Chapter 61: The Dusty Past
Chayue Mulan is indeed a person with rich experience in escaping, and during this time, she has quietly figured out the time of the change of guard in the Xianwang Mansion. The guards changed shifts every two hours, with the lesson of the last night escape was discovered, this time Bai Lu completely adopted her suggestion, in the dark and windy night, after the guards had just changed guards, the two of them gave a heavy dose of incense to the maids and guards under their care, Bai Lu cast a magic spell, and after a while, the two were already a few streets away from the Xian Wang's mansion.
"Bai Lu, I didn't expect your demon method to be so powerful, those guards didn't even notice us, did you learn it from your master? Can you teach me? As soon as the two stopped, Chayue Mulan snapped and talked like a cannon, with a look of envy.
Before Bai Lu could answer, she whispered gloomily again: "Forget it, you can't use it if you learn it, let's go to Yanwang's Mansion first!" ”
"Didn't you make an appointment with King Yan in advance?" Chayue Mulan looked at the sky speechlessly, there were three or two stars in the sky, and the moon was almost complete. The two of them waited for half an hour in a proper manner, and the messenger still said please wait here.
Bai Lu shook her head slightly ashamedly. How did she know that there are so many rules for human beings to meet, so she directly cast a demon spell and fell from the sky with a whoosh: "I'll take you directly in?" ”
"Forget it! Don't scare him, it's a good thing for me! Chayue Mulan rejected Bai Lu's suggestion of being wise and martial.
"Little brother, may I ask if the prince is in the mansion tonight?" Chayue Mulan waited for a long time without news, and seeing that time was passing, she took off the jade bracelet in her hand and handed it to the guard on duty at the door, not forgetting to discharge the young brother's big eyes.
The guard confiscated the bracelet and confiscated Qiubo, and replied formulaically: "We are just on an errand below, where do we know where the prince is, the two girls are waiting here!" ”
He saw a lot of girls who wanted to find King Yan, but there were two of them in the middle of the night, and both of them were good-looking, but it was the first time. However, his own prince is charming and loves to hook up everywhere, so it is not surprising that anything happens. But the prince has a guest tonight, and this guest can compete with the prince until midnight every time he comes, and today these two girls are only afraid of waiting in vain.
"Bai Lu, I have to warn you!" Chayue Mulan said in a sad tone: "What a serious matter this is when the red breeze runs at night, you must plan carefully, I am responsible for the investigation of those people in the Xianwang Mansion, this Yan Wangfu here, you should be ready early!" It's important to make an appointment, and you're not a person who can do great things! ”
"What is Red Breeze Night Run?" Bai Lu's answer overwhelmed her.
In fact, Bai Lu was muttering in her heart, how could this Chayue Mulan be dead or alive for a while, energetic for a while, and able to teach people a lesson for a while, she promised to take her out, was she fooled?
After hastily explaining the red breeze and running at night, Chayue Mulan fell silent, staring at the closed gate of Yanwang's Mansion with a pair of eyes. After another half an hour like this, seeing that the time for changing guards was getting closer and closer, Chayue Mulan was extremely depressed: "Maybe he is not in the house, he has always been, he has always been romantic, maybe he slept in which girl's house!" ”
King Yan's romance naturally did not escape her ears.
"You wait." It's hard to come out, Bai Lu doesn't want to return in vain, if she doesn't see it this time, according to Chayue Mulan's temperament, she will still come out again. When the time comes, she will have to go with her, won't she suffer in vain? Bai Lu's mind turned, and she just took this opportunity to enlighten the demon blood in her body: "I have a way to let him come out to see us, you follow me to learn!" ”
Bai Lu pulled her farther away so that the guards could not hear the conversation between the two and could not see the movements clearly.
Chayue Mulan closed her eyes, according to what Bai Lu said, she probed her spiritual sense into the palace in the quiet night, at first the high walls of the palace blocked her, but after Bai Lu's point and repeated efforts, gradually all kinds of voices came one after another, drilling into her ears, there were the snoring of people sleeping, there were the sounds of cats, there were whispers of little girls, and some uh-huh, ahh
"Hongyu, what's the matter with you, you made the wrong tea for the prince again, what the prince wants to drink is the clouds and mist of Lushan, not the West Lake Longjing."
"Sister Xiangjun, the two teas look about the same, I'm really sleepy."
"Still quibbling!"
Chayue Mulan was overjoyed, this was obviously Ning Yanru's personal maid, it seemed that he was in the mansion and around here.
As soon as her mind shook, her spiritual sense immediately dissipated, and no matter how hard she tried to probe, she couldn't.
"Don't worry, your demon blood is thin, it will get better if you practice more slowly, I'll do the rest!" Bai Lu has been escorting her, and at this time she took over her to continue, and sure enough, she heard Ning Yanru's voice in her ears: "You want to marry you, I don't want to marry that princess Raushzi, I haven't seen her, who knows if she's tall, short, fat and thin, what if it's an ugly monster?" Besides, I already have a sweetheart. ”
"How ugly can a princess be? I don't like to marry and put it at home, don't you have a set of coaxing women? What's the difference between one more and one less, as for your sweetheart, just be a side concubine! When you enter the house, it's not like you can spoil whoever you want! A graceful female voice who hated iron could not be steel said.
"No, I have to marry my sweetheart as a concubine, oops, it's so late, aunt, you still won't let me sleep! What's the matter, I'll talk about it tomorrow~" Ning Yanru began to use the coquettish killer move.
Lu Wanrong spent a big glass of saliva, but King Yan was still unmoved, seeing that the night was melting, and he was only a few years old apart from him, it was really inappropriate to stay any longer, so he had to retreat with a long sigh.
It's really tiring to deal with his aunt today, saying that he is an aunt, but in fact, Lu Wanrong is only a few years older than him, and the two grew up together, more like sisters and brothers, and his relationship with his aunt is even stronger than that of his mother. Ning Yanru was about to go to bed, when she heard a voice suddenly coming from her ears: "Ning Yanru, you also said that you want me to play with you, I have been waiting outside for so long, and I haven't even seen your ghost!" ”
He looked left and right, and there was no one around.
I thought so much that I started to hallucinate?
"If you don't come out yet, I'll leave!" The voice reappeared.
Jin Feng saw that the prince who had been yawning suddenly seemed to have taken medicine and went out of the door like a wind.
"Lulu, Lulu is really you!" As soon as Bai Lu withdrew his spiritual sense, he was hugged by the whirlwind Ning Yanru, his fox eyes were slightly squinted, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were soaked with a smile.
"I really miss you, let me see, I haven't seen you for a day, you have become so beautiful again! The moonlight in the sky is not as bright as yours, have you waited for a long time? These concierge guards actually stopped my Lulu at the door, and sent them all to the stables to feed the horses. "Ning Yanru is like a volcano of enthusiasm, and he will smash his head and cover his face.
"Come on, come on, how can you let my Lulu stand on this deeper and heavy street, follow me into the house and open the door!" Ning Yanru waved his hand proudly, and the gate of the palace opened, and the two-person high copper-inlaid gate made a creaking sound, like a huge monster with its mouth open.
Entering from the main gate of the palace is not a treatment that ordinary people can enjoy, Bai Lu doesn't understand anything, so she looks calm, but Chayue Mulan, who followed, changed her face.
Bai Lu didn't react from Ning Yanru's enthusiasm until he entered the palace, slid away from his hands, retreated to Chayue Mulan's side, cleared his throat and said, "Actually, she wants to see you!" ”
Ning Yanru narrowed her eyes at this time, and her gaze fell on Chayue Mulan's body.
The night was deep, the lights in the palace were sparse, the moonlight and candlelight blended together, falling on the skin color of Chayue Mulan that was slightly darker than that of ordinary women, which made people feel softer, and there were too many things in those black eyes, tears, admiration, excitement, and apprehension......
After eight years of waiting, he finally set his sights on himself again.
Chayue Mulan looked at the person in front of her greedily, and compared it carefully with the person described over and over again in her memory, the sky was pitiful, he had become more abundant than he imagined, and that pair of sultry peach blossom eyes could completely sink himself with just one eye wave.
But in the next second, Ning Yanru shattered her dream.
"Have we met this girl?" In normal times, such a beauty is in front of him, and he blurted out that it must be, this beauty, where have we seen it?
But now that Bai Lu was on the side, he rarely restrained himself.
"You don't remember me?" Chayue Mulan's eyes were extremely sad, she had been thinking about it day and night for eight years, and he didn't even remember herself! She comforted herself, the eighteenth change of the female university, she had not grown up at the beginning, but now she can barely be regarded as slim, and now she is wearing Han clothes, naturally he does not recognize it.
She hurriedly lowered her hair, braided it into a small arm-thick braid, hung down on her right ear, and said with a hopeful face: "That time I was wearing a Miao suit, and I also tied a big braid and wore a hat" She said while gesturing: "Do you remember?" Brother Yan Ru? ”
Ning Yanru frowned slightly and watched her move.
In fact, from the first sight, he already knew who the person in front of him was. However, he still shook his head, with the usual playful expression on his face: "Now that I am cultivating myself and self-purifying, I only have my Lulu in my heart, and the girl is one step late, so don't call it so intimate." ”
While talking, he also flattered Bai Lu, but unfortunately he only got Bai Lu's cool big eyes.
I really couldn't stand Ning Yanru's indiscriminate autumn waves, Bai Lu said impatiently: "You guys talk slowly, I'll go shopping first, oh, it's only half an hour, what to say must be hurried!" ”
Chayue Mulan's eyes were glued to Ning Yanru's body, and she didn't seem to hear her words at all.
"Lord Wang, I am the lord of Chayue, I fell into the water that year, it was you who saved me, for eight years, I have always wanted to come to you, but my Abba won't let me, I'm nineteen years old this year, my Abba wants to give me Xu people, I, I don't want to marry......" Chayue Mulan said a lot incoherently, her little face became hotter and hotter, and she didn't dare to look up at the person in front of her again. No matter how high she is in southern Xinjiang, she is just a girl who is at a loss in love at the moment.
She had imagined in her mind countless times what it would be like for the two to meet again. But it wasn't like what was in front of him, in the middle of the night, at the door of his bedroom.
She was nervous, expectant, and apprehensive.
"Brother Yan Ru" Chayue Mulan is no longer the usual flying and jumping off at the moment, just a little woman who is at a loss when she falls in love, "I want to marry you, I can be a concubine!" Still, I probably won't live long, but my mind will let you know, I, let's sleep together! ”
The women of Miao Jiang are more bold in their affairs, men and women love each other, and they do not have to follow the orders of their parents and the words of the matchmaker. It is not a scandal for a woman to take the initiative to pursue the man she likes.
Losing virginity before marriage is not a big deal.
However, her passionate and obvious hint was silent.
She waited for a long time, and finally slowly raised her head, and saw Ning Yanru standing tall, standing three feet away from her, raising her head, looking at the bright moon in the sky, different from the spring breeze just now, her expression was far away.
"Do you remember? That night, as it was today, the moon was almost perfect. His voice was also faint, as if it had come through eight years.
Chayue Mulan's hot heart was poured with a scoop of ice water called memory, which quickly cooled down, and she nodded.
But Ning Yanru didn't look at her at all, and didn't care about her answer, and continued to say to herself: "I'm impatient that my mother concubine let me read so many books, my mother has always been very demanding of me, she has always wanted me to sit in that position that I am not interested in at all, in order to match that position, I study in the morning, learn art in the afternoon, and practice swords at night, and often go to bed very late." It was like that again, and I couldn't stand it anymore, so I sneaked out and went to Cuiwei Lake to blow the wind. ”
Cuiwei Lake is the largest artificial lake in the palace, there are several palaces around the lake, one is the Zhengyang Palace where Emperor Liang lives, the left side is adjacent to the Chen Palace where Lu Wanling lives, and the Kunning Palace where the queen lives a little farther away on the right side of the Zhengyang Palace, and the north corner of Cuiwei Lake is a single protruding piece, but it is facing the cold palace, there is a small ice spring palace not far from the cold palace, because there was a promise to hang himself to death, it has been idle, and then it was allocated by Lu Wanling to Ning Mosheng, who returned to the palace at the age of thirteen.
Chayue Mulan was also reminded of his words, and everything that night was still vivid.
Since she arrived at the feet of the Son of Heaven, she naturally wanted to take her to face the saint, she was only eleven years old, and she was still a little yellow-haired girl, but her eyebrows were fresh and bold, not as docile and cowardly as the young lady in Luocheng, and her innocent words made Emperor Liang laugh, and she was given the title of county lord.
At that time, Queen Duanxiao was still there, although the oil was almost exhausted, but she still maintained her superficial demeanor and demeanor, and she was bound to stay in the palace for a few days. This is also one of the emperor's means of entrapping his courtiers, although her father is reluctant, but he can only thank her and tell her to follow the rules and not make mistakes.
But where is the person who can calm down?
When the grandmothers who served her took a nap, she slipped out lightly, and then saw Ning Yanru throwing stones by the lake.
The young man has a pair of shining black eyes, gentle and a little uninhibited, two children who are also disobedient to discipline, can naturally talk together, she said a lot of interesting things about Miao Jiang, he taught her to play water drifting, until now, she has never seen anyone other than him who can play seven stones on the water with all his skills.
The two talked more deeply, and there was a commotion on the shore of the lake, and strings of lanterns came in the form of snakes, and it was clear that the escape of the two had been discovered, and the adults were going to take them back.
Ning Yanru has rich experience in running and grew up in the deep palace, knowing that once the two are caught together, there will be endless troubles, such as giving a marriage or something, so he proposed that the two be separated, and he would attract the attention of the palace people, and Chayue Mulan sneaked back first.
Originally, everything was going well, Ning Yanru made a move, those people were really attracted, and she slipped in the opposite direction, but just as she was about to bypass the small bridge in front of the Ice Spring Palace, she felt a strong force coming from behind, and the whole person fell forward into the icy lake, she finally turned her head a second before entering the water, and saw the face under the thick moonlight.
She knows how to water, but because of the panic in her heart, and there are many aquatic plants under the place where she fell into the water, she was wearing a bulky and complicated Miaojiang festival dress, and a big braid was also heavy after eating water, pulling her straight down. The more she struggled, the tighter the weeds became entangled, she choked on a lot of water, and felt her consciousness blur, and the light on the shore of the lake gradually faded away from her.
She thought she was going to die.
But at this moment, a strong hand grabbed her and snatched her back from the hands of death, and when she spit out the water in her stomach and opened her misty eyes, she was already surrounded by a group of people, and Ning Yanru, who was also wet, was also surrounded by her.
The development of things after that greatly surprised her, the queen asked about the whole thing, and she was hinting openly and secretly whether Ning Yanru pushed her into the water.
Immediately, a slave and maid came out to testify that they had seen two people by the lake.
She kept denying it, saying that there was someone else who pushed her, and she and Ning Yanru were just chatting.
So it evolved into Ning Yanru's deliberate private meeting with her. She realized that whatever she said was wrong, so she simply kept her mouth shut. When the matter alarmed the emperor to inquire in person, she also looked like she didn't know anything.
She was still young at the time, and everyone thought she was scared, and with her special status, they no longer embarrassed her.
But then things became more and more weird, first a palace maid jumped out and said that she had seen the three princes by the lake at that hour that night, and then the chamberlain of the Ice Spring Palace took out Ning Mosheng's clothes stained with water, grass and mud and came out to report the master.
The final conclusion of the matter was that Ning Mosheng pushed her, and Ning Yanru saved her.
The queen asked her to testify, and because she was frightened, her father was allowed to visit her in the palace. She told her father that she had seen the man's face, and that she had vaguely known who it was.
Unexpectedly, her father was shocked when he heard this, and told her not to talk nonsense.
"Then let them wronged the three princes?" She remembers being angry.
"But the person you're talking about, he doesn't exist! You must have read it wrong! In that case, don't mention it again in the future. The point is not whether the third prince did it or not, but whether the queen and Lu Guifei thought he did it! The father let out a long sigh and took her in his arms. The queen and Lu Guifei found that they couldn't trip each other with this matter, so they quickly reached a tacit understanding and used this opportunity to go out to Ning Mosheng, a latecomer!
She wanted to argue again, but her father saw through her mind and said, "Do you think that the fourth prince pushed you in the end!" ”
She was shocked, yes! If it weren't for the third prince, Ning Yanru would be the most suspicious, and the queen would inevitably bite and not let go, so in the end, she still violated her conscience.
She still remembered that the third prince Ning Mosheng looked at her at that time, indifferent and sneering.
She only touched the gaze slightly, and never dared to raise her head again.
"Do you know who saved you at that time?" Ning Yanru's words pulled her out of her memories.
"It's you!" He asked this question very strangely, but Chayue Mulan still answered.
"No, when I went, you were already soaking wet and lying on the shore of the lake, I just wanted to take you to the Imperial Doctor! We were going in different directions, and if I had turned back to save you, I am afraid you would have drowned. Ning Yanru said lightly.
"But ......" Chayue Mulan couldn't speak for a long time, because she understood that Ning Yanru was right, and he really didn't have enough time to turn back and save her.
She hadn't thought deeply about this question over the years, as if she still felt that her shock was not enough, Ning Yanru continued: "If I'm not mistaken, the person who saved you should be King Lingrui." That is, my third brother who you said pushed you into the water. ”
Chayue Mulan only felt a boom in her brain, and the blood on her face receded.
How could it be him?
"Actually, there's a question I've always wanted to ask you, back then you said you saw the person who pushed you into the water, who was that person?" Ning Yanru looked at Chayue Mulan directly, as if she wanted to get an answer from her face.
Chayue Mulan muttered to open her mouth, and a stern voice that Abba had never had before sounded in her ears: Don't talk nonsense! Finally, he shook his head and said, "It's been too long, in fact, it was very dark that day, and I didn't see it clearly!" ”
Ning Yanru glanced deeply at Chayue Mulan, and the corners of her lips hooked up a smile of unknown meaning.
"Do you remember what punishment the third brother got at the beginning?"
Chayue Mulan's brain was buzzing and chaotic, but she still heard Ning Yanru's question and nodded mechanically. This is her heart disease for many years, and she naturally remembers it clearly. She begged Emperor Liang at that time, saying that the third prince pushed her down unintentionally, so please take it lightly.
Liang Huang asked her how to punish her?
No matter how clever she is, she is also a little girl after all, how do you know how to punish her? Lu Wanling, who was still a noble concubine at that time, smiled and suggested, since it was the third prince who pushed the county lord into the water, or punish the third prince for falling into the water once and stay in the water for a quarter of an hour!
She thought that this was already a very light punishment, Ning Mosheng was a prince anyway, although the lake was cold, but he only stayed for a quarter of an hour, and then there would definitely be a doctor to take care of him, there should be no big deal, and Lu Wanling was Ning Yanru's mother, she loved the house and Wu, and she nodded immediately.
Then she was taken back to the post station by Abba, and left Luocheng that day and returned to southern Xinjiang non-stop.
Later, about the matter of the third prince Ning Mosheng, she also deliberately avoided it and never asked.
"Do you know that the third brother doesn't actually know water?"
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