Chapter 7 The sense of urgency

"Mother, how are you?"

Li Chengmu stood outside the door and knocked on the door.

"Well, come in."

Xia Jing washed her face with half a basin of water, then roughly wiped her body, and the most important thing was to soften the socks on her feet that were stuck to the blood blisters.

She has lived in the last days for many years, and she has more experience in water conservation than anyone else.

Li Chengmu pushed the door open and came in, and found Xia Jing sitting on the armchair with bare feet, his footsteps paused slightly, and then he walked in front of her with a guilty conscience.

"Mother Concubine, your foot is hurt!"

"Well, it was not easy to walk all the way through mountains and rivers yesterday." Xia Jing wanted to dry the water on her feet and wrap them in cloth strips, but she didn't expect her son to turn red when he saw the injuries on his feet.

She was slightly taken aback, feeling a little awkward emotionally towards her son who appeared out of nowhere, and even a little uncomfortable with her new identity.

Facing the broken wound, Li Chengmu felt guilty and distressed: "You wait, I'll go to the housekeeper to get some ointment."

After all, he ran out of the room before Xia Jing could respond.

The back disappeared at the door, Xia Jing looked down at the blood blisters on her feet, and moved her toes. The injury was not serious, not even a minor injury. I didn't expect this kid to be so nervous.

What she said just now was just to prevent others from noticing her abnormality. After all, the original owner has lived in the rich nest for more than ten years, and has already raised her body delicately.

Not long after, Li Chengmu came back, put medicine on her feet, sprinkled the medicine powder on the wound, it was cool and comfortable.Then wrap it with cloth strips and tie it tightly.

Xia Jing put on her shoes and walked down the ground for a few steps. Seeing her son looking at her expectantly, she paused for a while: "Well, I feel much better after taking the medicine."

Li Chengmu became happy in an instant, and asked someone to bring a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun, "Mother and Concubine, the conditions here in Wangling's tomb are simple, you just make it up, we will set off after you have finished your lunch, and we must catch up before dark." Go to the county seat to join our fourth brother and the others."

Hearing this, a man with a sweet mouth who dressed like a peacock and dressed up all day appeared in Xia Jing's mind.

From the memory of the original owner, it was known that this son liked her and King Qian very much, and the most important thing was that the fourth son, Li Chengyi, knew how to please his family.

After lunch, Xia Jing was helped out of the courtyard gate of the Divine Kitchen Hall. Outside the courtyard, there was a tall horse standing in the water, coupled with a guard with a knife standing next to the horse, it was majestic and quite imposing!
If it wasn't for the experience of being chased away by bandits yesterday and losing her coffin in the end, Xia Jing would be more optimistic about them.

Seeing their mother and son coming out, Zeng Yan hurriedly greeted them and bowed: "Princess, there is no carriage on the Wangling's side. On the way back, I will wrong you and Lord Wu to ride a horse together. I will prepare it for you when we arrive at the county seat." What do you think of the carriage?"

"Going out, you can arrange everything." Xia Jing's attention was attracted by the horse in front of her.

This was the first time in her life that she saw a creature like a horse, so she suppressed the curiosity in her heart and did not go forward to stroke the shiny mane of the horse.

The real experience let her know that the horse looks majestic, and the feeling of riding it is not as comfortable as a car.

I bumped and bumped all the way, and when I arrived at the county town, night fell.

Li Chengyi, the fourth master of Prince Qian's Mansion, got the news in advance and knew about Xia Jing's resurrection, so he waited in the lobby of the inn early on, stretched his neck and waited at the door of the inn when he heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance.

Xia Jing's buttocks almost broke into four, and just as her own son helped her off the saddle, out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a black figure rushing towards her, and she hurriedly suffocated the pain in her buttocks and dodged cleverly.

Li Chengyi flinched, stared blankly for a moment, and immediately reacted, turned to Xia Jing and cried with joy: "Mother, you are finally back, my son thought he would never see you again."

Xia Jing looked at the dark-eyed and tall 'son' opposite her. The most important thing was that he was a few years older than her actual age.

What is it like to be called a mother by a man older than yourself?
Anyway, whoever experiences it will know!

Xia Jing didn't know why the original owner thought he was lovable, anyway, when she heard him calling her concubine mother, goose bumps all over her body rose.

Li Chengmu supported Xia Jing, and naturally felt her shivering, "Fourth Brother, Mother Concubine followed us all the way, you let her go in and rest for a while before talking about anything else."

"Fifth brother is right, I was negligent, mother and concubine, please." Li Chengyi smiled and moved out of the way.

Xia Jing is not so weak that she has to be supported to walk, but if she is to face Li Chengyi's enthusiasm, she would rather be weaker than Liu Fufeng, and let her own son help her in.

Walking all the way into the inn, Li Chengyi followed behind and introduced Xia Jing's arrangements for the inn, and asked her what other needs she had. The 'filial piety' was really overwhelming.

After entering the guest room, Xia Jing drove everyone out, and when she was the only one left in the room, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she had tried her best to act according to the character of the original owner, she couldn't get too out of line with her sons on the first day.

The eldest, second and fifth sons have good personalities, but getting along with the fourth son who just met is too much pressure for Xia Jing who doesn't like to get too close to others.

The room is very simple, with only one bed and one table with four stools, and a set of kettles on the table.

Xia Jing opened the lid of the kettle and took a look in. There was half a pot of water in the kettle, and she poured a cup for herself. The warm water entered her throat, moisturizing her dry throat, and even relieved some of the fatigue from the journey.

Xia Jing feels that no one is perfect, if this detail is arranged by Li Chengyi, then the fourth son can be seen to have merit.

The inn is guarded by guards, so there is no need to worry about safety for the time being, but the habits she has developed in the last days make her worry about entrusting safety to others.

She checked the room habitually. When she checked the windows, she was condescending from the second floor and had a relatively wide view. She found that there were few pedestrians on the street, and there were more or less sleepy refugees on the side of the street and in some alleys. .

Judging from the half pot of tea just now, Xia Jing analyzed that although the north has been dry for three years, some hundred-year-old wells in the capital area can still produce water, not much, otherwise there would be no people on the streets.

If it doesn't rain, the deep well won't last long. Beidi invaded the border, refugees rioted in the disaster area, and the imperial court, forced by various reasons, had to move south.

The bleak scene outside the window gave Xia Jing a sense of urgency.

At this time, the door knocked, and when she opened the door, she found a maid standing outside the door holding a tray, but this maid's eyes were complicated and difficult to understand, which made Xia Jing a little confused for a while.

"Princess, servant girl"

Hongmei met Shang Xia Jing's inquisitive eyes, was startled by her rudeness just now, and lowered her head guiltyly.

Xia Jing found out from her memory that the maid in front of her was Hongmei, the big maid beside the original owner.

She turned around and walked in: "Come in."

Hongmei walked into the room anxiously, and when they looked at each other just now, she could feel that the master seemed to be a little different.

If it was usual, if he didn't see their two personal maids for a day, the master's eyes would be full of joy when he saw them for the first time.

But when they looked at each other just now, she saw indifference and alienation.

This shouldn't be, could it be that she and Baimei were unwilling to be buried with the master and found out?

(End of this chapter)

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