Over the years, Mrs. Yang has been quite mindful of the origin of her small family, and after listening to the queen's words at this moment, she didn't say anything more, only smiled awkwardly and was taught.

The queen said: "The official family has always loved the princess like a palm bead, and for more than 20 years, she has never even said a few words about her, and she has also developed a temperament that eats soft rather than hard." Therefore, if there is something wrong with her, please also ask Mrs. Guo's wife to be patient and persuasive. In the matter of the colt, I hope that the colt and the aunt will take care of her more, give her more time, daily contacts, and more care, so that she can slowly feel the kindness of the colt and her aunt. Like my uncle and wife, I also hope that the princess will give birth to Lin'er with the concubine as soon as possible, so that we can have the pleasure of teasing our grandson, but this matter is not urgent, and the princess must always be willing, and do not let her feel persecuted, otherwise, if the future backfires and the trouble is difficult to control, it will not be good. ”

Mrs. Yang reluctantly agreed, and then did not forget to express how she usually cared for the princess, and the queen praised her and gave her some property as usual. Yang immediately rejoiced and thanked him again and again. The queen then ordered someone to send her to Concubine Miao Xian to speak, and then said to me: "Huaiji, there are a few paintings in my pavilion, I don't know if they are the real works of the Tang Dynasty, you can help me take a look." ”

I agreed, and went back to the Rouyi Hall with her. Entering the Queen's Pavilion, she retreated from everyone before she said to me: "Don't take those words I said to my uncle and wife, don't take it to heart. At that time, if you want to stop her mouth immediately, you must say that, otherwise in front of so many palace people, I don't know how many ugly words she will say. ”

I bowed my head: "The minister understands, the mother said so, it is good for the minister and the princess......"

What's more, she wasn't wrong. I lowered my eyes and inhaled slowly, quietly suppressing the sourness that finally spread from my heart to the tip of my nose.

"But, Waiji," said the Queen, looking at me softly, and in a tone like that of a child, "that being said, you and the Princess must always be careful in your dealings with the Princess, and keep some distance from each other, lest you fall into the truth and cause a lot of unnecessary right and wrong." ”

After a pause, she said in a slightly accentuated tone: "You are a boy after all." ”

At first glance, I don't know whether to be happy or sad. From being able to "be seen as a girl" to "being a boy after all", my ambiguous gender offers the possibility of an instantaneous transition between the two interpretations, even though both are well-intentioned by the Queen.

I nodded, smiling reluctantly.

After a short silence, the queen said again: "The song is complete, the depression is profitable, the less is gained, and the more is confused." I'm sure you'll understand that. Holding on to the profit is not as good as a long stream of water. It's too close now, and it's easy to sow the curse of life. Moreover, you are a smart child, and you should know that there are always taboos that can never be touched; Some mistakes, if you make them once, will never be lost. ”

I could sense what she meant, and she then went further: "Don't go to the princess's pavilion at night." Sometimes in the face of the approach of the princess, you should also learn to retreat and refuse. ”

I obey the Queen's teachings, and I will not enter the princess's bedroom after dinner time, and the princess will not accompany her in the summer evening. She gradually noticed this, and when she asked me why, I only reasoned that the house was a heavy affair, and that the night was quiet and easy to handle. She sometimes came to my house at night to look for me, and I didn't allow Xiaobai to open the door for her, so she was angry and angry, so I tried to find all kinds of excuses to perfunctory. Later, she was forced to accept my decision, and no longer forced me to stay with her at night, but not to let me go out of her sight during the day, and to restrict me from going out, and to spend as much time as possible with me.

In mid-July, Zhou Meiren gave birth, and she was a princess again. After delivering the gifts that I had prepared in three days, I will start preparing for the full moon gift of the Twelve Princesses. I chose some fabrics, porcelain, and jewelry styles for children, and ordered someone to buy them, but the items I bought back were not satisfactory, so I decided to go out and choose some more.

There were several places to go, and it would take about a whole day, so as not to hinder the princess, I did not tell her, but privately asked people to prepare horses and prepare to go out quietly. But she got the news quickly and immediately chased to the gate.

I was on my horse, but I hadn't yet whipped my whip and set sail. She ran angrily, raised her hand and snatched the whip from my hand, and no matter how much the little yellow door beside me persuaded me, she would not return it to me.

I laughed and dismounted, and bowed to her, and asked her to give her the whip back, and she pouted, and clasped the ends of the whip with both hands, and turned away from me angrily, and I smiled and turned to the side she was facing, and made another request, and she resolutely turned her head to the other side, but refused to give it to me. That delicate appearance made the onlookers laugh, and she didn't care at all.

I thought about it, and gestured to the waiting steed. Xiaobai understood, and as soon as he pulled the bridle, the horse immediately let out a neigh, and Xiaobai immediately raised his voice and said to the princess: "Mr. Liang is gone!" ”

The princess was stunned and turned her head to look. I took advantage of her distraction to draw the whip from her hand, and hurried away to the laughter of the crowd, ready to get on the horse, not wanting the princess to cry out "wow" at this time.

That kind of childish crying is very rare when she grows up, I was at a loss for a while, hurried back and apologized, and finally promised not to go out today after she gradually stopped crying, in my company, while holding the tears with her slender hands, while slowly returning to the pavilion.

She was silent for a long time, and no matter how much I tried to coax her, she would not speak, and then, when I cut a new orange for her this autumn, she sat beside me and said quietly: "If you go out, you will definitely come back after dark, and I will not see you for a day." ”

My eyes were warm, my fingertips holding up the orange were trembling, the fortifications in my heart were crumbling again, I heard the sound of the rapids bursting the embankment, and I easily resisted the urge to hug her. In the end, I deliberately ignored her response, just smiled at her, and then rubbed a piece of broken orange with salt and handed it to her.

The matter of the princess snatching the whip quickly reached the ears of the mother and son of the concubine, and within half a day, Zhang Chengzhao had brought back the news about them for me: "When I heard this, the concubine had a gloomy face and did not speak, and his mother was so angry that she pointed at him and scolded: 'The old lady doesn't know what evil she has done in her previous life, and she gave birth to such an unsuccessful thing as you, and she didn't dare to touch it when she married a daughter-in-law, and let her ......'"

Speaking of this, Zhang Chengzhao hesitated and swallowed the words that followed.

"Finished." I ordered him.

"Well, if you want to listen, I'll say it, but it's all her, I didn't add a word!" Zhang Chengzhao first stated, and then lowered his voice and finished this sentence: "...... also let her ...... to a guy who is neither male nor female......"

He carefully spied my expression, and when he saw that I was not angry, he continued: "She also said that the concubine is not promising, and if the princess had seen what a real man was, she would not have suffered from these filthy angers." ”