On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 373: Crying 3
Only one day had passed in the forty-nine days, and Xiao Xiao didn't want to eat vegetarian food all the time, so she gave the maid an idea: "Go to my house tomorrow and bring back some braised meat, roast chicken, roast duck, etc. We can eat secretly in the house."

Meng Hui was a little worried: "If Master knew about this, it would be bad, right?"

Yiqing immediately said, "Master goes out early and comes back late, it shouldn't be difficult for us to hide it from him, right?"

In the past, they would not have dared to say such things in front of Xiao Xiao.

But they had experienced a lot together on the farm before, and they felt that their master was a man of loyalty and righteousness, and was willing to take risks to save his stepmother.

To the extent that they all believed that their master was a rare good person.

There is no need to worry about being kicked out if you say something wrong.

As a result, his temperament has become much more lively.

Xiao Xiao couldn't help laughing when she heard them singing the same tune: "I'll listen to you and keep it a secret from you, Master."

In fact, even if they didn't say it, Xiao Xiao didn't plan to let Li Yan know.

To her, the princess was just a stranger who had never met her before and had not done anything worthy of praise.

Therefore, Xiao Xiao doesn't feel very sad.

But Li Yan can be regarded as the prince's confidant. In order to win over people for her son, the princess will definitely be friendly to Li Yan in order to win over the hearts of the people.

Now the princess can be considered to have died young.

The death was so sudden, the Crown Prince must be very sad, and Li Yan, who was always by his side, would also be sad.

She was not stupid. If she treated Li Yan to a feast at this time, not only would he not be grateful, he would probably be angry with her.

When she went to the funeral again the next day, Xiao Xiao found that the smoke and fog that surrounded her before was already a good thing. Now support had arrived, and they had invited monks from somewhere, and they were all sitting around chanting sutras.

To Xiao Xiao, who had no wisdom, the sound of the chanting was not just noise, but rather Buddhist music that made people drowsy.

But Xiao Xiao didn't dare to fall asleep in this situation. When she felt uncomfortable, she would secretly pinch her thigh with her hands.

She also used heavy force, which was enough to hurt her so that she would wake up instantly.

Fortunately, it was only an hour, and after pinching the pin three or four times, I could leave the palace and go home.

When she returned home, the two maids quickly closed the doors and windows and let Xiao Xiao eat the various braised dishes they brought from the Xiao family.

After they finished eating, they opened the windows to ventilate the food, burned incense to disperse the smell, and of course did not forget to rinse their mouths.

After several days in a row, Xiao Xiao felt that habit was a terrible thing.

Now, she can even listen to the masters chanting without falling asleep.

She also took the opportunity to quietly observe the ladies and girls who were crying at the funeral.

I didn't see how thin and haggard they were, they just didn't dare to put on makeup.

That’s not right. Everyone says that if you want to be pretty, you have to dress pretty.

Xiao Xiao saw several girls wearing thin mourning clothes, which made her suspect that they were only wearing thin cotton coats.

This is really a desperate effort to make it look good.

Of course Xiao Xiao was more curious about what everyone was eating in private.

Anyway, she doesn't believe that everyone is really a vegetarian.

After she finished her wild thoughts, she saw Madam Li reaching out to her again. She cooperated and helped her up, and left the palace with the other female relatives.

Since Madam Zhou also came to the palace to mourn, Zhou would take this opportunity to say a few words to her mother. As a result, only Xiao Xiao was around Madam Li.

Mrs. Li would not have any objection if it happened once or twice, but Zhou would go to her mother to talk almost every day, and even when she came back after talking, she seemed absent-minded.

This made Mrs. Li feel uncomfortable.

The main reason was that her own son was still missing. Seeing Zhou's mother and daughter mumbling endlessly, she suspected that they were already planning to remarry.

Therefore, in the past few days, Mrs. Li's complexion has become uglier day by day.

Seeing Zhou approaching Madam Zhou to grumble again today, Madam Li couldn't help but snorted coldly, "Okay, no need to wait for Zhou, let's go first?"

Xiao Xiao was quite sensible: "Mother has lost a lot of weight these days. She should go back home and rest early."

These days, Xiao Xiao didn't notice that the women in other families had lost weight, but Mrs. Li was visibly thinner and more haggard.

That was definitely not because the princess had passed away, but because there was still no news about her beloved son.

Therefore, Xiao Xiao became much more obedient and did not dare to make Mrs. Li unhappy at this time.

Just as Xiao Xiao opened the curtain and was about to let the driver go, she saw Zhou coming. She stepped on the stepping stool and got into the carriage. She said to Madam Li, "Mother, my mother said that my eldest sister wanted to come and pay her respects to you."

Madam Li had also heard that Zhou's eldest sister was taken back by her family to live with her for a while because her husband died of an acute illness.

It is said that it is not suitable for a newly widowed person to move around.

But she was going to her younger sister's in-laws' house. Madam Li mistakenly thought that Da Zhou wanted to come and see her younger sister, so she politely declined: "Our two families are close friends. Whenever your sister comes, we will open the bed to welcome her."

"It's just that the princess hasn't been buried yet, so I have to neglect your sister in terms of food."

The subtext is: We don't welcome your elder sister.

Unfortunately, Zhou seemed to be unable to hear the hidden meaning behind Mrs. Li's words: "We are family, no need to be polite."

Madam Li was already in a bad mood. When she heard her daughter-in-law was still playing dumb with her, she immediately frowned. When she was about to refuse, someone rode up in front of her and seemed to recognize the driver. He shouted, "Madam, the second young master is back."

Mrs. Li suspected that she was dreaming. She suddenly lifted the curtain and asked nervously, "What did you say? Say it again?"

"Madam, the second young master has been brought back by the people sent by the general. The general ordered me to report the news first."

Mrs. Li was so excited that she almost cried: "My son is back, let's go, go back home quickly."

She just wanted to see her son return safe and sound in person, only then would she feel at ease.

When they returned to the general's mansion, Li Yuan had also returned.

Xiao Xiao saw that although he looked a little haggard, there was nothing missing from what she could see.

When mother and son meet, they cannot hug each other and cry, but they both have tears in their eyes and talk nonsense.

Now that her son is back, Mrs. Li's spirits have improved. As a Buddhist, she even feels that Mrs. Zhou is a lucky star.

She hasn't even arrived yet, but good things have happened in her family.

Now she would not object to Da Zhou coming to visit.

It doesn’t matter if there are no delicacies from land and sea, bird’s nest and various pastries can also be used to entertain guests.

But what surprised Xiao Xiao and Madam Li was that they actually knew Mrs. Zhou, the beauty they had run into in the palace.

During this meeting, whether it was the way Da Zhou spoke or the way she moved her hands and feet, everything was as smooth as flowing water, making people unable to help but take a second look at her.

He just didn't like socializing, and when he saw them, he just bowed and thanked them dryly: "I haven't thanked the madam and the grandmother yet, I'm sorry."