Concubine falling from heaven

Chapter 21
Seeing Meng Zihan staring at him with his mouth pouted, Hua Yankang couldn't help lowering his head and laughing.

Ding Quan hurriedly explained: "Ms. Meng, don't get me wrong. We just think that Ms. Meng has a sense of justice. After all, she is a woman, so I feel a little surprised." After all, Ding Quan is the oldest among them, so he speaks and acts. Also more calm.

Meng Zihan smiled and told them that he didn't care, anyway, he just did what he liked, wanted to do, and thought he should do.After Hua Yankang heard this sentence, he cast a strange look. In order to avoid his scorching eyes, Meng Zihan hurriedly turned his head to look at Yingying.

who?Meng Zihan seemed to see that figure again, so familiar, but every time he looked up to see what was going on, that figure would disappear like an invisible person again.

"What's wrong?" Yingying noticed that Meng Zihan seemed to be looking for something.

"Why do I always feel that I'm being followed?" Meng Zihan said while looking towards the door.

Hua Yankang looked at the door and deliberately teased Meng Zihan: "Could it be that the flower pickers followed here?"

"How could there be flower picking thieves in broad daylight?" Ding Quan was indeed the most honest of them, and he believed even what Hua Yankang said casually.

Meng Zihan glanced at Hua Yankang and said with a smile: "I'm not worried about flower pickers, of course the flower pickers want to pick flowers, and the 'flower' general who is three points more beautiful than a woman will not go." Picking, come to pick vulgar fans like us, so this flower picker is either blind or a fool, right?"

Hearing Meng Zihan's remarks, the drinkers almost spit out all of it.Even An Lingfei who was at the side almost laughed out loud.

Meng Zihan didn't care about them. He saw Yingying selling handkerchiefs just now, so he changed the subject and asked curiously, "By the way, Yingying, you dance so well, why are you selling handkerchiefs?"

Before Yingying could answer, Hua Yankang seized the opportunity to answer: "She is not as lucky as Han'er, she has a prince as her backer, if she doesn't come to do some small business, how can she support herself?"

Cold?Why did he call him by such an intimate name, Meng Zihan became more and more uncomfortable listening to it, and immediately replied: "Don't call him so intimate, I don't know you that well."

Hua Yankang smiled instead of anger: "Why can Commander An call it that, but I can't? Is it a bit biased?"

"General Hua, you..." An Lingfei's face flushed red from the ridicule.

The more you say it, the more outrageous it becomes, and the more you say it, the more nasty, helplessly rolled his eyes and then pursed his lips and smirked at Hua Yankang and said, "Then please do as you please, brother Kang." Meng Zihan imitated Hua Yankang Jing called Hua Yankang, but suddenly a cold current came up from the soles of his feet, making his whole body tremble. I really don't know how Hua Yanjing called so naturally.

Meng Zihan immediately changed his expression after turning his head, and Hua Yankang smiled amusedly.And An Lingfei was also provoked by Meng Zihan's cute words and deeds, so he blocked the urge to laugh with his clenched hands.

Yingying said softly to Meng Zihan: "I can only dance, so I don't know what to do for a while. It happened that I embroidered some handkerchiefs on weekdays when I had nothing to do, so I thought I might as well sell them for some silver taels."

Meng Zihan always felt that there were many unknown pains on Yingying's body, so he tentatively asked: "But the seizure was only yesterday's thing? Yingying, why are you so eager to come out to make money? Is there something unspeakable?"

Yingying felt lonely and hurt when she heard this, Meng Zihan quickly said: "It's okay, if it's inconvenient, don't worry about it." She kept blaming herself, why she was so eager for success, why she was so curious.

Xiao Cui couldn't help but interjected, "Miss is all because of her brother..."

"Xiao Cui!" Yingying stopped Xiao Cui.

"Your brother?" An Lingfei was suspicious.

Amid Meng Zihan and An Lingfei's questioning voices, Yingying finally told the truth: "My brother is young and still ill, if he stops taking the medicine for a day, his life may be in danger, so I am in a hurry to earn some medicine Money." Although there was a slight smile on his face, the tears welling up in his eyes could not deceive anyone.

"So you went to Guose Tianxiang Tower because of your younger brother's illness? Why do you have to go there? Your parents also agree?" Meng Zihan asked tentatively.

"My parents died early, and there are only two siblings left, because the medicine my brother needs is too expensive, so... I really have no choice." Yingying choked up her words, but she kept suppressing her grief and forced a smile on her face.

After hearing Yingying's reasoning, everyone in the room was surprised. Ding Quan and others who were drinking put down their glasses and looked at Yingying with surprised eyes.

When they first saw Meng Zihan rescue Yingying, these self-proclaimed princes and grandchildren felt that Meng Zihan should not be nosy, anyway, she is also a prostitute, and maybe she enjoys being teased.Later, when he saw Yingying coming in, he didn't even pay attention to her.Listening to her soft words, I always feel that she is deliberately trying to attract their attention.But now knowing that she was forced to fall into prostitution for the sake of her younger brother, and when she kept her self-sacrifice and did not sell herself, everyone looked at her with admiration.

Tang Qi picked up the wine glass, got up and said to Yingying: "Miss Yingying is willing to bow down for her younger brother. I really admire her. If she was disrespectful to the girl before, I still hope that the girl is Haihan."

After Tang Qi finished speaking, Hua Yankang and others also got up and raised their wine glasses to respect her. Yingying was flattered and hurriedly got up to pay her respects: "Yingying dare not be treated so favorably by the audience."

Except for Meng Zihan, several people drank their wine glasses in one gulp.Hua Yankang saw that Meng Zihan hadn't even touched a drop of wine, and asked with a puzzled smile, "Why don't you drink, Han'er?"

A question made everyone present cast their eyes on Meng Zihan, and Meng Zihan kept complaining, why did this Hua Yankang fight against her everywhere?When Meng Zihan saw them drinking just now, Meng Zihan was already completely uncomfortable.

Yesterday, she was drunk and had a good time with Mu Xuanchen, and it is estimated that it will become her shadow in this life.I thought that no one would find out and just sit down, but who knew that this hateful Hua Yankang just refused to let her go.

An Lingfei had seen Meng Zihan drink wine when she was at the same table as them in the Chen Palace. Although she didn't know why she didn't drink today, she still wanted to help her out. He raised his glass and said that he would drink for Meng Zihan. Know Hua Yankang but vowed not to give up.In desperation, Meng Zihan could only take a sip of his drink.

"Okay, I've drunk the wine, and the meal is almost finished, if you have anything else to do, go on, I'm leaving!" Meng Zihan put down his glass and added: "There will be a date later!"

At any rate, I stayed in this ancient time for a while, and I learned a lot about the etiquette of the ancients.

Seeing that Meng Zihan wanted to leave the banquet, Yingying immediately put down her wine glass to bid farewell to everyone.Hua Yankang no longer had any reason to keep Meng Zihan. An Ling had to escort Meng Zihan back home, so Hua Yankang could only call Xiaoer to pay the bill, and then sent them to the door with Tang Qi and the others and told them Several people said goodbye.

Hua Yankang narrowed his eyes and looked at Meng Zihan's back, with an intriguing smile on the corner of his mouth.

After parting ways with Hua Yankang and the others, Meng Zihan and An Lingfei came to Yingying's residence, and found that although the place was small, it was very tidy.

Xiaocui learned from Xiaocui that it turned out that Yingying was not born into a poor family.She used to be a lady of every family, well read poetry and books.Just because her family was in decline, and her younger brother was born with a serious disease, the daily medical expenses were beyond the reach of ordinary people, so she had to fall into a brothel.Apart from brothels, what else can a weak woman provoke such a family?

An Lingfei, who was always sunny and cheerful, frowned when he heard this kind of encounter.

Meng Zihan and An Lingfei wanted to contribute some money, but Yingying refused.Meng Zihan could understand her feelings. If she hadn't been proud, how could she still be like a lotus flower in the mud until today!
After careful questioning, I learned that Yingying not only had to buy medicine to cure her brother's illness, but also pay for him to go to a private school. It's really hard to imagine how she survived all these years.

Before I knew it, it was already Youshi when I left Yingying's house, and the sky was getting dark.

On the way back to Prince Chen's Mansion, Meng Zihan was obviously a little unhappy, An Lingfei saw her thoughts, and asked her if it was because of Yingying's matter, she nodded.Then he let out a long sigh.

"Hey... the fate of this person! Some people are born with no worries about food and clothing, while others have to do things they hate to support their families. No wonder many people say 'reincarnation is a skilled job'!" After speaking, they were dejected Kicking the stones on the ground.

An Lingfei smiled: "This is everyone's fate."

Meng Zihan stopped and turned to look at An Lingfei. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I don't believe in fate. Destiny is in my own hands."

"But the fate of many people is in the hands of others, and it is not easy to get rid of it." An Ling looked at Meng Zihan thoughtfully.

"For example?" Hearing An Lingfei's words, Meng Zihan was a little unconvinced.

"For example..." An Lingfei suddenly paused, stopping what he had said.

"But isn't Mu Fengniang very capable? Aren't all the girls in her hands married to officials or rich men?" Meng Zihan asked.

An Lingfei sighed and shook his head: "Even if someone buys her someday and she will be a concubine or a concubine, she will never get rid of the fact that she came from a brothel and came out of a court. If her younger brother becomes a talent, you can guarantee that his younger brother will not be a concubine." Would you be ashamed to have a brothel sister?"

Meng Zihan was stunned by An Lingfei's analysis, she couldn't imagine what Yingying's future would be like.

"When Yingying made this decision, did she already expect this result?" Meng Zihan asked.

"What do you think?" An Lingfei asked back with a sigh.

"But she didn't regret it, why?" Meng Zihan couldn't figure out why she knew that her ending would be so bleak, but she still had to do so without hesitation?
"Because of love! Because of her love for her brother, she will not regret it." An Lingfei said it very simply, but Meng Zihan felt extremely sad when he heard it.How many people are there in this world who are so selfless?
Seeing the tears in Meng Zihan's eyes, An Lingfei immediately said: "Okay, let's go back to the mansion quickly, if you don't go back, the prince must be in a hurry."

Prince?At this sad moment, An Lingfei suddenly mentioned Mu Xuanchen, which made Meng Zihan, who was not in a good mood, feel that he had fallen to the bottom.

Every time I leave the palace, it is like leaving a cage, leaving hell.And now it's time to go back to hell, Meng Zihan is really unwilling.

Walking to the gate of Prince Chen's Mansion, the servants were already waiting outside, looking at the plaque of "Prince Chen's Mansion", Meng Zihan did not enter for a long time.She didn't know what would be waiting for her after stepping in.

"Why don't you go in with me?" Meng Zihan said to An Lingfei without thinking.

"Ah?" An Lingfei didn't realize it for a moment, opened his mouth wide and then didn't continue.

Meng Zihan sighed, what was supposed to come was still coming, and there was no need to drag another person into the water, so he immediately said that he was joking.She was still worrying about others just now, but now the troubles that are right in front of her eyes make her so powerless.

Meng Zihan once thought about living in An Lingfei's mansion, but after thinking about it, wouldn't this make An Lingfei difficult?Or maybe it hurt him?
What would others think if she moved out of the palace well?What would Mu Xuanchen think if he moved to An Lingfei's place?If An Lingfei agrees to let her move to live with him, I'm afraid An Lingfei's life will be difficult in the future, right?After all, he is a prince, and he is still a prince who responds to everyone, but he is just a commander.It's a small thing to lose your job, but if you lose your life because of it...

cut!Meng Zihan couldn't help laughing at himself, it wasn't Mu Xuanchen, how could he let An Lingfei lose his life because of her?How self-indulgent!

Why!I thought it would be a rare day to have a good time, but who knew that Cheng Yaojin would come out halfway, and Hua Yankang would pull them to talk about it, so she didn't have a good time.I actually went to two places in one day, and I don't know if I can come out tomorrow.

Meng Zihan sighed in his heart: This time, he really died before he left the teacher, which often made Zihan burst into tears!
"My lord...does he treat you badly?" An Ling said suddenly.

Meng Zihan didn't expect An Lingfei to ask such a question, and looked at him in surprise, before she could answer, An Lingfei said again: "If he treats you badly and you feel uncomfortable living here, you can come anytime Find me."

Seeing Meng Zihan frowning at him, An Lingfei showed a bright smile and continued, "You don't have to think too much, as long as you have a good time, you don't have to think it will cause trouble to me, you just have to do it. Just do what you like."

Do what I love to do?After Meng Zihan heard such words, his heart was suddenly pulled.No one has ever told her these things, and no one has ever cared about her so much. What kind of mind and heart does it take to say such words?
Meng Zihan suppressed tears, hugged An Lingfei, and whispered softly in his ear, "Thank you! This sentence from you is enough."

Yes, there is no need to do anything, no need to say much, just one sentence is enough to ignite infinite intimacy in people in a different place, let alone in a "different space"?Meng Zihan never imagined that in an unfamiliar environment, there would be someone who could think of her wholeheartedly, asking only for her to be happy without asking for anything in return, how rare and precious this is.

An Lingfei was taken aback by Meng Zihan's actions, but when he heard Meng Zihan's words, a smile rose from the corner of his mouth, and he patted her on the head lightly, as if to comfort and support her.

"By the way!" Meng Zihan suddenly thought of something, "Do you still remember what it was like when you met me for the first time? Where did you find it?"

This is the question Meng Zihan has been wanting to ask since he woke up, but he was too unfamiliar with the people here before, so he didn't dare to ask more.If I asked, I was afraid that they were just perfunctory, and originally wanted to stay here for a while with a playful attitude, but after being in this strange environment for a long time, I wanted to return to the world that should belong to her more and more.

"Of course I remember, but why did you suddenly ask this? Did you think of something?" An Lingfei asked.

Meng Zihan's eyes flickered for a moment before he replied: "I... I just want to see if I can get back my previous memories. Why don't you take me to that place next time, maybe I can remember the past. "

"Okay! I'll take you there another day. But it's already late today, you'd better have a good rest!" An Lingfei still gave Meng Zihan a sunny smile, which made Meng Zihan feel infinite warmth in his heart.

After parting with An Lingfei, Meng Zihan walked into the Prince Chen's mansion with the same panic-stricken servant. His actions just now must have frightened the servant, so the servant walked with his head down after entering the door, not daring to look at the dream. Zihan took a look.

Meng Zihan smiled wryly, how could he forget for a moment that this is ancient times, men and women could not kiss each other, let alone hug?If she had already married as a woman by now, she would have been soaked in a pig cage already.

The servant took Meng Zihan to the "Purple Dream Pavilion", but Meng Zihan hurriedly stopped him.

"I'm not going there, I'll still live in the room I lived in before." Meng Zihan walked another way after finishing speaking.

"No but!" Meng Zihan didn't give the servant a chance to continue, and walked to the guest room by himself.

While walking, Meng Zihan kept mumbling, where did this colorful cloud go?Although it gets dark quickly in winter, it is not possible to go to bed so early, right?Besides, isn't the rule in the ancient palace saying that the master can't sleep if the master doesn't sleep?
The servant was not allowed to follow just now, but now walking alone is really a little frightening.

After finally walking to the guest room where I stayed before, it was really not easy to find the twists and turns, and there was a familiar person standing at the door.

"Miss Meng, you are finally back!"

It was Caiyun. Seeing Meng Zihan coming back, Caiyun immediately ran over.

"You...why are you here?" Meng Zihan, who was originally puzzled, thought for a while and then suddenly turned into a smiling face, "En! Not bad! We have a good understanding!"

Caiyun drooped her head, and said in embarrassment: "Actually... the master asked the slaves to wait here."

"What?" Meng Zihan couldn't believe it, could it be that Mu Xuanchen has the ability to read minds?How does he know I won't go back?But when I looked back, I immediately rolled my eyes, the corners of my mouth twitched and thought disdainfully: I must have had another spring breeze with that young woman in Zimeng Pavilion!So often, not afraid of getting sick!
Think about it, since she was unlucky enough to travel to this white tiger country that she had never heard of, and she was unlucky enough to meet a romantic prince, but before she thought of a way to go back, she could only admit it, since there was nothing she could do, then there was nothing she could do. To do a meaningless battle of trapped beasts.

As long as he saves his life to go back, he won't think about anything else.

Meng Zihan bit his lips to remind himself to put the overall situation first, let out a breath, strode over and opened the door.

"what happened?"

What he saw in front of him made Meng Zihan even more speechless!The room was empty, there was nothing, all quilts and bedding disappeared!
Caiyun stepped forward and replied: "I wanted to tell Miss Meng just now, Master said, if Miss Meng insists on staying in the guest room, then please invite Miss Meng..."

"Go on!" Meng Zihan held back a burst of anger.

Caiyun continued in a state of embarrassment: "Then please, Miss Meng...just settle down!"

"I don't even have a quilt to live here? Even if I wanted to sleep, I froze to death in the middle of the night, he obviously did it on purpose!" Meng Zihan crossed his waist and almost erupted. Unexpectedly, I have only been away for a long time, and I don’t even have a cup of herbal tea when I come back!”

"Then...Ms. Meng should stay in Zimeng Pavilion!" Caiyun suggested softly.

"Zimeng Pavilion? Didn't he let Hua Yanjing stay overnight? Didn't he let her live in Zimeng Pavilion?" Meng Zihan asked tentatively.

"Of course not!" Caiyun replied, "I never let anyone stay overnight, and it's even more impossible for people to stay in Zimeng Pavilion."

"Oh? Really?" Meng Zihan stuck out his tongue secretly, cursing him for getting sick just now!It turned out that he was wrong.But he actually emptied the place, what does it mean?Playing her for the half day she was away?Is he a dignified prince so boring?

Suddenly something flashed in his mind, and he felt something was wrong, so he half-closed his eyes and asked Caiyun: "How did your Highness Chen Wang know that I was going back to the guest room so quickly?" Seeing Caiyun lowered his head, Meng Zihan approached Caiyun to ask , "Say it! Who gave it to me? Is it you?"

"Of course not!" Caiyun kept waving his hands.

"Could it be that your Highness Chen Wang is a prophet?" The corner of Meng Zihan's mouth twitched, as if warning her not to deceive her like a three-year-old child.

"Actually, it was Xiaohai who accidentally mentioned it to Master after he found out about it." Caiyun said.

It turns out that Xiao Hai is Mu Xuanchen's confidant servant, so it's not surprising that he told Mu Xuanchen, anyway, the words have been said, the things have been moved, and it will not help to blame.

"Has Miss Meng eaten dinner? Do you want to eat?" Caiyun asked Meng Zihan, looking thoughtful.

Caiyun's words brought back Meng Zihan's thoughts, and hurriedly replied: "Oh! I ate outside!" Looking at the room, Meng Zihan sighed and said, "Then go there! I'm tired, I want to rest early."

Along the way, Meng Zihan didn't speak, but kept thinking about what Mu Xuanchen's actions were intended for?Caiyun followed behind and saw Meng Zihan's appearance and shook his head slightly. When he was approaching Zimeng Pavilion, Caiyun reminded: "Ms. Meng! Master hasn't eaten yet!"

Meng Zihan didn't understand why Caiyun told her these things, so he casually said, "Whether he eats or not is none of my business?"

Caiyun had a black hair, and was about to say something when he walked to the door, Meng Zihan said: "Okay! I don't need to serve you tonight, I want to go to bed early, and I don't want to hear anything about him before going to bed ...so as not to have nightmares."

Caiyun obeyed the order and retreated immediately, the speed was absolutely fast, and her expression was somewhat panicked.Meng Zihan didn't pay attention, looked at Caiyun's leaving back and smiled, then opened the door.

The room was pitch black, and I couldn't see my fingers.This modern day can still enter the door and press the switch, but in ancient times it had to be discredited and lit.

Meng Zihan kept annoyed: "I knew I would let Caiyun light the lamp before leaving. I don't know if there are any ghosts here. Next time, I must remind Caiyun to light the lamp before I come."

Slowly groping towards the table, the dark place frightened Mengzi, and he began to mutter incessantly: "Heavenly spirits, earth spirits, my heart is kind and invincible, please all gods bless me Don't let the little ghost haunt me! The sky is so lingering and the earth is lingling..."

After groping for a long time, I finally found a Huozhezi. I followed Caiyun's method to open the lid and blew on Huozhezi's head a few times. I didn't expect that there was really a flame.

"Hey! Can you really catch it?" A sense of security spontaneously arose in my heart.

There is a candlestick on the table. Although the light is still relatively weak after being lit, it is better than nothing.

Just as he was about to reach out to bring the fire folder closer to the candlestick, Meng Zihan saw a silver light from the corner of his eye.Timidly turning his head to look at Meng Zihan, he cried out in fright: "Ah! Ghost!"

The torch in his hand fell to the ground, and the room returned to darkness. He turned around and wanted to run to the door, but unexpectedly, he tripped over himself and fell to the ground with a thud.Fortunately, I wear a lot of clothes in winter, otherwise I would have suffered internal injuries.

"Are you afraid of ghosts? I thought you were really fearless!" There was no ups and downs in the voice, but the deep voice was so familiar.

Meng Zihan felt something was wrong, the voice was clearly...

Mu Xuanchen walked slowly in front of Meng Zihan, stretched out his hand to help, but withdrew his hand again.It was this familiar movement again, she lay on the ground, and he stood in front of her.Meng Zihan raised his head to look at Mu Xuanchen who was looking down on him, and felt that his time was really unlucky.

"You want to scare people to death?" Get up from the ground in pain, pat the ashes off your body, and don't forget to stare at Mu Xuanchen, "You don't stay in your own room, why are you here?"

Just as she was about to turn around and leave, Mu Xuanchen suddenly grabbed Liu's waist with one hand, and Meng Zihan couldn't help but screamed.

(End of this chapter)