Chapter 243 In the Nuanfang Hall
The wedding is scheduled to be after March.
Since Xiao Cuixin learned the news, she locked herself in the room, and she was losing food every day, and her body was getting thinner day by day. Seeing this scene, the palace maids who served her felt sorry for her. After more than half a month, Xiao Cuixin still refused to go out. These palace maids were secretly anxious and took turns to guard the door every night, worried that she would not want to have a meeting to do stupid things. Half a month later, Xiao Cuixin finally figured out that instead of torture herself now, it would be better to act at the camera at that time.
Most of the palace maids in Nuanfang Palace were close servants of Lu Siyi, the concubine of Jin State. When Kaifeng City was invaded, there was a mess in the palace. Lu Siyi and his disciple Bei Yuanqing struggled to break through the siege, but these dozen weak palace maids were unable to escape.
Yelu Deguang originally wanted to take these beautiful palace maids for himself, but then he thought that he had just pacified the Central Plains. If he acted recklessly in the harem, it would probably miss national affairs. In the next few months, the Liao soldiers fought over grass valleys everywhere, which caused resentment from heaven and others, and finally led to constant resistance in various places. Yelu Deguang was exhausted and gradually forgot about taking concubines. It was not until Xiao Cuixin returned to Kaifeng that he rethinked the existence of Nuanfang Palace.
Xiao Cuixin grew up in Kaifeng. Except for the blood of the Khitans, she was no different from the Han people in other aspects. After she lived in Nuanfang Hall, she was polite to the palace maids around her. Although these palace maids were very afraid of the Liao guards, they were not careful about this innocent and cheerful princess of the Liao Kingdom.
Early this morning, a palace maid walked to Xiao Cui's heart and accidentally heard the sound of the sword inside hitting the sky. She mistakenly thought that Lu Siyi was back, so she asked in surprise: "Grandma, are you using the sword?" She had been with Lu Siyi for many years and was used to the matter of the concubine practicing martial arts in the morning. Xiao Cuixin in the room was stunned after hearing this, then opened the door and raised the sword and said with a smile: "This is your concubine's sword! There are many more inside. When I saw these swords, I remembered my sweetheart. I was very bored these days, so I picked a sword that I liked, and danced it like Brother Yang. I didn't expect that it would evoke your memories of the concubine. I was really embarrassed!"
The palace maid knew that she was in the wrong, and immediately said respectfully: "Princess, it's not your business, it's my servant who is confused." She paused for a moment and asked curiously: "Princess, although you don't know martial arts, you really look like a female hero when you hold a sword." Xiao Cuixin smiled sweetly and said brightly: "Is that true? If I knew it would be like this, I would have escaped long ago and would not have fallen to this point." Speaking of this, she felt a little regretful: "If I had known this would be like this, I shouldn't have returned to Kaifeng with Mr. Du."
That day, as soon as Du Chi arrived outside Kaifeng City, he was picked up by Du Chongwei. Du Chongwei knew that his son followed Guo Rong to rescue Emperor Jin, and was worried that the Liao lord would be furious, so he put him under house arrest in the mansion early. He was allowed to come out after the tide was calm.
The palace maid had a deep feeling and said sternly: "Princess, you are so beautiful that you want to marry someone you have never met many times. Unfortunately, I don't know martial arts, otherwise I will be able to escape from the forbidden palace with the princess." Xiao Cuixin shrugged and said: "Forget it, even if we all know martial arts, we are not the opponents of those guards. You go down and rest first, I want to calm down." The palace maid said "No" and slowly retreated.
A few days will be a good day. In order to prevent any mistakes, Yelu Deguang specially added a large inner guard. Not only that, he also asked Lu Wanli, the leader of the four general managers, to sit in the Nuanfang Hall personally. When the palace maids saw this tough man, they all became cautious and did not dare to make a sound, trying to avoid his sight.
Lu Wanli is naturally used to it.
After all the palace maids returned to their rooms to rest, Xiao Cuixin walked over to say hello and asked, "Mr. Lu, do you have any news about Brother Yang?" Lu Wanli shook his head and said, "Princess, we have searched all over the cliff according to your guidance. There are dozens of tombs at the bottom of the cliff, but there is no body of Mr. Le. According to the judgment of his subordinates, Mr. Le is very likely to be alive." After hearing this, Xiao Cuixin brows slightly and said, "I hope you are right."
Back in Kaifeng that day, Yelu Deguang sent Lu Wanli to welcome her into the palace. Xiao Cuixin was still concerned about Le Yiyang. As soon as she saw Lu Wanli, she told me what happened that night. Lu Wanli admired Le Yiyang very much and believed that he was a martial arts genius who was rare in a century. When he learned that Le Yiyang fell off the cliff, he immediately sent more than ten elite guards to search. Those people searched carefully along the bottom of the cliff and never found his corpse.
Lu Wanli looked around and confirmed that there was no one. He leaned over and said, "Prince, do you know why the emperor gave you to Lu Zhicheng?" Xiao Cuixin raised her head, her eyes were shining with a faint light, and she gently shook her head. Lu Wanli said, "It's true that Lu Zhicheng presented a treasure map to the emperor. The emperor was worried about military expenses. He suddenly learned about the whereabouts of Huang Chao's treasure and immediately agreed to Lu Zhicheng's request."
Xiao Cuixin suddenly realized that she was just a reward for Lu Zhicheng, and she became even more heartbroken. Lu Wanli sighed and said, "Princess, things have come to this point, please think about it." He said here, and his voice suddenly became heavier: "Lu Zhicheng is really a despicable villain! A world-ban martial arts order has harmed many martial arts heroes."
Lu Wanli was originally a descendant of Zhu Liang's royal family. Seeing that his compatriots were in trouble, the resentment in his heart was imaginable. As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that he had lost his composure and quickly apologized: "I am angry for a moment, so please forgive me!"
Xiao Cuixin said softly: "Mr. Lu, I can understand your feelings. Lu Zhicheng was definitely worried about not being the leader of the martial arts world. He instigated the emperor's uncle to issue an order to ban martial arts. It was not for the sake of the Daliao, but for his own selfishness. Such a selfish, sinister and vicious person, who still wants to be my husband, is really delusional! Even if I bit my tongue and commit suicide, I will not marry him."
After hearing this, Lu Wanli was shocked and dissuaded: "Princess must not act irresponsible! There is room for discussion on this matter! The emperor is not an unreasonable person." Xiao Cuixin shook her head and said: "Mr. Lu, there is no need. If you really want to help me, please let me leave here." Lu Wanli frowned and said: "Princess, it's hard for you to be subordinates. If you escape, your subordinates will not be able to get in the job." Xiao Cuixin had known that he would answer like this and said casually: "I'm just a joke with you, don't take it seriously!"
Lu Wanli didn't know the truth of her words, but thought that since she had plans to escape, she could only strengthen her vigilance in Nuanfang Palace just in case.89
Chapter completed!