The night was dim, and there was only a waning moon in the sky, silently looking down at the whole world.
The night was already deep, and the surroundings were quiet, only the noise came from a distance, which seemed unreal.
Ananda stepped out of the door and saw the guards guarding the door. There was a chilling aura in the air, which made people slow down their breathing.
"princess!"
When the guards saw her, they saluted immediately.
Ananda pursed his lips, and said, "I'm going to visit the little Princess." Saying this, he ignored the guards and walked to the room where his daughter lived with the two maids.
Fortunately, those guards didn't stop her, but followed her silently to protect her. Ananda felt a little relieved, if the guards stopped her desperately and refused to let her leave, then the situation was urgent.
When he came to the room where his daughter was staying, there were also guards standing in front of the door, Ananda felt a little relieved. The door inside was tightly closed, and a maid went to knock on the door, and the nanny's alert voice sounded from inside. When the maid replied that the princess was coming, there was a burst of footsteps, and then the door opened from the inside.
"Is Chuchu okay?" Ananda asked when he saw the face of the nanny Xu.
Xu's face was a little pale, but he was calm after all, but he looked a little frightened. Hearing Ananda's question, Mrs. Xu quickly nodded and said, "The princess is fine, she has been asleep and hasn't woken up."
The appearance of an assassin in the palace alarmed all the guards in the palace, and also made the servants restless. The female relatives themselves were too frightened to understand, and there was panic everywhere in the palace. That’s right, although it’s not as heavily guarded as Su Wang’s Mansion in the capital, it’s a bit more secure than the City Guard’s Mansion, and even let assassins sneak in to assassinate. How can this group of comfortable women not be panicked
Entering the house, Ananda saw that the maids serving his daughter were not asleep, and they were crowded in front of her daughter's bed like frightened animals. When she appeared, the maids breathed a sigh of relief and moved away to let her see her daughter who was still sleeping soundly in the bed.
Until this moment, seeing that his daughter was safe and sound, Ananda finally settled down with his heart.
Ananda sat in front of the bed, stretched out his hand to caress his daughter's immature face, and couldn't help but wonder in his mind who would dare to assassinate the current prince? Is it a political enemy or a person from an enemy country? What is their purpose? After she calmed down, she was not worried about Chu Baning's safety, because there was a shadow-like shadow guard beside Chu Baning. I heard that this kind of shadow guard was highly skilled in martial arts, and it was extremely difficult to train. Only noble princes could have it. The power is very powerful, as long as it is not in a place like the battlefield, the hidden guards can generally guarantee the safety of the master they are guarding. And Ananda, the hidden guard's martial arts, had seen it several times with his own eyes, and he wasn't too worried. He was only flustered because he was taken aback by the sudden incident.
Ananda stayed there for about an hour, and Chu Baning finally came to look for her.
Seeing that he appeared safely, Ananda immediately swept his eyes around him to make sure that he was intact. His hair was not messed up, his clothes were neat, and his expression was still as serious as before. It didn't look like he had been assassinated.
"Ananda, go back."
Chu Baning reached out to her, took her hand and prepared to leave.
Ananda looked back at his daughter, and was thinking whether to let her sleep with them tonight, when the man's faint voice came: "The assassins have all been captured, don't worry."
Since he said so, Ananda had no choice but to give up. Although this man is proud, he is not conceited. He will not say anything that is uncertain.
"My lord, but the interrogation is clear, who sent the assassin?" Ananda couldn't help asking.
Chu Baning looked into the distance, his eyes were deep, and he said in a low voice: "They are from North Vietnam."
Ananda's heart trembled, and then there was a feeling that was not unexpected. Assassinations have been common since ancient times, just like the case of Jing Ke's assassination of the King of Qin, especially Chu Ba Ning, a prince who carried no weight in the Great Chu Dynasty, and stayed in the border town for many years. I really feel sorry for myself for coming to assassinate him.
After leaving the door, Ananda took his hand and said pleadingly: "My lord, Rucui is injured, let's go and have a look." I don't know how Rucui's injury is, but Rulan didn't come back, which made her feel very sad. Ups and downs, it was very uncomfortable, and even just thinking of the girl's injury made her eyes turn red.
A big rough hand caressed her face and said softly, "Don't cry."
Ananda sniffled, forced a smile, and said, "I'm not crying! My lord, let me go and see Ru Cui."
Chu Baning looked at her for a while, then nodded, and took her hand to the guest room.
After walking for a while, Ananda had a strange expression on his face, and when he finally arrived at the guest room, he found that this was clearly Wen Liangsu's residence in the palace, and his expression became even more strange. At this time, the lights inside were brightly lit, and the maids came in and out. It seemed that the situation was very tense, and Ananda couldn't help becoming nervous.
The two who happened to meet Fang Jinmen when they came out with a basin of blood in their hands were taken aback and hurriedly saluted.
"Is Rucui seriously injured?" Ananda frowned and asked, staring at the basin of blood in the maid's hand, a little startled.
"Back to Wangfei, the imperial doctor said that sister Rucui is no longer in danger." The girl replied.
Hearing this, Ananda breathed a sigh of relief, and pulled Chu Baning in, so he didn't see the hesitant expression on the girl's face. Although Chu Baning saw it, he didn't want Anan to pay too much attention to irrelevant people, so he didn't say anything. This is the difference between the two. It is strange that Ananda takes a maid too seriously. And Chu Baning is a prince who grew up in a feudal society, the life of an insignificant servant is not that important to him.
Ananda entered the room and saw the imperial physician writing prescriptions at the table, Wen Liang and Lu Shaohua were sitting on the stools in the room with different expressions. Ru Lan stood in front of the bed and wept silently, the curtain on one side of the bed was hanging down, blocking the line of sight, making it difficult for people to see clearly what was going on inside.
Ananda frowned, feeling more and more strange, even if her family Rucui is a beauty saving a hero, shouldn't she be taken to the place where Wen Liang lives? Could it be that Wen Liang was so grateful for a certain girl's life-saving grace that he completely ignored the rules
"Prince, princess!"
Seeing them appear, everyone in the room put down what they were doing and went forward to salute, Wen Liang and Lu Shaohua also came over and bowed their hands, but Lu Shaohua's face was gentle and gentle, without much surprise, while Wen Liang had a calm and handsome face , looking very ugly.
Ananda didn't have time to pay attention to these people, walked to the bed, opened the bed curtain and looked inside.
On the bed, the pale young girl was lying there quietly, her usually rosy and healthy melon-seeded face was completely devoid of any color at this time, which made Ananda's heart ache. This girl was bought by the prime minister's father when she was six years old to be her personal maid. It can be said that she grew up with her and was most influenced by her. Although the two are named master and servant, they are actually like sisters. During those days of growing up and adapting to this world, the girl who accompanied her, comforted her, teased her, stood up for her... was all this girl. Although she is just a servant, whenever she, a young lady, is bullied, she will secretly help her back. She is a master who refuses to suffer. Therefore, the meaning of this girl in her heart cannot be described in words.
"Ru Lan, how is Ru Cui?" Ananda asked as he took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat of the girl on the bed, completely disregarding how contrary to what he was doing at this time, it was completely inconsistent. The status of a princess.
Rulan wiped her tears, looked at her with red eyes, and said with a choked voice: "Princess, the imperial doctor said... Rucui hurt her inner abdomen, and she will not be able to conceive in this life..." As she spoke, tears fell down again, crying louder than ever. I feel sad that I can't conceive.
Ananda froze for a moment, not knowing how to react at all.
The feudal society had extremely strict requirements on women. Even if she was an inferior maid, she would be criticized for not being able to conceive because of the injury to her abdomen, thinking that she was no longer a complete woman. Although she can protect Rucui, what about Rucui herself? When I heard the news, I didn't know how sad it was. It can be said that if Ru Cui chooses to stay by her side for the rest of her life without getting married, it's fine, but what if she wants to get married? What man is willing to marry a woman who can't have children? I believe that even if she is willing to pay the dowry as a princess, a man with integrity will not marry her, right? And those spineless men who are willing to marry, she is unwilling to wrong Rucui, unless she really uses her status to suppress others regardless of her status... Of course, Ananda absolutely can't do this kind of thing, and she doesn't want to do it either. Do, feel that Ru Cui deserves the best, not a man marrying her because of her orders.
At this time, the imperial physician had already written a prescription for a medical woman to grab the medicine and fry it.
Anan looked at it, and said to Madam Zhang at the side: "Mama, you go and get someone to clean up a separate room and move Rucui there." What's the deal here! And Ananda was still a little annoyed in his heart, who told her that Rucui was injured for Wen Liang, so naturally he didn't want to see him for a while.
"Princess, the imperial doctor said that girl Rucui is seriously injured and cannot move now." Wen Liang was the first to jump out to object to Ananda's words.
Ananda looked at him coldly, "Master Wen, let's go back to the barracks to rest tonight." She would never allow men and widows to stay in the same room.
Wen Liang was stunned for a while, this was the first time Ananda gave him a look since he had known him for so long, which really surprised him. It can only be said that Ananda is a very kind girl on the face, no one can believe that this gentle girl will have a cold face with others one day.
"Well, Ananda, it's late at night, so there's no need to make too much fuss." Lu Shaohua said tactfully, it's boring to make such a fuss, and this younger sister of my family has gained a lot of courage after getting married, and even dared to chase away the prince's guests up.
Ananda pursed her lips, turned her back and didn't want to talk to those three men, even Chu Baning was annoyed, thinking that he supported Wen Liang to bully her maid.
At this moment, Rulan's pleasantly surprised voice came: "Princess, Rucui has woken up."
When Anan heard this, he didn't bother to argue with Wen Liang, and immediately walked to the bed—but, a figure rushed to the bed faster than her, and the man in moon-white silk looked at the girl on the bed in surprise. Huan said, "Girl, are you awake?"
Rucui just glanced at him, turned her gaze, and saw Ananda on the side, showing a weak smile, and called "Miss", just when she remembered, but soon her face wrinkled into a bun, obviously Pulled to the wound on the abdomen.
Ananda held her down and refused to let her get up, and complained, "What are you doing when you're so hurt? Let me lie down! Really, you don't want to be a hero like this, that's a man." What are you doing there? Look, are you injured?"
Ru Cui lay back obediently, and said with a flat mouth: "Miss, this servant didn't do it on purpose, I tripped over something and accidentally fell down, Master Wen happened to run towards this servant, so..."
Although Ru Cui's words were not finished, everyone present understood.
"..."
For a moment, the atmosphere in the room was a little delicate.
The "beauty saves the hero" and the like is not the case at all, the poor maid was implicated.
Ananda glared at her angrily, "Aren't you so lucky? Why are you so bad this time?"
A certain bastard girl's mouth became more frequent, and she muttered in a low voice: "Master Wen must have stolen my luck..."
The military division who was complained was speechless for a while, and could only stare blankly.
Ananda patted the poor girl's head pityingly, and said in a deep voice, "Recover well, whether you want to remarry in the future, Miss, I will make the decision for you."
"Thank you miss!" Rucui laughed happily.
At this time, Ru Lan's emotions also recovered, she took a big pillow and put it on the bed, and helped Ru Cui to sit up, of course, this process made the girl's face wrinkled into a bun again, Ananda couldn't help it He comforted her distressedly again, which made the maid very useful.
Seeing the master and servant talking to each other, the military adviser on the side was dissatisfied.
"Hey, princess, Zixiu has something to say."
Ananda glanced at him, his expression still indifferent.
Wen Liang looked a little nervous, grabbed his loose hair, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Princess, I will take care of it!"
Ananda narrowed his eyes, and when he was about to speak, someone already reacted one step faster.
"I do not want!"
Everyone turned their heads and looked at the young girl sitting on the bed. They saw her staring at Wen Liang unhappily, then turned their heads to look at Ananda, and said pleadingly: "Miss, I don't want Mrs. Wen to be responsible! I don't want to get married. , It’s not good to marry, and those who are in charge of the east and west can’t be as popular and hot as they are around the lady, and no one indulges the servant like the lady, and the servant gets into trouble, and no one protects the servant like the lady, and the servant can’t Raising a fox who only eats vegetables. I have heard from Mr. Wen that there are many people in his family. If the servants are taken care of by him, the servants will have to serve their parents-in-law and set rules, and even a group of three aunts and six wives and brothers and sisters... Maybe in the future there will be a vicious mistress waiting to abuse the servants at any time, making the servants eat fried pork slices with bamboo shoots every day... The servants really don’t want to leave Miss!!”
Ananda: =__=! Are you thinking too much...
Listening to a certain girl's words, everyone was full of embarrassment, and they couldn't help but look sympathetically at a certain military adviser who had been buried and turned black.