Graceful spring color

Chapter 32 Plan
  After Xie Fengyue treated the wound, she went back to her room with a normal expression. She was afraid that Zhe Zhi would see some clues and cry again.

He was lying softly on the small bed. He originally wanted to get up after taking a short rest, but he didn't know whether he fainted from the pain or fell asleep due to exhaustion. When he woke up, it was already close to noon.

At this time, her face was still a little pale and she looked gloomy. He looked at Zhi Zhi who was packing clothes and asked, "What is this for?"

Zhe Zhi's face was full of joy, "Someone sent a letter before, saying that we would move to Rufeng Courtyard. That is the most beautiful courtyard in the house."

Xie Fengyue's mind was still in a state of confusion. "What yard is nice?"

Zhe Zhi folded the clothes on his hand before replying, "It's the yard with a large peach forest. When spring comes, the patches of pink there will be so beautiful."

One sentence made Xie Fengyue completely sober. No matter how beautiful the yard is, it won't last until spring.

She sat upright and said, "Go back to the person who sent the message and tell us that we should move back to Jinyuan."

Zhezhi blinked, "Jinyuan is remote and small, why do you want to go back? I think Rufengyuan is fine."

Xie Fengyue waved to Zhezhi, and waited until he sat down next to Xiaotan before asking in a low voice, "How is the money you replaced?"

"There are still one hundred taels of large-denomination silver notes that have not been exchanged. The others have been replaced with broken silver and copper plates, and they are all hidden under my bed." Although Zhezhi didn't know why the girl asked her, she still answered clearly. .

Xie Fengyue's expression turned solemn, "When we leave the house now, we will all change into small banknotes worth twelve taels each. You have to work harder tonight and sew them all into the inner placket of your clothes. We will leave the city tomorrow night."

Zhezhi stared straightly, "Why is it so sudden?"

Xie Fengyue dipped her fingers in water and drew a route on the table. "Leaving Chun is getting closer and closer. I'm afraid that Mrs. Xie will notice and send someone to keep an eye on me. It's better to run early than to be safe."

Xie Fengyue didn't dare to tell her the real reason. If Zhezhi knew that there was something hidden about her family's exile, she would definitely not be able to hide it on her face.

The biggest reason for choosing to leave the city tomorrow is actually because Taifu Xie will return home today, and there will definitely be a banquet at home tomorrow. She, a legitimate daughter, is not qualified to attend. There will be many people and things going on at that time, so no one will pay attention to her.

If Mrs. Xie's words today are followed, this kiss with Xie Fengyue is a consummation. If it is true that the person waiting for Gongzi Yan to take her place in the sedan chair and set off for the Kingdom of Wu, if anything goes wrong at that time, it will really be impossible for her to survive. Gone.

She would rather believe in herself than bet on such a possibility that there is no room for change.

"Jinyuan is closest to the west gate. We will go through that small gate tomorrow." She pointed to the wet water stains.

Her fingers were long and slender, and she drew the route to the south one by one. "After leaving Xie Mansion, we can't go south directly, and we can't go back to Peixian County. We have to go to the Wu Palace road. If we go the other way, we won't be caught easily." .”

Zhezhi memorized the route carefully, holding the clothes in her arms tightly with her hands. "Girl, is it really safe for us to escape like this?"

Her words directly pointed to what Xie Fengyue was most afraid of, and her throat tightened. "The country of Wu is relatively stable. Fei County, Yanghe County, etc. that this route will pass through are all prosperous places. This way, at least you don't have to worry about being robbed." Kill them, and when we get to Qiyang, the county seat of Yanghe County, we will find a caravan heading south to follow us, and we will feel much safer."

Xie Fengyue looked at Zhezhi seriously, "Are you afraid?"

Zhezhi nodded and shook his head, "If there is a girl here, then I won't be afraid."

A smile appeared on Xie Fengyue's lips and she rubbed her head. "Don't be afraid. Although Lingnan is a smoky place, it is garrisoned by General Dinghai himself. It's just because of its name that it's scary."

Zhezhi exclaimed, "Young lady knows this, she's so awesome."

Xie Fengyue smiled reluctantly. In fact, there should have been clues about the family's exile. It was just that she was distracted by the exile and didn't notice it. Her brother Xie Lingyun once told her not to worry about her family when she left prison and let her live a good life in Xie's Mansion. Tell her that Lingnan is actually safer than she thought, and tell her that her family will write to her after arriving in Lingnan to report that they are safe.

At first, she really thought that her family was worried about her and said comforting words, but she remembered the leisurely look of the family when they were in prison. How could this be what a family in exile should look like?

Also, is the crime of corruption of ink a case of taking the blame for someone else and being framed by someone else?
  Xie Fengyue no longer wanted to think about it. She just wanted to go to Lingnan to ask questions in front of her parents and brothers, why they abandoned her and why they let her marry a King of Wu who was over fifty and dying.

He casually put on a coat, put on his curtain hat and left Aobo Pavilion.

Wang Yan saw the girl leaving and murmured, "Didn't this person just get injured? Why are you leaving the house at this time?"

He waved to Songshan, "Go and keep an eye on it yourself, but stay away and don't let her find out."

Since Xie Fengyue didn't have a legitimate reason to go out, the steward who prepared the car only approved one oxcart. She didn't mind stepping on the small stool and boarded the simple carriage.

The driver who drove the carriage was an old man with gray hair. The old man who used to make loud noises now no longer dared to shout, for fear that he would be sent away with a loud voice.

Zhe Zhi looked like he was hesitating to speak. He wanted to speak several times but stopped at the end.

Xie Fengyue knew what she wanted to ask, but she still didn't point it out.

As if she had made up her mind, she asked in one breath, "Do you want the girl to bring the stamens?"

"I will only take you away. Huarui has entered the Xie Mansion's slave contract."

Zhezhi fell silent after hearing this. Although she was the girl's personal maid, when she was old enough, the girl went to the government office to change the slave deed into a servant deed. Even if she gets into trouble in the Xie Mansion, she can't be killed at will.

But Hua Rui is different. She entered the Xie Mansion's slave contract. If she ran away, she would be a runaway slave and would be killed on the spot if found.

There was silence in the carriage. It was not until the oxcart stopped at the entrance of Baozhuang Pavilion that Zhizhi spoke again, "Girl, this Baozhuang Pavilion object is valuable."

"Only here can a one-hundred-tael silver note be easily exchanged for a small-value silver note. The remaining silver coins elsewhere can most likely be exchanged for you into silver or copper plates."

Zhe Zhi lowered her head. She really didn't want to carry a bag of copper plates and broken silver on her back.

The two of them entered through the side door of Baozhuang Pavilion in an extremely low-key manner. As soon as Xie Fengyue entered, she walked towards the rouge and gouache area.

Zhezhi was dumbfounded when she saw that half a palm-sized piece of rouge was priced at twenty taels. She approached Xie Fengyue and whispered, "How come this box of rouge is enough for ordinary people to live for a year."

She glanced around again and continued, "This twenty taels of rouge is actually the cheapest here."

Xie Fengyue nodded, and then Zhezhi reached out to take it.

"Sister Yue is here to buy things too?"

Xie Fengyue's eyelids twitched. She had chosen lunch time to go out, so how could she still meet Xie Fengrou.

(End of this chapter)