[A-Yao, we'll meet soon\/smiley]

The last smiling face made A-Yao's pores stand up.

The person who wrote the letter not only knew her, but also knew her whereabouts like he was always around her.

Who is this man?

She grabbed the letter and frowned and looked around, but there was no one around, not even the little boy who delivered the letter.

After putting the letter away, she had no choice but to go back to the inn.

When I got back to the inn, it was already dark.

When the shopkeeper saw her coming back, he greeted her with a smile, "Miss A-Yao is back." ”

"Hmm."

"I'm looking for someone to clean up the inn today, and I can open the door for business tomorrow, thanks to you!"

She smiled at the shopkeeper, "The shopkeeper is polite." ”

"Did Miss A-Yao have dinner?" The shopkeeper asked.

"Then I'll immediately order Xiao Er to send it to you."

"There's a shopkeeper in Lao."

"Yes, you are now the great benefactor of our inn, and I naturally have to serve you well."

Seeing that the shopkeeper was very respectful to her, she chatted with the shopkeeper, "Can the shopkeeper tell me about Boss Xiao?" ”

"Miss A-Yao is interested in him?"

"I'm not afraid that he will retaliate against me, ask more about him, just in case."

The shopkeeper walked out from behind the counter and pointed to the empty seat on the first floor, "Miss A-Yao, please take a seat." ”

Yao sat down.

"This Boss Xiao is Concubine Xiao's younger brother, but this person didn't learn before, and he knew that he was spending all day drinking with a group of fox friends and dogs, and then he turned into Boss Xiao without knowing what happened.

Later, he took over Boss Su's industry and became the richest man in Fengdu, and no one in Fengdu dared to provoke him easily. ”

Ah Yao asked thoughtfully, "How did he take over the Soho industry?" ”

"This ......"

Seeing that the shopkeeper seemed to have concerns, A-Yao said with a smile: "Don't worry, the shopkeeper, I will definitely keep my mouth shut and will never talk nonsense." ”

The shopkeeper looked around, approached her and whispered: "After Boss Su passed away, the shopkeepers of those shops took the shops as their own, and people began to be arrogant as soon as they had money. ”

"Everybody's gambling for money?"

The shopkeeper nodded.

One or two gambling money, it is reasonable to say, all the shopkeepers go to gamble money, which seems to be like a trap.

"Boss Xiao has a strong background, as long as you don't provoke him, you can live a stable life in Fengdu." The shopkeeper reminded.

"I see."

After a while, the shopkeeper said quietly: "This inn is the only property of Boss Su during his lifetime, fortunately there is an owner, otherwise the inn will not be able to keep it." ”

Concubine Wan really put her heart into it.

A-Yao got up, "Thank you for telling me this." ”

"You're welcome, girl."

After saying goodbye to the shopkeeper, she went back to her room.

She looked at the room where her mother had lived and whispered, "Mother, where are you?" ”

……

The night was as cool as water, and a fire was burning in the mountains somewhere.

Song Yi and Rong Qianhan sat by the fire, and Song Yi baked a fish and handed it to him.

"Lord Wang."

He took the grilled fish and asked, "How many days are there to reach Fengdu City in southern Xinjiang?" ”

"Recently, there has been a lot of wind and snow, and it was supposed to be delayed for several days, and we still have a lady with us, I'm afraid it will be later."

Rong Qianhan suddenly lost his appetite.

"Don't worry, I will definitely hurry as soon as possible and strive to arrive in Fengdu as soon as possible."

"Hmm."

"Where am I?"

A voice came from the other side of the carriage, making Rong Qianhan and Song Yi look over at the same time.

They both got up at the same time and walked to the carriage.

The eldest lady looked at the two of them suspiciously, "What am I ...... Ahem—"

"Auntie, you fainted, we had to take you as a last resort."

The eldest lady remembered that they had saved her, so she relaxed her vigilance against them, and only after looking around did the eldest mother ask.

"Where are you going?"

"Have you forgotten? I said before that we were going to southern Xinjiang. Song Yi said.

Hearing the word Nanjiang, the eldest lady immediately changed her face, and helped the station to get up, "I won't go to Nanjiang." ”

Seeing that the eldest lady's body was shaking, Song Yi immediately stepped forward to help.

"Slow down."

"I'm not going to southern Xinjiang." The eldest lady repeated.

As soon as the eldest lady got out of the carriage, she staggered to her knees.

Song Yi was just about to go to help, but she avoided her, "I'm going to Dongli." ”

Song Yi looked at Rong Qianhan helplessly, "What should I do now?" ”

"Let it be!"

It's a meeting in Pingshui, he can't forcibly take people to southern Xinjiang, right?

The eldest lady stood up strongly, and before she could take a step, she fell again.

Song Yi really couldn't stand it anymore, so he could only persuade: "Auntie, you still have poison in your body, you can't come nonsense." ”

"I ......"

The eldest lady tried several times, but still couldn't stand up, and finally had to sit on the ground and wipe her tears.

"It's all because I'm useless, I, I can't go to Southern Xinjiang, I'm going to Dongli."

Song Yi asked curiously: "Why can't you go to Southern Xinjiang?" ”

"I ......"

The eldest lady did not continue.

"We know a doctor who can cure the poison on your body, so you can go to southern Xinjiang with us, right?" Song Yi asked.

The eldest lady seemed to hesitate.

Rong Qianhan on the side looked at the eldest lady, "With your current situation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to support Dongli, you can think about it yourself!" ”

"I ...... I can't die! ”

The eldest lady muttered for a long time, and suddenly fainted again.

Song Yi stepped forward to check, raised his eyes and looked at Rong Qianhan, "Lord Wang, she is dizzy again." ”

"Send her back to the wagon."

"Yes."

If it hadn't happened, he wouldn't have bothered with this kind of thing.

He sat back in front of the fire, thinking about A-Yao alone.

……

The next day, Ah Yao came to Concubine Xiao's palace again.

It happened that the palace maid who met her yesterday was the one who happened to receive her, and seeing that the palace maid's face was as usual, she happily held the palace maid's hand, and before she could speak, the palace maid suddenly withdrew her hand.

"What's wrong with you?"

The palace maid lowered her head and whispered: "The slave maid has a humble status, and she doesn't dare to touch the girl at will." ”

"I ......"

"The girl should come in with the slave!"

Ah Yao followed the palace maid into the main hall, and after seeing Concubine Xiao, the palace maid immediately retreated.

"I've seen Concubine Xiao."

"Excuse me." Concubine Xiao smiled and said, "Come and sit." ”

"Thank you, Concubine Xiao."

"Today you will learn some simple palace etiquette."

"It's all up to Concubine Xiao's arrangement."

Concubine Xiao took her hand with satisfaction and praised: "You are really a sensible and well-behaved child, if Manman is half as sensible as you, I will be satisfied." ”

"The mother praised it falsely."

After a few words of greeting, Concubine Xiao began to take her to learn to walk, sit and lie down.

Ah Yao already had some foundation, and she learned it quickly.

"You're so smart, you learned it so quickly." Concubine Xiao praised.

"It's still a good mother's teaching."

"You're really good at talking."

At this time, a palace maid outside the hall looked at it from time to time.

After catching a glimpse of it, the sharp-eyed A-Yao said to Concubine Xiao, "Niangniang, it seems that someone is looking for you." ”

"Then I'll come when I go."

"Okay."

Seeing Concubine Xiao walk away, she immediately sank her face.

Concubine Xiao usually wouldn't avoid her for anything, but today she deliberately avoided her, presumably because there was something she couldn't know.

Her eyes darkened, and she was ready to sneak up and take a look.

She walked out of the main hall, there was no one in the courtyard, and there was a faint voice outside the courtyard.

She stepped forward quietly and listened.

"Where's she?"

"I've been locked up in the room by the slave, and the slave will never let her appear in front of you again."

Concubine Xiao's face darkened, "I can't keep her." ”

"The slave understands."

Who are they talking about?

Ah Yao returned to the main hall with curiosity and continued to practice walking, sitting and lying down just now.

Concubine Xiao returned to her as usual, "How are you learning?" ”

"I'm pretty skilled."

"Then you're going to move to me tomorrow, right?" Concubine Xiao proposed.

She thought for a moment and said truthfully, "I'd better study for a few more days!" After all, if there is a joke in the palace in the future, it will implicate Concubine Xiao. ”

"It's okay, I'm not afraid of anything."

"That's not good for my mother to make jokes with me."

"Then so be it!"

She smiled at Concubine Xiao, and was just about to continue practicing, when she suddenly clutched her stomach in pain.

"A-Yao, what's wrong with you?" Concubine Xiao stepped forward nervously and asked.

"I—my stomach suddenly hurts."

"What's going on?"

Ah Yao sat on the ground painfully and looked at Concubine Xiao, "I want to go to the thatched house." ”

"Okay, okay, then you go quickly."

Ah Yao glanced at Concubine Xiao with a slight apology, and hurriedly ran out.

Fortunately, Concubine Xiao took her to familiarize herself with the environment in the palace yesterday, and she quickly found the place where the palace maid lived.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, she heard a woman's cry.

"What are you going to do? Don't come here. ”

Another said, "It's all your own fault, and we are also acting on orders, so if you want to blame, blame yourself!" ”

"I, I want to see Concubine Xiao, you let me go!"

"Niangniang doesn't have time to see you."

Several people suddenly approached her.

She kept retreating, looking at a few people vigilantly, "I beg you to let me meet Concubine Xiao, I, I have something to say to Niangniang." ”

"But the mother doesn't want to see you."

"I don't believe it, my mother won't do this to me."

"I can't help you if you don't believe it."

"Stop, you ......"

Hearing that a few people had attacked the palace maid, Ah Yao picked up a stone from the ground and quietly approached.

She saw something in the hands of several palace maids, and was about to pour it into the palace maid's mouth.

She hurriedly picked up a few more stones, threw them at the acupuncture points of several palace maids, and knocked them unconscious to the ground.

Seeing this, she immediately stepped forward.

"Is that you? What are you doing here? The maid looked at her suspiciously.

She also recognized this person, it was the palace maid she had met before.

"Don't say so much just yet, get out of here with me."

The palace maid looked defensive, as if she didn't want to believe her.

"I'm not Concubine Xiao's person, I'm here to save you." Ah Yao said.

"Why did you save me?"

After all, I had seen her in and out of Concubine Xiao's palace many times before, and it was normal for the palace maid to not want to believe her.

One or two sentences of explanation were not clear, and she calmly analyzed: "In addition to believing in me now, you can only die in their hands, you can choose for yourself!" ”

The palace maid thought about it calmly and got up and walked towards her.

Ah Yao took the palace maid to an uninhabited palace, and after confirming that there was no one around, she breathed a sigh of relief.

The palace maid knelt at her feet gratefully, "Thank you girl for rescuing." ”

"What the hell did you do? Why do they do that to you? ”