The princess's words were fruitful, and the queen did not mention my departure for the time being. I think the princess was much wiser than I had thought, and she consciously or unconsciously touched the hidden pain behind the emperor's strong defenses, so that they could empathize with it, and also let the heart she wanted to convey reach the depths of her parents' hearts. Under the innocent and delicate appearance of childhood and unscrupulous words and deeds now, in fact, she has been keeping the eyes in her heart open, quietly observing the warmth and coldness of the people around her and the changes in the world.

As long as she wants, she should be able to handle all relationships properly so that she doesn't fall into trouble, but she has always been proud, so proud that she refuses to bow down to things that go against her will. But this is not an era when women are allowed to indulge in their hearts, even princesses, who will inevitably break their heads and bleed if they follow the principle of living up to their hearts. Even though I carefully guarded her every day, I couldn't save her from harm.

Although Imakami decided to let me stay with the princess, it didn't necessarily mean that he had given up trying to repair the relationship between the princess and the princess, not to mention that there were a number of officials who were closely watching the affairs of the princess's boudoir and forcing him to find a solution.

In the middle of the month that followed, I frequently summoned Mrs. Yang, Li Wei, Yun Guo'er, and Shi Zhicong, who is now in charge of Princess Gou's mansion, into the palace to discuss, and I guess he wanted to find a way with them to make the princess accept the concubine, so that she would naturally alienate me. This guess turned out to be roughly good, but the solution they used was not something I could have thought of in advance.

Late one night, I woke up suddenly and for no apparent reason, and sat down at the head of the bed for a moment, my heart still beating wildly, and just as I was restless, a terrible woman's scream came from the direction of the princess's middle pavilion.

In the dead of night, the scream was unusually clear and piercing, mixed with extreme fear and anger, and the woman screamed several more times, and her voice sounded extremely miserable.

I recognized that it was the voice of the princess, and suddenly I was like thunder, and I trembled with fear and anxiety. Grabbing my clothes and putting them on, I stumbled to find my way out of the door and quickly ran towards the middle pavilion.

The middle pavilion was already brightly lit, more than a dozen maids and small yellow doors gathered inside and outside the princess's bedroom, running around, hurrying, some calling "princess" or "captain" in their mouths, some beckoning their companions to do things, and some didn't know what they saw, they were also screaming, and the scene was full of voices, and there was chaos.

When they saw me coming, they were a little silent, and they also consciously gave way and invited me in.

The princess wore her hair loose and glared hatefully, and held a hosta, the tip of which was facing outward, which she had used as a weapon, and the tip of which was stained with bright red blood.

I followed her gaze and found that her focus was on Li Wei. Li Wei stood in front of her in a daze, with many marks of being poked by hairpins on her neck and shoulders, and blood was constantly overflowing.

They were all disheveled.

If it weren't for the four maids trying to stop her, the princess would have pounced and stabbed Li Wei fiercely, and her eyes were red with anger as if they were about to drip blood.

I somewhat understood the situation at this time, but I didn't have time to think about it, so I rushed to the princess's side in three or two steps to grab the hosta in her hand.

The princess was still in a rage, desperately resisting, probably not realizing that it was me who was approaching her, and brandishing a hairpin to stab me. I parried and called out to her, and at last she reacted, slowing down, and I pulled the blood-stained hairpin out of her hand.

"Huaiji," she tugged at my sleeve and pointed at Li Wei with her red eyes, "Kill him!" ”

I turned around and half-hugged her, and also took the opportunity to block her gaze from looking directly at Li Wei, patted her on the back and comforted her, and then passed over the princess and gave a look to the two maids behind her. The maid understood, went around to Li Wei's side, and helped him out of the door.

The princess was still not very conscious, and she only muttered, "Kill him, kill him......" and her anger gradually subsided under my comfort, but then she began to mourn in her heart, buried herself in my arms, and wept like a child who had been wronged.

I dressed her and sat with her for a long time, until she was tired from crying and began to fall asleep. Seeing that her eyelashes were drooping and she was napping, I called the maids over and asked them to help the princess into the curtain to rest. But when the maid approached, the princess awoke, and she rose to her feet in a panic, and pushed her away violently, and told her not to sleep here, and ran out of the house. I followed her after her, and seeing that she was just running wildly, without a clear direction at all, I quickly stepped forward and pulled her back into the middle pavilion, where she stopped and refused to say anything to the bedroom.

I had to let her stay in the hall, and she kept her eyes open and refused to sleep, so I told the maid to serve her to freshen up, and to get up herself, and to go out to avoid it, but she called me in a panic, and asked me very worriedly, "Where are you going, Huaiji?" ”

I felt uncomfortable with her appearance, so I sat down next to her again, smiled at her, and said, "The minister is not going anywhere, but he has been sitting for a long time, so he stands up and stretches his hands and feet." ”

After dawn, Shi Zhicong and Mrs. Yang came to visit, but the princess refused to see her. After a while, Ren Shouzhong came from the palace and said that there was a gift from the official family to the princess and the concubine. The gifts were presented one by one, but they were brand new mandarin duck brocade, acacia quilts, and money and colored fruits used for the wedding.

"The official family said that the concubine and the princess are husband and wife, and there is no need to live separately, but yesterday it was announced that the concubine moved to the middle cabinet. Today's special gift is a sign of congratulations. Ren Shouzhong said to the princess with a smile.

It seems that he did not know what was happening during the night. I watched the princess worriedly, and the princess's floating gaze slowly swept over the pair of gold and silver brocades in front of her, and there was no special reaction for the time being. But when Li Wei's figure appeared at the pavilion door, she suddenly became short of breath, frowned and raised her hand, she lifted a plate full of money and colored fruits and smashed it towards Li Wei.

"Get out! Don't come near me! She scolded Li Wei angrily, and grabbed everything around her uncontrollably and threw it at Li Wei, repeating "Don't come near me", and the new tears began to slide down her cheeks again.

Ren Shouzhong looked dumbfounded, it was I who stopped the princess's next round of attacks on Li Wei, and someone behind Li Wei also stood up and blocked in front of Li Wei, who was still in front of him.

It was Cui Bai, and Jia Qingzi also appeared immediately, walked into the hall, and called softly with a smile: "Princess." ”

This was their first visit after the three pilgrimages after marriage, and it seems that Li Wei originally brought them to see the princess at this time.

Seeing the maid close to her, the princess calmed down a little, and sat down with the support of Jiaqingzi, but her expression was still in a trance, and her eyes were still looking at Li Wei's side with unquenched anger.

Ren Shouzhong walked out quickly and pulled Li Wei out of the princess's sight.

Jiaqingzi was also very sensible, and greeted the princess with a smile, without mentioning what happened just now. The princess occasionally asked her about her newlywed life, and she also said that everything was fine, and told the princess some interesting things in life, and took out a puppet in colorful clothes to show the princess, and said with a smile: "I saw that the princess liked wooden puppets, so I asked Cui Lang to make another one." The last time the princess left that was a scholar, this time she was a beauty, and she just matched it. ”

The princess took it, a faint smile appeared on her lips, and she lifted the handle to make the wooden puppet move a few times, and then asked me, "Huaiji, is this puppet good?" ”

I smiled at her and said "yes". She shook her head and said, "I want something different." ”

Jia Qingzi immediately laughed and said: "Just tell Cui Lang what the princess wants, and he will definitely make it for the princess." ”

The princess bowed her head slightly and smiled at Cui Bai.

During this time, I didn't talk to Cui Bai much, and he was silent, very attentively observing us who were slightly embarrassed after this storm.

Jiaqingzi has been with the princess for a long time, and when Cui Bai went to visit Li Wei, I also got up with him and sent him out of the middle pavilion.

After seeing Cui Bai walk away, I did not immediately turn back to the middle pavilion, but walked towards Mrs. Yang's residence.

I think last night's incident must have been her idea again.

But halfway through, someone called me behind me, and when I looked back, I saw that it was Yunguo'er, who had become the side room of the horse.

She slowly walked up to me, blocked my way, and asked me, "Where is Mr. Liang going?" ”

I said bluntly: "Go to Mrs. Guo, there are some things I want to ask her." ”

"Was it the Captain and the princess last night?" Yun Guo'er said, "Don't go, sir, this matter has nothing to do with Uncle Guo's wife." ”

I cast an inquiring glance at her with a frown. And she calmly met my gaze and said lightly: "I persuaded the captain to enter the middle cabinet last night." ”