In the dim palace room, Xi Qian looked at the pile of red hairpins and jade piled up in front of the table, and a sneer echoed in the empty room.
After living for more than ten years, Xiqian felt the true treatment of a princess for the first time in her life. Since her mother passed away, she had been forgotten by the entire palace. But today, this remote princess palace suddenly became lively. Even
The queen, whom she had not seen for a long time, also came in person.
Thinking of the reason for this, Xi Qian sneered again. Not long ago, the powerful Jiang State wanted to expand its harem. As soon as the news came out, all the small countries rushed to give their princesses to Jiang State. Ning State was only an insignificant small country among them. Emperor Ning
It took a lot of effort to get my daughter out.
Late at night, the palace maids brought hot water for purification and wedding clothes. After Xiqian saw them, she sent everyone away. The good treatment tonight made her feel a little at a loss in front of others.
After getting clean, she ignored the bright red wedding dress and fell asleep on the show bed exhausted.
The night was getting quieter, and the candlelight in the temple was still flickering dimly.
"Mother! Queen!" Several screams broke through the silence of the night, and Xiqian sat on the bed soaked and panting.
It’s a dream again! Xi Qian wiped the sweat off her face and felt a chill on her back. This dream had been following her for more than ten years, and now she couldn’t tell whether it was a dream or something that really happened.
In the dream, her mother was covered in blood. She slowly fell down while looking at the empty front with her eyes wide open. She kept smiling, looking very happy and satisfied, but it made her even more frightened.
Xiqian washed the sweat off her face with cold water, changed into her soaked pajamas, then quietly came to a small room in the side hall, sat on the floor in front of the altar table with the memorial tablet, and silently looked at the familiar and familiar figure in front of her.
Another unfamiliar name.
"I'm leaving." Xi Qian said slowly in the silence, "Who will take care of you in the future? Let me take you away. That person has changed and he is not worth your waiting any longer."
Xi Qian stepped forward and picked up her mother's memorial tablet, wiped it gently a few times, held it in her arms, turned around and walked out of the hut. The moment the door closed, the incense sticks that were burning quietly suddenly broke off.
Already.
After putting away the tablets, Xi Qian came to the corridor in front of the door. Whenever she was awakened by nightmares, she always sat on the railing of the corridor. Today, she was still sitting in the same place, ready to enjoy the coolness and silence of the night, but there was a sound coming from not far away.
The cry broke all this.
Xi Qian followed the sound and vaguely saw a palace maid squatting by the wall crying softly.
"Who is it?" she asked as she approached the palace maid.
The palace maid raised her head in horror and hurriedly knelt down: "See, Your Highness, this servant did not intend to disturb the princess."
Xiqian got closer and saw clearly that she was the little maid in her own palace.
"Why are you crying? What happened?" She helped the little palace maid kneeling on the ground and asked softly.
When Xiqian asked, the little palace maid couldn't help but choked up: "Today I heard from my sister from the same village in the palace that my father and brother were beaten to death by creditors, and my sister also committed suicide after being sold into a brothel. I really want to go home.
ah!"
"What will happen if we go back? You can't change anything. Besides, once you enter this deep palace, there will be a day when you can leave." Xi Qian sympathized with the little palace maid's experience, but there was nothing she could do.
"Yeah, what's the use of going back if they're all dead? I really want to go with them. There's nothing left to miss in this world." The little palace maid looked outside the palace wall with a somewhat desperate expression.
"Since there is nothing to miss, why not come with me to the Kingdom of Jiang!" The little palace maid looked at Xi Qian in disbelief. She was just a humble cleaning maid, how could she be qualified to marry the princess?
Xi Qian smiled and said: "Don't think this is a good job. Our Ning country is weak and Jiang country only allows me to bring one maid. My status may be very low when I get there. Are you willing to come with me?"
The little palace maid woke up from the surprise, looked at Xi Qian and nodded firmly. Anyway, she will always be a little person who can be bullied here, and she will not be any worse when she gets to Jiang State, but the most important thing is that the little palace maid
I feel that the princess is a person who can be completely trusted.
"What's your name? How old are you?" Xi Qian asked gently.
"My name is Xuechun. I am fourteen years old this year."
"From now on, we will depend on each other. I am two years older than you, so you can treat me as your sister."
"I don't dare!" Xuechun knelt down in fear.
Xiqian pulled Xuechun up and looked at the well-behaved girl in front of her. She suddenly felt fondness in her heart. Although she had many brothers and sisters, she had never felt the love of brotherhood. And the unexpected friendship she received today made her
I feel a bit of warmth in a life that is worrying about the future.