Everyone turned around the corridor, but saw no trace other than the swaying of flower branches.
"Where is there anyone here? Did you see it wrong?"
The little girl hesitated and couldn't explain clearly. She only said that when she turned around, she seemed to see something like a human figure flashing past.
After everyone heard this, and at Dou'er's urging, they looked around again.
But apart from the rare plants and rare birds and animals in the garden, where is the shadow of anything else?
At this time, another little maid saw Fei He spreading his wings and shaking his head. He suddenly clapped his hands and laughed and said:
"What did you see? You were so frightened. You must have mistaken the shadow of the big bird for a human, right?"
As she spoke, she shrugged herself and said:
"Don't tell me it's you, I've also been scared by this thing when I got up at night. But in this clear sky, what are you afraid of?"
The little maid who was taught a lesson was not sure at first, but after taking another look at the rare bird with white feathers and half a person's height, she couldn't help but smile:
"It seems to be true. Hey, not counting the whispers we made behind our backs, I turned around unprepared and was frightened by this thing."
As he said this, he gave two angry "hush" sounds and drove away the big birds walking in the yard.
Dou'er watched the two people quarreling quietly from the side, but she still didn't feel confident.
Then he turned back and wanted to check the ground again.
After searching so carefully again, she really found something.
"Eh? Come quickly. Is that thing in the flowers a brocade handkerchief?"
After everyone was called, they worked together to separate the dense branches and leaves, and sure enough, they picked out a piece of brocade handkerchief embroidered with orchids from the root of the flower bush.
"Here, someone eavesdropped and accidentally landed here, right?"
Dou'er said, his heart filled with despair.
She had just started taking action, was she already caught? !
But the little maid holding the brocade handkerchief took a closer look, then smiled and shook her head and said:
"No, no. Sister Dou'er doesn't know. There just was a little sparrow flying on the branch in our yard. This thing must be hers."
These words made everyone except Dou'er stunned for a moment, and soon burst into laughter.
"That's right, that's right. That little hooves climbed up a high branch, got rewards and clothes, and cut off an old robe that was given out during the New Year. It's not like this."
After everyone was scornful for a while, they persuaded Dou'er to be at ease and said:
"Sister Dou'er, don't think too much. That little hooves is responsible for delivering messages back and forth to the door. If not dozens of times a day, there are a dozen times."
"It's perfectly normal for her to leave something at the door."
Dou'er was worried. After taking the brocade handkerchief, he took a closer look and felt more and more something was wrong.
Although a small thing made of such material and embroidery work is not very valuable, it is of great significance to its owner, right? Where would it be thrown away? Lost it and never found it?
She was worried in her heart, but she didn't want to go too far with everyone's opinions. I could only hold up my brocade handkerchief and said with a smile:
"I see. Then I will keep this veil first. When I go in to find grandma later, I will return it to her when I see someone. By the way, who are you talking about?"
Everyone didn't like to see Mei Lan suddenly soaring from the ground without any merit, so they happily passed this troublesome thing to others and sent it back.
Just after Dou'er found out who the owner was and what he looked like, someone suddenly knocked on the door hurriedly.
"Open the door quickly! There are officials outside looking for the princess. I heard that there is also a prince coming. Go and report to the princess!"
With this confusion, everyone no longer had time to pay attention to Dou'er and other trivial matters.
Just asking Dou'er to help himself, everyone hurried to answer the door.
But after the little maids asked carefully, where did they come from?
Most of the servants at the door had also been sent away. Although there were people who could identify the person, the servants who came to deliver the message were all dumbfounded.
Even though he didn't recognize it, he didn't ask for details. He just heard everything and came to report it, hoping to meet Princess Danyang and get a chance to claim credit and reward.
The maids guarding the gate have all been in service for many years. But when the boy who gave the order was frightened, he lost his mind. In addition, under the discipline of Grandma Feng in the past, I was afraid of taking responsibility and used to shirk the blame.
Therefore, after a moment of confusion at the door, the young man was put inside by the maid, leaving it up to him to explain himself.
But before she had even taken two steps, Mei Lan hurried over from the corridor, beads of sweat glistening on her forehead.
"What's going on here?"
The rather majestic words caused everyone to secretly laugh.
The boy who didn't know what was going on stood there for a moment, ignored Mei Lan, and said perfunctorily, "I'm coming to report to the princess, so don't block the way."
He pushed Mei Lan away and rushed straight into the courtyard.
"Wait!"
The Meilan people were small and weak, so naturally they couldn't stop the tall boy.
But the stern command alerted the forest guards who were on duty in the trees in the yard to protect Princess Danyang.
"Hello."
When he flew over the eaves and walked over the wall and appeared quietly behind everyone, he picked up the intrusive young man with one hand and turned to ask Mei Lan, whose eyes were almost red with worry:
"It's your responsibility here, right? I can help you stop the people outside, but I don't have control over the people in this yard."
After saying this meaningfully, he lifted the boy's back collar like a chicken and "sent" him out the door.
No matter how the boy called out or the little girls around him begged for mercy, nothing changed.
Mei Lan breathed a sigh of relief and leaned over to thank her. When she turned her head, her face became more serious and gloomy.
Naturally, she remembered what the princess had warned her about, but she didn't expect these people to be so ruthless.
Taking a deep breath, Mei Lan said coldly:
"I know that you are dissatisfied. But no matter what you think, you must obey my orders now. If anyone really doesn't want to, they can say it in person now."
As she spoke, she glanced at everyone with disdain, but did not dare to look directly at her face, and added:
"Of course, if anyone wants to find another job, I won't stop you. If you can, you can help talk to the princess. But you'd better think clearly about the princess's daily life, who you are, and what you should do. .”
In fact, it was because Princess Danyang had controlled Kuangyu before that the servants in Qishuang Pavilion were much slacker than elsewhere even when Aunt Feng was in power. Not to mention, right now.
Mei Lan meant something, which only made the little maids show more disdain.
But Dou'er, who was listening secretly on the side, pinched the brocade handkerchief in his sleeve and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
After Mei Lan saw that the person who should be beaten listened, she ran out the last words that should be said to her subordinates.
"If you have no objection at this moment, if you dare to do it again in the future and don't follow my orders, don't blame me for not remembering our old friendship."
The sonorous and powerful words were like a warning, but also like Meilan's warning and promise to herself.
