Chapter 22: The Truth

"Guilty of trespassing, the only girl who can still come out of the hands of the East Palace, with a lot of hair. This kind of great blessing, can't you celebrate it well? Shen Yin smiled gracefully.

"Miss Shen, this is not appropriate. How can I wait for the people to dine with the eldest girl? Forget it, I'll wait to go back to the matching hall, Aunt Luo Xia should have already delivered the meal. ”

The mother-in-law hurriedly waved her hand and gave Hua San and Ah Wei a look, so the two of them also shook their heads.

Shen Yin looked at Hua Er and said softly, "What's wrong?" You have been recuperating with me, and I still have a little friendship. Today we are only talking about old friends, regardless of dignity or inferiority. Ben girl, chartered. ”

Hua Er and the others couldn't refuse, and were persuaded by Shen Yin to enter the hall and have dinner together.

Shen Yin did what he said, just talking about old friends. Sitting on a case with Hua Er and others, it is not because a few people are subordinates, and they put on a shelf for the daughters of the Hou Mansion.

So, like a bodhisattva, he coaxed everyone to be happy and feasted all night.

After the banquet, he resigned, and returned to the palace, which was already in the middle of the moon.

Hua San and Ah Wei were hungry for the wine in the palace, they were a little drunk, and they rested early. Hua Er stood alone in the garden, looking at the moon and being distracted.

"Second girl, what's wrong? Old body sees that you use less tonight and have a bad appetite? Got something on your mind? At this time, the mother-in-law came to her.

Hua Er turned around and smiled: "Tonight, Miss Shen took out the tribute wine, but her mother-in-law was not drunk?" ”

The mother-in-law feigned anger, and couldn't help laughing: "You girl, the old man sees that you don't move chopsticks much on the side, and worries about you, where can you drink to your heart's content?" ”

Flower two hearts warm. Her mother-in-law was good to her, and since six years ago, she has treated her as her own granddaughter.

Her father and mother all went early, and the other clansmen, with her, were all like not having her.

Only my mother-in-law, who bleeds different blood, is the closest relative in the world.

"Mother-in-law, I'm just thinking, the truth, is it good or bad?" Hua Er wrapped a thin robe, obviously it was early summer, but she felt cold.

The mother-in-law was slightly suspicious: "These words...... Is it because you met Zhao Xixing today? ”

Hua Er's eyes flickered, noncommittal.

The mother-in-law's face was uncertain, a little worried, and a little unbearable: "Second girl, my mother-in-law thinks that whether this matter is good or not is not the truth itself, but the people in the truth." ”

"People?" Hua Er's eyebrows frowned slightly.

The mother-in-law nodded and patted Hua Er's little face lovingly: "Girl, look at the people in your memories carefully, before you make a decision." ”

Hua Er lowered her eyelashes, and the moonlight coated the tips of her eyelashes with a layer of cream.

Someone in the memory?

Except for her mother-in-law, Hua San, and Ah Wei, what kind of eyes should she look at them?

At the age when she didn't understand, she had a dream, and at the age of understanding, her existence was erased by the world.

"Okay, okay, don't think about it. Hungry, isn't it? Nothing worked at night. Look at! The mother-in-law smiled with relief, stretched out her hand, and baked sweet potatoes in her palm.

Hua Er's eyes lit up.

"At Miss Shen's dinner today, there was a dish of mashed pigeon meatballs. The old man secretly went to the back kitchen, asked for uncut sweet potatoes, and baked them with grass ash, thinking that you would be hungry at night, and you would definitely be happy to eat them. The mother-in-law handed it to her.

Hua Er took it, skillfully peeled the skin, bit the full mouth of flowers, and smiled.

……

At the age of twelve, she was sent to the palace by this dynasty with the highest courtesy.

It is always the palace people who smile like masks, the palace that is secluded and unsightly, and the delicacies of the mountains and seas but the uninteresting brocade clothes and jade food.

At that time, she began to miss frantically the roasted sweet potatoes sold by a merchant around the corner of her house.

The merchant took all directions, stopped at the door of her house once in ten days and a half months, and she drew the calendar days with rouge, and the days were clear.

On that day, she asked the little girl to go out and buy one for her like a festival, and ate her hands and mouth full of flowers, and her heart blossomed sweetly, and then the main meal was not delicious, and she was scolded by the elders.

However, it is impossible for this kind of vulgar market food to appear in the imperial palace. She mentioned it once, and she will never forget the contempt of the palace people.

Only the mother-in-law would secretly ask for sweet potatoes from the imperial dining room, bake them in grass ashes, and then carefully summon her at night when no one saw her.

"Niangniang, look!"

She took the sweet potato out of her pocket and played a trick.

It's their secret.

……

"Mother-in-law, thank you." Hua Er swallowed the last bite, a simple taste that brought familiar warmth.

The mother-in-law wiped her eyes: "The old body is the grandmother who serves you." You were still a half-old child at the time, and if you said something arrogant, the old man felt sorry for you. ”

Hua Er bowed his head: "Mother-in-law, it's not too early, you should rest early." I'll stay a little longer. ”

The mother-in-law nodded, helped Hua Er close the outer robe, and then went back to the wing room and closed the door.

Hua Er retracted her gaze and took out a piece of paper from her arms, which was the ink treasure that Zhao Xixing gave her.

After parting, memories meet, and several soul dreams are with you. There is a silver light left tonight, and I am afraid that the meeting is in a dream.

This line of beautiful fly-headed Xiaokai fell into the bottom of Hua Er's eyes, stirring up a faint wave.

Got the point? She would rather never understand.

It's over, it's over.

Why bother to seek the truth?

Time is like a river, and the old people have long been divided into people on both sides of the river.

As soon as the flower was loosened, the paper was thrown into a fire pit, and the flames licked and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Following. The golden sun of July has long been hung in the sky.

The imperial palace is bright with glass, golden and jade, and hundreds of civil and military officials are rushing out of Chengtianmen, and the court discussion has ended.

Emperor of the Great Zhou, Zhao Yin, went back to the study and looked at the kneeling people in the hall, his face turned blue.

"Donggong, you are so bold! Yesterday, you said that Xishan's discussion has been dealt with, but what is the result? I asked the military department, not at all! ”

The Son of Heaven was furious, and the palace fell to his knees.

Zhao Xixing looked down at the ground, and bowed deeply to his back: "Erchen...... Guilty. ”

Zhao Yin snorted coldly: "You don't care about political affairs, you lie to me, it's all for that subordinate!" You're worried about her safety, so you put everything aside and come to mention someone in a hurry! You, you are simply daring! ”

Zhao Xixing fell to the ground, did not get up, and did not defend.

So this behavior made Zhao Yin more angry, pointing at the top of his head and shouting, and his anger was about to lift the beams of the house.

"Political affairs are the priority, social affairs are the first, I have educated you since I was a child! What's more, as the East Palace, you should be an example for the world! And you! For the sake of the people, he ignored the government! How urgent the war in Xishan is, the excerpt is approved half a minute earlier, and the battle may be won or lost! You poured out your breath, and you dared to delay! ”

Zhao Xixing lowered his head and looked at him, with guilt on his face, but no remorse.

The more Zhao Yin spoke, the more angry he became, his face turned pale, and he paced around the room, not caring about the face of the East Palace, and the scolding resounded inside and outside the palace.

"Also, you dare to deceive me! You said that it was already dealt with, and I agreed that you would personally punish that subordinate! You are now more and more bold, dare to lie to you! Bullying the king, this is a big crime of bullying the king, you can't do it! ”