Chapter 8: The Beginnings
Xie Yanhe bit his lip.
After all, the person in front of him is the emperor, if he brushes the emperor's face one after another, he is afraid that Emperor Jianyuan will be punished.
Despite his dissatisfaction, Xie Yanhe could only admit it.
She couldn't help but tilt her head away.
In the bright lights, Xie Yan and a face as thin as congealed fat were puffed out with anger, their red lips were slightly pouted, and under the curved eyebrows, the wet peach blossom eyes were soft and shining, and their expressions were both coquettish and revealing a naΓ―ve that was not tainted.
Wei Zhao's fingers in his sleeve moved, he wanted to pinch her face, but he was afraid that she would peep into his mind, so he could only endure it, a pair of bottomless eyes darkened, and said in a deep voice: "Red kite, you step back first." β
The red kite whispered "yes" and left the room without a sound.
For a while, only Xie Yan and Emperor He Jianyuan were left in the room.
Xie Yanhe drooped her slender eyelashes, her bright eyes were full of tears for a moment, and she sobbed: "Is Your Majesty letting people spy on me?"
Wei Zhao did have this intention, but his intention was so deep that where could Xie Yanhe know.
He frowned, and his tone was slightly heavier: "I'm talking nonsense again, I let the red kite follow you for your safety." Don't worry, what do you do, the red kite only listens to your orders, and I have arranged for you to be a guard, not a spy. β
When Xie Yanhe heard this, he lowered his head and wept silently, looking unwilling and reluctant.
Although Wei Zhao was distressed, he resolutely refused to let go, so he had to take something to coax Xie Yanhe in a soft voice.
"A few days ago, ten boxes of pearls were paid tribute from the south, all of which were fine southern pearls, each one the size of a thumb. I remember that you used to wear pearl head flowers, whether you would string them into beads, or make a pearl shirt, or make a few more sets of pearl heads. β
Xie Yanhe turned his head angrily, tears still falling: "Am I a child?" Your Majesty will only coax me with these things. β
Wei Zhao looked funny: "I drop golden beans at every turn, and I also say that I am not a child."
The person in front of her is the emperor first, and then the elders who dote on her.
Even if Xie Yanhe is dissatisfied, she can only accept it when she sees it, she pursed her lips: "Your Majesty, I'm thirsty, please pour me a glass of water."
Wei Zhao was proud and helpless about Xie Yanhe's pampering. But such an arrogant temper is what he is used to, in addition to continuing to get used to it, what else can he do.
Wei Zhao got up, poured a glass of water for Xie Yanhe, and said with a smile while handing it to her: "In this world, only you dare to send me to do things."
"Your Majesty has spent all my girls, and you can't let one of my patients pour water and drink it by himself."
Xie Yan complained coquettishly.
She drank the water in the cup in a small sip, and there was a red porcelain tea cup spread out in the palm of her white and tender palm, like a red plum in the snow, which was very beautiful.
Wei Zhao took the empty cup reluctantly, and only felt that it was willing to do anything for her.
Seeing this, Xie Yanhe smiled sweetly.
"Your Majesty, I'm going to have a peach blossom banquet in a few days, and I'm going to invite a few princesses, princesses, and princesses, can Your Majesty come and cheer me on?"
Xie Yanhe whispered softly to the emperor, and a pair of peach-blossom eyes seemed to hide countless shining little stars.
Wei Zhao was simply powerless to parry, so he easily agreed to her: "One day you tell me, I will come out of this sky."
Xie Yan agreed with the purpose, and the smile on his little face was so sweet that honey could drip out: "On the tenth day of the first month of next month, I will wait for Your Majesty."
Wei Zhao endured and endured, and finally obeyed his heart, raised his hand and pinched the tip of her small nose, and his deep voice revealed a thick doting: "It's not early, I will go back to the palace first, you take good care of yourself, don't always let me be suspenseful."
Xie Yanhe nodded obediently, and was about to get off the kang, but was stopped by the emperor: "You are not in good health, don't pay attention to the false etiquette of those Lao Shizi, you should take care of your body earlier, which is the filial piety to me."
Since Emperor Jianyuan said this, Xie Yanhe lay on the bed and did not move.
It's already getting dark.
The maids lit the candles in the house again, and the whole inner room was brightly lit.
Xie Yanhe still maintained the posture of leaning on the big pillow, motionless.
Seeing that it was past the time for dinner, Amber walked up to Xie Yanhe cautiously and asked softly, "Master, do you want to set up dinner?"
Xie Yanhe waved his hand and said, "Let the kitchen send a bowl of bird's nest porridge over in a while, I don't have much appetite now." You go find Zhuxin and come over, I have something to order. β
"Yes, county lord." Amber took the order and left.
But with a stick of incense, Zhuxin entered the room with a smile.
Xie Yanhe beckoned and motioned for her to take a few steps forward: "Before Your Majesty came to me, did you go to see your grandmother?" Did the two of them say anything? β
Zhu Xin is a lively and laughing character, and he is good at pharmacology, so he was personally recommended by Xie Yanhe to the eldest princess.
Since the crown prince divorced, Xie Yanhe no longer trusted his grandmother so much, and I don't know if the eldest princess noticed it.
Bamboo heart lowered his eyes.
"Back to the county lord, when Your Majesty was talking to the eldest princess, there was no one left in the house, and it was not Aunt Zhuang who was guarding outside the house, but Feng Zhonggui and the palace guards."
Bamboo Heart sent me a brief remark, but it was clear.
Xie Yanhe bowed slightly: "You go back to your grandmother."
Wait until Bamboo Heart comes out of the house. Xie Yanhe seemed to have been drained of all his strength, and fell softly on the big pillow, and even the homely shirt on his body was soaked in cold sweat.
Xie Yanhe had never thought about it in that direction before, but he couldn't help but think about everything repeatedly.
Those clues......
The position of the elder brother as a general, as well as the rewards for his uncles, all started three years ago, and she was the only one, ignorant and unconscious, who walked into the trap set by Emperor Jianyuan step by step.
It's just that there was a Wei Jin in the past, and Emperor Jianyuan restrained himself everywhere, and he didn't notice it.
Now, in his grandmother's mansion, Emperor Jianyuan directly broke into his inner room where he was resting, and planted people around her, is this completely unscrupulous?
A tear poured out from Xie Yanhe's peach-pink eyes, and the crystal tears slowly rolled down her snow-white cheeks and fell between her lips, and the tip of her tongue was full of bitterness.
When did Emperor Jianyuan's thoughts about himself begin?
Is she thirteen? Or twelve? If you think about it carefully, it's not without traces, it's because she's too stupid and stupid to respect that person as a father.
Xie Yanhe forcibly supported the sick body to the table and wrote a letter, asked Amber to seal the envelope, and sent it out.
Grandmother and cousin love themselves so much, how can Xie Yanhe bear to drag the Gu family into the water.
It's just that in the future, she is alone, and her brother is far away in the border city, what should she do!
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On the second day after Xie Yanhe recovered from his serious illness, he got up early to greet the eldest princess.
The time of her visit was just right, and the eldest princess had just finished her breakfast, and was cleaning her hands and rinsing her mouth under the service of the maid.
Xie Yanhe took the balm from the maid's hand, picked up a touch of balsam with his fingertips, and carefully smeared the eldest princess on her entire hand.
"Grandmother, yesterday Your Majesty came over and rewarded my granddaughter with some of the best Nanzhu, I put a box for you, you might as well wear a pair of pearl heads."
The eldest princess patted her granddaughter's hand and said lovingly: "The good things that Your Majesty gave you, you can keep them for yourself." Grandmother is an old man, where can I still wear some flowers and flowers. β
Hearing this, Xie Yanhe pouted, shook the eldest princess's arm and said coquettishly: "Where is grandmother old, in the eyes of your granddaughter, you are like a rich peony, graceful and natural." β
"You little flim mouth."
The eldest princess gently twisted Xie Yan and her tender and smooth little face, and her thoughts were complicated.
This granddaughter grew up outside the capital, and after her second son had an accident, she was taken into the Yongwang Mansion by Emperor Jianyuan, who was once titled King Yong.
After Emperor Jianyuan won the pole, he directly took his granddaughter into the inner court.
It took ten days and half a month for the eldest princess to be able to meet her granddaughter.
The relationship between grandparents and grandchildren is not deep.
Three years ago, the prince repented of his marriage.
The eldest princess personally took her granddaughter out of the palace, raised her in the house for only a month, and sent her granddaughter to her grandfather Gu's house in Jiangnan.
Even if they are related by blood, this child's feelings for her grandmother should be very weak.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have tempted her so blatantly.
The eldest princess sighed in her heart, the second child was strict with her son, but this little daughter made him and his daughter-in-law spoiled.
Perhaps, it is a good thing to marry this granddaughter low.
"Yan He, according to this, grandmother shouldn't mention this to you, but now that you have grown up, our family doesn't like blind marriage and dumb marriage, so grandmother will say it directly."
"Grandmother......" Xie Yanhe looked at the eldest princess with a shocked expression.
She couldn't believe what she was hearing.
The eldest princess was softly afraid to pat Xie Yanhe's softness, and her gentle and warm words carried a sense of comfort.
"This family affair was opened to me by your cousin aunt of the Chengjun Palace, Mrs. Li herself. The man is the nephew of her husband's family, although he is only twenty-two years old, he holds the martial arts position of Zhengwupin in Liaodongwei, and his parents are gone, and he has no brothers or sisters.
You have no in-laws, no concubines, and no sister-in-law when you marry in the past, and you can be the master of the house as soon as you enter the door......"
When Xie Yanhe heard this, his heart was cold.
She is a dignified concubine of the public mansion, and she has the title of county lord from the imperial court. Now, he is going to marry a five-grade military attache from a poor family?!
What about the elder brother? Did he agree too? For the sake of a rich future, are all the people in the family going to leave themselves behind?!
Xie Yanhe was shocked and angry, and his soft lips were almost bitten by himself.
After a while, she whispered: "The granddaughter is all up to her grandmother."
"Good boy, grandmother knows that you have been wronged."
The eldest princess is very pleased that her granddaughter can be so sensible.
Xie Yanhe lowered his head, and there was no trace of resentment and unwillingness on his jade-white face.
"Actually, my granddaughter came here today to say goodbye to her grandmother. My brother and sister-in-law are not in Beijing all the year round, and there are only two of us in the second room. Now that the granddaughter has returned, there is no reason to leave the mansion empty again. β
Speaking of this, Xie Yanhe bit his lip and said softly: "If the granddaughter marries one day, she will also marry from the Jingping Marquis Mansion." β
Hearing this, the eldest princess sighed: "Your cousin Gu treats you sincerely, if you can, grandmother also wants to fulfill you." It's just Yan He, with your current status, the farther away from these whirlpools in the capital, the better. β
Xie Yanhe reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said against his will: "Grandmother's words are serious. Marriage is the order of parents and the words of matchmakers. My cousin and I have no selfish relationship, so please rest assured that my grandmother is about this. β
The eldest princess also realized that she had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly remedied: "Grandmother is really old and confused, our Yan He is a good child who is sensible."
Xie Yanhe was angry in her heart, but she also calmed down at this time, she pursed her lips and smiled, bowing her head and acting shyly.