Glory in Troubled Times: The Empress' Growth Path

Chapter 7
It is really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.

Hua Qiong quietly went back to the firewood room, and took out the things she had prepared before, a wooden pick, and two small knots of hard firewood. These two things are the residue left when chopping firewood, and natural tools are the most difficult to guard against.

The reason why I didn't take Granny Wang's key was because I didn't want to implicate her.

This is the person who first came to this world and taught himself how to make traps, fish, and let himself eat meat!

In the middle of the night, Hua Qiong picked up the flint that was used to ignite the roasted sweet potatoes, and lit the small piece of hard firewood outside the woodshed.

It was terribly cold in the middle of the night in winter, and the small piece of firewood in Hua Qiong's hand moved like a ghost in the heavy snow.

When she got close to the room where the second son of the Zhao family was, Hua Qiong's hands were almost frozen. She quickly took out the pick, reached into the gap in the door, and gently turned the door bolt until there was a slight and crisp sound.

Hua Qiong quickly opened the door and entered to avoid the cold wind blowing to the people in the house, but he couldn't stay too long, the firewood would still smell a little smoke, and it would be a disaster if they woke them up.

According to the memories of the day, Hua Qiong touched the desk, looked at the two bundles in front of him, but encountered difficulties.

During the day, I only saw the ball carrying the bags over, but I didn't know which bag belonged to whom.When I was feeling sad, I vaguely smelled a quiet fragrance of plum blossoms.

Hua Qiong is very familiar with this taste, it is the white jade cloud cake eaten by skinny boys!

When I sniffed it closer, the scent of plum blossoms became clearer. Through the location of the scent, I could immediately confirm the burden of the skinny boy.

But the scent of this pastry will be soaked into the fabric!You can imagine how delicious it is!

Then Hua Qiong gently unwrapped the skinny boy's bag, slipped Wang'er's copy of the article into his arms, took Yunpian Cake away, and finally tied the bag again and put it back in place.

At this time, Hua Qiong tiptoed into the place where the two boys were sleeping, and saw that "ball" was sleeping soundly, breathing with his mouth open.Hua Qiong squeezed some crumbs of Yunpian Cake from his bosom, and sprinkled it around "Peel Ball", some powder fell into his mouth, and he subconsciously pursed his lips.

Hua Qiong almost laughed out loud looking at him.

But the moment he finished spreading the pastry powder in his hands and left the ball, "Ball" turned over, grabbed Hua Qiong's hand, held it tightly in his arms, and rubbed a lot of saliva on her hand.

Hua Qiong was shocked, and didn't dare to move for a while, until his hand was almost numb, he gently sniffed "Ball" until his breathing became stable again, and then he dared to try to pull his hand out.

My god, why is the "ball" so powerful.

It seems that I have never treated my mouth badly.

After many attempts, he finally pulled his hand out of "Ball"'s arms.

"Second, what are you doing?"

Hua Qiong quickly blew out the firewood, and the house fell into darkness again.

Pi Qiu always felt that the Yunpian cake in his dream was taken away by his second child again, and he saw a figure shaking in front of his eyes in a daze.

"I have a jade pendant, hehe, jade pendant..."

Hua Qiong squatted under the bed, stepped on the extinguished thin firewood, tried to prevent the smell of smoke from escaping, and covered her mouth at the same time, not daring to vent her breath, for fear of waking up the Zhao family.

When he got up again, he didn't know when he lit the firewood with a flint, rubbed his numb legs, and saw the jade pendant of the "ball" was holding in his hand.

"Ball, oh, your jade pendant, I'll borrow it."

This time Hua Qiong took the jade pendant out of his hand without much effort, carefully exited their bedroom again, used the firewood pick to lift the suction latch inside, and locked the door of their bedroom from the outside.

At this time, the candles in Mrs. Zhao's room opposite were flickering, and she had already reached the door.

Too late to go back to the firewood room!
Hua Qiong took advantage of her height and quickly hid at the mouth of the well. Just now, she was in shape, and the door of Mrs. Zhao's bedroom opened at the same time.

It turned out that Wang Ting went out to get up at night with a small candlestick, and there was a candle in the house for lighting!
God-sent timing!

Hua Qiong saw Wang Ting's candle went into the toilet, and rushed to Mrs. Zhao's room. There was a curtain in one direction in the room, and a very low bed in the other, obviously not for Mrs. Zhao to sleep in.

Reaching out to touch it, there is still warmth in the quilt.

Eighty percent is where Wang Ting sleeps.

Hua Qiong found Wang Ting's clothes in the quilt, and stuffed the "ball" jade pendant into Wang Ting's pocket.

If the property is lost, it is inevitable that innocent people will be punished. It is most appropriate to put it here. In the end, some pastry powder was sprinkled on her clothes.

After doing everything, Hua Qiong quickly withdrew from Mrs. Zhao's room.

The moment Hua Qiong stepped out of the room, Hua Qiong was stopped.

"Wang Ting, pour me a glass of water."

Mrs. Zhao actually woke up at this time!
At this time, the candlelight outside the window began to flicker, Wang Ting was coming back!

There were wolves in front and tigers in back, Hua Qiong had no choice but to bite the bullet and go back into the house, got a glass of water on the table, and then walked slowly behind the curtain.

Opening the outer curtain, fortunately there is another layer inside. At this moment, Mrs. Zhao's hand is stretched out, waiting for water to drink.

Hua Qiong walked over cautiously, handed the water to Mrs. Zhao, and after the person behind the curtain finished drinking, handed out the cup again.

Hua Qiong hurried to pick it up, but the person behind the curtain didn't intend to let go of the cup.

"Wang Ting, don't think about whether or not you should move the master, it will benefit you, otherwise, be careful with your skin!"

"Yes." Hua Qiong squeezed her throat, imitating Wang Ting's voice.

Only then did Mrs. Zhao let go of the cup, and Hua Qiong breathed a sigh of relief.

The breathing sound of the people behind the curtain gradually stabilized, and Wang Ting also came back from the outside and closed the door.

"call..."

Hua Qiong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ma'am, are you calling me?"

Damn, why come again!
Wang Ting's figure holding a candle was getting closer and closer, and she was about to pull back the outermost curtain with one hand.

When Wang Ting approached the master bedroom, a cup was handed out from behind the curtain.

Is the sun out in the west today?Madame pours water by herself in the middle of the night?
But as a servant, I dare not ask more questions.

Had to take away the cup.

"Madam, do you want to drink?"

The person behind the curtain stretched out a hand, waved it, and motioned for it not to be used.

Wang Ting backed out tactfully, blew out the candles, and fell asleep.

Hua Qiong, who was standing on Mrs. Zhao's bed, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and put Mrs. Zhao's hand back under the quilt.

It seems that good sleep quality is really important!

At least I admire the Zhao family in this regard.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Hua Qiong came out of his wife's room smoothly, and put the bolt on the door from the outside.

When she returned to the firewood room, Grandma Wang had just woken up and smelled the fragrance of plum blossoms.

"Girl, why don't you sleep?"

"Mother-in-law, I can't sleep, I want to go back and see my mother's relics."

Grandma Wang opened the side door for Hua Qiong, only to see Wang Ya standing outside the door for a long time, already frozen stiff.

"Hungry, cold."

Wang Ya raised her eyes weakly, then her whole body softened, and the two carried Wang Ya back to the woodshed to keep her warm, while Granny Wang quietly went to the kitchen to boil hot water.

"Wang Ya, why are you standing outside the door?"

"Wang, Wang Ting, said that I stole food and fined me not to sleep tonight, but I didn't, woo, I haven't eaten for several days, I'm so hungry."

Hua Qiong warmed her trembling hands with distress, thinking that her concern for tomorrow would implicate Grandma Wang, it seems that she should not be too soft-hearted towards some people!
Plans came to mind again.

(End of this chapter)