concubines

Chapter 298 The Child Is Lost
The emperor's selection of concubines again was not groundless. After three to five days, a group of people entered the palace.

Miaoli didn't go to join in the fun, but it is said that all of them are as beautiful as flowers and jade, and they are all very beautiful.

Miao Li is really looking at it now, there is already one, what's the difference if there are more?No matter how many concubines he wants to accept, no matter how many women he will have.It is irreversible, so we can only accept it calmly.

It was no longer a matter between the two of them, and many people had been mixed in.Perhaps it can be said that the two of them have nothing to do, and they will probably be strangers in the future.

Be an ordinary concubine, and slowly die of old age in the palace, she no longer dares to expect any difference.

Many people came to the palace again, Miao Li tried hard to reduce her sense of existence.Before, I would occasionally go out with Qingxi, but now I don't go out very much, and stay in Qingquan Palace every day.Everything outside is completely dependent on what others tell her.

Qingxi came back from a walk today and picked a bouquet of flowers for her as usual.

Miao Li saw the lotus in his hand and smelled the faint fragrance of the lotus, only then did she feel that summer had come.It seems that except for the hotter days, she doesn't feel much about summer.

Her body was a bit cooler, and she wasn't too afraid of heat, so she didn't feel much.

Qingxi went up to her and said as if asking for credit: "Auntie, I just went to the lotus pond today, and the flowers seem to have finished blooming, so I just picked a few for you."

She only felt the arrival of summer now, and the summer was already over.Some lamented how fast time passed, but Miao Li found other things from his words.

Miao Li pulled him and asked: "Are you going to play by the water? How many times have I told you not to go to dangerous places or do dangerous things, why didn't you listen?"

Qingxi stretched out his arms to hug her, smiled flatteringly, and said coquettishly: "I didn't go to the water to play, I played on the boat, and I picked flowers for my aunt. My aunt couldn't see such a beautiful thing, really What a pity. I was wrong, aunt forgive me, okay?"

Miao Li's heart softened when she said this, and she couldn't bear to blame him anymore.But Xiao Zhuozi made a good complaint beside him, "Madam, the young master went out to be so embarrassing, he said he couldn't row a boat, so he insisted on rowing, so he went to the water's edge to untie the boat. The servant had no choice but to take him to the middle of the lake to pick flowers , Not only that, but he also took the little lady to go, saying that he could not be selfish, and left his sister alone. He kept swaying when he got on the boat, and almost swayed himself into the lake. "

Qingxi glanced at Xiao Zhuozi resentfully, "You don't count what you say, and you clearly said that you won't sue. Big liar, I won't play with you in the future, and I will spank your ass later."

"Have you learned how to threaten people?" Miao Li turned his little head angrily, "I made you so naughty, I won't allow you to eat snacks today, you're really hungry."

"Auntie is good or bad, Qingxi doesn't want to play with you anymore. Qingxi is a child who is loved by no one. I really miss my father and mother." Qingxi pursed her mouth, feeling extremely wronged, and acted like she was about to cry appearance.

Miao Li pinched his nose and said: "It's useless to fight with me, you should reflect on yourself!"

As children get older, they become more and more naughty.Qingxi is still not afraid of anything, and will provoke everything.

Miao Li was a little worried, now that there are more people in the palace, what if he goes out and causes trouble.

It's really frustrating.

Miao Li's punishment was still too gentle, and not eating snacks had no effect on Qingxi at all, except for being a little greedy.After being greedy, I endured it and it passed. I was still on the outside, and I was not afraid of anything.

Xiao Zhuozi was sweating profusely when he took them out to play every day. Bringing celebrations was the most difficult job in the whole palace. No one was more frightened than him.

When Xiao Zhuozi came back, he filed a complaint against Miaoli, and punished Qingxi as a symbolic punishment after filing the complaint.That guy is really not afraid of anything, he knows that he will not be beaten, he is unscrupulous, and he is still the same when he goes out the next day.

This went on for several days, and when Miao Li saw Qingxi going out, she was also frightened, afraid that Qingxi would cause some serious trouble.

Seeing her fidgeting in the palace, Mother Xi smiled and said: "It's okay, there are several eunuchs following the young master, there will be absolutely no danger, empress, don't worry."

"That's what I said, but I'm still worried. Qingxipi doesn't look like a child of a few years old. If something really happens, I don't know how to explain it to his parents."

"Your Majesty is really worried, nothing will happen. If your Majesty is really worried, you can go out and have a look, and you will feel at ease after looking at it yourself."

This is indeed a good way, but Miao Li doesn't want to go out.

"Forget it, let's find a time or find a time to send him out. Let his father beat him up, and he may be honest."

Mother Xi actually wanted to persuade her to go out for a walk, but she didn't have much hope, so she didn't persuade her anymore.

Miao Li walked around the yard a few times, she seemed to be extremely restless today, and she still couldn't calm herself down.Eyelids are also constantly twitching, feeling that something bad has really happened.

They seem to have been out for a long time, but they still haven't come back. Miao Li really can't wait any longer and wants to go out and have a look.

But before he walked out of the palace gate, he met Xiao Zhuozi who came back in a hurry.

Xiao Zhuozi seemed to be terrified, with a pale face, he didn't have time to look at the road when he was walking, and almost ran into Miaoli.Seeing it was Miao Li, she knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and said, "Damn the slave, die the slave."

Miao Li's heart skipped a beat, and he was the only one who came back, and he couldn't see where Qingxi and Meimei were.After calming down, he stretched out his hand and pulled Xiao Zhuozi up, asking, "What happened?"

"The young master and the young lady can't be found, and in a blink of an eye, the slaves can't find anyone. The slave deserves to die, the slave deserves to die."

Miao Li's eyes darkened and she almost fainted.Forcibly calm down and said: "Now is not the time to die or not, go find someone. Tell everyone in the palace to put down what they are doing, and go out to find someone now."

The two children are gone, that is the current blood of her Meng family.

Miao Li didn't want to go out anymore, so she went out and rushed directly to the imperial garden. According to Xiao Zhuozi, the two children were playing in the imperial garden just now.Regardless of whether or not she would offend others, she only wanted to find her child now.

Miaoli almost walked around most of the imperial garden, but she didn't even see anyone.Everyone in Qingquan Palace was looking outside, and after Li Youfu heard about it, she also ran out to help.

It was getting dark gradually, and the lights that were lit everywhere were still nothing.Miao Li was dying of anxiety, her legs were so sore from walking, but she kept walking, just wanting to find the child immediately.

Li Youfu supported her, and felt that her legs were about to lose strength, and her voice was hoarse, and she was still walking forward and shouting, "Sister, why don't you rest for a while? Rest for a while and then look for it."

Miao Li had no way to stop, knowing that the child was gone, she just felt that the sky was falling and the earth was falling.

It was already dark now, Zhou Shuxuan had just come out of Qinzheng Hall, and received a reply from Xichang Kingdom, he had to go to Concubine Jin.He didn't open the letter, but he had to know the contents of the letter right away, so he had to go over and guard Concubine Jin to open it.

Wanting to get to Yongshou Palace sooner, Zhou Shuxuan asked the eunuch to take a road that few people take.It is said that this place is a bit weird. A long time ago, a concubine was found having an affair with a man outside the palace, and then was beaten to death on this road. The child in her stomach was already eight months old.

Later, palace people often heard the sound of children crying on this road, so there were not many people walking here, and the several palaces on the roadside were all abandoned.

Zhou Shuxuan didn't believe in ghosts and gods, so he didn't take it seriously.However, the eunuchs who carried the sedan chairs believed in those legends, and walked with trepidation.

The wind is still blowing tonight, making the treetops shake, making it even more terrifying.

Zhou Shuxuan didn't notice these things, he was still thinking about the attitude of Xichang Kingdom in his head, and didn't know what they wrote in their reply letter.After thinking about it, the sedan chair suddenly shook, bringing him back to his senses.

After a big shake, the sedan chair was still shaking, Zhou Shuxuan asked very displeased: "What happened?"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, there is a ghost!"

Zhou Shuxuan reprimanded, "Nonsense, it's all in a quiet place, where did the ghost come from?"

Gao Fu's trembling voice came from next to his ear again, "Your Majesty, there seems to be something really wrong, listen."

Zhou Shuxuan held his breath and listened intently. There was indeed the sound of a child crying. It seemed that he had been crying for a long time and his voice was hoarse.Zhou Shuxuan still didn't believe it was a ghost, but only believed that someone was pretending to be a ghost.

After getting out of the sedan chair and walking a few steps towards the direction of the sound source, I could hear it more clearly, not only the sound of a child crying, but also the sound of talking.

"Sister, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry. Brother knows that you are hungry, if you bear with it a little longer, aunt should find us right away, and there will be something to eat when we get back. That big fool, aunt, why hasn't she found us yet?"

He just said it wasn't some ghost, it was obvious that Qingxi brought Meimei out, and she didn't know why she was trapped here.

"Qingxi?" Zhou Shuxuan called out tentatively.

Qingxi seemed to hear his voice, because it felt that Meimei's mouth was covered, and her crying was much quieter.

It took a long time before a happy voice came, "Who are you? Are you here to save us?"

After confirming that it wasn't some ghost, Zhou Shuxuan finally shone the lantern in the direction where Qingxi was speaking, and saw him sitting on a palace wall with Meimei in his arms, and he didn't know how he got up there.

He was looking at Qingxi, and Qingxi was also looking at him.Qingxi also called out tentatively, "Are you uncle?"

(End of this chapter)