Chapter 7 Sense of Urgency
"Mother, are you okay?"
Lee Seung-mu stood outside the door and knocked on the door.
"Well, come in."
Xia Jing washed her face with half a basin of water, wiped her body roughly, and most importantly, soaked the socks on her feet that were stuck with the blood blisters softly faded.
Having lived in the last days for many years, she has more experience in water conservation than anyone else.
Li Chengmu pushed the door and came in, and found Xia Jing sitting barefoot on the circle chair, pausing slightly, and then walked in front of her with a weak heart.
"Mother, your foot is injured!"
"Well, it wasn't easy to trek through mountains and rivers yesterday." Xia Jing wanted to dry the water on her feet and wrap them in strips of cloth, but she didn't expect her son to see the injuries on her feet and turn red.
She was slightly stunned, feeling a little awkward about her son who suddenly appeared, and she was a little uncomfortable with her new identity now.
Li Chengmu faced the broken wound, and felt guilty and distressed: "You wait, I'll go to the housekeeper to get some ointment." ”
After that, he ran out of the room without waiting for Xia Jing's reaction.
The back disappeared at the door, Xia Jing looked down at the blood blisters on her feet, and moved her toes, this injury is not serious, not even a small injury, I didn't expect this kid to be so nervous.
She said that just now to prevent others from noticing her abnormality, after all, the original owner has lived in the rich nest for more than ten years, and she has long been delicate and expensive.
It didn't take long for Li Chengmu to come back and help her feet with medicine, and the powder was sprinkled on the wound, which was cool and comfortable. Then wrap it with a strip of cloth and tie it tightly.
Xia Jing put on her shoes and walked a few steps to the ground, and when she saw her son looking at her expectantly, she paused slightly: "Well, it's a lot more comfortable to take medicine." ”
Li Chengmu suddenly became happy, and asked someone to bring a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun, "Mother, the conditions here in the royal tomb are simple, you will just wait, when you finish lunch, we will set off, and we must rush to the county seat before dark to meet our fourth brother and them." ”
Hearing this, Xia Jing's mind came up with a man who was dressed like a peacock all day long and had a sweet mouth.
From the memory of the original owner, I know that this son is very fond of her and King Qian, and the most important thing is that the fourth Li Chengyi knows how to please his family.
After lunch, Xia Jing was helped out of the courtyard gate of the Divine Kitchen Palace, a tall horse with a water outside the courtyard, and a guard with a knife standing next to the horse, majestic and majestic!
If it weren't for the experience of being swept away by mountain bandits yesterday and even losing her coffin in the end, Xia Jing would be more optimistic about them.
Zeng Yan saw their mother and son coming out, and hurriedly greeted them and bowed: "Princess, there is no carriage here in the royal tomb, on the way back, I have to wronged you and the fifth master to ride a horse together, and I will prepare a carriage for you when you get to the county seat, what do you think?" ”
"When you're away from home, you look at everything." Xia Jing's attention was attracted by the horse in front of her.
It was the first time she had seen a creature like a horse in her life, and she resisted the curiosity in her heart and did not step forward to stroke the horse's shiny mane.
The real-life experience made her know that the creature like a horse looks majestic, and the taste of riding on it is really not as comfortable as a car.
bumped and bumped all the way, and when I arrived in the county seat, it was already nightfall.
Li Chengyi, the fourth master of King Qian's Mansion, got the news in advance and knew about Xia Jing's resurrection, so he waited in the hall of the inn early, and when he heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, he stretched his neck and waited at the door of the inn.
Xia Jing's buttocks were almost turned into four petals, and she had just been helped off the saddle by her own son, when she found a black shadow coming over from the corner of her eye, and she was busy holding her breath and enduring the pain in her hips.
Li Chengyi pounced, his expression was slightly stunned for a moment, he immediately reacted, turned to Xia Jing and cried with joy: "Mother, you are finally back, my son thought he would never see you again." ”
Xia Jing looked at the 'son' opposite who had dark eyes and was tall and big, and the most important thing was that he was a few years older than his actual age.
What is it like to be called a mother by a man who is older than yourself?
Anyway, who experiences who knows!
Xia Jing didn't know why the original owner thought he was likable, anyway, when she heard him call her mother, goosebumps all over her body rose.
Li Chengmu helped Xia Jing, and naturally felt her shiver, "Fourth brother, the mother concubine followed us all the way, you let her go in first to rest for a while, and then talk about other things." ”
"The fifth brother is right, I was negligent, mother, please." Li Chengyi smiled and got out of the way.
Xia Jing is not so weak that she needs someone to help her to walk, but if she is asked to face Li Chengyi's enthusiasm, she would rather be weak and help the wind a little, so let her son help her son to help her in.
Walking all the way into the inn, Li Chengyi followed behind to introduce his arrangements to Xia Jing about the inn, and asked her what else she needed.
After entering the guest room, Xia Jing drove everyone out, and when she was the only one left in the room, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Although she has tried to act according to the character of the original owner, it is not too out of place to get along with her sons on the first day.
The eldest child, the second child and the fifth child are okay in character, but getting along with the fourth son who just met is too stressful for Xia Jing, who doesn't like to be too close to people.
The room was very simple, with only one bed and a table with four stools, and a set of kettles on the table.
Xia Jing opened the lid of the kettle and looked inside, there was half a pot of water in the kettle, poured herself a glass, the warm water entered her throat, the dry throat was moisturized, and even the fatigue of rushing was eliminated.
Xia Jing feels that no one is perfect, if this detail is arranged by Li Chengyi, then the fourth son can be seen to have merit.
The inn is guarded by guards, so she doesn't have to worry about safety for the time being, but the habits she developed in the last days make her feel uncomfortable putting her safety in the hands of others.
She habitually inspected the room, and when she checked the windows, she was condescending from the second floor, with a relatively wide view, and found that there were few pedestrians on the streets, and there were more or less sleepless refugees on the streets and in some alleys.
Judging from the half-pot of tea just now, Xia Jing analyzed that although there has been a drought in the north for three years, there are not many people in this area of Gyeonggi like some century-old deep wells, otherwise there would be no people on the street.
It didn't rain anymore, the deep well couldn't last long, the border Beidi invaded, the refugees in the disaster area rioted, and the imperial court forced for various reasons had to move south.
The bleak scene outside the window gave Xia Jing a sense of urgency.
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and when I opened the door, I found a maid with a tray standing outside the door, but this maid's eyes were complicated and difficult to understand, which made Xia Jing a little inexplicable for a while.
"Princess, slave ......"
Hongmei's inquiring eyes at Shang Xia Jing were shocked by her rudeness just now, and she lowered her head weakly.
Xia Jing searched through her memory and learned that the maid in front of her was the big maid Hongmei next to the original owner.
She turned around and walked inside, "Come in." ”
Hongmei walked into the room nervously, and when she looked at each other just now, she felt that the master seemed to be a little different.
If it was usual, if I didn't see the two of them for a day, the master saw them for the first time, and his eyes showed joy.
But when she looked at each other just now, she saw indifference and alienation.
This shouldn't be, isn't she and Bai Mei unwilling to be buried with the master?