Her eyes were too hot, Xiao Yu pressed the stared cheeks hot, and coughed uncomfortably, reminding her to pay attention to proportion.

Xia Zhishu reacted at this time, and her first reaction was not to be shy, but to glance at him dissatisfied, blaming him for interrupting her thoughts.

The small movements of the two of them quietly were too "blatant", Xiao Yuanjun couldn't stand it, and pretended to be choked by the water and coughed lightly twice, this reminder was much more effective than Xiao Yu'an, Xia Zhishu was afraid of the people in the palace in his heart, especially if this person was still the prince, and he was instantly restrained.

picked up the big watermelon from the ground, hugged it to his chest flatteringly, and said with a smile: "I came to invite you to my birthday banquet today with a gift, on the first day of the next month, I don't know if you are willing to appreciate your face?" ”

As he spoke, he looked down at her big watermelon, and saw that it was not very good-looking, and it had already been cracked, and he was a little embarrassed for a while.

A few people don't really care about a watermelon, but they are curious about how she would think of holding a birthday banquet this year?

Because of the relationship between her father and mother and the royal family, their family is the most corresponding to the royal call, and her father died early, although the status is noble, but there is no man in the family to rely on, the mother is timid, has been cautious, rarely shows up, and acts low-key, no matter who the family is in the past years, never hold a birthday banquet, this year's civil and official reform, advocating frugality, how could her mother hold a birthday banquet for her at this juncture?

Speaking of this, Xia Zhishu was angry, and shaved the orange peel that Xiao Yu'an had just peeled, and said, "It's not my family that wants to do it, it's the Ministry of Rites that wants to do it, and the person in charge is the righteous son of the Ministry of Rites you said, Zhao Tiequan." ”

"Zhao Tiequan?"

Several people spoke in unison, and none of them reflected who she was talking about.

Xia Zhishu put aside the pile of orange peels in front of him that she had smashed, as if he had encountered something disgusting, "It's just nonsense!" He was originally called Zhao Tiequan, but he didn't know how to tie up with the book of the Ministry of Rites, and recognized a godfather, and he didn't even want the name of his father. ”

"How do you know?" How could a golden branch and jade leaf in a deep boudoir know these things?

Xia Zhishu pursed his nose and pouted, "Just those things, those who want to know can just check it, it's better for him not to dare to say it, and he looks down on him more powerful than him, so naturally these things will become a thing of the past." ”

"Then what are you going to check on him for?"

Xiao Yu'an didn't notice it, he asked unconsciously, and he was a little nervous.

"It's not that I want to check, it's that he forced me to check!"

Seeing a few people staring at her intently, she didn't go around in circles, "That time in the temple she couldn't flirt, learned my identity, counted that I didn't dare to make a noise for the sake of fame, so I came to harass me again and again, and then it was rumored that I had a personal affair with him, he did a good job on the surface, and he also had a reputation in the mouths of the people, these things somehow secretly said to my mother's ears, my mother went to investigate, and he was also interested in him, but he was not a decent gentleman at all!" ”

The more he talked, the more angry he became, and he took the orange peel as Zhao Tiequan, poked it twice, and was still angry, and stepped on it a few times under his feet, almost using up all his strength, and his teeth were clenched, which showed that he was a child.

"Do you think he will do something at your birthday banquet, so he wants to invite us to come, with the prince here, he doesn't dare to mess around, even if he dares, he has to weigh it?" Yiren carried the plate of oranges on the table farther away, so as not to spoil it ruthlessly, it was only picked from Foju Mountain, and it was sent back quickly.

"Yes, yes!" Xia Zhishu nodded busily, she really needed them to come to the town, her mother didn't understand Hu Yousheng's character, she didn't believe it when she told him, she valued her quite a lot, and when the time came, he was completely dominant, maybe something would happen?

With the prince and King Jing here, she has to weigh her own behavior, and she doesn't dare to act rashly, when the time comes, she only needs to entertain the prince on the grounds that she won't see him.

Speaking of this, Xia Zhishu also didn't understand something, and said: "But Hu Yousheng is the righteous son of the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Rites and Rites is still the guardian of him, which can be described as a promising future, although I have the title of princess, but I really have no real power, and it is not good for him to encircle me, why does she insist on marrying me?" ”

If she wants to say that she likes her, she won't believe it, these people, royal power and wealth are the right thing, and they will never let their children miss their future, and marry a person who is not helpful to his career as a wife, and this person's status is higher than him.

"Who says there's no good?" Seventeen Gu picked up the teacup, his voice was charming, and everyone couldn't see his expression clearly when he lowered his eyes, and only one person who was always paying attention to him noticed that he was angry, almost instantly, just when Xia Zhishu mentioned the Book of Rites.

Xia Zhishu was a little scared of Seventeen, and felt that this person felt a little fierce to her inexplicably, although she was nervous at the moment, she still had the courage to look at him.

Seventeen put the teacup in front of Yiren, broke the orange basin in front of her, peeled the orange for him very naturally, and asked Xia Zhishu, "What kind of person is Hu Hansheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites?" ”

"It is said that he loves the people like a son, especially children, often gives kindness to the beggars on the street, and the amount is not small each time, and he is very fair, and he never favors anyone in the court, so he often offends Prince Xiao and the former imperial history, and also says that he is loyal to the ear, and he is a big country in his heart."

She wanted to reach out for the oranges in the pot, but he gave him a look, retracted her hand stupidly, and hung her head aggrievedly.

Suddenly, seeing a pair of beautiful ones passing in front of her eyes, Xiao Yu ignored Seventeen's gaze, Wu Zi grabbed a handful of oranges and put them in front of Xia Zhishu, Xia Zhishu felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, who knew that he was about to put it down, his hand was paused, and he changed directions, stopped in front of him, peeled it since ancient times, and took Seventeen's words, "Then are you listening to what others say or what you think in your heart?" ”

This question made Xia Zhishu come back to her senses suddenly, she did hear what others said, but it was spread like this in the streets!

"If you put aside what you just said, with your own thoughts and thoughts, what do you think of Hu Hansheng as a person?"

Xiao Zhishu was stumbling, his eyes were erratic, and he couldn't speak.

"Say it! Even if you have no man to rely on in your family, you are also a princess of the emperor's own title, you are a monarch and a minister, and you are afraid of a Ministry of Rites. Xiao Yuan saw that she was embarrassed for a long time, and she didn't speak, so she couldn't help but remind.

Xia Zhishu was about to speak, but Xiao Yuanjun interrupted him again, "Don't deal with me with the same trick as Mr. Teacher, if you have the courage to say it, you have to bear the crime of bullying." ”

As he spoke, he picked up an orange in his hand at random, and he didn't even look up at her, he could easily see her thoughts.

Xiao Yuanjun knows her better than Xia Zhishu thought, when she was a child, she took classes together, she learned quickly, and the teacher also said that she was very talented, after her father died, she was like a different person, dull and wooden, completely without the aura of the past, and her courage became smaller, usually hiding herself directly in the crowd, so that no one would find out.

Xia Zhishu was stunned for a moment when he heard the prince say this, and then gritted his teeth, as if he was out of the way, straightened his posture, and even his tone was a lot more serious, "I think that the Book of Rites is hypocritical, selfish, and ambitious. ”

Xiao Yuanjun raised his eyebrows and motioned for her to continue, Xia Zhishu took a long breath, and when he saw Xiao Yu'an handing her the peeled oranges, he was overjoyed, and took it happily, and strengthened his voice, "If he really loves the people like a son, it doesn't necessarily mean that he really coughs about any earth-shattering things, but it is a little favor and a small favor, which is widely publicized, but he still pretends to be indifferent to fame and fortune." ”

"I see that he doesn't really like children, at least he doesn't like beggars, he just sends money to those little beggars every time in front of the people, and he doesn't do all the work on the surface, he never shows up, but his reputation for being kind and charitable is getting bigger and bigger, but if he really cares, why not put them properly, and let them wander outside, as for being so ambitious, those advice in the court, it's not his business, I have heard, he will take the responsibility back and take it down, but he has never done anything, On the contrary, it was rumored that he was loyal to him several times, which annoyed the emperor and was a good official for the people. ”

After speaking, he took a bite of the orange in his hand, snatched the one that Xiao Yu'an had just peeled in his hand, stuffed it into it, and drank it as water.

Seeing this, Xiao Yu'an poured her a glass of water, "You see, you know in your own heart that Hu Hansheng cares most about his reputation, he has neither actual achievements nor a foundation like the household department, so he can only find a sense of existence in the prestige of the people, and his protégés and righteous sons care nothing more than their reputation." ”

"What does that have to do with Hu Yousheng marrying me?" Xia Zhishu didn't react, and asked stupidly.

Doesn't that mean this man is smart? Xiao Yu'an looked at it, the clever energy when he was a child was made up by the prince to fool and love him.

But for now, I still have to explain it clearly for her, "That Hu Yousheng pays attention to reputation, those rumors of small favors, the people are tired of hearing crookedly, and now Hu Hansheng intends to let Hu Yousheng take his position, and he will definitely put his mind on fame." ”

"You are a princess, but there is no man in the family who holds any official position, has no real power, and is just a pitiful person in the eyes of everyone, and Hu Yousheng, as you said, the Ministry of Etiquette Shangshu escorts him, and the future is immeasurable, marrying you at this juncture shows that he is not a powerful person, but also can get the title of a lover."

This was a bit heavy, Xia Zhishu didn't care at all, only cared about the last sentence he said, and suddenly got up angrily, "I'm sorry, just him, and use me to show that he is not a powerful person, I just don't have a princess, that's half a king, and he deserves it!" ”

The air fell silent in an instant, and several people looked at her intently, even Xiao Pick, whose jaws were stunned by her actions.

Xia Zhishu consciously lost her temper, but she couldn't care so much at the moment, she said it boldly, but in fact, she didn't have a bottom in her heart at all, she was afraid of causing trouble to her mother, and she was also afraid that because she would cause stigma for the title of princess, even the emperor would be tongued, and her father Jiuquan would not be able to live in peace.

Although she is very arrogant, she is actually more careful than anyone else.

Everyone will only say that she just died as a father, so she got the title of a princess, and her Royal Highness the princess in the palace, which is a unique honor in the world.

But she obviously just wants to be a freewheeling girl, and her father hurts, and her mother doesn't have to be cautious in everything, for fear of causing chaos to the royal family.

Everyone, one mouth, one mind, a hundred times and a thousand times, why don't you know how to be kind?

Thinking about it, she felt a little sad.

O man! How?