Leisure days in the cold palace

Chapter 20

"Chunxi, you have been in the palace for so many years, how could you fail to recognize the emperor?"

"It can't be my fault, ma'am. Every time she sees the emperor, Chunxi dare not raise her head. So after so many years, Chunxi knows nothing about the emperor's robe and voice except for some impressions." Chunxi spread her hands innocently, "Besides, when His Majesty called for help before, his voice was hoarse again, so Chunxi couldn't tell the difference... But madam, what should we do, Your Majesty has forgotten who we are, so let's ..."

Seeing the two figures coming out of the dense forest, Chun Xi hastily stopped and swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

I also stood up and went to help get the prey in Fang Ziqi's hands.

Fang Ziqi, who was walking in front, still had a serious expression on his face, and the 20-year-old man followed behind him obediently, and used his front skirt to pocket some wild fruits.

Every three or four steps, he would timidly look at the movement of Fang Ziqi in front of him. That pitiful little appearance was more like some kind of pet being criticized by the owner, rather than a high-ranking emperor. .

The road in the dense forest is not easy to walk, not to mention the thick leaves on the ground, even all kinds of slanting branches, it will be difficult for a normal person to walk.

What's more, the one behind Fang Ziqi injured his right leg. Although he has probably recovered after a few days of training, it is still extremely difficult for him to walk on such a road.

"Don't go next time, you will hold me back."

Fang Ziqi refused my help, threw two hares and a pheasant to the ground, and talked to the people behind him without looking back.

The reprimanded pet drooped its head behind it, and it took a long time before it let out a pitiful groan.

Chunxi stepped forward to pick up the wild fruit awkwardly, and washed it in the small river next to it.

The reason for the awkwardness was that Chun Xi clearly knew the identity of the other party, but he didn't know whether to perform the original etiquette, so he couldn't bend down or look up, so he felt awkward.

"Since he says he has forgotten everything, then treat him as a normal person, Chun Xi, don't be too accommodating to him!" Fang Ziqi couldn't stand watching, and said coldly.

Chunxi didn't dare to answer, and went straight to the river with the fruit.

And I looked at the innocent face of His Majesty the Emperor who lost his memory, and couldn't help saying to Fang Ziqi beside me: "It's just a big boy, let alone injured, even if you treat it as an ordinary person, you don't have to be so fierce. , Let him work, right?"

Fang Ziqi was holding a small dagger in his hand, and he was handling the hare as skillfully as a ox.Hearing my words at this time, he glanced at the little emperor, his tone softened slightly and said to me: "You just forgot what he did to you before, who put you in the cold palace and caused you three times?" Almost died four times? Now that the enemy is right in front of you, you still have to save him and take pity on him."

I squatted down and tended the burning fire, and said with a smile: "You also said, I have indeed forgotten the past, so for me, the Li Shuangwu in the past is just like the previous life, which is different from the present me. Any intersection. In this case, the emperor is just a stranger to me. I see a stranger suffering, and I can save his life with a little effort. Why don't I save him? No mercy ?”

I added some more firewood to the fire, and continued: "Besides, in my eyes, the emperor is the most pitiful person in the world. Normal people do one or two right things, and they will be recorded in history forever, while the emperor If you do one wrong thing, it will become an indelible imprint in the history books, and even offset all the credits. How can such a person not be pitiful?"

Fang Ziqi raised his head and glanced at the little emperor behind me, then shook his head at me and said, "If you say this now, be careful and you will regret it later. Whether the kid behind you really has amnesia or is just pretending is not certain."

I turned around in some surprise, glanced at the little emperor with an innocent expression on his face, scratched his head and said, "No way, why is he making such a fake?"

"If he really forgets his identity, it will be a good thing for us, and it's okay to take him away from the place of right and wrong. But if he hasn't forgotten, then there are only three paths we can choose. One is to help Let him rush back to Beijing, and beat General Rong who took his position. Of course, this is impossible. Second, we have to pretend that we didn’t see him at all, and keep him in the deep mountains and old forests. It's just right for Li to fend for himself. And the third way...we can hand him over to Xinjun, and maybe get some credit for it."

I don't know if the little emperor behind me shivered when he heard these words, but when I looked back at him, he just blinked with a puzzled expression, and then blinked again... as if a large Pet dog……

"Brother Fang, what else can I do for you?"

For some reason, the little emperor liked to cling to Fang Ziqi very much.

"Shut up! You'll have something to eat later."

Fang Ziqi did not lie at all.

So the little emperor showed a sad look on his face. It has to be said that the little emperor's face is indeed good, but it is more or less male and female.

If this kind of appearance is placed on other people, there is nothing wrong with it, but when a generation of emperors grow up like this, it is somewhat nondescript.

The little emperor who was scolded by Fang Ziqi had no choice but to look at me pitifully.

After the conversation just now, he probably also found out that my attitude towards him is much gentler than Fang Ziqi's towards him.

I thought about it, and simply took a piece of firewood and stuffed it into his hand: "Hey, take it to the side and play."

The little emperor looked at the wood in his hand: "..."

Fang Ziqi is very good at cooking wild game. Not only does he know how to pack and roast prey, but he also knows what leaves and fruits can be used for seasoning, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, all of which can come out in the palm of his hand.

During the past few days wandering with him in the dense forest, Chunxi, me, and the little emperor all enjoyed an incomparable food.

"Brother Fang, we've been in this forest for three days, what are we going to do next? Where are we going?"

Chunxi tore off one rabbit leg and handed it to me, then tore off the other, and after a moment of hesitation, she still handed it to the little emperor.

The little emperor took it with thanks, and then began to eat slowly and almost gracefully.

Few people can eat rabbit legs in such a refined manner. After all, it is a habit formed by 20 years of upbringing. The feeling of this guy now is not like eating wild game in the wild, but rather like eating something from the whole country in a magnificent palace. Palace banquet for celebration.

Chunxi's question didn't seem to attract the little emperor's attention, he just ate the rabbit leg in his hand so intently that he didn't even lift his eyelids.

"No hurry, just stay for a few more days. I went to see last night, and there is still no sign of letting up the security in Beijing. For safety reasons, let's hide for a while longer." Fang Ziqi replied.

"But..." Chunxi hesitated and said: "After all, it's a bit cold at night, and the cold in this forest is too strong. I'm afraid Madam won't be able to bear it, and besides, the injury on your body is not good either!"

"I'm fine." Fang Ziqi shook his head, and looked at me with concern, "Shuangwu, how are you? Can you take it?"

"Don't always think of me as a person made of paper, I can bear this bit of suffering." I said with a smile.

Fang Ziqi said again: "Don't be brave...don't dare to increase the fire at night. If it is increased, it will easily attract people. Otherwise, when I go to check the news tonight, I will get some thick quilts and cotton clothes Come, it can relieve some of the chill."

"If it's troublesome, you don't need it. Be careful."

Fang Ziqi smiled lightly when he heard this.

Although it's just such a rough life, the smile on his face is many times greater than in the palace. I know it's all because of Li Shuangwu, but when should I tell him the truth hidden in my heart...

"In a few days, when the wind is not so tight, we will go straight to the south, cross the border of Xiangguo, and go to Baiyue." Fang Ziqi said, "The terrain over there is complicated, and few people in the Central Plains are willing to go to Baiyue." Going deep into it, for us, is naturally the best hiding place...

"Ah? Going to Baiyue?" Chunxi's eyes widened. "Brother Fang, didn't you say that Baiyue people can eat people? Will we be eaten in the past?"

At the same time, the little emperor raised his head and looked at Fang Ziqi curiously.

"What cannibalism is just a fabrication, Baiyue people are also human beings, no different from us." Fang Ziqi smiled, "I met a friend over there who can take care of us, it's better than our current savage life. "

"What kind of friend? Is it reliable?" I looked up and asked.

"Don't worry, life and death depend on it." He said, "Shuangwu, your beggar chicken should be healed, right?"

One of the pheasants that Fang Ziqi brought has become our belly, while the other, on my strong suggestion, was wrapped in mud and thrown into the fire.

Hearing this, I leaned forward and took a piece of wood to poke a lump of yellow mud in the fire, and found that it was baked hard, so I nodded and said: "It should be almost there, take it out and have a look."

"Ma'am, you can't lie, otherwise you'd be wasting a pheasant." Chun Xi said, licking her lips.

"I ate a hare by myself, and I'm still holding my mouth, Chunxi, do you want to be as fat as Na Geer?" I joked on the side.

Chunxi puffed her cheeks and stopped talking, just staring at Fang Ziqi's movements without blinking.

The little emperor, who was slowly eating rabbit legs, also stopped at the moment, looking at the lump of yellow mud curiously.

"Just knock it open with a stick." In fact, my heart is also hanging. I have only heard of this method in my previous life, and this is the first time I have actually seen it before my eyes. "Why don't you try Fang Ziqi, can you use Split it with the wind of your palm?"

Fang Ziqi ignored my playfulness, tapped the wood twice and exerted force, and with a "bang", he knocked the lump of mud away.

"Wow, the chicken feathers are really gone!"

Chunxi's exclamation from the side made me somewhat complacent: "This is Chunxi, you will not stay in the cold palace anymore, otherwise we can catch a few stupid birds in the imperial garden, and I guess we can make them into flowers and birds like this..."

The little emperor next to him finally stopped being reserved, and couldn't help asking in surprise, "Huh? Have you ever caught birds in the imperial garden?"

"I haven't caught a bird, but I have caught a few fish." I shrugged and said indifferently.

(End of this chapter)