Hua Manman has been locked in the house.
She couldn't see the change of the sky outside, so that she couldn't tell how many days had passed.
She can only rely on the time of three meals a day, and roughly estimate the number of days.
Concubine Zhen would come to see her every day and talk to her.
She was alone most of the time.
To pass the time, she opened the notebook she brought out from the Prince Regent's Mansion, and read it back and forth several times.
Every time Hua Manman reads the contents of the notes, she can relive what happened when she was a child.
At the end of the notes, there is also a colored pencil drawing.
It was drawn by Hua Manman when she was a child. In the painting, she, her grandparents, and a naive three-colored cat.
The brush strokes are very immature, and the colors are very bright, giving people a happy and warm feeling.
Hua Manman's fingers caressed the screen, and besides nostalgia, there were still many doubts in her heart.
Hua Manman still remembers that after she finished painting this painting, Sanhuamao showed a strong love for this painting, so she gave this painting to Sanhuamao.
After Sanhuamao left, the painting also disappeared.
She originally thought that she had accidentally lost the painting, but she didn't expect that the painting came to this world.
According to the description in the notes, Li Ji saw Hua Manman's painting in his dream, and he liked it very much, and wanted to get it very much.
So after he woke up from the dream, the painting appeared beside him.
It is incredible that one painting connects two worlds!
Hua Manman looked at the drawing paper in front of him and couldn't help muttering.
"Can the two worlds really communicate?"
Just as she was lost in thought, the familiar meowing of a cat sounded outside the window again.
Hua Manman immediately put down the randomness, walked quickly to the bed, and asked in a low voice.
"Tongzi, is that you?"
Soon the sound of the system reached her ears.
"it's me."
Immediately afterwards, it told Hua Manman what it had inquired these days.
Most of the content is the same as before, the only thing worth noting is that the emperor's condition is getting worse.
Although the imperial physicians didn't say anything, judging from the current situation, the emperor might be in danger this time.
Combined with Hua Manman's previous guess, the system couldn't help asking.
"Is it really the hands of Concubine Zhen?"
It still couldn't believe that the kind and gentle Hua Qingqing from before could do such a murderous thing to the person next to him.
Hua Manman didn't care about these, she whispered.
"It doesn't matter if it's her or not. When the emperor dies, there will be changes in the palace. That may be a great opportunity for us to escape. Take advantage of this time to look for the key, and find a way to steal it after you find it."
System: "What key?"
Hua Manman: "Idiot, of course it is the key to the door lock of my house."
She was locked in this room and the door was locked.
She couldn't unlock it from inside, so she could only pin her hopes on the system.
The system says it's ok.
In the evening, Concubine Zhen came to visit Hua Manman again.
The two sisters gossiped about family affairs while eating dinner.
Hua Manman pretends to be ignorant of the outside world, and listens to whatever the other party says, very well-behaved.
After the dinner was almost finished, Concubine Zhen said.
"The sage is seriously ill and needs someone to take care of him, so I have to move to Hanzhang Hall for a while.
I may not have time to visit you in the next few days.
You stay here obediently, and tell the people outside the door if you need anything. "
Hua Manman: "How long will you keep me locked up?"
Concubine Zhen: "When everything subsides, I will let you out naturally. Don't worry, I will keep what I say."
Early the next morning, Concubine Zhen took her luggage and moved to Hanzhang Hall.
Today is the first time Hua Manman came to Yufu Palace to have breakfast alone, and Concubine Zhen usually eats with her, but today she suddenly became a person, and she is not used to it.
After finishing her meal, she said to the palace servants who came to clear up the tableware.
"Can you get me some sewing and fabric? I want to make a purse."
Concubine Zhen specifically told her before leaving that as long as it was Hua Manman's request, she had to try her best to satisfy her.
Of course, except for the request to let her go.
The palace servant nodded and said, "Your maidservant, go and prepare."
After a while, the palace man sent a sewing basket and a roll of fabric.
"Have you seen enough of this?"
Such a large piece of fabric can be used to make a suit of clothes, and it is more than enough to make a purse.
Hua Manman hurriedly said that enough is enough.
She had experience in making purses before, and this time she quickly made a small purse.
Although the stitches are still rough and the threads are exposed, at least it works well.
Hua Manman folded the colored pencil drawing at the end of the notes into a thousand paper cranes, then pricked her finger with an embroidery needle, squeezed out a drop of blood, and touched the thousand paper cranes.
After finishing these, she put the thousand paper cranes into her purse, tightened the rope, and tied a knot.
In the afternoon, the familiar cat meowing sounded outside the window again.
The system says it has found the house key.
"The key hangs on a nun, and I can steal it at any time."
Hua Manman: "Don't do anything, just wait."
The system is puzzled: "What are you waiting for?"
"When the emperor is dead and people in the palace are panicked and have no time to take care of themselves, you can steal the key again. That's the best time to escape."
The system suddenly said: "Understood."
Then it said something else.
"The little prince of Xiliang Kingdom came to the palace to visit the emperor. He said that there were thieves in the Prince Regent's mansion and he had to strengthen his defenses. The emperor agreed."
Hua Manman almost forgot that there is Ah Qi.
The system is very emotional: "He is really persistent enough, it's all like this, and he hasn't given up looking for your whereabouts."
Hua Manman doesn't want to have anything to do with Ah Qi anymore.
She now only hopes that the emperor will die soon.
When the emperor died and Tianjing was in chaos, she could take the opportunity to escape from this place of right and wrong.
Thinking of this, Hua Manman folded his hands together and prayed to the sky.
"Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, believer girl begs you to be merciful, let the dog emperor go to heaven, as long as you can fulfill believer girl's wish, believer girl will swear never to eat meat."
After she finished speaking, she felt that the oath was too heavy, so she immediately changed her words.
"The believer made a mistake just now. What the believer said is that she is willing to eat meat for a year... No, it means not eating meat for a month."
The system disliked it very much: "That's all you have to do!"
Hua Manman: "One month is already my limit, if it's more, I might go crazy."
The system ignored her, turned around and left.
Hua Manman originally thought that he would have to wait at least another month, but he didn't expect that after only ten days, news came out from the Hanzhang Hall that the emperor had vomited blood and passed out.
Immediately after learning the news, the system ran to notify Hua Manman and told her to prepare to escape.
Hua Manman was very pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly bowed in the direction of the west.
"Thank you Guanshiyin Bodhisattva. After the event is completed, believers will definitely keep their promise and not eat meat for a month."
She paused and added another sentence.
"Except for eggs, shrimps, crabs, and fish. After all, I am still young and need more nutrition."
system:"… "
You are quite thoughtful.
(end of this chapter)