Children of Loulan

"Oh, I didn't learn it. Well, it's not good for a girl to always be messing around with herbs and medicines!"

With a faint smile on her lips, she talked to Hanguli and gently led her inside. Hanguli stared at the woman in front of her, thinking to herself: Judging from her expression and posture, she must have come here to test me, right?

At this moment, the concubine suddenly seemed to have seen some rare treasure, her eyes lit up, her face full of excitement. She kept patting the back of Hanguli's hand with one hand, and shouted excitedly:

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Look over there! What's that?"

The voice was high-pitched and piercing, attracting the attention of everyone around.

Hanguli remained highly alert from the beginning to the end. After hearing the call of the concubine, she reacted almost instinctively, first quickly turned her head to look at the concubine beside her, and then looked up at the roof in the direction of her finger.

Just as she was about to cast her eyes on the overly intimate concubine, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure quietly passing by. What was even more surprising was that the concubine who passed by her suddenly stretched out a foot without any warning, obviously trying to trip her up!

Faced with this sudden change, she was shocked, but in an instant her rationality overcame her instinctive reaction. She knew that she must not dodge at this moment, otherwise she would be exposed while pretending to be stupid. So, she gritted her teeth, used all her strength, and kicked the other person's ankle fiercely.

As expected, she lost her balance and fell to the ground like a kite with its string cut. There was a dull thud and a cloud of dust.

"Oh! Miss, are you okay? Are you hurt? Where did you fall?"

Seeing his master fall to the ground in a mess, Dal was extremely anxious, his face full of worry and anxiety. He hurriedly ran forward, carefully helped Hanguli up, and carefully checked whether she was injured anywhere.

However, this scene was indeed hilarious in the eyes of the crowd, and many people couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Hey, what happened to you? How come you can't even walk properly? Are you not hurt?"

The familiar young lady chuckled and then pretended to be very concerned. However, although she spoke words of concern, her body did not move. She just stared at the two people on the ground quietly.

At this moment, the young lady who tripped Hanguli to the ground also spoke:

"Sister, how could you get acquainted with such a person? Look at how stupid she is. She can't even walk properly. I really don't understand what her father is thinking. He is so shameless that he dares to send her to the palace to present her to the king. Isn't he afraid of disturbing the emperor?"

Her eyebrows were slightly raised, and even with a veil covering her face, it couldn't hide her disgusted and contemptuous attitude.

"Oh my, sister, what you said is not right. Although this girl looks silly, she is actually quite beautiful.

Besides, the palace is full of beautiful women, all of them are smart and clever. The king will inevitably feel aesthetic fatigue when facing these smart beauties every day.

At this time, a naive, cute little girl comes along, which makes people feel fresh and interesting! What if, in the end, you, my sister, are not as favored as others! "

The familiar young lady seemed to be speaking for Hanguli, but her words were actually full of sarcasm. As soon as she finished speaking, the group of people behind her burst into laughter.

I heard someone mutter in a low voice:

"If a foolish girl like her were to enter the palace, she wouldn't even know how she died!"

Another person echoed, "That's right, she still dreams of gaining the king's favor? With her behavior, isn't she tarnishing the noble bloodline of the royal family?"

Another person complained indignantly: "Her father is too cruel. He actually sent his own daughter to the palace to suffer."

"Haha, all of you should keep your voices down. It would be embarrassing if someone hears you!" someone said in a low voice, but the excitement in the tone was hard to conceal.

"What is there to be afraid of? She is just a fool, with no background and no backing. What is there to be afraid of?" another person retorted nonchalantly.

"That's right, what's wrong with us talking about it?" The others echoed, and for a while, there were bursts of laughter one after another.

Sitting on the ground, Hanguli silently listened to the whispers and laughter of the crowd. She didn't even need to look up to imagine the contempt and disdain on their faces. However, she didn't care about it at all, as if everything happening around her had nothing to do with her.

Hanguli didn't care about whether she could get the king's favor or ascend to a high position. She only cared about how to live peacefully in the future, both for herself and for her relatives far away in her hometown.

Dar stood aside, and when she heard people laughing at her young lady so wantonly, she could not help but feel angry. She could not help but want to rush up to argue with those people and teach them what it means to respect others. But just as she raised her head and was about to stand up, her eyes met with Hanguli's.

Just by looking at each other for a moment, Dahl understood the message conveyed in his lady's eyes - don't be impulsive, continue to be patient.

So she took a deep breath, forced herself to suppress the anger in her heart, and secretly told herself: Since I have decided to cooperate with the young lady to play this play, I must play it to the end and play it well...

Hanguli's pretty face was tense, showing anger, sadness and helplessness, as if tears would fall at any time.

"What kind of shabby house is this? It's so abominable that it made me fall to the ground in such an embarrassing way!"

Seeing this, Dal hurried forward to help Hanguli up and gently patted her body which seemed not to be stained by dust.

"Miss, are you hurt?" Dahl asked with concern.

Hanguli raised her hand, tears glistening in her eyes, and said coquettishly: "Look, my hands are all red..."

Dar looked at Hanguli's slightly red palm, feeling distressed, and quickly comforted her:

"Don't be afraid, miss, let me blow on you and it won't hurt."

After saying that, he moved close to Hanguli's hand and blew gently, making a "whoosh whoosh" sound.

Seeing this, the people around couldn't help but burst into laughter again.

Hanguli glared at the group of people and shouted indignantly:

"What are you laughing at! Haven't you ever seen someone fall? You are such a visionless bunch! Humph!"

At this moment, a deep voice suddenly sounded:

"What's the fuss?"

Suddenly, a deep and stern voice of a middle-aged woman came from outside the door. The people who were originally laughing suddenly fell silent and saluted to the door in unison:

"Meet Mammy!"

"Well, what's going on?" the woman called Mammy asked expressionlessly.

At this time, a very experienced-looking lady stepped forward quickly, bowed and replied:

"To answer Madam, a famous lady accidentally fell down just now."

As she spoke, she glanced thoughtfully at Hanguli who was standing beside her.

"This is absolutely ridiculous! Just because a concubine fell, you made such a fuss. How can you be so disrespectful? If you still behave like this when you enter the palace, how can you serve our noble king wholeheartedly?

You must know that the meaning of your existence is to take care of the king wholeheartedly, manage his harem, and give birth to offspring for him, so that the king can handle state affairs without distraction.

Don't just watch the fun like you did today! Did you hear me clearly? "

Aunt Taji looked solemn, and her sharp eyes scanned everyone present, finally stopping her gaze on the concubine who had just responded.

"We will follow the instructions of Madam. We know we are wrong."

Everyone agreed in unison.

"Well, it's important to know your mistakes, but since you've made a mistake, you must accept the punishment. You're making noise here for no reason, which is really inappropriate, so everyone will be punished to stand for half an hour. I'll come back to check after half an hour."

After saying this, her gaze fell deeply on Hanguli again, but that look was full of undisguised contempt and disdain.

When she turned and left, the room suddenly became silent, and everyone stood still without saying a word. However, there were a few women who glanced at Hanguli with resentful eyes from time to time, as if they felt that it was she who caused them to be punished.

In the corner, standing unnoticed, stood a girl in red. Her face was covered by a veil, but from the slightly raised corners of her mouth, it could be seen that she was indifferent to what was happening before her eyes, as if she had just happened to be involved and was just standing there quietly.

However, when Auntie Taji announced the decision to punish her, Hanguli secretly felt something was wrong and an inexplicable uneasiness surged in her heart. She knew clearly that what happened today was actually a test for her, but she was afraid that this was just the beginning. She had thought that as long as the other party tried a few times without success, they would give up. But now it seems that she has done something wrong...

Now the other party is very likely to take advantage of this incident to divert the blame and let other ignorant ladies come to cause trouble for him. I am afraid that he will not be able to live in peace in the future!

But now that things have come to this, there is no way back. All I can do is take it one step at a time and try to reduce my presence as much as possible in the future.

She wanted to be an unknown person, but she didn't expect that she would be targeted just at the beginning!

Hanguli closed her eyes helplessly, and when she opened them again, her eyes were firm. At worst, it would be just like before, and she would be the one to suffer. But when she kicked the person who deliberately tripped her, she used all her strength, and that person's foot must be in terrible pain now.

As she expected, the concubine who tripped her was now enduring a lot of pain. She originally thought she had tripped over a fool.

I really didn't expect that idiot was so strong. When he kicked her, she almost cried out in pain.

She originally planned to bear it for a while, then tell the nanny that she was not feeling well so that she could go back and rest.

But who could have thought that when the nanny came, she made everyone stand in punishment without saying a word. Although she had already survived the severe pain just now, her feet were naturally very painful from standing like this for a long time.

She endured the pain from her feet and secretly fought back. How dare a fool kick her like that? She gritted her teeth in anger.

His eyes became more and more fierce, staring straight in the direction of Hanguli.

But she didn't realize that in a place she couldn't see, there was someone who could see all her movements and expressions.