Thousands of Miles

"We have one day off every month, but we just came in now, and we probably have to wait for half a month." Wang Zongyuan said, "Why don't you go and ask for a vacation with Wang Xueshi, the director of the Academy of Painting? But you just came here. Asking for leave will give him a bad impression. Or, you sneak out?"

The master managed to arrange a good job for himself. If he did something like sneaking out, he would be sad if he found out. Ximeng felt that no matter if he wanted to leave the palace, it was best to inform the master first.

"I'll try to find a way to meet Master, and just talk to him," Xi Meng said.

"Well, that's fine." Wang Zongyuan asked, "But do you know where to find him?"

Ximeng shook his head: "But you should be able to ask others."

"Your master seems to have a good position in the palace, so he should be famous." Wang Zongyuan patted his butt | stood up, and said to Xi Meng, "Let's go, I will accompany you to inquire about it."

Wang Zongyuan accompanied Ximeng to many places, asked many people in the palace, and did not ask where there was a painter surnamed Zheng in the palace.

Until the sun went down, the two still found nothing.

"You see, you just tried to sneak out to save trouble. Maybe you have come back now, and your master won't know anything." Wang Zongyuan sighed and said, "I haven't asked your master until now. Whoever is there, it is absolutely impossible. It is really a strange person who hides so well."

Ximeng grabbed the corner of his clothes and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry I asked you to accompany me to search for so long, why don't you go back first and I'll look for it again."

"Where can you find it?" Wang Zongyuan took Ximeng's hand, "Let's go, let's go back together, it's time for dinner."

"You go back first, I'll look for it for a while." Ximeng said, "If I can't find him again, I will sneak out by myself."

"Woooooooo..."

"Woooooooo..."

Since waking up in the morning, Li Shishi has been crying alone in the room, no one can persuade her, and she refuses to pick up guests, so anxious that Li's mother and Yugong are all around her.

"Oh my daughter, why are you crying? Don't you like that official Zheng? What's wrong with you and him last night?" Mother Li persuaded, "Stop crying. In our line of work, how many people keep their hair Once you return to the age of 17, there will be only you! There is nothing to cry about!"

"Woooooooo..."

"Oh, you little hoof, you're still crying!" Li's mother said angrily, "Why are you crying! Hurry up and get dressed to go out to pick up guests!"

"I won't go... woo woo woo..." Li Shishi cried, "I'll never go again... woo woo..."

"Hey, you little hoof." Mama Li picked up a feather duster and tapped it heavily on the table, "I won't put on the roof tile for three days! Tweety, come here!"

Shishi's personal maid Cui'er stepped forward timidly: "Mom."

"I'll kill you little hoof! I'll make you cry, I'll make you cry!" Mama Li raised her hand and slapped Tweety hard with a feather duster. !"

"Mom! Mom, stop beating!" Seeing that Mama Li's feather duster hit Tweeter, Li Shishi panicked and stepped forward to protect Tweeter, "Mom, stop beating!"

"Hmph!" Li's mother said angrily, "What's the matter, I can't beat you, and I can't beat this little hoof? Listen to me: If Shishi doesn't pick up guests tonight, Tweety has to pick up guests for me! You must have someone to pick you up, I don't keep idlers in this garden!"

"Mom, Tweety is only 14 years old..."

"What's wrong with being 14 years old? What's wrong with being 14 years old?" Li's mother said disdainfully, "There are some people in the garden who pick up guests at the age of thirteen or fourteen. You two, let me weigh it yourself!"

Ximeng didn't know the way, so he just searched for Master everywhere in the palace.Passing by a small garden by chance, I saw a group of eight-nine-year-old boys arguing with each other around a boy who was no more than ten years old.

"Zhao Kang, you go in to find the father? Have you seen what the father looks like hahaha?"

"I... I've seen it!" The ten-year-old boy blushed with anger, "I'm going to find my father!"

"Ah bah! You don't want to go in!" An eight-nine-year-old boy stood in front of him with open arms, "Father doesn't like you at all, and he won't even bother you if you go in!"

"How do you know! I want to go in!" Zhao Kang pushed the eight-nine-year-old boy in front of him, "Get out of the way! I want to see my father!"

"It's really kind to persuade you that you don't listen." An older boy shook his head, "Brothers, give this prince a hard beat!"

Hearing the prince's order, the rest of the princes geared up one by one, grabbed Zhao Kang and beat them, but Zhao Kang didn't fight back.

"Stop!" Logically speaking, Ximeng has nothing to do with the affairs between these high-ranking princes, but seeing seven or eight of them bullying one, I really can't see it, and couldn't help but stepped forward to push it away. Those princes who beat people stood up and stood in front of Zhao Kang.

"Where are you being so bold and unruly! Beat him up together!" The crown prince, Zhao Qin, was spoiled and never looked down on anyone. Seeing that Ximeng dared to come out to help Zhao Kang, he punched him mercilessly.

Seeing that Zhao Qin's fist was about to hit Ximeng, Zhao Kang quickly grabbed Ximeng's hand, pushed him behind him, raised his leg and kicked down the arrogant and domineering prince Zhao Qin, and beat him to the ground. The next few brothers who rushed forward to beat them were so frightened that the remaining few dared not come forward.

Ximeng was taken aback. It turned out that he himself was so good at fighting, but he just held back and didn't fight back.

Zhao Kang clenched his fists and asked coldly to Zhao Qin who just got up from the ground, "Prince, are you still here?"

Zhao Qin stretched out his hand to support the crooked bun that fell to the ground just now, not daring to speak.

"So, what about you?" Zhao Kang's calm and sharp eyes swept across the remaining princes.

"Zhao Kang, ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, you, you wait for me!" Zhao Qin pointed at Zhao Kang and finished cursing, turned around and ran away.

Seeing that the prince had run away, the rest of the princes hurriedly scattered.

Realizing that he had caused a catastrophe, Ximeng walked up to Zhao Kang silently and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't help you but caused you trouble. If they want to seek revenge from you, you must tell me and I will help you."

"Hahaha." Zhao Kang waved his hands and smiled, "They are just idiots? They can't do anything to me. Thank you today."

"Don't thank me, I really didn't help you with anything." Ximeng said shyly, "I have to go..."

"Where are you going?" Zhao Kang asked.

"I want..." Ximeng said mysteriously, "I'll tell you, can you not tell others?"

"Yes." Zhao Kang nodded, "I will do what I say."

"I want to leave the palace quietly." Xi Meng whispered in Zhao Kang's ear.

"Going out of the palace?" Zhao Kang's eyes flashed a trace of disappointment, "Then are you coming back?"

"Come back." Ximeng nodded, "I will come back."

"If you want to leave the palace quietly, it's too unsafe." Zhao Kang said, "The guards in the palace are very strict, especially now that it's getting dark and there are more guards."

"But, I have something very important..." Xi Meng whispered.

"I have a token here." Zhao Kang took out a token from his pocket and stuffed it into Ximeng's hand, "Go east, and Eunuch Li at Donghuamen will let you out when he sees my token. Remember to go early and return early."

"Well, thank you." Xi Meng was overjoyed, and quickly accepted the token, "Where do you live? I'll return it to you another day."

"Haha, no need." Zhao Kang said with a smile, "I will look for you when the time comes."

"Okay, I'll go first." Xi Meng nodded and hurried to Donghua Gate.

Zhao Kang stood where he was, watching Ximeng's back disappear into the corner of the palace room, and then he came back to his senses and stood outside the palace gate to continue waiting for his father to come out.

After about a moment, Zhao Ji hurried out from the hall.It seemed that there was an urgent matter, Zhao Ji only focused on striding forward, and even ignored Zhao Kang who was waiting for him.

"Father!" Zhao Kang rushed forward and grabbed Zhao Ji's sleeves, and slammed his knees on the ground with a "slap", bursting into tears, "Father, my mother was seriously ill and kept talking about Father, Father I haven't seen my mother for many years, so I invite my father to go and see my mother!"

"This..." Zhao Ji showed embarrassment, "It's just that I still have important things to do."

"Father!" Zhao Kang tugged at Zhao Ji's sleeve, pleading, "Father, do you know how much she misses you..."

"Ah...then what..." Enze's harem has been so many times, there are a lot of sons and daughters, and there are so many things to do, Zhao Ji suddenly found that he couldn't call out his name at all except the familiar son in front of him, let alone know him. I had no choice but to evade and said, "Well, you go back to take care of your mother first, and I will go to do something, and it will be fine in a while, and I will go to see your mother in a while. You go back first, ah, you go back first, okay?" good?"

"Father, are you serious?" Zhao Kang raised his head and asked.

"Seriously, seriously." In order to get rid of the entanglement of this "unacquainted" son in front of him as soon as possible, Zhao Ji had no choice but to nod indiscriminately, "Go back first."

"Thank you, father!" Zhao Kang was overjoyed, kowtowed respectfully on the ground, and then got up to leave.

Seeing that he finally left, Zhao Ji heaved a sigh of relief, and hurried to the Imperial Library.

It's been a whole day since I saw Ximeng, I don't know if this little guy is still used to living in the palace.

In the evening, Li Shishi still chose to pick up the guests.

If it was only for herself, even if she was killed, she would not pick up customers again.However, she really didn't want to see Tweety, a 14-year-old girl, suffer the same torture as herself.Although I know that it will be a matter of time, but I still have to try my best to keep her, and I can keep her day by day.

Li Shishi was sitting in front of the dressing table, and Tweety helped her dress up, but she didn't know what kind of guest she was going to receive this time.