Yijuan cloud

Chapter 126 Struggling for help
Along with Cao Yingshan, two other boys came quickly and carried Cao Yingshan to the carriage with Huixin and me.

"Go to Banbi Street!" As I got on the carriage, I told the driver to drive away quickly.

Huixin hurriedly called Cao Yingshan.

I leaned over and pinched Cao Yingshan hard. Her eyelids trembled, and Youyou opened her eyes. Her eyes were empty. She was stunned for a moment and tears came out of her eyes. She also stood up and rushed to the car door without any explanation.

"Where is this? I want to go back to my home!"

"Miss, Miss, you can't go! There are officers and soldiers guarding you, so you can't get in!" Huixin hurriedly hugged her arm and cried urgently.

Cao Yingshan seemed to remember the situation outside the gate of Cao's Mansion just now. Two rows of officers and soldiers with swords on their waists surrounded the mansion like buckets, and she froze on the spot for a moment.

"It concerns the Cao family and the prince, you'd better stop making trouble."

I was exhausted mentally and physically, and said with difficulty: "I wonder how the palace is doing? It's a good thing if you can come out, Your Majesty... Although Your Majesty has been deprived of his title, the foundation of the palace is still there. Now you are going to my house. If you want to go back Please ask the coachman to change the route."

Cao Yingshan fell softly on the carriage carpet and leaned on the soft couch.

Because she was leaning against me, I could only see her back. She was wearing a moon-white coat and a dark green blouse with coral red pleats. Her high bun and temples were slightly messy, but the pearls on it were exquisite and luxurious.

With makeup and hair so complete, he must have rushed here after receiving a big disaster for the Cao family.

Seeing her shoulders twitching slightly, I said coldly: "You were calm before. Before the imperial edict was issued, were you not worried at all?"

"How did I know it would be so powerful? Last night, the servants came over and said that my second brother and the prince had made trouble, and asked me to go back to my parents' house to find my father. I was still thinking about what would happen to them? Just what happened, and As for my father and the Xu family, when I got up this morning, I planned to go back to my parents’ house as soon as I packed up. I didn’t expect it to be like this. I don’t know what happened to my mother?...I didn’t even see my mother’s face. ."

As she cried, she turned around and stared at me with red, tearful eyes.

Huixin sat beside her and sobbed.

I turned my eyes and glanced at them, then looked forward blankly.

"Where's Mrs. Xu? She wasn't there when the palace officials went to announce the decree in the morning. She must have gone back to her Xu family. Let's go to the Xu family... Huixin, ask the coachman to go to the Xu family."

"Go to the Xu family to ask for Prime Minister Xu?"

I said coldly: "Do you think Mrs. Xu is like you? She went there last night, and will go there again before dawn today to wait for Prime Minister Xu to go to court. She is worried that the prince is a hundred times more anxious than you are. With the priesthood having been removed, you will be dead. As the daughter of the Cao family and the prince’s concubine, she has a sensitive status, so it’s better to keep a low profile at this time.”

"Are you blaming me? Who do you think you are? What did Cao Junlei do? That's their big house's business. When they were prosperous, they took all the good things. Now something has happened, and it has affected our third house! Let me Mother will suffer with them! And the prince, he might as well stay at the border and not come back. He caused such a thing just after he came back! I don’t know what disrespectful thing he did, and he was said to be treason..."

She looked excited, but her words gradually weakened: "How could the two of them rebel? Isn't this an unjust accusation?"

She crawled to me and grabbed my arm: "What do you know? Didn't Mrs. Xu go to her father to plead for mercy?"

I let her shake her arms and said after a while: "He is just the Prime Minister."

Cao Yingshan did not go home with me, nor did she return to the palace.

She got off the carriage, took only Hui Xin with her, and secretly went to guard outside Cao's mansion.

And I could only walk home slowly step by step.

My head was full of thoughts, my body felt like it weighed hundreds of kilograms, and I didn’t seem to recognize the road in front of me as I walked.

I thought that there were still many opportunities for improvement. I thought that with Prime Minister Xu and Master Cao here, I would be able to seek forgiveness from the emperor.

Even if he wants to be convicted, it will take some time. If Brother Fan is willing to help then...he won't be in this situation.

Never thought it would be so fast, so urgent...and so cruel!
As he was walking in a daze, a small carriage suddenly arrived in front of him.

I was startled, and when I came back to my senses, I saw Mrs. Xu sticking her head out of the carriage, waving to me: "Get in the carriage quickly!"

The carriage was simple and cramped, very different from the carriage Xu often traveled in.

She was also dressed as a maid. As soon as I got in the car, she handed me a small bundle and said, "Hurry up and change your clothes!"

I only hesitated for a moment, then immediately cheered up, unpacked my baggage, and quickly changed my clothes.

Mrs. Xu put one hand on the carriage door and said, "I didn't make any mistakes, and you didn't ask me where I was going or what I was doing. I asked you to change clothes, so you did. If this trip ends with no return, you Are you scared?"

My hands tying my waistband stopped, and I looked at her doubtfully: "Of course I'm afraid, but with the princess here, it won't be a life-threatening incident." She frowned, grabbed my waistband, and did it herself. He tied it up for me, "You are wrong, you might be going to die. I took my father's palace badge. You pretend to be my maid and follow me into the palace!"

I also helped Mrs. Xu change her clothes and put her hair into a high bun again.

After getting off the carriage, I followed Xu and walked into the palace gate.

She was the daughter of the Prime Minister. She often went to the palace before she got married, and later married Prince Yi. As a princess, she would always come back during festivals and various banquets in the palace, and she held the Prime Minister's badge to enter and leave the palace. There was no obstruction and we went straight in.

Walking along the way is like walking through an endless palace. The distance is so long and the place is so vast that there is no end.

Finally, Mrs. Xu stopped in front of a large and majestic palace, and then knelt down.

I also knelt down behind her.

Soon, a little eunuch ran down the steps and panted: "Hey, isn't this Liang Xu? What are you doing on such a hot day?"

Mrs. Xu said: "Daughter of the common people, Mrs. Liang Xu, I would like to see the beauty of heaven."

The little eunuch was silent for a while, and then whispered: "The emperor has been extra generous, and the prime minister has no time to express his gratitude. What are you doing here? Heed our advice and come back quickly."

"Thank you very much for your kind words, father-in-law. I also ask my father-in-law to present the memorial for the daughter of the people."

I lowered my eyes and held a small gold bar. The little eunuch stretched out his hand to take it, sighed and turned away.

This time, no one came to care.

After kneeling for about half an hour, there was a sound of rapid footsteps.

Then there was an angry shout from above: "Ru Xin, you are so brave!"

Then there was a crisp sound, and Xu fell to the ground.

Prime Minister Xu was furious and reached out to pull Mrs. Xu: "Let's go home with me!"

"I won't leave! Even if dad beats me to death today, I won't leave!"

The eunuchs and maids surrounding her stopped and watched. Only two young eunuchs and an older maid came over to persuade Mrs. Xu to go back.

Mrs. Xu was dragged to the door, and I followed her to the door, but did not follow her. Instead, I hid behind the stone pillar at the door.

When the sound faded away, he quickly ran towards a secluded place regardless of things.

I don't know which courtyard I entered, but I saw a large rockery, so I hid in it and took off the outer layer of clothes, revealing the clothes of the palace maid inside.

As soon as I walked out, I met an older palace maid, followed by two younger palace maids. When passing me, the elder palace maid asked: "Which palace are you from? You are in a panic. What were you doing just now?"

I bowed my knees and saluted, lowered my head and said, "This servant is newly assigned to serve Concubine Hui. She is not familiar with the road yet. She couldn't find her way when she came out to return her things. She is looking for her in a hurry."

Mrs. Xu said that there were a new group of maids in the palace. Concubine Hui was ill and new people were assigned to the house. Normal people rarely went to Cining Palace, so no one else would be suspicious.

Sure enough, the elder palace maid listened and told me how to leave, then ignored me.

As soon as they disappeared from sight, I immediately started running, almost without stopping, along the general direction mentioned by the palace maid. When I met someone, I quickly stopped and walked over without raising my head.

The courtyard where Concubine Hui lived was not big, and there was no guard at the door.

I smelled a strong smell of medicine before I walked in. When I walked to the corridor, a palace maid came out of the bathroom with a basin and said in a bad tone: "Which palace are you from? Why did you come in so quietly?" "

I saluted hurriedly and put a piece of silver into her hand: "I am new to Shanggong Bureau. My uncle and aunt used to serve the concubine. When they knew that I was entering the palace, they asked me to come and see the concubine. Please give me a visit. Sister, please help me pass the message."

After the palace maid put away the money, a smile appeared on her face and she said, "What's the problem? Come with me."

The decoration inside the house is simple, the windows are closed, the smell is very bad, and there is a palace maid taking a nap on the couch inside.

The maid who led me into my bedroom entered the dormitory. After a while, she came out and said, "The concubine invites you to come in." Then she called to the napping maid and said, "Come on, the concubine asked us to go outside. "

On the dark bed, a woman with a haggard face was lying on the bed. She glanced at me and said, "You are not from Shang Gong Bureau. Why do you want to see me?"

(End of this chapter)