Wei Ling couldn't help sobbing. She closed her eyes numbly and bit her lip.
"If the queen is hungry, the grass roots around her can be eaten."
Su Xiaoling's voice came from far away.
After that, there was no more sound.
Wei Ling's eyes fell on the grass and trees around her. Eating grass roots? How to eat them?
These are eaten by cows and horses, how could she eat them?
Making a bet with her own life was the most regretful thing she had ever done in her life.
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At this time, there was already a commotion outside.
When Doufu learned that the queen and the princess fell off a cliff and disappeared, she wanted to go down the cliff to have a look, but the temple monk said that the cliff was hundreds of feet high and connected to a foreign land below, so she couldn't go down.
Doufu suspected that it was the Queen's plan, but at this time even she herself fell into it.
Doufu didn't have time to guess or check. A few days ago, there was still a message from the carrier pigeon, but now the carrier pigeon could not be found. She immediately went down the mountain and returned to Beijing overnight.
As soon as it dawned, she arrived at Guiyuan College. She couldn't hide her panic and said to Su Xiaolu: "Fourth Miss, the eldest miss fell off the cliff."
Su Xiaolu frowned: "What's going on? Weren't everything fine the past few days?"
Today is the day to come back. Yesterday morning, the safe letter also came, but something happened.
Dou Fu swallowed his throat and explained the matter.
Su Xiaolu's brows were heavy, and she said to Dou Fu: "Go back to the palace and tell the prince first, and ask him to come out of the palace in half an hour to meet with me."
My sister fell off a cliff, and she was still with the queen. No matter what, they had to find her.
Dofu nodded.
After Dou Fu left, Su Xiaolu went out immediately. She wanted to go into a foreign land and she needed help. It would be best to have Niu Zai accompanying her.
Fortunately, my junior brother is teaching in the academy.
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Su Xiaoling went out a long way and was afraid of getting lost in the wilderness, so she made marks along the way. This mark would make it easier for her to find her way back.
There were a lot of snakes and insects in this forest. She was mentally vigilant along the way and was able to avoid many snakes and insects.
She finally found a small cliff cave. It was not big, but not small either. It could accommodate four or five people. It was enough for her and Wei Ling.
The rock layer is also relatively clean. There are trees on the top and also on the bottom. This small cliff is not high, about twenty feet.
She did not rush to pick up Wei Ling, but first found some hay to bedding the inside, and picked up some dry firewood to put there.
Seeing that it was already afternoon, she went all the way back to pick up Wei Ling.
She was also very tired that day, so when she met a snake on her way back, she stabbed the snake's sea of consciousness with her mental power, stabbed it to death and took it with her.
There were many snakes and insects, but I didn't see any rabbits.
Snake meat is also edible.
Su Xiaoling returned, but before she could get closer, she heard Wei Ling's frightened voice: "Su Xiaoling, is that you?"
Su Xiaoling responded calmly with one word: "Yes."
When Wei Ling heard the answer, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at the sky, she was afraid that Shen Shi was about to pass. Wei Ling once thought that Su Xiaoling would not come back, but she did not expect that she would come back.
Apart from the joy, it is also the ultimate embarrassment.
Wei Ling's face was horribly pale and it was difficult for her to move. From yesterday to today, going to the toilet has been a big problem.
After Su Xiaoling left, she couldn't hold it in anymore, but she couldn't move far.
She was a queen, and she was so embarrassed and angry that she wanted to die immediately after taking this step.
Now that Su Xiaoling comes back, she will definitely see it. What will she think of herself?
Wei Ling closed her eyes in despair, tightly grasped the weeds around her with both hands, and her body was trembling slightly.
She heard footsteps, but she didn't even have the courage to open her eyes. Would Su Xiaoling laugh at her and ridicule her?
For the first time, Wei Ling had the idea of not wanting to live.
However, Su Xiaoling didn't care about this at all. She threw the snake casually and started digging grass roots next to Wei Ling.
She said that these grass roots were edible, but Wei Ling did not touch them.
Su Xiaoling didn't have time to guess why she didn't move. Anyway, there was not much time today. With this snake and digging some grass roots, it would be enough for today.
As for Wei Ling's excrement, Su Xiaoling naturally saw it. She didn't think it was anything. People excrete it, and Wei Ling is not a person with supernatural powers. This is normal. She didn't soil herself, which is already very good.
However, Wei Ling is so arrogant and was born to be a noble person, so for her, this must have made her want to die with shame and anger.
She didn't even need to say anything, Wei Ling tortured herself to death.
Just look at her trembling body.
Su Xiaoling dug up a lot of grass roots, white and tender grass roots, shook the soil clean, wiped it on the hem of her skirt, chewed it in her mouth, and it tasted sweet, giving her mouth an instant sense of satisfaction.
Wei Ling opened her eyes tremblingly. She saw Su Xiaoling eating grass roots. She felt her throat was dry and sore. She wanted to speak, but she couldn't speak for a while.
Su Xiaoling handed one over. Wei Ling was a little hesitant, but seeing the look in Su Xiaoling's eyes that said, "I like to eat or not," she was afraid that if she hesitated again, Su Xiaoling wouldn't give it to her. She took it tremblingly, and Su Xiaoling stopped looking at her and concentrated on processing it.
grass roots and then tied into small bundles.
Wei Ling put the grass root into her mouth and chewed it, her expression was complicated.
It was really edible. She thought Su Xiaoling was just lying. She had never lived a hard life. In her knowledge, there was no way she could eat grass roots.
So throughout the whole day, she was hungry, groggy, and collapsed several times due to her own excrement.
This little bit made her mouth no longer bitter, and she couldn't help but look at Su Xiaoling.
Su Xiaoling had her hair neatly braided, and her expression was focused and determined. Wei Ling saw the snake with its head missing.
She pursed her lips, her thoughts swirling, and she couldn't help but say: "Did you learn all of these when you were a child?"
Su Xiaoling packed her things and replied with a simple word "Yeah".
During the most difficult years of their family's life, they couldn't even eat the meat of snakes that had been killed.
But she knows what to eat.
She had so much work to do, so she didn't have much time to dig grass roots. She just quietly pulled two grass roots and chewed them in her mouth.
After Su Xiaoling packed her things, she once again tied Wei Ling to her body with vines and carried her on her back.
Wei Ling watched Su Xiaoling beating away with a stick. She saw many small wounds on her hands, which made Wei Ling feel bad.
She didn't have the neck to tighten Su Xiaoling's neck. Occasionally she saw an oncoming branch and stretched out her hand to caress it away.
When it was getting dark, Su Xiaoling carried Wei Ling to the small cliff cave.
She put Wei Ling on the hay and went to prepare a fire.
Without flint, we could only use the most primitive method of drilling wood to make fire.
This process is very difficult and you have to keep rubbing your hands.
Su Xiaoling's hand already had several blood blisters.
It was completely dark, and Wei Ling's voice was dry and hoarse. She couldn't help but say, "Su Xiaoling, how about I give it a try."