Chapter 12: Dissenting Hearts
Ye Xunhuan and Xie Zhen were drinking tea and chatting in Xie's mansion, and the atmosphere was harmonious, but Yan Ming, who entrusted her to give things to Xie Zhen, was in the evening court at this time.
He sat on the couch and hugged a weeping woman in his arms.
Of course, this woman is a noble woman.
Cao Wan pressed her face to his chest, crying pear blossoms with rain.
Yan Ming's eyebrows were soft, he looked at her very gently, stretched out his hand and gently stroked her face: "Okay, okay, don't cry, this hall knows that you were frightened this time, you can rest assured, this hall will definitely find out that person and give you a thousand knives to vent your anger." ”
At the end of his speech, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
Cao Wan shook her head slightly, and sobbed in a low voice: "Your Highness, the reason why the concubine is crying is not because the concubine has suffered such humiliation, the concubine is worried about His Highness!" “
She reached out and covered Yan Ming's palm, raised her head, and met Yan Ming's gentle eyes with a pair of teary eyes.
"The concubine thought about it that night, if the concubine really can't keep her innocence, then use a white silk to hang herself under this beam, but although the concubine is not sorry to die, she is still worried about His Highness! That night, the guards didn't catch that person, it can be seen that that person must be from the palace, he has other accomplices to cover him, so he can get out of the way, who is this person, the concubine is still unknown, but as long as the concubine thinks that his purpose is to frame His Highness, the concubine shuddered. ”
Yan Ming's brows furrowed slightly, "How can Wan'er say that she wants to frame His Highness?" ”
Cao Wan gradually stopped her tears and said, "Your Highness, think about it, if the other party didn't know the relationship between you and the concubine, why would he do such a thing to the concubine, a noble person who has fallen out of favor?" This is obviously to provoke you, Your Highness! Besides, if someone hadn't secretly pointed out the county lord of Zhu'er, why would she come to the concubine's court this night? Is it really just a passing by? ”
Yan Ming pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly: "Wan'er is as careful as a hair, and her analysis is very reasonable. It seems that in this matter, it is the temple that has caused you to be affected. ”
Cao Wan saw him blaming herself. His eyes suddenly moistened again, and he only choked up: "The concubine only hopes that Your Highness is safe and sound, as for the concubine, what is the grievance of the concubine?" ”
The more she is so empathetic. Yan Ming felt more pity for her in his heart, and couldn't help but bow his head and kiss her delicate face lightly, and said in a low voice: "Wan'er, don't worry, this palace will definitely live up to you in the future." ”
Xiao Wan lowered her head shyly. After a turn of thought, he smiled bitterly and said: "The concubine knows that with the identity of the concubine, she will not be able to stand by His Royal Highness's side openly in this life, and the concubine only hopes that His Royal Highness can occasionally think of the concubine when he marries the concubine Qin Se and Ming in the future, and the concubine will be content." ”
Yan Ming smiled and reached out to scratch her nose, and quipped her: "This is contentment?" Why does the main hall smell sour? Isn't it true that although you say this, you are secretly jealous in your heart? Don't secretly cry your nose then, right? ”
"Your Highness!" Cao Wan was told that she was broken, and she immediately blushed in shame, and gently beat his chest with her hand, and her hands were all coquettish and moving.
Yan Ming looked at her. couldn't help but sigh softly and said, "However, I really want to wronged you." Wan'er is like a lovely person like a fairy, but she can only hide behind her back silently for me...... It's a pity that I'm not strong enough to give Wan'er a name for you. ”
Cao Wan's eyes were sour, and this sentence of Love/Lang has really reached thousands of words in this world.
She sighed, threw herself into Yan Ming's arms again, and called out repeatedly: "Your Highness, Your Highness!" ”
Yan Ming also tilted his head and leaned his head on her forehead affectionately. Very attached looks.。
The two hugged and sat quietly for a while.
Xiao Wan reluctantly packed up her feelings, and asked softly, "Your Highness, is that Miss Xie Liu good-looking?" ”
Yan Ming's hand holding her body stiffened, but it immediately softened.
Xiao Wan had already sensed the unnaturalness of his moment. I couldn't help but look up to see what his expression was.
Yan Ming's face was faintly expressionless, as if Miss Xie Liu was just a title to him.
He said lightly: "Which slave is playing with your tongue in front of you?" ”
Cao Wan couldn't figure out his feelings for that Miss Xie Liu, and hurriedly lowered her head and said with a very nervous look: "Please Your Highness, don't blame them, none of them said anything in front of the concubine, it's just that the concubine happened to hear that Your Highness asked Lord Ye to send something to that Miss Xie, if you are not happy that the concubine mentioned that Miss Xie." The concubine did not mention this matter after her death. ”
Seeing her frightened expression, Yan Ming couldn't help but smile slightly, reached out to stroke her hand, and said softly: "Wan'er, don't think about it, I don't mean to blame you, the reason why I hid Miss Xie Liu's affairs from you is just that I am afraid that you will be cranky when you know it." ”
Cao Wan smiled sadly and said, "What qualifications does the concubine have to think about it?" Your Highness, are you sure it's Miss Xie Liu? ”
Yan Ming bowed slightly, and said patiently: "Her family is of great benefit to me. ”
Cao Wan smiled dismally and said: "That's good, the concubine is here to wish His Royal Highness the two of them to be able to love each other and grow old." ”
Where can Yan Ming not see that her words are insincere? only chuckled: "Jealous again? Don't worry, that Miss Xie Liu is everyone's best girl, and she knows how to advance and retreat very well, even if she knows your savings in the future, she will definitely not be embarrassed by you. ”
Cao Wan smiled absentmindedly, and tightened the arm around Yan Ming's waist.
She doesn't care what others do to her, as long as the man in front of her can take her to heart, she will die without regrets.
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"Auntie!"
People hear it before they hear it.
In other words, people who don't know are only afraid to think about which girl is so uneducated, but the palace people in Kunning Palace hurriedly lowered their heads, didn't dare to look at it more, and respectfully greeted the visitor.
"Lord Zhu'er is auspicious."
The county lord of Zhu'er did not take these palace people seriously, and only strode into Empress Dong's bedroom with his skirt.
Empress Dong was sitting in front of the dresser, served by the palace people to remove the hairpin, and when she heard the voice of her beloved little niece, she couldn't help but smile in her eyes, and only scolded softly: "Shouting and screaming, what kind of system is it?" ”
The lord of Zhu'er doesn't care why the system is not decent! She is now full of grievances, and when she saw Queen Dong, she couldn't control her feelings, so she only shouted "aunt" in a crying voice. Tears immediately fell.
Empress Dong couldn't help but feel a little sorry for this little niece who had been cared for in the palm of her hand since she was a child, so she waved her hand and asked the palace maid who had removed the hairpin for her to step back for the time being, and beckoned to the county lord of Zhu'er: "Zhu'er, what grievances have you suffered?" Tell your aunt. Aunt calls the shots for you. ”
Lord Zhu'er sniffled slightly, stepped forward and squatted in front of Empress Dong, held her hand, and called out mournfully, "Auntie." ”
It's really like I've been greatly wronged.
Empress Dong gently touched her head. Gentle said: "What's wrong?" Is the eldest prince bullying you again? ”
The county lord of Zhu'er flattened his mouth and said, "Yes and no." ”
Empress Dong couldn't help laughing and said: "Yes, yes, no, yes, ”
Lord Zhu'er said: "Aunt! The eldest cousin always avoids Zhu'er, is Zhu'er really so annoying? Or is it that Zhu'er is ugly, so the big cousin doesn't like to see me? ”
This usually arrogant girl said aggrievedly at this time that the reason why her sweetheart doesn't like to see her is because she is ugly, it can be seen that she is too affectionate, if it is not because she likes it too much, how can she feel that she is not good everywhere?
Empress Dong, who was a person who had come over, sighed lightly and said with pity: "What stupid thing did Zhu'er say? If Zhu'er is so good-looking and thinks she is ugly, then wouldn't the world be all ugly? ”
Girls always like to hear words that praise themselves, and Lord Zhu'er suddenly burst into tears and laughed. "Not really! In Zhu'er's eyes, her aunt is the best-looking person in the world. ”
"It's sweet in your mouth." Empress Dong nodded her forehead with a smile and said, "You, just hide in front of your eldest cousin and say these nice words, where would he be willing to ignore you?" ”
But the eldest cousin is hiding from her now! Even if she wanted to say something good, the eldest cousin didn't listen, and the county lord of Zhu'er became sad again, snorting and said: "Auntie, don't comfort Zhu'er, Zhu'er knows that the eldest cousin doesn't have Zhu'er in his heart, and the eldest cousin now has only Miss Xie Liu alone in his heart." ”
Empress Dong frowned. said, "How do you know about Miss Xie Liu?" ”
Lord Zhu'er also looked at her in surprise and asked, "Aunt also knows about Miss Xie Liu?" Could it be that the eldest cousin told your aunt about it? ”
The more she spoke, the more her mouth became flattened, and she was about to cry immediately.
Empress Dong had no choice but to say: "No, Ming'er didn't talk to the palace about Miss Xie Liu. It was when I was chatting with Concubine Shu that day in the palace that I talked about this Miss Xie Liu, and you also know that now your fourth cousin is studying with that Miss Xie Liu. ”
The county lord of Zhu'er naturally knew about this, so she also asked the fourth cousin: Is there any unknown relationship between the eldest cousin and Miss Xie Liu.
At that time, the fourth cousin was very sure to tell her that there was no relationship between the two of them, and she was stupid enough to believe it! But who knew that it would be on that day. She found out that her eldest cousin actually asked Ye Xunhuan to send something to that Miss Xie Liu, and also wrote a letter!
The fourth cousin lied to her! She will never trust her fourth cousin again!
The county lord of Zhu'er was very angry in his heart, but he naturally couldn't show the anger in his heart in front of Empress Dong, so he only said aggrievedly: "Auntie, do you know that the eldest cousin has often been a guest at the Xie Mansion recently. ”
Empress Dong smiled: "Ming'er is visiting Xie Mansion when she has a serious business, Zhu'er, don't misunderstand." ”
Lord Zhu'er said: "Zhu'er didn't misunderstand, Zhu'er knew that the eldest cousin went to Xie Mansion to see that Miss Xie Liu, and Zhu'er also saw with her own eyes that the eldest cousin Tuo Ye gave Miss Xie Liu a gift." ”
Empress Dong frowned and said, "You saw it with your own eyes?" ”
Although she didn't see it with her own eyes, it was almost the same, she and Cao Guiren heard it with their own ears, and both of them heard it in their ears, and it would not be wrong to think about it. Besides, Cao Guiren also told her that His Royal Highness the Great Prince once asked her what gifts girls would like through Ye Xunhuan's mouth......
Didn't the eldest cousin mean to give Miss Xie Liu a gift?
Lord Zhu'er hated it in his heart.
She said categorically: "I saw it with my own eyes, aunt, you have to make the decision for Zhu'er!" Auntie, you said that Zhu'er will marry her eldest cousin and become the crown princess in the future, and she will ...... in the future."
She wasn't too stupid after all, and stopped the conversation before she could say anything even more uncontrollable.
Future...... Will you be a queen in the future? For the first time in her heart, Empress Dong was dissatisfied with this little niece, everyone wants to be a queen, but is this queen so easy to be?
She calmed her face and taught the county lord Zhu'er: "Zhu'er, don't say this again in the future, and no matter what you do in the future, now that the emperor has not canonized the crown prince, you keep saying that you want to marry Ming'er and be the crown princess, so isn't it to trap your eldest cousin in the dilemma of unfilial piety and injustice?" ”
When she grew so big, she had never only seen the gentle side of Empress Dong, but now she suddenly saw her talking to herself so harshly, the county lord of Zhu'er couldn't react for a while, and after reacting, he immediately flattened his mouth again, and tears welled up in his eyelashes.
Empress Dong saw that she was about to cry at every turn, and her heart was suddenly a little irritable, she realized that she was too doting on this little niece in the past, no matter what she was, she coaxed her, so that she developed a temperament that she doesn't like to think blindly and willfully now, no wonder Ming'er wants to avoid her.
If it goes on like this, even if she has the heart to let Ming'er marry her as a concubine, even if Ming'er agrees under her pressure, it is difficult to guarantee that she will not cause a big disaster because of this temper in the future, in case she drags Ming'er down again......
Empress Dong originally wanted to kiss and kiss, which made her mother's heart to support her son shaken for the first time.
If Ming'er marries such a concubine, it will be useless to seize the throne, if he succeeds once and ascends the throne as the emperor, should the queen be served by a narrow-minded woman who only cares about petty feelings and loves all day long?
No! She would never allow the son she had painstakingly cultivated to be stained in the slightest.
Son and mother, she did not hesitate to choose the former!
It seems that it is really necessary to choose a knowledgeable concubine for Ming'er, maybe that Miss Xie Liu is good? Behind him stood the Xie family. And Ming'er also likes her appearance.
She then said: "Zhu'er, if you don't feel at ease, how about the palace announce that Miss Xie Liu will enter the palace in a few days and let you beat her carefully?" ”
Lord Zhu'er was pleasantly surprised: "Really? ”
Empress Dong smiled and nodded, her eyes as doting as before.
If you can't even pass Zhu'er's pass, then there is no need for that Miss Xie Liu to be included in the selection of the main concubine.
The county lord of Zhu'er didn't know that the thoughtless words she said to Empress Dong today caused her to lose her position as the concubine directly, and she was still thinking about how to embarrass Miss Xie Liu in a few days! As everyone knows, he silently became the touchstone of Empress Dong.
(To be continued.) )