The princess of time travel is not stupid

Chapter 32

The days that were forgotten were neither salty nor dull, until the eve of the 22nd year of Xuanwu, Xia Mi still visited every corner of Yigan Palace, the weather was rarely sunny without snow.

Wrapped in a blue cloak, she walked through the promenade and counted the rows of houses. She remembered that she visited the eighth room last time. She stopped in front of the ninth room and saw that the door was locked.Xia Mi was in a good mood, touched the thin hairpin on her head, and fiddled with the keyhole a few times, only to hear a click, and the lock opened.

Gently pushing the door open, she could still see the dust flying in the air. After waiting for a long time, she walked in. After a cursory glance, this room seemed to be nothing special, just simple furniture displayed, which was unremarkable.She walked around, and when she was about to go out, she accidentally stepped on something like a wooden stick and hit the wall.

There was a creaking sound, and the wall behind her suddenly turned around, and Xia Mi fell in, not even having time to react with a scream.

Xia Mi, who fell to the ground, was choked by the humid and unpleasant air, and coughed for a long time before it eased. She couldn't see her surroundings clearly, and only felt that it was pitch black.Fortunately, when she fell in just now, she grabbed the candle at hand in a panic, took out the torch and lit it.

Only then did I see that this is a passage about 1.5 meters wide, and the darkness ahead seems to be very long.She pushed the wall behind her, but found that it couldn't be pushed, and there were no switches nearby, so she had no choice but to move forward.Otherwise, if she continues to stay, the oxygen will be consumed by her.

I kept walking, I kept walking, I didn't know how many turns I turned, and I didn't know how far I walked. Xia Mi's legs and feet felt weak. There is no end of the road.Xia Mi groped for a long time, and determined that it was still a wall, not a door.

There is a feeling of dying somewhere no one knows.

It's so stupid.

"Mother Hua, I'm gone alone again." The voice was a very young girl.

"Well, let's deal with it." This is an old woman with a sense of vicissitudes in her voice.Then there was the slam of the door, and then silence.

Xia Mi listened with his ears pricked up for a long time, but he didn't hear anyone speak again.She held up the candle and looked up at the wall above her head, from which the sound was coming.

A drop of wax dripped on her hand, and Xia Mi, who was hot, exclaimed and almost threw the candle away, but fortunately she held it steady and dripped the wax on the ground.

"Is it you?" Suddenly the old woman's voice came from above.

Xia Mi was startled, is there anyone else?But in an instant, she also thought that maybe this is the only way out.Thinking of this, she called out, "Is anyone there?"

After a sound of moving, a piece of light was cast on the head, Xia Mi raised her hand to cover her eyes, but she couldn't see who the beggar mother was, a step gradually appeared beside her, Xia Mi struggled to climb up, and when she came out, I saw that there was a kind of... a feeling of grayness and death.She turned around and looked at the flower mother.

"you are?"

Mammy Hua was also looking at her, smiling lightly for a long time, yellow teeth could be seen faintly, she said: "It's so similar." She covered the floor and moved the box up.No one can see that there is such a long passage below, and it leads to Yiqian Palace.

After moving, Nanny Hua sat heavily on the chair, wiped off her sweat, was out of breath, and looked very tired.After calming down for a long time, I finally had the energy to talk to Xia Mi, and smiled at her very earnestly, "Sit down, are you Xia Mi? You are so big."

"You know me?" Xia Mi asked suspiciously.

The surrounding layout is heavy in color, even the stool she just sat on is a little wobbly, and the furniture is mostly in disrepair. What kind of place is this?In the palace, who knows her?

"Huakai Tumi gave birth to a girl on the second day of May, named Mi." Nanny Hua looked at Xia Mi with bright eyes, but she seemed to be looking at someone through her, "I still remember that when His Royal Highness was born that day, Then I specially hugged you to show the old slave, you are only so big, you are a pink and tender ball." She turned into a circle and gestured.

Seeing that she still spoke logically, Xia Mi didn't regard this person as a lunatic, but only asked, "Where is this place?"

"Lenggong."

This is good, she used to call Xige Palace the second cold palace, but now she is in the real cold palace.Wait a minute, the underground passage of Yiqian Palace leads to the Leng Palace, "Listen to Madam Hua, do you know my father?"

Nanny Hua nodded, "It's not just about knowing each other. The old servant is still alive thanks to Fenghou's rescue that day. The grace of saving my life is always in my heart." She looked at Xia Mi and sighed, "It's just that His Highness is more and more like you. That person is gone, I think he will either be favored by the emperor, or he will be disgusted by him."

"It's the latter." Xia Mi said with a wry smile.

"Old slave guesses it too." Madam Hua followed with a smile, poured a cup of tea and handed it to her, even the tea is cold in winter, what else is hot in the cold palace?

"I don't know if His Highness is in a hurry. If not, why don't you listen to the old slave tell a story?"

Xia Mi hummed, and told her instinctively that this story has something to do with her father, maybe it has something to do with her, anyway, I don't know how to go back now, so it's good to listen to it.

Madam Hua said that the story happened a long time ago, nearly 20 years ago.

There is a lady from a wealthy family who is not interested in the family business, but likes to travel around the mountains and rivers, and dreams that one day she will be able to travel the world with a sword.Once, she met a woman in the rivers and lakes.The two hit it off very well, and even made an appointment to travel all over the great rivers and mountains together.

Just the night before the appointment, Miss Shijia's mother passed away, and the family suddenly changed. She had to go back to take care of all the affairs. After finishing all the affairs, it was already a few years later. She went to look for the woman again, but she still couldn't find it.Later, the family made a marriage for her, and she didn't care much about it. It was only on the wedding night that the main husband appeared to look a bit like that woman, and the days to come can be regarded as loving and happy.

Speaking of this, Mammy Hua paused, as if she was thinking about something, but also seemed to be regretting something.Xia Mi understood a little bit but felt that she didn't understand it. It was that kind of foggy feeling. Seeing that she was still thinking, she couldn't help asking: "What happened next?"

"Later..." Madam Hua raised her eyes, as if she saw the past years, she said: Later, the lady of the family made the family business better and better, and after many years took control of all the family rights, it happened that the woman The family line is also a force subordinate to her family.And when she knew it, it was already time to uproot it.In the end, she decisively terminated the plan, and the price was that those clansmen forced the woman to death.

A few years later, she endured the humiliation and took all those tribesmen for her own use and eradicated them, including her husband's family. Later, her husband gave birth to a child for her. The small brows and eyes looked a bit like that woman, so she Promise Zhengfu to let the child go.

"The husband, she was given poisoned wine, isn't it?" Xia Mi couldn't help asking.

Madam Hua twitched the corners of her mouth, and the last tear fell from her cloudy eyes. She sighed, "Your Highness is really smart."

The most shocking thing is not this, but... Her mother likes another girl?She felt she needed to clear her mind.

"This old servant is here only to hope that His Highness can tell those things to His Highness, and may His Highness not be blinded by hatred, nor be taken advantage of by others." She looked at Xia Mi, and suddenly stood up and knelt down. A salute."

Xia Mi hurried to help her up, but Nanny Hua insisted on bowing, "You should accept this gift in place of Empress Feng."

After she calmed down, Xia Mi asked, "Do I look somewhat similar to that woman?"

Mammy Hua sighed, "Actually, this old slave doesn't remember the appearance of that woman back then, but His Highness looks similar to Queen Feng, but she also has a sense of indifference. She once said that the woman she envied the most is that woman. She is not shocked by honor or disgrace, I think His Highness still looks somewhat similar to her."

"So that's how it is." Only then did Xia Mi understand the reason behind Fenghou's death, why she survived, the Empress didn't care about her, but she didn't let her die, and even gave her a hidden guard.All because of another person.

When Xia Mi came back from the secret passage, she had been thinking about it all the way. Although she didn't ask Nanny Hua why she knew this, but from her words, Xia Mi speculated that she should be the one who took care of the empress back then. People who are close to each other, so they can witness all these things.

However, for some reason, she was disliked by the Empress, and was rescued by Queen Feng. She became Queen Feng's person, and she has been silently guarding the cold palace, just to tell Xia Mi not to go astray.

Whether to go astray or not, seems to be beyond her control.Xia Mi found the squares on the ground according to the method given by Madam Hua, stepped on them one by one as she said, and the wall creaked open.

Beyond the walls is another world.

Xia Mi raised her foot and stepped over.

Patting the dirt on her body, she strode towards Xige Hall. On the way, she met Madam Zhao who was looking for her to eat. Seeing the ashes on her cloak, she rushed to meet her, "Master, what trouble did you encounter?"

"Nothing." Xia Mi replied, seeing that Zhao Nanny seemed to have something to say, she glanced coldly, and Zhao Nanny immediately said: "Song Guijun is here, drinking tea in the room."

The corners of Xia Mi's mouth curled up, and he lowered his head to wipe away the dripping candle oil, "Bring a clean cloak over here."

The empress forbade her to go out, but did not forbid others to come to see her. However, there were only a handful of people in the past two years.

After changing, he entered the room and saw Song Guijun talking to Shaoyao, "Go back and get some better tea from Ben Guijun." After finishing speaking, he put the tea on the table without even taking a sip.

Seeing Xia Mi come in to say hello, he just smiled, "Get up quickly, where did you go to play? I haven't seen anyone after waiting for a long time."

"I fell asleep in the study, and they didn't wake me up because of their ignorance." Xia Mi said.

Song Guijun nodded, "I heard that Zhao Shijun's baby is a girl."

"Then congratulations Zhao Shijun." Xia Mi vaguely remembered that it seemed to belong to Zhao Yuan's family, and it must not have been born yet.She lowered her eyes, suppressed all the light, and lowered her head to drink her tea with a lot of tea foam, which was a little bitter and a little throaty.

"You have to be able to survive." Song Guijun said indifferently, he looked at Xia Mi, "When Wu'er entered the palace a few days ago, he gave some cakes, saying that you like them, and let Ben Guijun Bring some here." He moved his hands, and Wu Hua put the pastry on the table.

"Eldest sister has a heart."

Song Guijun looked at her for a long time, and said: "The second princess should also show her face in front of the emperor, otherwise I will help you to talk, and there is no way to talk about it."

"Thank you Guijun for your compliment." Xia Mi has the feeling of being indifferent, but he is also gentle, and you don't have to refute, which is infuriating.Song Guijun said some more words and left.

In fact, these words are nothing more than hoping that she will pretend to be stupid and mess with Zhao Shijun's child again.

Now, no one in the house dares to be loose anymore, and they have restrained their previous complacency. The master will be the master, and the servant will be the servant.She glanced and saw that everyone was there.

Xia Mi got up, walked to the place where Song Guijun was sitting just now, picked up the undrinked cup of tea, and fiddled with the tea lid, "My tea here can't afford to be wasted." After saying that, he poured the tea on Shaoyao's body, Put the teacup on the table heavily.

Shao Yao exclaimed, and immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "Master, I don't know what the servant has done, I beg the master to investigate clearly."

"What did the princess say before?" Xia Mi sat down slowly and looked at the nails on her fingers, "Master and servant have treated you kindly for many years, I just hope you don't make trouble."

Shao Yao raised her head in fear, and crawled towards her, "I don't have any slaves, I have no second thoughts, master, you have to trust me."

She still held her legs and begged, but Xia Mi didn't speak, Shao Yao cried for a long time, and her voice became softer, Xia Mi pinched her chin, forcing her to look up at herself, "How could the third child be like that?" Do you know that there is a birthday celebration picture in my study? Why did her people arrive after I left?"

Shao Yao's mouth was pinched, and she said inarticulately: "I have been in contact with the third princess..."

The strength in Xia Mi's hand became stronger again, and she slightly looked down at the people on the ground, "After I went out today, you didn't come with Mother Zhao Jixiang for some reason, and then Song Guijun came, tell me, are these all coincidences? ?”

Shao Yao stared at her eyes, full of fear.The corners of Xia Mi's lips she saw raised, that's the smile, after she got rid of Rose that day, she smiled and talked to herself like this.Shao Yao shook her head desperately, tears kept falling down. "Master...Master..." She still wanted to beg for mercy, but Xia Mi shook her face away.

Ah Chen spent half a year figuring out the matter of the third child bringing people in at that time, and finally confirmed that only Shao Yao had private contact with the people from the Changchun Palace while taking the meal.

Xia Mi put all the things together and thought about it, and then she roughly understood.Perhaps Shao Yao did not intend to murder her, but she still obeyed Changchun Palace for some reason, so she spread the news, and Changchun Palace took advantage of the opportunity to disclose the news to the third child, or Bai Xin.

It's a good step to borrow a knife to kill someone.

"Master, I really don't have two minds." Shaoyao kept licking her head on the ground, and Xia Mi's thoughts were interrupted by bang bangs. She looked coldly at the people on the ground, and then raised her eyes. No one pleaded.Xia Mi got up and stepped on Shao Yao's hand, the pain caused Shao Yao to lie down even lower.

"If there is another way, I won't stop you, but it doesn't mean you can step on me." Xia Mi twitched her toes, Shao Yao cried bitterly, Xia Mi's feet moved out little by little, and finally Under Shao Yao's frightened eyes, she smiled and stomped on her fingertips with a clear and clear voice.

Shao Yao screamed: "Master, this servant made a mistake, and this servant knows it's wrong, so please forgive me."

"Say." Xia Mi retracted her feet and sat back in the chair.

Shao Yao clutched her fingers and sobbed a few times, "Song Guijun detained the servant's family, saying that if the servant did not follow suit, they would have a bad life. The servant has no choice but to ask the master for mercy."

Xia Mi pondered for a long time and asked, "What do you think should be done?"

Shao Yao looked up, "Master..."

"Fix it yourself." Xia Mi said flatly, "I will treat your family generously." Apart from that, she had no other choice.

Hearing this, Shao Yao kowtowed heavily to Xia Mi, "Thank you master."

Xigedian, one person is missing.

Taking advantage of this, they made a big fuss, their subordinates fell into the water and failed to seek medical treatment, the corpses were placed at the gate of Yigan Palace, and the maids and eunuchs passing by by chance couldn't help but stop and watch.

When the empress came to Song Guijun's bedroom, she snorted coldly, didn't take the hot tea in his hand, went straight to the couch and sat down, "The second child is dead, do you know?"

Song Guijun shook his hands, "Go back to the emperor, I also heard about this in the morning."

"Have you heard about it? Heh..." The Empress glanced at him, "I grounded her, but I didn't want her to die in it. Now I stumbled and fell into a court lady. Next time, who knows if she will throw herself into a well?" gone?"

Song Guijun hurriedly knelt down: "Your Majesty, I really don't know about this matter. I just heard about it and sent someone to inquire..."

Unexpectedly, the empress didn't listen to him at all, and said: "The people in Xige Temple came out to ask for the imperial doctor, but your people stopped them. Is there such a thing?"

Song Guijun didn't know about this at all, who knew that the Empress saw him silent, left a sentence of good self-reflection and went out. In the evening, a verbal order came, saying that Song Guijun was unwell, and Dong Meiren would assist in taking care of the harem.He staggered and nearly fell, but Wu Hua held him up.

"My lord, are you alright?" Wu Hua asked.

Song Guijun shook his head, "Go and find out what's going on." It took him a long time to swallow his breath, and Dong Meiren took advantage of it for no reason.

Dong Meiren, who took advantage of the news, laughed happily when she heard the news. He never expected that the second child would send such a surprise.

On the contrary, Nanny Zhuang was a little worried, "Master, I'm afraid this matter is not easy."

"How to say?" Dong Meiren was in a very good mood.

"I don't know, I just think it's a bit of a coincidence." Madam Zhuang said, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Zhao Shijun heard that he is about to give birth, so I always feel that it is a troublesome time, and the second princess came first. .Grandma Zhuang always felt uneasy.

Dong Meiren comforted her a few words, and said: "Maybe it's just that the second child wants to use the servants to make trouble. It has been three years, and she is still staying in Yigan Palace and not allowed to come out." He paused for a while, "If there is another In half a year, Qian'er will be an adult..." He laughed even more happily, isn't the second child in a hurry?