"And what do you want?"

"What does the prince want?"

For a while, there was no sound in the room, Cui Yi still had the same face as paralyzed, but there was a complicated light flashing in his eyes, as if he remembered something that was not humane to outsiders. Zhiying waited patiently for him to open his heart.

After a long time, Cui Yi let out a long breath, got up and walked towards the bathtub prepared behind the screen.

"What this king wants is to be himself," Cui Yi squirmed behind the screen for a while, Cui Yi put his dirty clothes on the screen and stepped into the bathtub, "I don't want to be manipulated by others, let alone used by others." ”

Zhiying sighed in her heart, thinking of her original purpose, and suddenly felt ashamed of herself.

I always thought that Cui Yi was simple-minded and didn't like to think, but no matter how stunned people were, they could tell who was really good for themselves and who was ill-intentioned.

Cui Yi pillowed his head on the edge of the bucket, rubbed the sweat and mud on his body carelessly, and said: "When the queen mother was still alive, one of the things she often said to me was, you are the eldest son, you have to fight for the queen mother, you have to fight for the queen mother......"

"Later, the queen mother passed away, and I was handed over to the care of Concubine Duan, and she loved to say this sentence the most, you have to fight for your dead mother."

Zhiying listened to it in her heart, thinking that she was not the same, as the eldest daughter, she was poured too many expectations, and in the end she only got the name of a princess, and occasionally went home to visit her father, you can feel that the eyes they look at themselves are no longer as kind as before.

She knows the pain of living in the expectation of others and longing to break free, and having to bear the pain of disappointment after breaking free.

"It's just trying to use me, Queen Mother, Concubine Duan, and you." Cui Yi said the last sentence lightly, scooped up the water with a water scoop and poured it off his head.

Footsteps could be heard outside the screen.

"Where are you going?"

“…… Go to the yard and blow the wind. ”

The moon is like a jade plate in the sky, the bright light sprinkles the courtyard, and the leaves cast mottled black shadows, swaying with the cool evening breeze.

Zhiying casually put on a cloak and slowly walked down the steps, with a fragrance of hydrangeas at the end of the wind, Xiaoqiu came from the side room and asked her what she needed, she just shook her head slightly.

Exploit.

yes, aren't you here to take advantage of him? Use him to fight against the crown prince, use him to protect his father and sister from harm, and use him to ...... Avenge the deep revenge of the fire in the previous life. irrefutable use, I never even thought that if Cui Yi found out his intentions one day, he would be sad and sad.

When he said the phrase "you are all just using me", Zhiying felt like a clumsy liar, who had been exposed to the trick and ridiculously exposed in broad daylight.

What made Cui Yi let go of his hand and didn't put her to death?

What made her ashamed of her ulterior motives, and didn't even know how to face him?

Zhiying stood in the court, unable to calm down for a long time.

When she returned to the room to rest, she saw Cui Yi lying on the soft couch outside, with her hands pillowed behind her head, already asleep.

Zhiying silently stepped forward to cover the quilt for him, and then gently blew out the candle.

The next day, Cui Yi still got up early to go to the court, and Zhiying personally put on the court clothes for him, put on the crown, and then said: "The prince asked me what I wanted last night, and I thought about it all night and thought it through. ”

"Say." Cui Yi lowered his head and arranged his sleeves.

"I want to die."

Cui Yi was stunned, thinking that he had misheard: "What did you say?" ”

Zhiying repeated again: "I just want to die at the end of my life." ”

Cui Yi stared at her for a long time, and finally nodded slowly: "Got it." ”

The end of life is not difficult for ordinary people at all, but for the prince and his daughters, it is an unattainable luxury.

Whether Cui Yi can understand her words or not, Zhiying doesn't dare to assert, but at least he can understand that he is not a person who covets glory and wealth, and is different from Queen Xiaopiao, Concubine Duan, and Aunt Guo, who hope that their mother will be noble with their son.

I just want to die.

Got it.

If that was a promise, she decided to take a gamble.

The day after the Xie brothers and sisters arrived in the capital, Concubine Duan sent someone from the palace to the palace and invited them to reminisce about the past. A woman who enters the palace as a concubine can only save a kiss once in five years, and Concubine Duan and her sister in her hometown, as well as Xie Yong's brothers and sisters, have not seen each other for several years, there must be a lot to say, considering that she is an outsider, it is not good to be on the side, Zhiying politely refused the invitation to go with her, and the little eunuch did not force it, and led the Xie family brothers and sisters into the carriage.

In the early afternoon, someone came to report that the Xie brothers and sisters had returned, and Zhiying was just busy with the matter at hand, so she wanted to go to Xie Yong to talk about the purpose of their brothers and sisters entering Beijing.

When Zhiying knocked on the door, Xie Yongzheng was writing something in front of the desk, and when he heard the sound, he looked up, and hurriedly covered the unfinished thing with the scroll on the side: "Madam! ”

"Am I coming at the wrong time to disturb you?" Holding Ying hesitated at the door.

Xie Yong hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, Madam, please come in, please!" ”

After the tea was served, Xie Yong thanked him cautiously, and then said apologetically: "Actually, I should have gone to make amends to Mrs. yesterday, Yuchan her...... Since I was a child, I have been pampered by my father and aunt in the palm of my hand, and I have not suffered anything, so it is inevitable that I am a little ignorant, and I hope Mrs. will not be surprised. ”

Zhiying has a bad impression of Xie Yuchan, and her impression of Xie Yong's brother is not bad, how much ability is another matter, at least people are very polite and not annoying. "No, Miss Xie is still young, and she will inevitably be a little willful, I won't worry about her."

Xie Yong breathed a sigh of relief, held the teacup in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and said: "My sister and I came to the capital this time, firstly, to visit Concubine Duanniang, and secondly, my father hopes that I can beg for food under the prince's hands, whether it is paperwork or master book, whatever...... It's all right, but depending on the meaning of the prince, it seems、It doesn't seem to be planning to take us in......"

Zhiying smiled and comforted: "No, the prince was too busy yesterday, he was not in a good mood, they are all his own relatives, and it is also appropriate to take care of each other, another day the prince is free, I will remind him again, I don't know which subject Xie Gongzi is better at?" ”

There are more than ten subjects such as the Ming Sutra, the Ming Law, the Ming Character, and the Ming Calculation, but the most valued are only the Ming Sutra and the Jinshi two subjects.

Xie Yong wiped the beads of sweat from the tip of his nose and whispered, "I have been studying in the academy for a few years, but because of my poor health, I have been intermittent...... I can't say which subject I'm good at, hmm......"

That is, if you can't read a book, you can go through the back door? Zhiying is in trouble, he is now thirsty for talent, it is a good thing that someone comes to the door, but it is another matter if someone comes who can't help much, Xie Yuchan splashed at the door, completely deducted Cui Yi's impression of their brothers and sisters into a negative number, Xie Yong is a literati who can't read, it is really not easy to persuade Cui Yi to leave them behind.

"Isn't it...... Can't you? Xie Yong asked cautiously.

"Whether it's okay or not, I always have to ask the prince, I don't count, but you can live in the house with peace of mind, if you lack anything, you can just open your mouth to the housekeeper, don't be too restrained," Zhiying didn't dare to pack the ticket, so he had to cover it vaguely first, "Gongzi Xie is here to join the prince, what about Miss Xie?" After visiting Concubine Duan, do you want the palace to send someone to send her back? ”

Xie Yong was even more embarrassed, his white face turned red, and he didn't drink it or not, and it took a long time to squeeze out a sentence: "Yuchan is ...... Also, it's also a ...... to vote, well, to defect to the prince."

Holding Profit: "Ah......"

Xie Yongyi knelt on the ground with a grunt, so panicked that he couldn't even speak clearly: "Madame, stop being angry!" My father, my father took my sister to Beijing, the purpose is to marry Wu Wangfu, my father said, filial piety Queen and the eldest mother are cousins, if the prince marries Yuchan, it is a kiss, no matter how good there is no thing, my father also said, Xuanzhou is rich, the Xie family has been in business for three generations, and it is also quite a bit of a family background, if the prince does something in the future, the Xie family is willing to spend all the family property to fund! ”

"You ......" Zhiying didn't know what to say about this family, two self-righteous parents, raised a pampered daughter, and the son sent to explore the way was still a timid and cowardly lord, not only did he not cling to the sycophancy of the stammer, but instead of a condescending attitude, as if marrying his daughter to Cui Yi was a great favor to them.

Where did the Xie family get this kind of confidence, Zhiying felt incredible.

"Brother! How do you get on your knees? There was an angry roar outside the door, and Xie Yuchan seemed to have received a notice from the maid and hurried over. Her cheeks were crimson, her chest was heaving, she was obviously angry at the scene she saw, she rushed into the door in a few big strides and kicked Xie Yong's ass fiercely: "You are also a person with status, how can you kneel down to a subordinate?" Daddy's face has been lost to you! ”

Your father's face is all for you to lose, Zhiying thought silently in her heart.

Xie Yong crooked in pain, and reached out to pull her: "What are you talking about, how can you be so rude in front of your master, and don't apologize to Madame quickly!" ”

Xie Yuchan shook him off vigorously, took a step back, and looked at Zhiying defiantly: "Master? What kind of master is she, I am the future mistress of this palace! If I want to apologize, she knelt down to apologize to me, just a maid, seeing Miss Ben sitting still, it is unreasonable! ”

"Oh, really?" Zhiying slowly stood up, smiling, and looked at the Miss Xie in front of her, who was only as big as herself, "I really can't be considered the master of the palace, but I don't know how Miss Xie can be so sure that she will be the mistress of the palace?" ”

Xie Yuchan's eyes narrowed: "Of course I'm sure, I have a marriage contract with Brother Yingrong!" My cousin made a marriage contract for us when she was still alive, and I was destined to be the princess of Brother Yingrong from birth, and no one would want to snatch him from me! ”