Zhao Xiu's feelings became complicated for a while.

She really wanted to tell herself that this was actually a very ordinary trivial matter, because Gao Zhen was familiar with her, and she didn't want the girl to be troublesome, so she asked her, an outsider, to sew and mend the padded jacket for him, and this padded jacket was originally made by her, and she would save more trouble if she went to mend it. How old are he and her? According to his age, he is a student in the first and second grades of junior high school, and she has not even graduated from elementary school, so it seems too early to say that he has any romantic feelings for her.

However, Zhao Xiu quickly thought that in ancient times, teenagers and men could get married, so what's the big deal about falling in love? Gao Zhen is more than three years older than her, strictly speaking, she is thirteen years old, and for some families, this is the age at which it can be said that they are engaged. He was born in a royal family, so it is not surprising that he is precocious, and it is even more normal to have a crush on the opposite sex who is pleasing to the eye. She is a little younger, but because she is tall, people who don't know still think that she is eleven or twelve years old, and her appearance is also a little beautiful, which makes people look good. During the month at sea, the two got along day and night in a relatively closed environment, talking and chatting together, blowing the sea breeze, and looking at the scenery every day.

Zhao Xiu re-laid the burden, his heart was in a mess, and he didn't know what to do next.

Gao Zhen is a very good boy, although he looks cold, but that's because of the encounter guide over the years, when he was a child, he was actually very soft and cute. Zhao Xiu asked herself, she had a good impression of Gao Zhen. I like it, too, but this kind of liking is not between men and women. She was not able to give him any emotional response just yet.

But perhaps, she doesn't need a response just yet?

Zhao Xiu looked at the burden and decided to pretend to be stupid, anyway, her body is still young now, and she is still far from love and marriage, maybe in a few years, she will like him?

Of course, it is also possible that young people are uncertain. By the time she grows up, he's already found someone he really likes. First love, how many people's first love can last? He doesn't even count his first love for her now. A crush at best.

When I think of the taste of love in my two lives, I have a noble and cool young man who has a crush on him, who is cold to others, but always gentle and kind to himself. It's a good feeling.

Zhao Xiu was a little distracted. In a trance, I smelled the fragrance of plum blossoms, and inadvertently looked out the window, only to see Gao Zhen standing at the foot of the steps, talking to Cao's mother, Yanyun and Yanxia, but what he said but couldn't hear it. A thought flashed through Zhao Xiu's mind, that is, when did Yanyun get sick and come back on an errand? She didn't seem to see each other when she came today. However, this thought was instantly thrown out of her mind, and she began to stare at Gao Zhen's back.

Gao Zhen was diagonally facing away from her, his eyes not looking at the three women in front of him. Instead, he stared straight at a clump of wax plums in the courtyard, and there was no expression on his face. But looking at it from her angle, I only felt that the bridge of his nose was high, the curvature of his cheeks and chin was really good-looking, and there was a bit of youthful roundness in his sharpness, and his posture was straight, his waist was straight, and there was an indescribable momentum.

Zhao Xiu just stared at people's backs and made a nymphomaniac, fortunately no one saw it, but the person concerned didn't know if he felt it, and suddenly looked back at this side. Zhao Xiu hurriedly retracted his gaze, stared down at the ledger, and fiddled with the ivory abacus aimlessly with his hand, pretending not to peek at him.

She didn't know if he had spotted her voyeurism, and it took a while to muster up the courage to look again. He had already turned around again, and was saying something to Cao's mother, when Yanyun seemed to cry with joy, and fell to his knees and kowtowed several times.

Gao Zhen doesn't seem to have found anything?

Zhao Xiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, seeing Yanyun's abnormal behavior, his attention finally withdrew from Gao Zhen's body, and began to guess what was wrong with Yanyun.

Gao Zhen turned around and walked back to the main house. Zhao Xiu hurriedly adjusted her sitting posture, looking casual, and when he entered the Dongnuan Pavilion, she smiled at him: "Did something happen?" I saw that Sister Yanyun seemed to be very excited. ”

He had just glanced back and knew that she could see their conversation from the window, and even if he didn't pretend to be staring at him, he couldn't say that he didn't know what was going on outside, it would be too fake.

Gao Zhen's expression was very flat: "It's nothing, she begged me to do something, and I agreed to help." Has the girl already sent the baggage? He saw the stone blue silk bread on the kang beside her.

"yes." Zhao Xiu touched the burden, and suddenly had a whim, "I took a look, isn't this the padded jacket I made for you on the boat?" At that time, I left the south, and the farther I went north, the colder the weather became, and I saw that the prince and you, as well as my brother, did not bring much warm clothing, so I hastily made a few jackets with the things on the ship, and distributed them to you, in fact, whether it was the style or the stitches, it was not good. When the prince arrived in Tianjin, he changed into new clothes, and after my brother arrived at home in the capital, he stopped wearing it, how can you ...... Do you want to sew it up? ”

Gao Zhen's expression was still very flat, as if it was just a very ordinary little thing: "Oh, it was very comfortable to wear at that time, although it was hastily sewn, but the cotton wool was thick and even, and it was warm to wear, and the style of the placket was also very convenient, I often love to wear it at home, because it is strong and dark, and I am not afraid of staining the clothes inside when I write and read books on weekdays." I also asked the girl to make a new one, which is good to replace and wear, but they always love to embroider flowers here, embroider grass there, and make good homely clothes, and they have to make a silk surface, and they think that the cotton wool is not noble enough, so they have to get a fur lining, which is too far from what I want, so it is better to continue to wear this one. ”

To put it simply, the prince of Guangping likes the down-to-earth cloth jacket, and does not like the tall silk embroidered leather jacket!

Zhao Xiu's mood was a little complicated for a while, she tried hard to see a little bit of his true thoughts at the moment from Gao Zhen's face, but unfortunately she couldn't see anything, he was still as calm as a wave. Maybe he's telling the truth. All the previous speculations were completely because she was thinking too much!

The roots of Zhao Xiu's ears slowly turned red, and she didn't dare to look directly at Gao Zhen. Hurriedly looked away: "Actually, this padded jacket ...... The workmanship is not good, the materials are ordinary, the clothes are not good-looking, there was no choice before, and now you are not short of clothes to wear, it is worn out again, it is really not worthy of your identity. Anyway, it's a lot warmer now. You don't need to wear a padded jacket anymore, and even if you do sew it, you won't need it. By the end of the year, when you grow taller, you won't be able to wear this jacket anymore, so it's better to forget it, right? ”

Gao Zhen looked at the roots of her red ears. I thought to myself, "Could it be that she guessed my intention to ask her to mend her jacket?" That's why you're shy? But he said, "You have a point." Why don't you make me a new one? ”

What does this mean? To make a new jacket, he has manpower in Guangping Palace, why do you want her to do it? Boy, does it really matter if you say these misleading words to the little girl with a calm face?

Zhao Xiu gritted his teeth and stared at him, and said word by word: "Am I doing needlework for people?" Why should I do it for you? ”

Gao Zhen froze, thinking to himself that he was really too contemptuous? She was willing to make clothes for him, and that was love. But when he took the initiative to ask her to do it, he belittled the other party. He had absolutely no intention of snubbing her. I can only think of ways to make up for it. He said with some frustration: "If my sister doesn't want to, then forget it." ”

However, his frustration, in Zhao Xiu's ears, was still the kind of tone that was so flat that there was no trace of emotional fluctuations, as if her little temper just now was unreasonable. Zhao Xiu was suddenly a little discouraged, in fact, Gao Zhen didn't do anything wrong, it was completely because she made up too much of her own brain, and this temper was unreasonable. He liked the padded jacket she made, nothing else, and she should be happy.

Zhao Xiu said sullenly: "It's not that I don't want to, but I'm only making new cotton clothes now, and the weather is already warm, you can't wear it, and it doesn't fit at the end of the year, so it's better to help you do it after autumn." ”

Gao Zhen was overjoyed, and the expression on his face softened a lot: "Then thank you, Sister Zhao." Of course, he hasn't forgotten the original intention of the topic: "This old padded jacket ......"

Zhao Xiu waved his hand: "Since I agreed, I will sew it for you, and I will go back to help you make it up tonight." ”

Gao Zhen's mood was better, remembering the good atmosphere before, he flicked the ivory abacus beads: "Let's continue to reconcile, right?" ”

Zhao Xiu suspected that he heard a little joy from his tone, was he in a good mood at this time? But it doesn't seem to be that interesting to look at the expression, and if you're in a good mood, why do you have to ask someone to help you take inventory?

Forget it, it's all because she makes up too much brain anyway. Zhao Xiu cleaned up his mood and refocused on the ledger.

Before the evening, Zhao Xiu said goodbye to Zhong and Gao Zhen, the princess of Guangping, and took the car home. As soon as she walked on the front foot, Cao's mother found Gao Zhen on the back foot and reported the result of the action to him: "The Yanyun family has been saved." I found a family member who was born in the face, pretended to be a human servant, and went to the Zhong family Zhuangzi to buy people, not only Yanyun's family, but also other old servants of the Zhong family. Except for two who died before today because of old age or because they were too badly injured after being beaten, there was no one missing. The people below loaded all these people into a car and transported them to the south in front of Zhongjiazhuang Ding, saying that they were going to Sichuan, but in fact they went to the Grange in Daxing to settle down. ”

Gao Zhen nodded: "Please ask my mother to go and talk to Yanyun, arrange for her to visit her family in Daxing in two days, and remind her that she will have to serve the princess wholeheartedly in the future, and no more dissenting intentions." ”

Cao's mother hurriedly agreed, and on the second day, Yanyun rushed to the grange in Daxing County, the palace of Guangping Wangfu, full of excitement, to meet his family. On the third day, when she returned to the palace from Daxing, she asked to see the prince, and she wanted to see her alone.

Gao Zhen didn't know what she wanted to do, so he allowed her to come to his study, and when he saw her enter the door, he began to kowtow, and said: "There is no need to say more about gratitude, as long as you wait for my mother in the future, you will repay me." If you dare to have any more different intentions, don't blame me for not reminding you, your family is here with me! ”

Yanyun kowtowed, and said with tears in his eyes: "Don't worry, the slave and maid don't dare to have two hearts." Seeking to see you today is to have a secret matter to report to the world. She took out a letter from her bosom and offered it with both hands: "This is the slave's younger brother stolen from the study of the eldest master of the Zhong family. Before he died, he handed the letter to the slave's younger brother, saying that it was a big secret related to the Zhong family. After the slave's brother escaped, he hid the letter at home in order to prevent it. After he was arrested and returned to Zhongfu, the slave's mother asked the slave's sister to hide the letter closely, so that no one could find the letter back when searching the house. Originally, the slave maid's family thought that this letter would never see the light of day, but they never expected that the son of the world would be benevolent and save the slave and maid's family. The slave's family did not dare to hide it, but they could only dedicate this letter to the son, and it was all up to the son to dispose of! ”

Gao Zhen stared at her, and after a long while, he took the letter from her hand, and at first glance recognized the words on the envelope, which was the handwriting of King Ying. His hand couldn't help but pause.

Soon, he opened the letter and read it, Rao was calm, and he couldn't help his heart skip a beat, and then the more he read it, the more annoyed he became.

He sealed the letter as it was and looked at Yanyun: "You haven't read this letter, and your family doesn't know that there is this letter, let alone handed it to me." ”

Yanyun was stunned, but then understood, and kowtowed: "Don't worry, the slave doesn't know anything about believing it or not, and the slave and maid's family have never seen a word." ”

Gao Zhen nodded with satisfaction, he looked at the letter in his hand, pressed it against the bookcase, and frowned. (To be continued......)