The figure of Dongchang Fanzi driving the carriage disappeared at the end of the path leading to the village at the foot of the mountain.
Ke Yinyue turned around and walked towards the back door of the living room, stepped on the cobblestone floor of the patio, passed through the small flower hall, and came to the inner courtyard surrounded by a main room and two side rooms.
Ke Yinyue glanced around and saw the small flower garden in front of the corridor in the east wing, the stone table and swing chair under the steps in the west wing, and the two bronze cranes at the door of the main room. Everything he could see looked like a small one a few sizes smaller. Ciqing Palace.
People outside don't know, but Ke Yinyue and Wei Zhongxian know very well that when Zhu Changluo was treated harshly by his biological father, Emperor Wanli and Concubine Zheng, every time he went to Qianqing Palace to pay his respects and returned to Ciqing Palace, he would sit on the swing chair. Curl up for a while.
Like a slave freed from shackles, he hid in a corner of the dangerous world where peace was rare, thankful that he had escaped.
Later, when the eldest son Zhu Youxiao was older, he took his brothers and sisters to play in the flower garden. Zhu Changluo occasionally called the wet nurses to bring the children to him for a look.
"Old Wei is really thoughtful about the arrangements." Ke Yinyue murmured with satisfaction.
If he could induce the prince to accompany him to have some snacks and sit around, they would be happy and propose to return to the prince's side and act as a nanny for the prince and his concubines' children, and he would surely be able to maintain his former prestige.
Ke Yinyue had a sweet dream and walked into the main room to continue looking at the details.
Behind her, the woman who called herself Lin poked half of her face out of the kitchen window, staring at the moving figure of Ke Yinyue with her eagle-like eyes.
As a person who was recruited into the intelligence agent team by Xu San last year, although Aunt Lin did not have any fighting skills, she was in a place with strong folk customs like Jizhen Border Pass. After the death of her husband, she set up a carriage shop and raised money on her own. When I have a son, I have no choice but to behave in a mature and steady manner.
Now that her son has gone to Zhengjiazhuang in Chongming to join the army, she has been favored by Manager Xu and has become a special agent. Aunt Lin's competitive spirit has become more and more aroused, even if it is not for the reward of silver, but for her son to have a good development under the employer's banner. , she also wants to do this job beautifully this time.
Mrs. Lin mixed the fried diced pork with bean paste and poured it on the cooked noodles. She also brought a bowl of tofu curd with seasonings, stacked them neatly on the plate, and carried them out of the kitchen.
As expected, Ke Yinyue was still plunged into the depths of the main room. Obviously, the luxurious clothes and brocade quilt in this trap, as well as the fine rouge and gouache, aroused her interest.
Aunt Lin walked to the outside hall and put down her food.
Through the open fence door, one could see smoke rising from the official road in the distance, like steaming white mist under the bright and scorching sun.
Aunt Lin pursed her lips, went to get another basin of cold water, put on a towel, entered the inner courtyard, stood outside the threshold of the main room, and asked fluently: "Grandma, the snacks are set up in the main room. Grandma, do you want it?" After changing clothes, the younger one just went to the river to wash himself. The clean water and handkerchief for grandma to cleanse are on the stone table."
Ke Yinyue responded inside, and not long after, she was dressed in a crimson half-arm, a light pink jacket, and a parrot green pleated skirt. She walked out with a smile, threw the sweat-soaked clothes in her hands to Aunt Lin, and walked to the basin. In front of me, while washing my hands, I asked: "Did you buy all these things for this woman's house?"
"Back to grandma, I was told by my dentist. Grandma Wei has a very discerning eye. If you want to buy something, buy the best. They are all first-class products from the big stores in Changping Prefecture. Grandma, why don't you try rouge eyebrow powder after cleansing your face?"
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"Of course I want to try it. You can go wash your clothes first." Ke Yinyue said with great interest.
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Behind the trees at the foot of the mountain, Tian Ergen's right-hand man, a sergeant from the East Factory, said in a low voice to the two young girls who were also bending down: "Get out."
After the two girls stood up straight, they both hesitated to move forward.
The sergeant's cold and stern voice sounded again: "Just do as you're told, and you'll still have a way to survive. If the wheel falls off halfway, it's like what we saw in our factory a while ago. Haha, you forgot it so quickly?"
The girls' shoulders trembled.
The brutal torture scenes in the factory prison appeared before their eyes, and were soon replaced by the face of Mrs. Lin who had been guarding them all these days.
"How old are you, and you have already accepted your fate and spent your whole life working as cattle and horses for others? Even if you renew your incense, you will be just a concubine stuck in the mud? Our master can give you a good future, but you have to
Like me, run your errands obediently."
Aunt Lin's words were more of a guide than a threat.
The two girls took a deep breath.
The older one, called "Hong Xiu", returned to calm faster. Her eyes followed Mrs. Lin who was walking towards the river, and said to her companion: "Xiaoyu, you go and squat outside the yard.
Bar."
Xiaoyu didn't hesitate anymore and stepped out of the bushes, while Hongxiu walked down the slope to the official road.
Without saying a word, the captain of the East Factory climbed up the tallest tree nearby with the densest branches and leaves, so that his field of vision would be wide enough to monitor the next drama clearly, so that he could go back and report it to Tian Ergen.
The dust stirred up by the rumbling carriages and horses spread here, as if gradually licking the waves on the beach.
The wave stopped in front of Pingting's figure who suddenly appeared on the official road.
The captain of the East Factory saw Hongxiu running away like a cricket on the river beach, but was stopped by the imperial guard who was flapping his horse and stood in the middle of the official road.
Soon, the eunuch serving Concubine Li and a woman in plain-colored trousers walked up to Hongxiu.
After a brief conversation, the woman held up her skirt and ran quickly back to the window of Concubine Li's palace, as if she was reporting something.
Immediately, a palace maid in a crimson coat and blue horse-faced skirt came out of the ceremony room. Together with the woman and the eunuch, she took a few guards and hurriedly walked to the courtyard deep in the shade of the trees.
The sergeant breathed a sigh of relief.
The time limit is quite good, and I have managed my errands well enough to explain to Tian Shuai.
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Ke Yinyue was waving a fan with her left hand, and just as she picked up a pair of chopsticks for noodles with soy sauce in her right hand, she saw a girl in a goose-yellow skirt burst in from outside the fence gate.
Ke Yinyue threw away the spoon, stood up suddenly, frowned and asked, "Who are you?"
The girl turned around quickly, turned her back to her, looked out the door, and trembled.
When Ke Yinyue stepped out of the threshold, he saw a huge group of people rushing in.
Except for a strange girl who was about the same age as the girl in yellow shirt, she was extremely familiar with everyone else.
The chamberlains and maids serving Empress Xili, as well as Zheng Haizhu.
Before Ke Yinyue could react, the two girls rushed to her at the same time and said in a trembling voice: "Mom, you are mistaken. The one who came today is not the charioteer of Lord Long Live, but Concubine Li."
"What did I make wrong?" Ke Yinyue was shocked and suspicious, and shook off the girls' hands.
She glared at Zheng Haizhu, but Zheng Haizhu didn't look at her. Instead, he stepped forward, stretched out his hand to lift the chin of the girl in yellow shirt, looked at it carefully, and said to Concubine Li's confidant: "Mother Liu, this girl,