She couldn't help but cover her forehead, her mood was extremely complicated.
Not far away, Gu Siyu followed like a ghost, and naturally noticed Ming Lanruo's abnormality.
She, what happened?
A strange light flashed in Gu Siyu's cold and deep eyes.
Soon, Ming Lanruo was sent to a small courtyard.
The environment of this place is pretty good, it's very cool and quiet, and the rooms are clean.
"You stay inside for now, someone will bring food and drink later." A Miao soldier said politely.
Ming Lanruo nodded lightly and waited until she was the only one left in the room before she half-bent on the table tiredly.
Upset, that's all.
Although I know clearly that as a human being, I should not care about my heart but my deeds.
As long as he loves her, that's fine.
But she still can't help but think about things like:
"Does he really love her, or is he affected by the blood contract?"
Questions like "When and who made him form a blood contract with her?"
After all, Aqiao is her man. If it's Xiaobai, she doesn't care about the process, she only cares about the result - Xiaobai just listens to her.
"It's so annoying!" Her chaotic thoughts made her so annoyed that she couldn't help but pound the table hard.
"Dong dong dong" There was a knock on the door suddenly.
Ming Lanruo sorted out her expression and thoughts: "Come in."
The bamboo door creaked open, and a young man wearing a Miao soldier uniform walked in.
He came in with a tray of food and drinks, lowered his head and whispered: "Your dinner is here."
Ming Lanruo paused and suddenly stared at him: "Raise your head!"
The tall young man Miao Bing raised his head and made a "hush" gesture towards Ming Lanruo: "Miss!"
Ming Lanruo looked at him, her eyes slightly bright: "Xiaoyu, why are you here?"
That's right, the young Miao Bing in front of him is none other than Gu Siyu.
Gu Siyu smiled bitterly: "I was captured to work in the kitchen as a handyman. Later I found out that the eldest lady was captured and brought here, so I tried to bribe the kitchen steward here to bring food."
Ming Lanruo smiled faintly: "You are quite smart, but you can't carry it on your shoulders or lift it with your hands. What can you do if you come?"
Gu Siyu was silent for a moment and said softly: "At least, I can accompany the eldest lady. If anything happens, I will think of a way to see if I can send the news out from the kitchen."
Ming Lanruo looked at him and whispered: "Okay."
Interesting, is the management of this holy land so loose?
Gu Siyu poured a bowl of hot soup for Ming Lanruo: "Miss, drink something hot first to warm your stomach. I see that you are not in a good mood, but what happened?"
Ming Lanruo took a spoon and took a sip of the hot soup, and said a little absent-mindedly: "Well, too many things have happened in the past two days. The new emperor appears here, and the target cannot be just me."
Gu Siyu looked at her blankly: "Are you doubting what His Majesty is going to do?"
"Shangguan Hongye took the risk to appear here, firstly to arrest me, and secondly to deal with Xiaobai. The great wizard Longxi is too conceited, and he is afraid that he will be taken advantage of."
Ming Lanruo's eyes flashed with sharp color.
Gu Siyu looked at her and said softly: "Are you very concerned about King Xiao Jingnan?"
"I don't care about my brother, so I should care about you, a stranger?" Ming Lanruo asked coldly while eating.
Gu Siyu paused and said in a depressed and aggrieved tone: "I just looked at you looking a little sad. It doesn't seem like you are troubled by the appearance of the new festival and the new emperor."
Ming Lanruo closed her eyes and looked a little annoyed: "Stop asking, let's eat."
She had no interest in telling this boy what was on her mind.
Seeing her unwillingness to say more, Gu Siyu could only give up her plan to continue asking for the time being.
Ming Lanruo ate for a while, while the young man next to him just sat silently.
She glanced at him: "Aren't you going to eat?"
Gu Siyu lowered her handsome face and whispered: "Miss, just eat it. I ate it in the kitchen."
But as soon as he finished speaking, his stomach began to growl.
He froze for a moment, but Ming Lanruo couldn't help but chuckle. She picked half of the food in the bowl and pushed it to him: "Eat it."
Gu Siyu then shyly took the bowl and chopsticks: "Thank you, Miss."
After Ming Lanruo and himself finished eating, he packed up the dishes and exited, returning to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, there was only one cook in charge of the house, dressed as a Miao man.
When the cook in charge saw him coming, he immediately went up to greet him and said flatteringly: "Young master, you see, I have done everything you asked me to do. My family..."
Gu Siyu threw a silver bag on the table: "There are one thousand taels of silver notes in it. Your little ones, I will let people watch them. I won't hurt their lives. I will let them out in a few days."
A black figure simultaneously placed a tray in front of the cook.
There were women's silver bracelets on the tray, as well as things belonging to the elderly and children.
When the cook in charge saw this, he immediately held the bank note and the tray in his arms tremblingly, and said respectfully——
"Master, don't worry. Concubine Ming will take care of all the food, daily life and other things."
One thousand taels is enough for his family to enjoy snacks for at least thirty years!
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"See Your Majesty!"
On the other side, Shangguan Hongye took Ling Bo back to his room.
As soon as he entered the door, two middle-aged men dressed in wizard costumes and holding scepters bowed to him respectfully.
"Get up." Shangguan Hongye said calmly.
The two great wizards came up, holding the wizard's staff, and took the water bowl, and sprinkled something into the water bowl.
Then, they walked around Shangguan Hongye three times, muttered something to each other, dipped their hands in the water from the water bowl, and sprinkled it on Shangguan Hongye.
After a while, they said respectfully: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the poison-avoiding and poison-avoiding pills we used on you are all working, and you don't have any poisonous insects or poisons on your body."
Shangguan Hongye nodded calmly: "Two great wizards have worked hard. I still rely on your help these days. In the future, when all the ethnic groups in the three southwestern provinces are prosperous, there will definitely be a place for these two great wizards."
The two great wizards looked at each other, then clasped their fists at Shangguan Hongye and performed the courtesy of the Central Plains: "Yes, Your Majesty, we have been oppressed by the dragon's cry for too long, and we can only rely on Your Majesty."
Shangguan Hongye held their hands and said: "Don't worry, the three southwestern provinces and the Miao territory are not the responsibility of one person. It is really inappropriate for the great wizard Longwei to claim kingship and hegemony based on the fact that King Xiaojing Nan is his grandson."
The two great wizards looked happy.
The old man Long Ting took advantage of his age, the previous saint was his daughter, and King Xiao Jingnan was his grandson, and he did whatever he wanted.
I still want to continue to control the power of Miao territory and continue to be the king of the three southwestern provinces. What a dream!
Watching the two great wizards leave, Shangguan Hongye sneered: "They all say that the Miao border is united, but I don't think that's the case."
Ling Bo cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I see that Concubine Ming may have doubted your purpose of coming here."
"What can she do if she knows? Obviously, my appearance here is beyond her expectation. I must take her back this time." Shangguan Hongye said calmly.
"I promised to give her the position of Crown Princess, which is also the position of future queen, not to mention..."
He paused and looked deeply: "If she is brought back by me and Cang Qiao is not dead, she will definitely appear. If he does not appear, it means that he is really dead."
This time, he wants to kill three birds with one stone.
