Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 88

Gu Zixing was sitting on the couch, a court lady squatted next to him and fed him fruit, and a court lady behind him was helping him rub his shoulders.

"That's the situation. Afterwards, the slaves were kicked out, and they don't know what's going on in the house."

Hearing the two maids' rewards, Gu Zixing's mouth turned disdainfully: "This Jia Mingyun has the same virtue as his bastard master."

The two maids knelt on the ground with their heads lowered, feeling a little uneasy in their hearts, and they didn't know whether His Highness the Crown Prince was happy or angry.

"You, look up."

I saw the maid on the left slowly raised her head, under the dim light, her eyes were bright, and her small cherry mouth was slightly pursed, looking pitiful.

"What's your name?" The prince got up, went to squat down in front of her, stretched out his index finger and raised her chin.

"Go back to His Royal Highness, servant girl Xinghua." Xinghua's face was full of shyness.

When Gu Zixing, who was still smiling at first, heard this, he slapped Xinghua directly: "Just you? You deserve to be called Xing?"

The court lady who thought she had fallen into the eyes of the prince, just now had a dream of ascending to the sky in one step, was shattered in an instant, her head was turned to one side after being hit by the prince, and her cheeks immediately swelled up.

But she didn't care about the pain on her face at all, and walked forward on her knees, grabbing Gu Zixing's clothes: "His Royal Highness, please forgive me, this servant will change her name, Your Highness, please forgive me."

Gu Zixing smiled brightly, and squatted down: "Raise your head."

Xinghua's body trembled a little, and she raised her head tremblingly, only to see Gu Zixing touching Xinghua's face, Xinghua felt goosebumps all over her body, and her palms were sweating from fear.

"Such a beautiful face really makes the prince feel pity."

A flash of joy flashed in Xinghua's heart, thinking that she could escape, but was sent to hell by Gu Zixing's next words.

Gu Zixing stood up and sat on the chair: "Continue." The maid behind him continued to knead his shoulders.

"Throw it out and feed it to the dogs."

Xinghua's face turned pale: "His Royal Highness, spare your life, Your Highness, spare your life!"

"It's noisy."

The guard next to her took a cloth to gag Xinghua's mouth, and dragged her out.

After another kneeling court lady witnessed this scene, she bowed her head and knelt respectfully without saying a word.

Seeing that she didn't yell and beg for mercy, Gu Zixing felt less agitated: "What's your name?"

"Return to Your Highness, this servant is named Xiaocui."

"Look up and take a look."

Xiao Cui raised her head, her eyes were calm, she was the Xiao Cui rescued by Zhao Min from the bandits!

The prince raised his eyebrows, and his eyes flashed approval for her neither humble nor overbearing attitude. He hated women crying the most.

"You, stay by my side and serve you in the future."

Xiaocui nodded slightly: "Yes."

"En." The prince nodded in satisfaction, "Get up."

Xiaocui stood up and stood behind the prince.

After Xiaocui and Xiuhua witnessed Zhao Min jumping from the suspension bridge that day, although they were very grateful to her, there was no possibility of surviving the fall from the suspension bridge.

The two looked at the bandit on the opposite side, and they did not dare to delay, they supported each other and went down the mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, the two parted, and Xiao Cui walked southward, walking for a day and a night before reaching her own village.

Xiaocui opened the door of her house full of joy, but found that there was no one there. She searched the whole house but couldn't find it.

At this time, a person passed by the door, heard movement in their house, and hurried in to check.

After entering, Xiaocui glanced at her neighbor, Aunt Wang, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask, "Aunt Wang, where are my parents and sister?"

When Aunt Wang saw Xiao Cui came back, she threw the hoe in her hand to the ground, walked up to her, and held her arm: "Xiao Cui, where have you been all this time?"

There was a flash of pain in Xiaocui's eyes, and she didn't intend to tell others about her experience: "Oh, it's hard to explain, Aunt Wang, where is my family?"

Hearing Xiao Cui mentioning his family, Aunt Wang's eyes were full of hesitation. Seeing her like this, Xiao Cui couldn't help feeling a little anxious: "Aunt Wang, tell me quickly, where have they all gone?"

After Aunt Wang left, Xiaocui sat on a stone bench in the yard, clenched her fists tightly, and gritted her teeth, her heart full of hatred.

It turned out that since Xiaocui disappeared, his parents had been looking for her everywhere, in the village and neighboring villages, but they still couldn't find her.

On that day, Xiaocui's family went to the town to see if there was any whereabouts of Xiaocui, but unexpectedly, Xiaocui's younger sister was spotted by the magistrate who came out, saying that he wanted to dedicate her to the prince.

Xiaocui's parents were unwilling to live or die, but her younger sister was kidnapped by the magistrate.

In the end, the magistrate simply arrested Xiao Cui's parents for disrupting official business and put them in prison. Within three days, news spread that the couple had committed suicide in prison.

After Xiao Cui's sister heard the news, she was also heartbroken, and she was unwilling to let the magistrate send her to the capital. In a fit of rage, she slammed her head against the wall to death.

"Father, mother, Xiaohua, it's all my fault, it's all my fault!"

Xiao Cui cried heart-rendingly, looking at the things in the yard, the scene of playing with her sister seemed to be still yesterday, but now it has been separated forever.

After crying, Xiao Cui went to the cemetery and buried the three of them with the help of the villagers. After Xiao Cui went to say goodbye to her parents and Xiao Hua, she returned home, tossed and turned, and made a decision in her heart.

Early the next morning, Xiaocui came out of her house with her bundle on her back, took one last look, locked the door of the house, and left the small mountain village.

It was also thanks to the fact that when the three escaped from the cottage, Zhao Min distributed some silver taels to the two and hid them in the soles of their shoes, thus supporting Xiao Cui to reach the imperial city.

But after arriving in the imperial city, Xiaocui was very confused, and the desire for revenge in her heart became stronger and stronger, but how could she, a commoner, get close to the prince?

Just when a notice was posted in the city, saying that the palace wanted to recruit a large number of maids, Xiaocui went to sign up.

Xiaocui is quick in her hands and feet, strong enough, and quick in her work, and soon won the appreciation of the consul.

In fact, many of the maids were unwilling to choose the maids who accompanied the Autumn Hunt this time. They didn't know what dangers would happen if they went with them in the wild mountains and mountains. There were guards in the palace there for safety.

The court ladies who were chosen to accompany Xiaocui during the Mid-Autumn Festival all complained bitterly, but Xiaocui cherished this errand especially because it was her only chance to get close to the prince.

It seems that God still cares for her. Unexpectedly, the prince would keep her by his side by mistake.

Xiao Cui, who was standing behind the prince, lowered her eyes to hide the hatred in her eyes. Now is not the best time.

(End of this chapter)