I handed the slash back to Ren Shouzhong, stood up again, and thanked Jinshang wordlessly. According to Sima Guang's intentions, I should probably be executed by Ling Chi, but now I have not been asked by the official to deal with it, and the way I came up with it is to promote me to be an official of Tianzhang Pavilion, which is a great gift to me from his love house and Wuxia, although the purpose of this is also to separate me from the princess.

The princess hurried over and stopped me from thanking me. "No!" She frowned and shook her head at me, apparently interpreting my gratitude to Imajo as accepting his arrangement. Turning to face her father, she said: "These officials don't care about business all day long, just staring at the palace and boudoir, and discussing such trivial matters in detail, which is really boring. Daddy didn't have to pay attention to them, let them chew the root of their tongue for a few days, and when they felt bored, the matter was over. If Daddy also goes along with them this time, they will inevitably be even more arrogant, and next time they don't know what sesame mung bean big thing they will toss Daddy! ”

Jin Shang shook his head and said: "I originally wanted to drag it out and ignore it, waiting for them to die down on their own, but in the end, they became more and more energetic, pressing step by step...... Because Huaiji is a minister, and you are an imperial daughter, and your status is unusual, the officials invoked the various principles of guarding against eunuchs in the ancestral family law to persuade me not to let you continue to get along......"

The princess sneered when she heard this: "There are many ministers in the palace, and the servants are all palace dependents with special status, do they also have to invoke the ancestral family law to expel all the eunuchs from the palace?" ”

Jin Shang sighed heavily: "Although there are many ministers in the palace, they are not like you who are in vain!" ”

The princess was stunned, turned her eyes to look at me, her cheeks were slightly red, and she silently lowered her eyes.

The queen saw it in her eyes, so she walked over slowly, took the princess's hand, led her to sit down beside her, and then Wen Yan said to her: "The officials don't really want Huaiji's life, but when they see him come back and return to the princess's house to do things, they feel that the previous advice has not been accepted, and the saint still favors you, and acts according to your heart, so they are particularly angry, afraid that once this case is opened, it will be difficult for the official family to accept advice in the future, and the ministers will be arrogant and cause greater incidents." Therefore they are determined to part with you this time. If the officials don't give an explanation, they will inevitably be unforgiving and pursue it. Now your father has come up with this method to let Huaiji go back to the palace to work in the library pavilion, which not only shows that he accepts the opinion of the official, but also ensures that Huaiji is thorough, which can be said to be the best of both worlds......"

"But what's the difference between that and exiling Huaiji to Xijing?" The princess interrupted the queen and said, "If he leaves me and does not work in the harem, we will not see each other again...... Whether we're separated by a few cities or a wall, the result is the same - I won't see him anymore! ”

The queen was speechless, but now she thought about it, and said something to comfort her: "You may not be able to see each other again." You may have a chance to meet him when you return to the palace, or maybe you ...... during the New Year's celebration."

"During the New Year's celebration, across thousands of mountains and rivers, there are many people, and you look at each other from afar?" The princess immediately asked rhetorically, coldly wiping away a little tear from the corner of her eyes, she stared at her father, and said, "Even if the official is not persecuted, my father must want to separate me from Huaiji." Slowly distancing us like you envisioned is a strategy that you have decided to use after careful consideration. ”

Jinshang was suddenly furious, swept off the cups on the table with his sleeves, and reprimanded the princess: "For the sake of a minister, you have repeatedly done gaffes regardless of your identity, completely forgetting the situation of your parents, the dignity of your husband, the reputation of the clan and your own reputation!" Sima Guang accused you of 'not being stricter than Fu Mu, and not knowing the reason for losing', which seems to be really not bad at all now! Now everyone in the world is waiting to listen to your scandal and see your jokes, and you are still unrepentant, do not know how to avoid taboos, insist on going your own way, challenge the public opinion, and do not understand the reason, you really live up to the virtuous and wise teachings you have learned since childhood! ”

As soon as he said this, his anger continued unabated, and he waved his arm at me, and said to the princess: "Look at this man whom you are willing to defend in the face of the world's condemnation, he is only a minister, a eunuch, a man who cannot be called a man!" Isn't it ridiculous that you love and respect you so much, but you disdain him, and you are so attached to this person? ”

Hearing this, the princess's eyes were shining, she covered her trembling lips with her hands, and struggled to control her emotions at that time, and it took a long time to raise her head and look directly at Jinshang, and said softly: "You say that the concubine loves and respects me, but does he love me as a person?" No, he loves a princess, and he can love any princess, just like he loves the gold-inlaid shotball bat and the Jin ruler and the Tang Danqing. He practiced hard and collected calligraphy and paintings, not because he was interested in it, but because it was the elegance of the royal family and scholars. He flattered me in every possible way, hoping to be my real husband, not because of his feelings for Zhao Huirou himself, but because I came from the Nine Palaces, and here he longed for it. Like a frog in a pond looking up at a bird flying in the sky, he longs to live our lives and become like us. If I had not been a princess, I would have been an arrogant, arrogant, and indifferent woman to him, and how would he still have the love and respect for me that I have now? ”

Listening to her words, the anger on the surface began to subside, replaced by a trace of confusion in the silence.

The princess looked at me again, and her voice became more whimpering: "And Huaiji, he takes care of me and pampers me more than just complying with his own requirements. When we first met, he didn't know I was a princess, but he had decided to defend me at the risk of being persecuted by your favorite concubine. I don't care who he is in your eyes, I only know that in the past ten years, he has grown up with me, guided me to read and write, accompanied me to learn music and rhythm, burned incense and tea with me, and painted and wrote lyrics together...... He was not just a minister to me, but more like my brother, mentor, and friend. We are so connected that I just look at him and he knows what I want to convey...... He wants me to be happy, but he doesn't please me unprincipledly. He would even taunt and provoke me slightly, but that was only to urge me to do what I had to do...... In front of him, I can abandon the shell of the princess and restore myself to an ordinary little woman. Li Wei's gaze at me was always shrunk and looked up, while Huaiji was not, and when he stared at me, I could feel that what he saw was not a princess, but a woman he cherished. ”

At this time, Jin's lips opened slightly, as if he had something to say, but the princess opened her mouth before him, and asked him a sharp question: "Daddy, have you ever met such a woman in your decades of life, who loves you and respects you only because you are you, not because you are the emperor?" ”

Imajo was completely speechless, his eyes swept towards the queen, and the eyes that looked at the queen flashed a little, and he turned his head sideways again.

And the queen seemed quite calm, and seeing that she was silent, she took over the conversation and persuaded the princess: "Huaiji's intention to serve the princess, we naturally understand. The princess trusts Waiji and wants to protect him, and we understand that. It's just that the laymen don't know that when they see that you get along well, it's easy to get suspicious, and if you continue to get along with Huaiji like this, if you get too close, it will inevitably be more realistic......"

The princess snorted: "I don't care what outsiders say." All I knew was that I couldn't let Waiji go, or I wouldn't find anyone like him again. ”

The queen frowned, but finally did not refute the princess, kept a quiet posture, and listened to her: "He can read all my joys, sorrows, and sorrows, and has experienced joys and sorrows with me. Do you know that he is such a person: when you are happy and carefree, he silently retreats and is willing to be the shadow behind you, but when you are in adversity and sad and helpless, he will reach out to you and save you from indulgence...... He is the best person in the world for me except for my father and mother, and even if everyone in the world leaves me, he will still protect me. And he treats me wholeheartedly, and I will never worry that he will betray me, hurt me, and alienate me for other women. ”

The queen's phoenix eyes widened slightly, moved, but it was only a fleeting moment, she quickly regained her elegant expression, half-lowered her eyelashes, thoughtful, and said no more.

The princess softened her complexion, looked at me gently, and faced me for a moment, and said slowly: "Daddy said that I am attached to Huaiji, yes, I admit that I am indeed attached to him, just like a storm is attached to the roof of the countryside, and a traveler is attached to the distant mountains of the sky." I have wanted to die several times in the face of the fate you have arranged for me, but the reason why I am still alive is because every time I look behind me, I can see him there...... The most fearful thing for me is not death, but to live for a long time and never see him again. ”