Chapter 192 Scene 26 Things are different and people are different
The warm sunshine of spring shines through the thin paper in the Si Nian Hall dormitory, reflecting the silhouette of the hollow window lattice on the table, which is really beautiful. Flowers are in full bloom, butterflies are flying, and occasionally there are a few bees gathering honey. The sunlight was so swaying that it lost its direction, hitting the window with a soft bang, and then flew away quickly.
At the moment, Ning Yue is sitting in front of the case, playing with an exquisite nine-tailed phoenix hairpin in her hand. This hairpin was made by a skilled craftsman from Yujing City and took several months to complete. It is three inches and seven inches long. The three sycamore leaves on the head of the hairpin are made of gold and embedded with several pieces of emerald. There is a flapping golden phoenix standing on the leaves, with tortoise shell as the claws, agate as the beak, red jade as the crown, and jadeite as the eyes. The phoenix tail is divided into nine branches and is wound with gold wire to form nine main trunks. Each branch is staggered and covered with feathers made of gold foil. The layers are stacked on top of each other, like a half-open folding fan or a blooming golden flower. .
The red gold phoenix hairpin reflected the sunlight, reflecting a halo in the girl's blue eyes. Her hand trembled slightly, and the nine phoenix tails trembled, as if they were about to fly away in the air.
However, Ning Yue did not insert the hairpin into her head, which was in a bun. Instead, she pinched it tightly with three fingers and carved a shallow white mark on the huanghuali wood table with force.
There is only one stroke left before these dark marks can form a complete straight character. Since entering the palace, the girl has almost covered the table with carvings. Now, there is only a short time left before the wedding day set by Gao Li. Three short months. As that day gets closer and closer, the girl only feels that her mood becomes more and more restless with the sunrise and sunset every day.
Months ago, the long-awaited Brother Miao finally returned to the Sinian Palace, but did not bring her any reply from Jiang Yan. Ning Yue was worried that the letter was lost on the road, so she quickly wrote the second letter. The letter was specially sealed with wax. However, more than a month passed and Brother Parrot never appeared again.
The anxious red-haired girl couldn't help but start to worry whether the matter of sending the message to others had been exposed, or perhaps Brother Parrot encountered some accident on the way to send the message. She no longer had any extravagant hopes for sending the message, and decided not to wait for her companions. He came to rescue him, but he had to rely on his own strength to escape from Sinian Palace, Yongyang Palace, and Yujing City.
The day of escape is set for today.
This year, the flowering period of azaleas in the city was half a month later than in previous years, so until today, the custom of "flower fighting" that has been going on for hundreds of years has just begun.
People who ascended to the imperial court loved flowers. From the high-ranking officials to the common people, they all took pleasure in admiring flowers and plants. Among them, the azaleas from Changzhou were the most popular. Whenever the azaleas bloomed, gardeners from all over the country would visit them. He sent the flower plants he carefully cultivated to the capital for the appreciation of flower appreciators. There were thousands of these flowers, so that there was no suitable place to put them in the city, so the city was built. The annual flower gathering at Longshoudu on the upper reaches of Waiyu River.
During this period, the emperor would bring his harem and family members, together with the princes and ministers, to go out to enjoy the flowers. They would linger among the thousands of flowers for several days and select the leader of the year based on their color, appearance and rhyme.
Rhododendron is known for its beautiful flowers, regular posture and elegant flowers, but it has little fragrance. However, even so, it is enough to make all living beings flock to it. After Baijiang Linran put down the Shuodi Rebellion, he specially made a special visit to the re-convened The poem "Fighting Flowers" was awarded, saying that it can make: "Peaches and plums have no color, hibiscus is difficult to become a flower."
Because of this, even Gao Li, who was a foreigner, could not stay out of the matter. It had become an annual habit to accompany the emperor out of the palace to enjoy flowers during the flower competition. Over time, he actually became interested in this kind of plant that only people on land could play with. He was so fond of it that he ordered people to plant many of them in front of his house and behind his house.
Although Bai Jiangxing has declined so much today, before the stupid emperor Bai Jiangxing officially announced his Zen throne, he was still just Gao Aiqing in the other party's mouth. And during the few days when he accompanied Bai Jiangxing out of the palace to enjoy flowers, the required master of ceremonies The formations, the guards, the meals and daily life were all things he needed to worry about.
Gao Li knew clearly in his heart that there were many people in Yujing City who were eyeing the power that he had finally grasped. For some reason, by protecting this stupid emperor now, he was also protecting himself. After all, no one wanted to know that his plan was about to happen. When success is achieved, another side issue arises, causing unwarranted disputes and accusations.
For this reason, he even transferred nearly half of the guards in the palace. Even where Ning Yue lives, there are only a few teams outside the palace gate. It takes half an hour to get from Changhua Palace to Si Nian. Walking around in front of the palace, Qi Dianwei was on night watch.
After finally looking forward to nightfall, Ning Yue, who had been keeping herself in the room all day, finally opened the door and walked out. The cold moonlight sprinkled on the ground, casting everything with a faint layer of blue.
The girl took a deep breath, as if she hadn't breathed so freely for a long time. At this moment, she felt both nervous and relieved. This stubborn red-haired girl had already made plans to escape this time. If he fails, he will bite his tongue and commit suicide on the wedding day.
From Ning Yue's residence to the front of the palace, you have to pass through a long corridor. On both sides of the corridor, apart from the garden, the dining room and the workshop, there is a row of side rooms and side rooms for the servants to rest.
In order to prevent the girl from escaping, Gao Li specially inlaid two pieces of wrought iron on the soles of her shoes. He also sewed several copper bells on all her clothes. However, this did not bother Ning Yue. She secretly removed them in the house. Shoes and socks, and wrapped the copper bell densely with a small handkerchief, and held it tightly in the palm of his hand.
In order to save lamp oil, the servants went to bed early soon after nightfall. Through the door of the side room, the girl could hear the regular snoring and the chatter between three or two people at night.
Ning Yue's bare feet stepped on the wooden floor of the corridor, making a slight creaking sound. But she walked very quickly, because she had already tried it the night before, and such a level of noise would never attract the attention of the people in the house. .
However, just as she was about to pass the last wing, she suddenly heard a loud laugh in the room, which made her whole body tremble. The copper bell she was holding in her palm also fell out, and rang softly in the air.
The girl hurriedly grabbed the copper bell back into her hand, not even daring to let out any anger. When she turned around to look, she did not see the servants rushing out of the door to stop her, but heard a crisp slap. .
"Ouch, why did you hit me?"
Someone in the room was obviously woken up from his sleep, muttering incomprehensibly. The girl recognized that he was the eunuch who was specially transferred from the imperial dining room by Gao Li to try to figure out his own taste. Very polite.
The other person had obviously woken up early and was still angry and cursed: "You pig head, you are greedy even in your sleep every day! Did you eat something good with that laugh just now? It scared me. Gotta wake up."
"I was dreaming about eating the half of the roast goose left during the day in the kitchen. The goose legs are so delicious——"
"Damn, I'm so hungry after what you said. Is that roast goose still there? Why don't we go get some as a toothpaste."
"I want it, I want it, that's what I mean!"
The two of them discussed it with each other, then opened the door and walked out, looked around in the deep corridor, and went straight to the dining room.
Ning Yue, who was hiding behind the beams and pillars in the corridor, poked her head out again. The back of her palms was already covered with cold sweat after she was almost discovered. She wanted to move forward, but her legs couldn't stop shaking. Trembling, unable to move a step.
"Calm down, be calm. If you can't escape from here tonight, you will get married to Gao Li, and you will never be free again!"
The red-haired girl comforted herself silently in her heart, then turned around and ran towards the palace gate. Although the Sinian Palace was not big, the road seemed to be endless. Finally, in the dim light, a wave of light appeared. The smell of new paint gradually penetrated Ning Yue's nose. The palace door had been newly painted with red paint not long ago.
The main doors of each palace in the palace were only unlocked at midnight. Before that, there were no heavy wooden latches on the unlocked palace doors, nor were there any obstacles blocking the world outside the girl's door. The moment the palace door was opened. , Ning Yue could not believe that she had reached this point so smoothly.
Before, she was brought into the palace blindfolded and had no idea how big Yongyang Palace was. Now, when she saw with her own eyes the main hall standing outside the door under the night and the scattered pavilions, When he saw the towering pavilions and the square called Panlongyuan, which could accommodate tens of thousands of people, he was deeply shocked and felt a deep powerlessness.
The area that she could see was several times larger than the Palace of King Ye that the girl had ever seen. She never thought that without the help of any magic, people on land could still build such things as those in Cangzhou. There were many majestic buildings in Liucheng. And she finally realized that she had thought about escaping too easily before. Now it seemed that she would never be able to escape from this maze-like forbidden city by herself.
Gradually, a string of orange-red fire appeared in front of the Changhua Palace in the distance, and then moved towards Ning Yue at a speed visible to the naked eye. It was a team holding lanterns. The girl quickly closed the door of the palace. , secretly peeking out from the crack in the door, planning to wait until the other party passed by before making any plans.
However, that was not Qi Dianwei who was on night watch.
As the team got closer, Ning Yue could see more and more clearly. In addition to the knights wearing gold and silver armor, there was also King Jinwu wearing gold armor. Behind them, followed by a car with two tall horses. The cart was pulled with trees full of rhododendrons, as if the cart was full of agate clams, almost pouring down.
This group of soldiers obviously came from outside the palace. Ning Yue had a bad feeling in her heart and began to worry that the stupid emperor Bai Jiangxing did not want to continue admiring the flowers and returned to the palace early.
It wasn't until she saw the proud face of the man walking in the procession that she realized that he was heading towards the Sinian Palace. Perhaps Gao Li felt that the blooming cuckoos would help bring her closer to the chief priest's daughter. Because of the relationship, he actually selected a dozen of the most blooming rhododendrons from the flower collection outside the palace overnight and brought them back to the palace in person.
For a moment, the girl didn't know whether she should close the palace door and give up the idea of escaping, or whether she should use the cover of the moonlight to escape from the Sinian Palace and wait for Gao Li and others to enter before continuing to look for opportunities to leave the palace. But time passed. Without waiting for anyone, just as she hesitated for a moment, the team had come closer, and it was impossible to leave the palace again.
Ning Yue bit her lower lip. In annoyance, she could only close the heavy palace door in front of her with her own hands. But just when she turned around and planned to go back first and find another way, something came from far behind her. He heard the satisfied laughter of the serving eunuch who returned with a full belly.
The girl regretted more and more that she had not been more decisive and taken that crucial step. If she had gritted her teeth and left the palace door before, even if she was still in Yongyang Palace, even if she did not know whether she could escape in the end, she would still have A glimmer of hope. But now, she was caught in a dilemma. It seemed that she had no other choice but to completely expose her escape.
At this moment, a quick shadow suddenly flashed across Ning Yue's eyes. At first, she thought it was her illusion, and rubbed her eyes hard in disbelief. However, when the little white pompom-like creature stood in front of her. , when the girl stared at her with those small black bean eyes, she realized that all this was not an illusion——
The snow spirit that disappeared in Moon Marsh half a year ago has now returned to her! I don’t know what method the white fox used to find the master hiding inside despite the obstacles of the palace walls. The red-haired girl suddenly I felt my heart heat up, and most of the helpless loneliness I had felt before disappeared instantly.
Xue Ling obviously wanted to take her somewhere, and kept tugging at the hem of her master's skirt with her teeth. Ning Yue nodded and signaled the little white fox to lead the way.
Unexpectedly, on the palace wall not far from the gate of Sinian Palace, there was a gap that had broken through but was covered by weeds. To this day, no one has discovered it, let alone filled it. That gap has not been discovered yet, let alone filled. Although it was not big, Ning Yue's petite figure could barely squeeze through it, and one person and one fox started running quietly in the night.
Xue Ling seems to have already known the routes in the palace well, and can always know in advance where the sentry will pass by and where there will be a gap for the changing of the guard. However, walking around in the huge Yongyang Palace, the girl But she suddenly realized that Bai Hu was not taking her out of the palace. As she got further and further away from the palace gate, she actually came to a dark prison that was half buried underground, but was not guarded at all and was not easy to find.
Inside the prison, only the moonlight streaming in from the transom window allowed people to barely see the road under their feet. The deep black space divided by the iron bars beside them seemed to be lurking cannibal ghosts, which made people feel chills running down their backs. , creepy.
"Xue Ling, where have you brought me?"
Ning Yue finally couldn't help it anymore, and bent down to hug the ball of pompom in front of her, not wanting to let it lead her to run around any more. Unexpectedly, the white fox suddenly stopped and turned its head towards She cried "chirp".
The girl was suddenly stunned, her outstretched hands hanging in the air. She didn't know what Xue Ling wanted to tell her. As soon as she said it, a pair of skinny arms suddenly stretched out from the iron fence behind her and grabbed her. Then he was dragged into the darkness, and at the same time he tightly covered her mouth and nose!
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