Chapter 15 Liberty Restored
Since that day, Nangong Ling has been locked in his room.
This should belong to illegal confinement! Nangong Ling thought, ancient women really had no status. He also said that he was the pearl of his palm, is there such a pearl in his palm? Alas, it seems that he will have a hard time in the future!
When I got up early in the morning, I heard that after Dongfang Yu submitted the divorce letter to Nangong Yu, he packed his luggage and left, saying that he was going to inspect the shops in the northwest.
He walked cleanly, leaving such a big pot on Nangong Ling's head. Nangong Ling heard the maid say that as soon as Dongfang Yu left, Nangong Yu was so angry that he smashed the cup, shouting that he couldn't go out until he got married. Nangong Ling had a headache and thought, this still doesn't let him live.
No, passive acceptance has never been your style, and you must change from passive to active. Nangong Ling thought that the only one who could fight now was his own mother.
So, when Mrs. Nangong came to visit Nangong Ling, Nangong Ling showed a face that had changed her past and was worse than death, and successfully won the help of Mrs. Nangong, so that she cried in front of Nangong Yu and wiped her tears, and lifted her grounding order. As long as she doesn't leave the house, she can move freely. Nangong Ling resumed her life of regularity, chess, calligraphy and painting, but this time she no longer wanted to live in peace, but hatched an amazing plan - to run away from home.
Let her wait for her to get married, that is absolutely impossible. Nangong Ling decided to accumulate all the resources that could be collected in a short period of time, and then, leave the Nangong family and live his own free life!
Having made up his mind, Nangong Ling began to make all-round preparations.
The first is the preparation of funds. Nangong Ling didn't have a skill in ancient times, and how to make a living after freedom was a big problem. So save a lot of money.
During this time, Nangong Ling had added a lot of silver tickets and jewelry to his small treasury, and also asked the maid to exchange some scattered silver taels and copper coins. When you are away from home, change must be prepared. I also asked the maid to find some cotton and linen clothes, which were forbidden to be durable and low-key. Every day, Nangong Ling has to take a walk in the mansion to study the route and timing of leaving the mansion. When Nangong Jun came to see her, she took the opportunity to ask about the situation in several surrounding towns.
Everything was ready, on the day of Mrs. Nangong's birthday banquet, the east wind finally came.
On that day, the door was full of guests, and people came and went. No one was staring at Nangong Ling anymore. On the day of the birthday banquet, the opera troupe was invited to sing. Nangong Ling decided to escape from the house in the troupe. She packed her things, shook around at Mrs. Nangong's birthday banquet, and then pretended to be unwell and was sent back to Cuizhuxuan. Nangong Ling instructed the two maids that they were going to sleep and that they didn't have to wait anymore. After the two maids left, Nangong Ling changed into the maid's clothes secretly prepared in advance, carried a backpack, and came to the courtyard where the troupe was located. Nangong Ling ran to the backstage of the play's makeup to hide, preparing to take advantage of the darkness when the troupe left the house, so that he could go out with him.
She was hiding in the corner, secretly putting oil paint on her face, when suddenly, a person appeared in front of her.
Nangong Ling was so frightened that the pen in his hand almost fell to the ground.
She looked up, "Xia He, what are you doing?"
Xia He squatted down and whispered, "Miss, what are you going to do? Are you going to sneak out of the house?"
"Uh......" Nangong Ling looked left and right, lowered his voice and said, "Xia He, don't you think you didn't see me?" I put two silver tickets of one hundred taels under the pillow in the room, one for you and Dongmei, divide it." ”
"Miss!" Xia He said, "The slave doesn't want a silver ticket, the slave wants to go with you!" Xia He said.
"What?" Nangong Ling's eyes widened, "You want to go with me?"
"Miss, if you leave, the master will definitely ask us," Xia He said, "I don't want to be sold to Xishan for hard labor." Miss, you can do it, take me with you!"
Nangong Ling lowered his head and thought about it, and felt that what Xia He said made sense, he was gone, and it must be the maid who suffered! Although he left a letter, who knows what Nangong Master will do when he is angry. Anyway, I have enough money, so there should be no problem for two people to survive. Well, let's go together!
Nangong Ling and Xia He's faces were painted with oil paint, and it was estimated that Nangong Jun couldn't recognize them even when he stood in front of them.
The noise in the house did not stop until late at night, and all the horses of the troupe walked out through the side door.
Nangong Ling and Xia He followed the crowd unrecognizably in costumes and went out of the house smoothly.
Looking at the empty streets outside, Nangong Ling's heart was about to fly excitedly, and he finally regained his freedom!