Wangfu Shenyuan

The imperial doctor would come for consultation every day, even if Xia An's wrist was fine, the imperial doctor would still bring a bowl of tonic for the maids to feed Xia An.He lived in the cell next to Xia'an, and he would show the guards a headache. Besides, he was in a private prison, and his official position was still there, so the guards didn't dare to lock him up.He is free to move around in the prison, and he is served by a boy when he takes medicine and decocts it.

When Xia An was free, he would either look at Xiao Jin's intricately patterned straw sandals, or learn some medical principles from the Imperial Physician, and then quietly ran to the tunnel to find the small study to steal books.He searched for a month but failed to get what he wanted, Chiyi listened and laughed at him for half a day before he kindly took him there.

This incident made Xia An understand that the lord does not restrict him to walking in the tunnel, just like what the lord said to the scribe that day, the lord really regards him as one of his own.

But Xia An never saw anyone else in the tunnel.

The prince seems to be very busy these days, and it takes several days to come to the dungeon.In the past, he remembered that the prince would come to the prison every day to have fun, but now not only did he come less often, sometimes he only came over in a hurry, sat in his cell, and left without saying anything.

Many times, Xia An wondered if the lord came to the cell specially to eat his food.He kept telling the maids to fatten him up, but every time they robbed him of food, they were completely rude, and they always only left him a little bit.Xia An was puzzled, the prince knew that anyone's food was poisonous, so why didn't he dare to eat his own food?In other words, prison food is better?

At this time, Xia An felt the benefits of having a woman by his side.Tsing Yi is gentle, gentle and considerate to others, every time she sees the lord clean up Xia An's prison food, the other maids hid aside and laughed, but she bought snacks from outside to fill Xia An's stomach.Therefore, Xia An is the closest to Tsing Yi.

The "miracle doctor" was also exiled to the cell.Seeing that Xia An was very friendly, he rushed straight to Xia An's wound from the door.Xia An, who was in pain, wished he could turn the "miracle doctor" into a dog meat hot pot.However, even though the "miracle doctor" lost Xia An's favor, he still had four servant girls waiting to see him, nestling in front of their soft chests all day long and refusing to come down, so that Xia An didn't even dare to stare at it.

When his hand got better, Xia An, who had had enough, could finally do it.Xiao Jin taught him one of the most popular designs and colors, and also provided him with better quality bamboo and hemp.Xia An finally weaved a pair of straw sandals suitable for nobles, before he offered them, Rong Li searched them out from under his pillow as if he knew it, ate his lunch and left.

The more comfortable your life is, the less you can keep time.Before he knew it, Xia An's wrist was fully healed and he could move freely.That day, after the maids washed the prison clothes and waited for Xia An to change into them, they opened the bed and went to eat.Xia An lay alone on the bed and counted the straw sandals.Although he learned a pair of aristocratic straw sandals that could earn five cents, but the prince confiscated them every time he saw them, he had no choice but to pick up straw to weave commoner straw sandals again.

Although he wanted to get a good job from the lord, Xia An was terrified of the pain of being penniless and having nothing to do anyway. Flies are meat, and small money is money.With this in mind, Xia An saved three hundred Wen in one month.

His eyes hurt, Xia An rubbed his eyes, went to the table and took a sip of tea.Suddenly the cell door opened wide, and a few men dressed as second-class servants rushed in, tied him up without saying a word.

He was dragged out of the dungeon by force, the sky outside was dark and drizzling.Xia An was carried into a flower hall in a side courtyard, which was the outer courtyard.No matter whether Xia An was in Si'en Court or Piaoxiang Court, he was a servant of the inner court and lived in the inner court all the time.The outer courtyard is a place to receive foreign guests, and Xia An rarely comes here.

When he arrived, there were already a dozen people kneeling inside, both men and women.All are beautiful.Xia An was escorted to kneel in front, and in the upper position half a foot in front, sat a woman drinking tea, and several servants and stewards surrounded her and laughed.Xia An knew that woman, she was Mrs. Xue whom she had met once in Piaoxiang Courtyard, she belonged to the princess, so this time it was the princess who arrested him.

A lot of people were brought in one after another, Xia An lowered his head and glanced back quietly, Wu Yaya knelt all over the room, this flower hall was not small, fifty people could kneel down.

Mrs. Xue saw that she was almost ready, so she put down the teacup, and sneered at the 30-year-old woman in a blue sarong beside her: "Look, our master is so lucky, there are so many beauties hidden in the dungeon."

It turned out that he came here for the lord's love, Xia An felt wronged.

The woman also had a sarcastic expression: "If it wasn't for the sudden addition of a little master, I don't know how long the empress will be kept in the dark."

"Bah." Mrs. Xue spat on the ground: "What little master, if you don't slap your mouth, the one who waits for the bitch to be born is just a slave. Hmph, maybe you haven't survived with that blessing."

Another plainly dressed woman persuaded: "Mother Xue, don't talk anymore, Guanshi Zhang has been waiting outside, and Ren Yazi, who was called by the servant girl, has been waiting for a long time." Said blatantly.The woman looked down on Mrs. Xue in her heart, but she had to put on a respectful gesture on her face.

Xia An was shocked, what was Ren Yazi doing outside, was he going to sell them?After finally settling down in the palace, he didn't want to be sold to Beppu as a slave again.

"Tell Guanshi Zhang and Ren Yazi to come in." Mrs. Xue was very arrogant, she didn't take Zhang Qitian seriously at all.Zhang Qitian, who had always been favored by the manager since the last time he was asked to die by the concubine, was demoted to a manager by the manager, and was still in charge of the transfer of servants. He just got out of bed these few days.I heard that the princess protected him that time, and it is not easy for the prince to confront the concubine openly. Therefore, now that Zhang Qitian is under the concubine's subordinates, naturally he cannot be courted by Mrs. Xue who has been with the concubine for a long time.

When several people came in, Zhang Qitian was half-respectful to them, but the people outside were so vulgar that they all knelt and kowtowed.Mrs. Xue was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, and told them to get up and talk. "Where will you sell it after it is given to you?"

Xia An's conjecture was confirmed, and he knelt a little weakly, but he had to prick up his ears to listen.I only heard someone say: "They are all good things, so they will naturally be sold in the Goulan courtyard." Xia An suddenly slumped on the ground, and all the bound people became anxious, and kowtowed vigorously to Mrs. Xue, begging her to let her go. They go for it.

Zhang Qitian yelled: "Shut up, who dares to yell and pull out and slap your mouth for thirty times." The voice of begging for mercy gradually decreased, but it still continued.

Xia An suddenly thought of the prince, only the prince can save him.But he was kneeling in front, surrounded by the concubine's people, so he had no chance to ask for help.I can only hope that the four servant girls will find out that he is not there, find out about this, and go to the prince for help.

"Selling it in that kind of place, hmph, it's a good price. It seems that our price is low after all." Mrs. Xue was about to raise the price.A person's head is five taels, and the princess specially ordered to find someone with stronger strength to sell them all.

The person who spoke just now couldn't help crying: "Where is it, the little ones can't earn a lot of money."

Mrs. Xue wanted to raise the price, but was interrupted by a more modest woman.The woman passed Mrs. Xue, and said to Ren Yazi: "You can sell wherever you like, just a little, far away from the capital, whether it's south or northwest, the farther the better."

The people all grimaced, and said: "What should I do, the young ones can't earn much at all, and they have to transport people far away, and the travel expenses are not a small sum of money."

The woman said angrily: "You slaves who see the money, think that the palace doesn't know what's going on. Such a good person is sold for more than ten taels outside. Letting you take one for five taels of silver is really cheap It’s gone. You don’t want to, that’s fine, if we look for another house, there will always be someone who will open our eyes.”

"No, no, the little ones can save it. Even if you don't earn a penny, you are willing to work for the palace."

"Guard Zhang, please show these people's deeds of prostitution." The woman handled things very simply.There was another sound of crying and begging underneath.

Mrs. Xue gave the woman a dissatisfied look, and said, "From the Lin family, go and see if the bird's nest porridge for the princess is cooked enough. No matter what we do, we should put the master first." Then The woman had no choice but to go.

Zhang Qitian met people one by one, ordered the young men around him to get the deeds of sale, handed his hands to Mrs. Xue, and said with a smile: "Mother Xue, there are 39 people here with deeds of sale, and the remaining 22 are death deeds. I am just a For a small manager, the death contract is not my turn, and the new supervisor has not taken office, and the death contract is still in the hands of the manager."

"Hmph, the prince really doesn't distinguish between superiority and inferiority. Anyway, he is not a slave. He pampers like a real master. He doesn't even look down on his wife."

This is a taboo, everyone shouldn't answer it, Mrs. Xue still complained: "What can I do, they will definitely sell them all. Why don't you just take people away, the palace won't rely on you."

Could it be that Ren Yazi committed: "It doesn't work, if the seller doesn't have a contract of sale, wouldn't the little ones be arrested by the government?"

"What are you afraid of? The palace will support you." Mrs. Xue became more and more arrogant.

"Not good." Ren Yazi shook his head.

"What's wrong." Mrs. Xue had no idea, but just scolded.It was the woman in the blue sarong who came up with an idea: "Anyway, the princess just doesn't allow them to be kept. Sending them out is like a princess with a heart like a Bodhisattva. According to slaves and servants, the manager will not give up a death contract, and the prince is afraid that there will be another I'll be back in two days, why don't you drag them all to the backyard and beat them to death, our palace doesn't lack this little money."

As soon as these words came out, many people's lives were cut off.When Xia An heard that the prince was not in the house, he knew that there was no way out.Even if the maids are found, they must not disobey the order of the mistress.

Although Mrs. Xue was unwilling, she didn't dare to mess things up, so she asked people to drag all the servants of the death contract to the firewood room in the backyard and lock them up. dog.

Xia An didn't expect that after working hard for two years, she would still end up in the belly of a dog, and she would die in pain and wronged.

The backyard is relatively desolate, with a few trees sparsely planted, not like a residential yard.It is true that there are no people living in the outer courtyard, and they are all courtyards for business.The servants who work in the outer courtyard live in a large courtyard, unlike the inner courtyard where there is one master and one courtyard, and different jobs have different courtyards, so the division is so obvious.

It is said to be a firewood room, but it is not a firewood room layout.The four rooms are side by side, and Xia An couldn't see the other rooms clearly. The room he entered was empty and there was nothing there. The windows were sealed with wooden strips, as if they were specially locked up.

A total of eight men were imprisoned in the room, all tied up tightly, crying or sitting on the ground foolishly.Xia An stood up and pushed the door with his body. The iron chain clanged, indicating that it was locked, but no one uttered curses, that is, no one was guarding it.

Xia An sat down and waited for the dark.If they still had no way out after dark, they had to flee.If you don't escape, you will die. If you escape, there may be a way to survive.The escape route couldn’t be wrong. It’s the outer courtyard now. Although it’s close to the side door of the main gate, there must be people guarding the door, and the guards will chase in this direction, and he is not familiar with the terrain of the outer courtyard.It's better to run to the inner courtyard, pass through the inner courtyard, and run to the back door at the back mountain. That door is unguarded.Xia An had paid attention to it before and secretly marked it.

It would be a bad idea to try to escape from the palace. If it wasn't forced by this situation, Xia An would definitely not be willing to take such a big risk.

As the darkness fell, no one came outside, and no food was delivered. He thought he was dying, so why waste food, Xia An was completely desperate.He approached the person next to him first, and said in a volume that only two people could hear: "Brother, you don't want to die, let's run away."

The man looked back at Xia An in surprise and shook his head.Xia An knew it must be this reaction, and it was impossible to succeed with one blow. He was not discouraged, and then said: "Stay here and be rode to death. It hurts to death. Why don't you fight with me, and let's work together to get out of the skylight?" Go out, I know there is a small road in the back mountain, which can lead to the outside, and there will be no guards on the road."

The man thought for a while and felt that he couldn't wait to die, so he nodded in agreement.The two of them got through the crowd one by one, and after everyone got together, it was already an hour later.

There is a small opening in the skylight, and it is still possible for one person to get out.Everyone bit the rope with each other's teeth, and climbed up one by one.The last two are pulled up by ropes.Xia An took the initiative to be the last one to go, and the first person who made sense was also willing to go last.

The first one to go out was very successful, and everyone's mood suddenly rose.Then the second, third, and fourth were all successful. When it was the fifth, a group of people suddenly entered the yard. Seeing the figure on the roof, they called out in a panic.

The people on the roof didn't care about the people below, and ran for their lives.The remaining three in the house, including Xia An, couldn't escape anymore. Even if they struggled to climb up to the roof, they would definitely be caught up by the guards who were about to arrive.

The door opened, and it was Mrs. Xue who came in first, leading a man in charge, a young man dressed as a scribe, two women dressed in fancy dress, and four middle-aged men who looked like thugs.

Xia An's eyes lit up, the young man dressed as a scribe was none other than the pervert who asked him to settle accounts in the dungeon that day.Regardless of his character, after all, he is the prince's subordinate and can always save him.He looked at the man earnestly, and the man also saw him and winked at him quietly.

Mrs. Xue said bitterly: "I wanted to take advantage of the dark to sell two to earn some tea money, but I didn't expect to be spoiled again." She directly brought the people from the brothel. It's all human.

Gu Zhixuan said with a smile: "Mother Xue is wrong. It is at this time that money is made without anyone noticing it. Taking advantage of the time when the guards are not here, let us lead them away. You can open a room for us to hide in the front yard." Hiding, it is only said that everyone in the room has fled. As for whether they can catch everyone, it is up to the guards."

"Hey, my old lady is not as quick-witted as you young people. Come on, I think these three people are all first-class, and they can't be lower than 30 taels."

The person in charge also said: "Yes, twelve taels is considered low."

Gu Zhixuan took out an ingot of silver, weighed it in his hand, threw it to Mrs. Xue, and said with a smile, "30 taels, that's not a lot, I hope mom will open a room for us soon, the guards will come in to check the number of people, your old man But I won't be able to drink this tea." After speaking, Gu Zhixuan gestured to the man behind him.

The four men immediately stepped forward to pick up the rope, but quickly and roughly tied them up one by one.The rope seemed to be in the flesh, and Xia An was in pain from being tied up, but because he was about to be rescued, even seeing these men was pleasing to the eye, and the pain could be ignored.

"Please ask Manager He to accompany me to the house." This is to avoid the guards more safely, and the manager is naturally willing to get a red envelope.Gu Zhixuan led the people directly to open the back door and entered a side room in the main hall. As soon as the guards left, they brought the woman in charge to check the number of people.

Enter the ear room and close the door.Seeing that Manager He was still there, Xia An lowered his head and did not speak to Gu Zhixuan.Unexpectedly, Gu Zhixuan immediately pushed Xia An forward, and said to Guanshi He: "Uncle, this person is the guy I mentioned to you before who is very good at settling accounts."

Uncle?Xia An was a little confused.By the way, that person is also the subordinate of the prince, and it is possible that he is related to the steward of the prince's mansion.

Gu Zhixuan untied the rope for Xia An, and scolded the four men, "Why are you tied so tightly? You're such a savage. You don't know how to pity and cherish jade at all. Oh, my skin like white jade has turned red because of it." It was early summer, and Xia An only wore a thin undershirt under the prison uniform.When Gu Zhi untied the rope, he easily rolled up Xia An's sleeves and ate tofu.

He Guanshi pulled Gu Zhixuan away: "You don't live up to expectations. There are so many in your building that you don't like it. Since this little brother is a talent, you should show the respect you deserve." With a look on his face, he asked Xia An with some kindness: "You had studied before entering the palace, why were you forced to sell yourself as a slave?"

Xia An felt that Guanshi He was more credible than Gu Zhixuan, so he decisively chose the former, and said seriously: "The servant fell into Ren Yazi's hands because of his family's decline. He never stopped studying before the age of 15."