Chapter 48: Losing Dignity
While serving Toya to eat, Su Rina said: "The emperor has asked the prince to re-handle court affairs, but as the princess guessed, they are all trivial matters. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
Tuoya took a green vegetable and put it in her mouth, "What about the second prince?" ā
"Try your best to win over all forces, and have frequent contacts with many ministers in the DPRK and China."
Tuoya slowly closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, she also lost her appetite for the few dishes on the table, she wanted to sit quietly in Fanghuayuan like this, waiting for Chu Yichen to take a look at her, but two months have passed, and she still hasn't waited for him, as if they don't live in the same mansion, but people living in two different worlds.
Toya put down the chopsticks in her hand, "Is the prince in the mansion?" ā
"In!"
Toya stood up and moved away from the dining table, waiting from early winter to deep winter, after all, it was up to her to take this step.
"Accompany the palace to see the prince." Toya didn't want to look for him personally, this was her last dignity as the princess of the Northern Underworld, and now she had to let go of it.
Su Rina draped the fox fur on Toya's body, "Princess, are you really going to find the prince?" ā
Tuoya has been married into the palace for so long, and she has never taken the initiative to find the prince once, of course Su Rina understands the pride in the princess's bones, but today she inexplicably broke this bottom line.
Toya didn't explain too much to Surina, but stepped on the snow under her feet and walked towards the study step by step, but every step was accompanied by heaviness and hesitation for Toya.
Tuoya stood in front of Chu Yichen's study, looking at the plaque on his head, like a carved pillar, and stood for a long time before he slowly exhaled, forming a white mist in such a cold weather.
Toya nodded to the man at the door, and the man ran into the study to spread the word.
After a while, the next person ran back, "The prince invites the princess in." ā
Toya bowed to Su Rina behind her, Su Rina stood in place and did not follow, Toya moved lightly and slowly walked into the study.
When she entered the study, she didn't see Chu Yichen first as she imagined, but saw Shen Mirou coming out of it, and when she saw Toya, the corners of Shen Mirou's mouth were hooked with a contemptuous smile, and her eyes were full of sarcasm.
Toya's feet stopped in place, at this moment she even had the urge to run, if Chu Yichen hadn't appeared in front of her at this time, I'm afraid she would have lost the courage to continue to stay.
Chu Yichen's face was a little lighter than before, his eyes were still a little tired, one hand was behind his back, and the other hand was kneading the jade pendant on his waist.
"What are you looking for this king?"
In Tuoya's ears, Chu Yichen's voice is still so good, like a stone, which can fall in her heart lake, and can cause a layer of ripples every time.
But this sentence is also very hurtful, what is the matter with him? It turns out that the relationship between them is just the kind of relationship that can only meet when there is something.
Tuoya's eyelids drooped, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but hook up a wry smile, and she gently saluted, "Yan Xi took the liberty to come, I just want to ask the prince to accompany Yan Xi to play a game of chess." ā
Tuoya couldn't deny that she had a grudge in her heart, so she moved the name Yan Xi out again, she wanted to be a woman who was generous and looked down on everything, but after all, she still found that she was not a saint at all.
"Bring the chessboard."
The subordinates followed Chu Yichen's instructions and set up the chessboard, and Toya and Chu Yichen sat opposite each other, but this time Toya's mood was different from the previous mood.
She lowered her head and said nothing, just looked at the chessboard intently, and played chess with Chu Yichen step by step, and the black and white pieces on the chessboard became more and more, "Does the prince think Yan Xi's chess skills have improved?" ā
"There is offense and defense, and there is a lot of progress."
After a game of chess, Toya still lost, this result was expected by the two of them, Toya looked at the chessboard, "Wang Ye's chess skills are superb, Yan Xi can't do it, but Yan Xi sometimes thinks, Wang Ye is so superb in chess, if he plays against two masters at the same time, will he still win?" ā
When Toya said this, she raised her eyelids and met Chu Yichen's gaze.
Tuoya saw Chu Yichen's eyes flash, she knew what a smart person Chu Yichen was, and he must understand the meaning of her words.
"Yan Xi has been married into Qingxuanguo for a while, and I don't know if the relationship with my father Khan will become more and more rusty because of the passage of time. I remember when I was a child, every time I made a mistake, my father Khan would ignore me, so I took the initiative to run by myself, whether it was my fault or not, I sincerely apologized to him, and my father Khan would forgive me and give me some small gifts. ā
Tuoya seemed to be reminiscing about the past, her eyes were a little distant, speaking of this, Tuoya smiled self-deprecatingly, stood up, and bowed, "Thank you for playing chess with Yan Xi." ā
Toya tried her best to look natural, and walked out of the study, her tears falling in a stream, and there was an inexplicable emotion rolling in her heart.
Toya couldn't tell what was wrong with her, whether she missed her father, was lonely, lost her last self-esteem, or was she ignored by Chu Yichen for too long.
She couldn't hold back her tears, she endured it again and again, but she lost control again and again, she didn't return to Fanghuayuan immediately, but pulled out the shadow from the stable, got on the horse, left Su Rina, and left behind everything she wanted to hide and didn't want to hide.
Running wildly in the countryside outside the city, the horsewhip whipped extraordinarily, allowing the tears to be quickly blown away and dried under the howling cold wind.
It wasn't until a cliff edge that the shadow stopped, and Toya turned over and dismounted, facing the empty mountains: "Ahhh
Toya let out a loud inner sorrow, but this kind of catharsis couldn't stop the pain in her heart at all.
She crouched weakly on the ground, burying her head in her lap.
Behind her, a pair of powerful arms wrapped around her thin body, eager to rub her into her bones.
Toya turned around and didn't look up, tears had already blurred all her vision, and she buried her head in the other party's armor, letting the tears come in waves.
Until the tears dried up and the strength of her body was drained, the big hands tightened her tighter and tighter, and the fingers gently brushed the tears on her face for her, but they were too rough and left a tingling sensation.
Toya's mood gradually stabilized, and she also realized her gaffe, struggling out of the other party's arms, looking up at the comer, and still couldn't help but have a layer of mist in her eyes.
The face was dark and thin, his lips were chapped, his eyes were bloodshot, and there was a tear in the corner of his eye, and there were tears that had not faded.
Toya tried to reach out and smooth his lips, as he did, to wipe away the tears he had shed for her, but her hand finally retracted because of the identity between them.
"Toya, I'm back."