kingnovel Chapter 212 Pickled Cabbage
Chapter 212 Pickled Cabbage
Jiang Xuxu is eight years old this year. Her nickname is Xiaoba. She lives in the huge Yale Palace. Only two of her schoolmates of similar age can talk to her.
The other palace maids were all trembling with fear when they saw her.
It’s strange to say, but she has read many history books, and the emperors in those books all had multiple concubines in their harems.
But her father's harem did not have a single concubine. There were even very few eunuchs in the harem, and they were all elderly.
My father said that eunuchs were too harmful to people's bodies, so except for some old eunuchs, there were almost no young eunuchs in the palace.
Her mother, the queen mother, never let her call her mother, but asked her to call her mother.
My mother is an elusive person. She is often not in the palace, but traveling around.
Every April, her mother would come back to spend some time with her, and that was the time she looked forward to most.
Because my mother would take me to the seaside, to the mountains, to the rivers, and to do things that we couldn't do in the palace.
But her father always kept her in the palace and forced her to learn to read and write.
He often told her, "Xiao Ba, when you grow up and learn the strategies of governing a country, the world will be handed over to you."
Why, she is only eight years old, and she has to bear these unnecessary burdens?
Jiang Xuxu was listening to the boring talk of the tutor and felt drowsy. Suddenly, he saw a butterfly flying outside.
It flew and flew until it reached the outside of the palace wall.
Jiang Xuxu decided that she wanted to escape from the palace!
She wants to find her eldest uncle, second uncle, and also her aunt.
And her favorite uncle.
Thinking of his uncle, Jiang Xuxu couldn't help but smile.
When her uncle went to war, he would bring her new toys every time he came back, and would also take her horseback riding and hunting.
He said that many of his skills were taught to him by his mother.
My uncle was extremely handsome and was also a general. There were often women who wanted to marry him, but he rejected them all with righteous words.
Jiang Xuxu raised his head and asked seriously, "Uncle, you are not allowed to get married! When I grow up, will you marry Xuxu?"
The uncle's eyes were full of smiles, and he touched her head: "Okay, I'll wait for Xuxu to grow up."
So, she always wanted to grow up quickly and marry her uncle.
Thinking of this, Jiang Xuxu took off the little palace maid's clothes during the lunch break and asked her to change clothes with him.
The little girl knelt on the ground and said timidly: "Your Highness, I dare not."
"If you don't dare, I'll chop off your head right now."
The little palace maid changed her clothes with tears in her eyes.
"Remember, put on my clothes and you will be me. Lie on the bed and pretend to be sick. Don't get up no matter who comes."
"As you command, Your Highness!"
Jiang Xuxu changed into the clothes of a palace maid, took the token and sneaked out.
Of course, she did not forget to bring some money to give gifts to her grandparents!
Jiang Xuxu walked swaggeringly on the streets of the capital. From now on, she was free!
The people in the capital were civilized and she was dazzled by the variety of shops.
Most of them are properties of Jing's Trading Company, and Jing's is the property of her other aunt's family.
Jiang Xuxu bought various gifts and was about to pay when she discovered that her bag full of silver and money had been stolen.
Her heart tightened, and she thought to herself, "Oh no, oh no, without money, nothing can be done."
"Little girl, do you still want these things?"
Jiang Xuxu could only put down the gift and said, "No more."
Even if she didn't bring any gifts, her grandparents would still welcome her and love her.
Just as she was about to go to Jiang Mansion alone, she was spotted by two big men.
"This little girl is pretty and young. If she is sold, she should be able to fetch a good price."
Jiang Xuxu felt something was wrong, but she was only a little girl now, and no matter how powerful her fists and feet were, she could not beat two strong men.
So I deliberately walked in crowded places, but as I walked, I ended up in a dead end.
The two big men gradually approached her, "Hey, little girl, let's see where you can run to!"
Jiang Xuxu suddenly threw the hidden weapon in his hand, which hit one of the big men's eyes, causing him to scream in pain.
"You're dead, you little bastard!"
Jiang Xuxu took out another packet of medicine powder from her sleeve. This was what her mother asked her to use for self-defense in times of danger.
Just as she was about to run away, someone pulled her over from behind.
It turned out that there was a dog hole at the bottom of the dead end, and the child's body just fit through it.
The two big men had no choice but to curse and swear at each other while preparing to climb over the wall.
Jiang Xuxu directly sprinkled the powder out, and instantly, the two big men screamed heart-wrenchingly.
"It's poisonous. It's poisonous."
Jiang Xuxu rubbed his hands and turned around, wanting to see who had saved him.
In front of me was a young man in tattered clothes. I could vaguely make out his handsome appearance, but what was even more tragic was that he seemed to be blind.
"Are you also an unwanted child?"
Jiang Xuxu wanted to say that she was not, but after thinking about it, she responded: "I can't find my home."
"How pitiful! I just heard the noise coming from over there, so I pulled you over here in time."
Jiang Xuxu's stomach growled at an inopportune moment, "I think I'm hungry..."
She hadn't eaten since she left the palace, and it was almost dark.
The young man laughed and said, "Are you hungry? Come with me!"
Jiang Xuxu was very confused because she rarely saw a young man dressed in such rags in the wealthy capital.
Following behind him, Jiang Xuxu couldn't help but ask, "Whose family are you from?"
The young man held a slightly mottled wooden stick and gently drew invisible patterns on the ground. He frowned slightly and shook his head gently, with a bit of self-mockery and helplessness in his voice: "I am not a young man from a prominent family. Look at my appearance. Where is the trace of wealth? I am just a homeless beggar."
However, his every move revealed an indescribable gentleness, which was very different from the self-deprecating identity of a "beggar" he mentioned, as if it was the etiquette and upbringing that was deeply engraved in his bones, and it was inadvertently revealed.
He walked along the winding path, the wooden stick making subtle and rhythmic sounds on the ground, and finally he groped his way to the backyard door of a house and gently knocked on the mottled wooden door.
Soon, a woman with a slightly weathered but gentle face poked out from the crack of the door. She held a few steaming buns in her hands and threw them over without hesitation: "Why are you so late today? Here, this is for you."
Although the boy couldn't see, he seemed to have some kind of superhuman perception. He steadily caught the steamed buns that were still warm: "Thank you for your generosity, auntie."
Then, he gave a steamed bun to Jiang Xuxu, "Eat it quickly!"