At the beginning of July, when the light was slightly brightened in the early morning, Cheng Yuan walked out of the Guogong Mansion and wandered around the Qinhuai River, surrounded by the sound of people getting up early to beg for life.

As far as the eye can see, there are small carts on the road, carrying blankets, large and small vehicles, horses, and cows. Some women went down to the river to wash their clothes, and the children of Mengxue went to the academy together.

Those beggars who slept in the bridge holes and lived in the ruined temples went to the river to wash their hair and prepare for a new day of begging.

Cheng Yuan sat on the riverbank, and the beggar who washed his face upstream couldn't see the men and women, so he washed his face indiscriminately, and turned into the alley.

There were many male and female beggars in the alley not far away, and some of them were fighting for territory, pushing and shoving, and a few simply started fighting, and then a quarrel broke out.

Cheng Yuan felt noisy, and got up to change to a quiet restaurant for breakfast.

As soon as he got up, there seemed to be a fight over there, and he yelled: "If you can't get food, get out... Damn it! Damn it! Yesterday I ate white steamed buns and roast chicken, but I can't get it today? ”

This man was probably the leader of the piece, and he had already thrown out the beggar's burden as he spoke, and he used too much force to scatter the burden all over the place.

Except for one piece of clothing, a thing with a white wooden pipe rolled out, and the man came over to lift the clothes and looked at it, "The material is good." ”

The bamboo pipes on the ground were trampled on, and the red plaster pillars stuck to the uneven bluestone.

The thin male beggar wanted to pick from the ground, but he ran too fast for a while, and fell to his knees, and the beggar head walked over with the man's silk robe in his hand, and stretched out his hand to point:

"You dare to hide your clothes privately, you are dumb, Lao Tzu will kill ...... today" Before he finished speaking, his whole face slammed into the stone slab in vain.

There was a slight crisp sound of "gaba" in the alley, and the beggar's finger was probably broken.

With a muffled snort, a nosebleed came out of the stone slab, and it was Cheng Yuan, who had just rushed in, who threw the beggar leader to the ground, looking white and clean, not as strong as the beggar.

In the eyes of others, Cheng Yuan just walked over and grabbed the beggar by the collar, held his finger with the other hand, broke it directly, and then stepped on the beggar's neck.

The movements that seemed simple and simple to the extreme, all fell in the eyes of the unkempt male beggar, and he naturally recognized this person as the person he had in mind.

In the eyes of passers-by and other beggars, Cheng Yuan seems to be a rich and powerful man, but he is alone.

Cheng Yuan squatted down at this moment, and put two fingers on the beggar's protruding Adam's apple, and the beggar leader did not dare to move.

The other beggars in the alley, women, men, old and weak, rushed towards this direction.

The beggar leader who was suppressed by Cheng Yuan also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to struggle.

"If you move again, Lao Tzu will crush your throat bone."

"Dare to ask the hero, which part of the capital is from."

"No comment, get out of here!"

The beggar leader got up and waved his hand: "Go, go." ”

Cheng Yuan looked at the unkempt beggar with his back to him and said, "Where did you get that burden?" Have you ever seen a girl with round eyes? Where did this lip red come from? ”

"Are you mute?" Cheng Yuan walked to the side and picked up the clothes that were dropped by the beggar and said, "This is the palace clothes, if you don't say it, I will take you to see the official." ”

The beggar lowered his head and was covered in dirty clothes, Cheng Yuan squatted down and pulled him over, and the tension of the past five or six days suddenly relieved.

Although the person in front of him was wearing beggar's torn clothes, he was thickly wrapped in a hot day, and his face was coated with a thick layer of pot bottom ash, but Cheng Yuan was sure that she was Xianning.

"Xianning, ...... you" Cheng Yuan was stunned, and his hand trembled a little to pull her.

"Imonomiya won't go back." Xianning took out the dagger in his sleeve and pointed it at Cheng Yuan, grinning fiercely.

Looks a little scary.

Cheng Yuan was very distressed, so he just asked, "Hungry, I'll take you to eat." ”

"Don't send Hongu back...... Please. ”

"If I don't send you back, I'll take you to eat." Cheng Yuan put the eunuch's palace clothes into the baggage, "Let's go." ”

Xianning was worried that he would be sent back to the palace by Cheng Yuan.

She didn't want to go to Yunnan, but her legs unconsciously followed him away.

"Can you not tell your father?" She was far away, cautiously tempting.

"Don't tell." Cheng Yuan replied firmly: "I'll buy you a few baked cakes first, and temporarily cushion your stomach." ”

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Cheng Yuan went back to his house to get the things that were easy to use, and bought an inconspicuous house, a small courtyard house, and two wings far away from the Guogong Mansion and Miyagi, which was very safe.

"I bought this house under a false name, and when I came, I changed my appearance, and no one knew me, so you live here.

The materials for disguise are almost gone, Your Highness will stay in the courtyard first, and I will go to buy some disguise materials, and then buy some meals and snacks for the restaurant for His Highness. ”

Cheng Yuan took out the key, opened the courtyard door and said: "Your Highness will live here in the future, your identity is sensitive, and you can't invite Yahuan and mother-in-law for Your Highness."

Therefore, His Royal Highness has to learn to do laundry and cook, sprinkle and sweep the courtyard, and grow vegetables, of course, I will come to fetch water for you every few days, and there will be no shortage of rice, noodles, vegetables and meat. ”

"The disguise materials are not enough, the security here is very good, there are soldiers and horses patrolling at night, you don't go out of the yard and it's fine."

Cheng Yuan took out two keys, hesitated for a moment and said, "Or, it's still the old way, I'll tie His Highness with a belt or cloth first, lest His Highness run away." ”

Xianning was taken aback and said angrily: "You want to tie it up again." ”

Tie you up for the time being...... Cheng Yuan said: "Stay, you can't call it this palace or anything like that." ”

With a black face and unkempt hair, Xianning sat honestly by the tree in the yard, his hands tied with strips of cloth.

When it got dark, I heard the sound of unlocking.

Cheng Yuan closed the door, untied the cloth, and then took the bath bucket, furniture, and vegetables and meat he bought into the yard.

Xianning took the key he handed over and held it in his small hand.

When she entered the house, she found that the pots and pans that Cheng Yuan had placed and helped her lay the bedding were all new.

The bedding is still the best Hangzhou silk and Suzhou embroidery, and the price is expensive.

Furnished bathtubs are available.

After making sure that Cheng Yuan would not send herself back to the palace, she put her mind at ease.

"Dog man, Hongu wants to ...... Bath. ”

"Washing up is so important? Then how did you paint yourself so dirty. Cheng Yuan leaned against the door and said a few words, then went to the kitchen to boil hot water.

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There was a sound of rushing water in the house, and Cheng Yuan sat on the steps, waiting quietly.

After a long time.

"Whose clothes are you?" Her mood of being displaced these days has finally settled down, and her voice has taken on the momentum of the palace again.

"Coarse cloth clothes bought."

"Li...... Why is the clothes so loose. ”

"The belly pocket and undershirt were bought for you according to your sister's figure, you are wearing loose clothes, but you can wear them if you make do with it, after all, I have never seen His Highness's figure, and it is normal to buy big."

"Then you won't ask Hongu." Xianning felt that his figure was silently insulted by Cheng Yuan, so he got dressed and opened the door in a very small voice.

Can you ask this, have you ever seen a courtier ask a princess how big her bust is and what her waist is......

"The silk chosen for the bedding makes it more comfortable for you to sleep, but you can't wear hairpin jade ornaments, and it's best to wear coarse clothes, so as not to be targeted by people who are greedy for money."

Cheng Yuan hesitated: "I know that His Highness has been clothed and fed since he was a child, and he has been taken care of by his maid and mother-in-law, but I told His Highness."

The life of the people is like this, the clothes must be washed by themselves, the food must be burned by themselves, if Your Highness can't bear this kind of suffering, I will send you back to the palace immediately.

If you are willing to endure hardship, then you will live, I will come to see you when I have the opportunity, and if you are afraid at night, I can also live here. ”

"Ah......" Xianning nervously protected his chest, retreated to the corner, and stared at him vigilantly.

I'm not going to sleep with you...... Cheng Yuan said angrily: "I mean sleeping in other rooms." ”

Xianning was silent, she didn't agree, but she didn't refuse either, if you have to live in the same room with this palace, then there is no way for a weak woman in this palace.

"You learn to wash clothes, I picked two buckets of water for the water tank, there is no well in the yard, you have to go to the vegetable market outside the alley, there are many people, don't go out, it's not good for us to be recognized."

"Hmm."

Cheng Yuan sat on the stool, always feeling like he was secretly raising a woman.