11, kneeling ancestral hall
Xu Han knelt straight on the futon and rubbed his eyebrows, King Zhenbei is one of the palaces with different surnames in the Eastern Yuan Dynasty, and he has had it since the founding of the country.
This ancestral hall has been expanded and renovated for several generations, and it is large and deserted.
The cold wind blew in from outside the door, causing her to wince.
She sighed slightly, this is not the first time she has been punished by the king of Zhenbei to kneel in the ancestral hall, usually if she doesn't see it, once she sees it, she is driven to kneel in the ancestral hall.
Speaking of which, in the past ten years, although the relationship between King Zhenbei and the princess was not good, he was a model of a loving father in front of her, and he loved her no less than Princess Zhenbei.
She and King Zhenbei do not have an innate father-daughter relationship, and no matter how cold she is, she will not secretly poke and poke awkwardly with King Zhenbei.
The only thing I am worried about is that the princess Xu will have trouble with the king of Zhenbei as before.
Before, she specially told Xu Mian not to spread the matter of her punishment to the main courtyard, only said that she was tired, go back to the courtyard to rest, and go to the main courtyard tomorrow to ask for peace.
There was a sound of footsteps behind him, very soft, very slow.
She thought it was Xu Mian, and she didn't look back, "You go back to rest first, and come to pick me up tomorrow morning." ”
Before the words fell, a pair of shoes embroidered with delicate bamboo patterns stopped steadily in front of her.
The man bent down and smiled lowly, "Third brother, what my father said was that the ancestor forgave you before he got up, are you sure that the ancestor will forgive you tomorrow morning?" ”
Xu Han raised his head and looked at the person in front of him, wearing a moon-white brocade robe, with handsome facial features and deep eyebrows.
This is her cousin Xu Zhao, the white concubine.
After the death of his brother, the position of the prince of Zhenbei Wangfu almost fell to him.
If it weren't for someone in the court who said that the concubine couldn't inherit the title, otherwise she wouldn't have anything to do.
Xu Han just lowered her eyes, and she said lightly,
"How does the second brother know that the ancestor will not forgive me?"
Xu Zhao has never been a simple person as he appears on his face.
He doesn't leak a drop of water, and he kills people invisibly.
When she was first crowned, she suffered a lot of losses from him.
If it weren't for her experience as the daughter of a hussar general, she would have been taken down by Xu Zhao from the position of the prince.
Xu Zhao smiled faintly, condescendingly, looked at her coldly, and said indifferently,
"Father asked me to supervise you and prevent you from cheating and cheating."
Xu Han didn't look at him, he just knelt straight.
On this big night, I don't know what Xu Zhao's intentions are, and he definitely didn't just come to supervise.
Although the king of Zhenbei said that she got the forgiveness of her ancestors, she got up.
But who can really say whether the ancestors forgave or not?
The king of Zhenbei didn't mean to make her reflect on it or anything like that, it was just that she was unhappy and angry.
As long as she knelt for almost the time, no one said anything when she got up.
So, what does Xu Zhao want to do?
Xu Zhao leaned on the pillar on the side very leisurely, in his eyes, this younger brother was too weak.
If it weren't for the birth in the belly of the princess, the position of the prince of the palace should be his own.
He stared at Xu Han's back, under the hazy light, the back looked slender and weak, and he could pinch his waist with a hand.
Looking sideways, the long eyelashes trembled slightly, the color was like a flower of spring dawn, probably talking about my younger brother.
He looked at Xu Han lightly, he would snatch the position of the son of the world sooner or later.
What concubine can't inherit the title, so many emperors, how many are the queen's concubines?
Strength is the prerequisite that determines everything.
Xu Han was originally wary of Xu Zhao's tricks, although he seemed to be kneeling honestly, his heart was lifted.
Unexpectedly, Xu Zhao really stayed with him all night.
I don't know what he wants, it's freezing cold, and his thin clothes stand there all night.
At dawn, he moved his feet, slowly straightened his clothes, and his voice was slightly hoarse.
"Third brother, it's dawn, has the ancestor forgiven you?"
Xu Han didn't speak, just put his hands on the ground and prepared to stand up.
Although she practiced martial arts, she was always a noble son, and when she knelt down one night, her knees were a little disobedient, she didn't stand firmly, and fell back.
Fortunately, my knee fell on the futon and it didn't hurt too much.
Xu Zhao stood on the side with his hands in his sleeves and said mockingly,
"Isn't the prince Jin Wuwei who entered because of his strong martial arts? Why, you can't bear such a little bitterness? How else to be an errand for the emperor? ”
He stared coldly, not in the slightest intention of helping.
Xu Han didn't expect him to help, and called out Xu Mian.
Before Xu Mian came in, Xu Han was pulled up by the person who made a mockery on the side.
Xu Zhao's thumb rubbed slightly on Xu Han's palm, and there was a slight thin callus on it, but it was still incredibly soft.
He sneered in his heart, what can such a soft son do?
Xu Han took out his hand expressionlessly, wiped it on his robe, and it happened that Xu Mian came in, and she was helped out of the ancestral hall by Xu Mian.
As soon as she arrived at the gate of the courtyard, she saw Princess Xu waiting at the door, she glared at Xu Mian,
"Didn't you tell your mother? How did it still get discovered? ”
Xu Mian made a bitter face, "Shizi, last night my mother saw me coming back alone, grabbed me and beat me with a feather duster......"
How dare he not say it?
Xu Han raised his foot and kicked on his foot, "Next time it's like this, you can go and wash the toilet." ”
Xu commanded his subordinates to help Xu Han into the inner room, pulled up her trousers, and saw that her head was already dark, and suddenly felt a pain in her heart.
Pain!
"Han'er" Xu Shi, who had been restrained, finally couldn't hold back, her voice trembled uncontrollably, she stretched out her hand and hugged Xu Han.
The mother's arms were warm and soft, with a slight tremble.
Xu Han stretched out his hand and gently patted Xu's back,
"Mother, it's okay, I just knelt down, and I looked at the serious injury, but it was actually fine."
Xu's eyes were red, and she gritted her teeth,
"This old horseman, see that I don't beat him, he makes your foot hurt, so I will discount his leg."
If the king of Zhenbei was here, the Xu clan would directly pounce on him and bite him to death.
Xu Han hugged her and comforted her, "Mother, it's really okay, it's just that I'm afraid that you and your father will be angry, so the child let Xu Mian hide it." ”
Xu's voice choked,
"It's all to blame for my confusion back then, your eldest brother was weak, and the Bai family gave birth to a concubine, so I was raised as a boy when you were born.
Otherwise, you are now a noble girl in the mansion, and you can also be a county lord and choose a good son-in-law with good character, and no one will dare to give you anger.
Where is it used and how it is now......"
Xu Han smiled and comforted,
"Where can I blame my mother, in fact, it's not good to be the county lord, if you get married, you can't be as lazy as at home, you have to serve your mother-in-law, be friendly to your brother and sister-in-law, take care of family affairs, and have children.
For decades, there has not been a moment of living for myself. It's boring. ”
The Xu family and the king of Zhenbei also fell in love at first sight back then, and the king of Zhenbei also put a lot of effort into marrying the Xu family, how did the two become so old and dead?
Moreover, she really doesn't blame the Xu family, if she is not raised as a man, after the death of the eldest brother, will she let her mother come to see the face of the Bai family and live?