After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

Xiao Yunzheng took Li Yaoyuan's hand and walked to the other side, "Zhizhi, look, this shelf is really good. Not only does it have two layers, it is also made of wood. It is obviously a top-quality product."

She slapped the shelf with one hand, and the wooden shelf immediately shook and made a creaking sound.

……

There was silence.

The sound echoed for several seconds before stopping. Xiao Yunzheng twitched her lips in embarrassment.

Li Yaoyuan covered her mouth and laughed softly.

Nian Susu was afraid that she was really angry, so he hurried to coax her.

Xiao Yunzheng felt it was too boring and suggested walking around the temple, and the other two agreed.

Although Ganlin Temple is not big, its structure is complex. After walking a few steps, they forgot the way they came and wandered around in a corridor.

"What should we do?" Li Yaoyuan became worried. She looked at the setting sun and felt heavy-hearted. "We have been walking around for so long and haven't seen anyone. It's impossible to ask for directions. Once it gets dark, it will be even harder to get out. What should we do?"

Li Yaoyuan guessed that they had gone to some corner, so she didn't see anyone except them.

Xiao Yunzheng didn't care. "We are still in Ganlin Temple anyway, nothing will happen. When Concubine Xin finds out we are not here, she will send someone to look for us. Don't worry."

She exhaled briskly, her eyes searching for something. "Why don't we think about what to do now? We finally came out here, how can we just go back like this?"

Li Yaoyuan was still worried.

Nian Su Su is relatively calm and rational.

"I remember there's a side door in the southeast direction that I haven't been to. I'll go check it out. You guys wait here."

Without waiting for their reply, she lifted her skirt and walked away quickly.

A gust of wind blew, and Xiao Yunzheng and Li Yaoyuan both shivered.

"Hiss... I've changed my mind. I think what we should consider most now is how to avoid freezing to death before reinforcements arrive." Xiao Yunzheng rubbed his arms.

She walked out in a hurry and didn't wear a cloak. She didn't feel hot after walking a few laps just now, but now she was standing straight and immediately felt cold.

Li Yaoyuan, who was also not wearing a cloak, agreed strongly, "If no one comes to look for us tonight, we will probably freeze to death."

The winter nights in the first month of the lunar year are no joke to you.

Suddenly, Nian Susu's voice came from the corner.

"Come here quickly! I think I found the way back!"

The two looked at each other in surprise, then ran over there hand in hand, cheering happily.

Then... they came to a strange place.

"Is this the way back you mentioned?"

"Are you going back to Shengjing?"

The two stared at the bamboo forest in front of them in amazement.

Nian Susu was a little embarrassed, "Uh... I saw a road I had walked on before, and I thought it was the way back..."

They had already walked around the corridor three or four times, and it was like entering a maze. Suddenly, they found a place they had never been to before, and they were naturally surprised.

After the surprise comes a greater disappointment.

Li Yaoyuan adjusted her mentality and pointed to the small house under the bamboo forest and said, "Let's go over and take a look. Maybe there is someone there."

Xiao Yunzheng nodded repeatedly, "That makes sense."

With a thought, she said, "If we really can't find the exit, we can stay in this little room for the night. It's better than being outside in the wind."

The two agreed.

"Don't get your hopes up." Nian Susu warned, "This room is probably a storage room."

This place is so remote, how could there be anyone there?

After checking it out, I discovered that just as Nian Su Su had said, this house contained many tools for pruning branches and was not a residence.

The three of them squeezed into the house to avoid the wind for the time being.

As the sky gradually darkened, Xiao Yunzheng's energy was exhausted. She leaned against the door and began to give up on herself. "Forget it, forget it. I'll just stay here. I can't walk anymore."

Li Yaoyuan also looked tired, but her mentality was better than Xiao Yunzheng's. She looked at Nian Susu with bright eyes, "Lingling, what should we do?"

“Hmm…” Nian Susu was embarrassed.

At this moment, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door.

The three of them looked at each other as quickly as possible, and then walked out in tacit understanding.

A young monk hurried past the door with a flustered look on his face and did not notice the three people.

"Hey!" Xiao Yunzheng shouted at him.

The little monk was so frightened that he almost jumped up. His body paused and he stood there as stiff as a piece of wood.

"Why are you running so fast?" Xiao Yunzheng walked quickly forward and looked at the little monk.

The little monk's lips were pale and trembling, and he looked panicked, not daring to look at Xiao Yunzheng.

"Why are you panicking? I don't eat people." Xiao Yunzheng put her hands on her waist and asked him, "Did you do something wrong and are afraid of being discovered?"

The little monk shook his head like a rattle, "I didn't... didn't."

Nian Susu felt something was wrong and asked him again, "What are you doing here?"

The little monk hesitated and didn't dare to speak.

Li Yaoyuan said gently, "Don't be afraid, we are lost here and want you to lead us out."

The little monk looked at her cautiously and said, "I...I can take you out, but can you please not tell anyone about what happened today?"

"Why?" Xiao Yunzheng was serious and would not give up until she got to the bottom of it.

After hearing that they were lost, the little monk suddenly became tough and threatened: "If you don't agree to me, I won't take you out."

It sounds scary, especially for the three people who have been trapped for two hours and can no longer bear the mental torture.

They agreed to the little monk's request, and the three of them followed the little monk, going around in twists and turns for a long time, and finally returned to the gate of the Zen temple.

Li Yaoyuan thanked him.

The little monk looked strange and asked a strange question: "Are you all ladies from the palace?"

The three of them looked at each other, all hesitating whether to tell the truth.

They didn't know the little monk, nor did they know his true identity, so they were inevitably wary.

"No, we are here to pray with the Empress from the palace." Li Yaoyuan answered him with a smile.

A look of fear flashed across the little monk's face, and he ran away after saying "Don't go to the backyard anymore."

Nian Susu suddenly realized that the place they had just been to was the backyard of Ganlin Temple. No wonder there was no one there.

The bamboo forest hidden in the clouds that they saw when they went up the mountain should be the same one in the backyard.

Xiao Yunzheng and Li Yaoyuan were too tired to speak. After saying goodbye to Nian Susu, they went back to their rooms.

After returning to her room, Nian Susu felt restless. Her intuition told her that there must be a secret in the back mountain. The little monk must know something, otherwise he would not have reminded them not to go to the back mountain again.

The more I said "no", the more interested she became.

Although curiosity kills the cat, she had a system, so she was very brave. After nightfall, she sneaked out alone.

When the little monk brought them back, she wrote down the route. To make sure she wouldn't get lost again this time, she sneaked to the back mountain.

Little did she know that as soon as she went out, a tail followed her all the way.