"Didn't you all hear? Go out, and the grandson of the mourning family will not mourn the family. The Queen Mother knew what they were worried about. So he said.
"Yes, Queen Mother." So a group of people went out. Only Xiao Xiaolu and the Queen Mother remained.
"Come, don't drink it, drink too much and hurt yourself, tell the royal grandmother what happened."
Although the Queen Mother knew that he had just lost a friend, and Mi Bei, the benefactor, was sad for a while when he fell into the water and couldn't find him, but it had been so long since the incident had passed, and no one had been found.
The Queen Mother looked at the state of this grandson, which was really heart-wrenching. Does Mi Bei have any special meaning for his grandson? So I especially wanted to ask this question, but I was also afraid that such a question would cause Xiao Xiaolu to have more memories.
"Grandma Huang." Xiao Liu was a little broken at this time, lying in the arms of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother gently patted his back with her hand.
"Here, the imperial grandmother is here, what is there to talk to the imperial grandmother." The Queen Mother's eyes were full of heartache. This kid has suffered a lot since he was a child, and he is not by his side and owes him a lot.
"Grandma Huangβshe's gone, she's gone from my life." Xiao Xiaolu was lying in the arms of the Queen Mother, and when she said this, she couldn't help but hug the Queen Mother and cry like an abandoned desolate child, as if she had lost the most important thing in her life, and the voice had been lingering.
"She... I can't find it, I can't find it anymore, just because I'm the prince, I'm the prince. β
Xiao Xiaolu kept talking, kept crying, and was heartbroken, the Queen Mother also felt a little red when she saw him like this, what kind of love has it been to such a point, just because he was born to be a prince, should he be born to bear such a burden?
For a moment, the Queen Mother doubted whether it was right or wrong for her to find him back, if she didn't find you back, you should still be very happy and carefree life, how many people in this prince emperor are thirsty for knowledge, but in the end, how many people know the sadness in this.
How many bodies behind him can't help themselves. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think of her suggestion that Ji Ji met before, and it seems that this is the only way.
Child, in this life, you are destined to be born in the royal family, you have no choice, and in the next life, I hope you can be born in an ordinary family and be happy all your life. The Queen Mother couldn't help but smooth Xiao Xiaolu's back, and said silently to her grandson, I'm sorry.
The Queen Mother waited for Xiao Xiaolu to fall asleep before leaving the palace, turned to the side and said to the palace maid Wan'er beside her. "Give me an edict. Married to the daughter of King Anping, Chi Ji, virtuous and virtuous, a special reward of 100 splendid horses, 1,000 taels of gold and silver. Xu gave Xiao Xiaolu, the prince of Muguo, the crown princess, the crown princess. β
"Yes, Queen Mother." Wan'er beside her was a little puzzled, she hadn't seen the prince and Chi Ji get very close before, why did the queen mother go to the prince's palace once and feel that the prince's marriage was so decided? What's going on here? Could it be that the prince has been hurt by love these days, and the queen mother can't bear it?
For a while, everyone in the palace spread this "happy event" all over the place, but the person concerned, Xiao Xiaolu, didn't know.
"Your Highness, I wish Your Highness that you have finally come out of the predicament." Nangong Jiang wanted to come and go to say hello to Xiao Liu, thinking that since Mi Bei fell into the water, there has been no news for so many days, I am afraid that it will be more auspicious.
I'm afraid that the people around me who love her can't let go, Nangong Jiang can't let go of her little sister, the Nangong family, which was prosperous at the beginning, was only the two of them, and now Mi Bei has disappeared again, and he is the only one left, it's impossible to say that he is not sad, but the man has tears and does not flow lightly.
For Xiaoliu, Mibei's disappearance is the most seriously injured, but it is not to the sad place. How many people have red eyes and gray hair that this sentence has not tried.
"What are you congratulating me on, and where else is the good news coming from at this time?" Xiao Liu looked at the token in his hand a little sluggishly. Since the Queen Mother came, she confided her feelings to the Queen Mother, and it was a lot more comfortable to be able to be generous and cry vigorously.
Gradually, it seems to have returned to the appearance of some normal people, not as disheveled as before, but wet in front of people, looking a little sluggish.
"Na~ this is for you." Mi Bei said as if he gave his family's treasure to Xiao Liu.
"Our organization's token." Mibe said as a matter of course, proud that he was able to create such a thing.
"What kind of token is this, Niu Niu is crooked, I can't see what it is." Xiao Liu said with a little disgust.
"Do you want it or not, it shows that this is unique, Xiaomi is unique. It took me a lot of days to get it, you don't like it, I take it back, I think about whether to get a boss token, and then see the card like a person, Duowei water. β
Mi Bei gestured to get the wooden card back.
"Eh~ I didn't say I didn't like it, I was given a token to be the head, so I won't regret it, but I think the people in the organization will have a deep memory of this token in the future, and they won't make the wrong person."
After saying that, he deliberately showed off his might, and Mi Bei wanted to take it back, so he kept chasing after Xiao Liu, but unfortunately this Xiao Liu always skillfully adjusted the distance to the distance that Mi Bei was about to catch and couldn't catch him, which made Mi Bei grit his teeth and want to beat his rhythm, and the stairwell echoed Mi Bei's insulting body and Xiao Liu's provocative words, which seemed to make it difficult to be happy.
Xiao Xiaolu was immersed in his own memories and touched the plaque again and again.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, in short, congratulations on your wedding to Miss Chi Ji." Nangong Jiang's tone was a little suppressed anger, and he didn't know if it was for himself or for Mi Bei.
Nangong Jiang and the Queen Mother both understood in their hearts, but why was it arranged like this, why could they be skipped directly like this, did they really plan to ignore the lessons left by their ancestors? I'm afraid, I'm afraid that the consequences will be serious, but I don't know how to stop him.
"What do you say? You're saying it again, what about my big wedding with Ji Ji? Xiao Xiaolu seemed to be a little confused after hearing the last sentence, so he came back to his senses and said to Nangong Jiang.
"Yes, Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, your wedding to Miss Chi Ji." Nangong Jiang shook his head, a little helpless, it seems that this prince didn't listen to what he had been saying just now.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince, you wait, don't be impulsive." When Xiao Xiaolu heard this, he rushed out of his palace gate, this was the first time he stepped out of his palace gate since Mi Bei fell into the water.