Yijuan cloud

Chapter 24 Compromise follows
The boy said: "A while ago, my young master went to various places to suppress the Yellow Turban Army. Everywhere he went, he sent people to search and posted missing persons notices. News just came from the Fujian and Zhejiang areas, saying that there was a family who had fled from Yangzhou. The family surnamed Lin once settled there, and their names and ages match."

"It's just because the young master is going to march north, so he can't distract himself from looking for people for a while, but at least he knows that they are safe and sound." He whispered again, "My young master is really concerned about the girl's affairs."

For some reason, I suddenly remembered that day at the inn, Mr. Fan led me to the inner room. The windows and doors were closed, and the room was dark and silent. When he turned around, he stood there like a mountain, with his eyes blazing and asking me. What's the matter with him?

The boy spoke so bluntly that my face started to get hot. I just looked at the majestic stone lion at the door and said softly: "Master Fan is naturally a first-class good man. I will never forget his great kindness. Remember it."

The boy chuckled softly and said, "Young lady, my young master's troubles are not in vain."

It was already dark, so he couldn't stay long, so he waved to me and ran away.

I'm still standing at the door.

At this time, the sunset has faded, and the sky is gray-pink, just like the sky in Yangzhou.

I was stunned for a while.

I had always believed that my family was safe and sound before, but now that I got the exact news, I felt a stone fall in my heart. However, I was not as anxious and impatient as before, wishing that I could get together with my family immediately.

While he was lost in thought, he suddenly heard Tan Liang, the boy guarding the door under a tree not far away, shout: "Master, are you going out?"

I turned my head and looked around, and saw a man in a blue suit walking out of the side path. Because the path was blocked by the rockery next to the back door, I hadn't noticed that the man was approaching.

Judging from his attire, he must be the prince's bodyguard. I quickly bowed my head and walked away quickly.

The next day, it started to rain heavily early in the morning.

Cao Yingshan was bored and had fun playing cards and throwing dice with a few of us.

I played with him for a while, and excused myself from having a headache to go to the porch to watch the rain.

When the rain stopped, I saw a maid wearing a raincoat coming in. She walked wetly to the corridor, then she looked up and saw me. She took my arm and said, "Oh, girl, come with me quickly. The princess is looking for you."

I was secretly surprised and blurted out: "What does the princess want from me?"

The servant woman said impatiently: "What the girl said is really ungrateful. Just go if I tell you. Don't say that we don't know. If we know, I will tell you. Can you not go? Let's go quickly."

I lowered my eyes and said coldly: "I will go back to my master and live with you."

Cao Yingshan drank a few sips of wine and became a little tipsy. After hearing this, she stood up and said, "What is she looking for you for? It's still raining. What's important?"

Then he heard the maid on the corridor outside yelling at her, so she combed her temples and said, "Tell that old woman not to scream nonsense. I'll go with you when I change my clothes."

The Xu family's house was originally bright due to the morning sun, but because it was raining and dark, the lamps were lit at this time, so it was still bright everywhere.

There is a large pear tree case on the couch by the window. Mrs. Xu is wearing a lotus-colored dark flower and bird jacket, with beaded and noble hair on her head.

She was playing with an orchid on the table with her little finger's gold nail polish. When she heard the movement, she raised her head and saw that Cao Yingshan had also arrived. She was not surprised, but calmly let Cao Yingshan sit down.

Cao Yingshan sat down unceremoniously and said: "The weather is not good, so I hurriedly summoned my maid over. I thought something must be urgent. Anyway, I have nothing to do. Come over and see what's the use." Keeping us."

The maid brought tea, and Mrs. Xu said: "Your Majesty is already tiring and exhausted from socializing outside. We can't share our worries, so we can't worry about the household chores. Your Majesty said, for the sake of fairness and not to make you worry too much, Promise your girl to follow you, I asked her to come, just to give you some instructions."

Although these words agreed to Cao Yingshan's request, they contained insinuations. Cao Yingshan was shocked and angry, and said: "Day and night, I can't even see the prince once. Occasionally, we meet and say a word." Are your qualifications gone?"

"As usual, I will mention a few words about our duties. Why are you anxious? Then I will lecture the maid. If you don't want to listen, go and sit in the side room first."

"If there's anything I don't want to hear, just tell me."

Mrs. Xu ignored her and said to me: "I heard that you are literate, so you should be in charge of the prince's books and scrolls."

I responded, and she continued: "Outside is not as good as at home. It represents the face of our Imperial Palace. Being capable and clever is one thing. The most important thing is our duty. Don't do things you shouldn't do and don't say things you shouldn't say. , do you remember? If I knew who broke the rules, I would not let him off lightly. "

Walking back, Cao Yingshan was puzzled and puzzled. "This is strange. The prince didn't agree two days ago, so why did he agree to let you go?"

I was also secretly surprised, thinking about Xu's words, and said, "Perhaps Your Majesty went back and thought about it for fear that you would be unhappy before spreading the word so that people outside would laugh at it."

She burst into laughter and said, "Have you heard the rumor that our prince is going out to hide for a while because he can't settle the household chores and has a headache?"

The gossips of those servants, women and maids flashed through my mind, and I couldn't help but smile.

Cao Yingshan said happily: "No matter what, I always promised to let you go beyond the Great Wall!"

After walking for a while, he sighed and said, "Actually, I'm not willing to let you go."

I said: "Then you go and tell the prince?"

She clicked her tongue and said, "The decision has been made, how can we go back on our word now?"

Even though Baba asked me to go on a long trip, Cao Yingshan still rewarded me with a few things while I was packing the boxes.

In addition to the leather jewelry, there was also a jade flute. The flute was green and of high quality. I was surprised and hurriedly pushed it away.

She put it into my hand and said, "I bought this flute to learn because he likes to play the flute, but I can't learn it anyway. It's useless to keep it anyway. I'll give it to you."

During this expedition to Tartar, the King of Italy only assumed the title of "Capital Censor".

The people who really contributed and took care of the affairs were the general Chang Dachun and the guarding eunuch Tang Shou.

But King Yi is a prince after all, and the dignity of the royal family still needs to be maintained.

A large group of people met outside the city. King Yi made an impassioned speech in front of the army before setting off.

I followed three maids in a carriage and marched in the middle of the procession.

Looking from between the curtains of the carriage, I saw an endless line of armored soldiers, with the sound of hoofbeats and the rumble of wheels. The prince's carriage was not visible, and Mr. Fan did not see it from beginning to end.

Since the maids who serve the prince are two of the most effective helpers in the Xu family's house, the journey for the four of us is easy.

Just thinking about the next trip makes me worried.

In the evening, we rested in Chengde. There were few people in this area and there were no inns, so we had to stay at Chengen Temple.

Twenty thousand troops camped at the foot of the mountain, while the King of Yi, the chief and deputy generals, and the guarding eunuchs went up the mountain with their entourage to stay at Chengen Temple.

After settling down, the four of us ate something and got busy organizing our things.

But seeing people in the yard bringing food back and forth, I guess dinner has already started in the front.

When I went to Beijing, the heat was extremely hot at night, but it was extremely cool here. The wind blew through the cracks in the windows and it was even a bit chilly. Someone opened the window and shouted: "It's raining!"

I stopped what I was doing and then heard the sound of rain. It must have been raining for a while.

At this time, the bamboo curtain was raised, and a man came in. He was wearing a blue jacket, his shoulders were shivering with cold. When he entered the room, he said to me: "Hurry and get the pen, ink, paper and inkstone for the prince. The prince is waiting for the inscription."

This person is Prince Yi's personal servant Zhong Ming.

I hurriedly went to get something from the box, wrapped it in a blanket and handed it over.

Zhong Ming didn't answer, turned around and walked out, saying, "Follow me and serve the prince with pen and ink."

Listening to what he said, I couldn't say a word. I just widened my eyes and waited for him to say.

(End of this chapter)