Facing the table full of crispy roast duck, braised chicken feet, braised lion's head, Sixi meatballs, and fresh meat sesame cakes, Huaizhu couldn't help but excitedly said: "Miss, it's really great. We have another one today." It’s a blessing.”
I tore off a duck leg for her and rewarded her with, "Why did you follow me and run out? Thank you for your hard work."
Huaizhu shook her head and said, "It's not hard, it's not hard. As long as you can follow the lady, no matter what you do, it will be sweet."
I glared at her: "You little girl knows how to make me happy."
As a result, Huaizhu put down her duck legs and looked at me seriously: "My slave is telling the truth. As long as I can stay with the lady, I will be satisfied."
I deliberately teased her: "Oh, now that you know me, why don't you push me into your prime minister's arms?"
Huaizhu chuckled: "That slave didn't know that the young lady was hiding something secretly."
Then he picked up the duck leg and ate it while saying, "If I had known that the young lady had so many abilities, why would I have to put so much thought into coaxing the prime minister for the young lady?"
I laughed and scolded: "I can't even stop your mouth with food."
Seeing Huaizhu eating happily, I poured two more glasses of wine and handed her one.
I twirled my wine glass and faced the window, just in time to see Ling Ze walking towards the palace thoughtfully.
I was worried about being discovered by him, so I decisively withdrew, thinking that the other person was a difficult person to deal with, and maybe he was a candy, and I couldn't get rid of him even if I got stuck on him.
Huaizhu ate happily, and gave me a piece of chicken feet, and urged: "Miss, please eat quickly, and go back early after eating to avoid unnecessary trouble."
I heard what she said made sense, and it was already past noon. It would still take some time to ride back after dinner. Anyway, today's goal was achieved, and I could go back with a full meal.
She and I swept away all the delicious food, and even drank every drop of the fine daughter's red wine.
In the end, the two of them supported each other and got on the horse with their cheeks red and their eyes blurred by drunkenness.
Huaizhu and I lay on our horses respectively, and walked hand in hand towards the countryside.
Thinking about it, the old horse knows the way and will take us back after all.
As a result, when we woke up, it was already dark, and we were still in the wilderness, without a village or a shop.
Because Bashi went too far, he fell off the chain at the critical moment!
A gust of cold wind blew, and my mind cleared. I quickly pushed Huaizhu and called: "Zhuzhu, wake up quickly, where are we?"
Huaizhu woke up leisurely, rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand, and asked Jiaohan: "Aren't we at the Empress Temple? Are we there?"
I replied: "No, there is nothing here."
Huaizhu also woke up with fright. She looked around quickly and found that she was in a hollow in the mountain, still dark. She was also dumbfounded and said to me: "Isn't this old horse going the wrong way?"
I thought, it would be ridiculous for a horse to go the wrong way at such a short distance.
I signaled her to calm down, turned over and dismounted, leaned forward and took a look, but still couldn't see anything. I couldn't help but ask Huaizhu: "Zhuzhu, do you have any distress signals on your body?"
Huaizhu sat on the horse and pursed his lips: "Miss, you still have the heart to make fun of me at this time. Where can I have such a thing?"
I simply found a stone pier and sat down. I had been jolting around on horseback all afternoon and my bones were almost falling apart. Now I came down to rest. Maybe Ling Hui couldn’t wait for my people to come back and sent someone to look for him. .
As a result, Huaizhu started again: "My poor young lady, she was either assassinated or lost after being out for two days. My servant said that the young lady should go back home. What should I do now?"
I had an idea and asked her: "Isn't there someone ruthless following us? Where are the others?"
Huaizhu immediately stopped complaining, reacted, and asked me, "Where are the people?"
We raised our eyes and looked around at the same time. It was pitch black and barren mountains. There were only two of us. Where was the ruthless figure?
It turned out that we were having too much fun eating at the restaurant, and Qingqing was so bored waiting on the rooftop that he fell asleep.
By the time he woke up, we were gone.
The people were also lost.
At this moment, in the Empress Temple, Ling Fei's expression matched that of the night outside. He could lose someone even if he was following someone else!
He didn't come back and even the horse was gone!
Not to mention there are assassins out there secretly coveting my life?
The more Ling Fei thought about it, the more anxious he became. Regardless of the presence of Concubine De, he quickly gathered a few secret guards and searched as fast as possible within a radius of dozens of miles between the Empress Temple and the suburbs of Beijing.
Although the early summer nights are no longer so cold, they are still a bit cool after all.
I don’t know if it’s bad luck, but not only the moon didn’t come out tonight, but the stars were also gone.
It's really called being unable to see your fingers.
Before we sat down for a while, the rain began to pour again, and Huaizhu and I were soon drenched to the core.
In the dark sky, there was a faint thunder, and suddenly a muffled thunder struck down, scaring away the only two BMWs.
Huaizhu shivered in my arms: "Miss, what should we do now? Will we die here?"
Although I was indescribably scared, I couldn't back down at the critical moment. Otherwise, without my backbone, Huaizhu would be so frightened.
I tried my best to comfort her: "No, don't talk nonsense. If the emperor knows that we haven't been back for too long, he will send someone to look for us."
"Seriously?" Huaizhu asked worriedly.
I nodded: "Seriously, when have I ever lied to you?"
Huaizhu huddled in my arms again and muttered: "But he is the emperor, the most powerful person in the world, how could he come to save us on a rainy night?"
I don’t know where I got the confidence, so I said to her, “Don’t worry, he will come to save us.”
"Why are you so sure, Miss?"
I thought about it and said, "Because Ling Hui is a good emperor. How could a good emperor who loves his people like his own children abandon his own people and ignore them?"
Huaizhu nodded reassuringly.
In fact, when it became like this, I felt guilty in my heart. I didn't have to stay in the temple, but I had to go out and do mischief. Huaizhu didn't have to follow me through the wind and rain.
But I was not willing to go back just like that. Not only was I provoked by that bitch Dai Shishi, but I was also coerced openly and covertly by the Li family.
The life inside this kind of wall is more or less enough.
Only after you break free can you realize how comfortable the world is and how comfortable it is.
But at the same time, there was also more wind and rain.
If you want to have a place to live, you have to learn to keep your head down.
If you want to have a brighter future, you have to accept the baptism of wind and rain.
There is never a 100% perfect option in life. No matter what you choose, you must accept the additional conditions given by God.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and I could hardly open my eyes. I closed my eyes and hugged Huaizhu, and the two of them cuddled against each other to keep warm.
Just when I was drowsy, I heard the sound of horse hoofbeats in my ears, and I also heard Ling Hui's cry: "Fan Xuezhi, where are you! Answer me quickly!"
After I heard the sound, I felt happy. Ling Fei finally came to save us.
I patted Huaizhu's cheek and cried with joy: "Zhuzhu, wake up soon, the emperor is here to save us."
There was no sound, so I subconsciously touched Huaizhu's forehead, which was hot.
