Chapter 491 Extra Shang Yang [3]
The day I first met Jiang Muye, before we had even exchanged a few words, a dull bell rang out in the palace.
Jiang Muye turned around and left when he heard the voice. Before leaving, he suddenly stopped, turned around and said to me half-jokingly:
[Now you can cry openly.]
After that, the head aunt summoned all the maids in Zhuyin Palace and asked us to kneel on the long street and start crying facing the empty brick and stone road.
Then I realized that the sudden ringing of bells just now was due to the national mourning.
After that, I didn’t see Jiang Muye for a long time.
One day, I was on duty and happened to be cleaning up the fallen leaves in the villa with the head aunt. I asked curiously:
[Aunt, Zhuyin Palace is the bedroom of His Majesty Ye, why doesn't he come back? ]
The aunt in charge did not stop her work. Instead, she waved her broom even harder, trying to cover up the disappointment in her tone with the rustling sound of sweeping fallen leaves:
【He won't come back.】
Won't be coming back...
Is he dead too?
The war eliminated the gap between nobles and commoners, and even noble people like the emperor and empress were not immune.
People die every day, so if something unexpected happened to the prince, it wouldn't be considered a surprise.
I thought this in my mind, but I also knew that these were disrespectful thoughts, so I naturally didn't dare to ask my aunt.
Because I was young at that time, my aunt took extra care of me and never asked me to do any heavy work.
But the palace maids who worked with me really liked to order me around. They kept it a secret from my aunt and often secretly assigned me the hard tasks that they didn't want to do.
I remember it was in early October of that year, when the first snow of that winter fell in Zhuyin.
On the first snow day, each palace must send tribute to the Candle Dragon Palace, which is the palace dedicated to the spirits of emperors and empresses of all dynasties.
This task was originally supposed to be done by a palace maid named Yun'er, but she was too lazy to go, so she forced the task on me and asked me to go for her.
Since I entered the palace, I have been serving in the Zhuyin Palace and rarely go out.
It was the first time I wandered around in such a huge palace. I didn't recognize the road and it was slippery due to snow. After a lot of trouble, by the time I entered the Candle Dragon Palace, it was already dark.
I stacked the tribute neatly and was about to leave when I suddenly heard a noise outside the door.
There are many rules in the palace. I am just a little maid with no identity or status. Anyone can order me around at will. I was afraid that someone coming in would see me and order me to do this and that, so I hid behind the beam and secretly watched what was happening outside.
The half-closed palace door was pushed open.
With the help of the not-so-bright moonlight, I could clearly see the shadow that was as small as me.
It’s Jiang Muye!
He brushed off the snow on his black-gold cloak, walked in, knelt in front of the ancestral tablets, kowtowed three times, and said in a low voice:
[Mother, I have decided to go to Qi Dynasty as a hostage. My eldest brother is much smarter than me and is more suitable to assist my father. If you let him stay, there may be a chance to turn around the Zhuyin predicament in the future.]
'Peng'
I pricked up my ears and listened quietly, curious about what he was saying.
But the sudden sound of the door closing scared me so much that I shivered and almost screamed.
The heavy yellow pear wood door of the Zhulong Hall was slammed shut, and the rustling sound of the iron chain being locked could be faintly heard from outside the door.
Jiang Muye ran over quickly, pushed the door twice and found that it could not be opened. His small palm turned into a fist and pounded on the door: "It's you who are in there, so I locked the door."
The voice of the man who answered from the door was obviously much more mature than Jiang Muye's: [You are no match for me in everything. How can you be so confident that you want to compete with me for the right to be a hostage in the enemy country? ]
Jiang Muye paused and shouted at the top of his voice:
[Brother? What are you doing? Let me out!]
The man outside the house smiled easily:
[No hurry, the palace servants working in the Candle Dragon Palace will come back tomorrow morning and will naturally let you out. And I... have already reported to my father, and will set off for Kyoto with Qijun tonight.]
[Brother! I don't want you to go! Father said that Emperor Qi is not a good person. If you go to Qi Dynasty as a hostage, how can they treat you well? I have already lost my mother, I don't want to lose you as my brother! ]
Outside the door,
After a long silence, a low voice came in:
【Silly boy. Take care.】
then,
No matter how much Jiang Muye screamed, the only response he got was the deathly silence of the snowy night.
He began to bang on the door like crazy, and then repeatedly gathered his strength to run and hit the door with his shoulder.
As a result, the door did not open, but he fell to the ground and fainted.
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