Chapter Twenty-Nine: A woman disguises herself as a man and collides with King Yi
I'm having nightmares again! Ning Xueyan smiled bitterly and lifted the quilt, stood up, walked to the table and picked up a cup of herbal tea, and poured it directly, but this body was too weak, because the water was cold, and the pouring was too fierce, covering the beating disordered chest, coughing low, although the body has been exercising for the past few days, the effect is still very little.
Standing in front of the window and looking at the shallow and faint morning light outside the window, his eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and he fell into deep thought!
She has been in Hanshan Temple for half a month, and a few days ago, Mama Han sent a message saying that her uncle was about to enter Beijing, and today should be the scheduled day to arrive in Beijing. Ning Xueyan had never seen this uncle, but she had heard Mama Han repeatedly promise that her uncle would definitely make decisions for herself.
Therefore, she wants to meet this uncle by herself today to see if this uncle is really as Mama Han said, not to mention that if she doesn't go to see her now, wait for her uncle to hand over the envoy, and then go to the Protector's Mansion to ask for her letter.
I had to rush to see my uncle in front of the Ling clan and put the words in place.
Seeing that it was still early, I lay back in bed, but I couldn't sleep, and I inexplicably remembered the scene before I died, blood, suffocation, struggle, and pain...... Even though he was motionless and his eyes were closed, he could still feel the horror and despair of death.
His hands clenched the quilt under him hard, and he exhaled a long breath to relax himself, but he felt that even the breath he exhaled had a strong smell of blood! He sat up violently again, endured the tumbling of his chest, tried to think of other things, distracted his heart, and inexplicably remembered in his mind that his dowry was sent to Shangshu Mansion first.
Hur felt that something was wrong!
Looking back on the rules of his previous life, his father died in office, and his mother lingered on the sickbed for three years, and then he also followed, and before he died, he agreed to let himself go to the patriarch Ning Zuan, and he took all his belongings and followed the old housekeeper to the capital, and lived in the Protector's Mansion, and then Xia Shangshu visited, and Mrs. Xia and Xia Yuhang came to comfort themselves.
Xia Ning and the two mansions had long decided to wait for themselves to turn sixteen before officially getting married.
Although his relationship with Xia Yuhang has been set since childhood, he and Xia Yuhang have not seen each other, in the past, when his father was in office, Xia Yuhang would come to give gifts to his father every year, never stopping, and the Xia family did not have any regrets, and even when he arrived in the capital, Xia Yuhang took Mrs. Xia to come over to see her.
At that time, no matter how you looked at it, Xia Yuhang was very affectionate to her, and his happy smile couldn't be hidden no matter what.
When did Xia Yuhang start to change?
Doubts rolled into my mind, it seemed that it was about a year, or two years, or even when I arrived in the capital...... But what exactly was done, Ning Xueyan can't remember it now, she just feels as if the old housekeeper sent another batch of things from the old mansion, Xia Yuhang and Ning Ziyan were there at that time, and then they hurriedly retired.
She has also inquired in the past few days, and the rumors that Xia Yuhang and Ning Ziyan have been engaged since childhood also began to spread from that time!
If the Ling family and Ning Ziyan had the matter of taking away their marriage at that time, why should they keep themselves until the night before they got married, is there a difference?
Is it really to get his own dowry? But if he dies early, lives in the Protector's Mansion, and doesn't have any direct relatives, most of the property in it will go to the Protector's Mansion, so why drag things out for so long, isn't there another hidden reason in this? I vaguely feel that there is something strange in this.
I don't know if I thought too much, but I forgot the fear of death, and finally fell asleep in a daze.
When Lan Ning came over to call her up, Qingyu had already prepared breakfast over there, because she was going out, Ning Xueyan didn't go up the mountain today, and took the clothes that Lan Ning prepared for her, not big or small, but it was just right, this is what Qingyu and Lan Ning have been doing in the past two days measuring her height and hurrying to work.
"Girl, can you go out alone?" Lan Ning is a steady person, I really don't worry about Ning Xueyan going out alone, I heard that the girl has never even gone out of Mingshuang Courtyard before.
"It's okay, I know the way." Ning Xueyan straightened her clothes and said, "If someone comes from the house, it will say that I am sick and can't get up for a while." ”
Since the last time, she has defended Ning Ziyan in front of everyone, although she can't completely get rid of the Ling family's suspicions, but at least she has expressed her sisterhood in front of people, so that the Ling family will not be so anxious to deal with her, giving her a buffer time, and this time is very important to her.
Mrs. Tai sent people to ask her from time to time, which was regarded as showing her attention, since that fight, Ning Xueyan is no longer the obscure fifth girl of the Protector's Mansion, and she is still maintaining the dignity of the entire Protector's Mansion, Mrs. Tai has to say it.
"Yes, the slave can save it, that girl should be careful!" Lan Ning nodded.
After arranging everything, Ning Xueyan didn't worry much with them, and went out of the house directly, Hanshan Temple is outside the city, not far from the Shili Pavilion outside the city, people who come from that direction must pass through the Shili Pavilion when they enter Beijing, and they will inevitably wait for their uncle when they go there.
She has been exercising and climbing mountains every day for a while, whether it is her legs and feet or complexion is much better than when she came, although Hanshan Temple is down, there is still a way to walk, but it is not difficult for her.
Hurriedly came out of the pilgrim's courtyard, turned a few halls, and saw the mountain gate of Hanshan Temple, and saw the team at the door, Ning Xueyan frowned slightly, such a big formation, so many carriages, just as the door A wide carriage was blocking the door, and the presiding abbot of Hanshan Temple was also waiting at the door, this is a big man coming!
At this time, what kind of person will come to Hanshan Temple with such fanfare!
It was the big man who came over, walking neatly, all the monks who greeted him were monks, all bareheaded, going out at this time, how to look at how conspicuous, Ning Xueyan knew that he was a tomboy, of course, he was careful everywhere, for fear of attracting the eyes of others, he thought about it, his eyes looked at the side door, there were not many people in that place, and the monks all went to the main gate to greet them, and the door here was slightly closed, but they could also go out.
And it's not noticeable.
Walk a few steps briskly and go to the side gate on the northwest side, she is small, and she is far away from the mountain gate, it should be impossible to see her!
Sure enough, the side door closed slightly, and no one paid attention to her figure.
However, a little monk who followed behind the host found him, and made a gesture at her, Ning Xueyan didn't understand for a while, looking at her position, she couldn't see the situation outside, thinking that the little monk asked her why she wanted to go out, so she raised her hand, pointed to the side door, and pointed to herself, meaning that she wanted to go out.
The little monk over there was a little anxious, and stretched out his hand to signal, but Ning Xueyan didn't understand.
Just don't worry about it, she's in a hurry!
Stretched out her hand to push open the hidden door, only to open the door, and suddenly scolded angrily, before she could react, a cold light flashed in front of her: "What person, arrest it!" ”
Looking at the sharp stabbing blade in front of her, and looking back at the little monk's drooping head, depressed and flustered, Ning Xueyan suddenly understood now, the little monk just told her that there was someone there, but she couldn't see it from her angle, so she misunderstood the meaning of the little monk and was caught.
In the veiled direction, stood a group of imposing guards in armor, half-encircled by the wide, almost shapeless carriage.
And she happened to rush out from this direction.
"Who dares to run in front of King Yi, and don't kneel down quickly!"
Yiwang? This will make Ning Xueyan really change color! Bright eyes glided a trace of horror, the people of Chu State can not know the emperor, but they must not know that King Yi Ao Chenyi, his identity is not only a King Yi, but also the emperor's own brother, that is to say, if nothing else, this will continue his brother's throne.
Brother dies and brother takes it, that is the will of the emperor!
I once heard that this master followed the emperor to the battlefield at a young age, and he was also brave and famous, so he had already crawled out of the sea of blood in the mountain of corpses, and he was contemptuous of human life, cold and violent!
Everyone in the capital knows that King Yi is extremely ruthless, ruthless, once slaughtered ten ministers overnight, no one is alive in the whole door, it is simply appalling, the Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, and he is not afraid of him, not to mention that he is not only in charge of the military department, but also the criminal department, and even the secret agent organization, Jinyiwei.
As long as he was secretly reported by Jinyi Wei and entered the lobby of the Criminal Department, the reasonable ones became unreasonable, and what confession he wanted was not a matter of words.
Therefore, although some ministers privately wanted to support the emperor's son as the crown prince, they did not dare to reveal half of it.
This is really in control of the government, under one person, above ten thousand, not to mention that on the surface he is still the future emperor, and he is bloody, who dares to die and do it with him.
Ning Xueyan selfishly felt that such a master should not come to Hanshan Temple, and the compassionate Buddha master of the temple could not be overwhelmed by his full blood!
Rushing into such a master, how could Ning Xueyan not panic, she couldn't imagine that she would be in a hurry to come out today, and she would run into such a thing, her eyes swept over the curtain outside the carriage with an ink-colored background and gold trim, and she immediately knelt down, bowed her head and explained: "The little one is going to do things outside the temple for our master, and I ask you to be accommodating." ”
She was born small, but the small hat on her head was relatively large, so when she lowered her head, she pressed down most of her head, and her whole face was almost hidden under the brim of the hat, and she couldn't see her face at all, but the guards who had always been heavily guarded felt that there was something wrong with this person.
"Hide, take off your hat." A sharp blade came directly over and stabbed her hat, and the bright sharp blade scared Ning Xueyan in her heart, but she still reached out and pressed the brim of her hat, and explained in a low voice: "This master, it's not that the small one really didn't mean it, if you don't believe it, the small one will go back, and when His Royal Highness the prince has passed, the small one will go out." ”
She didn't dare to let go, and as soon as the hat was removed, her daughter's body was exposed.