kvmb Chapter 325: Little Garden Rescue
Chapter 325: Little Garden Rescue
The small garden of the Cining Palace was covered in white after the snow. Concubine Lan, who had just stepped through the door, looked at the beautiful scenery in front of her and her eyes couldn't help but turn red.
She was once a pure and innocent girl, but all that beauty was ruthlessly destroyed by the Queen Mother.
Lan Fei sniffed silently and spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Chun Tao, I want to be alone for a while. You stay at the entrance. If anyone comes, please remind me."
"I understand, Master, please go ahead."
Chuntao is a personal maid brought into the palace by Concubine Lan. She has followed her master for many years and has long realized that her master has an unknown secret in her heart.
She had hinted at it, but the master kept it a secret, and even Madam Liu didn't know what had happened.
Later, Madam Liu made several bright clothes for the princess on her orders, which made Chuntao feel even more guilty for not being able to help.
Now that her master finally wanted to go out for a walk and relax, she naturally had to guard the entrance to the small garden of the Cining Palace.
However, Chuntao, who was diligently guarding the gate, didn't know that there was more than one entrance to the small garden of the Cining Palace.
Lan Fei walked around aimlessly, breathing in the cool air, and felt much better.
She accidentally saw a snowman over six feet tall in the middle of the rockery and was stunned.
She and Wuya Wanying once built a snowman of almost the same height together. At that time, they sat around the fire, admiring the snow and talking about their dreams.
"Sister Sulan, Wanying wants to marry a man as upright and honest as my father. What about you?"
"Me? I want to travel all over the country like Prince Guo, traverse thousands of mountains and rivers, and watch the sunset over the long river."
"Sister, I heard from Mother that only merchants travel all over the world. The family will not allow you to marry such a person."
"But mother also said that my second cousin from my uncle's family has been clamoring to go out and explore the world since he was a child. He's just the right person for me, so I'll be the matchmaker."
"..."
Recalling these past events, Sulan's eyes became moist again.
She let down that passionate and free-spirited man.
Although Wanying did not make her affair with the man outside the family public, she hated her because of it.
Nine out of ten things in the world don't go as planned, and she was ultimately sorry for Wanying.
Sulan took a deep breath and wanted to go forward to take a closer look at the snowman in the rockery.
Not noticing the road conditions, she swayed and was about to fall onto a large rock when a strong force hit her waist. She turned around and was held steadily in someone's arms.
As soon as Sulan stood firm, the hand around her waist immediately loosened.
"Your son Hongli greets Lan E's mother."
Su Lan, who had mistakenly thought it was a minister from the previous dynasty, breathed a sigh of relief. "It turned out to be the Fourth Prince. Thank you so much for saving me just now. I am deeply grateful."
"Mother Lan, you are too polite. I offended you in my haste. Please forgive me, Mother Lan."
Hongli apologized respectfully.
Hongli, who practiced martial arts, had a slender figure and smiling eyes, and he was somewhat similar to the villain he met that night at Erlang Temple.
Concubine Lan's eyes shrank in horror, and she took several steps back.
"Fourth Prince, that's not right. If you hadn't saved me, I wouldn't be able to stand here and speak. I've taken note of what happened today. I have other things to attend to, so I'll take my leave now."
Sulan said these words very quickly and then returned the way she came.
Only Hongli, with a livid face, was left standing there.
As soon as he heard that Concubine Lan and her servant said they wanted to take a walk in the small garden of the Cining Palace, he ignored the pain in his knee and hurriedly took a detour to come in through another door.
Li Yu buried a lot of small stones under the snow according to the route that Concubine Lan had taken.
He jumped out to save Lan Fei when she fell.
Logically speaking, the well-educated and well-mannered Concubine Lan should regard him as her savior, but for some reason, Hongli could tell from Concubine Lan's behavior that she avoided him like the plague.
"Li Yu, ask Yu Ying'er to find out if Concubine Lan has any taboos?"
Hongli was unwilling to miss such a good opportunity to get to know her.
Concubine Lan shows her emotions on her face, and people like her are easier to control.
After Li Yu left, Hongli rushed into the rockery in three or two steps and pushed down the tall snowman.
He would not allow anyone to laugh at his joke, not even a dead object.
On the other side, Chuntao, who was guarding the door, saw her master coming from afar and trotted to meet him.
"Master, I see that you look a little off, what happened?"
"I almost fell down just now, and it was the Fourth Prince who saved me. After the wake is over, please send something to the Prince's residence on my behalf as a token of my gratitude."
Concubine Lan did not hide it. There were several entrances to the small garden of the Cining Palace, so it was inevitable that someone would see it.
Her generous expression of gratitude showed that she had no regrets.
But just now when her head rested in the Fourth Prince's arms, a feeling of helplessness and suffocation came over her.
That evil mother and son left a huge shadow on her.
Concubine Lan looked at Chuntao who was supporting her carefully, and the words that Aunt Liu said flashed through her mind.
Perhaps she should really do as Aunt Liu said, find one of her own to serve the emperor, and then adopt the child after it is born.
"Chun Tao, what are your plans for the future?"
Sulan spoke suddenly.
Chuntao had never thought about this question before. She was stunned for a moment and replied firmly.
"Princess, I am a family-born child. My parents have taught me to serve you well since I was little."
"When I entered the palace, I decided to follow you for the rest of my life."
"Chun Tao, palace maids can leave the palace when they reach the age of twenty-five. Don't you have any ideas?"
Sulan didn't want to force her personal maid who always put her first, so she continued to ask.
"Princess, when I was five years old, Madam chose me to serve you. From that time on, I was destined to be yours."
"I haven't been educated much, but I understand the principle of repaying kindness."
When Chuntao was eight years old, she contracted chickenpox, which was misdiagnosed as smallpox by the old and dim-sighted court doctor.
If the young lady had not insisted that the lady invite a doctor to check again, she would have been thrown into a mass grave by the old lady's order to die.
Sulan understood what Chuntao meant and she sighed softly.
Her mother must have had that in mind when she asked her to bring the beautiful Chuntao into the palace.
Chuntao's parents were servants in the mansion, and their lives and deaths were in the hands of the master of the house.
As long as the Unara family exists, Chuntao will never dare to betray her.
After the wake was over, Concubine Lan and the other two imperial concubines followed closely behind as they left the house, without even glancing at Hongli who was kneeling on the ground.
At night, the male relatives took turns to keep vigil. When Hongli was waiting for his successor, the people from the six palaces had long disappeared.
"Hongli, we will live together in the prince's residence. Uncle Seventeen will go back with you."
The casual Prince Guo hugged him and walked out.
On the way back, Prince Guo was always talking, and Hongli only occasionally joined in.