Chapter 9: The Palace

"Appeal ......"

After a day and a night of traveling, the coachman finally stopped the horse with a shout, and the cart stopped in front of a mansion.

Lan Yu and Lu'er had barely slept all night under the violent bumps, and finally felt a little sleepy, but the car stopped, and they woke up almost immediately the moment the car stopped. Midori glanced at Lan Yu with some panic, and Lan Yu smiled calmly at her and put the veil on her face. In their country, unmarried women walk the streets wearing veils, and after marriage, only their husbands are the first to see the bride's face. Although she is now married to the Xiongnu, Lan Yu still habitually wears a veil.

The car door opened, and Lan Yu stepped out of the car with the help of Lu'er, the long journey made her feel a little dizzy, it was evening, and the sun was still a little dazzling. Lan Yu squinted his eyes slightly, and saw that there was a mansion in front of him, and some servants stood solemnly at the gate with their hands down, thinking that this was the palace.

Yi Zhi leaned off his horse and said to an old man who looked like a chief steward, "Duman, have you prepared the yard that you were asked to prepare before?"

"Don't worry, the prince has already prepared according to your orders. The old man who called Duman bowed his head and replied respectfully.

"En......" Yi Zhi nodded obliquely, "Then you can take these two distinguished guests to their rooms to rest." After a pause, he pointed to the crowd again: "You are all waiting carefully, all right, let's disperse!"

After speaking, Yi Zhi waved his hand obliquely, and strode into the palace, not looking at Lan Yu from beginning to end. The servants also walked in with him, and Lu'er looked at the person who was drifting away, remembering the bumps and fatigue along the way, and couldn't help but roll her eyes at Yi Zhi's slanted back.

Du Man stepped forward, glanced at Lan Yu, and said to her, "I am Du Man, the head of the palace, and the girl has come from afar, and the boat is tired. ”

Lan Yu nodded, this housekeeper didn't seem simple, but what she was thinking about now was something else: she didn't see her husband, but met a strange man first, and she still had to live in this man's house, which was really inappropriate. In the eyes of others, it was as if she was married here.

Duman turned to the side, pointed to the blackened door, and said, "Come with me, two." ”

Sapphire and Lu'er followed Duman into the palace, and they walked through a winding corridor, bypassing some houses, then passing through a small garden, and finally to a courtyard in the northeast corner of the palace. The yard is not big, but it is peaceful and chic. When Lan Yu walked in, she looked up inadvertently, and couldn't help but be stunned - she saw the stone plaque above the courtyard gate engraved with three words of dragon flying and phoenix dancing: Luo Yuxuan.

This name corresponds to the word "jade" in her name. Didn't you deliberately prepare it for her?But Lan Yu thought about it and smiled again, Yi Zhixian didn't know her before, how could she think about it so thoroughly, it was just a coincidence......

"Here," Du Man interrupted Lan Yu's thoughts, stood in the courtyard and said, "This is the courtyard that the prince specially ordered to clean up for the two distinguished guests, this place is very quiet, no one will disturb me, I will send a few maids to serve the princess in a while, if the princess has any other instructions, let the people tell me." ”

"Thank you, Steward, I don't need anyone else to serve me, I can have a green child. Lan Yu refused.

"This ...... All right. Du Man hesitated for a moment, nodded and continued: "Then I will go back to the prince, the girl has come from afar, please rest." ”

With that, Duman turned and left.

After Duman left, Sapphire took a look at the courtyard. There are three rooms in the courtyard, the main house and the side wings on both sides. The yard is not too big, but there is a small garden, and a rockery and cloister can be faintly seen in the shade of flowers and trees, which is also interesting in its own right.

Lan Yu walked to the main house and pushed open the door of the room, the furnishings and decorations in the room were not as rough as they seemed to be along the way, and the tables and chairs were more elegant than those of the Han Dynasty. Lan Yu was no stranger to Han things under the influence of her mother when she was a child, and when she was in Loulan, there were also many gifts brought by Han envoys in the palace, silk and satin, antique utensils, etc., she liked it very much at that time, and she also admired the culture of the Han Dynasty very much, and often pestered those Han envoys to teach her some Chinese characters. I didn't expect that there was a room arranged to imitate the general appearance of the Han Dynasty in the palace of the Xiongnu Zuogu Liwang, speaking of which, the plaque at the gate of the courtyard was also inscribed with Chinese characters!

Didn't the Xiongnu always be at odds with the Han Dynasty? Could it be that Yizhi obliquely communicated with the Han Dynasty?

Lan Yu couldn't help but think about it...... Thinking of this, she couldn't help but shake her head and smile secretly, now in terms of her situation, instead of worrying about these political conspiracies, it is better to worry about her own situation first!

However, to Lan Yu's surprise, although this was a royal mansion, and it was the palace of the famous King Zuogu Li in the Xiongnu Kingdom, but from the moment she got off the car, she felt that it did not show much goldenness, but was more solemn. Through this, Lan Yu felt that Yi Zhixian was not a swaggering person, his mind was deep, and he had a hidden edge, but he didn't know what his idea was when he robbed himself here?

Lu'er saw the princess in a daze just now, smiled for a while, frowned and thought for a while, and couldn't help but push her: "Princess, what are you thinking?

"Escape?" Lan Yu looked at Lu'er and shook her head with a smile: "How can we run? If we can run away, then the King of Zuogu Li will not be the King of Zuogu Li!"

"That'...... What should we do then!"Lu'er stomped her feet and said, "Why did you fall into the tiger's den before you entered the wolf's den!"

"What are you anxious about, isn't it very good here?There is food and shelter, let's live in peace, don't live up to someone's good intentions......" Lan Yu sat down at the table calmly, and before she could finish her words, she heard a sharp female voice interject.

"Yes, don't let down the prince's good intentions!" As he spoke, the door of the room was rudely pushed open, and a woman was dressed in luxurious clothes, covered with gold and silver jewelry, as if she was afraid that others would not see her noble status, so she hated to wear all the jewels on her body.

The woman walked into the room with the two maids, stared at Lu'er and Lan Yu up and down with her eyes, and sneered: "Hmph, what kind of national color and fragrance should I be, it turns out that I just have a pair of eyes that are more special, so I want to hook away the king's soul with this?"

The king has not returned for several months, but he didn't expect to bring a woman into the mansion as soon as he came back, and he was really the only concubine of Yi Zhixi, and when he heard the news, he couldn't help but get nervous, and hurriedly came here to find out. At this time, Lan Yu had already taken off the veil, and Kazuma was even more furious when he saw that Lan Yu was beautiful. I couldn't help but be sarcastic.

Before Lan Yu could react, Lu'er saw that someone was bullying the princess like this, and immediately fought back: "Hey, who are you, speak politely!"

"Presumptuous! How can you speak about this! When you see the princess, don't you hurry up and salute?" and the maid behind him shouted.

"Hmph!" Lu'er didn't buy it at all, and sneered at each other: "You are a little maid like me, since you don't have my share of talking, do you have a share of talking?" Besides, we are guests, is this your way of hospitality?"

"You ......" The maid was robbed by Lu'er, and her face was red and her neck was thick.

"Yan Hong, you stand down!" Kazuma suddenly interjected, and the maid named Yan Hong glared at Midori fiercely, and then retreated behind the princess. The princess circled around Lu'er and sneered: "Ha, a little maid, she is also so sharp-tongued! Seeing that this princess is so rude, it is really bold!"

As she spoke, the princess suddenly raised her palm and threw it vigorously at Lu'er's face.

Lan Yu and Lu'er didn't expect her to actually beat someone, seeing that Lu'er was about to receive a real slap, Lan Yu hurriedly rushed up and blocked Lu'er.