Chapter 42: Cut the Grass
This hall is called the Phoenix Palace, the name is a little cheesy, but the decoration is very stylish, low-key luxury, elegant and atmospheric, but its most amazing thing is that it can maintain a constant temperature every day in the desert, stay in it, make people feel comfortable.
I don't know why, but the Xizi League can stand tall in the desert, there must be a secret, if I have the ability, I would like to find out a thing or two.
As soon as I entered the temple, the masked man asked me to sit next to him, and he told me what I liked, and handed me the osmanthus cake on the table to eat.
I took the pastry, the pastry workmanship is a little rough, but I have been in the army for a long time, and I haven't tasted osmanthus cake for several days, so I don't dislike it.
I thought to myself that they might be talking about secrets, maybe they didn't want me to hear about it, and I didn't want to stay with the masked man, so I said, "I'm an outsider, so I'm not fit here, so why don't I go back to my room first." ”
The masked man didn't care much: "It's okay for you to listen, you can't go out and tell the truth anyway." What's more, you're going to be my insider right away, so it doesn't hurt to know more. ”
I...... Very angry, very sad.
The only way to solve worries is food.
I bit the osmanthus cake viciously, treating him as a masked man, and swallowed it one bite at a time.
He raised the corners of his mouth: "It turns out that Xi'er likes the things I make so much, and I will make them for Xi'er to eat every day in the future." ”
I said why the workmanship is so rough, I said how sweet this taste, it turned out to be made by his half-hanger.
Gentleman is far away from cooking, what are you doing in the kitchen?
But that's not the point, the point is that I don't want to eat at all after listening to it, but I can't spit it out if I don't want to swallow it, it's really uncomfortable.
He was very considerate, and Peach happened to come back from making tea, so he poured me a cup of tea: "Choking, drink a cup of tea, eat slowly, no one will rob you, don't be too anxious to eat if you like." ”
What a misunderstanding that makes you happy.
When he saw that I was quiet, he began to talk about business.
They started halfway through, and I listened for a long time, still confused and didn't understand what they were going to do.
But I heard a few familiar names: Chu Hanze, Chu Hanling, Queen Xiao, and Ram Mingzhe.
These people are all high-ranking and powerful people in the country.
Chu Hanze is the fourth prince, and he is only a little more than a year old, and his mother is Concubine Feng Shu. According to rumors, Concubine Feng Shu is the most favored concubine today, and when she entered the palace three years ago, the emperor stayed at Concubine Feng Shu almost every day. Everyone in the world knows how to charm the fox and the demon method, nearly forty years old, but the skin is white and beautiful like a sixteen-year-old girl, the posture is charming comparable to the Qinglou woman, before entering the palace, she has been married for more than 20 years, and also gave birth to a son, the emperor was fascinated after seeing Feng Shufei, regardless of rushing into the palace, and the emperor and her singing night and night, often not going to the early dynasty, the court has rumored that Feng Shufei is the reincarnation of Su Daji, disaster to the country and the people.
Chu Hanling is the prince today, he was made the prince in the early spring of this year, he is the second, there is a royal brother above, named Chu Hanyu, is the original prince, ten years ago Queen Mengying died of illness, it is rumored that the thirteen-year-old Prince Hanyu was too sad to go with the queen, but the emperor loves Queen Mengying who has been with him for more than ten years, and the queen's position and the prince's position have been vacant for several years, and this affection has been praised by the people for several years.
And Empress Xiao is Chu Hanling's biological mother, six years after Empress Mengying's death, she successfully ascended the throne with her mother's power in the court, but it is rumored that the emperor does not like her, since she was established as the queen, the emperor has never been to her palace, not pampered is one thing, but the emperor is not even bothered to do the illusion of harmony between the emperor and the queen to show people, this is a strange thing.
As for the ram Mingzhe, this person is the prime minister of the dynasty, more than half a hundred years old, corrupt, oppressive of the people, and does all kinds of evil, but the minister has his own way of being an official, flattery, slapping horses, coaxing the emperor to be happy, the emperor not only does not punish him, but still reuses him. I can know this person because when I was in the capital, my uncle often scolded this person, out of curiosity, I asked a little when I practiced medicine to save people, but I didn't expect that the honest and honest prime minister in my uncle's mouth was a traitor who dared to be angry and did not dare to speak in the eyes of the people.
The masked man mentioned the four of them, said a few more points in time, and then said that they would act according to plan, and their conversation was over.
I finally understood why they dared me to listen to it, because they didn't reveal any valuable information, not because they didn't think I could escape.
I was in an extremely bad mood, and when I saw that Liu Lu was back, I took the opportunity to go back to my room to bathe.
In fact, I have been very fond of soaking in water over the years, because the feeling is very familiar to me, and the six years of poisonous bathing have made me miserable, but full of memories of my parents.
Every time I soak in the water, my body and mind can be very relaxed, which makes me feel like I have returned to my childhood, and makes me feel that my father and mother are still by my side.
The water prepared by Willow Green was neither hot nor cold, and the water was sprinkled with flower petals, which were brought out by the steam, and the whole room became rich and fragrant.
The peach and willow green were waiting on the side, so I took advantage of the side to knock on the side and ask something.
It turned out that the two of them were only fourteen years old, they were sisters of the same mother, but they didn't look alike, four years ago they were abducted and trafficked by human traffickers, and they happened to meet the leader of the Xizi League, and the leader of the alliance saved them, and the two of them were homeless because of the war, so they joined the Xizi League.
In their eyes, their alliance leader was mysterious, powerful, wise, and cold-tempered, and it seemed that nothing could arouse his interest, but they emphasized three or four times that I was different, and since I came, the alliance leader they had never laughed before actually laughed, and when they asked them to take care of me, who did not speak more than ten words each time, they actually said my preferences for half an hour.
I didn't want to know about these things, so I stopped them from going on, thinking that if I listened any further, it might get in the way of my next move.
But these two girls are extremely smart, as long as I ask questions related to the Xizi Alliance, they can't say clearly, they don't know, we don't know about our lowly status, as long as I ask their alliance leader, they will talk endlessly.
I kind of understand, the Xizi League is not simple, even the fourteen-year-old girl is so smart, gently and skillfully avoid the urgent questions, saying that anything can be related to the good and excellent of their alliance leader, they want me to subtly feel that their alliance master is good, right?
I was physically and mentally exhausted after taking a bath.
After bathing, it was dinner time, I didn't have the heart to eat, so I didn't let the two of them prepare, and let the two of them rest by the way, anyway, I'm a little bored when I see the people of the Xizi League.
I originally thought that I could use the mask man's emotional instability to lie to him that I could slowly accept him and let him return my freedom by the way, but now it seems that he didn't really trust me, and just took the opportunity to go along with my wishes, as evidenced by the pink willow green.
In addition, although I am not in the internal force, but the vigilance is still there, there must be a secret guard around me, because from time to time I find that melon seed skins, peanut skins and all kinds of fruit cores will inexplicably appear on the ground, of course, such a snack-loving secret guard may not exist, it may just be a small animal that likes dried fruits.
Although I can go out, but there are a lot of restrictions, the area of the West Word League can reach a Sushui City, but the place where I can move is only a street, a hall, a room, I went out, except for the peach willow green and the mask man, no one cares about me, I take the initiative to talk to others, people are like looking at the plague god to see me run.
I felt that my escape was a long one.
If you come to it, you will be safe, and if you can't rush something, let's take your time.
I lay on the bed and was ready to rest, but I couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, my stomach was a little hungry, my stomach was uncomfortable, and I wouldn't be angry if I knew it.
Just as I was hesitating to ask Pink and Willow Green to help me prepare for supper, the door was pushed open.
I frowned a little unhappily, since I lost my martial arts, my hearing has weakened a lot, and I haven't even noticed that someone is coming outside the door.
He was the only one who could come in so casually.
As soon as I wanted to reason with him that his bad habit of not knocking on the door had to be changed, my nose smelled the smell of food, and my stomach, which had not eaten at night, grunted in protest. Equally unfazed is my mouth, which keeps pouring out of the mouth.
I've never liked to wronged myself, and it's not a shame to satisfy my appetite.
My somewhat resentful face instantly smiled: "What did you bring, show me quickly." ”
I lifted the quilt and got out of bed, stepping on the soft blanket with my bare feet, the fluffy and soft texture was very comfortable.
He put the food box on the table and looked at me with a smile: "Now you know that you are hungry?" Why don't you use it when it's time to eat? ”
I touched the tip of my nose, and to be honest, I was a little embarrassed.
But who am I, a dignified poison doctor, one is vicious, and the other is thick-skinned.
I leaned over to the table and said, "I guess you're going to bring me something to eat, that's why I didn't have dinner, you see, didn't you bring it?" ”
He let out an "oh", as if he understood: "It turns out that you and I have a soul." ”
If he's fine, he's going to tease me, and I really have to change it, otherwise I'll want to beat someone.
For the sake of food, I don't have the same general knowledge as him, I opened the food box, a crystal small meat bun, a shrimp dumpling, a piece of pork ribs, and the rest is very spectacular, I don't want to describe, come, you tell me, why shredded potatoes are a big plate, tomato scrambled eggs are a big plate, asparagus mushrooms are a big plate, vinegar bean sprouts is a big plate...... There are also a lot of greens, and I don't want to see them.
My stomach, my mouth, and my heart were angry.
I picked up the ribs and stuffed them in my mouth, then grabbed the crystal bun with one hand and the shrimp dumplings with the other, for fear that the only meat I had would not be able to eat in my mouth.
He laid out all the meals, the corners of his lips turned up slightly, and it seemed that he was in a good mood, you are basing your happiness on my pain.
It was unbearable or unbearable, and I shouted twice: "Pink! Willow Green! ”
The two little girls pushed the door in an instant, I looked at it, and I was even more angry, I asked them to rest, but I didn't expect them to stand in front of my door as door gods, and monitor me.
With anger in my eyes, I forcibly pulled the corners of my drooping mouth upward: "Go and mow some grass for me!" ”