Chapter XXVIII: Prison Visits II
The daughter's hand stopped, but the blood flowed more. "Noble princess, can you make decisions on behalf of those bad guys? Are you a member of the Hall of the Seven Sons? Or will you be the one who will be the Dragon Monarch?"
She knelt down, tears streaming down her makeup. "Daughter, my daughter, you give the dagger to your mother, and your mother will take you to see Dailan now, I promise that she will not be in danger. ”
"Why do you make me believe you?" asked the cold. Words speak louder than blades.
She didn't answer, turned to Xiao Ju, who was already trembling with fright, and said, "Tell Pei Li to prepare, ask Orchid to call the imperial doctor over, and arrange it, we will go to the prison later." After saying that, she stood up, helped Lan Yi up, glanced at her, and walked to the stone staircase.
Lan Yi hurriedly supported Long Qinglian, ripped off the skirt of her skirt, wrapped it around Long Qinglian's body, and wrapped the wound. Qinglian didn't resist, just held the dagger tightly, didn't let Lan Yi go, and after the bandaging was completed, she followed.
When he arrived at the door of the main hall of the Baoyue Palace, the tall Pei Li hurriedly greeted him, this eunuch had a handsome face, and he had always been very friendly to Qinglian - not because of the humility and kindness of his status, but from the bottom of his heart. Qinglian has never been disgusted with him.
"Little master, why are you bothering, let the villain give you some medicine. Pei Li looked at the cloth belt on Qinglian's chest that had been stained red with blood, and looked very distressed. He had learned some simple medical skills on weekdays, prepared some commonly used medicines in a small wooden box, and after receiving instructions from his master, he had already taken out the box. It is time-consuming to inform the imperial doctor to come and go, so let him do something to prevent the injury from getting worse.
Qinglian's wound is on the lower side of her chest, she has been stunted since she was a child, and her chest is still very flat at this age, basically the same as a boy. However, Pei Li still called Lan Yi to his side and told her how to apply medicine and bandage. Jinyu wants to do it herself, but she worries it will only cause her daughter's greater dissatisfaction.
"Nothing will happen, the host can rest assured. Pei Li bowed his head to her, and then said to Long Qinglian: "Little master, let the villain talk a lot, the master talks about you every day, she is the most sad and sad when you are like this." Then he withdrew.
"Take me to my eldest sister quickly. The daughter was expressionless, and she didn't speak harshly to others like she usually did, and she had always treated the eunuch in front of her well. Maybe it's because in some way, both of them are deformed.
This was said to Pei Li, but Jinyu knew that it was for her. She stood aside silently, and did not dare to get too close, and finally her daughter was able to calm down, she was afraid that her words and deeds would be inappropriate, and she would provoke her again. Finally waited for Lan Yi to finish dressing up, and then she said, "Daughter, come with your mother." Let's go see your eldest sister. ”
Outside the hall, Pei Li had prepared two sedan chairs, four eunuchs were waiting, the two masters got on the sedan chair, they lifted up and left, Pei Li walked in front, Xiao Ju and Lan Yi followed on both sides.
The prison is located in the southeast corner of the outer palace of the palace, which is quite far from the harem, and the eunuchs are very fast and spend a lot of time. Along the way, the mother and daughter were silent. When I arrived at the prison, I saw Pei Li from afar, and the warden didn't say a word and let him go directly. This place is forbidden to ordinary people, but she is an exception.
A long corridor passed through an interrogation room, turned a corner, and continued inside. The top of the tunnel is high, but the sides are narrow, and every ten meters there are torches on one side of the wall, most of which are lit. There are no people in the prison on weekdays, and these torches are rarely lit, but recently new prisoners have entered and high-ranking officials have come and gone, and the torches have been lit.
Although this prison is a prison, the interior is very elaborate and complex, and the layout corresponds to the astrological signs. Ordinary sinners can only go to the dungeon, where they are all imprisoned by nobles, so they are very well decorated, and some places look less like prisons than a noble mansion.
The cells were spacious, with sconces, a blanket on the floor, upholstered wooden beds, copper night pots, and in some rooms even bookcases with books and yellow butter candles. The eldest princess of the kingdom had just been imprisoned in this house yesterday, and when visitors came she sat on a blanket and read a book, an ancient book on the beliefs of the boxers.
The sound of footsteps in the empty cell must have been heard by the eldest princess from afar, but she still kept her attention on the book, and when the cell door opened, she was still immersed in reading. It wasn't until her daughter called out that she raised her head and saw Qinglian tied with gauze, Long Dailan looked happy and surprised.
Seeing the eldest sister, Qinglian immediately ran forward, threw herself into Long Dailan's arms, and said with tears in her eyes, "Eldest sister, did they do anything to you?"
"Just keep me here, don't worry, the third sister is fine. Long Dailan stroked her sister's black hair and looked at her, "But you made my sister worry, what's going on with this wound?"
The daughter didn't tell the truth, because she was afraid that her eldest sister would be upset. "It's me who was careless, it doesn't matter, it'll be fine in two days, you see I'm walking and running without getting in the way. She snuggled up to Long Dailan like a child, and hugged Long Dailan tightly with her arms. "I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere, I'm going to be with you. ”
When was the last time my daughter snuggled up to me like this?
"No, third sister, you have to go back and rest well and take care of your body. Long Dailan glanced at the person standing at the door, and then said, "You talk to your sister about intimate words, and then go back with the princess, you can't be strong, you have to listen to your sister." ”
When Jinyu heard this, she said, "You two sisters can talk." Lan Yi, you accompany the little master. So she closed the cell door and motioned for Pei Li and Xiaoju to go away, while she stayed outside the door and looked in through the window. She couldn't stay away from her daughter, and she couldn't miss what the two sisters had to say.
Lan Yi knelt on the blanket after entering the cell, she and Long Qinglian's sisters are very familiar, although Qinglian doesn't like to go out, but the sisters are deeply in love after all, and there are some things on weekdays, Lan Yi has not run errands to act as a liaison. Jin Yu knew that the eldest princess didn't care about the etiquette rules in the royal court in private, and the close maids were very open around her, talking and laughing like sisters.
I only heard Long Dailan whisper: "The third sister and the fourth sister are also under house arrest by them, but in my opinion, they won't do anything to her." They want the throne, so they will definitely threaten the fourth sister with my life and ask her to give up her inheritance qualifications, and you know that the fourth sister will definitely agree. So we're going to be fine, you don't have to worry too much. ”
She changed her words and said, "You believe in your sister, don't you?"
Jin Yu saw her daughter nodding vigorously: "I don't believe anything they say, I only believe you." She felt another tingling pain.
"There is no danger to my sister, at most she will be stripped of her royal status in the future, and that's nothing. Third sister, you must have gotten permission to enter here, because of Princess Jinyu, right?"
"She brought me here, and she said you'll be fine. The daughter was gloomy, with a pained look on her face. "She's with the people in the cabinet. ”
"Third sister, many things in the palace are more complicated than we imagined. You don't need to worry about your sister anymore, promise your sister that you will leave with the princess later. ”
The daughter stubbornly shook her head: "It's not good, I'm going to stay with you here until you get out safely." There is really nothing wrong with this injury, I don't feel any pain anymore, and I will be all right when I sleep. ”
Long Dailan smiled and said, "Silly sister, in fact, my sister has a task to be handed over to you, and I am afraid that only you can do it in this court." ”
"Then you say, I'll do it. ”
"But you can't stay here, how are you going to complete the mission here? Sister, this mission is not for you to accompany you to prison. ”
"Sister, just say it. ”
"Third sister, listen well, the ...... who is really dangerous now" The following words Jinyu couldn't hear clearly, Long Dailan's voice was very low, and he said to Qinglian.
She only heard her daughter ask, "Sister, what about me...... What can I do?" After the subsequent answer she still couldn't hear clearly, Long Dailan took Qinglian's hand, held it in the palm of her hand and kissed her deformed fingers. "Promise the eldest sister to leave here immediately. If he can live, if we can keep him alive, we should do everything. ”
Qinglian's ugly face showed a contemplative look, as if she was considering these words, and then she said slowly: "That's the case, eldest sister, we should do everything. I'll do it. ”
The two sisters had a plan. Jinyu secretly thought that her daughter was involved. If she were to ask now, she would not say anything, and she would have thought that I was trying to stop it, and would hate me even more.
She shook her head, tossing all the confusion aside. Let them go, let the daughter toss. Maybe don't care about her so much in the future, it's right to follow her wishes.