40. Complain to each other
After listening to the girl's serious and strict reminder, Li Wujian deeply realized that he shouldn't think that she was any different from usual tonight - obviously she was still the little girl who didn't play cards according to the rules.
However, it was precisely because of her harmony that the restlessness in his body was magically settled.
Yes, in this case, even if he wanted to be nervous, he couldn't get nervous.
Hooking the corners of his lips with a smile, he took the initiative to say, "I can't sleep, let's talk casually." β
Xiao Hanyu has long been accustomed to such a model, so he blurted out: "What does the emperor want to talk about?" β
"Tell us about your past?"
"The emperor only listens to me every time, and never talks about your own business."
What's going on with this dissatisfied and aggrieved tone?
Li Wujian felt quite funny, but after thinking about it, too, he really rarely told her his story in detail, most of the time he listened to her talk endlessly, and then expressed his opinions and feelings.
It turned out that she still felt unfair.
The man turned his head to the girl at his side, and really saw her pouting slightly, looking uneasy.
Yes...... It's kind of cute.
"Well, it's me, it's not."
It would have been.
"Then I'll tell you about my childhood."
Xiao Hanyu's expression suddenly changed, and he turned over and stared at him with great interest. What caught his eye was the side face he had turned to her againβand the jade lips that had been turned one by one.
"When I was young, my father was busy with state affairs and didn't come to see me often, but every time he saw me, he always smiled, sometimes he would inspect my homework, and sometimes he would teach me the principles of being a human being. It's a pity that I always felt that my father didn't like me at that time, because he would hug my imperial sister, but rarely hugged me.
"So, I thought about it, since he treated me like a relative's child, I shouldn't bother him and annoy him often. The queen mother told me that I am the established prince and the future son of heaven, and the most important thing for me is to learn the way of governing the country well, and not let my father find fault with me. Compared to this, things like being close to the emperor have become less important.
So, I studied hard day and night, and was cautious in my words and deeds, although I won the unanimous praise of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, but I also gradually became estranged from my father. I felt that when I got along with him, I was like his mother, 'respecting each other like guests'. β
At this point, Xiao Hanyu, as an audience, has changed from surprise at the beginning to silence now.
She didn't expect that he, who had always been "tight-lipped" on weekdays, would tell her such a past directly once he opened the conversation. It wasn't too heavy in the past, but it was still uncomfortable to listen to.
In addition, in view of his evaluation of the late Queen Mother, an image of a noble and cold and impersonal strict mother has already emerged in her mind.
"Your Majesty, your queen mother...... Isn't it a very strict person? β
She couldn't help but ask him curiously for confirmation, but when he heard this, he immediately laughed dumbly.
"On the contrary, she is a ...... A carefree lady who doesn't know how to use power. β
Xiao Hanyu was dumbfounded: "Huh? β
"I remember that in the winter when I was five years old, the queen mother pinched my face in front of my grandmother, and said with a smile, 'It's good that my mother has such a smart and beautiful son as you,' and I didn't even notice that she had been glanced at by my grandmother coldly several times." As he spoke, he glanced at Xiao Hanyu nonchalantly, "You say, will such a queen mother be a strict person?" β
The girl smiled dryly and squinted her eyes: "Uh-he-he-he...... It doesn't seem like it will. β
Li Wujian smiled silently, but quickly sighed in disappointment: "It's a pity that she went too early, and I haven't done my filial piety properly, so she is gone." β
As soon as the words fell, Xiao Hanyu involuntarily restrained her smile and lowered her eyes silently.
The tacit silence spread around the lips of the two, until a moment later, the girl opened her lips coldly.
"My mother died very early, and I can't even remember what she looked like." She lowered her eyes and whispered, as if she was talking to Li Wuji, and as if she was talking to herself.
"What kind of person is your mother?" Li Wujian asked her softly, but she didn't answer him for a long time.
Could it be ......
She ...... Doesn't it treat you well? β
It is true that a folk woman who was asked for her body by the king of a country has not been accepted into the palace for a long time, and is forced to bear the notoriety of being pregnant out of wedlock, giving birth to a child alone, and shouldering the responsibility of raising her - it is not impossible that her mother, who must not have felt good in her heart, will be angry with her because of this.
"Actually...... It's not too bad. At this time, he heard the little girl suddenly speak, and raised her eyes to look at the beautiful bed curtain intently, "She is...... Well, I don't know very clearly, sometimes I talk and sometimes cry and laugh, one moment she hugs me, says that I am the most loved person in her life, and then points at my nose and scolds me for being a shameless villain. Speaking of this, she turned sideways coldly, and looked at the man with slightly locked eyebrows with a serious face, "Your Majesty, do you think that in fact, she regards me as her father?" But I'm obviously a girl! And he looks much cuter than my father! How could she get confused? β
As soon as these words came out, Li Wuji, who was still deeply sympathetic in his heart one moment, couldn't help but jump at the corner of his eyebrows the next moment.
Listening to her tone just now, looking at her expression just now, he thought that she had always hidden her sadness in the bottom of her heart, and now it seems that she is probably not as sad as he thinks, right?
Having said that, Li Wujian immediately realized that this was not a bad thing. At least, the little girl has not grown into a self-contemptuous and complaining girl because of what happened in her childhood, at least, she can still talk about this old thing casually with a vivid and vivid expression as she does now.
"Your mother is probably stimulated and mentally abnormal, so she mistook you for not intentionally targeting you." He curled the corners of his mouth slightly, and comforted her gently.
"That's what you see too? I'll just say it! She loves me the most, so how can I be called a bad guy? I'm clearly an obedient and sensible good boy! When Xiao Hanyu heard this, she suddenly felt that she had found a soulmate, and couldn't help but talk to herself in front of the other party.
Li Wujian was amused by her self-boasting little appearance, and was just about to open her mouth to say something, but she suddenly came back to her senses and said: "But don't get me wrong, although my mother's brain is not very good, but when she is not sick, she is still good to me." β
As she spoke, as if to prove something, she hurriedly took out a jade pendant from the placket of her clothes.
"Your Majesty, look, this is a birthday gift that my mother bought for me when I was six years old." She said with a smile, replaying the sweet and warm images in her mind, but she was quickly saddened by the scene that followed, "It's a pity that this only gift became a relic she left me three months later." β
Li Wujian silently stared at her slightly distracted face, and then his eyes turned to the emerald green jade.
He didn't have any special research on jade, but he could tell that it wasn't a good jade pendant, and there was even a faint crack on it.
However, it is such an inconspicuous jade pendant that pours out a mother's love for her child.
"Your mother's spirit in heaven will bless you. So, you have to be good and don't let her worry. β