He picked up a piece of bamboo shoots, put it in Shunhua's bowl, and said with a smile:

"You may not know that my good Nine Emperor Brothers, who have been good people to the end, recommended you to my father, and my father remembered that you and Fu Shenyi had made meritorious contributions to the plague, and also gave you ten thousand taels of gold and a mansion, and the mansion given to you is opposite and next door to this king."

"What?"

Shunhua was suddenly shocked.

Then wouldn't she have to give up a royal mansion and ten thousand taels of gold for nothing?

Xiao Thirteen was surprised to see her, and mended his gun: "Actually, the people of the Nine Emperor Brothers have been waiting for you at the city gate, you have to thank me, if it wasn't for this king putting a sack over your head and bringing you back, you would have been caught in the palace to receive the reward." ”

"The implication is that this favor, if the eldest brother doesn't help, he has to help?"

"Naturally, who else can this king touch besides you?"

Shunhua raised the wine glass, put it in front of Xiao Thirteen, poured a pot of wine, and said an inexplicable word.

"Pick it up and smell it."

Xiao Thirteen picked up the wine glass without thinking, and was greeted by a very strong aroma of wine, as well as a faint aroma of fat powder on the rim of the glass.

"No, this king is going to throw up."

Xiao Thirteen covered his grip, picked up a plate of braised pork, and vomited.

The woman gave a meaningful look and put down her chopsticks.

"What should I do if I make a mistake in my wishful thinking?"

"Why, how so? This king was obviously before..."Xiao Thirteen was surprised.

"Actually, Miss Ben wanted to tell you before, you can touch me, just because I was wearing men's clothes in the past and didn't rub the fat powder, you don't realize that Master Ben is a woman."

It's really heart-wrenching to say this sentence myself.

Shunhua soothed the wounded little heart, and then said: "The reason why you can't touch women, can't smell the fragrance of fat powder, is because they can evoke your unbearable memories, the scene you want to forget the most, when you were young, you were frightened, this nightmare is like a small seed planted in your heart, constantly taking root and sprouting, and then, it begins to gradually affect your life, everything about you." ”

"Isn't the root of it all because of you..."

Shunhua shook his head and interrupted Xiao Thirteen's words.

"Not necessarily, or it shouldn't be me, do you remember the killer we met in the second village of the world pretending to be a cook?"

"You mean to say... How likely was someone who disguised himself as you, and made trouble at my father's birthday party, staged a ridiculous show, and ruined your reputation? ”

"Although there is no evidence, but every time the people around me mention these things, Miss Ben, who has never forgotten it, has no memory at all, so I suspect that the person back then was not me at all, although I was a little offended, do you remember, what was special or strange about me back then?"

Xiao Thirteen pursed his eyes slightly, as if he didn't want to mention the events of the year again, but in the face of the clear eyes in front of him, he still tried to think about it.

As he recalled, he said:

"Back then, 'you' was very frivolous, and everyone had to make up for it, as if they were in a hurry to get acquainted with the dignitaries in the court, especially my Nine Emperor Brother and Brother Prince, my father wanted to try your literary talents, and you had poems and couplets, but unfortunately, you couldn't answer half a sentence, and everyone present made fun of you for being stupid, but it was your sister who was out of the limelight, and then what happened, this king said, you also know."

"Got it."

Shunhua thought for a moment, as if he had figured out something.

"Did you think of anything?" Little Thirteen asked anxiously.

"Not yet." Shunhua raised her eyebrows slightly, "You are still anxious about your own affairs, tomorrow's lotus banquet will be an execution ground for you, think about what way you can get out." ”

"Actually, as long as you don't apply rouge gouache, you'll be fine."

Xiao Thirteen muttered this to Shunhua a little like laughing.

"According to what you mean, do you still want Miss Ben to wear a woman's dress, a hairpin, and no makeup? No, no. ”

"Why? Big brother, you're a 'man'. Little Thirteen pretended to be surprised and laughed.

"In the past, it was okay to wear men's clothes, but it was absolutely not okay to wear women's clothes."

Shunhua's attitude is very resolute.

"Why?" Little Thirteen Fox stared at her suspiciously.

"Tomorrow to attend the lotus banquet must be sixteen or seventeen years old, just out of the pond, petite and cute little white lotus, Miss Ben, this big lotus flower that does not apply powder, compared with them, it will definitely be overshadowed, Miss Ben will not do it, but it's you, you can't bring a woman, you can bring a man." Shunhua raised his eyebrows and said mischievously.

"With a man, what kind of trick is this?" Little Thirteen asked with interest.

"Isn't there a 'tall and handsome' Lan guard by your side? Take him around the field and say a word to your father and the queen mother. ”

Shunhua's voice pretended to be rough and said: "This king is not a woman, so this will be settled immediately." ”

Xiao Thirteen put a handkerchief against his nose and leaned over, "Big brother, aren't you afraid that your little brother will spread rumors of a good manhood?" ”

"It's better to be a good man than to vomit to death... Wait, where did you buy this veil? ”

Is it time to say veils?

You can't even say you're not a woman.

Xiao Thirteen really wanted to roll her eyes, but now that the crisis has not been resolved, she still needs to rely on her smart head, so she has to reply patiently:

"This handkerchief is unique to this king, you can't buy it outside, if you want it, this king can send you a basket to the house."

After that, the white and slender hand handed the handkerchief to her eyes, and the begonia flowers embroidered on it were very eye-catching.

"No, Miss Ben has one too."

Shunhua took out another handkerchief at the same time, and said helplessly:

"At that time, Miss Ben was broken by the village woman of Qujia Village, and she was on the line between life and death, but you actually saved me."

"Are you the little blind man?"

What kind of fate is this, Xiao Thirteen suddenly got goosebumps.

"That Miss Ben knows, how to sing this play?"

Xiao Thirteen wiped his arm and looked at Shunhua suspiciously.

*

The next day, early in the morning, the fog has not yet dissipated, the pink lotus in the pond is like a girl who still hugs the pipa and half covers her face, raising her head slightly, and the lotus leaves in the pool moving in the wind, shaking out bursts of ripples in the water, causing the dragonfly to shake the shadow of the water.

In addition to the palace maids, the emperor and the queen mother who attended in full costume were surrounded by palace ministers, daughters of wealthy families, and women's dresses of different colors, sitting together, like colorful hydrangeas.

The little thirteen dressed in gray, like a little 'green' among thousands of flowers, led two or three guards and stepped forward heroically.

"The sons and daughters meet their fathers and grandmothers."

"Okay, Little Thirteen, Grandma Huang hasn't seen you for a long time, come and sit down?"

Hearing this, the little prince looked at the rouge on the emperor's grandmother's face and couldn't help but retreat.

"Grandma Huang really loves to laugh, today's lotus beauty is current, how dare my grandson sit next to you, a great beauty, and not be afraid of fainting?"

"Hahahaha... Okay, Xiao Thirteen is still so good at coaxing the mourning family to be happy. ”

The Queen Mother waved her hand and motioned for him to sit down, but Xiao Thirteen actually stood in place and did not move.

He said:

"Actually, this time, my grandson wants to introduce someone to the imperial grandmother, and this woman is my grandson's favorite person."

Hearing this, the four were shocked.

These daughters who get up early in the morning to dress up and dress up, in order to make the little prince fall in love at first sight and become the thirteen princesses, now, the thirteen princes have their favorite people, what are they doing here?

Really when they came to enjoy the lotus flowers?

"Quick, hurry up and invite her in and let the royal grandmother take a look."

The Queen Mother doesn't know how long she's been waiting for this day, has Little Thirteen's misogyny finally been cured?

"Come here."

Hearing this, the woman who had been hiding behind the crowd walked to the front of the hall, this woman was wearing peach blossoms, light veils and masked, and there was a sense of mystery that seemed to be real and illusory.

"Folk girl, meet the saint, meet the queen mother."

Before the old emperor could open his mouth, the Queen Mother interrupted anxiously: "Hurry up, please get up, look up at the palace and see, how delicate the little thirteen favorite person looks." ”

Shunhua raised his head slightly, and the facial features in the veil were like lotus flowers in the fog, with a kind of fairy aura that was out of the world.

"This temperament is really good, but..." The Queen Mother raised her orchid finger, flipped her chin with her index finger, and asked suspiciously: "Why don't you take off the veil and show your true face." ”

"Back to the emperor's grandmother, in order to save her son, she accidentally ruined her appearance, and some scars fell on her face, and her grandson couldn't bear her to show up, so she was instructed by others, so she was asked to wear a veil and come to meet the saint, you will blame your grandson." Xiao Thirteen raised his hand and stepped forward, pretending to be pitiful.

Hearing this, the Queen Mother's eyebrows tightened.

"How... That would be a pity. ”

She pitied her grandson, and at the same time didn't want Xiao Thirteen to marry a disfigured woman.

The emperor beside him saw Xiao Thirteen's exaggerated drama in his eyes, and a trace of naughtiness flashed in his eyes.

"Little Thirteen, come and tell me, how did you meet? You have misogyny, a woman who must be dizzy and nauseous within three steps of you, and you have a guard by your side, how do you get close to her? ”

The woman in the veil raised the corners of her mouth slightly, fortunately, they had been prepared for this question.

"Back to my father, on the day the retainer was assassinated, although the guards resisted desperately and were kicked into the river and sea, it was she who stepped forward to rescue the retainer."

Little Thirteen pointed at Shunhua excitedly.

Not a single word of these words is false, and it is not a deception.

"You were assassinated? When, where, and by whom? The old emperor clenched his fists excitedly.

"Erchen doesn't dare to say it here."

Xiao Thirteen's words reminded the excited emperor, and he looked at the daughter beside him slightly, it is indeed inappropriate to discuss matters here.

The Emperor tried to calm his mind.

"That's it, since you're fine, let's discuss this matter later, tell me quickly, how did this woman disfigured in order to save you?"

Little Thirteen then flickered:

"At that time, he saved Erchen who almost drowned, and in order to collect medicine for Erchen, she... I actually met a bear. ”

"Bear?"

The old emperor was so shocked that his eyes were about to fall, and the queen mother was even more stunned, and she couldn't speak.

"That's right, in the end, although she died nine times and survived, her face was... It became like this. ”

Little Thirteen raised his sleeves to cover his face and pretended to cry.

Immediately, the audience was silent, a gust of cold wind blew, and everyone's faces were full of black lines, thinking that the most they heard in their ears was at least a love story that could be sung and cried, what kind of ghost story is this?

Did the woman fight the bear?

After she won the bear, she snatched back the herbs and cured the Thirteen Princes?

is so fierce, how can you fight with her?

"Uh... It's a very 'moving' story. The old emperor choked up, "In that case, I will give you a marriage right away, and fulfill this rare and wonderful marriage of yours." ”

The woman was stunned and said in shock, so fast?

"Father."

Xiao Thirteen hurriedly stepped forward and interrupted.

"Actually, the misogyny of the sons has not been cured, as the father said, the sons and daughters can't get close to the woman they like, how can such a son-in-law easily give her the promise of being a good husband for a lifetime?"

Xiao Thirteen's heartfelt words made the emperor and the queen mother a little moved.

"That's right, you can't be in a hurry about this matter, it's better to pass the Fu Divine Doctor into the palace, take a good look at Xiao Thirteen and this girl with damaged flowers, cure it, and let the two of them get married, it's not too late."

The old emperor also agreed with the queen mother's statement and threatened:

"What the queen mother said is very true, pass the order, hurry up, and let Doctor Fu enter the palace on the same day."