The bright sunshine always makes people lazy, giving them a reason to sleep. But Shen Qingwan is different. She never likes to sleep in the house all the time. Instead, she likes to relax in the yard.
Shen Qingwan sat under the vines and slowly flipped through the book in her hand. Occasionally, she picked up the teacup beside her and drank a sip of water. After a while, the tea bowl was empty.
The grass beside the inconspicuous wall moved, and suddenly there was a movement, as if something was crawling back and forth. After a while, a little girl's head appeared. The little girl looked around and saw no one, so she slowly crawled out.
The little girl was not very old, and looked only about four or five years old, but her eyes were rolling around, and she looked very smart and cute. She had just run out when she saw a hole in the wall. She felt it out and found that it was just big enough for her body, so she hurried in. But she didn't know where this was, so she rolled her eyes around and decided not to run around.
"My queen, I heard some noises over there. How about I go over and take a look?" Lianyun was refilling a pot of tea for Shen Qingwan when she heard some noises near the wall. She remembered that there was a hole in the wall there, which was supposed to be patched up, but it was delayed because of the Second Princess's matter and has not been repaired until now.
Shen Qingwan was so absorbed in reading that she didn't hear anything, but knowing that Lianyun was always attentive, she agreed.
"Don't let anything get in." Lianyun said as she walked towards the wall. It was summer and everything was lush and green, and the wall was also covered with green plants. But with a goal in mind, she walked directly towards the hole in the wall.
Unexpectedly, when she got there, she saw a living person standing by the wall, looking at her with a puzzled expression.
"Who are you and why are you here?" Lianyun asked the little girl in surprise. She wanted to pull her over but she dodged.
"Hmph." The little girl shook her head proudly and hugged her chest without even looking at her. Lianyun felt strange, but seeing the little girl like this, she didn't look like an ordinary person, so she hurried back to report to Shen Qingwan.
"What's the matter? What made the noise?" Shen Qingwan asked when she saw Lianyun coming back, but she didn't look at Lianyun and concentrated on reading.
The stories in this book are very interesting. Although they are about ghosts, they are told in a humorous way and contain some truths, which makes her feel very interested.
"What's wrong?" Shen Qingwan felt strange seeing Lianyun didn't speak for a long time. When she put down the book and saw Lianyun's expression of "I don't know what to say", she felt even stranger.
"Your Majesty, it's not something that can hurt people, but, but..." Lian Yun hesitated for a long time and still didn't know how to start.
Shen Qingwan raised her eyebrows, wondering what had frightened her.
"If you have anything, just tell me."
"My queen, a little girl who looks only four or five years old came out of the hole in the wall." After trying to organize her words for a long time, Lianyun decided to tell the truth.
Shen Qingwan felt puzzled as to how a child could come to her place. Ever since the incident with the second princess, very few people would come to her yard. Some people would even ask the children to stay away from her to avoid their lives being harmed in vain.
He sighed slightly in his heart, "Take me over to have a look." He stood up and let Lianyun take him over. Sure enough, he saw the little girl still standing there motionless.
The little girl was not afraid when she saw her. She looked at her openly, and her big eyes looked at her yard from time to time.
She has always liked children, and now when she saw this little girl, she liked her very much. She just didn't know where this little girl came from and how she got out of the hole in the wall.
"Who are you? Why are you in my yard?" Shen Qingwan squatted down to the same level as the little girl and asked. Although the little girl's clothes were a little dirty because of drilling a hole in the wall, the material and pattern of the clothes were exquisite, and it was obvious that she was not a child from an ordinary family.
There aren't many children of this age in this palace, but it's possible that someone from outside the palace brought a child in.
The little girl looked at her but shook her head without answering, "How can you ask who I am first? You shouldn't tell me who you are first, right?"
Shen Qingwan laughed. Although the little girl was young, she was very smart.
"This is the virtuous concubine." Lianyun on the side also thought the little girl was very interesting and answered for Shen Qingwan.
Xianfei? Who is Xianfei? I don't seem to know. The little girl tried hard to search for the person in her mind. She felt that she had never heard of this title. When she was young, her mother told her not to run around, but she didn't think it was a big deal.
"Hello, Your Majesty." But since we are on someone else's territory, we should behave ourselves.
"Okay, you too, but you haven't told me who you are yet?" Shen Qingwan reached out to wipe the dust off the little girl's face and spoke with a smile.
But the little girl broke free from Shen Qingwan and ran to the pool, "Lue, I won't tell you. Even though you told me who you are, I still don't know you." She made a face as she said that.
"Did you plant these lotus flowers? They are so beautiful." The little girl pointed at the lotus flowers in the pond and praised them.
Most children like colorful flowers, and few pay attention to lotus flowers. This makes the little girl's image in Shen Qingwan's heart better.
"Yes, I think it's beautiful too. It's pure and untainted by the mud, and it's beautiful and unobtrusive by the water." He reached out and told Lianyun beside him to pick a few flowers by the pond and give them to the little girl. But the little girl thought someone was sent to catch her, and hurried back.
"Although I don't understand what you are saying, I think you are very good." After seeing Lianyun's actions, the little girl realized that she had misunderstood and praised her.
Lianyun had already picked some lotus flowers and was walking over. Shen Qingwan was about to walk over when she suddenly heard shouting from outside the wall.
"Princess, Princess, where are you?" Hearing the voice, the three people in the yard were stunned for a moment and looked at each other.
"Princess, we don't want to play anymore, please come out quickly."
The little girl was startled when she heard the sound and hurriedly grabbed Shen Qingwan's sleeve, looking at her pitifully and telling her not to speak. "Shh, don't talk and don't move." The little girl put her finger in front of her mouth and listened to the noise outside, and let go only after the sound passed.
Princess, could this little girl be the princess? And judging by her age and face, she does look a lot like Concubine De.
"My queen, here's a lotus for you." Lianyun also came over and handed the lotus to her. When Shen Qingwan took it and wanted to give it to the little girl, she disappeared. Presumably, the little girl heard the voice and went out again. At this, she could only smile. However, this girl did add some warmth to her place.