GBP Chapter 403 The remaining warmth
Chapter 403 The remaining warmth
royal palace.
The main hall is majestic.
Jiang Kui walked in front with a stiff step.
He presented the gift list with a humble attitude, completely different from the violent person he was in the Southern Wei Dynasty.
Li Ping sat high on the dragon throne with an indifferent expression.
"Have you checked everything?"
The eunuch said in a pinched voice: "Your Majesty, the tribute has been counted correctly."
Li Ping waved his hand: "King of Southern Wei, you can go now."
Jiang Kui bowed, keeping a very humble attitude.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
He paused and added, "The concubine and princess of Southern Wei are here, specially presented to Your Majesty. It is entirely up to Your Majesty to dispose of them as you see fit."
Ji Lian looked up suddenly.
she?
And Shan'er?
Jiang Kui actually wanted them, mother and daughter, to be taken captive?!
"Do not……"
She murmured, her voice trembling, "My king...what did you say?"
Ji Lian stumbled forward, grabbed Jiang Kui's sleeve, and shouted regardless of the occasion: "You promised... to give Shan'er a legitimate status... You promised!"
Jiang Kui frowned, a hint of disgust flashing in his eyes.
"Let go!"
"How can this be done in front of His Majesty!"
Ji Lian refused to let go.
She looked up, tears streaming down her face.
"Please!"
"No matter how much you hate Shan'er, she is still your daughter!"
Jiang Kui's patience was exhausted, he suddenly raised his foot and kicked Ji Lian hard in the heart.
"roll!"
Ji Lian groaned, and his thin body flew backwards, directly hitting the Panlong Golden Pillar.
thump.
Blood gushed from his forehead.
Ji Lian looked at Jiang Kui unwillingly, then fell to the ground softly, without a sound.
"mother--!"
Ji Xian, who had been silent all this time, finally burst into tears at this moment.
She rushed over and shook her mother vigorously, "Mom...Mom, wake up!..."
Ji Lian didn't move.
Blood flowed down his forehead and dripped onto the back of Ji Xian's hand.
Warm.
Sticky.
Ji Xian looked up at Jiang Kui, her eyes, which were always silent, now concealed overwhelming hatred.
Jiang Kui felt a chill down his spine and his heart skipped a beat when he was looked at.
He forced himself to remain calm, brushed his sleeves, turned around, and bowed to Li Ping again, "Your Majesty, these two will be handed over to Longhua for disposal. I will take my leave."
Jiang Kui led the Southern Wei delegation and quickly disappeared into the corridor outside the palace.
Never looked back again.
Ji Xian hugged her mother and cried loudly until her eyes turned bloodshot and her voice became hoarse.
Li Ping's gaze fell on Ji Xian and he asked the eunuch beside him, "Is this the demon seed?"
"Your Majesty, that's right."
Li Ping sneered, "Sure enough, the King of Southern Wei, this stray dog, left me with a problem before leaving."
He pondered for a moment.
"Send it to the western suburbs outside the city and assign someone to watch over it. It cannot be taken out without permission."
"twitter."
*
When Ji Lian woke up, he was already in a small courtyard in the suburbs, and the wound on his forehead had been bandaged.
Ji Xian fell asleep beside her bed, tears in the corners of her eyes, and her little hands tightly grasped the corner of her clothes.
Ji Lian gently stroked her daughter's face.
Astringent pain in the chest.
Far better than the wound on the forehead.
She was abandoned.
Jiang Kui threw away the useless debris without any hesitation, along with her baby.
Ji Lian looked out the window.
A strange sky, strange trees.
but.
There is no Jiang Kui.
Without those cold gazes in the palace.
She got out of bed, opened the gate, and took a deep breath. The air was filled with the smell of earth after rain.
A gentle breeze blew.
Ji Lian lowered her head.
In the crack of the wall beside the door, there is a small white flower, swaying in the wind.
*
Life must go on.
Ji Lian cleaned up the yard, pulled out the weeds and repaired the fence.
She asked the guarding soldier for some seeds, and the soldier felt sorry for her and secretly agreed.
After a few spring rains, the sown rapeseed seeds actually sprouted tender green buds.
Ji Lian was busy taking care of crops every day, as if she could temporarily bury her pain in the soil.
Ji Xian followed behind her mother and imitated her in watering the seedlings. Although her movements were clumsy, she was extremely serious.
The neighbors are simple farmers.
At first, I was curious, but because of the soldiers guarding me, I watched the mother and daughter from afar.
Later, seeing that Ji Lian was gentle and hardworking, and the girl was well-behaved and pitiful, people gradually approached her.
"Madam, this is not how you plant these seedlings." A woman carrying a basket couldn't help but speak.
Ji Lian looked up and smiled sincerely, "Please give me some advice, big sister."
She studies hard.
The woman was kind and taught her how to grow vegetables and even gave her a few chicks.
"When it grows up, it can lay eggs and nourish the baby."
Ji Lian accepted it gratefully.
*
The days passed by.
The courtyard came alive.
Green vegetable patches and chirping chickens.
Ji Lian picked wild flowers, put them in a ceramic pot and placed it on the windowsill.
Small white flowers.
Swaying gently.
Ji Xian squatted by the vegetable field every day, watching the ants move, and would watch for half a day.
at night.
Ji Lian hugged her daughter.
"Xian'er, do you like it here?"
Ji Xian nodded in her arms: "I like it." Although her voice was small, it was very clear, "I like wherever my mother is."
Ji Lian tightened her arms, her eyes burning with heat.
"Ok!"
"Mother, take Shan'er with you, and let's live well."
*
At dusk that day, Ji Lian was watering the vegetables with a bucket of water when she suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves and noisy voices coming from outside the yard.
Her heart tightened and she subconsciously protected Ji Xian behind her.
boom!
The courtyard door was roughly pushed open, and several Dragon Guards walked in, accompanied by a eunuch with a sinister look.
"Are you the Princess of Southern Wei?"
The eunuch's shrill voice was filled with disdain. He glanced at Ji Lian's slightly pale but still charming face, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth. "Tsk, she's really weird."
Ji Lian hid her daughter behind her and knelt to greet her. "My name is Ji Lian. I wonder what you want me to do, eunuch?"
The eunuch raised his chin, and the soldiers behind him threw a bag of millet and several pieces of coarse cloth on the ground, raising a little dust.
"Your Majesty, may you be gracious and rewarded, so that you will not freeze to death in this desolate wilderness and pollute the royal territory."
He paused, his tone becoming stern. "But listen carefully! Stay in this courtyard and don't leave unless ordered!"
"Especially that demon, if you dare to cause trouble outside, watch out for your worthless lives!"
Ji Lian's heart trembled.
She felt her daughter's body stiffen.
Ji Lian dug her nails into her palms, suppressing the humiliation, and said with lowered eyebrows, "I will remember your teachings, eunuch."
The eunuch snorted coldly, looked around the courtyard with disgust, and then left with his men.
The sound of horse hooves gradually faded away.
Ji Lian squatted down, gently stroked Ji Shan's hair, and whispered comfortingly: "Shan'er, don't be afraid, mother is here."
Ji Xian pursed her lips, her small hands tightly grasping the corner of Ji Lian's clothes, her eyes full of grievance.
"It's fine."
"Shan'er is the most obedient. She is my good daughter. How could she be anything else..."
Ji Lian was halfway through her speech when she started to cry.
All the grievances suffered in previous years came flooding back to him just by the eunuch's words.
"mother……"
Ji Xian wiped away her mother's tears sensibly and said, "Xian'er wants to sleep. Mother, take her back to the room."
Ji Lian held back her tears, gently picked up her daughter, turned around and walked into the house.
"Sleep well, Shan'er. Mother will sing a song for you."
"Ah."
"Little white flowers...little white flowers...spring has arrived, all over the cliff..."