The peasant girl who escaped the desert: she cried when she found the cruel prince

Chapter 542: Getting fat in winter

"Happy New Year!" Jing Li said drowsily, then buried her head in his chest and fell asleep again.

Tantai Lin's heart sank. She had been sleeping too much recently, and her energy had become increasingly weak. Could it be that just like what Tantai Jing said, her body would gradually decline, and her symptoms would not show up until her hair and teeth fell out. come out.

After putting Jingli down, Tantai Lin called Caichun to explain, and then went straight to the dungeon of the palace.

Geng Qi, who came back with them, was torturing a man. The man's body was covered in scars, and almost no part of his body was intact. The new round of torture was heartbreaking.

In the cell opposite the man, an old woman hugged the iron railing and cried out of breath: "Master, please don't hit him. If you want to, hit me!"

"He really doesn't know anything. I gave him the medicine!"

Tantai Lin walked in with a chill all over his body: "You still haven't explained where the medicine came from?"

Tantai Jing had escaped. He had to arrest a few more people who had dealt with it and try to see if he could get Dr. Shen to restore the formula of the poison.

Geng Qi threw down his whip and said, "This man is very tough-talking and refuses to tell anyone who gave him the medicine."

Tantai Lin picked up the red-hot iron and said, "Since he won't say anything, let's torture his mother. I want to see if this person is so hard-hearted that he doesn't even care about his biological mother."

Sure enough, after hearing this, the man immediately raised his head and stared at Tantai Lin with his bloody eyes: "Prince Changling, aren't you afraid of retribution for treating an old man like this?"

"Retribution?" Tantai Lin blew lightly, and the iron became scarier and scarier, "I am just a daughter-in-law, and I have no relatives around me. Who should I give retribution to?"

"If you don't tell me, I will show you what retribution is right now!"

"Ah!" The old lady's shrill cry echoed in the dungeon.

"Mom!" the man shouted in pain.

On the night of New Year's Eve, Luo Tongsuan led a team of people through the streets and alleys.

At dawn, families go out for activities, children play with firecrackers, and the elderly lament the good omens of the New Year. The streets are filled with joy, and no one knows what happened at night.

Tantai Lin brought a few wintersweets into the room, inserted them into a vase with branches, and lifted the blue curtain. The person on the bed was still sleeping soundly.

"Ali?" Tantai Lin reached out and touched her neck. The skin was warm and strong, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hmm~" Jing Li murmured and opened her eyes. Later, she remembered that today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. She should get up early to give red envelopes to the slaves in the courtyard and wait for everyone to wish her New Year's greetings.

She also wanted to go with Tantai Lin to pay Wang Bifu New Year greetings. How long had she been asleep?

Jing Li beat her head in frustration: "Why didn't you call me earlier?"

Tantai Lin smoothed her hair: "Wang Weng is not an outsider. Caichun has already sent red envelopes to people in the courtyard. Please clean up, and let's go out for a walk today!"

Tantai Lin took her to Beiyuan, which used to be a suburban place of the Wang family. Later, after the Wang family left, this area became deserted.

Seeing that it would be too wasteful to leave it idle, Jing Li found a few masters to re-plan Beiyuan and build it into a leisure holy place where everyone can come and play.

At this moment, the two Cuju teams composed of the Imperial Guards and the Dongying Army in the city were ready. Bai Changhe stepped forward to greet them: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please take a seat!"

After Jingli sat down, she realized that there was a circle around the arena, including female relatives of each family. The curtains were surrounding the area and a charcoal basin was placed inside, which made people not feel cold.

There are many hawkers around holding candied haws and fried peanuts, selling them everywhere, and the whole scene is prosperous.

Caiyue brought a plate of pine nuts, candied chestnuts and crispy peanuts, and took out two candied haws and a pot of ginger and chrysanthemum sugar water.

When Jingli saw the food, her salivary glands couldn't help but start secreting. But when she thought of Tantai Lin saying she was fat, she silently retracted her paws. "What are you doing with so much food?" Jing Li complained.

Caiyue was startled and then said: "It's not what I wanted to do, it's the snacks that the prince prepared for you because he was afraid that you would be bored!"

"But I'm already fat!" Jing Li said sadly, leaning on the soft chair.

Caiyue broke open a roasted sweet potato and blew the hot air on it and handed it to Jingli: "It's okay. It's normal to put on fat in winter. I gain several pounds every winter. When I start training in spring, the fat will disappear again!" "

"Really?" Jing Li felt that her hands were a little out of control.

"Really!" Caiyue chatted with Jingli while chewing sweet potatoes.

Jing Li also felt that she must have been too lazy and exercised too little in the winter. When spring started, she would train with the recruits for a while, and she would probably lose all the fat on her waist.

When I thought about this, I immediately felt a lot more at ease.

"Dang!" A gong sounded, and the two teams began to run on the court.

Jing Li chewed pine nuts and chatted with Cai Yue: "Which team do you like?"

"No one is optimistic!" Caiyue said disdainfully: "This means that our Blood Wolf Guards will not let us in, otherwise they will all be scum!"

Caiyue was talking enthusiastically when she suddenly picked up a plate of melon seeds: "My dear, please watch first while I go out for a walk!"

Eh?What is this girl doing?
Jingli turned around and realized that Tantai Lin was back. No wonder Caiyue ran very fast.

Tantai Lin peeled pine nuts for Jingli: "Tomorrow we will go back to the village to pay New Year greetings. You can look back at the gift list and see if there is anything else you want to add."

Jing Li took a sip of chrysanthemum tea and said happily, "Uncle Fang prepared it carefully. You don't need to read it. You can follow his gift list."

The next day, the snow was still falling heavily, and Jingli sat in a warm and comfortable carriage and fell asleep.

Until the child's laughter woke her up from her sleep, she stood up from Tantai Lin's arms and said, "Are you here?"

"Greetings to the prince and princess, may you have a prosperous New Year and lots of red envelopes!"

Knowing that today is the day when the princess and empress will return home, the children have been waiting at the gate early in the morning, waiting for this moment to arrive.

Jing Li straightened her clothes and got out of the carriage with Tantai Lin.

Baozi, who is already three years old, held his little hands and said, "Happy New Year to the princess!"

Jingli touched Baozi's head and said, "Well! Happy New Year to our Baozi too!"

Caiyue jumped out of the car and handed out red envelopes and candies to the little babies one by one.

The children took the red envelopes and jumped up and down on the drying ground. Some children started to have a snowball fight. Their new clothes for the New Year soon left stains, and they were inevitably scolded again.

Mrs. Su and Mrs. Ge, who had been looking around on the slope early, immediately trotted down when they saw the two people approaching.

Su Shi pulled Jing Li and scolded her: "You heartless guy, you won't come back for the Mid-Autumn Festival. You've been gone for several months, so you know how to make people miss you!"

Mrs. Ge pulled Jingli over, looked up and down, left and right, and then said after a long time: "Li, why do I think you are fat?"

(End of this chapter)