Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 111
Xia Zijin looked at the beautiful flowers and plants swaying in the wind on both sides from a distance, with a smile on his face, and lightly holding the curtain with his bare hands, he said pleasantly: "Let's go in."

Xiao Huanzi drove his horse forward, and after less than 100 meters, he saw eight strong soldiers in armor guarding both sides of the intersection in front of him.

"Stop! This road is blocked today, turn around and go back!"

The soldiers held their swords and raised their hands with a swipe, and stopped in front of the carriage, with a slightly fierce expression on their dark faces.

"Guys, isn't this the entrance to Lover's Valley? It doesn't seem to be a private house... I'm afraid it's not good for the officials to stop like this." Xiao Huanzi took the reins and stopped the car. As the eunuch in charge of Mosheng Garden , and it is not so easy to be intimidated by the stern faces of a few officers and soldiers.

The first soldier standing in the lead said coldly: "Today, Lover's Valley has been reserved by our elder son, and no one else is allowed to enter!"

When Xiao Huanzi heard this, he became angry. Which family's eldest son is so arrogant and domineering, and even booked a public place like this. Don't you know that this will anger many people who come to Lover's Valley from afar to come to Lover's Valley?

"Our family can tell all the officials that the one sitting in the car is Princess Pearl, who was personally appointed by the emperor, and not some idler. How can you afford to delay the princess's important affairs!"

Several officers and soldiers looked at each other, with a bit of embarrassment on their faces, but the prince has already told them that no living person is allowed to be put in, and if they do not do well, they will be punished with twenty military sticks.The taste of the army stick was not pleasant, several officers and soldiers hesitated for a moment, but still refused to let go.

"The little people don't know that it is the princess. I hope the princess will forgive me if I offend you so much. But we also obey the order of the prince and strictly guard it. I'm sorry that the little people can't let the princess go." The leading soldier bowed his head and stood still. Concede nothing.

Xia Zijin, who was sitting in the carriage, could hear the conversation outside clearly. She lifted the curtain with her fingertips, looked at the officers and soldiers in armor and armed with long swords in front of her, and said calmly: "This princess came all the way from the palace. But I was stopped here for no reason, who dare to ask who is the son of the world, who is so grand?"

The slightly cold female voice reached the ears of the eight soldiers. Although they knew that blocking the road like this would offend the nobleman, they had no choice but to act.

"Back to the princess, our son is Rong Yu, the eldest son of King Rong. Half a month ago, he explained to the owner of Lover Valley that the private hunting was not a sudden rise. I hope the princess understands that the little people must do their duty and don't make it difficult for the little people..." The officers and soldiers settled down. Dao, the eight people bowed their hands in unison, their arms were strong and powerful after long training, and the iron movement of the armor was very neat when they bowed their hands.

Xia Zijin lowered her eyes, thinking that today's flower viewing appointment with Xia Shengqing was going to be over, and she couldn't help but feel bored, and the joy of a word of joy disappeared.

"Princess, don't be upset. This servant knows a way to enter Lover's Valley without taking this road. Keeping it will not delay the agreement between the princess and Boss Xia!" Xiao Kui Fu'er approached Xia Zijin and said.

The terrain of Lover's Valley is lower than that of Shangjing. From a high altitude, it is a basin terrain. The only way to enter Lover's Valley is this one. Unless you climb in from the cliffs on the other three sides, where is the second way?

But seeing Xiaokui's swearing appearance, Xia Zijin was also a little suspicious, put down the curtain of the car and said in a muffled voice: "Turn around."

Xiao Huanzi set off in his carriage, his horse's hoof kicked up the dust on the side of the road, and he stepped over the wheel marks when he came just now.

"Xiao Huanzi, go to the 500-meter turning and go right." Xiao Kui pointed the way.

According to Xiaokui's instructions, Xiao Huanzi turned around an intersection and walked another 800 meters. The surrounding air gradually became a little humid, and even the bushes on both sides grew extraordinarily lush.

"It's here, it's here!"

Xiaokui said crisply, opened the curtain and stepped out of the carriage, helping Xia Zijin down.

"Xiaokui, are you sure it's here? There is only a narrow cave in front of it, and even a carriage can't get through it!" Xiao Huanzi scratched his head.

Xiaokui waved her hand and said, "Of course the carriage can't get in. Let's park the carriage outside the cave and walk in."

Xiao Huanzi did as he was told, parked the carriage, and followed. The master and servant crawled into the cave, which was only as tall as a ten-year-old boy. The rocks on both sides were covered with green and moist moss. However, the place became more and more spacious, and gradually expanded into a path with a height of half a person, and the faint sound of water flowing could be heard from an unknown place ahead.

"Where is this?" Xia Zijin wondered, and couldn't help but be surprised that there was a cave in this small, ordinary cave.

"Back to the princess, this is the underground river flowing from the lake between the back mountains at the back of the palace, all the way to the Miaomiao River in Lover's Valley. The long underground river connects many small streams outside the palace. Inside the palace Many court ladies have not seen their relatives for many years after entering the palace. When they miss their family members, they will secretly put an oily wooden barrel with their nickname outside the palace written on it at the mouth of the river flowing out of the lake, and put letter paper or objects in it. In this way, the wooden barrel can flow out of the palace along the water flow. And if the relatives outside the palace have a reply, they will also put it into another underground river that flows back to the west, and then float back to the sparkling lake with the flowing water."

If Xiaokui didn't tell her, Xia Zijin would not have known that there was such a secret in the palace. It would be a bit romantic to convey the longing of hundreds of miles in a trickling river, but the two underground rivers flowing in opposite directions became the messengers of the longing. It is said that the nature in this world is infinitely mysterious, or should it be said that there is God's will in the dark.

"It's still the court ladies who are clever, and the servants don't even know that they can send messages outside the palace like this!" Xiao Huanzi walked on the last step, looking at the long underground river and couldn't help but sigh.

Xiaokui smiled and said: "This is also an unwritten rule in the palace. Everyone has emotions and desires, and it is natural to miss their loved ones, so this kind of behavior that is originally against the palace rules just turned a blind eye. , as long as you don’t go too far, there’s nothing wrong with it.”

Talking and laughing all the way, because of the river, the surrounding air is covered with thin water vapor. Fortunately, there is plenty of light in the cave, but there is no trouble of mist forming and making it difficult to see the road.

Watching the gentle water of the underground river passing by along the way, it took about two quarters of an hour to reach the end of the underground river, and then the road gradually became narrower and narrower. The exit of the cave was almost the same as when they came just now, so the few people quietly avoided the guards of King Rong's officers and soldiers, and entered the Valley of Lovers smoothly.

The exit of the cave is at the lower reaches of the Miaomiao River in Lover's Valley. The environment in front of you is completely different from the scenery outside the valley. The blue and clear Miaomiao River is not large, but the fish and shrimps at the bottom of the river are so clear that you can see the thick or light teeth. The grass stretches together to form a large vibrant natural carpet on the river bank, and insects can be seen crawling among the grass with the naked eye.

And a hundred steps up the Miaomiao River, there is another kind of grassland with thin stems and leaves. The grassland is hundreds of meters wide, and there are blue wildflowers of unknown species that are as big as the size of a finger. Kusama There is a lot of dew, especially in this spring day, when Xia Zijin walked across the grass, the tail of her skirt was already wet with dew.

Because it is a valley, there are steep cliffs all around. From time to time, birds with white feathers and sharp beaks spread their wings and fly over the valley, making ethereal and melodious calls like harpies.

"Princess, this Valley of Lovers is so beautiful! If you can live here every day, you can wake up to the singing of birds in the morning, fall asleep watching the stars on a moonlit night, eat delicious food from the mountains, and drink sweet water from the misty river, you will be as happy as a fairy. With a comfortable life, you can live for another ten years or so!" Xiaokui let out a few sighs as she walked and looked at the surrounding natural scenery with her big round eyes shining.

Xia Zijin raised her lips and agreed with Xiaokui's words very much. This Lover's Valley is one of the masterpieces of nature in the world, but it is particularly spiritual, which makes people involuntarily feel good about living in such a beautiful environment. Fantasy, compared to the shackles of the palace walls and tiles in the palace, this is the diametrically opposite holy land of freedom.

"If you like it, we will move to Lover's Valley when we get old, and we can live the days you said, hearing the birdsong in the morning, sleeping in the moonlit night watching the stars, eating delicious food from the mountains, and drinking sweet water from the misty river. It's like a fairy day at ease." Xia Zijin said with a smile.

Xiaokui said yes repeatedly with a smile on her face, and they walked across the lush green lawn with a smile on their face. A few tens of meters before them was a redwood forest with tall and erect trees and dense foliage.

"The place we agreed with Manager Xia is here. It seems that Manager Xia hasn't arrived yet. Princess, let's walk around in this forest!" Xiao Huanzi said.

Xia Zijin nodded with a slight smile. Every inch of the scenery she walked just now was so beautiful, and she couldn't help looking forward to the rumored charming scene of thousands of flowers blooming on the hillside.

At the same time, on the other side of the redwood forest, an adult doe with piebald brown fur frantically ran into the woods, eyes that were clearer than amber, but full of panic and fear, and after a hundred steps, there was a sound The sound of hooves chasing and approaching it, accompanied by the happy laughter of the galloping people from time to time.

"Quick! Faster! My son is going to see if you, a little deer, can escape my quick arrow today!"

The speaker is tall and tall, with brownish wheat-colored skin, and his naturally slightly curly hair is hidden behind his head casually. His tough and handsome lines bring the wildness of the Western Regions, but also blend with the softness of the Central Plains. A pair of blue eyes The pupils are particularly unique, like a goshawk staring at its prey in the dark, sharp and somewhat dangerous.

"Master! Ride slowly! There is a redwood forest in front of you. If you ride too fast in the narrow space, you will hit the tree trunk!" The entourage shouted out of breath. They had been hunting around in Lover's Valley from the very beginning, and they were all exhausted, but Shizi still hadn't lost his energy.

(End of this chapter)