Chapter 18: The Millennial Snow Lotus
"That dress was given to Ning'er by me!" After Huan Ling said this, everyone in the room was shocked. The pock-faced old woman sneered: "I just caught a female thief, and another one threw herself into the net." It must be a gang of thieves, all of them will be arrested and interrogated!"
The errand of catching a female thief is not easy to do, and it is easy to catch a suspicious person, so how can you not rush to bring it back for questioning. Princess Tong scared the female ghost a lot, and it was a shame to say it, her own skills and spells were not weak, but she was afraid of ghosts, if this matter spread, I am afraid that it will be more laughing than the emperor falling off the unicorn.
Zi Ning screamed sadly: "Don't, Huan Ling doesn't know anything, she is talking nonsense!" It was enough for her to bear this matter by herself, but Huan Ling was determined and wanted to carry it for her.
looked at Huanling and saw that her big eyes were shining, very innocent and firm. Zi Ning felt a pain in her heart, "Huan Ling must not know how big the matter is, thinking that a piece of clothing, just admit it casually, it will be over, at most you will be beaten by the board." Huanling, Huanling, this is a terrible thing, what should I do now, you can't escape it. ”
The fat old woman's eyes squinted, she didn't believe Huanling's words at all, and scolded: "Little slut, where did you get the man's underwear, and how could you give it to her? It turns out that there is not only one female thief, but also another here." As he spoke, he ordered someone to take the raccoon spirit away.
The kitchen steward was so anxious that he stomped his feet, and Huan Ling stirred up like this, which added to the chaos, and one Zi Ning couldn't be saved, so he took another one. She hurriedly said: "Huanling, can you see clearly? You have no father and mother since you were a child, and you usually don't even have a decent dress, where did you get this white satin cloth with luxurious materials?"
She reminded Huan Ling that even if she exonerated Zi Ning, she had to lie.
Huan Ling knelt and sobbed twice, looking up at her, "A few days ago, I went to see my aunt and entered the spiritual cave where I cultivated in the back mountain. When I saw that the underwear was still brand new, I thought it was a pity to burn it, so I secretly hid one. Ning'er has injuries on her body, and her satin clothes are soft and slippery, so I will wear them for Ning'er, horizontally and vertically in the house, and no one will see them......"
Turning his head to glance at Zi Ning, he whimpered and said, "Ning'er doesn't say where the clothes come from, because she doesn't want to drag me down." The steward, I stole the clothes of the son of Tanglin, and I should be punished if I want to be punished. ”
Huanling has been lonely since she was a child, and she is a friend of Zining, so she has a heart, and she must not be sent to death. If you really can't hide it, the two will be tortured together, so you can have a companion. She thought like this in her heart, her expression was calm, and there was no panic in her eyes.
The old ladies saw that Huanling spoke clearly, and her eyes were unusually calm, not like they were lying.
They looked at each other, and they couldn't make a fuss. Penglai's Dongling son cultivated in the spiritual cave, and the people in the palace knew very well that the boy had a strange temper and some cleanliness, and he wore his clothes once or twice, and ordered the maids to burn them. Maybe he was really caught up by Huan Ling and stole his underwear.
The pock-faced old woman asked the kitchen steward in a dark voice: "This girl really has an aunt, and she is serving in the cultivation spirit cave in the back mountain?"
Seeing that there was a turnaround, the kitchen steward hurriedly clapped his hands and explained to Huanling with a smile: "No, this girl is pitiful, she has no father and no mother, there is only one aunt, and she was sent to Houshan last year to do chores in the spiritual cave of Tanglin Gongzi." ”
When the chief of the inner court heard this, he was a little incredulous, but this matter was very involved, and he didn't dare to deal with it sloppily, so he gave the blood-stained white satin clothes to his guards, and ordered: "Go and see the prince of Tanglin and ask if this dress is the son's!" The guards hurriedly responded, took the clothes and hurried out.
Zining's palms were full of cold sweat, if it was found out, wouldn't Huanling suffer?
Lin Niang was lying on the couch trembling, her face was pale, her breath was weak, Zi Ning held her hand tightly, and comforted her urgently: "A-Niang, don't worry about me, I will be fine." ”
Huan Ling moved over from the side, grabbed the two of them with one hand, and a trace of sweat broke out in his palms.
She had never seen Donglin Gongzi, and what she said just now was also a lie, and she only hoped that the guards would go to the Houshan Spirit Cave, which would not find Donglin Gongzi, so that they could hide for a long time. She trembled and whispered, "Ning'er, do you think Empress Hua Yao will come to save people?"
The last time she was poisoned at the banquet, it was Empress Hua Yao who helped Zining's mother and daughter, and she was looking forward to it in her heart that the Empress would appear in time to solve the urgent needs of the two.
Zi Ning frowned and shook her head secretly, she didn't know if the empress would interfere in this matter.
After waiting for half a pillar of incense, the pock-faced old woman became impatient, frowned, and said, "Arrest this girl for trial first, the wounds on the soles of her feet will always not be able to get rid of." The kitchen steward hurriedly smiled and said: "I've waited for a while, it's not a moment, Empress Hua Yao likes Zining, if there is no physical evidence, she has wronged her, and the empress is not easy to explain." ”
She deliberately said "Empress Hua Yao", but did not say Niangniang, just to remind the old palace concubine that the empress's powerful position in the Fa Gu Kingdom should not be underestimated. Zi Ning is different from ordinary palace maids, they can't condemn her at will.
The pock-faced old woman had no choice but to hold back, and sat and waited with an ugly face.
Zi Ning and Huan Ling looked at each other, cold sweat broke out on their heads, although they didn't know what the result was, they were already frightened at the moment, and they couldn't imagine what would happen.
A voice outside the door shouted, "Get out of the way, get out of the way!" A guard ran into the house, tired and sweaty, panting and said: "Report to the lord, the subordinate took the clothes and asked the son of Tanglin, and the son also looked at it carefully, and said that it was indeed his underwear." ”
The head of the inner court was stunned for a moment, saw that he was empty-handed, frowned and asked, "What about the clothes, those are physical evidence, why didn't you bring them back?"
The guard replied respectfully, "The prince of Tanglin lit a fire and burned the white satin clothes. He also said that he did not need to punish the maid who stole his clothes, and did not want to make the matter known to everyone. ”
Zi Ning squeezed tightly in Huanling's hand, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay now, we have been saved." ”
The head of the inner court frowned and looked at them, Zi Ning hurriedly said: "The injury on my foot was caused by the whip the day before yesterday, my lord, think about it, I was serving at the outer palace gate, and I was seriously injured, how could I sneak into Princess Tong's inner courtyard? If even a little girl like me can enter and exit casually, wouldn't the palace gate be too loosely guarded? ”
The fat old woman immediately reacted, this outer palace gate was guarded by several of their old palace concubines, if it was found that it was not strictly guarded, it would be a capital crime for the Zhulian family, and immediately said: "Nonsense, the outer palace gate is guarded firmly, without a token, no one wants to mix into the inner palace, and even a fly outside can't fly in." ”
As he spoke, he gave the palace people next to him a look. Just now, she only cared about catching thieves, but she ignored this layer, Zi Ning was a low-level little maid, how could she be willing to sneak into the inner palace? If she was so capable, she would have fled a long time ago, how could she still stay at the gate of the outer palace, waiting for them to arrest her?
The pock-faced old woman also felt that it was not good, if Zi Ning was convicted, I am afraid that these old women guarding the door would not be able to get out of it, so she looked carefully at the chief of the inner court and said: "I heard the maid next to the princess say that the red-faced female ghost can run and fly, she is very clever, and she is a person who understands fairy spells." The adults saw that this girl was seriously injured, and she didn't even have a cultivation foundation, so I was afraid that she really caught the wrong person. ”
The head of the inner court pondered for a long time, and also felt that this matter was very ridiculous, and frowned and said, "Since it's not her, I'll look for it again." As he spoke, he got up and looked around the room and saw that there was nothing of value, and he was a little stunned.
At this time, Zi Ning took advantage of the fact that people were not paying attention, and asked Huan Ling in a low voice: "Who is the son of Dongling, do you know him?"
Huan Ling quietly wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, glanced at the guards and palace concubines, and shook his head carefully.
Zi Ning's heart trembled, and she secretly thought: "Huan Ling has never seen Donglin Gongzi, and he actually helped me take such a big disaster, this is a life-threatening matter!"
At this time, a guard reported, "My lord, I found two bottles of things, it seems to be the Ten Thousand Years Snow Lotus Pill!" He held two small porcelain bottles in his hand, and the slender mouth of the bottle was plugged with a lid wrapped in red satin.
The head of the inner court glanced at him coldly, his eyes lit up, and he shot a look of greed, and said: "An inferior maid actually secretly hid the Ten Thousand Year Snow Lotus Pill! The men understood and immediately took the bottle away.
The 10,000-year-old snow lotus is a nourishing holy relic, and Empress Hua Yao rewarded these two bottles for Lin Niang and Zining's healing and nourishing use. As soon as Zi Ning saw that the guards were about to grab the Snow Lotus Pill, she came up with a brute force and shouted angrily, "You can't take it." "Take a few steps forward, I'm going to retrieve the Snow Lotus Pill.
How could the head of the inner court let her succeed, kicked her to the ground, and scolded angrily: "Stinky girl, the origin of this Snow Lotus Pill is unknown, you have to take it back and investigate it strictly, you dare to destroy the physical evidence!"
Zi Ning gritted her teeth and got up from the ground, the old wound was like a crack, but she could only watch, knowing that it was a forcible robbery, but she couldn't compete with the guards.
At this time, the white ball hiding in the cloak hat poked out a small head, and two small white paws lay on the edge of the hat, looking left and right. Seeing that the guard was holding two porcelain vases in his hands, his little black eyes lit up, and he flew out of his hat and rushed straight to the guard's hand, taking a big "wow" and biting the back of his hand hard.
The guard screamed in surprise and hurriedly let go, but it was already a step too late, the back of his hand was bitten with blood, and two tooth marks pierced through the flesh and bones.
Zi Ning immediately rushed forward, trying to snatch back the porcelain bottle, but in a panic, she tore endlessly, knocked over a porcelain bottle, the lid wrapped in red silk cloth fell off, and two brown and black pills rolled out of the bottle.
The pill emitted a dark fragrance, and there was a smooth and flowing luster that attracted everyone's attention, and the head of the inner court said secretly: "This is really a good thing." Just as he was about to go forward to get it, the white ball flapped a pair of small wings, rushed down from the top of his head, and shouted, "Give me food, give me food." The two little paws scooped up the pill and put it in their mouths without hesitation.
After eating, I closed my eyes very happily, stretched out my little tongue, and licked it with great intoxication.
The palace concubines were shocked when they saw the talking little thing, and they all stepped back in shock, after all, the head of the inner court had seen the world, stretched out his hand and pointed at the white ball, and stammered: "This...... This is a Pixiu fairy pet!" The eagerness in the eyes is even worse, most of the fairy pets have mana, but they can't be found, if you can catch one and raise it, it is really a strange thing to live in.
Immediately overjoyed, I didn't think that I was going to make a windfall today, and excitedly shouted: "Hurry up and grab it, grab this little thing." The white ball flew over, stretched out his little hairy paws, snatched away another porcelain bottle in the guard's hand, bared his fangs, and shouted: "Xi'er, give it to you!"
Bai Qiu pulled out the lid of the medicine bottle, and poured the two snow lotus pills into Zi Ning's hand.
Seeing the fierce light in the eyes of the chief of the inner court, she panicked, and hurriedly swallowed the pill, and she couldn't chew it, and swallowed it all in her stomach.
A bone-piercing coolness slid from her throat into her stomach, Zi Ning swallowed it, and saw Bai Qiu lick her tongue, threw the empty bottle in her paws, and cooed: "Eat it all, eat it all!"
The head of the inner court had fire in his eyes, his face turned pale, and he roared: "Drag this stinky girl out, cut open her belly, and take out the snow lotus pill!" This is more painful than cutting his flesh, the muscles on his face twitch, and his eyes are full of the light of a yin owl, like an angry beast.
This rough little maid at the gate of the outer palace was not even worth two spirit stones, and she actually swallowed the 10,000-year-old snow lotus. Angry and incomprehensible, he was in a high position in the palace, and no one would pay attention to killing an inferior maid, "Go and skin her alive!"
The pock-faced old woman hurriedly responded, slapped Zi Ning in the face, and scolded fiercely: "Dead little slut, wait a minute, let you taste the punishment in the palace!" grabbed one of her arms, dragged it up, grabbed her hair and pulled it to the door.
When Lin Niang saw that they were going to arrest Zining, she was in a hurry, whimpered twice on the couch, and rolled her eyes and fainted.
The steward of the dining room showed a look of unbearability, but he stopped talking, the head of the inner court took a fancy to those tonics, and no one wanted to help Zining intercede.
If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse, they want Zining to die, she will not live for a moment or three.
The palace concubines grabbed Zi Ning and dragged it out, the white ball turned a pair of black eyes and looked at it for a long time, she couldn't understand the reason, she wondered why Xi'er didn't resist, and slapped it out, and the people in this room were all wiped out.
"Xi'er, Xi'er, hit her!" Bai Qiu became more and more anxious the more he looked at it, waving his paws wildly and screaming.
Zi Ning was grabbed by the hair of the pock-faced old woman, screaming in pain, Huan Ling knelt in front of the old woman, and cried: "Ask my mother-in-law to let Ning'er go,...... Let Ning'er go......"
The head of the inner court had a gloomy face, stepped forward and kicked it hard, kicking the tear-stained Huanling over. Glancing at it with disgust, "Catch that fairy pet too, annoy the head of this waiter, and even peel the skin with the fairy pet!"
Huan Ling was anxious and painful, and she raised her face and cried, Zi Ning couldn't bear it anymore, shook her head and bumped into the numb-faced old woman who twisted her, and bit her wrist hard.
They deceive people so much that even if they fight for their lives, they will never let these people succeed.
The two little pointed ears of the white ball stood up, and finally figured it out, it turned out that Xi'er would not use fairy magic to hit people, she would only bite people!
"Oh mom!" the old woman jumped in pain, screamed, and then raised her hand and pointed at the white ball, and commanded sharply: "This little beast, grab this little thing!"
A group of palace people were in a hurry, picking up pillows, dusting them, and running all over the house to catch white balls.
Zi Ning rushed to Huan Ling's body, hugged her trembling body, turned her head and shouted, "Baiqiu, run away, go outside." "The place in the house is narrow, and the white ball flies like this, and it will be caught by the palace concubines sooner or later.
Huan Ling's face turned pale, he breathed a sigh of relief, and whimpered: "Ning'er, you go quickly......"
A group of old women in the house screamed and screamed, and the white ball was chased, and lightning flew up to the roof, spit out a fan from their mouths, and their two little paws clenched.
Pixiu is an ancient immortal pet, and its most special thing is that it is good at storing things.
The white ball swallowed the fan just now, but did not eat it, it was hidden in the stomach intact, and then spit it out again, trying to use the spell to summon the original owner of the fan to help.
The spell is also known as the Detention Mantra, which can only be used by powerful immortals, because this spell is harmful to the original owner's immortal soul, so it is defined as a taboo in the fairy road.
The white ball has lived for more than 100,000 years, and the practice of the god mantra is perfect, regardless of any taboos, the little eyes blinked, and the mouth was muttering: "Squeak, go and mumble, the sky is like a law!"
Zi Ning half-tilted her head, looked at the white ball incredulously, and thought, "What is this little thing doing, it can chant a mantra? Oh my God, it just ate a fan, and now it's spitting it out again?"
"It's chanting the Summoning Divine Charm Spell, hurry up and catch it!" the chief of the inner court was furious, roaring and stomping his feet, but his skills were not high, and he had no way to deal with the lightning-like little Pixiu.
After reciting the incantation, the white ball flew to Zi Ning with a "whoosh" and shouted, "Xi'er, run!" The little wings flew outside the house.
Zi Ning pulled Huan Ling and fled, only to hear the angry roar of the head of the inner court behind her, "I'll kill you!" A flashing sword stabbed her in the back of the shoulder.
His body twitched, and the pain of the tip of the sword piercing his skin came from his shoulder.
The apricot blossoms in the courtyard were dazzling, but a layer of mist seemed to be shrouded in front of her. Zi Ning has never been so uncomfortable as at this moment, the old women's gloomy sneer, the ruthlessness of the chief of the inner court, one by one appeared in her mind, her heart was overflowing with sadness: "Why do you do this to me, I died, did you really fulfill your wish?"
The pain intensified, and he threw himself forward, and the desolation arose. Yuehengtang, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you again in this life, these scattered pink and white apricot blossoms, can they be regarded as a tribute to the humble life?
Flying flowers rippled around, as if mocking her pitiful.
Suddenly, two figures, one white and one green, flashed quickly, and the apricot blossoms in front of them suddenly bloomed.
"Ahh
A white-clothed figure studded with gold stood in the courtyard, and patches of apricot blossoms fell from his sideburns. Zi Ning suddenly felt a warmth on her body, Yue Hengtang's arm took her into her arms, her eyebrows frowned slightly, and a faint worry appeared in her dark and bright eyes, "What's the matter, you are covered in injuries again?"
Zi Ning looked up at him and smiled bleakly, it was like a dream, she couldn't believe it.
Suddenly, there was a flash of light in front of him, Tsing Yi flashed and moved, and a ghostly phantom rushed over, grabbed her arm, and asked, "Yue Hengtang, you cast a summoning spell!" The petals slid down from his side, and I saw him wearing a slender Tsing Yi embroidered robe, and a metallic blue glaud mask on his face, swaying and shining in the sun.
Yue Hengtang's eyes froze, his wrist tightened, he grabbed her other arm, and his voice was low and powerful, "Tanglin, let her go." ”
The two stood opposite each other, their eyes facing each other awe-inspiringly, and each grabbed Zi Ning's arm.
Streams of true qi surged out, and the black hair with sideburns floated and danced, rolled together with the flying pink and white petals, giving Zi Ning a sense of being in a different world.
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Ask for clicks, ask for collections, ask for recommendations, write about the appearance of Donglin Gongzi, it's not easy:
Zining: It's been so long, can you weakly ask for a recommendation ticket?
Juehuang: Is it a pit? Yes, a pit doesn't give tickets.
Zining: I'm here to dig a pit for you, so I'll fill you in the pit and fill it to the brim, leaving no cracks, okay?
Emperor: ......
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