frightfiction Chapter 417: Palm
Chapter 417: Palm
In the carriage, Li Yan'er told Xie Jiaojiao: "Cousin, when we get to the palace, you just have to do what I do."
Xie Jiaojiao nodded.
There was already someone waiting outside the palace gate.
Li Yaner stepped forward: "Hongliu!"
Hong Liu bowed slightly to the few people: "Hong Liu greets Miss, Madam, and Master."
Li Yan'er raised her hand: "No need for so much formality."
Hongliu smiled and said, "The princess has been waiting for you for a long time. Please follow me."
After following Hongliu for a long way, we finally arrived at Feiyu Pavilion where Jiang Linglong lived.
Li Yan'er breathed a sigh of relief and said to Xie Jiaojiao, "Fortunately, we came early and didn't run into any messy people."
Xie Jiaojiao didn't ask any more questions.
As soon as I entered Feiyu Pavilion, a woman wearing a red cloak and a felt hat came out to greet me.
Jiang Linglong smiled widely: "You are finally here."
Her appearance was the same as before, but she was more graceful and elegant, with a kind of settled beauty, but her eyes and brows were filled with an inextricable sorrow.
Li Yan'er bowed slightly to her: "Greetings to the Crown Prince's wife."
Xie Jiaojiao imitated her and bowed.
Jiang Linglong quickly helped the two of them up.
"What are you doing? You don't need to be so polite in my yard."
The three of them smiled at each other, and Jiang Linglong pulled one of them in each hand and walked inside.
Jiang Ruonan hurried to catch up.
The room was warm, so several people took off their cloaks.
Jiang Linglong smiled and said, "After my mother replied to my letter yesterday, I have been looking forward to your coming."
As soon as he finished speaking, the baby in the crib woke up.
The nurse came in.
Jiang Linglong said, "Bring him here and let his aunt and uncle see him."
The nanny quickly brought the baby over.
Xie Jiaojiao took out a jade pendant with a peace locket from her arms.
Jiang Linglong smiled and said, "Look, this is the gift Auntie gave us."
The baby held the peace locket in his hand and giggled.
"It seems he likes it very much."
A few people also laughed and teased the child for a while before Jiang Linglong asked someone to take the child away to feed him.
Then he asked about family matters: "How is your family these days?"
As she asked this, Hongliu cleared everyone out of the room.
Li Yan'er told everyone about the poisoning after she saw that she was the only one in the room.
Jiang Linglong's eyes turned cold after hearing this: "They failed to poison me in the palace, and they turned around and poisoned me at home."
"Sister, you are also in the palace..."
Jiang Linglong saw a dark shadow outside the house and quickly kept quiet to Jiang Ruonan.
No one spoke. After a while, when the shadow disappeared, Jiang Linglong said, "These days, because the emperor is seriously ill, they have become more rampant. The eldest prince has been serving the emperor every day and has no time to deal with these villains in the family."
At this point, Jiang Ruonan said to her: "Sister, I came to the palace today, and my parents asked me to bring you a message."
Jiang Linglong listened carefully.
"Dad said that things are going to change, and he has plans. You must take good care of yourself and your nephew."
Jiang Linglong nodded seriously.
Xie Jiaojiao took out a bottle of medicine from her bosom: "Sister Linglong, I don't understand what you are talking about in the court. This is the medicine Zhiyi gave me. He said that he asked his master to give him one, which can save his life."
Jiang Linglong took it, her eyes reddened: "In fact, if it weren't for me, my family wouldn't have been caught up in this storm."
Jiang Ruonan shook her head: "Sister, Dad said that even if you weren't here, our family wouldn't be able to escape this disaster!"
They had lunch and talked about some personal matters in the afternoon before Hongliu led them to leave the palace.
Jiang Linglong held Xie Jiaojiao with tears in her eyes and said, "After today's separation, I don't know when I will see my sister again."
Xie Jiaojiao patted her hands: "As long as we are alive, we will meet again someday."
Jiang Linglong nodded and wiped her eyes: "I have come this far in my life. Looking back, the time I spent in your village was the happiest. If I have another chance in this life, I would like to live like that for another day."
"Certainly possible."
This farewell might be a farewell forever. The sisters held hands for a long time and were reluctant to let go. Hongliu had to urge them, saying that if they were any later, the palace gates would be locked.
Then several people left in a hurry.
But before reaching the palace gate, they ran into a group of people.
Li Yaner cursed: "Why did I run into her?"
Xie Jiaojiao asked her who she was. Before Li Yan'er could answer, she saw the group of people approaching and pulled Xie Jiaojiao to salute.
"Greetings to Princess Jiahui."
Xie Jiaojiao followed her example and paid respects to the princess.
Princess Jiahui snorted, "Oh, isn't this Li Yan'er? Now anyone can enter our palace."
Li Yan'er pursed her lips, lowered her head and rolled her eyes.
After saying that, he saw Xie Jiaojiao and asked, "Who is this?"
"Princess, this is my cousin's wife. We came to the palace today to meet the Crown Prince's wife."
Jiahui snorted again: "Raise your head and let me see."
Xie Jiaojiao had to look up, but she did not look directly into Princess Jiahui's eyes. Yesterday, the one who taught her etiquette said that when she went to the palace, she could not look directly into the eyes of people of status.
"A whole family of foxy looks."
Li Yaner suddenly got angry: "You..."
"How dare you!" the servant next to him shouted.
"The princess didn't tell you to move, but you dared to move!"
As they said this, the two men were about to step forward and slap Li Yaner in the face.
Xie Jiaojiao quickly protected her behind her and said, "Princess, please don't blame me. My sister didn't mean to offend you."
The princess looked at her disdainfully and said coldly, "Did I ask you to speak? Slap me!"
Before Xie Jiaojiao could react, her hands were held up and she was slapped several times in the face. She felt the corners of her mouth were bruised and a fishy smell came from her mouth.
Li Yan'er and Jiang Ruonan wanted to go forward, but were stopped by some servants.
"Stop it!" the two men shouted.
Hong Liu was also anxious and fell to the ground: "Please stop, Princess. This is a distinguished guest invited into the palace by my prince's wife!"
Jiahui chuckled, kicked her, and then flicked her fingers: "You are a lowly servant, are you worthy of begging me? She is a lowly person with no status, is she worthy of entering the palace? She dared to offend me, I just gave her a small punishment, and didn't take her life, which is good enough."