Chapter 185 Chapter 185 Sick Beauty
Ever since Yu Li said that, Zhou started to feel distracted.
She was walking around the room, and when she reached the window, she subconsciously wanted to open it to see the sky outside. However, when she opened it, cold wind mixed with snow particles blew in and hit her face.
She stood there motionless for a moment, then closed the window.
The sky was gloomy and snowflakes were falling.
The weather in Beijing has not been very good recently. It often snows lightly every three days and heavily every five days.
It started snowing again. Although the snow was not heavy, in this kind of weather, I guess not many people would want to go outside, let alone go out at night.
Zhou couldn't help but sigh.
She has been in the capital for so many years, how could she not know what the weather is like there? It was so cold today that if people stayed outside for a while, they would probably be frozen into popsicles.
In such weather, how could she bear to let the children go out and take risks?
Soon it was evening and the Fu family sat together to have dinner.
Dinner was a hot pot of mutton. The mutton was stewed very fragrantly. There were also some vegetarian dishes such as tofu, bean sprouts, bean curd sticks, winter bamboo shoots, fungus and radish. They absorbed the mutton broth in the pot and were covered with the rich meat aroma, making them extremely delicious.
The steamed white rice is brought over in a wooden barrel with a wooden lid on top to keep it warm so that it doesn’t get cold when it’s brought over.
Yu Li can finish a whole bucket of rice by himself.
This is really a complete glutton.
No one present took it seriously. Seeing that she had a good appetite, Zhou asked her to eat more, saying, "Li Niang, don't be hungry."
After dinner, Zhou looked at Fu Wenxiao and Yu Li who were sitting there talking, and seemed to want to say something but stopped herself.
The two spoke in low voices, and she vaguely heard them saying that they wanted to prepare something, and her heart couldn't help but rise.
After they finished discussing, Zhou said, "Mother Li, are you really going...over there?"
"Yes." Yu Li nodded, "Didn't we agree on this?"
Zhou was speechless. What was agreed upon? How could it be agreed upon? They clearly didn't say anything.
She subconsciously looked at Fu Wenxiao and found that he looked calm.
Seeing her worry, Yu Li comforted her, "Mom, don't worry, leave it to us. We will definitely find Xiao Ge'er's mother and give you a message when the time comes."
Zhou: "But it's snowing outside..."
"It's good to have snow, so no one will notice it."
"But it's very cold..."
"I'm not afraid of the cold." Yu Li added, "But Xiao Ge'er really needs to wear more clothes. Don't worry, mother. I will take good care of him."
Zhou: “…”
Seeing that she had made up her mind, Zhou knew that it was useless to say anything.
When Yu Li returned to her room to change clothes, she held Fu Wenxiao and said worriedly, "Xiao'er, isn't this a bad idea? Please persuade Li's mother. It's getting dark now. I'm afraid it's not convenient to leave the city. Besides, the weather is so cold. What if you get frozen..."
Fu Wenxiao said: "Mom, you also know Li Niang's personality. She rarely changes her mind about things she has decided."
Maybe Yu Li would listen to advice on some small matters, but on some big matters, she makes the decisions on her own and no one can influence her decision.
In fact, whether she wants to change or not depends on her mood.
Zhou thought about it and felt that it was indeed the case.
Li Niang usually seems very well behaved, but that kind of obedience is only in the small things in life: she is willing to listen to her nagging and is willing to change; but she makes the decisions on the big things by herself, and it is obvious that she has her own ideas.
Just like this time when she said she wanted to go to the palace to see Princess Yuanan, she would not change her decision at all, and not even strong winds and snowstorms could stop her.
When it was completely dark, Yu Li and Fu Wenxiao prepared to set off.
Zhou was worried. Seeing that Yu Li was wearing thin clothes, she couldn't help nagging her and asked her to put on more clothes. Yu Li had no choice but to go back and put on more clothes. Then, at Zhou's instructions, she put on a scarlet mink cloak and wrapped herself tightly.
Not only that, Zhou also had people prepare hand warmers and put one in everyone's hand.
When they set off, Zhou held an umbrella to see them off and walked them to the door.
Arriving at the gate, Yu Li said, "Mom, it's snowing. You should go back."
Zhou was full of thoughts. Even though the weather was cold, she didn't feel anything. She said, "I will go back after you leave."
Yu Li knew that she couldn't persuade her anymore, so she decided not to persuade her anymore. She said to Zhou, "Mom, we are leaving now."
Zhou was about to nod when she suddenly saw her pulling Fu Wenxiao's arm, taking him over the wall, and disappearing behind the wall.
Zhou: “…”
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The snow was falling, and fine snowflakes were blowing in my face.
Yu Li and Fu Wenxiao walked in the quiet alley, avoiding the patrolling soldiers.
There is a curfew in the capital. After dark, civilians generally do not go out. If they encounter soldiers, they will be arrested.
Of course, this curfew actually applies to ordinary people. Most of the powerful and wealthy will not obey it. As long as they show their identities, the officers and soldiers will give them some face and let them pass.
Even on a night like this, some places in the capital were still very lively.
If he was the prince of the Duke of Zhenguo in the past, he could travel freely at night. However, now Fu Wenxiao was just a scholar from the south, so it would be unwise for him to meet those officers and soldiers to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Therefore, when the two of them went out this time, they did not use a carriage to take them there.
The two of them deliberately chose to walk in the dark alleys. Since Yu Li could see in the dark, she didn't mind. She held Fu Wenxiao's hand to prevent him from falling.
Soon after they went out, his hands began to become cold, and only the place where she was holding them still had some warmth.
Yu Li looked at him, "Xiao brother, are you cold?"
Fu Wenxiao curled the corners of his lips slightly and said, "Not bad."
The weather was indeed cold, but he had become accustomed to this kind of climate. After all, he had lived in the capital for nearly twenty years and was already accustomed to the weather there.
Every winter, his body temperature would drop even lower, but that was no problem.
Moreover, his body was now completely healed and he had practiced physical skills, so he was much healthier than the average person.
Just because his body temperature was a little low, she always thought that he was not well, and she was still accommodating and caring to him as before.
Fu Wenxiao had a smile on his lips, enjoying her care.
After passing through an alley, Fu Wenxiao said, "Li Niang, go to the left."
Upon hearing this, Yu Li pulled him to the alley on the left.
Since she had just arrived, she was not familiar with the capital and did not know how to get around, so she naturally had to take Fu Wenxiao with her and ask him to help her find the way.
Fu Wenxiao was very familiar with the layout of the capital city and had a good memory. He knew how to get around without even looking, and even knew which road to take to shorten the journey as much as possible.
In less than half an hour, they arrived at a city wall.
This place is very remote and there are not many people around. Even the patrolling officers and soldiers will come here after a long time. This place is a complete blind spot.
Yu Li looked around, put an arm around his waist, and took him over the city wall.
The city walls of the capital are tall and majestic, with a very rich historical atmosphere. In the eyes of the world, it is the capital of a dynasty. The city walls are tall and majestic, and it is impossible to climb them with bare hands.
For Yu Li, this height was not a problem and he climbed over it easily.
After the two landed, Fu Wenxiao was also very calm, without the first silence.
She had brought him over the city wall of the provincial capital, so it was normal for him to climb over the city wall of the capital.
Then they walked forward for a while and came to a dark woods ahead.
There were already people waiting here, and there was also a carriage.
The person waiting there stepped forward and saluted, saying respectfully: "Prince, Madam, you are here, the carriage is ready."
Fu Wenxiao pulled Yu Li into the car and said, "Let's go."
The carriage sped through the darkness at a very fast speed.
Because they were traveling on a small road, the carriage was shaking violently, but Yu Li and Fu Wenxiao didn't feel anything about it. They sat very steadily in the carriage, not moving at all.
The carriage began to speed up and became more and more bumpy. The two people in the carriage even had the leisure to chat.
After traveling for nearly an hour and a half, the carriage finally stopped.
It was already late at night.
The sky was dark, there was not a single star in the pitch-black sky, the north wind was howling, and snow was still falling.
The two got off the carriage. Yu Li looked around and found that there was a forest nearby. There was no village in front and no shop behind. The location was very remote.
The entourage came over and said, "Prince, Madam, there are people patrolling near the palace. You can't get too close."
Fu Wenxiao hummed and ordered, "You guys wait here. If anything happens, leave first."
"yes."
The two men walked through the woods and came near the palace.
In this dark world, the lanterns hanging under the eaves of the palace are particularly eye-catching, as if reminding the world of its special existence.
Yu Li looked at the palace in front of him and quickly confirmed where there were soldiers patrolling. There were actually quite a few patrolling soldiers, and he didn't know whether they were there for protection or imprisonment.
She turned to look at the man beside her.
He was just looking ahead with a solemn gaze, his eyes showing complicated emotions that were hard to understand, and he looked extremely depressed.
He doesn't look very happy.
Yu Li thought about it and said, "Xiao brother, let's go over there."
Fu Wenxiao took a deep breath and responded softly.
Yu Li led him to avoid the patrolling soldiers, chose a more remote location, and the two of them climbed over the wall again.
The palace is very large and not every place is patrolled, which is convenient for them.
Yu Li walked to a deserted place and asked, "Xiao Ge'er, where does your mother live?"
She knew nothing about the palace. She only felt that it was very big, with many palaces one after another. If she searched one by one, she would probably have to look for it until dawn.
Fu Wenxiao said, "It should be in Qingxiao Palace. Mother has been to the palace before and always stayed in Qingxiao Palace."
After asking for the direction of Qingxiao Palace, the two continued to move forward in the dark.
Every time he saw someone, Yu Li would immediately pull him away, or jump onto the roof and walk from there.
The wind on the roof was so strong that if someone stood there, they would be blown away.
Fu Wenxiao didn't expect her to be so reckless. If she hadn't held him tightly, he would have been blown away by the strong wind.
However, walking on the roof can indeed save a lot of effort. In just a quarter of an hour, they arrived near the Qingxiao Palace.
There are more people patrolling on the Qingxiao Palace side, with almost a guard post every five steps and a sentry every ten steps.
Yu Li looked over there. There were lanterns hanging under the corridor. In the dim light, he could see the patrolling guards. Their defense was very tight.
Yu Li asked in a low voice: "Xiao brother, is your mother under house arrest?"
Fu Wenxiao hummed softly.
She asked again: "Is he under house arrest by the old emperor in the palace?"
I heard that the old emperor is already sixty years old, which is considered a long life in this ancient world with backward medical care.
He nodded gently, his voice seemed to escape from his throat, hoarse and weak, and it was obvious that he was not in a good mood.
Yu Li continued to ask: "Why did the old emperor put her under house arrest? Isn't your mother his sister?"
How cruel must one be to keep his sick sister under house arrest in the palace when her husband died and her son was poisoned and left the capital.
Yu Li instantly lost his favor towards the old emperor in the palace.
Fu Wenxiao was silent for a moment, then said, "Back then, the Fu family was too powerful. When my grandmother was alive, my mother also had considerable power... At that time, my mother had a rebellious heart, which the Saint could not tolerate."
"Disloyalty?" Yu Li tilted his head, "What disloyalty?"
Fu Wenxiao couldn't help but look at her, but it was too dark around him and he couldn't see her appearance. However, he could imagine how she looked at that moment. Her eyes must be full of doubts, and besides doubts, there was also a kind of sense of rightness.
He didn't say anything else. Yu Li noticed that he was in a bad mood and stopped asking.
After observing for a while, Yu Li found that the patrols in the Qingxiao Palace area were very strict and there was no way to sneak in from the ground.
Since I can't get in from the ground, I'll just go through the roof.
Fu Wenxiao was a little confused and didn't know how she was going to get over the roof.
She pulled him onto the roof and came to the main hall of Qingxiao Palace. Yu Li found a secluded corner and said, "Let's go in from here."
Fu Wenxiao: ???
Seeing Yu Li start to pry off the tiles on the roof, Fu Wenxiao was silent for a moment, and finally understood what she meant.
This is indeed a way to enter from the roof, peel off the roof tiles, and jump down directly. It is so convenient and you don't have to confront those patrolling guards.
I guess no normal person would have thought that there are people who could sneak in this way.
The roof was covered with snow and the tiles were frozen so hard that they were difficult to pry off even with tools.
But none of these could stump Yu Li.
She could easily break the tiles apart, and sometimes even accidentally broke them, making a crackling sound.
It was snowing, and the sky and the earth were dark. In addition, the north wind was blowing, which somewhat concealed the movement on the roof.
Such bad weather actually comes in handy for them.
Yu Li moved quickly, and in just a short while, he had made a hole big enough for one person to pass through.
Through this hole, you can see the environment below. The ground is covered with a furry carpet and there is a sheep-horn lantern in the corner. Snow is falling from the hole, and soon some snow has fallen on the carpet.
In the whistling wind, Yu Li said to him: "Xiao brother, I will go down first, you jump down later, don't worry, I will catch you."
Fu Wenxiao: "...Okay."
Maybe it was because he had been freezing outside for too long, but Fu Wenxiao's voice sounded dry and cold.
Yu Li asked him to hold on to the tiles on the roof to prevent them from being blown away, and then jumped down from the hole.
She landed lightly without making a sound.
Then she looked up at the hole above her head, and when Fu Wenxiao jumped down, she reached out and caught him steadily, hooked his waist, turned him around, and then put him down.
Just when the two of them landed safely, Yu Li suddenly felt something and turned to look over.
Fu Wenxiao also turned his head, and the two of them met the gaze of a palace maid not far away who had a shocked look on her face.
When he landed, the hood of Fu Wenxiao's cloak fell off, revealing his face.
When the maid saw Fu Wenxiao's face, her eyes widened even more. She immediately covered her mouth and even slowed down her breathing.
Fu Wenxiao calmed himself down, brushed the snow off Yu Li's hair and shoulders, and then pulled her towards the palace maid.
Coming in front of the palace maid, Fu Wenxiao said softly, "Aunt Yuzhu, long time no see."
The palace maid was already quite old, over thirty years old.
She stared at Fu Wenxiao, slowly put down her hands, moved her mouth, and asked in a whisper: "Shi, Shizi?"
"It's me." Fu Wenxiao said calmly, "Aunt Yuzhu, where's mother?"
Yuzhu was still staring at him closely, completely unable to react, and subconsciously said, "Your Highness is resting in the inner hall..."
Fu Wenxiao smiled at her and said, "Aunt, I want to go see my mother, can I?"
Yuzhu finally confirmed that the scene before her was not a dream. Snowflakes continued to fall from the hole in the roof over there, and cold wind blew in, dispersing the heat in the hall and making people feel cold.
Because there was a floor heating in the hall, she was wearing thin clothes and shivered when the cold wind blew.
She was so excited that she was incoherent. "Prince? Why are you here? How did you get here? This hole in the roof... Hey, when did you return to Beijing? Your health..."
Yuzhu had a lot of questions to ask, but she gradually calmed down.
No matter what, as long as the scene before him was not a dream, it meant that the prince was really standing here and his body was fine.
The prince is not dead!
Yuzhu said immediately: "Sir, His Highness is resting in the inner hall, you... go with this girl."
Fu Wenxiao responded and said, "Aunt Yuzhu, her name is Yu Li, and she is my wife."
"So it's the Crown Prince's wife." Yuzhu bowed quickly with a smile on her face, looking at Yu Li with a strange look in her eyes, "The Crown Prince's wife is really beautiful, and she is a perfect match for the Crown Prince..."
She couldn't help but think of the scene she had just seen.
It really is…
Fu Wenxiao also smiled and turned to Yu Li and said, "Mother Li, this is Aunt Yuzhu, the maid who served mother."
Yu Li called out, "Aunt Yuzhu."
Yuzhu responded happily and led them into the inner hall.
There were not many people in the inner hall, except for a fifty-year-old maid guarding there.
The old lady was dozing off, but she woke up instantly when she heard the noise.
When she saw who came in, she also had a dumbfounded expression and thought she was dreaming.
"Prince?" The old nanny's voice was a little vague.
Fu Wenxiao walked over and said softly, "Madame Ru, it's me. I'm here to see mother."
Nanny Ru responded dully and said subconsciously: "His Highness is in bed, still sleeping, you, you come over..."
Fu Wenxiao pulled Yu Li forward.
The two came to the bed.
There was a beautiful woman with picturesque features lying on the bed. Although she looked sick, it did not affect her beautiful appearance at all.
Yu Li blinked.
When she saw the woman on the bed, she suddenly felt like she was back to the scene a few years ago when she first saw Fu Wenxiao on the bed.
Although she is ill, it does not affect her charm at all. She looks like a delicate and fragile glass jade cup, so beautiful that it is not an exaggeration to call her a sick beauty.
Looking at the woman on the bed, Yu Li suddenly realized one thing clearly: the two of them are indeed mother and son.
Even when she was sick, she looked so beautiful.
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