The fine charcoal eyebrow pencil used by the royal family is the best product of Yangzhou special tribute. Legend has it that there is a very delicate kind of charcoal powder, and the small jasper families in the south of the Yangtze River are good at dressing up, so time uses this fine charcoal powder to light the eyebrows, and the appearance is slender and moving.

Qin Mubai pillowed Princess Gaoyang's head on his left forearm, wrapped his palm around her face, and held the eyebrow pencil steadily in his right hand.

Princess Gaoyang's small hands gently hooked Qin Mubai's left wrist, her eyes closed, and her slightly sickly pale face looked peaceful and happy. The corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, revealing a pair of small dimples that he had not seen for a long time.

"Okay, you look in the mirror." Qin Mubai said.

"No, it's not okay." Princess Gaoyang grabbed his hand and refused to let go, grinning.

Qin Mubai Wan'er smiled: So soon, is that naughty and eccentric Princess Gaoyang back?

Originally, he also wanted to coax Princess Gaoyang, but when he thought that the emperor and Concubine Yin were still outside, he had to take the initiative to raise his arm to help Princess Gaoyang up, push her to sit in front of the bronze mirror, and pointed inside: "Look, how is it?" ”

"Hey, it's okay." Princess Gao Yang grinned cutely, "I didn't expect you to be a big man and clumsy, but you really know how to thrush." ”

"Self-taught!" Qin Mubai replied with a smile, quietly turned his head to take a look, and saw that Li Shimin's back had just turned around and disappeared at the corner of the courtyard.

He's gone.

Qin Mubai breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the door and took a look, there was no one else for the time being, so he hurriedly walked into the house and said to Princess Gaoyang: "Ling'er, how do you feel now?" ”

Princess Gao Yang blinked blankly: "Very good!" I'm fine when you're back. ”

"You were ...... before Is it deliberately pretended? Qin Mubai finally asked a sentence that had been depressed in his heart for a long time.

Princess Gao Yang shook her head stunned: "It's too, it's not ...... I myself knew that I was going crazy, but I didn't restrain myself, I just wanted to vent desperately, vent, and vent until I was exhausted and died. ”

"Do you remember what we said when we were in Jishan?" Qin Mubai asked.

Princess Gao Yang nodded: "Remember a little bit......"

"I remember that we agreed at the beginning, after you returned to Beijing, you admitted your mistake and compromised with the emperor and expressed your willingness to marry into the Fang family, did you do this at that time?"

"It's done."

"Then why did it turn out like this again?"

Princess Gaoyang was stunned for a moment, and shook her head blankly again: "I don't know...... Anyway, my father was furious, saying that even if I was willing to marry the Fang family, he would not marry me, and said that he would marry me to Tibet, and said that he didn't want me anymore, and said that he would put me in the cold palace......"

As she spoke, Princess Gao Yang burst into tears again.

"Okay, don't cry. Don't talk about that. Qin Mubai hurriedly stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears from her eyes, and said with a comforting smile: "Ling'er, it's okay now." You know, it was the Emperor who asked me to come and see you. He told me that he wanted you to get better, and that he would stop forcing you to do anything you didn't want to do. ”

"Really?" Princess Gaoyang was overjoyed, but immediately frowned and shook her head again and again, "I don't believe him!" He's a bad guy, he's the devil! He's not my former father anymore, he doesn't care about me at all, he doesn't want me for a long time! ”

"Hey......" Qin Mubai sighed lightly, shook his head and said secretly: It seems that this incident has really left too many shadows in Princess Gaoyang's heart.

"Mu Bai, will you take me away?" Princess Gao Yang stretched out her hand to hold Qin Mubai's face, and said in a trembling voice, "I never want to leave you for half a step again, and I never want to stay in this palace without a trace of humanity for a moment." I'd rather be a poor village woman than a walking corpse that lives in glory and wealth, and I don't want to be a tool for him to give away and use. Mu Bai, can you take me away, take me away? ……”

"Ling'er......" Qin Mubai reached out and held her pair of soft wattles in the palm of his hand, gently stroked them, and said softly, "This matter needs to be considered in the long run." If you believe me, just give me a little time and I'll take you away. But in this time, you have to be obedient, okay? ”

"Well, I'm good!" Princess Gaoyang was full of anticipation and joy, and nodded her head like a chicken pecking rice.

"You have to eat, sleep, and bathe obediently, you can't lose your temper, you don't beat people indiscriminately, and you don't speak ill of your mother and father." Qin Mubai patted her hand, "Especially yours...... Mother. ”

"Mother...... Mother ......" Princess Gao Yang blinked her eyes in a daze, "Where is my mother?!" ”

"Do you want to see her?"

"I think! I want to see her! ”

"Then ......" Qin Mubai smiled, "Eat your stomach first, and then I'll take you to see your mother!" ”

"Yay!" Princess Gaoyang suddenly raised her arms and cheered, "I want to eat stewed lamb tripe, yellow braised fish and salted and dried pork with large noodles and steamed buns!" I want to eat with you, and I want you to feed me bite by bite! ”

"No problem." Qin Mubai smiled softly, and his heart was a little lighter: Now it seems that Princess Gaoyang's consciousness has recovered a lot. Previously, she was just stimulated too much, and she deliberately indulged and vented her anger, breaking the jar and half-truths and half-truths, and the result was getting worse and worse. In fact, her spirit is still normal, but after the pillar in her heart collapsed, the whole person also collapsed.

That spiritual pillar is her father, Li Shimin, the emperor who once loved her the most and gave her everything from childhood to adulthood.

It can be imagined how heartbroken Princess Gaoyang should be when Li Shimin was furious at Princess Gaoyang, saying that he would marry her to Tubo, not want her anymore, and send her to the cold palace...... Maybe at that moment, she couldn't even cry. Because, mourning is greater than dying. The moment the heart dies, the soul also perishes, and the whole person is like a walking corpse.

The concubine Yin, who has been dependent on her since she was a child, also seems so powerless in the face of the emperor. In Princess Gaoyang's view, her mother and father are one.

Perhaps it was from that moment that Qin Mubai became her only concern. It's so far out of reach. She was like falling alone into a bottomless abyss, falling and falling in a never-ending way. There was only the cold wind around her, she couldn't scream, she couldn't cry, she could only let her body and soul fall endlessly, falling into hell from which she could never recover......

Just when she accepted her fate and sank to the end, a little star appeared in front of her. A pair of gentle hands held her up and stopped her from falling. Gently hugged her and leaped to the other side of the cliff. She saw this person's face clearly, it was the only face in her heart - Qin Mubai.

She swore that if the heavens kill me, let me fall like this forever; If there is love in the sky, let me see him again in my lifetime!

Then, he came......

A flame of hope, weak but strong, bloomed again in the lake of her heart. It is like a holy white lotus blooming in a pool of blood and water, so beautiful that it is amazingly beautiful and suffocating!

"Qin Mubai, I will never leave you again in this life! If there is an afterlife, I will be with you for the rest of my life! Even the punishment of the gods, the curse of the devil, and the hindrance of the whole world cannot separate us!! ”

——This voice echoed in Princess Gaoyang's heart for a long time.

Swallowing the white-flour steamed buns, Princess Gaoyang's red eyes looked at Qin Mubai in a daze, tears raining down.

"Fool, why do you have to cry even if you eat a steamed bun?" Qin Mubai didn't know what to do, so he could only reach out and wipe her tears.

"I'm happy, I'm happy, you know?" Princess Gao Yang sniffled and smiled again.

"I would like to eat white flour steamed buns with you for a lifetime!"

……

After accompanying Princess Gao Yang to eat a full meal, perhaps it was a long period of tension and rage that finally calmed down, Princess Gao Yang said that she was sleepy and wanted to sleep. Qin Mubai asked the Huanyi woman to bring a clean and comfortable sleeping couch and placed it in this hut for her to sleep.

"Don't go away, stay with me......" Princess Gao Yang stubbornly grabbed his hand against her face, and looked at him with wide eyes.

"Okay, I'm not leaving. But how do you sleep with your eyes staring? Qin Mubai smiled gently, "Good, I'm here to guard you." ”

"I want to listen to the pipa music you play, I want to think about it, I want to ...... it"

"No problem!"

Qin Mubai had no choice but to ask someone to fetch another pipa, and he would play a tribute to "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" on Princess Gaoyang's couch. Halfway through the song, Princess Gaoyang fell asleep soundly.

I slept very soundly and sweetly, and the corners of my mouth gently lifted up a little, revealing a sweet smile. The breathing in the nose is relatively heavy, which shows that he is indeed extremely tired, and this sleep is almost like a coma.

Qin Mubai breathed a sigh of relief, walked out of the cabin lightly, closed the door with his hands, and told the two old women in Huanyi to wait here, while he walked towards the front yard from time to time.

Not surprisingly, the emperor and the concubine must still be there waiting for their reply!

When I went to the front yard, I saw Li Shimin standing alone under a small tree with his hands on his back, looking up at the bare trunk above his head, in a daze.

After Qin Mubai walked over, Li Shimin came back to his senses, turned his head and smiled slightly: "It seems that Ling'er has improved." ”

"Thanks to Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness the Princess's condition has stabilized a lot." Qin Mubai replied.

"What blessings have come upon her?" Li Shimin sighed, shook his head and said, "At this moment, in her eyes, I must be about to become a devil." ”

Qin Mubai was slightly stunned, thinking that Li Shimin had heard most of the conversation between him and Princess Gaoyang just now, so he said, "Your Majesty doesn't have to be sad. In fact, in the heart of the princess, His Majesty has always been the most important. The so-called love is deep, and the wound is ......"

"Hmm......" Li Shimin nodded lightly, "No matter what, she's getting better now, which is better than anything else." I don't think on weekdays, once she has any illness, I really feel like a knife. In fact, no matter what I do, it's always for her good. Although sometimes I am annoyed and speak heavily, it is also an unintentional mistake. It's a pity that Gao Yang is too young to understand this. Mu Bai, if you are free, you should talk to her more. ”

"Wechen should obey orders." Qin Mubai gave up, thinking that Li Shimin could be regarded as a true confession...... In fact, he was telling the truth. He has always loved Princess Gaoyang, and even doted on him. The emperor's daughter married the Xunmen, which was a common practice in the Zhenguan Dynasty, and several princesses had previously married the sons of the founding heroes. And Fang Xuanling is the minister that Li Shimin has always relied on the most.

For a long time, there are no more than three confidants and close ministers who are most valued and trusted by Li Shimin. "Fang Mou Du Xuan", the other is his eldest brother, the eldest grandson Wuji. Now Du Ruhui has died, leaving only Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji.

Among his daughters, except for the eldest princess, who married the son of the eldest grandson Wuji and her cousin Changsun Chong in her early years, there is no royal daughter Xu who is stronger than Princess Gaoyang.

This is also enough to see Li Shimin's preference for Princess Gaoyang.