Chapter I

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Su Yao really couldn't believe what happened today. She sat on the bed in a daze, her little white feet fiddling with the already cold footwater. How did she become a queen for some reason? Yesterday, I asked Xiaohuan to go to the street corner to buy fragrant meat buns to eat, if I enter the palace, I won't be able to eat them again? For her, this is tantamount to death, if she can't eat fragrant meat buns, what is the meaning of life?

The voice was sharp, yin and yang, and the grand duke who wanted to laugh when he heard him speak also said that it was a marriage contract that had been there for a long time. Shit, I've lived for sixteen years, most of my life...... It seems that something is wrong, anyway, I have never heard of this marriage contract since I was a child, and Daddy and Auntie have never mentioned it, because I don't know where this marriage contract came from, I have to let myself go to a completely strange place, and it is the kind that I don't bring back during the New Year's holidays. She seemed to see the tears in the corners of Auntie's eyes, the melancholy between Daddy's eyebrows, and the corner meat bun waving to her with tears. The emperor's order is difficult to disobey, no one can contradict the emperor, this is the truth that A-Niang has taught her since she was a child, and her ears are calloused.

Forget it, let's just go on a tour. The palace is so big, if you want to complete it all, you have to ...... Many, many days.

Su Yao couldn't figure out when the marriage contract was, she had lived in the boudoir for a long time, not to mention the current emperor, even the miscellaneous servants in the family couldn't see each other a few times. Could it be that it is a marriage by fingertips? It's not right, when I wasn't born, my father hadn't been named the Duke of Su Guo, which doesn't make sense. It is said that the emperor kept filial piety for the emperor for a whole year, and it won't be the emperor's dream when he kept filial piety......

Su Yao thought left and right, and suddenly her stomach was hungry. It is said that the emperor was one year older than himself, and when he cut, the old cow ate tender grass and was shameless.

I'm getting hungry and hungry, and I want to eat the meat buns on the street corner...... She suddenly remembered that in the winter when she was six years old, a very rich man had come to visit their house, and he had several people carrying a large sedan chair, and he had brought many people to the water around his house, and the people who followed him at that time were dressed in the same costume as the Grand Duke. Six-year-old Su Yao had never seen such a big battle, she knelt on the ground and poked her head curiously, the people who were surrounded by her were very good-looking, her eyes were bright, and her aura was extraordinary. He was followed by a boy who was half a head shorter than himself and dragged a long nose, and the two of them looked like they were carved out of a mold.

That day, the man chatted with Daddy for a long time, and Auntie also took out the dragon tea that Daddy regarded as a treasure to entertain the man.

Originally, in addition to worshipping the ancestors during the festival, Daddy strictly ordered Su Yao to go out, but for some reason that day, Daddy was able to move freely on a special basis, and I don't know if he bumped into something good, maybe he took one more when he bought meat buns and was not discovered.

She dragged the boy to the corner to buy meat buns, and the boy's hands were cold, but soft.

"You...... What's your name? The boy sniffled, blushing slightly, looked at her timidly, and asked weakly.

"Su Yao...... The boss took a meat bun and ate it fresh, and then wrapped ten more for me, oh no, twenty, I'm going to take it home and eat it. ”

"Su Yao...... Su Yao ...... "Looking at the way he repeatedly recited his name in a childish voice, Su Yao knew that he must have dozed off in the school hall and didn't listen to his husband's lecture properly, so he didn't know the strokes of her name." Alas, if the young man does not work hard, the boss will be sad.

Su Yao broke the fragrant meat bun in half, handed the half with less meat to the boy, and eliminated the half with more meat by dividing it by two.

The boy took the meat bun in a daze, his little hands were red, and his face was red.

Is it necessary? Isn't that half of your meat a little less? Why do you look like you're going to cry? Are boys so stingy? Su Yao was speechless. It's a big deal, I'll give you two more...... One...... Half a half, this time the meat will give you a little more.

Listening to A-Niang, the little boy is called the prince. Hearing this name, Su Yao almost squirted out a mouthful of water, if it weren't for Daddy beside her, she would probably have laughed. Is there anyone else in this world with the surname Tai? also took such a stupid name, in this way, the good-looking uncle is also surnamed too.

"Little lady, if you want to eat, my sister still has it here." Su Yao held on to the meat bun in her arms.

"What sister, they say, you are a year younger than me." The boy wiped his snot with his little frozen red hand, glanced at the half meat bun in his hand that was about to cool down, and didn't mean to move his mouth at all, "Also, I'm not called Xiaotai." ”

"And what's your name?" Su Yao thought about it, there really would be no one and no one would dare to get a name so stupid. Looking at the meat bun in the boy's hand, there were a few snowflakes on it. How can you fix it, if you don't like it, give it to me, such a fragrant bun won't taste good when it's cold.

Ling Yi. It was my father who gave me ......" Su Yao's gaze focused on the meat bun in the boy's hand. She didn't hear anything the boy said except his name.

With such a fragrant meat bun, you just watched it get cold...... Hmph, if I take you out to buy meat buns in the future, I won't be able to eat them again...... The meat buns I ate were not fragrant.

Before they left, the good-looking man suddenly asked Su Yao, do you want to go to the palace? Su Yao thought about it and asked him what was good about the palace, and he laughed and said that you can have whatever you want.

She thought for a moment and asked him if he had meat buns and new clothes? He laughed louder and nodded yes.

Hearing him say this, Su Yao nodded without thinking about it.

Seeing that she agreed, he restrained his laughter and walked away in a huddle.

Originally, Su Yao didn't feel that it was a big deal, but when she turned around, she saw A-Niang's eyes red. She was a little puzzled, was it because the meat buns she bought were not given to her? She looked at Daddy, who frowned and paced back to the study.

Isn't it just a few meat buns? It's a big deal to bring them the next time I buy it.

Thinking back to the present, Su Yao hugged her shoulders, she was going to the palace in a few days, and Daddy allowed her to move around at will these days. I still have a lot of things to do, Daddy's gray hair is getting more and more, and Auntie's body has lost a lot of weight, she really wants to climb the West Mountain alone, and pray for Daddy and Auntie in the Qingxin Temple there; There is also the eldest brother, when she was a child, she often sat on the shoulders of the eldest brother, and the eldest brother also said that he wanted to teach her archery, but since the eldest brother was sealed and what general was stationed at the border pass, he never came back, and he didn't even have a letter, she really wanted to wait for the eldest brother to come back and practice sword and chess with him, and then sit on his shoulder, and say that the eldest brother is a little taller; and Aya, when she was a child, she used to sneak over the wall and run out to catch fireflies and fly kites with Aya, although after that time, she was punished by Daddy to kneel in the ancestral hall for a day and a night, and her knees were swollen, but she didn't regret it at all, I really wanted to see Aya again; There is also a steamed bun shop on the corner of the street, and the meat buns in that house, no matter how many years have passed, they are still the same delicious. There are a lot of things that I haven't done myself, just a few days, and those things, when I go to the palace, I will never have a chance again.

That hateful slug, even if you are the emperor, you won't let me go, isn't it just that the meat bun you gave you back then was a little less meat, as for being so stubborn? Hmph, curse you to eat meat buns in the future, you will never be able to eat meat again, you can only eat bun skin!

Since the age of six, Su Yao has never seen the boy again, and I don't know if he still has a runny nose, thinking of the boy's fleshy cheeks that year, she suddenly wanted to pinch the boy's cheeks hard, that thing is not cute, but such a pinch, it should be crying for a long time...... Hey, hey, hey......

"Miss, are you smiling?" Xiaohuan, who came over to pour the foot-washing water, saw that the young lady showed a somewhat obscene smile, and called softly, "You have been frowning for the past few days, and those of us who are subordinates are also worried." ”

"I don't have it." Putting away the evil thoughts in her mind, Su Yao shook her head lightly, only then did she notice that the water was already cold.

"Seeing that you frowned and didn't speak, I didn't dare to disturb you," Xiaohuan lowered his head and said while wiping Su Yao's wet little feet, "The day after tomorrow, you are going to enter the palace on a pilgrimage, and this time the emperor's edict is urgent, and the whole palace is caught off guard." This time I was lucky enough to follow the young lady into the palace, and I heard that even the bricks of the house in the palace are gilded......"

Xiaohuan looked forward to it, her face was full of excitement and joy, it seemed that she should be looking forward to entering the palace. Su Yao didn't think about it so much, her heart had always been a meat bun, and she pinched the slug's cheek hard.

"Xiaohuan," Seeing that Xiaohuan didn't mean to stop at all, Su Yao interrupted her, "Do you really want to enter the palace so much?" ”

"Of course, there is no one in the world who doesn't want to see the palace of our Great Prayer Kingdom." Xiaohuan replied without hesitation, "Miss, you can rest early, and call me if you need anything." ”

With that, Xiaohuan left with the footwater.

"There is no one in the world who doesn't want to see the palace of our Great Prayer Kingdom." Xiaohuan's words have been lingering in Su Yao's ears.

I thought about it for a long time...... Su Yao patted her brain, and suddenly had a very terrifying thought.

Could it be ...... I'm not human?!

That night, Su Yao had insomnia. It's not because of her horrible thoughts, it's not because she's sad that she won't be able to eat meat buns on the street corner again.

She just couldn't sleep, her eyes widened, and she didn't fall asleep until the next day, just staring motionless. Then she fell ill, and the doctor said that she had a cold at night. Daddy punished Xiaohuan heavily for this and beat her board.

Su Yao knew the reason why Daddy was angry, but she was just thinking about the fragrant meat buns on the street corner.

This serious illness was menacing, draining all her strength, and she was groggy every day, thinking that it would be better to be at least closer to the fragrant meat buns. It's just that the daily food is not good, no, it should be terrible. Except for the decoction, which was as bitter as poison, the doctor didn't let Su Yao eat greasy things, not meat at all.

Quack! This quack! Scolding the doctor who treats himself every day is one of the things that Su Yao, who drinks cold cabbage soup every day, must do.

Ah Niang's eyes were red when she came to see her, and Ah Dad also frowned, making Su Yao feel that she would not see the sun tomorrow every time. Because of his serious illness, his marriage contract with the slug was also postponed.

Suddenly, one day, Ah Niang came to Su Yao's bedside and said to her that there were some people in the court who opposed this marriage contract, and Su Yao didn't have time to be happy when she heard it, so she heard Ah Niang say that it was the opposing force of our Su family. Although the Su family is the head of the four major clans, loyal martyrs for generations, and the old lady of the Su family is the founding father, but now the old lady Su and the second master have passed away, and your eldest brother Ah Jue is far away from the border, and the old man abandoned the official business, and the current Su family can be said to have no right to speak in the court, so the voice of opposition to the marriage contract in the court has been very loud, and the emperor has pressed it down alone. Now above the court, the other three forces are fighting very hard, the Su family is weak, if there is no back road for the emperor, the Su family is afraid that it will be very dangerous.

Hearing A-Niang say this, Su Yao was silent.

"If your eldest brother is here, they will not dare to be so domineering, Ah Jue is the general of the auxiliary country of the second grade......"

Her head was dizzy, and she couldn't remember what A-Niang said later.

She just felt dizzy.

That afternoon, the slugs came. The Su family didn't expect him to come, and everyone was so frightened that everyone knelt on the ground. When he came to Su Yao's room, she struggled to salute, this is what A-Niang said, when she saw the emperor, she had to salute, and her ears were calloused.

But he held her down and said softly, "Take care of your illness." His voice is so good, he has become better looking after not seeing him for so long, wearing a dark dragon robe, exactly the same as his father ten years ago.

"You...... No runny nose......" may have been burned, Su Yao's mind was blank, she opened her mouth weakly, and finally popped out these words from her white teeth.

He obviously didn't expect her to say this, he was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes flashed, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

His eyes are so beautiful, even better than the way he looks. So clear, so godly, there, she seemed to see the stars in the sky, and also saw her little self looking up at the stars.

Ling Yi...... Take me into the palace ......" After muttering these words, Su Yao fell into a deep sleep. She didn't know if it was a dream or reality, she seemed to feel the soft touch, and the generous leaning, it felt really warm, so soft.

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