Chapter 17(2/4)
"What's the 'Hurry or not, little man and big cat'?" Xiaoyanzi's eyes widened.
Yongqi was indignant and touched:
"I can't bear it anymore. I agree with Xiaoyanzi's approach. I always want Mama Rong to know the pros and cons! One princess and one princess can't deal with this old foolish slave, which is really outrageous!"
Erkang was anxious and looked at Ziwei. He had not seen Ziwei for many days.
"So, if you make such a fuss, the queen will come again later. Will you still have a chance to talk?"
Xiaoyanzi pushed Ziwei in front of Ekang and said hurriedly:
"So, you have something to say! Let's go outside the door to help you two guard the gate. As long as you hear us coughing or something, you two will know that someone is coming!" He turned around and shouted, "Fifth Prince! Ertai! Let's avoid it!"
Ziwei blushed and said:
"Don't do this, let's talk together..."
Xiaoyanzi looked at Ziwei with her head and shouted:
"Then how do you tell him your whisper?"
Ziwei's face turned redder:
"How could I whisper?"
Xiaoyanzi looked at Erkang with her head:
"Then... how do you tell you about Erkang's whispers?"
"Who said... he had 'whispers'!" Ziwei hummed.
Little swallow looked at Ziwei and Erkang again.
"There are no 'whispers'? So strange! Then I won't leave, don't regret it!"
Erkang had no choice but to come forward with a smile and bow to the little swallow to the ground. Ertai smiled and shouted:
"Little Swallow, don't waste their time! Let's go!"
Xiaoyanzi then laughed and ran out with Ertai and Yongqi.
Ziwei and Erkang were left in the room.
The two of them watched deeply, and Ekang excitedly held Ziwei's hand.
"I've heard of it! The emperor played Go with you all night?"
Ziwei nodded excitedly, her eyes glowing.
Erkang stared at Ziwei and said in surprise and joy:
"You have never told me that you can play Go! How many things do you have that I don't know? You are simply hiding them!"
Ziwei became excited when she talked about Qianlong and told Erkang a lot:
"I finally know why my mother has devoted her whole life to him and asked me to come to him at the end of her life! He is a very profound, so dignified and graceful person. I admire him! When I think of him as my father, I feel full of happiness! When he asked my mother several times, my voice was trembling with excitement. If it weren't for Xiaoyanzi, I really wanted to tell him everything!"
Erkang looked at Ziwei in confusion, with Ziwei's joy and countless worries:
"I knew that your light could not be blocked, nor could it be hidden! However, I didn't expect that you would enter the situation so soon! I was really happy and worried. What I was happy is that you were so successful, and what I was worried about is that there were many crises in this deep palace, for fear that the emperor's love for you would become another crisis for you! Ziwei, you really have to be careful!"
"I know! Don't worry, I will try my best to protect myself and Xiaoyanzi!"
Erkang looked at her eagerly and eagerly, and asked in a low voice:
"Do you miss me?"
Zi Wei lowered her head.
"In no mood!"
"Do you have any 'whispers' to tell me?" Erkang asked again.
Ziwei's head lowered and she said softly:
"There is a sentence."
“What is it?”
Ziwei was right in his ear, breathing like orchid, and said softly:
"That 'Don't want' is fake!"
Erkang was so excited that he hugged her in his arms.
Ziwei snuggled up to him, and the two of them were warm for a moment. After all, they had some concerns and separated gently. Ziwei thought for a while and said:
"There is something I've always put on my heart. I hope you can help me with it!"
"What's up?"
"I probably can't get over there for the time being Liu Qing and Liu Hong! Last time they hid me in a small thatched hut and found it for you, and then brought it into the palace, without even a chance to breathe. I'm so sorry to their brother and sister, and I should give them an explanation! Can you go and see them? You should take care of the people in that slum, and you should take care of them at all times!"
Erkang stared at Ziwei. Really, Liu Qing and Liu Hong and the old and Xiaoxiao in the slums were a big concern and could not be solved. He nodded solemnly.
"Yes! I get it!"
Erkang went to the slum the next day and handed Liu Qing a purse, saying solemnly:
"This is what Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei asked me to hand it over to you! There are fifty taels of silver in it. They can't take care of everyone for the time being. I hope you and Liu Hong will help everyone move in a place!"
Liu Qing stared at Erkang sharply:
"You mean, I asked me to evacuate all the twenty people in the slum?"
Erkang also stared at Liu Qing sharply:
"Not bad! Find a place for the elderly to maintain and find a home for the children. If you can't find it, you can build one of them! However, you must leave this slum, and the sooner the better, the further you go, the better!"
Liu Qing grabbed the purse, put it in his arms, and said briefly:
"Let's talk in another place!"
The two of them came to the suburbs. Standing on a hill, no one was watching, Liu Qing asked seriously:
"Are you going to tell me what happened to Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei?"
Erkang shook his head.
"No, I'm not going to tell you! The less you know, the better you are! I can only tell you one thing. Xiaoyanzi also took Ziwei into the palace. There were two girls who entered the palace in your slum. One day, they would attract attention. For everyone's safety, I would make such a request to you!"
Liu Qing smiled calmly.
"Then, let me tell you what's going on! The fake princess entered the palace, and the real princess entered the palace! Now, you sent Ziwei into the palace again, wanting the emperor to recognize another one!"
Erkang was shocked:
"Who said these things to you?"
Liu Qing sighed and said bluntly:
"Xiao Yanzi has lived in the slum for five years. I don't know what she is doing! As for Ziwei, since she came to the slum, she was thinking about her father! She and Xiao Yanzi were always whispering every day, and some clues were revealed. When Xiao Yanzi and Ziwei broke into the yard, Xiao Yanzi became princesses. Ziwei was crazy enough to chase the parade and stayed in your mansion and would not come back! Things have been developing to this day. If I still can't understand, I am a fool!"
Erkang nodded and said sincerely to Liu Qing:
"Ziwei said you are a knight, and you will find you when you encounter difficulties! Xiaoyanzi wants to bring your brother and sister into the palace to be guards! They value you so much, I think they have not misunderstood you!"
Liu Qing's eyes flashed, and a feeling of knowing "a scholar who dies for his confidant" arises in his heart.
"Really? They said so?"
Erkang stared at Liu Qing:
"Yes! You have analyzed it all, and I won't hide it from you. Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei are a by chance! Ziwei is the real "My Fair Princess". We are sending Ziwei into the palace now, with a glimmer of hope, hoping that the truth will be revealed without hurting Xiaoyanzi! It also allows Ziwei to return to her father and her due identity!"
Liu Qing pondered, and many doubts were all resolved, and he couldn't help but be amazed:
"I always knew that she was not simple, but she turned out to be a princess!"
"I hope you will clench this secret!"
"What do you think of me as? A boring man who makes noise?" Liu Qing said angrily.
"Of course not! I always owe you the deepest gratitude! Thank you for helping Ziwei last time!"
Liu Qing smiled and turned around to look at Erkang:
"You will protect them both, right?"
Erkang sincerely answered:
"I will use my life to protect both of them!"
Liu Qing nodded and exchanged deep gaze with Erkang.
"Okay! Then, I'll protect the old and young people in the slum! Don't worry, within ten days, the people in the slum will be gone! No one will reveal any secrets again! If they need me, go to the small thatched hut where Ziwei lived last time and tell Old Man Zhang there to find me! Remember, you are not the only one who is willing to live and die for them!"
Erkang was very moved.
"Ziwei said you are a knight, I think you are a hero!"
Liu Qing smiled slightly, and the two men tacitly understood all the unfinished words.
Xiaoyanzi had Ziwei as her companion and beat Rong Mama again. She was so "full of ambition" and extremely happy. As for the "little man and big cat" that Erkang was worried about, she didn't care at all. On a whim that day, she took the whole woman from Shufangzhai to cut a lot of brocade and sewed a strange thing there.
To be continued...