Chapter 19: Send the letter

This was Xiao Linzi's fifth year in the palace. Finally, his master found a way for him and was pointed out to be working as an errand here at Xiang Fujin.

Xiao Linzi was on duty at the gate of Jinglan Courtyard. When he saw Songzhi waving to him, he trotted over quickly.

Songzhi took out some broken silver and gave it to him, and gave him an envelope to keep close to his body.

Ask him to find a way to go out and deliver a letter to Nian Mansion.

Xiao Linzi smiled and said: "Sister Songzhi, it is the right thing for a slave to run errands for Xi Fujin."

Songzhi also smiled: "Little boy, go quickly. You can use this scrap of silver to buy something to eat."

After receiving the errand, Xiao Linzi went back to the servant's room and took off the eunuch's clothes he was wearing on duty. He put on the casual shirt that Xi Fujin had given him before, and put on the eunuch's clothes again.

He folded the envelope again and again, hid it close to his body, lowered his head to see if there was any flaw, and then ran to the stable.

His master, the middle-aged eunuch named Zhou Anhai, was sitting in a room next to the stables drinking tea. The tea leaves looked like black leaves, but the brewed water was light in color.

Xiao Linzi came to Zhou Anhai's side, whispered to the master quietly, and gave him some scattered silver.

Zhou Anhai looked a little happy and said, "Assuming you have a filial piety, tell me how long you will be out for."

Xiao Linzi smiled flatteringly: "To tell you the truth, my disciple is going out to run an errand, but he can't go through the door at this time. You have to be accommodating again. He will be back in an hour."

Zhou Anhai said: "Okay, if our family doesn't love you, who will? Let's go, follow me."

Zhou Anhai took Xiao Linzi to the back of the stable. There was a pile of dustpans and a few pieces of rotten bricks piled under the wall.

Zhou Anhai struggled to squat down. Because his right leg was inconvenient, his squatting position looked funny.

He took out the bricks and carefully moved away a few dustpans, revealing a small hole in the wall.

It was nearly noon when Xiao Linzi got out of the small dog hole and appeared in a narrow gap in the wall.

Following Zhou Anhai's instructions, he first took off the eunuch's robe and hid it in a corner. Then he looked around and found a stone to press on. After he could no longer see what was under the stone, he felt relieved and slid out through the crack. Got to the street.

The main street where the palace is located is full of dignitaries. The road Zhou Anhai pointed to happened to be the street behind the palace.

Xiao Linzi's thin body slipped out of the gap without being conspicuous. He blended in with the crowd and crossed two streets to the gate of Nian Mansion.

The gatekeeper looked at Xiao Linzi and let him in through the side door without asking any questions.

Nian Xialing read the letter in her hand, pondered for a while, and asked the housekeeper to send Xiao Linzi out through the back door. Before leaving, the housekeeper gave Xiao Linzi a piece of silver and a few copper coins.

Xiao Linzi left the Nian Mansion and went to a lively street. He bought some meat buns with copper coins and carried them in his arms. Before returning to the palace, he put on the eunuch's outer robe and then tiptoed back to the dog hole.

He immediately presented the meat buns to Zhou Anhai. Although he had no worries about eating and drinking in the palace, Zhou Anhai liked the meat buns from this restaurant on the street.

Since Xiao Linzi followed Nian Shilan, every time he came back from doing errands, he would buy a few meat buns to honor his master.

Xiao Linzi smiled and said to Zhou Anhai: "Master, Master Nian rewarded me with a piece of silver. When the disciple returns and reports it, Fujin will use it to honor the master."

Zhou Anhai also laughed: "Monkey cub."

It had only been a while since this little Linzi returned to Jinglan Courtyard. It was when Nian Shilan was taking her lunch break, but she was standing in the yard teasing a white-feathered parrot on the porch, holding peeled melon seeds in her hand. Feed the bird.

Nian Shilan felt relieved after hearing that Xiao Linzi had reported everything in detail, and sent someone to the front yard to find out how his master was doing.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, the little eunuch who went to inquire came back and reported that the master had taken the antidote and was now suffering from high fever and was still unconscious.

After listening to the little eunuch's words, Nian Shilan sat blankly for a while, remembering that at this time in her last life, it was Ulanara who was taking care of Yinzhen, and she was also tortured because she made a fuss to see his master when he was ill. Uranala reprimanded him.

This time, we can't be reckless.