Chapter 28: Escape from Fate
In the first test of the new recruitment, one hundred and ten people were fascinated by the king's mansion;
The old love is not bad, but it has been trapped in Jinling several times in spring and autumn;
Let the next person wake up Lord Wang, who was woken up, Lord Wang was a little unhappy, and suddenly found that it was already a time, so he pulled down his face and said, "Why don't you wake up our family?" ”
"It should be because of the fatigue of the journey, and seeing that the adults are sleeping soundly, the concubine can't bear to disturb it." The princess deliberately said humbly, in this way, the king was embarrassed to blame.
Wake up the others quickly, this sleep is so sound, is it really tired? If you think about it, you don't seem to find anything suspicious.
Lord Wang said: "Hurry up and inform Murong Ningyan to get on the sedan chair and get ready to leave!" ”
At this time, Yahuan went to Ningxiang Pavilion to pass the word, and asked the girl to come out quickly and prepare to leave, Li said, "What? Hasn't the smoke already set off? ”
As soon as these words came out, the palace suddenly seemed to explode, and the Yahuan family was running around the courtyard, and everyone was looking for the second miss.
And the family and Yahuan who were on duty last night also called up, and searched every corner of the back garden from room to room*, and did not see the shadow of Murong Ningyan and condensation.
At this time, a family came to report, saying that last night I heard a pop in the lake pavilion, and I didn't see any movement in the past, so I didn't care, shouldn't it?
As soon as these words came out, the Li family suddenly collapsed like the sky, could it be that Yan'er couldn't think of throwing himself into the lake? Then he cried loudly, shook his body a few times and passed out.
When the nurse heard this, she also cried bitterly: "Miss Ning Yan, and my poor daughter, where are you?" ”
While crying, I ran towards the lake pavilion, a green lake with lotus leaves, where to find the daughter who fell into the water?
In an instant, the whole palace was talking about the two young ladies falling into the water last night, and the princess was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, except to order someone to find it quickly, but there was no other way, so she had to report with tears on her face: "Lord Wang, the family is unfortunate, the little girl Murong Ningyan fell into the water." ”
It is estimated that the princess's tears at this time have two components, one is to act for the palace people, and the other is to worry that things will not be good.
"How can a good person fall into the water? Is she still unwilling to enter the palace as a concubine? Lord Wang asked angrily.
"It should be a stumbling and falling into the water, and the little Murong Zifeng is leading people to look for people in the lotus pond." The princess hurriedly replied.
Lord Wang was in a hurry when he heard it, but he picked up people according to the roster, how could he deal with this without a person?
At this time, the edge of the lake pavilion was full of people, and the Li family, who had passed out, woke up and forced people to help people to the lake, his eyes were full of tears, but he had to search the lake with his eyes wide open, and wiped away the tears that blocked his vision from time to time.
Nothing is more painful than the loss of a beloved child by a mother. That kind of despair and helplessness is really heartbreaking, if she can, the mother is willing to trade her life for the child to live a healthy life.
In the lotus pond, the past is not clear, leaving only a piece of turbidity, and there is no complete lotus leaf for a long time.
Murong Zifeng, who had been searching all morning, silently said sorry to the lotus flowers in his heart, and came to report with red eyes, ruining a pool of good flowers, but there was no trace of people.
The king was so anxious that he was dizzy, and said again and again: "How is this good? ”
Suddenly, he slapped his head again and said, "Didn't you come with a girl yesterday?" What's it called? Coagulate.. That's right, the kid named Condensation is not bad, let her go on top! ”
"Back to the adult, that child was originally Murong Ningyan's personal ring, grew up together, the two had a very good relationship, and later became sisters, and they had gone with Murong Ningyan last night." The princess said as she held up Ropa and pretended to wipe away the crocodile tears.
Lord Wang frowned when he heard this, and slapped his palm with his fist: "This, this, this, how is this good?" ”
At this time, Father-in-law Zhou said, "Isn't there a girl named Murong Ningshuang, why don't you let her go?" ”
"Yes, yes, this is a blessing for the princess, princess, you say yes, right? Call the Frost Girl. Lord Wang said flatteringly to the princess.
"What the lord said is that this princess is going to call Shuang'er."
Murong Ningshuang slept soundly last night, and had a sweet dream: I dreamed that Xiao Gongzi, who was in the wind in Yushu, was holding his hand to visit the market, and was suddenly separated by a noisy crowd. I was anxious and annoyed, and I woke up from my dream, and I closed my eyes and wanted to continue the dream, but I couldn't continue it.
At this time, Murong Ningshuang, who was holding back her stomach and getting up, picked up a vase next to the bed and smashed it on the ground, and asked her subordinates angrily: "Is there something going on in the house?" Why is it so noisy? ”
Seeing that the eldest lady lost her temper again, the maid in the room trembled one by one, as if she was on the edge of the abyss, and hurriedly replied: "Back to the eldest lady, the second miss and Condensation jumped into the lake last night." ”
As soon as he heard that Murong Ning had jumped into the lake, the anger on his face disappeared inexplicably, and he turned to a sunny face and said to himself: "The little slut is Fubo, what a good thing to go into the palace to accompany the emperor, I can't even think about it, it's ridiculous!" ”
Hurriedly got dressed, asked Yahuan to help clean up, and was about to go out to have a look, when suddenly someone came to pass the word, saying that Murong Ningshuang should go to see Lord Wang.
When Murong Ningshuang heard this, his heart couldn't help sinking, and his face suddenly became cloudy, could it be that Murong Ningyan died, let me enter the palace? Isn't that a shot in the foot? If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place? But then I thought about it: There is nothing bad about it, my Murong Ningshuang is not the same as Xi Xi, with my appearance, I am also a favorite concubine when I enter the palace, and I can't compare to a mere Mrs. Xiao?
Thinking like this, he immediately became excited again, quickly applied yellow to the mirror, took pictures in front of the mirror, added some powder to his face, and then ran away to see Lord Wang.
Lord Wang was already standing in the courtyard with the other palace people, and the proud son was also ready, and as soon as Murong Ningshuang arrived, Lord Wang said: "Considering that Miss Murong Ningshuang is more blessed than others, I decided to let you enter the palace, let's go." ”
Murong Ningshuang nodded with a smile, and went to hug the princess and eldest brother, the princess hurriedly stuffed her with a large bag of gold and silver that had been prepared a long time ago, and whispered: "After entering the palace, you must restrain your temper, don't be stingy in the generous place, my mother will find a chance to enter the palace to see you, with your grandfather here, don't be afraid of Shuang'er." ”
Murong Ningshuang hurriedly went on the road like this, blessings and misfortunes? The princess didn't know, and thought: It's better to be the emperor's concubine than to marry a poor man!
Everyone watched the palace draft team leave, and the house lost three young ladies at the same time, but in the summer, it was like the warm sunshine in winter, and it was suddenly obscured by the dark clouds floating in the sky, which made people feel a little chill.
It is said that last night, in the Ning Xiang Pavilion, Li and Ning Lu accompanied Murong Ningyan to talk for half a night, and then Li was really sleepy, and gradually made an even breathing sound, Murong Ning Yan and Ning Lu quietly got out of bed, changed into black family clothes, and braided their hair into braids on their heads.
Ning Lu took a small incense burner outside the door into the room, and Murong Ning Yan took advantage of the moonlight to write a few lines on the silk handkerchief embroidered with his name, folded it and carefully placed it under the incense burner. Then he took out a cloth package from under the bed, looked at his sleeping mother, and the two quietly went out the door.
All the way to the back door with a hunched body along the flower beds and under the bushes, taking advantage of the doorkeeper's nap, sneaked out of the door, hid in the grass, and walked quickly along the path.
At the same time, someone picked up a big stone and threw it into the lake pavilion, jumped a few times, and disappeared into the bushes.
At the end of the day, someone poured the ashes of the incense burner in each room into a basin one by one, and re-put in the wormwood powder to light it.
In the jungle, the two black-clothed people dressed as family members walked in a hurry, their faces and clothes were torn by thorns, and the blood cuts were particularly eye-catching on Bai Xi's face, and the two looked around anxiously from time to time.
One of them whispered: "I haven't seen anyone catch up, it seems that the eldest brother's work is seamless." ”
"Yes, it's still my sister's plan, looking at this peaceful road, it shouldn't be recognized. By the way, how did my sister know that the bark of the acacia tree could make people sleep? ”
"I read it in a medical book." Murong Ningyan thought to herself, in fact, she often had insomnia before crossing over, and she had soaked in acacia flower water to drink. That thing is so drunk that people don't want to open their eyes day and night, and it is estimated that the people in the palace will sleep until three strokes in the morning.
"Sister, in the days to come, I will let you suffer with Yan'er."
"We are good sisters, why do you say this, we should share weal and woe."
The two of them crossed a shallow ditch with each other, but fortunately the moonlight was bright, and the path in the forest was not too difficult to walk.
"Sister, let's rest for a while when you're tired!"
Ning Lu thought to herself: Although she exercises every day on weekdays, she is a young lady after all, and she has been traveling through the night for half a night, so no one should catch up for a while, so she can rest.
"Okay, let's take a break and replenish our strength." As the day grew brighter, the two of them sat down on a rock, ate some of the dry food they had smuggled with them last night, and drank some water.
"Fortunately, I heard my sister's clothes in the house, which not attracted attention, but also made it convenient to hurry. If you come out in a Luo skirt, I am afraid that I will be broken by the branches and thorns, and it is easy to be bitten by mosquitoes, my sister has an idea! ”
"Sister, are you resting? We'd better hurry up at dawn, and it would be a capital offense to catch up. Murong Ningyan smiled and nodded at Ning Lu, thinking that this strategy was not a piece of cake!
"Okay, let's go! Smoke, I'll pull you! ”
"Big brother is talking about this direction, right? I didn't have a strong sense of direction since I was a child, and the trees in this forest were too dense to judge the direction at all. ”
"Yan'er, we keep moving forward, and it shouldn't be wrong if we don't look back. In fact, to be honest, I'm just like you, it's stronger to take the big road, and I really don't know the north and the south of the world when I take the small road. ”
"Sister, what if you say they can't find us? Will it affect my mother and father? ”
"Probably not, their purpose is just to let my sister leave Xiao Gongzi, and the people in the palace draft are also called by them, if you can't find anyone, you should go back directly."
"Ouch! My feet! ”
"What's wrong with Yan'er?"