"Miss Cheng, today's begging palace banquet, in order to worship the moon and beggar, the evening officially began, and at this time the mother and all the noble girls are dressed up in the imperial garden for the grass and rockery corridor. The mother said, let you come, go straight to the side of the Royal Garden Dabo Lake. ”

As soon as he came out of the Yimen, and before he walked a few steps to the harem, a palace maid in beautiful clothes came to report.

The palace maid has a clear grade, most of them are plain brocade clothes, and the palace maid in front of her is dressed in dark embroidery and wearing a shawl, which is obviously not low.

But the palace is really big, Cheng Yuguan doesn't know the other party, he just thinks it should be a female official of Shangyi Bureau.

"Miss Cheng, please come with me."

As she spoke, the female official led the way.

Cheng Yuguan and Liuyun glanced at each other and followed.

The female official of the palace also has the position of Wupin, and is responsible for the propaganda and initiation of the palace. All foreign women who make pilgrimages to the middle palace are responsible for the transmission of the decree.

embarrassed the female officer in person, Cheng Yuguan would not. Moreover, it is a custom to beg for the moon to be worshipped, and it is very likely that the queen will arrange it like this.

The palace man walked in front with a slender gait, and Cheng Yuguan took Liuyun and followed the two positions behind him.

Liuyun walked with the female officer for a while, and when he saw that the grass and trees were getting deeper, he couldn't help but pull his own young lady.

Seeing that he was far away from the female officer in front of him, Liuyun whispered to his young lady.

"Miss, they all say that the situation in the palace is complicated. Isn't it too dangerous for us to just go along? Otherwise, let's go to Fengyi Palace first, meet the queen mother, the mother is really not there, and then go to the imperial garden. ”

Cheng Yuguan glanced up at the female officer who was as gaitful as ever, as if he hadn't heard the discussion between the two behind him, and whispered.

"The queen's aunt is strict in governing the palace and says nothing about it. We have no legitimate reason to suspect the female officer, and if what the female official said is true, wouldn't it seem that we are stingy and suspicious? Just follow her, what tricks can you have? ”

Hearing what his young lady said, Liuyun suddenly relaxed.

Also, this is the palace, except for the palace maid, it is the place of the palace concubine, what fierce people can not be?

Think about your own young lady, although she looks thin, she has to throw a stone lock every morning.

The curvaceous female officer in front of her is in the hands of her own lady, and she can't pass half a bit.

Strength brings confidence and confidence, and suddenly, Liuyun didn't look back and forth as if he was a thief, but followed the example of the eldest lady and moved forward calmly.

"Huh? What about people? ”

Turning a rockery, the figure of the female official in front of her suddenly disappeared.

Cheng Yuguan and Liuyun were already far away from the female officials, and it was the time when the plants and trees were growing in autumn, and the plants and trees here seemed to have not been taken care of in time for many days, and there was a trend of crazy growth.

The half-human-high grass and the one-person-tall flower tree stretched out their branches and leaves on the path together, which already covered half of the female official's figure, but now it was even more of a blink of an eye, and the master and servant said a word, and the person in front of them disappeared.

"Miss, have you been here? Where to go? ”

Liuyun grabbed the eldest lady a little nervously.

In fact, Liuyun has a comfortable temperament, but because he entered the palace for the first time, he was nervous, so he was a little startled and didn't dare to leave Cheng Yuguan's side.

Cheng Yu's concern was also empty, but she was not too nervous, she was in the palace left and right, and it was either a wilderness, or she was lost for a while, and the queen's aunt would naturally let the palace people find her.

With confidence in his heart, Cheng Yuguan patted Liuyun's hand, "Go and look around to see where there are footprints." As soon as a person leaves, there are always traces left, and it can't be Ah Piao. ”

Liuyun listened to the young lady's instructions, and was curious while pushing aside the grass and trees to find the way.

"Miss, what is Ah Piao?"

Cheng Yuguan was also fiddling with the grass and trees, looking for a path, and replied casually, "At this moment, you still don't want to know." ”

"Oh."

Liuyun obediently didn't ask more, and the two of them were looking for a path one by one.

"Miss, here! It turned out that there was a path here, and it was flooded with grass. ”

Liuyun suddenly spoke, pointing to a gravel path for Cheng Yuguan to see.

Cheng Yuguan also pointed to a stone road, "I also have it here." ”

The two roads are exactly the same, and there are new moss marks on the road.

"Where is this going?"

Liuyun was distressed, "I don't dare to part with Miss." ”

"Let's go, it's just two paths, choose one side first, and then go to the other side if the road doesn't work."

In this way, Cheng Yuguan took Liuyun to the road that Liuyun found first.

"Miss, why is the grass getting more and more barren, I'm afraid no one will come, let's choose the wrong one, let's go back."

Halfway through, Liuyun became more and more flustered and began to retreat.

Cheng Yuguan shook his head, "I've already walked half the way, so I have to go ahead to see where it goes." Isn't it a waste of time? If that road is the same as here, wouldn't it be even more wasteful to come back? ”

Liuyun listened, nodded, and stopped saying anything to go back.

After a while, there was silence everywhere, and from time to time birds were startled by the movement of the two, as if they were two outsiders who had broken into their territory.

"The queen has a banquet at the end of the day, what if we can't catch up?"

This begging palace banquet invited all the noble girls. There is no need to be a housekeeper or serve her in-laws, so the queen's mother specially ordered the banquet to avoid the aftermath of the autumn tiger.

Because the banquet was held late, Cheng Yuguan would follow the palace people to this side.

She really thought that the queen's aunt had the ingenuity to arrange it like this.

"It's okay, it's okay later, just tell your aunt the reason when the time comes."

Cheng Yuguan was calm.

"Will the queen blame Miss? After all, the mother is majestic and cannot be offended. ”

It is a mother and daughter, and the daughter points out the mother's mistakes, and the mother will still be annoyed and angry.

This palace banquet, they had an accident, in the final analysis, it is also within the jurisdiction of the harem, if the reason is told among the young ladies, will the queen be angry with the young lady for being out of place?

But not to mention the reason, they are late for no reason, they also despise the mother, do not pay attention to the palace banquet, and the lightest is to pour the cold water on the mother, this hat is not light to wear.

The more Liuyun thought about it, the more entangled he became, and his face was a little remorseful.

"You shouldn't have gone with that palace man just now!"

After speaking, Liuyun consciously lost his words and covered his mouth, "Miss, the slave is not complaining about you. ”

"The slave maid feels that she is incompetent, she can only drag the young lady down, and she can't help the young lady share her worries."

When people are afraid, they have the problem of back-and-forth and chatter.

Cheng Yuguan didn't take it to heart at all, and waved his hand when he heard the words, "You close your mouth first, and then speak when you get to the end." ”

Liuyun immediately closed his mouth tightly and followed the young lady towards the unknown front.

I didn't think it just now, the more I walked, Cheng Yuguan felt that there should be a sloped road under her feet, she exercised all year round, and she could naturally find the feeling of whether it was a flat road or a broken road from the muscles of her legs and feet.

Although the slope is not obvious, they should go up overall.

Coupled with the fact that there are gradually flowers and trees here, and birds are flying in fright, Cheng Yuguan thought, this should be an abandoned hill, otherwise, there would not be so many birds.

I thought that two years ago, when I was reading a book in Ninghui Palace, Cheng Yuguan would look out in the attic every time she was tired, and at that time, when her telescope was first made, when she was randomly looking around in the palace, she once saw a mountain.

There is no palace wall there, and it is connected to Jingshan outside the palace, so there are no guards, only the forbidden army guards outside the mountain.

Because of the sensitive terrain, when the forbidden army found someone, their first reaction was probably to kill.

Thinking of this, Cheng Yuguan's footsteps suddenly stopped.

Liuyun couldn't stop and almost crashed into it.

"Miss, what's wrong, why don't you leave? Didn't you say you had to go to the end and see where it was? ”

Cheng Yuguan only kept a calm face, waved his hand, and looked at Liuyun with a solemn face, "Do you feel that your feet are sore?" ”

When Liuyun heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand, "The slave is not tired, and she can still persevere!" ”

But clearly, Liuyun's face was also red, and he was panting.

Liuyun also knew that he was not angry, so he smiled and said embarrassedly, "The slave is lazy, and she can't compare to Miss's daily morning exercises, so some can't keep up with Miss." The place in the palace is too big, and the slaves and maids are already tired from outside the palace to the palace, and now they have been walking for an unknown amount of time, so they are a little physically weak. But the slave can still hold on. ”

Liuyun was afraid that his physical strength would be weak and he would drag the young lady back, so he kept holding his breath and didn't dare to pant loudly.

Cheng Yuguan shook his head, "Your physical strength is much better than that of ordinary girls, the reason why we haven't been able to go is that I am afraid that we are going more and more deviantly and going outside the palace." ”

"Huh? Don't you see the palace wall?! ”

Liuyun was shocked, and he couldn't even bother to wipe his sweat.

"This is a fortified place, so naturally there will be no palace walls. There are forbidden troops stationed outside, and those who trespass are dead. ”

"Huh?!"

Liuyun was dumbfounded.

Although before entering the palace, Mrs. and the two young grandmothers told her a lot of palace rules, telling her to be cautious in her words and deeds, and not to cause trouble for the young lady, otherwise there will be a disaster of death, and the young lady will be implicated. Unexpectedly, now they are dead.

"Miss, let's go back."

Liuyun immediately suggested going back.

For the sake of today's plan, it is natural to go back.

Cheng Yuguan imagined that when he first saw this mountain bag, he seemed to have asked Li Mian, Li Mian said, the mountain is surrounded by water on three sides, one side sticks out of the palace wall, and at the beginning of the construction of the palace, many stone roads were built, originally wanted to build a side hall for the palace people to enjoy, but then it was really remote, and the emperor and queen were not extravagant and wasteful, so they did not continue to build, and few people came to take care of it.

With a bird's-eye view and Li Mian's original introduction, Cheng Yuguan decisively looked ahead.

The flowers and trees grow very densely, but they have not been tended for a long time, and the north and south are clearly divided.

The dense side of the foliage is south, and the sparse side is north, and it is facing its own direction, that is, the west, the direction of the harem.

"Come with me, you can't find it back on the back road, you can only keep going around inside, let's go straight to the west, we will definitely be able to get out."

Walking down the gravel road, stepping on the crazy grass out of a road, Cheng Yuguan also broke two branches, gave one to Liuyun, and scared the snake while walking.

"Miss, your skirt..."

Liuyun was a little distressed.

This is the lady specially for the young lady to make the new embroidery of Shu, I heard that this roll of fabric, to embroider ten embroidery for three months.

Madame said that if there is a marriage contract, you must wear it, and it is also a long face for the four princes.

It's the first time I've worn it today. Although I don't feel sorry for money, I feel sorry for my face.

Cheng Yuguan lifted the corners of his skirt and tugged it into his waist, revealing the long pants in his skirt, "Also, this good thing can't be messed up." ”

…

The two of them walked back while threshing grass, and in the imperial garden, the queen called Mei Ling.

"Go to the four gates and ask to see where Yuguan has gone. Yuguan is stable and will not be late for no reason. ”

Mei Ling looked at the noble girls in the garden, nodded, and retreated.

"Queen Mother, the fourth brother gave a marriage contract this year, just when you need to beg, why is it too late today. and Miss Cheng. Half of us are for the queen mother, and half for the two of them. That's good, neither of them came in. ”

The fifth prince, Li Ke, sat at the second table under the queen and joked.

"Yes, the queen mother, the four princes are diligent, and they don't talk about being busy with business, why hasn't Cheng Yuguan come here yet? Don't get what you want, don't want to deal with people anymore, right? ”

The lord of Fukuyama once again wanted to sew up his sister Fukusei's mouth.

said that Cheng Yuguan can, don't bring the queen mother, you yin and yang weird, not that Cheng Yuguan is pretending, but that the queen mother is not clear about people and is being fooled!

Secretly glared at his sister Fusei, and Fukuyama looked at the queen with a smile.

"Niangniang, my little sister has always been straightforward and fast-talking, don't take it to heart. She also misses Miss Cheng, after all, the two of them don't know each other if they don't fight, and now that they are older, they think about each other. ”

The devils don't believe what they say.

"Yuguan has something to stumble, and I'll come in a while."

The queen explained lightly, and Fucheng lowered her head meaninglessly, not daring to speak casually.

"I heard that Niangniang prepared a song "Dream in the Garden", which is rare in the palace theater, so let's listen to it."

Bai Xiaoling cleared the siege.

"That is, although this garden is exquisite and beautiful, it is not as good as listening to the play by the water. It's better to be as empty as possible, and the sound of the water, and the echo, it couldn't be better. ”

The fifth prince said leisurely.

This begging festival is a day for young men and women to meet each other, and now that all the nobles are here, the queen also intends to let the fifth prince Li Keduo see other ladies, so listening to him, she is ready to set his mind on fire.

"Since the fifth prince said so, then let's change to Dabo Lake."

Everyone got up and agreed, but Cheng Yulou, who was active on weekdays, just echoed, and did not say anything to provoke the leader, but let the queen take a closer look.

The group was served by the palace people and turned to Dabo Lake.

Just now, there are palace people who came here in advance, arranged the canopy in place, and the group sat not far from the water's edge with their backs to the flowers and trees, listening to the water surface and listening to the feng shui pavilion, singing and dancing.

The servants work hard to perform, which is naturally fascinating, but it is a pity that the people below have different thoughts. The crowd seemed to be listening or seeing, and the atmosphere was indescribably weird.

"Niangniang, the fourth prince is here."

Mei Ling instructed her subordinates to go everywhere to inquire about the news of Cheng Yuguan, and when she came back at this moment, she happened to meet Li Mian, the fourth prince, who came to the banquet.

Li Mian naturally also knew the news that Cheng Yuguan had not yet arrived.

"The Queen Mother."

The fourth prince, Li Mian, asked An to meet him.

"Fourth brother, the queen mother's palace banquet, you are late, you should be punished with a drink."

The fifth prince, Li Ke, held a wine cup and stood up to greet him.