Chapter 68: Curiosity Kills the Cat
The air in the yard is very fresh, and the willow trees next to the pond are already glowing yellow-green buds at this time, which makes people feel very happy.
But such a beautiful scenery always has a bad scenery, and I don't know if this haunting Seventh Prince really likes me, or wants to use me to make some articles.
But my current identity is very sensitive, and his identity is also very special, if what he said to me just now was heard by others, then there would be a big disturbance in the palace.
Now is the queen mother's birthday banquet, everyone is gathered in one place, if I meet with him here in private and be stabbed and reported to the emperor, then I guess it is not just as simple as being sick and uncomfortable.
I guess I have to be beaten into the cold palace this time, after all, who is the emperor, there is no shortage of women, but it is extremely cruel to treat disloyal women.
On the one hand, I'm afraid of trouble, and on the other hand, I really don't want to get into trouble.
Listening to the birds chirping on the branches, the turquoise water with dragonflies dotting the water, and the waves rippling out in circles, I exhaled deeply.
The Seventh Prince is actually not very bad to me, except that every time I meet him, there is nothing good, and today is such a critical and important juncture, so I decided to appease him first and persuade him to leave here and stay away from me.
Otherwise, when the Queen Mother finds out, I really don't want to have good fruits to eat.
Originally, I was sick and did not go to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday in person, if something went wrong at this juncture, it would be terrible.
So I raised my hand to help the hairpin on my sideburns, and then straightened out the cuffs, and then raised my eyes to look at his eyes, he was not bad, the royal one was full of momentum, and the gorgeous clothes on his body made him more and more outstanding.
But just one glance, I lowered my eyes. The Docile Way:
"Seventh Prince, since you have a good intention, I will no longer refuse you, but today is really not a good time to speak, you leave first, wait for next time, next time we will make it clear, okay?"
"Oh? Accept my heart? Accepted my gift? When is the next time, you give me a word, don't try to send me away. And then after the fact, it was repaid. ”
He actually saw my perfunctory and cautious intentions at once, but so what, if he is for my good, he shouldn't be in an embarrassing situation of being unkind and unjust at this time, right?
So I simply had a showdown with him, stared straight at him and said:
"Since you are also a person who understands, then I don't say secret words, I think you now, immediately, hurry up and leave this courtyard for me! I don't want to see you right now. ”
He put his hands around his chest, as if he wanted to stare at my face as a flower, but I didn't like him, and I looked at him directly, without any timidity.
He seemed to be amused by my appearance. The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and his facial expression softened, but I felt that his smile contained more than one layer of meaning, including ridicule, ridicule, and an unknown taste, a hint of spoiling, and I quickly shook my head.
How is it possible, this Seventh Prince is not a fuel-efficient lamp, as long as he survives in this deep palace and lives until now, how simple can a person who goes out to be crowned a king have?
Either his background is strong, that is, his mother has always protected him, but I don't know much about his past, so I will put him back in place and rely on his own strategy to live until now.
"Huh, what? Don't you wonder what the Queen Mother said that day? ”
He actually tempted and threatened me with the events of that day, but I did not intend to climb up his hook, but said mercilessly:
"You lie to me, if the Queen Mother wants to do something to me, do you think I will live until now? If she wanted to dispose of me, she would have dealt with me a long time ago. What exactly are you trying to say? Ask me what do you mean by that? ”
"It's not interesting, since you said so, you can't see it, you're quite smart."
I'm not smart? Will I live to this day? If you are not smart enough to enter the palace, I am afraid that you will not survive more than three quarters of an hour.
When he asked this, I already understood that he wanted to scold me, and I just didn't want to be complacent with him, not only to expose him, but also to force him to leave.
"Since it's not interesting, then you can leave quickly."
Unexpectedly, he didn't continue to say any more nonsense this time, but really praised me for being smart, and then he left. It's kind of strange to say, I thought he had some other tricks up his sleeve to stay here and continue to pester me?
As a result, he left uncharacteristically, and I was relieved and thought of something else.
And I also want to find out what is going on with the Seventh Prince today, but I haven't figured it out myself, so I plan to go to Qiushui and tell her about it, to see what she thinks, and what she thinks about it, and by the way, I also ask from Qiushui's mouth what the Seventh Prince is.
So I stood up from the gazebo, patted the folds on the hem of my skirt, looked around, and once again confirmed that there was no one in this courtyard.
Raise your feet and walk out of the yard.
Because now the people in the palace have been transferred to the queen mother's birthday banquet to be on duty, and everyone is busy before and after, for fear that something will go wrong.
I quickly found Qiushui, and when I found her, she was watering flowers and pruning branches in a courtyard.
I watched her bury her head, not seeing me, and ran towards her with the hem of her skirt, and then, five or six paces away, shouted to her:
"Autumn water!"
She immediately looked up, then smiled very happily, squinted her eyes, threw away what she was holding, approached me, looked me up and down, and said:
"Chang Zai, how did you get here? Doesn't it give you a good rest? Why are you running around? ”
"No, I wanted to be quiet and didn't want to show up, but guess who I just met?"
Qiushui looked thoughtful, as if she was really thinking about the question I asked her.
"Let the slave think about it, who do you often meet here, so excited? Isn't it the Seventh Prince? ”
"Huh? Why was he the first thing that came to mind? ”
"Who else in this palace can make you look like this besides him?"
"What do I look like?"
"It's nothing, it's just that every time I meet the Seventh Prince, I feel that something will happen to you, so the slave wants to persuade you to stay away from him."
"But, he, oh, why don't we find a place where no one is talking, my head is going to explode today."
I dragged Qiushui towards an empty corridor over there, and I met a person, I didn't look closely, but I heard her salute me. Then I waved my hand and continued to pull Qiushui towards the front.
Wait until you get to a more secluded place.
I just probed my brain to check if there was anyone eavesdropping around, and then I pulled her to hide behind the stone and whispered: "Qiushui, the Seventh Prince, he came to see me with a gift today, and then I didn't want it, so I asked him to take it, but I didn't expect him to tell me directly that he liked me." ”
I told Qiushui what happened after I met the Seventh Prince, and after Qiushui heard it, he also covered his mouth and stared at me with an unbelievable look.
I think this is also told to Qiushui, otherwise if it were another little girl, I guess I would have to jump up in fright.
"How so? Always, don't believe the words of the Seventh Prince, here I tell you quietly, don't believe him easily, the slave thinks he can't be sincere, more, I think his playful temperament is more to play tricks on you. ”
Hearing what Qiu Shui said, I was even more sure of what I was thinking, the Seventh Prince didn't really like me at all, but had another purpose.
I finally gave up, and then said to Qiushui with a smile: "How is it possible, I can tell you this, I just want to find someone to talk to, I know his purpose very well, and he doesn't really like me at all." ”
"Mm-hmm, you must not be tempted by him."
She was worried from the surprise, and grabbed my hand with a worried face, and then told me not to be moved, I nodded, and then patted her hand, signaling her to be reassured.
"Rest assured."
"Mmmm, Chang is here, you can't be deceived, the slave maid thinks that the Seventh Prince is very likely not sincere, but wants to play tricks on you."
"I know, forget it, why don't we talk about him, annoying guy."
After that, I took Qiushui back to my dormitory under the pretext that I was not feeling well, and I thought that today would be safe. I've been hungry for a long time.
After Qiushui prepared some dishes for me, I began to eat slowly.
But I didn't expect that the queen mother's banquet ended soon, and Qiushui told me some gossip she heard today, that lady was ugly again, which concubine had a hot face and pasted the queen mother's cold ass, or today's emperor favored that beauty.
I listened to it with relish, and listened carefully to it as a story about the next meal, and the aftertaste was endless.
"Hahaha, it's really funny, keep going."
Qiushui was preparing and planning to tell the story, but I didn't expect a little eunuch to come in in a hurry outside, saying that the Queen Mother had summoned me and asked me to prepare and hurry to the Queen Mother's bedroom.
I took the command, and then pulled off a hairpin on my head, looking at the little eunuch in front of me, although I am not a popular person in front of the emperor, but this was suddenly summoned by the queen mother, and I can't be sure for a while, what is the so-called.
I stepped forward, shoved things into the hands of the eunuchs crossed, and then asked with a smile:
"Father-in-law, the Queen Mother suddenly summoned the concubine, what happened? My father-in-law knows a thing or two. ”
The eunuch took the things, then hid the hairpin in his cuffs, and replied with a smile:
"Always, aren't you embarrassed? The Queen Mother and her old man want to see whoever they want to see, let us invite people over, the Sprinkle family can't guess the thoughts of the Queen Mother's old man at will, this is disrespectful, naturally can't ask more mouths and tongues, strange questions, but when the Sprinkle family came, it was more ears, and I heard that the Queen Mother seemed to want to ask about Chang Zai's condition, how is it now. ”
After talking about the truth for a long time, the last sentence is the point, it's just a little bit of his casual words, I heard it in my ears, I thought in my heart, their words were so chaotic, I was afraid of being manipulated, I naturally understood the truth, after sending the eunuch away.
I instructed Gong'e to take down the food, and then asked Qiushui to change my clothes and put on makeup.
When I was putting on my makeup, I told Qiushui to make my makeup weaker.