She hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth, put aside the last bit of reluctance in her heart, and left the East Palace without looking back.
She had already made complete preparations for this day. She followed the route she had studied in advance and came to a remote small garden. She opened the door and walked into a dilapidated house.
Aunt Qi was already waiting here. She said, "You are here."
Xiao Lezi quickly changed into the palace maid's clothes, and Grandma Qi helped her put on the human skin mask and put on makeup carefully.
After the disguise was completed, Xiao Lezi had transformed into an ordinary palace maid with a yellowish complexion, droopy eyes and spots on her face. She followed Nanny Qi and walked towards the palace gate.
Along the way, Xiao Lezi buried her head very low. Although she knew that no one could recognize her like this, she couldn't help but feel guilty. Occasionally when she met the patrolling guards, she wanted to put her whole head down.
Burying it in her belly, Nanny Qi looked at her twice and said nothing more.
When they arrived at the gate of the palace, the two of them were stopped. Aunt Qi took out an imperial token and said, "We followed His Majesty's orders and went out of the palace to do business, and we ask all the officials for your convenience."
As she said that, she gave some more money to the two guards guarding the door.
The guards stuffed the money into their sleeves and roughly looked at the two of them. They thought there was no problem, so they didn't check it carefully. They waved their hands and said, "Let's go."
Xiao Lezi held his breath, lowered his head and followed behind Grandma Qi. Under the watchful eyes of the guards, he walked out of the palace gate step by step.
Finally arrived outside the palace!
The palace gate was already far away. Xiao Lezi breathed a sigh of relief and laughed excitedly: "I'm free! I'm finally free!"
Originally, she planned to use a golden cicada to escape from her shell, but that method was too troublesome and she needed to wait for a good opportunity, but there were no suitable opportunities recently. Xiao Lezi changed her plan temporarily and only used a little sweat medicine to successfully escape from the palace.
The process was so easy!
Aunt Qi looked at her and said calmly: "It's getting late now and the city gate hasn't been opened yet. If we go out of the city now, it will easily arouse suspicion. Let's find a place to stay temporarily in the city first, and wait for the city gate to open tomorrow morning
, I will take you out of the city again."
Xiaolezi said hurriedly: "Thank you!"
They found a very ordinary inn nearby and asked for two rooms. To be on the safe side, Nanny Qi suggested that Xiao Lezi should not tear off the human skin mask. It would not be too late to tear it off after leaving the city tomorrow.
Xiaolezi nodded in agreement.
It's just that the feeling of the human skin mask sticking to my face is really bad. My whole face feels stuffy and suffocating.
The whole night, Xiao Lezi didn't fall asleep. She tossed and turned in bed, dreaming about a better life in the future, wondering how angry Xiao Feng would be after learning that she had run away, and feeling a little itchy on her face.
Are you allergic to the mask?
When she woke up the next morning, Xiaolezi discovered to her dismay that her face was swollen.
Aunt Qi looked at it carefully and said, "Your skin is too tender. The human skin mask cannot stay on your face overnight. This is too bad. I have to remove the human skin mask, otherwise your face will rot."
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Damn it, although my sister is not as beautiful as a beautiful girl, she is still pretty and lovely. If her appearance is ruined, how will she live in the future? The story of the salt-free girl is certainly inspiring, but she really doesn’t have it.
That powerful intellect!
She quickly asked Aunt Qi to tear off the human skin mask. She looked at her face through the mirror. It was red and swollen, and it was covered with red pimples. This was simply a symptom of allergies!
There are no desensitizing drugs in this era, so you have to see a doctor.
Xiao Lezi put on the clothes of an ordinary civilian girl, with a veil wrapped around her face, and was taken to the hospital by Grandma Qi to see a doctor.
There were many people in the medical clinic, and Xiaolezi had to wait in line for a long time before it was her turn.
The doctor in charge of seeing the doctor was an old man with gray hair. He squinted his eyes and felt Xiaolezi's pulse. He opened his eyes wide and looked at her face several times. Finally, with a trembling hand, he wrote down a prescription and said: "Follow this prescription."
Take three pieces of medicine, boil one piece of medicine into two bowls of water, drink one bowl each morning and evening, and then apply some ointment to clear away heat and dissipate toxins. Avoid hot and sour these days, try to keep the taste as light as possible, don't blow the wind, and you will be fine soon.
good."
Knowing that it would not be disfigured, Xiao Lezi breathed a sigh of relief, took the prescription with both hands, and said gratefully: "Thank you."
They went to the counter to grab some medicine, left the hospital, and were about to walk towards the city gate when they heard a fast horse galloping past the road, startling countless pedestrians to scream. Xiao Lezi passed by the horse.
I passed by and was almost hit. I was so frightened that my face turned pale and my heart was beating fast.
When the horse ran far away, Xiao Lezi finally came to his senses. Just as he was about to say something in the direction of the horse, he heard Nanny Qi muttering to herself next to him: "That's a tribute from the royal family."
Horses, it seems something big happened in the palace..."
Xiao Lezi immediately felt guilty. Could it be that Xiao Feng found out that she had run away and sent someone on horseback to chase her?
That's not right. She is just a little eunuch. If you want to arrest her, all you need to do is put up a statistical notice, and even the royal horses will be dispatched? Although she is shameless, she still has this bit of self-awareness.
Xiao Lezi couldn't help but look towards the direction of the palace. What big thing happened there?
Forget it, no matter what happens, it has nothing to do with her.
Now that she finally got what she wanted and finally regained her freedom, she can never jump into the fire pit again!
She swung the medicine bag and continued to walk towards the city gate, but after a few steps, another royal horse galloped over and passed her, knocking the medicine bag out of her hand.
The horse ran away quickly, the medicine bag fell on the ground, and the medicinal materials were scattered all over the ground.
It is unbearable!
Xiao Lezi yelled in the direction of the horse: "Give me my regards to your family's eighteen generations of ancestors!"
If the medicine is gone, you have to buy a new one.
Xiao Lezi returned to the Taoist clinic angrily, slapped the prescription on the counter, and said, "Give me three more prescriptions, wrap them tightly, don't use oil paper, use cloth!"
After grabbing the medicine, Xiao Lezi and Nanny Qi walked towards the city gate again. This time they learned to be smart and deliberately avoided the crowded roads and chose the less crowded paths. Although they took a little detour, they didn't have to go back.
Meet the damn royal horse.
When they arrived at the city gate, they found that the city gate had been closed. Many people who wanted to leave the city were stopped and gathered around the city gate to discuss the matter.
Xiao Lezi and Aunt Qi looked at each other, and they stepped forward to ask what was going on. After those people described the matter sentence by sentence, they roughly came to the conclusion of the matter.
...The emperor was assassinated, the whole city was under martial law, and the assassins were hunted down.
Xiao Lezi couldn't help but look up at the sky, wanting to cry without tears. What kind of bad luck is this? If you want to go out of the city, you will encounter a rare event like the assassination of the emperor. She remembered that she washed her face when she went out.
!
Looking at this posture, you won’t be able to go out again in the short term. If you don’t do it right, you will be suspected of being an assassin. By then, you might even jump into the Yellow River and you won’t be able to escape!
Xiao Lezi squatted on the roadside and felt a toothache: "What should we do now?"
Aunt Qi looked at her quietly: "I have to go back to the palace."
Xiao Lezi suddenly jumped up and looked at her helplessly: "What should I do? You can't just abandon me like this!"
She hugged Aunt Qi's arm and put on a posture of "you are such a heartless person, you can't let me go. I will stick with you even if I die." Nanny Qi shook her arm several times but was unable to get rid of her.
He had no choice but to say: "Otherwise, you can go back to the inn and stay there. When I come back from the palace after finishing my work, I will find a way to get you out of the city."
Although this method sounds a bit cheating, but now I can't think of any other better method, so Xiao Lezi could only let go of his hand angrily and said: "Oh."
They returned to the inn. Before Nanny Qi left, Xiao Lezi hugged her arm again and cried with snot and tears: "You must come back as soon as possible. I will wait for you here until the end of the world."
,嘤嘤嘤嘤…”
"..." Aunt Qi tried her best to ignore the snot dripping from her nose on her sleeves, struggled to get rid of her, and left without looking back.
Looking at her back that quickly disappeared from sight, Xiao Lezi bit her handkerchief, her eyes were filled with sadness, and her heart ached.
It's really boring to stay alone in this inn. Now is a sensitive period. She doesn't dare to go out casually and stays in the inn room all day. She just feels that this life is too difficult.
She spent her daily life eating, sleeping, and reading novels. Occasionally she would go to the lobby on the first floor and listen to the storytellers telling jokes. These days they all told jokes about the emperor's assassination.
The storyteller was so speechless that he told a mysterious and bizarre assassination case into various unbelievable versions.
Such as the "I love you so much, why don't you love me" version, or the cool and handsome version of "let the emperor get a knife when the weather gets cold", and even the fox fairy repaying the favor by planning to kill the emperor and take his old man with him.
The curious version of becoming a fairy...
Regarding this, Xiao Lezi just wants to ask one thing... Mr. Storyteller, why did you give up treatment?!
After about five days of such boring days, the redness and swelling on Xiao Lezi's face had been basically eliminated. She touched her face without leaving a trace of shame. She must give a thumbs up to the superb medical skills of the old doctor whose hands were shaking when writing prescriptions!
Someone knocked on the door outside.
Xiao Lezi reluctantly put down the mirror and asked: "Who is it?"
"It's me, the waiter, here to bring you lunch."
Today's lunch was delivered so quickly. Xiao Lezi got up and walked to the door. When he opened the door, he saw two strong guards standing next to the waiter. As soon as they saw Xiao Lezi, they slapped him without saying a word.
She fainted.
I said, buddies, if you hit someone when you meet them, do you know what it means to cherish a woman’s beauty? You deserve to be single for the rest of your life!
She didn't know how long she had been unconscious. When Xiao Lezi woke up, she found herself lying on a big bed. She looked around and saw a very familiar room layout. She remembered that this was where she slipped out of the East Palace five days ago.
Very good, she Hu Hansan is back again!
"..." Xiao Lezi looked at the bed and was about to cry. He shook a lot and returned to the starting point. All the previous efforts were in vain. This is a cheating reality!
After a while, she finally discovered another deceiving reality... (To be continued)