Xiao Gonghe has just entered the Shizi Mansion.

The servant hurried over: "Shizi, Mrs. Liu, she has a big temper today, Shizi go and take a look." ”

Xiao Gonghe looked impatient, but he still went directly to Mrs. Liu.

Although it is not allowed to marry in the filial piety period, but in recent days, the prince's mansion has quietly entered a woman, not a wife or a concubine, the prince called her "Mrs. Liu", and the people did not dare to slack off, and also called her "Mrs. Liu".

Xiao Gonghe pushed open the door, and the maids who knelt on the ground saw that the savior was coming, and they retreated one after another.

Xiao Gonghe glanced at the mess and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"I'm stuck here now, and you won't let me out, I don't even have a name, I-"

Xiao Gonghe interrupted in a low voice: "Don't you know that I am in the filial piety period!" What are you making a fuss about. He sat down beside the woman, though he was angry.

Mrs. Liu tilted her head slightly: "Are you blaming me?" ”

"Don't you know how your father died?! Let you not make trouble, don't make trouble, you lied to make such a big move, and now it's all as others wish! After Xiao Gonghe finished speaking, he sighed deeply, took the woman's hand, and said tiredly: "You are obedient, okay?" When that's all over, we don't have to worry about anything. ”

Mrs. Liu looked at Xiao Gonghe and the filial piety cloth wrapped around her waist, and finally said no more. She leaned lightly on his shoulder and said softly, "Do you know why I call Mrs. Liu?" ”

"Why?" Xiao Gonghe casually wrapped the ends of her hair around his fingertips.

"The grass grows and the warbler flies, and the willows are planted obliquely on the embankment in February." She tilted her head slightly: "Don't you remember Zhengde?" ”

"How?" Xiao Gonghe kissed her forehead gently: "Even if I forget my name, I will never forget that day......"

That day was Xiao Gonghe's birthday, and he was not a prince yet, but he was no longer a prince. He hid alone by the river and wept, and the young lady Liu laboriously broke down the thin willows and stuck them in the embankment.

"Happy Birthday! You see, this willow branch, even if it is separated from the original tree, can still take root and grow. Don't believe you, wait, we'll come back next year! This is my birthday gift to you! ”

The wind blew on the river embankment, the sun shone so that people couldn't open their eyes, and the willow branch stood stubbornly on the ground.

The little Xiao Zhengde rubbed his eyes, looked at the crooked willow branches, and finally burst into laughter.

And that willow tree has been more than ten years old.

……

In the princess's mansion, Yu Yao had just finished eating, and sat in front of the desk with a hand stove.

The weather was getting colder and colder, Yu Yao wrapped the cloak on her body and drank warm tea again, only then did she feel comfortable.

"Where's Abian? It's been seven or eight days since I've been to the princess's mansion, and I don't know what he's been doing lately, is he very busy with schoolwork? Yu Yao asked casually, it was true that she hadn't seen him for a few days.

Chuncai said: "Back to the princess, Ju Gongzi hasn't been here for ten days." ”

"So long?" Yu Yao was slightly surprised: "He's still going to school hard, right?" ”

"The affairs of the house are still taken care of by Ju Gongzi, and he will send someone to the account room to check the accounts every few days, and it has not been broken. And the slave and maid also saw Ah Li a few days ago. ”

"Oh...... As long as he's okay. Yu Yao just felt that he was a little bored if he didn't come, and said: "He goes to school, and he will have his own friends, so I guess he will play." ”

"If the princess wants Ju Gongzi to come over, just send someone to inform her."

Yu Yao shook her head: "It's okay, let him go, he'll come over when he's empty." ”