Chapter Twenty-Eight: Step-by-Step Inquiry
Yingsu asked while tying her clothes: "Do you have a deep friendship with Sister Yaoxue?" ”
Chu Xiang reclined on the bed, the fan in his hand kept stopping, and replied lazily: "It's not deep, but it's just that I have a lot of contact on weekdays, and I will inevitably talk a few more words, if you talk about friendship, I am far deeper than hers." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Yingsu smiled slightly, and asked again: "Has she been working by His Highness's side for the past four years?" ”
"Seems to be."
Yingsu smiled and changed the subject.
The next day, Yingsu inquired about the specific time of Yaoxue's rest this month, so she adjusted her rest time this month to be exactly the same as her.
The day before Mu Xiu, Wen Yingsu asked someone to send Yao Xue a note, and wrote briefly on the note: "I just learned from others that you will be Mu Xiu tomorrow, and it just so happens that I will also Mu Xiu tomorrow, if you don't mind, can I go to play with you?" Or let's go where we go together. It's always more fun to play with two people than with one, isn't it? ”
Soon, Yingsu received a reply from Yaoxue: "I have no plans to go out of the palace to walk around, so I just want to walk around the East Palace, and then spend half a day reading books and sewing something." Come to my place at the end of the day, if you will. ”
At the end of the next day, Yingsu came to Yaoxue's residence as promised, and brought three boxes of osmanthus cakes with her.
Yingsu learned from Chu Xiang that Yaoxue likes to eat osmanthus cakes, so she asked someone to buy three boxes yesterday.
Yaoxue happily accepted it, and in return, she gave Yingsu a ceramic hairpin. Yingsu was not polite, and accepted it generously.
"Sit down, I just made a pot of green tea, you can taste it." Yaoxue smiled and poured tea for Yingsu.
Yingsu saw that there were two high walls of books piled up on the old desk in Yaoxue's room, and her eyes suddenly lit up, and she said, "My sister has a lot of books. ”
Yao Xue smiled again when she heard this, and said, "I don't have any other hobbies except reading books on weekdays, so almost all the monthly money I earn is used to buy books to read." And he said, "If you like, borrow it, but return it on time." ”
"Okay." He added, "Since my sister doesn't like to go out and about, how about we talk at home today?" ”
"Mmmm, I can talk to you in the morning, and I'm going to read a book in the afternoon."
Ying Su nodded straightly, and asked, "Sister, have you been by His Royal Highness's side as a personal palace maid since you entered the palace?" ”
"Yes."
"How did my sister come to the palace in the first place?"
"Introduced by a relative."
"Would you like to come yourself?"
"Well, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to force me to come."
Yingsu smiled and added tea to Yaoxue and said, "That's good." Then he asked, "Does Your Highness talk to people in your presence when he is at home?" ”
"It depends on what happens."
Yingsu frowned slightly, and then asked with a smile: "Does Your Highness often meet people outside at home?" ”
"Not often, he doesn't like to be hospitable." Yaoxue changed her words and asked, "I don't know what my sister is asking for?" ”
Yingsu smiled and said, "The sisters in the palace are very fond of inquiring about His Highness, and I am no exception. ”
Yaoxue smiled and said, "But they usually ask about His Highness's interests and hobbies, unlike you, but they pay attention to His Highness's official affairs." ”
Yingsu didn't speak, and smiled and took Yaoxue's hand.
After a long time, Yingsu asked again: "Does my sister want to go home?" ”
"Occasionally, I think about it."
"Do you cry when you're homesick?"
"No, it won't."
"My sister doesn't like to cry much?"
"I don't like to cry, I haven't cried in nearly three years. Do you cry a lot? ”
Yingsu nodded and said, "I don't know why, sometimes I cry when I look at the quiet distant mountains, and I have tried to cry suddenly in the dark night." ”
"Why? Move? Fear? ”
"Yes, maybe it's something else, I can't tell."
Yao Xue smiled and patted the back of Yingsu's hand and said, "You are too sentimental." ”
"I've heard that His Highness also cries a lot."
"Well, that's right, Your Highness is the most tearful man I've ever met."
"Why does Your Highness cry so often?"
"I don't know, Your Highness hides his heart very deeply."
"Is he overstressed?"
"Maybe."
"As a national reserve, how can there be no pressure? I should have been able to imagine that. I have heard that a long time ago, some princes went crazy or committed suicide because they couldn't bear the pressure, and some people rebelled directly because they couldn't bear it. ”
"Well, I've heard of this kind of thing before, so our Highness didn't go crazy, didn't commit suicide, didn't ...... Rebellion is a great thing. ”
Yingsu nodded.
"So we can understand His Highness's difficulties, and we can also understand his weeping behind people." Speaking of this, Yaoxue's eyes were full of pity.
"Is Your Highness an emotional person?" Yingsu asked quietly.
"I don't know, it's not easy to judge. I think he may be crying because of his life experience and the helplessness that this life experience brought him. ”
"He doesn't care about power?"
"No, but it's difficult for the Tian family to have a normal father-son relationship...... I think I'm talking too much. ”
Yingsu changed the topic and said, "Is Your Highness a person who must be compared?" ”
Yaoxue shook her head very resolutely and said, "Absolutely not." ”
Yingsu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, people like us, aren't they asking to meet a good master?" He also said, "I have a neighbor who also met a good master, but unfortunately her master's family was assassinated, and she was not spared." ”
"Assassination?" Yaoxue looked surprised.
Yingsu nodded and asked softly, "Have you heard about the former political envoy Bu Xunbu's family?" ”
Yaoxue shook her head, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and said: "I have heard about the assassination of the whole family of Master Bu, and the movement was quite big at that time, and it is estimated that few people in the whole capital do not know about it." ”
"Yes, not only in the capital, but also in some neighboring towns." Yingsu said, and asked again: "Has Your Highness mentioned this matter in front of you?" ”
Yaoxue shook her head again.
Yingsu's eyes dimmed slightly, and she smiled and said, "My neighbor's master is Master Bu. I used to hear her say how good her master was to others, how honest she was to be an official, how smart and studious her master's children were, and how virtuous and generous her master's wife was. ”
"Yes, many people were sad to hear the news."
Ying Suqiang held back the tears that were about to flow out and asked, "What is the reaction of the imperial court after knowing about this?" ”
"Naturally, someone was sent to investigate, but it seems that I heard that there are insufficient clues, so I have not been able to find out the murderer."
"What is Your Highness's attitude towards this case?" Yingsu asked calmly.
Yaoxue was a little curious about Yingsu's enthusiasm for this matter, and asked rhetorically, "Do you want to help the Bu family investigate this matter?" ”