Chapter 193: But from indifference to prosperity (3)

"I don't do it for Niang Niang. Does Niang Niang have other candidates?" Hui Ju's smile was very calm, as if what I said before would not shock her at this time.
I shook my head: "No, but there is always a way."
"If it succeeds, will the empress be a queen again?" Huiju asked.
I dare not nod easily, but I know that if things are done, even if Shen Xiyao sees me as a mustard now, he will offer my mustard seed as a peony. So, I nodded slightly: "Yes."
In the end, he was afraid of implicating her, so he turned his mind and picked off a white camellia beside him.
"Hui Ju," I looked at the white petals, and my tone was as thin as the petals: "Actually, even if I don't do such a thing, I should be able to return to Kunning Palace again, but it will take some more time. And energy. So you don’t have to be embarrassed."
Huiju bit her lips so that she was white, and I could feel the hesitation in her heart. After all, it was a big sin.
Finally, she laughed: "As long as the empress gave orders, the servants and servants of Daoshanhuhaihai will also go." She bowed to me, "Huiju will leave first."
I watched her figure gradually disappear from my eyes, there was a "rumbling" thunder from the sky, and the heavy rain poured down in an instant. I was leaning on the porch, there was rain falling on my body, and the cool rain hit my face with a slight chill. The sky was covered with dark clouds, and there was a flash of lightning intermittently. I looked at the raindrops hitting the ground and knew that there was going to be a big storm.
"Lady, Lady." Su Xin ran up panting, her voice heard from a distance.
I turned around slowly with a friendly smile: "Slow down and be careful of falling."
As if she had just responded to my words, Su Xin fell to the ground with a stagger, and something fell out of her hand. She couldn't help but scream.
I quickly stepped forward to support her, looked at her tearful eyes from the pain of eating, and slightly blamed: "It made you slow down." Talking and watching the heavy rain: "The ground is slippery here, and it's the easiest to fall. "
Su Xin stuck out her tongue, but she fell so hard as she wanted to come, she couldn't help frowning, and her tongue-out motion seemed a little funny.
I supported her hard, "How about it, can I go?"
Su Xin waved her hand again and again: "I can, lady, how can you help me."
I did not remove the hand holding her arm. I just took her to the railing and sat down. When no one looked around, I squatted down and took up her trouser legs. Without raising my head, I said, "What can't you?"
"Madame, the servant girl can't afford it." Su Xin was shocked when she saw me squatting in front of her, and hurriedly pulled me up.
I looked up and smiled gently at her: "Why can't you be a maid? You are a court lady, I don't even have a status." After that, I don't care about her, just look at the injury on her leg.
Although the nine-curved corridor was covered with hard bluestone, Su Xin didn't fall seriously. At this time, only some skin and bleeding threads were rubbed on his knees, and there was some bruise around him. Seeing that the injury isn’t serious, I’m relieved:
Fortunately, it’s not bad, just take some medicine for a few days. It’s just that it hurts my knee. It’s hard to avoid the pain when walking and saluting these days. You’ve taken care of it these days and you don’t use it all the time. Serve in front of me."
Su Xin said to me moved: "Thank you lady for being sympathetic, this little injury is nothing."
I tapped on the tip of her small nose: "Don't cry secretly when it hurts." As he looked at the heavy rain outside the corridor, he said: "The rain is so heavy, let's go back later."
Su Xin pointed to the dim sum scattered on the ground, and said regretfully: "Unfortunately, these dim sums. Today's hibiscus cake is very good. The slave and maid went to the small kitchen to get it."
I glanced at it casually, there were hibiscus cakes, walnut dip, and osmanthus honey, all of my favorite snacks. At this time, they fell from the food box to the ground, stained with a lot of dust, which is indeed a pity.
I picked up the food box, and there were still two walnuts dipped in it. I was about to eat it. Su Xin said "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiya
I was looking for an excuse to break Su Xin and I was not hungry, so I dipped the walnuts and threw them back into the food box. The rain was a little lighter outside, so Su Xin walked up to me and held up an umbrella and said, "Let's go back. The slave and maid brought hot tea when they came."
I walked side by side in the rain with her, and turned my head inadvertently. The wild cats from nowhere came to the scattered snacks to wrap their stomachs.
I turned my head and walked slowly back to the Hall of Nourishing Heart with Su Xin. Halfway through, it suddenly occurred to me that the handkerchief I had used to wipe Huiju's tears before was pulling on the railing. The handkerchief was embroidered by me, if it falls into the hands of others, it will inevitably be dangerous.
"Su Xin, my handkerchief fell on the corridor." I looked at her worriedly: "I have to go back and get it."
"I accompany the lady." Su Xin said.
"It's not too far. If you are injured, you can walk less. I will come as soon as I go." I arranged Su Xin in a small pavilion nearby, and walked back to the Jiuqu Promenade under an umbrella.
The camellia on both sides of the Jiuqu Promenade trembled in the gale, and only after a while, the soft and delicate flowers and leaves were knocked down in the soil by the shower, and turned into mud. The rain water flowed down the corners of the eaves, like unstoppable tears accumulating under the corridor. A ruyi pattern water-colored silk handkerchief was blown onto a bush of roses. The soaked silk was entangled with the flower branches. The sharp thorns of the rose pierced out of the silk, which looked shocking.
My hair bun was messed up by the strong wind, and a few strands of hair were tangled in my face, making people uncomfortable. The dress was mostly wet and greasy and stuck to my body, and the damp and cold touch made me shiver. My hand trembled slightly, and I didn't notice the umbrella "slapped" to the ground. My eyes fell on the middle of the promenade, where a dying cat was lying on the ground half convulsively, with foam on his mouth, and uneaten hibiscus cake crumbs.
I don’t know how I walked past the cat’s corpse in the wind and rain, and I don’t know how I took off the handkerchief entangled in the flower branches in the wind and rain, and I don’t know how I walked back in the pouring rain. Tingzi, even, I didn't know that I could face Su Xin with a completely safe appearance.
Maybe, she didn't do it. I tried my best to convince myself. But the fear in her eyes when she prevented me from eating walnut dip did not escape my eyes. However, regardless of whether she was intentional or unintentional, the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart is no longer safe.
I bit my lower lip and slowly opened the umbrella in my hand. In such a heavy rain, I have to protect myself.
"Why is the lady so wet?" Su Xin watched me coming and hurriedly walked to the pavilion.
I handed her the umbrella, straightened out her temples that were wet by the rain, took the kerchief she handed, wiped her face and hands, and said, "I got drenched when I took the handkerchief, don't worry." Two sneezes.
"Go back now, I'm afraid the lady has a cold." Su Xin took my hand and immediately walked to the Hall of Yangxin.
"Oh," Su Xin looked at my hand: "Why did the lady's hand break?"
"Huh?" I lowered my head now, and there were blood stains on my fingers, and I felt pain at this time.
"The handkerchief is wrapped around the rose." I looked away and said indifferently: "It's okay, go back."
Su Xin blamed herself for being careless all the way, saying that she should be going to get the handkerchief so that I would not get caught in the rain and get hurt. I have mixed feelings in my heart, knowing that what she said came from the heart. However, has Su Xin ever thought that if I used dim sum in the promenade, I am afraid that I have been buried in the soil at this time, so how can I get hurt by the rain?
So I didn't speak, and slowly walked back to the Hall of Nurturing Heart. From then on, unless it was a meal with Shen Xiyao, I never touched what Suxin brought. Fortunately, because of the eventful autumn, Shen Xiyao spends more time in the Hall of Nourishing the Heart, and can accompany him at least one meal a day. But this is not the answer in the long run. Therefore, I thought of a solution, first to test whether Su Xin was also an accomplice, and second, it was a vigilance for those who secretly planned to murder me.
"Lady, the maidservant is sending snacks." Su Xin brought the small food box and approached the hall, and I sat under the window embroidering a purse. Early that morning I heard the battle report from the front, and knew what I asked Huiju to do for me, she did it.
The golden silk thread shuttled up and down on the dark blue satin, and a bunch of heavy wheat ears gradually took shape. I didn't look at Su Xin, as if I was focused on the work at hand and couldn't take care of the others.
"Lady, have a cup of tea." Su Xin poured a cup of tea and handed it to me. I fry the tea by myself, so there is no problem.
I put the needle on the placket, rubbed my sore eyes, took a sip of the tea cup, and glanced at the food box, as if I had found something good, and said cheerfully: "I made a soft goose oil roll today. ."
Seeing that I was interested, Su Xin hurriedly picked up a piece of it and put it on a small dish of Dou Cai Feihua, and said with a smile: "This is just made. If the lady likes it, try it."
With a smile, I took the plate and placed it on the small table, and brushed the ball of thread on the table to the ground as if accidentally. While Su Xin bent over to pick it, I picked up the chopsticks and poke a few times on the side of the dim sum to leave a mark.
When Su Xin put the thread ball on the embroidery frame, I made a shy look: "This is the emperor's favorite food. The emperor has been approving memorials for the past few days. You stay here, I am waiting for the emperor to come. eat together."
"The emperor has come and the servants will fetch them." Su Xin's eyes flashed with panic.
I looked at her with gentle eyes: "You stay here, I and the emperor love sharing with each other the most." I smiled mysteriously and lowered my voice, as if to confide a secret to the most caring person: "Don't look. The emperor is rich, but in fact he prefers to share more than charity."
Regardless of Su Xin's stunned expression, she stood up and walked to the bed, "I'm a little tired." I turned my head, Su Xin's eyes were still on the dim sum.
"I want to sleep for a while." My eyes followed her on the golden goose oil roll, showing a sweet expression: "You go down first. The emperor will come in and see you later, I must be very happy."
Su Xin's lips were all white, but she couldn't defy my order, so she forced a smile and politely said, "The lady has a good rest."
I lay down on the bed and closed my eyes with a sound of "Um".
About the time of a stick of incense, there was a slight noise of the door being pushed open, and a slight rustling of clothes. I squinted slightly, the hem of the jade dress was shaking with water, and the box opened and closed. After that, everything returned to peace.
I opened my eyes, and the loose meat goose rolls in the food box had been replaced. I just feel that my heart is empty, and there is a huge disappointment coming up, even though I am ready.
The next day, when I was walking with Su Xin in the imperial garden, I asked her to fold a flower and leave the note in the place agreed with Huiju. They will definitely think of other ways to harm me, and I must take the initiative. At this moment, the only way is to restore his identity.
Half a month later, news came from the front that the grain and grass had been hijacked. A former minister suggested that the second brother should be sent to the northwest to assist. At the same time, the third brother contacted giants in Jiangnan to raise grain and grass. Shen Xiyao had to rely on Ling's family again, and I was also sent to Pengdao Yaotai to become my righteous queen.
Feeling the care of hormones and heart, I didn't want to be frightened, so I sent her out of the palace and returned to the hometown as agreed. Before leaving, I rewarded her with a thousand taels of silver, and then secretly sent someone to guard her safety. I hope she can be of use to me someday.
Looking back at the various risks of the day, I do not regret the fact that despite the dangerous moves in front of me, I finally got my wish.
"Huiju, do you run into risks when you send out the letter?" I asked.
"Thanks to your mother, everything is going well, no one has been discovered." Hui Ju whispered: "The slave and maid asked Manager Zhang because his mother was seriously ill, and he let the slave out of the palace.