Chapter Fifty-Three: The Prince Wants You to Be a Pedal
Seeing that Ximen Hao was silent for a moment, Su Ranhua smiled and said, "I will treat you as the prince."
"I will give you a moment to burn the incense, pack it up, and follow me into the palace." Ximen Hao stared at Su Ranhua for a long time before making this decision.
"Yes." Without any hesitation, Su Ranhua stood up and walked away.
Back at Wutong Residence, Su Ranhua thought about it for a moment, then took out the pink and purple clothes and put them on. This dowry clothes were simple yet elegant, and the color was noble yet unobtrusive. They were Su Ranhua's favorite.
of a set.
Although she became a slave, she was only targeting Ximen Hao alone. Facing the Northern Palace and even the entire Qingyuan Dynasty, she was still the superior Northern Princess, so she would not let herself lose her temperament.
The complicated hairstyle in ancient times was the most difficult to maintain, but after spending so many days with Liu'er, Su Ranhua would also do a simple bun. Then she picked a magnolia hairpin from the dowry jewelry box and put it on.
It's been tidied up.
"Princess." Liu'er stood at the door and called softly.
"Liu'er," Su Ranhua turned around and saw Liu'er holding a porcelain bowl in her hand, carefully covering it with her sleeves, and asked with a smile, "What is it? She's protecting it so tightly."
"Princess, it's still hot, drink it soon." Liu Er walked to Su Ran's picture and handed the bowl to her.
"This is -" Su Ranhua looked at the dark things in the bowl, which exuded a strong smell of herbs.
"This is medicine for treating wind and cold. Butler Lin ordered it to be given to me." Liu Er said, lowering her head as if she had done something wrong. "After I drank most of the bowl, I heard that there was no medicine for the princess, so I left it like this.
A little. However, some is better than nothing. The princess was also blown away by the cool breeze and drank it quickly."
"I'm fine. Liu'er, you drank it all." Su Ranhua was very satisfied with Liu'er's feelings, showed a caring smile, and then sneezed loudly with a "sneeze" sound.
"Princess!" Liu Er looked up at Su Ranhua, holding the medicine bowl, with worry and urging in her eyes, and her voice was very firm.
"Okay, I'll drink it." The secret was revealed, Su Ranhua no longer resisted, took the medicine bowl, raised his head and drank it all.
Liu Er took the medicine bowl with a happy smile, but soon changed to a sad look on her face.
"What's wrong, Liu'er?" Su Ranhua asked.
Before Liu'er could answer, Bai Yiyi's voice sounded outside the room, "My guess is really good. Liu'er is indeed here to see the princess."
"Miss Bai." Liu'er stepped aside and saluted Bai Yiyi.
"Liu'er and the princess are really in love." Bai Yiyi glanced at the medicine bowl in Liu'er's hand and said with a smile, "It seems that I have become a bad person this time."
Su Ranhua didn't understand why Bai Yiyi said this, and looked at Liu'er again, looking flustered, something must have happened.
"However, the thing that the prince has already approved is also because I didn't know the truth before. The princess won't blame me, right?" Bai Yiyi stepped forward and took Su Ranhua's hand, and said sincerely, "Princess, if you have a lot of power, just
Let Liu'er follow me first, and when I find a suitable girl, I will return Liu'er to you, okay?"
Su Ranhua felt unspeakably awkward with the hand held tightly by Bai Yiyi. She gently pulled her hand back and glanced at Liu'er. At this time, she already understood that Liu'er was leaving her to serve Bai Yiyi.
Already.
But now that Ximen Hao nodded, it was hard to turn around for a while.
That man was really evil and wanted her to suffer for nothing, without getting the reward she wanted.
However, at this time, it is really not the time to care about a maid.
Because although she was not sure how long a stick of incense lasted, Su Ranhua also knew that it was almost time and she had to go see Ximen Hao and follow him into the palace.
When they arrived outside the palace, a luxurious carriage had stopped at the door, and Ximen Hao stood aside, his proud and majestic attitude showing that he belonged to the king.
Su Ranhua believed that he was waiting for her, but she didn't think that he was waiting to sit in the car with her.
"What are you still doing? Do you think it's still early?" Ximen Hao glanced at Su Ranhua, who was standing at the door of the palace without making any move.
Su Ranhua looked around at everyone, everyone looked at him with strange expressions, wondering what they were waiting for?
"Want to get on the carriage?" Su Ranhua asked tentatively.
Ximen Hao snorted coldly and said nothing.
"Princess." A small attendant beside Su Ranhua reminded in a low voice, "The prince wants you to be a pedal."
Pedal? Su Ranhua looked at Ximen Hao in confusion, and then at the prepared carriage. As the name suggests, he suddenly understood.
No wonder Ximen Hao pretended to be standing by the carriage this time and didn't see the tall red-maned horse. It turned out that he had a plan at the first step out.
Su Ranhua walked slowly towards Ximen Hao and stopped in front of him.
If you want to step on your feet, you must bend your body and let others step on you. This is the most despicable disregard for people.
Although the Qingyuan Dynasty did not explicitly abolish this practice, under the royal family's example, and even among the people, it was rare to use people as foot pedals.
To get on the sedan, you only need to lift your legs high and you can get on. Even if the elderly, weak, sick and children get on the sedan, they can step on it with the help of other objects instead of having to step on people.
Therefore, Ximen Hao's move was clearly to suppress Su Ranhua, to push down her proud head and challenge her endurance.
"Aren't you my king's slave?" Ximen Hao's deep voice sounded in Su Ranhua's ears, "You can't stand it just from the beginning?"
Su Ranhua raised her pointed chin slightly and stared into Ximen Hao's eyes. His eyes were deep and somewhat mocking, but her eyes were like a sharp sword that could be fatal, fighting back.
"Aren't you negotiating a deal with me? You might as well show your sincerity and let me believe you." The corners of Ximen Hao's lips rose provocatively.
The golden needle hidden in Su Ranhua's hand slid down and then retracted, his face remained calm, and he only stared at Ximen Hao with a pair of radiant eyes.
"I also want to tell you that the ransom was proposed by you and you are not allowed to take it back. If you fail to do so, not only will I not be responsible for the safety and life and death of the third lady, but I cannot be sure what will happen to her regarding her safety and life and death.
thing."
They could have been regarded as unrelated people, but because Su Ranhua felt a little pity for the so-called mother of the third wife, he let Ximen Hao seize this handle. It was originally used to negotiate deals with Ximen Hao.
The conditions turned out to be a card used by Ximen Hao to blackmail Su Ranhua.
Fortunately, Su Ranhua did not regret her decision, but the unabashed threat to Ximen Hao made her look strongly hostile.
Ximen Hao saw all of Su Ranhua's hostility, but he just smiled calmly, as if he was waiting to see Su Ranhua's next performance in a leisurely manner.
"I believe that the prince is a man who keeps his promise." Su Ranhua stared at Ximen Hao and said word by word.