I hide my concubine in a golden house

Chapter 23
"I can't, I'm so tired, I can't walk anymore..." Facing the scorching sun, Su Tian leaned against the mountain with layers of skirts, covered the sun above her head with her arms, and panted softly: "Let's rest where we are."

She underestimated the weight the clothes brought her. In the past, King Qianqiu wore dark clothes, and all her companions wore light clothes.

Now surrounded by imperial guards, Su Tian's obviously tired legs are sore and limp as if filled with lead, and she has to pay attention to her image and stand strong.

The Taimiao on the top of the mountain is far away, as if it will never be reached.

"Your Highness, use some water." He Qing took the water bottle from his subordinate and handed it over, reminding: "There are more than 600 steps to the top of the mountain, we have to arrive at the Taimiao Temple before Sishi (09:11 to [-]:[-]), and we cannot stay here Too long."

"Let's go, let's go." Su Tian replied vaguely, took a few mouthfuls of cool water from the kettle, gritted her teeth and stood up straight.

She said she was going to leave, but Su Tian was so tired that she couldn't help but slow down a lot when she was walking.

"Your Highness can't walk anymore?" Quan Jue slowed down unhurriedly, walking beside Su Tian.

Su Tian waved her hand at him weakly: "Don't, don't talk to me..."

She didn't have the strength to speak and had to gather her strength to walk.

"His Royal Highness looks majestic, but is actually really delicate."

Su Tian became anxious for a moment, and said angrily: "Who is so majestic?! Can the son-in-law know how to use words? If you don't know how to use words, don't use them indiscriminately!"

As soon as Su Tian spoke, she felt that the world was turned upside down, and the whole world was turned upside down.

Quan Juan wrapped her thin waist with one hand, and carried her on her shoulders.

Su Tian raised her neck high and waved her hands: "What are you doing?"

The head-down posture made her brain congested, and her whole body was bad, but her neck was too sore, so she felt uncomfortable no matter what.

Su Tian patted Quan Juan on the back: "Put me down quickly, I'm going to vomit... ah!!!"

The body turned around again, and now Su Tian's whole body was directly clamped by Quan Juan's armpit: "If you don't want to miss the time of sacrifice, Your Highness should be more peaceful."

This posture is much better than the previous one. Su Tian struggled for a few times before giving up: "Then you forced me to do this."

"Yes, I forced you." Quan Jue said, gently lifting her up.

Su Tian hung her head, covered her face and said nothing.

Quan Yu climbed the ladder with big strides, and soon left the stunned Imperial Guards behind.

He Qing opened his mouth slightly: "...my son-in-law is mighty..."

Su Tian easily used her strength to go up the Fushan Mountain without missing the hour.

The ceremonial officials let people play music according to the ritual schedule, fired cannons, offered sacrifices, read sacrificial texts, burned incense, and turned watches. After a series of tossing, the sky gradually darkened.

Everyone went down the mountain with torches, and the guards lit up the Fushan mountain road.

The summer rain came without warning. As we were descending the mountain, a muffled thunder suddenly sounded in the sky. The sound was getting closer and closer. The sky that was originally sunny was suddenly covered with dark clouds, and then the bean-sized raindrops fell.

Only halfway down the mountain, Su Tian was drenched, and the torches in the hands of the imperial guards on both sides were also extinguished by the heavy rain, and the mountain road suddenly became dark.

At this time, halfway down the mountain, neither up nor down.

"Your Highness, don't panic." In the darkness, her cool hand was held by someone.

Su Tian suddenly came back to her senses, shook the power instead to express her gratitude, and then raised her voice to command: "Everyone, don't panic, listen to what I said, line up in a row and walk in the middle of the ladder."

One side of the ladder is a mountain, and the other side is a steep mountain edge. When it rains, it is not easy to rely on both sides.

A group of people answered yes in unison, groping in a row in an orderly manner.

"Your Highness, where are you?" It was He Qing's voice, slightly panicked.

"I'm fine, General He, let's go down the mountain as soon as possible." The steps washed by the rain were stained with muddy water, and the road was very slippery.

Su Tian wore a pair of high-toothed clogs, and it was extremely difficult to walk on the slippery steps.

"Your Highness, the mountain road is slippery in rainy days. This sword is for you. Pay attention to the road under your feet." Listening to the voice, He Qing groped over, untied the sword around his waist and used it as a crutch for Su Tian.

With that said, He Qing turned around again: "My son-in-law..."

"No need." Quan Jue lifted a step, stepping firmly on his feet: "General He just takes care of himself."

Holding He Qing's sword that was used to kill the enemy, Su Tian limped down the mountain road.

That's right, just sliding down, slipping every step, if it wasn't for the sword in her hand, she would have sat down on the ground.

"Hiss." Just as Su Tian was about to be thankful that she didn't fall, she stepped on a piece of soil that had slipped down from the mountain. She slid several steps and sat on the ground covered in dirty muddy water.

"Your Highness?!"

"No, it's okay, I slipped my foot, don't worry... Ah!" Su Tian tried to get up while supporting the ground, but she just slid down at an angle, and her body was just placed on the edge of the mountain. It was empty, and the whole person fell obliquely.

"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness!"

The screams were accompanied by a series of shouts in the mountains, all of which were suppressed by the sound of rain.

Su Tian didn't have time to respond, she hugged her head, only felt that her body was rolling on the hillside for a long time, and finally stopped.

The thorns along the way tore through her deep clothes, leaving tiny scars all over her body. She was drenched, and the layers of deep clothes soaked up the dirt, making her extremely cumbersome and embarrassing.

The sound of wind, rain, and the sound of water hitting grass and trees filled my ears, but other than that, I couldn't hear any sound.

Su Tian curled up in pain.

I don't know how far it is from the sky ladder. It is impossible to climb up, so I can only find the way from below.

A wooden clog scratched the ribbon while it was rolling down. Su Tian simply took off the clog, stepped on the muddy dirt road with bare feet, opened the way with the sword in her hand, and walked forward bit by bit with difficulty.

Gradually, her eyes got used to the darkness, and Su Tian breathed a sigh of relief when she could vaguely see the road under her feet by the moonlight.

I hope that there are no tigers and beasts in the mountains, and I can hold on until the Imperial Guards come down to find her.

Suddenly, Su Tian stopped and pricked up her ears. She vaguely heard footsteps coming from one side.

Very light, very neat, like a well-trained look.

Did the Praetorians come down so soon?
Su Tian wiped the water from her face, and hurriedly walked towards the place where the voice came from: "I'm here!"

Suddenly, a fierce murderous aura struck in the cold wind, Su Tian swung her sword subconsciously to block it, a sharp arrow grazed the blade, and slashed across her shoulder.

The sharp arrow tore through her deep clothes, and the blood seeped through the layers of clothes, and was washed down by the rain.

Everything happened so fast, Su Tian realized the pain only after realizing it, and raised her left hand to cover her right shoulder.

(End of this chapter)