5【05】(1/2)
The persimmons in the bamboo basket were heavy, big and red. In previous years, they could not get so many persimmons, but they only picked one or two occasionally to satisfy their cravings. There were many rules in the palace, especially in Xiao Lan's situation, they had to be careful in everything and never leave any talk just because of their food.
But today, the persimmons were appreciated by the Fourth Prince, and there were dozens of them. Not only could they be eaten with open belly, but the persimmon skins could be dried and mixed with cold sauce. Those who could not finish eating could be marinated to make persimmon cakes. The next snacks for the little princess and the sixth prince were also available.
Qingyan didn’t think that something was wrong with her princess today. Instead, she thought that the little princess was so cute and she really liked it if she was a normal person!
On the way back, Lin Feilu passed a row of orange forests. She looked at her twice, and didn't know what she thought of, and stopped and said to Qingyan: "I want to pick a few oranges."
Qingyan said: "The autumn oranges grown here are for ornamental purposes. The fruits cannot be eaten, and they are very sour."
Lin Feilu didn't listen to her: "I want two."
Qingyan didn't persuade her anymore, and went with her to pick a few small green oranges, which was so sour at first glance. Lin Feilu wrapped the oranges and put them in her cuffs, and then returned to Mingyue Palace all the way.
Xiao Lan and Yun You were still doing needlework in the yard. When they saw the basket of persimmons that Qingyan was carrying, their faces changed. They were about to blame her, Qingyan had already said what had just happened with joy.
Xiao Lan was a little surprised after hearing this. She looked at Lin Feilu who was squatting in the yard and digging an ant nest with Lin Zhanyuan. She didn't think much about it. She thought that the Fourth Prince was in a good mood today and gave them the reward. She ordered Qingyan to peel persimmons for the two children to eat.
Lin Feilu sat on the threshold holding a sweet and glutinous persimmon, gnawing at the closed door of the main hall opposite.
I just heard Yun You chatting with Xiao Lan, but the other side had never opened the door until now. Lin Feilu was very satisfied with the other party's reaction. She just said that someone on the tree was so scared that she was so scared, so the direction of the plan she arranged this time was correct.
In the afternoon, a crack was slowly opened in the main hall. The setting sun spread all over the yard and the bare pomegranate tree. Xu Cairen was supported by Hongxiu. He first glanced at the pomegranate tree in a dodge, and then walked out without looking sideways, with a hurry.
Lin Feilu sat on the threshold and stared at her. Xu Cairen looked in her direction and felt that the little girl seemed to be looking at herself, and she seemed to be looking at something else. She was very evil.
She didn't come back in the evening. At that time, Lin Feilu had already finished her supper and was playing the shadow-stepping game with Lin Zhanyuan in the yard.
As soon as Xu Cairen came in, the two children who were laughing and joking stopped. In Lin Zhanyuan's eyes, he was a bad person. His mother said that she should stay away from the bad person and ran back with her sister.
Lin Feilu didn't move, and just stood there in a daze, looking at her for a moment.
Xu Cairen was angry and took two steps to go over and teach her a lesson. When he got closer, he realized that Lin Feilu seemed not to see her, but behind her.
She turned around suddenly, and there was nothing behind her.
When she turned around, she saw Lin Feilu shrinking back with some fear, her big eyes still staring at the position behind her, revealing unconcealed fear.
Xu Cairen suddenly felt that his back was very cold, and he crawled onto a layer of cold sweat, which made people creepy.
Hongxiu also noticed it and plucked the courage to yell: "Fifth Princess, what are you looking at?"
Lin Feilu didn't answer her this time, as if she was very scared. She grabbed Lin Zhanyuan's hand and turned around and ran back to the side hall. Without even turning her head, she closed the door with a snap.
Xu Cai's feet were all weak. There was nothing behind her, but she didn't dare to look back. Hongxiu helped her walk back to the main hall, and as soon as she entered the room, she collapsed on the bed.
Hongxiu gritted her teeth and restrained her trembling voice: "Empress, that girl is very evil, don't pay attention to her."
Xu Cairen's face was pale. Even after entering the house, he still felt cold on his back. He felt like someone was blowing on her neck, and he had goose bumps one after another, and he was frightened and sweated in a cold sweat.
She felt that this was not a solution. She must invite the monk to see tomorrow while the monk in Jingpin’s palace had not left yet!
After dark, the weather with bright autumn sun during the day suddenly changed. After the thunder rolled, heavy rain fell, crackling on the leaves of the eaves, making people feel upset.
Xu Cairen was already worried and frightened, and the lightning and thunder were so loud that he couldn't sleep.
I don't know how long she tossed and turned on the bed, but she suddenly heard the sound of knocking on the door in the rain. It was one by one, neither hurry nor slow, and intermittently on the rainy night.
At first, she suspected that she had heard it wrong. Not long after, Hongxiu took the lamp in and said to her, "Empress, it seems that someone is knocking on the door outside."
It was raining so late, but it was raining heavily again. Could it be that there was something urgent to the imperial concubine?
This situation has not happened before. Xu Cairen did not dare to delay and immediately ordered Hongxiu to open the door. Another palace maid Luzhu served her to get up and dress. Just halfway through, she suddenly heard a scream outside, which turned out to be Hongxiu's voice.
Xu Cairen froze his fingers and said to Luzhu: "Go and have a look!"
Luzhu ran out, and soon there was another scream.
The little eunuch who was vigilant also woke up. Xu Cairen looked pale and suppressed his fear and said to the little eunuch: "Follow me to see."
The two of them rushed to the gate of the main hall.
Hongxiu was dizzy on the ground, Luzhu half-kneeled beside her, looking scared. Xu Cairen looked at them, not paying attention to outside, until the little eunuch next to him reminded: "Empress... look outside..."
Xu Cairen looked up.
A flash of lightning struck down in the air, illuminating the bare pomegranate tree at the entrance of the main hall.
On the branches, a hanging hemp rope was hanged, swaying by the wind and rain, as if something invisible was swinging around in the air.
Xu Cairen felt his heart was arrested and screamed: "Close the door! Close the door!"
The gate of the main hall was closed with a slam, and the sound of ghosts and wolves crying and howling came from inside.
I don’t know how long it took, but the door of the side hall opened silently. Lin Feilu carried a stool, walked to the pomegranate tree as if nothing had happened under the heavy rain, stepped on the stool and took off the hemp rope, and then walked back as if nothing had happened.
The rain is still falling.
Qingyan, Yunyou and Xiao Lan are like sisters. They have been dependent on each other for years. Xiao Lan did not treat them as maids, so she did not let them watch the night like other palace maids. Lin Feilu slept in the same room by herself, and the sound of rain covered her movements in and out. After returning to the room, she changed her clothes and went to bed and continued to sleep like nothing happened.
The next morning, the opposite became lively.
Sometimes he was a monk and sometimes an imperial physician. It was fine if the master had a fever and talked nonsense, but all the servants around him were scared to bed, and there was no one to serve him. Xu Cairen was very attentive on weekdays. When Concubine Ruan heard about this, she called two people to help.
When the main hall was sick, as the concubine of the side hall, he naturally had to ignore it. Xiao Lan also brought Qingyan to visit him, and Lin Feilu followed him. When Xu Cairen, who was half leaning on the bed to drink medicine, saw her, his back began to feel cold again.
She was so scared that she became much haggard overnight. She fell asleep again after taking the medicine.
There were people coming and going in the hall, and there were people who took water and medicine. No one noticed that Lin Feilu sprinkled a bowl of sugar water on the ground in front of Xu Cairen's bed. Because Xu Cairen was chilling, charcoal fire was burned in the house, and the temperature was very high. The sugar water dried up shortly after sprinkling it, and there was no trace at all.
At noon, Concubine Ruan sent someone to ask about Xu Cairen's condition.
The palace maid next to Concubine Ruan pushed open the door and walked closer, she was so scared that she screamed.
Everyone outside ran over.
The palace maid is so beautiful: "Words! So many bugs!"
Only then did everyone see that Xu Cairen's bed was covered with ants and insects, densely packed, making people lose their skin all over the floor.
The onlookers were nervous and scared and were talking.
"Xu Cairen really hit the evil, right?"
"Hasn't the monk already recited the scriptures?"
"Some things are so resentful. Who knows what the one who has committed? We should leave quickly after we finish our work. Let them solve their own palace affairs."
Concubine Ruan's palace maid was so scared that she took a quick look and immediately returned to Yunxi Palace and reported the matter to Concubine Ruan.
There was an empress and two noble concubines in the palace. As the daughter of the left prime minister, Concubine Ruan had a huge influence and had been favored since entering the palace. She sent people to care about Xu Cairen not because she was too concerned about her, but because everyone in the palace knew that Xu Cairen belonged to her and ignored her. She was afraid that other concubines would be disheartened by her and would no longer surrender.
Now that I heard the palace maids give such a reward, I was shocked and disgusted: "I am so kind and righteous. Don't let her enter the Yunxi Palace in my palace again in the future. It's bad luck."
Xu Cairen fell out of favor for many years and had not given birth. In the palace, she was only able to gain her foothold by Concubine Ruan. She was arrogant and ruthless. In order to gain Concubine Ruan's trust, she had a life in her hands. Now she has lost protection and can imagine her future fate.
Xu Cairen, who is still ill, doesn't know all this. She has a fever and has a nightmare. She woke up from thirst in half a dream and when she opened her eyes in a daze, she saw someone lying beside her bed.
Xu Cairen was so scared that he screamed, but because his throat was too dry, he only let out a hoarse cry.
Lin Feilu is beside the bed.
There was no light in the house, only a few rays of light came in from the palace lanterns on the eaves. She half-kneeled, and when she saw her awake, she slowly leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Empress Talent, she said she was waiting for you."
Xu Cairen's eyes widened in horror, and beads of sweat as big as soybeans rolled down from his forehead.
Lin Feilu smiled, jumped off the bed, picked up the fire note next to her, turned around and asked with concern: "Empress Talent, are you afraid? If you are afraid, I will light the lamp for you."
Xu Cairen screamed in a hoarse voice: "Hongxiu!Hongxiu!"
Hongxiu fainted last night and was more ill than Xu Cairen. However, when he heard Xu Cairen call her, he forced himself to come over. Xu Cairen said weakly: "Drive her out! Let her go!"
Hongxiu cheered up: "Fifth Princess, please."
Lin Feilu ran out jumping and jumping.
Xu Cairen thought of her words just now and sweated continuously, saying fearfully: "Hongxiu, light up the light and light it up!"
Hongxiu lit the candle as he said, and the light filled the room. Xu Cairen's fear finally dissipated a little. Hongxiu called hot water to wipe her sweat and went to decoct her medicine. Xu Cairen leaned half on the bed to rest, and his eyes suddenly stopped when he flew across the lamp.
The clean and blank lampshade is slowly revealing the words.
She thought she was dazzled, so she closed her eyes, rubbed her eyes, and then looked closely. The brown handwriting that appeared out of thin air was becoming clearer and clearer.
Four words were written in a distorted manner: I'm waiting for you.
Xu Cairen didn't even scream this time, and his eyes turned and he completely fainted. When Hongxiu returned from decoction, there was another wave of people in the main hall. At this time, Lin Feilu had already walked back to his room and took out a brush from the sleeve.
The few sour oranges she picked yesterday were placed on the desk table by the window, and the juice was squeezed dry and placed in a small bowl.
Lin Zhanyuan ran to her room for no reason, grabbed the orange and bit it twice, his facial features were sour and deformed, and he stuck out his tongue: "Sour! Bah bah bah bah bah!"
Lin Feilu touched his head: "This is not for eating."
Lin Zhanyuan is like a curious baby: "What should I do if I don't eat it?"
Lin Feilu took a piece of white paper, dipped it with a brush and dipped it in the light yellow orange juice in the bowl, and drew a smile on the paper. The white paper was soaked quickly, but nothing could be seen. Lin Zhanyuan looked at him with a look. Lin Feilu took the white paper to the candlelight on the bedside and waved to him: "Come on, show you something fun."
Lin Zhanyuan ran over happily, watching his sister approaching the white paper with the candlelight, and slowly roasting it, a smile appeared on the blank paper.
He clapped his hands happily: "Huaer! There is Huaer!"
Xiao Lan walked in with hot water and smiled and told: "Lu'er, don't take your brother to play with fire."
Lin Feilu responded obediently, tore the white paper into pieces, and threw it away with the orange.
To be continued...