Chapter 24: The Return of the Swallow
Chapter 24:
Back in Changchun* Palace, Jian Huaizhen's mood was like a layer of mist and ambiguous.
There was silence in the wings, and unknown birds chirped under the eaves. Only then did she realize that today was a little different from usual. Usually when she returns to the side hall room, she will definitely jump over and surround her. And today, I don't even see a lingering shadow.
Jian Huaizhen called the palace maid Qian'er who was dusting, raised her eyes and asked, "Where is Haunting?" ”
Qian'er was slightly stunned, and thought for a moment before saying: "At first, I saw Yingying counting ants at the gate of the palace, and the slave didn't know where she went. ”
Jian Huaizhen frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "You go around and help me ask, but who can see where Yingying went." She thought about it and thought very simply, walking around the palace, if she accidentally fell into the hands of Concubine Ru's mother and daughter, I am afraid that there will be more than luck.
Qian'er agreed. After a short time, he hurriedly turned back, his face was faintly pale, and Nuo Nuo said, "Little master, it's not a good thing." Some people said that they saw Yingying and went in the direction of Wan'an Palace. ”
Jian Huaizhen's heart sank, his fair face was covered with a light autumn frost, and he thought for a long time before saying, "You go down first." Don't talk about it to anyone. ”
Qian'er stepped back. Jian Huaizhen sat on the back chair of Huanghuali and gold-lacquered begonia, and his expression was confused for a while. She looked at the white stone screen in front of her for a long time, the white marble was as clear as the falling snow in the sky, exuding a bright and bright light, just like a pure heart.
Jian Huaizhen knew that if he had broken into the Forbidden Palace by mistake, he was afraid that he had fallen into the hands of Feng Wuhen. To save or not to save, she was very hesitant. If you rescue each other, if you expose your identity and martial arts, the consequences will be unimaginable. If you don't save her, you can't teach her to watch Ying Ying go to death.
The finger seams are too wide, the time is too thin, and they leak like flowing water. Jian Huaizhen was still soft, and when he hesitated, he heard two little palace maids whispering under the eaves. She was irritable, and quietly walked to the front of the stone steps, only to hear a little palace maid in a green begonia dress giggling and saying, "This jade pendant is a good thing." We asked Father-in-law Li to take it out of the palace and sell it, and the silver sold was increased by 21 to 5, how about it? ”
Another little palace maid with a bun looked around, her eyes widened in some panic, and she said nervously, "It's not okay." If the little master knows about it and tells Niangniang, Niangniang will definitely punish us. ”
"Sister Qian'er said that the little master is resting at this time. If you don't say it, I don't say it, who knows? This is a good thing, and it can be sold for a hundred and eighty taels of silver. The green-clothed palace maid's eyes were shining, and she instigated the maid.
Jian Huaizhen raised her eyes and saw that in the hand of the maid palace maid, she was indeed holding a crystal clear jasper pendant. The jade pendant is in the shape of a lotus flower, smooth and delicate, without tile color, and you can vaguely see the leaf veins carved with phoenix feathers.
When she was young, she saw Jian Wenying wearing a similar baby play jade pendant, her heart moved slightly, and she immediately stepped forward, her face was not angry but threatening, and she said coldly: "Where did you get this jade pendant?" ”
The two little palace maids were taken aback when they saw Jian Huaizhen appear in front of them at first glance, and the palace maid in green still said to herself: "It's the heirloom that her aunt gave her before Fan'er entered the palace." Ah, fan'er ......" said as he squeezed his eyebrows at the little palace maid called "Bao'er".
Fan Er was frightened, and knelt on the ground, with a look of panic and horror between her eyebrows: "Little Lord forgive your sins!" This pendant is not a family heirloom of the slave maid, it is...... It was the slave maid who cleaned Yingying's room and picked it up on the stone steps in front of her door. The slave maid originally wanted to give it to the little master, but who knew that she met Bao'er here......" she pulled Bao'er's clothes and dragged her to her knees: "Bao'er and I both know that we are wrong, please punish the little master." ”
"I'll take a look at this jade pendant." Jian Huaizhen's mind was disordered, and she was very anxious.
Fan Er put the jade pendant on her hands, she took it, looked at it carefully, and found that the jade pendant was indeed carved with good Hetian jade, and the color of the pendant was like a clear jadeite washed, with a translucent color, and the one she saw Jian Wenying wearing when she was a child, the material and carving technique were almost identical.
She subconsciously flipped the jade pendant over, and sure enough, she saw the back of the jade pendant, and a big seal "Jane" was clear and dazzling!
Her heart sank into the center of the lake with the remnant lotus duckweed, and hung on the willow tops of the bright moon and Qinghua for a while, ups and downs, ups and downs, and could not be calmed down for a long time. The afternoon sun, the transparent blade pierced into her eyes, she only felt that her eyes hurt, and her heart hurt beyond words.
The word "Jane" is the logo of the children of the Jane family. For such a jade pendant, each of the children of the Jian family has one.
So Haunting is not an outsider, but it is the pity of the baby girl who was taken away by the old servant Jian Zhong in order to save her life eighteen years ago!
No wonder when they first met, Jian Huaizhen felt that they were familiar with each other and full of pity. She once almost attacked her because she snooped on her secrets, but she let her go because of the inexplicable feelings in her heart. Seeing each other several times, she felt inexplicable pity for Yingying, and returned to protect her everywhere, lest she accidentally hurt her heart. But it turns out that this kind of relationship is born with blood and flesh and blood!
She didn't hesitate any longer, sent away Fan'er and Bao'er, hurried back to the room, changed into a eunuch costume, took a white scarf and a sharp dagger in her sleeve, and hurried out of the palace with her head down. At this moment, she had a mixture of joy and sorrow in her heart, and she had a thousand thoughts, but she didn't allow her to think about it too much. Because if you are a moment late, your life will be more dangerous.
Jian Huaizhen followed the inaccessible path in the palace and quietly walked into the outside of Wan'an Palace. From a distance, she saw hundreds of brocade guards surrounded in front of the door of Wan'an Palace, all of them holding bright embroidered spring knives in their hands, all standing solemnly, as if something big had happened.
She closed her eyes and took a slow breath, calming herself and thinking about how to cope. At this moment, she faintly heard a slight rustling sound from the flowers and trees behind her. When I looked back, I couldn't see half a figure. She moved over gently, and sure enough, she found that the flowers there had been trampled on, so someone must have been hiding in the shadows to spy on her.
Her countenance, like a peach blossom after the rain, was scorching, and the sorrow between her eyebrows was as moist as a drizzle. She is quiet and has always been unfazed, but the continuous events that happened today caught her quite unprepared. After thinking about it, she decided to ignore the stalkers and snoopers first, and designed to rescue Yingying first, so she walked forward.
After taking two steps, she was caught in her clothes by thorns, and she leaned down to arrange her clothes, only to find that a strip of cloth had been hooked in the thorns. The strip of cloth is a fine Hunan satin, the color is clean white, and the corners are embroidered with colorful bent water foot patterns. Jian Huaizhen always felt familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere. When she saw the hem of her eunuch clothes, she suddenly thought clearly, and just now in the Huagai Palace, she saw Jiang Shaoheng wearing clothes of such materials and styles.
There was a faint cry that penetrated the purple-red palace wall of Wan'an Palace and fell into Jian Huaizhen's ears. She was suddenly shocked: who was the voice that wasn't haunting?
She didn't have time to think about it anymore, picked up a stone from the ground, and threw it at the left gate of Wan'an Palace, and the stone was thrown dozens of feet. The Jinyi guards all looked to the left in the direction where the stone was thrown, and Jian Huaizhen took the opportunity to perform light skills, went around to the right side of the common wall, and gently jumped onto the palace wall, and jumped into the courtyard of Wan'an Palace. She was as light as a bird, and her posture was fluttering, and she did not make a sound.
She quietly walked to the lush vegetation on the edge of the clear water, hid her body in it, and looked out. In the eyes is the colorful and intoxicating glass garden. Thousands of glazed glass are like thick green dripping, thousands of red are flowing, and the beauty is like a fairyland, like a dream.