"What's the matter, are you going to tell us that you are a woman?" Li Wei came up and joked. He was a foreign official. Naturally, he could not enter the palace like Liu Hu and Si Xi. When he was about to leave, he heard Si Xi
Xi thought the conversation with the little beggar was quite interesting, so she added a few words to it.
"Huh." The little beggar puffed up his chest, raised his head and said, "Yes, I am a woman!"
"You? Female? Hahaha!" Sixi laughed first. The sharp laughter sounded a bit harsh in the dark night. After a while, he reluctantly stopped laughing and said under the unkind eyes of the little beggar: "
Even though we are eunuchs, we still know what women look like, but you are like you, but you tell me how you look like a woman from head to toe?"
Li Wei also didn't believe it. He picked up the silver from the ground and stuffed it into the little beggar's hand and said: "Okay, stop making trouble, take the silver and leave quickly. This palace is not a place for you to play around."
"I'm not lying. I'm really a woman. I just spend my days begging for food in those places. If people find out that I'm a woman, it's easy to suffer a loss. That's why I keep pretending to be a man!" The little beggar became a little anxious.
In order to prove what he said, he held out his chest even more vigorously. This time, Sixi and the others actually saw some clues from it. They looked at each other, and they were all a little confused. Could this kid really be a woman?
If he is a woman, it is not impossible for him to enter the palace and become a little palace maid, but this requires Concubine Xi to nod. Si Xi glanced at Yinzhen and Ling Ruo, who had already gone far away, and gave up the idea for the time being.
, thought for a moment and said: "How about you go to the inn with Mr. Li to stay first, and after our family returns to Concubine Xi tomorrow, we will decide whether to let you enter the palace."
Of course, this is the case. If Concubine Xi really lets the little beggar enter the palace, she must first find a nanny to verify that the little beggar is indeed a woman.
"No!" The little beggar shook his head like a wave and said nothing, "What if I leave now and you ignore me tomorrow? No, no, why don't you go ask Concubine Xi now?"
Madam, if it doesn't work, just call them back." She finally found someone who was willing to take her in and keep her by her side, saying that she couldn't miss anything anymore.
She has been struggling to make ends meet since she was a child, living with a group of beggars all day long, and being kicked and kicked just to have a full stomach. She is really afraid of the kind of precarious life with no food to eat. Of course, the bag of money
Okay, but it can only protect her for a while at most, and she doesn't understand business. Once the money runs out, life will definitely become the same as before.
Although she stayed with Concubine Xi as a palace maid, and she heard that there were many rules in the palace, but after getting along with her all the way, she could be sure that Concubine Xi was a person with a good temperament, and working by her side should not be too difficult. And the palace was
, there are treasures everywhere, and when Concubine Xi is happy, she can reward herself as much as she wants. Even if she really can't get used to the life in the palace and leaves the palace, she will not have to worry about food and drink for the rest of her life.
"Let us call Concubine Xi back?" Sixi's eyelids jumped and she looked at the little beggar as if she were a madman. "Concubine Xi is the master, and our family is just a slave. How can any slave call the master back?"
Li, you are really crazy."
Seeing that the little beggar still wanted to talk, Sixi became a little impatient after having been pestering him for so long. He lowered his face and said: "We have to rush into the palace to serve the emperor, and we don't have much time to waste time with you here. Anyway.
Either you take the money and leave immediately, or you follow Mr. Li to the inn and stay there, and then wait for news from our family."
Don't forget that the little beggar is young, but his ability to observe people's emotions is not weak. When he saw Si Xi, he became really angry and had to pretend to follow Li Wei away. In the meantime, he kept turning around to tell Si Xi not to forget this.
thing.
This man must be really troublesome! Sixi shook his head, ignored the little beggar, and hurried to Yemen.
From the Daqing Gate to the Yangxin Hall, there are endless lights along the way, making the entire harem dyed with a layer of luxurious color.
Outside the Yangxin Hall, the water-red lights were particularly bright. Under the flickering lights, Ling Ruo smiled sweetly, stopped and said, "Your Majesty, my concubine's residence is in Chengqian Palace?"
Yinzhen looked at her with a half-smile, and said softly: "Wouldn't it be better to stay with me tonight?"
Ling Ruo's face turned slightly red, and she lowered her head and said, "I have been away from the palace for many days, and I miss Hongli very much. I want to go and see him first."
"That's fine." This time, Yinzhen didn't object and nodded: "If Hongli sees you coming back, I don't know how to be happy." At this point, he called Sixi and said: "Go and carry the shoulder."
Come, take Concubine Xi back to Chengqian Palace."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." When they boarded the carriage, Ling Ruo said with concern to Yinzhen, who was standing at the foot of the white marble steps watching her leave: "Your Majesty, you have had a hard journey, rest early. I will come back tomorrow to pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Yinzhen nodded with a smile, and waited until the palace lanterns in front of and behind the carriage were submerged in the darkness, before turning back and entering the Yangxin Hall. He was indeed a little tired from running all the way, but fortunately, the person he wanted finally returned to his side.
, finally this trip was not in vain.
Chengqian Palace stands quietly in the darkness. This palace, which is still the most gorgeous among the twelve east and west palaces, has fallen silent since Ling Ruo left, letting the dust slowly cover the gorgeousness. No one knows that this is the case.
When will the silence disappear, or maybe it will always be like this...
Yang Hai, who was responsible for the night watch, was awakened by a rapid knock on the door. He quickly got up, picked up the lantern, and ran across the courtyard to open the door. He was quite uneasy. Since the master left, few people have come to Chengqian Palace.
Let alone the middle of the night. In his impression, such an alarming knock on the door would often be accompanied by something bad happening.
Yang Hai punched the palace door hard and was about to ask what was going on when he suddenly saw the man standing at the front. He felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He didn't even know that the wind lantern in his hand fell to the ground. He just stared blankly.
Ling Ruo bent down and picked up the lantern from the ground and handed it to Kang Hai. He chuckled and said, "Why, I've only been away for half a year. Don't you know me?"
Hearing this, Yang Hai suddenly woke up. The master was back. He was really back. Thinking of this, he was so excited that he knelt on his knees and said loudly after taking the lantern: "Slave Yang Hai, please see the master. The master is a thousand years old."
Chitose!"
"Get up." Ling Ruo looked at him with a smile on her lips and stepped into Chengqian Palace, which had been vacant for several months. As for the palace attendants who sent her here, they bowed and left silently.
Looking at the palace that was the same as in her memory, she felt both familiar and emotional. She was back. After narrowly escaping from death several times, she finally returned here.
Yang Hai followed Ling Ruo and said excitedly: "Master returns to the palace. I will go and wake up Nan Qiu, Shui Xiu and the others and kowtow to the master."
Ling Ruo waved her hand and said: "No need, let them sleep. It won't be too late to say hello tomorrow. I want to see Hongli now, so you can keep an eye on me here."
In Yang Hai's respectful response, Ling Ruo turned around and went to the dormitory where Hongli was. The candles lit on the copper-patterned auspicious beast candlesticks were burning faintly, so that the palace would not be too dark.