The Little Consort's
Eps. 1: Li Anlan in the Wonderland

The sound of shouting from within Xingyue Palace made some eunuchs and maids startled. The cry was like the cry of a woman giving birth. Several other voices were also heard blending in with the screams. Not long after, a woman dressed in pink ran out of Xingyue Palace followed by a female servant and a eunuch.

“Stop following me!” she shouted at the two men who were chasing her.

“Niang-niang, don't run!”

The three people were chasing each other in the courtyard of Xingyue Palace. Over time, the woman called niang-niang stopped under a peach tree that stood high in the moonlight. The flowers are blooming beautifully.

“Wait! I don't have anything!”

The woman leaned her hand against the trunk of the peach tree. His hand held his waist. The woman's breath and the breaths of the two people who followed her gasped after circling around Xingyue Palace.

“Niang-niang, go back inside!” pinta eunuch dressed in deep red.

“Mistress, why are you running?” ask the waitress.

The woman was still trying to calm her heartbeat. The weirdness here really drives him crazy. The two people behind him also still did not give up on chasing after him. Is this a kidnapping? If so, what do they expect from him?

“Where is your boss? Let me talk to him!”

The two men looked at each other. Both of them did not understand the words their mistress said at all.

“Mistress, what boss is it?”

Now, it was the woman's turn to be confused. The woman glanced at the clothes worn by the two people behind her. Strange, he thought. Is this how the kidnapper draws the attention of his victims? Instead of dressing all in black, the kidnappers were dressed as eunuchs and servants. Plus, their words used a very strange ancient phrase in his ears.

God, this kidnapper is a real professional!

The woman's whole body was in pain. He remembered that he had just had an accident. But, after he noticed again, there was not a single wound on his body. The woman glanced at the clothes she was wearing. Strange, he also wore clothes that were almost similar to that of the maid.

Did the kidnappers replace it?

The woman felt a pain in her head. A while later, his body was dazed into the dry ground. The woman could only hear the panicked screams from the two people behind her. After that, he could not remember anything. All his world was dark without light.

A few hours ago….

Li Anlan exhaled his tired breath as he reached under a large, lush tree. The woman looked back, making sure that her friends were still walking after her. Li Anlan was surprised because he saw no one down there. Li Anlan only saw his own footprints on the rocks and slippery ground.

He sat his ass under the roots of a large tree. It's good if he waits for a while until his friends catch up with him. The woman downed the mineral water from her bottle. Her thirst disappeared as soon as the cold water touched her throat.

“You guys are still below?” li Anlan shouted in the loudest voice possible.

Li Anlan heard the answer from down there. He'll probably wait a little while. As the leader of the group, Li Anlan could not ignore his responsibilities to his members. While waiting, Li Anlan opened her potato snack. After it ran out, he threw away the snack shell carelessly.

A short while later, Li Anlan's friends caught up with him. They then sat down near Li Anlan while drinking water each. Li Anlan counted their numbers and made sure all his friends had gone up.

The climb requires them to spend almost a full day to reach the top of the mountain. Li Anlan who has been in the climbing world for more than five years was appointed as the leader of the squad because he is the most familiar with things like this. For Li Anlan, the climb this time was the most challenging. The path he passed was the most dangerous path.

Li Anlan's friends stood up to continue the climb. Feeling himself able to catch up, Li Anlan deliberately made himself in the back row. The mountain backpack contained the entire climbing equipment he carried making his back slightly bent. Li Anlan took out his compass to find out which way he was now.

“What battery runs out?”

Li Anlan smacked his compass. The needle of the compass does not point in any direction as it twists. The woman then looked up at the mountain, making sure where the sun was. Ah, the sun was covered with clouds until Li Anlan could not confirm which direction it was in.

Li Anlan did not notice the place on her foot. The woman's feet tripped over the tree roots and made her fall. Li Anlan's body rolled into the rocks from the top of the mountain. Li Anlan shouted for help. His roar flew in the wind without anyone hearing it.

Be ill. Li Anlan felt his entire body like it was chopped up with a meat knife. He felt like he had been thrown and beaten many times. The rocks from the top of the climbing path suddenly came gliding after him. Li Anlan was scared. At the bottom of the abyss, his body that was already covered in snapping wounds was helpless. The blood from his wounds soaked his entire mountain clothes. The fallen leaves of the tree covered his entire body. Li Anlan was still able to hear the sound of the stones that might in a moment destroy his small body.

Does this feel like death?

Bizarrely. On the brink of death, Li Anlan could still hear someone yelling to his name while crying. He also heard another very strange voice. When he opened his eyes, Li Anlan realized that he was already here, in a place he did not recognize at all. Li Anlan pensively pensively momentarily to digest everything. A moment later, he shouted loudly to the point that the two strange people in front of him were shocked to death.

“Mistress, you're alive!”

Li Anlan looked at the two strange people. The madam? Who did he call madam? Waitaminute! What's with this anachronistic view? Li Anlan closed his eyes. This is a dream. Is he in heaven? No. gabe. That doesn't make any sense. Li Anlan would not die that easily. He never does anything bad, but never does anything good.

The two people before Li Anlan looked at him confusedly. Li Anlan tilted his head left and right. His movements were followed by the two people in front of him. Li Anlan touched the cheek of a woman who looked two years older than him. Then, the woman touched the cheek of the man on the edge of the woman.

“You humans?”

“Mistress, what's wrong with you?”

Li Anlan pinched her own cheek. Be ill. This is not heaven. He is not in a dream either. A moment later, Li Anlan shouted back and directly ran out of the strange room. The two men ran after him to make Li Anlan panic.

While running, the woman noticed the scenery around her. Where is he? The building looks strange but not foreign. Li Anlan only remembered that a building like this had been seen in paintings at the National Museum when he visited during elementary school. Yes, a building like this is very similar to the building in the painting. Li Anlan ran for millions of rounds followed by the two men until his consciousness decreased.

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