Who says maids don't fall for the city

Chapter 38
I froze, not knowing why he was looking at me like that.The plum fragrance in the hair is rich, dyeing the whole world with a layer of fragrance.

Ji Qing'er.He suddenly called out in a low voice.He raised his face slightly, and there was a layer of mist in his eyes.

I hate you.

"Ah!" He opened his eyes suddenly, and the candlelight was faintly reflected on the top of the tent.

Minghui has been sent back to the room by me, and I am the only one in the quiet room at the moment.

Taking a deep breath, he calmed down the uneasiness in his heart.His forehead was covered with sweat. It was hard to sweat profusely in such a cold day.

With a sigh, it seems that he has to change his clothes again.

Before he could move, he suddenly heard the sound of knocking on the door downstairs.After a while, Xiao Er's dissatisfied murmur sounded.

"Who? It's the middle of the night, and no one is allowed to sleep!" Although he was complaining, the sound of opening the door sounded as expected.

"Ah!" Xiao Er exclaimed, followed by a burst of panic. "What are you doing?!"

The source of the sound came up the stairs, coming straight in my direction.In just a second, there was a "boom" outside the door, as if kneeling straight on the ground.

"Miss Xu" Xing Chen cried, "Please go and see the young master!"

She cried hoarsely, and everyone in the inn was woken up, cursing.

But I just stared blankly at the door, as if I couldn't remember anything.The inside of the house is different from the warmth outside, like spring.

Minghui, who was sleeping in the cubicle, came out of the room and asked in confusion, "Miss Xingchen, what's wrong with you?"

A little spark came out of the stove and exploded with a "bang".

Throwing off the quilt abruptly, he ran to the door, opened the door, and Xing Chen knelt on the ground, describing himself in a state of embarrassment.

Everyone was shocked by me and stared blankly.

Minghui exclaimed, and hurried into the house to get the clothes.

But I can only stare at the stars, and I can't even speak half a word.

But she seemed to know what I was thinking, crying and said: "Young Master, Young Master has been sick since the rain that day, and he is about to die, please go and have a look..."

...

Her words were like thunder, and a stormy sea gradually arose in my heart.I don't remember anything for a moment, I only know that Minghui wrapped me in clothes, and I just desperately called Mingchen to prepare the carriage.

It wasn't until Minghui reminded them that they both followed Cheng Yu to find Lengxiang.So he ran wildly and went straight to Shangshu's mansion.

There was an exclamation behind him, mixed with the sound of the wind, it was already inaudible.

Stepping on the bluestone slab with bare feet, the cold air penetrates the skin and reaches the heart.The clothes that Minghui put on me hastily fell to the ground, and I only had a thin white robe on my body.

A couple of people passed by on horseback on the street, and the leader seemed to say "Hey" when they passed by me.

I looked ahead, and the dream just now kept going back to the room in my mind.He made hairpins for me, he pulled back the swing for me, he raised his face, his eyes filled with water.He told me I hate you.

It seems that every time he gets hurt for me, no matter in Qiansheng or Luoyang.

The gravel on the road cut the soles of my feet, and the pain spread all over my body. I stopped walking, and suddenly someone hugged me from behind.His breath poured over my neck, warming my stiff body, but after relaxing, it was numb like the pain of thousands of ants crawling over.

"What's going on?" he asked softly, putting his hands around my shoulders so I was facing him.A pair of eyes full of inquiry and pity searched my face.

But I grabbed his hand as if I had found a savior, "Cheng Feng, take me to find Li Xiaoyi!"

He froze, perhaps because he was frightened by my doomsday expression. After a while, he shook my hand calmly and pulled me back onto the horse.He said "continue to patrol" to the entourage waiting behind him, and then rode his horse towards Shangshu's mansion.

The wind blows over the sideburns, and the loose long hair flies with the wind.Cheng Feng pulled out his hand holding the rein and wrapped it around mine.His kiss fell behind my head, and my words made me feel a lot more at ease. "Don't cry, it's okay."

Only then did I realize that my face was covered with tears, and I quickly took a few deep breaths to wipe away the tears.

When they arrived at the Shangshu Mansion, the servants would naturally recognize Chengfeng's identity.Hearing that we wanted to find Li Xiaoyi, he didn't dare to make things difficult, so he obeyed his orders and led us to Qingxinju.Before entering the gate, I heard a woman crying.

Panicked, he rushed in regardless of Chengfeng.When they came to Li Xiaoyi's bedroom, they saw that it was crowded with people.There was an elderly woman crying on the edge of his bed, she must be the second wife.Another older woman comforted him.A middle-aged man stood beside the bed.

"Li Shangshu", Cheng Feng called out to the man, the man turned his head almost startled, and hurriedly greeted Cheng Feng.The others followed Li Shangshu's name and saluted Cheng Feng.

Taking advantage of this gap, I pushed aside the servant girl and walked to the bed.No one noticed.Li Xiaoyi lay quietly, her face was pale and her lips were chapped.

A servant girl brought up the medicine, the second lady hurriedly took it, and I helped Li Xiaoyi to sit up.She scooped up a spoonful of the black potion, and I pinched Li Xiaoyi's mouth slightly open.She poured the spoon over and the potion flowed into his mouth.

With a sigh of relief, at least he can still take medicine, so it shouldn't be hopeless.

The next second, Li Xiaoyi coughed violently, choking out all the potion that was poured in just now.

The second wife immediately burst into tears, and the maid next to her took the medicine bowl and handed her a handkerchief.

I frowned: "What's going on?"

The servant girl is not like the Second Madam who puts her whole heart on Li Xiaoyi, so she naturally noticed that I came with the Third Prince.Respectfully replied: "Second Young Master has been ill for a few days, and he can't feed the medicine, even if he forcefully swallows it, he will vomit out."

Although there were many people in the room, it was eerily quiet.So the conversation between the two of us seemed particularly abrupt.Everyone looks at me.

At this time, the second lady noticed that I was only wearing obscene clothes, and I looked very embarrassed.

"Your feet?!" she yelled in disbelief.

I looked down, and it turned out that it was only the wound on the sole of my foot that was cut by the gravel, bleeding, staining the floor red.

Before saying anything, the second lady sighed and waved everyone back.The eldest lady was a little displeased, but seeing that Li Xiaoyi might be dying, she didn't refute, and led her servants back out.

The second lady got up and walked to Li Shangshu, just glanced at him, and both of them walked out of the room.

Cheng Feng looked complicated, stood quietly behind me and looked at it for a while, and finally left.

Li Xiaoyi leaned on my shoulder, her eyelashes cast a shadow on her face like a butterfly's wings.He stretched out his right hand to pick up the medicine bowl on the table, and stretched his other hand around his shoulder to his chest.

"Li Xiaoyi" I called out in a low voice, "I came to see you, why did you fall asleep instead." The tone was slightly complaining, "Hurry up and take your medicine."

Suddenly remembered something, couldn't help chuckling: "I'm sick, and you are sick too, we are really destined." A spoonful of the potion was poured into him, but it still flowed out from the corner of his mouth and stained his clothes.

I didn't rub it either, just repeated the action of feeding the medicine over and over again.It's just that most of the bowl was gone, but he still didn't drink a drop.

Frustrated, I threw the bowl aside and leaned my head on his shoulder.

"Wake up," whispered, and suddenly smiled: "What I said earlier was a lie to you, don't believe it."

His eyelashes fluttered slightly.

I gained confidence and said even harder: "You wake up, take good care of your illness, and I will be with you. Okay?"

I'm really a man who deserves a thousand cuts, I lied to him, I nearly killed him.If he is really dead, I will naturally go to Huangquan together.

There was a strong medicinal fragrance on his body, which made people drowsy.

"Li Xiaoyi," holding his hand, "I actually like you too. Don't leave me alone."

He rambled on and on a lot, until phantoms appeared in front of his eyes, and nightmares came.I hugged him and fell on the bed, my eyes seemed to be closed but not closed.Cheng Feng walked in, he frowned at me, then pulled me up, hugged me and left.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Li Xiaoyi's fingers exposed outside the quilt move slightly.

Close your eyes with confidence.

Later Xingchen came to thank me, she said that Li Xiaoyi had already started taking medicine.

Cheng Feng stayed in Chunfeng Building, he didn't ask what happened, but patiently cleaned the wound on my foot, then applied the wound medicine, and then wrapped it with gauze layer by layer.In the end, my feet were swollen like a big rice dumpling.

"How can I walk like this?!" I couldn't help complaining, and gave Minghui a look who wanted to laugh but didn't dare.

Cheng Feng put my feet on his lap without raising his eyebrows: "I just want you to stay well!" He spoke with a vicious expression.

I was dissatisfied, and I retracted my feet and curled up.

Minghui hesitated for a while, and finally asked me cautiously: "Miss still refuses to forgive Second Young Master?
Suddenly there was only silence.

I shook my head: "I've never blamed him, so what's the point of forgiveness?"

"Remember to change the dressing every day, and don't touch the water until the wound is healed." Cheng Feng clapped his hands and stood up, with a lonely look on his face.

"I should go." He said, looking at the misty sky.

I wanted to get up and send him off, but he stopped me.He frowned: "Lie down properly, don't move around." After he finished speaking, he paused slightly, as if he had made a great determination: "Don't worry, the marriage between Li Xiaoyi and Lin Lang is no longer possible." He Sadness flashed across his eyes.

"Ah!" I looked at him in surprise, "Why?"

He didn't answer directly, and didn't even look at me again.He picked up his saber and walked straight away.

It wasn't until three days later, when the imperial decree was promulgated to the world, that I vaguely guessed what Chengfeng's words meant that day.

The eldest prince, Cheng Xiao, was promiscuous in the harem, disregarding human relations, and was placed under confinement, and was not allowed to leave the clan mansion for the rest of his life.

There is also an imperial decree, saying that the second princess Lin Lang died of a sudden illness and was buried in the imperial mausoleum at the beginning of spring.

I finally understood why Cheng Feng had such a hesitant expression that day, he told me that Li Xiaoyi would be free, but his expression was so sad.

Suddenly, I remembered the scene when I first saw Lin Lang. She was dressed in red, and the silver bells jingled as she moved, like a camellia flower in full bloom, so beautiful that people were fascinated.

But now, she is lying alone in the nanmu coffin, she should be dressed in court clothes, intertwined with gold and silver, but she can no longer have the beauty of the past.I have never met the First Prince, but I hate him in my heart.There has always been a thin relationship between the royal children, but it was his own sister after all.

The willow trees by the Liuli Lake began to germinate, showing a tender green color.A piece of thriving, but with some depression.

Cheng Yu didn't find Leng Xiang, it was as if she had evaporated from the world, and she was nowhere to be found.

The entire Prince Yi's mansion turned their backs on their backs, plastered missing person notices all over the city, and promised a lot of money.

Even Imakami personally intervened and ordered the imperial guards to assist in the search.Everyone knows that Princess Nanle is favored and has unlimited limelight.Either for the bounty, or for the legendary appearance that is unparalleled in the world, besides the people in the government, gradually people from the world also participated.

Not long after, someone came to the palace and said that he had seen a woman who looked like Princess Nanle in Chang'an, and was dragged into the Muyun Palace by a carriage.It's just a glimpse of the wind blowing the curtain of the car, but the woman looks like a fairy, and I will never forget it.

When Cheng Yu told me these words, my feet were almost healed.

He knew that I was acquainted with Ling Wu, and hoped that I could accompany him to Chang'an.

Minghui learned the new Luoyang talents and cooked for me.After taking a sip, it was sweet and sour, and I couldn't help giving her a thumbs up and praised her fiercely.

Cheng Yu frowned, stepped forward and snatched my chopsticks away. "Did you hear that?!" He was a little angry. Since he was a child, he would keep his voice cold when he was angry, which made people feel scared.

Embarrassed, I took the veil and wiped my mouth, looking up at him.The sunlight outside the window was just right, and the slanting light came in and brought warmth to the room.The weather is still a bit cold, so dress a lot.It was inconvenient to move, so I just sat and talked with him.

"Everyone in the world knows that Leng Xiang is the Princess of Nanle who was sealed up today. Even so, Ling Xiang took her away." He raised his eyebrows, "Why do you think I can help?" This time it has nothing to do with me, Why should I swim in this muddy water.

Minghui obediently poured two cups of tea, closed the door and backed out.

Cheng Yu frowned: "It is not confirmed that Leng Xiang is in Chang'an, the reason why I am going is to find out the truth." He showed a helpless expression on his face: "Qing'er, can't you help me? I just want Leng Xiang to be safe."

Although I understood it, my heart still couldn't help throbbing.

"I'm just an ordinary citizen." Slightly lowered his eyebrows, restraining his expression.

Cheng Yu stepped forward and covered my hand on the table: "Qing'er, you know, I will hold any bargaining chip in my hand." He spoke very sincerely, which I have never seen before.

chips?Could it be that in his heart I'm just a bargaining chip to protect Leng Xiang, although I can go through fire and water for her?
I don't want to insert into their stories anymore, just to be an inexplicable passerby.Taking a deep breath, I made up my mind to say no.

"I..." Looking up, I saw a pair of peach blossom eyes looking at me deeply.

There seemed to be a thousand words in his eyes, and he seemed to be full of confusion and fear.He looked at me quietly, seeing that my hard-fought heart began to soften a little bit.

The word "good" was said so naturally, and I saw him smile.

With hot eyes, he hurriedly lowered his head, forcing back the tears.When she raised her face again, it was the strong Xu Qing'er again.

"Then prepare well." He frowned and thought for a while, "Don't take it with you, or it will be very troublesome." Then he added, "We will leave tomorrow morning."

He probably couldn't wait any longer, and turned and left without waiting for my reply.He always decides everything for me so easily, and he always thinks that I will always be behind him.

After all, it has been like this for 16 years, and it will not be difficult to have a few more 16 years in the future.

But maybe I really can't hold on anymore.

Briefly explaining the matter, Minghui was worried, but he couldn't hold back me.With tears in my eyes, I went to pack my clothes.

Sitting by the window with his chin propped up for a while, he could faintly see the shadow of the palace from this direction.Originally decorated with lanterns and festoons, now that Leng Xiang is missing, those bright reds inevitably carry a hint of irony.

Suddenly, I saw a carriage passing by downstairs, which looked familiar.

After thinking about it carefully, I remembered that it was the carriage that I took when Shuangshuang went to Li Xiaoyi's invitation.Having nothing to do, just sitting and thinking wildly, simply put on some clothes, went downstairs and followed the carriage.

The coachman drove very slowly, as if he was taking a walk, so I followed with ease.

After walking for a long time, when the carriage stopped, I looked around, only to find that I came to Liuli Lake.It's still the place from last time, and it's still the same person from last time.But it was Shuangshuang and Xiner who came out of the carriage.

Long time no see, both of them are still beautiful, but there is a little sadness between their brows and eyes.But there is also an aura of pity and pity.

There is a painting boat parked by the lake, and the figures on the board are still there.

It's just much thinner than before.Li Xiaoyi turned her back to my direction, quietly looking into the distance, not knowing what scenery it is.

(End of this chapter)