The maid is the queen

Chapter 24 The Scratched Thing

"Yes, Mr. Liu Liang." The female officer said in a low voice.

As soon as she raised her head, she looked at me coldly and said: "Yun Zhiqiu, you can leave, and you are not allowed to step into the palace again. People who are not chaste, unclean and do not abide by the rules of the palace, how can they be a show girl again."

She opened the booklet inside, took out my page, and said to Liu Liangren: "My servant thanked Liu Liangren for your guidance."

"These little things, you slaves, just do well. Don't bother Sister Li with small things. Recently, Sister Li is pregnant with a dragon fetus, so don't be exhausted."

"Yes, all the servants know."

Turning to look at me, she said displeasedly: "Yun Zhiqiu, don't hurry up, there are rules in the palace, and if you commit a crime, you can't be forgiven lightly. Now you are no longer a beautiful girl, it's useless even if you beg anyone. This is the rule set by Concubine Li."

I didn't even think about begging for good, I just wanted to confirm, ouch, it seemed that I heard footsteps coming here in a hurry, and I turned around and ran outside the palace.

Liu Liangren behind was still snorting coldly: "It's in my hands, even if you cry, it's useless, a woman who can't say good things."

Well, actually, I'm not crying.

But how others understand it is their business.

I ran far away in one breath, the palace wall is really long enough, it takes a long time to run out, panting on the busy street, looking back, the golden color of the glazed tiles is clearly visible , but with a cold air.

I patted my heart, fortunately I came out, from now on, I am no longer a show girl.

The status of a beautiful woman is not much different from that of a court lady, but to put it nicely, she may become the emperor's favored woman in the future. After being appointed as a woman, her natural status will be different.

Many people will be obedient, like me, no one will care if you remove the name from the list.

It's best, I think, as well.

A quaint carriage stopped in front of me, with a pair of calm eyes with a little vigilance, looked around, and beckoned to me: "Come up."

Should I trust him?The third prince of the Great Xiang Dynasty should also be regarded as the emperor's brother.

The footsteps did not know why, and moved towards him step by step.

He grabbed my hand, pulled it up, and then pulled me into the carriage, and said lightly, "Leave the city."

I heard the wheels of the carriage creaking again, and looked at him inexplicably, why did he do this.

He didn't even look at me, he just played with the jade flute in his hand and said, "I was entrusted by someone."

"Lu Yao." I asked softly.

He nodded: "Yes."

Lu Yao, Lu Yao, I really don't understand her anymore. I thought she was a straightforward and helpless girl, but I don't understand her at all.

I kept quiet and didn't speak any more. Looking at the scenery passing by the window, my heart was no longer calm.

"She asked me to take care of you." He suddenly said softly.

I smiled: "No need."

I can take care of myself, I am not a noble lady, I have already learned to live on my own.

He raised his head to look at me, with some surprise in his black eyes, but also some sighs.

Said very lightly: "You are like an old friend of mine."

I don't know who the old man he was talking about was, but I found out later that the pain in my heart arose.

After leaving the city, he said calmly, "Miss Yun, I think if you don't want to cause trouble, it's best not to go back to the place where you live."

Of course I know, and that domineering person went there to find me.

I don't know why I am so capable, and I provoke that untouchable god.

A little depressed, in fact, it's not me who provoked her, but him who came to play with me.

It's better not to think about it. If you think about it a lot, you will know how boring and shameful the person who is called the emperor is. The Daxiang Dynasty is a prosperous and powerful country. all directions.

He chuckled lightly: "If Miss Yun doesn't mind, I'll take you to a place to stay for a few days."

"Will you help me all the time?" I looked at him seriously.

He shrugged, lowered his head and said, "Not necessarily, I just stopped when I thought it was enough."

"Oh." I replied lightly, "I don't like Gong, and I don't like some people."

I believe he will understand who I am referring to by some people.

The carriage turned a little bit and walked towards a place.

In the quiet bamboo forest, the road is also stained with dark green tranquility and coolness. Jumping off the carriage, there are several houses made of bamboo in the depths of the bamboo forest, which are very elegant.

"Miss Yun, I believe you will take good care of yourself, I have to go back, I can't stay here for long." He asked someone to turn the horse's head around, and wanted to go back.

That's it, leave me here?
A strange place, even a secluded fairyland, isolated from the world.

I frowned, although beauty is beautiful, why should I listen to their arrangements to live here? I don't like the feeling of being controlled by others.

What about Lu Yao?Like him, and then asked me to do things for her, to attract the attention of the third prince, I agreed, and I will bear the consequences myself, but they treat me like a thing.

Just as he was thinking, he poked his head out of the carriage again, smiled at me and said, "Miss Yun, please take care of this house for me."

I looked at his smile, laughed away the gloom here, it was so brilliant, my tangled heart became light, and I couldn't help but replied: "Okay."

"Zhiqiu, I'd better call you Zhiqiu. There is a qin in the room. Playing the qin here is pure of heart."

Suddenly all the haze was swept away, and I smiled at him.

As the carriage went further and further away, I looked up at the clear and emerald sky, so green that water could be squeezed out, I felt my face was a little hot, holding a beating heart, I walked towards the bamboo house.

Bamboo makes people feel secluded, but how can a majestic third prince have a residence here?
In my consciousness, these people always live in a place full of traffic but also mighty and magnificent.

Caressing the bamboo with your fingers, leaning your ear against the bamboo, listening to the clear sound, the wind blows, how happy it is, playing the piano here is a kind of enjoyment.

My fingers slipped from the smooth bamboo, and my fingertips touched some uneven places. I was curious to see that it was scratched.

The next plant also has a similar height, and it is also scratched.

I was surprised to find that the bamboo on both sides of the road was scratched, as if trying to erase something ulterior.

A thick withered yellow leaf was blown away by the wind and then fell again. The quiet hut seemed to be sighing.

Pushing open the door, the silent house seems to have been inhabited for a long time, but it is very clean, there is not even dust on the table, presumably someone still comes to clean it frequently.

There are many books here, as well as various musical instruments, and a faint fragrance wafts out from every corner, which makes me feel that this place used to be a favorite place for women.

I sat quietly at the door, looking at the dark green, slowly blackening everything in front of me.

The wind picked up and the rain came.

Whoever listens to the rain has a poetic flavor, and whoever talks about being isolated from the world is extraordinarily quiet.

The sound of bamboo, creaking, and ghostly chirping birds scared me so much that I didn't even dare to close my eyes. I closed the door tightly, and fear still floated in from every corner.

I admit, I am afraid of strange places, and I don't like this kind of place where there are dark places everywhere.

"Tuk tuk." The sound of knocking on the door was a bit urgent, and I didn't dare to breathe out. I looked outside in the darkness, and through the crack of the door, little by little faint yellow light came in.

"Yun Zhiqiu, it's me, open the door." An anxious voice pierced his ears.

As soon as the door was opened, Xia Juntang, who was slightly blushing, was holding a hazy yellow lantern, and his whole body was drenched.

"It's me, I forgot that the lamp oil is used up." As soon as he opened his mouth, the smell of alcohol rushed up his mouth.

I sniffed, a little aggrieved, but I finally let go of the fear I was carrying.

It's a pity that he said that there was no lamp oil, just to say, but there was still nothing. There was only a lantern by the window, emitting a faint brilliance, and some wet oil paper skins were drying slowly.

He slid and sat at the door, with his back against the door, staring at the lantern.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked softly.

But he said: "I drank too much today, Zhiqiu, will you forget each other?"

"will not."

He turned his head to look at me with a wry smile: "Obviously it will, isn't it?"

I don't speak, he is so inexplicable, but I am not afraid of him, maybe he gave me a warm impression.

With him around, the sound of rain and bamboo creaking seemed less scary.

I looked at him quietly, the sadness in his eyes was like a river, but the embankment did not break, and he endured the pain silently.

Seeing it made me suddenly feel a little sad, such a noble, handsome and warm man, he can be regarded as standing at the top of power, but how could he be so hurt?

He is close to me, yet far away from me.

I licked my lips, a little dry, watching him suddenly feel a desire to get close to him, so I comforted him in a mysterious way: "Don't be sad, sad things will pass eventually, bit by bit No matter how deep it is, it will dilute the torrent of time, or it will slowly hide in a certain corner of my heart, and it will slowly become the past."

He raised his eyes to look at me, the pain that was deeply pressed like night overflowed, he closed his eyes, and said hoarsely: "I want to leave her."

An inexplicable pain in my heart: "Why?"

I don't know why I asked him, we are actually not very close, and we have not known each other for a long time, but I have a good impression of him.

He smiled bitterly: "Zhiqiu, I want to leave her, so that she will be happier. Zhiqiu, can you do me a favor, put on a play for me."

In his eyes, there was a kind of persistence and determination.

"Okay." I heard my own voice, as light as the wind.

He smiled gratefully at me, and settled down in his own pain.

He wanted me to act, and pretend to be a very good relationship with him, so that another woman would give up.

Obviously, I can also see the pain in his heart, but I don't know why he would do this.

I don’t know when the rain stopped. At dawn, there was a crisp bird call from outside the window. We were still on our own. I think it was the loneliness of the night that made him take off his disguise and saw him. pain.At dawn, he was that warm and steady man again.

Open the door, fresh air pours in.

(End of this chapter)