"There are so many good men in the world, why is the colt that my father chose for me stupid and stupid?"

The princess couldn't cry in front of Miao Shuyi.

Miao Shuyi was at a loss for a while, she didn't have time to ask her how she went out to see Li Wei, and she didn't care about punishing me and other entourage, so after a short period of stunned, she hugged her daughter tightly, wept with her, and complained: "Who made your father treat you like a jewel?" Before the Empress Dowager Zhang Yi was alive, he never called her mother, but after knowing the truth, it was too late, heaven and man were separated forever, and he could no longer fulfill his filial piety to the Empress Dowager, so he had to do his best to compensate his uncle's family. The high-ranking officials and nobles have also been sealed, and the gold, silver and jewelry have also been rewarded, and if they still feel insufficient, then the most precious treasure he can give is only you. He wants to take advantage of the descent of you, the daughter of the Son of Heaven, to make his uncle's family the richest family in the world. ”

"If I were really a jewel, it would be fine, and he would give it to anyone without complaint, because he has no eyes, no heart, no beauty and ugliness, and no distinction between good and foolish." The princess wept, "But who made me born as a sentient being...... I'm going to tell my dad that I don't like that stupid rabbit Li Wei and don't want him to be a colt. ”

Miao Shuyi shook her head and persuaded the princess: "Don't fight with your father, it's useless, this matter has been decided for several years, and no one can make him change his mind at that time, let alone now." If you go to him to cry and refuse to marry, he will definitely think that you look down on the Li family and are disrespectful to the Empress Dowager Zhang Yi. There are a lot of miscellaneous things in the court these days, and your father is already in a bad mood, so you must not mention this matter to him again, only to make him sad. ”

"Then there is no way?" The princess snuggled in her mother's arms, and the tears that kept pouring out made Miao Shuyi's clothes wet, "I don't want to see that black and ugly face every day for the rest of my life." ”

Miao Shuyi sighed sadly, and comforted her softly while wiping the princess's tears with a silk scarf: "There are still six years before you are twenty years old, and wait and see, maybe what will happen during this period will make you not have to marry him, and I don't know." ”

At this time, the promoter Wang Wuzi came in, and their conversation was temporarily interrupted.

"Captain Li sent someone to bring a gift to the princess." Wang Wuzi owes his body.

The little yellow door behind him took two steps forward with a tray held aloft in the air. The tray was covered with a brocade handkerchief, and there was something towering in it, and I vaguely guessed what it was.

At the behest of Miao Shuyi, Wang Wuzi opened the brocade pa, and a native bull head appeared in front of the people in the pavilion.

"This is the bull's head that Li Duwei won in today's spring robbery, and he specially sent it to the forbidden middle school, wishing the princess peace and well-being, and eternal happiness." Wang Wuzi explained.

The princess and Miao Shuyi looked at each other speechlessly. After a while, the princess said to Wang Wuzi: "Throw it out." ”

Wang Wuzi was stunned and didn't know how to respond.

The princess accentuated her tone word by word: "Throw this bull's head out." ”

Wang Wuzi bowed his head and said yes, but he did not obey the order.

At this time, Miao Shuyi opened her mouth: "Li Wei sent this out of kindness, the princess doesn't have to spoil it if she doesn't like it, it's better to transfer it to the official family, he will definitely be happy to accept it." ”

So the bull's head was disposed of in this way. Judging from the expression on the next time the princess saw her father, Miao Shuyi guessed correctly, this gift really made him very happy, and even praised Li Wei for having a heart, and the princess was also sensible, always thinking about her father.

The princess listened to her mother's words, and did not mention her dissatisfaction with the marriage to Jinshang for the time being, but she was depressed for a few days, and she did not see her previous lively state, and often sat alone in a daze, and sometimes quietly wiped her tears, I don't know whether she remembered the colt she hated, or the doomed Cao Ping.

The person who made her smile again was Zhang Chengzhao.

On that day, when I saw that the princess was still depressed, I suggested that she go to the garden in the middle of the pavilion to see the newly bloomed plums. After my persuasion, she got up timidly, and Zhang Chengzhao was busy leading the way and accompanying her out with me.

Hundred-leaf plum is also known as yellow fragrant plum or thousand leaf incense, the flowers are small and dense, the heart of the flower is slightly yellow, the plum blossom leaves are more than 20 petals, although not as glamorous as the red plum, but there is no other kind of fragrance, the easy-going wind floats in the pavilion, refreshing people's hearts.

The fragrance seemed to give the princess a good mood, and she stood under the hall, leaning against the pillars, with a quiet expression, and half-lowered her eyes, watching the maids in the garden, Jiaqingzi and Yun Guo'er, cut the flowers in the vase.

She was silent and did not speak. The two maids were chatting happily while cutting plum branches, and they did not notice the arrival of the princess, and they chatted non-stop.

Jia Qingzi said: "I once quietly ran outside the main hall to see Li Yuma, to be honest, his appearance is really far worse than the bachelors, and he doesn't look like an official in court clothes." ”

Yun Guoer said: "He is not an official in the first place, he doesn't have to take care of things like other officials, just receive Yulu." ”

Jiaqingzi said in confusion: "Isn't the captain of the horse from the fifth grade?" Now that you have an official name, you have to do something? ”

Yun Guo'er said with a smile: "The captain of the horse is originally a false title, and the official family will not let him interfere in the government affairs, so what do you want to say...... That's the husband who is in charge of being a princess! ”

When the princess heard this, her eyes darkened.

I coughed lightly, and the two maids looked back at us, and were astonished, and hurried over to greet the princess, and hung their heads so that they did not dare to look at her.

The princess was cold, and did not speak. Seeing this, Zhang Chengzhao stepped forward a few steps forward and scolded the two little girls: "What are you talking nonsense about behind the princess's back?" It's also nonsense...... Where is the princess's husband! ”

When the princess heard this, she turned her head slightly to look at him: "What does the captain of the horse do?" ”

Zhang Chengzhao bowed to the princess and replied loudly: "Back to the princess, the meaning of 'Du Wei' in the concubine is actually 'lifting the princess's house', that is, helping the princess take care of the house, and the original meaning of 'concubine' is a horse other than driving, and now it refers to a person who helps the princess drive, accompany the princess to travel, or run errands for the princess." In short, the concubine is a retainer of a slightly higher rank who serves the princess, and he is driven by the princess, and he comes and goes as soon as he is called. ”

Hearing this, Jia Qingzi and Yun Guo'er couldn't help but laugh, and quietly covered their mouths and smiled, and the princess seemed to be very satisfied with this explanation, and smiled accordingly.

Seeing the princess's reaction, Zhang Chengzhao became more and more energetic, and said: "The princess's descent is definitely not a folk woman's marriage. When a folk girl gets married, she must visit her aunt, and she must serve her aunt more carefully in the future, and she must be more filial than her parents, and maybe, she will be angry with her brother and sister-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law. But the princess is not a daughter-in-law for the horse family. What is 'down'? That is to say, the princess descended to the mortal world like the Nine Heavens Fairy and was invited back by the horse family to worship. The princess does not have to deal with the parents of the concubine, such as the aunt, just as they are brothers and sisters-in-law, and there is no need to worship them, but the princess sits on the curtain in the painting hall and asks the aunt to meet outside the curtain. Not to mention those brothers and sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, and sisters-in-law, they are equivalent to the princess's nephews and nieces, and when they come to greet the princess, if the princess is happy, she will give them a smile, and if they are not happy, they don't have to look at their ......."

I frowned and glared at Zhang Chengzhao and motioned for him to shut up, and he stopped talking. The princess listened with great interest, and asked, "Is that so?" Why didn't Daddy mention it to me? ”

Zhang Chengzhao said: "It's true, the etiquette system of the national dynasty is stipulated in this way, 'Shang Lord's house, the example of Zhaomu is a first-class respect'." The official family didn't tell the princess, probably because they didn't think it was time yet...... Anyway, it's still a few years, so it's early! ”

After hearing Zhang Chengzhao's words, the princess's mood gradually improved, and she seemed to have put the marriage contract with the concubine behind again, and continued to enjoy her happy girlhood before marriage.

I think she herself actually understands that the meaning of the concubine is not a princess's retainer, and her current age also makes her interested in exploring the mysteries of marriage, and I have even heard her and her maid seriously discuss the relationship between the concubine and the concubine when I pass by her window, but now, she is obviously willing to hide behind Zhang Chengzhao's derogatory interpretation of the concubine, and deliberately ignore the real role that Li Wei will play in the future. After all, it is much easier to accept a person you don't like as a "princess house" than to accept him as your husband.