Chapter 21 Hiding from the World
"I'll laugh later, what time is it?"
Rong Fei sat up and asked.
"Hey, it's almost time, I'm afraid it's too late to send the jade seal to the sacrificial rooftop."
Xiao Shunzi glanced up at the dark clouds in the sky, jumped up and screamed.
Rong Fei couldn't understand how Xiao Shunzi could see through the dark clouds to determine the exact time, but this was not the time to pursue this issue, so he hurriedly got up, so he couldn't clean up the mud on his body, and ran in the direction of Dongshengmen, which was closest to the sacrificial rooftop.
"Something is wrong, there is a problem."
Running out of a distance, Rong Fei suddenly grabbed Xiao Shunzi and muttered.
Xiao Shunzi was confused, and was about to ask what happened, but Rong Fei asked first.
"Is everyone in the palace going to the ceremony?"
"Your Majesty, the crown prince, King Qi and the two godfathers are definitely going to go, and there are also some people from the Flying Feather Guard. The ladies of the harem are not allowed, and women are not allowed to enter the altar. ”
"Let's go, take me to someone."
Rong Fei thought for a moment and pulled Xiao Shunzi towards the direction of the harem.
……
"Stop, Commander Fan has an order, no one is allowed to leave the palace before noon."
Under the Xifu Gate on the west side of the palace, Feiyu Wei Baihu stopped in front of the beautifully decorated carriage and shouted.
The driver of the car was a fat middle-aged palace maid, seeing that someone dared to stop the car, a pair of thick eyebrows stood up, and he shook the horsewhip and swept it past the ears of Feiyu Wei Baihu, and then with a slight flick of his wrist, the tip of the whip quickly rebounded in the air and made a loud crisp sound.
"A dog that doesn't open its eyes, and it doesn't know whose car it is, so he dares to stop it, but he lives too long and lives too long."
The whistling of the horsewhip shook the ears of the hundred households, and they glared at the fat woman and the coachman hatefully, so that they had time to carefully examine the ornaments on the chariot.
It's a pity that he was only transferred to the palace from elsewhere a few days ago, but he didn't recognize the carriage in front of him.
A general flag leaned over and whispered in his ear.
"My lord, this is Princess Silverlight's car."
In addition to the chamberlain, palace maids, and guards, the rest of the people in the palace can be regarded as nobles, but the nobles are also divided into three, six, nine and so on. Calculated carefully, the people who really can't be offended and don't dare to offend are none other than a dozen or so people.
Although this hundred households have just come to the palace to serve, they have long heard of the name of Princess Yinguang, and they are one of the nobles who cannot be offended.
But this morning, before Commander Fan left the palace, he gave a death order, and Baihu could only stubbornly clench his fists towards the carriage with the door curtain.
"I have my duty, I don't dare to let it go, please forgive the princess."
The fat coachman was about to open his mouth to scold when he heard this, but the curtain of the carriage behind him was lifted.
Zhu Yueyao was helped out of the carriage by the palace maid, walked in front of the hundred households, and asked coldly with a gloomy face.
"This palace is Your Majesty's home, and this palace is Your Majesty's own sister, so she can be regarded as half the master of this family. You are the guardian of this family, and Fan Liren is just the head of the nursery. When did the head of the nursing home talk more effectively than the owner? ”
"This..."
This is the reason, but the palace is not the landlord's house, and there are rules for entering and exiting here, but it is not the set of the master who is not the master.
Baihu looked a little flustered under Zhu Yueyao's gaze, and didn't know how to answer for a while.
At the same time, the Fei Yu Guard, who was stationed at Dongsheng Gate, saw two figures like mud sticks hurriedly running towards this side, and hurriedly put out a gun array, and at the same time the crossbow arrows were wound up and aimed at the two of them, and then shouted loudly.
"Stop, those who trespass on the palace gate will die!"
"Hey, don't put arrows, don't release arrows, it's your own people."
The two clay figures stopped, and Xiao Shunzi raised his hand and wiped it on his face a few times, revealing part of his true face, and shouted at the general flag of the flying feather guard who led the team.
"It's me, Wei Gong's Shunyu, I didn't recognize it, hehehe."
Fei Yuwei Zongqi heard the familiar voice, took a few steps forward, and carefully recognized that it was Xiao Shunzi himself, so he asked suspiciously.
"It turned out to be Shunyu's father-in-law, what are you doing here?"
"Well, it's a long story, I'll explain it to you later. I have urgent business to leave the palace immediately and let me go quickly. ”
Saying that, Xiao Shunzi grabbed Rong Fei's arm and was about to rush to the door, but was stopped by two spears.
"Father-in-law Shunyo can't help it, this morning Lord Fan specially explained that no one is allowed to leave the palace before noon, so please go back."
Rong Fei suddenly felt a chill rise from the back of his head when he heard this, and he couldn't help but shiver.
Flying Feather Guard commands Fan to leave people!
Wouldn't it be more dangerous on His Majesty's side?
The two of them glanced at each other, and were thinking about what excuse to think of or stuff some money to fool around, when they saw a flying feather guard come over.
The general flag whispered a few words in the ears of the hundred households, and the hundred households suddenly turned pale, pointing at the two and shouting.
"The sneaky must have done an unseemly deed, take down the two of them, and make a decision when the commander returns to make the adult."
"My lord, that one is the most favored servant in front of Duke Wei, we can't afford to offend."
Hearing this, Zongqi hurriedly whispered.
"Hmph, this official only commands the envoy and His Majesty's orders, and the cats and dogs on the side are not in his eyes. Why, if you don't take people with your hands, do you want to disobey the orders of the commander and want to rebel! ”
Baihu pulled out the saber at his waist and put it on the neck of the general flag and asked sharply.
"The lower officials don't dare! is still stunned, and he is not going to take down these two people soon. ”
The situation is the same as that of Xifumen, this Baihu was also transferred just a few days ago, and the Flying Feather Guard sergeant here is not familiar with him, so he was a little hesitant when he first heard about the arrest.
But at this time, the general banner doesn't care whether it is forced or voluntary, since they have already spoken, if Wei Gong investigates it afterwards, he will not have to be responsible.
"Dogs, so daring! I'm the grandson of Duke Wei and Gong Ma, wait..."
Xiao Shunzi saw that Fei Yuwei really wanted to catch himself, his angry face was about to change shape, and he pointed at them and was about to scold, but Rong Fei pulled his head and ran away.
"What nonsense, it's important to run for your life."
"Chase! Don't let them run away, don't care if they live or die. ”
Xiao Shunzi didn't believe that Feiyuwei really dared to move himself, but when he heard a shout full of murderous intent behind him, he suddenly shrank his head in fright, and ran a few points faster than Rong Fei.
There are many lanes and courtyards in the palace, and the terrain is complex, but with such a local snake as Xiaoshunzi leading the way, there is no need to worry about getting lost and running into a dead end.
The two of them spread their feet and ran for their lives, picking alleys with many forks in the road or gardens with shelters such as cloisters and rockeries, and they didn't have to worry about being caught up for a while.
Seeing that they were about to be escaped by these two people, Baihu, who took the lead in the pursuit, hurriedly took out a bamboo whistle from his arms and stuffed it into his mouth to blow it.
The sound of the bamboo whistle spread far away, and the flying feather guards who heard the whistle around them all came towards this side.
The hundred households stationed at Xifu Gate also heard the whistle, which was the order set by the previous Fan commander, but whenever someone forcibly broke into the palace gate, the whistle sounded to warn.
Baihu's heart moved, knowing that he had found the main owner over there, so he had no intention of entangling with Zhu Yueyao again.
He was about to give the order to let the carriage pass, but he swallowed back the words that were about to be spoken, and asked after pretending to be silent for a while.
"The princess wanted to leave the palace, but the lower officials didn't dare to stop her. But please also explain what it means to go out of the palace, so that when the commander asks the lord, the lower official will have an explanation, please forgive the public. ”
"Hmph, if you get three colors, you dare to open a dyeing workshop, Fan Liren doesn't want to turn Feiyuwei into Fan Jiajun. Anyway, a small hundred households, this palace can't embarrass you. Lord Liu, the first assistant of the cabinet, is seriously ill, and the palace and Liu Yingrong, the eldest daughter of Liu Shoufu, are friends in the boudoir, and they have been visiting since now to be relieved. ”
Zhu Yueyao snorted coldly.
"If you go to Lord Shoufu's mansion, wouldn't it be closer to the Dongsheng Gate, why does the princess want to go far away."
Zhu Yueyao is a princess, so naturally it is impossible to be interrogated like a prisoner. glared at Baihu coldly, turned around and stepped into the carriage and entered the carriage to ignore him, and the accompanying personal palace maid stood up and explained.
"Miss Liu likes to eat lotus-scented snacks in the West Market, so the princess wanted to buy some and bring them over, so she chose Xifumen to leave the palace. If there is anything else that Lord Baihu wants to ask, he will be asked, so don't delay the princess's time any longer. ”
The subordinate didn't dare, but he just said a few more words about his duties. Even so, this will be allowed, but for the sake of the princess's safety, it is safer to send an escort with him. ”
After that, he didn't ask what Zhu Yueyao meant, and stretched out his hand to summon the four Fei Yuwei to whisper a few words, and then get out of the way for the carriage to pass out of the palace.
Bah! After today, it is just a fallen phoenix that is not as good as a chicken.
Seeing the carriage drive out of the door, Baihu snorted proudly in his heart, but he didn't dare to say this at this time.
Leaving a few henchmen to continue to garrison Xifumen, the Flying Feather Guard with a general flag rushed towards the direction where the whistle came from, and it was important to catch the main master.
Zhu Yueyao, who returned to the carriage, hurriedly covered her mouth, for fear that her rapid and heavy wheezing voice would be discovered by the hundred households, revealing her feet.
The slightly trembling body leaned against the wall of the carriage, and the heartbeat of a drum sounded in his ears.
Rong Fei was right, Fan Liren really wanted to rebel, otherwise how would a small Feiyu Wei Baihu dare to stop the princess's car and ask where to go.
When facing the hundred households just now, Zhu Yueyao was really afraid that the other party would suddenly pull out a knife and cut herself.
Fortunately, none of this really happened, and he still got out of the palace as he wished.
It's just that there are four more tails in the back of the carriage, how can this be?
The wheels of the carriage ran over the bluestone pavement, making a gurgling sound, and Zhu Yueyao's nervous hands grabbed the silk handkerchief, and her eyes were dripping and thinking about ideas.
Estimating that there was not much time left until noon, Zhu Yueyao made up her mind with a bite of her silver teeth, and whispered to the palace maid beside her.
"Lotus fly, undress."
The carriage drove up West Chang Street and stopped in front of a dim sum shop called Lotus Incense, and two palace maids lifted the curtain and stepped out of the carriage and entered the dim sum shop.
Fei Yuwei, who had been following behind, also walked to the door of the shop and stared at the every move of the two palace maids.
After chatting with the shopkeeper for a few words, a palace maid returned to the carriage and said.
"Princess, the lotus seed cake that Miss Liu likes to eat has just been sold out, and it will take half an hour for the next furnace. Sister Hefei said that she would stay here and wait, and let us go first. ”
"Hmm."
There was a somewhat lazy and tired response from the carriage.
After the palace maid went to the shop to greet the palace maid named Lotus Fly, she returned to the carriage, and the carriage moved forward again, heading in the direction of the residence of the first assistant.
The four Fei Yu guards looked at the palace maids waiting in the shop, and then looked at the carriage that was leaving, and after discussing a few words, they still followed behind the carriage.
Zhu Yueyao, who had changed into the clothes of a palace maid, was lying on the side of the door frame of the dim sum shop and watched the carriage and Fei Yuwei walk away, and then lifted her skirt and hurriedly ran towards the east of the city.