Chapter 7: If You Wish
As soon as she returned to the house, the old lady was really going to have dinner, and when she came back, her face was not very good, and she could guess a few points, so she didn't ask much, but just told the girl to send food to her room.
But she asked this and that curiously, about the process of her selection when she entered the palace, about the various performances of His Royal Highness King Xin, and about the various details of their going out today. She didn't know how to answer, and she didn't want to answer, she just lowered her head sullenly to eat, and she couldn't hide from being asked, so she answered a random sentence or two.
Time is like a cloud, the wind passes by, and it gradually drifts away. And just like that, a few days passed before I knew it. Early in the morning, as if he had suddenly discovered something strange, he shouted loudly: "How can I believe that His Royal Highness has not heard any news in the past few days?" Have you forgotten our young lady?!" The more he spoke, the quieter his voice became, and he seemed to be a little afraid that the young lady would feel uncomfortable when he heard it.
She didn't think so, and smiled casually: "It's okay not to come, it's better to forgetβ’β’β’β’β’β’"
Before the words fell, a faint sentence came from outside the window: "Ying'er, do you hope that this king will forget you so much?"
She and Yu Yan were really taken aback, but after what happened last time, she was no longer so panicked, and she raised her voice to the window with some dissatisfaction: "Does His Royal Highness King Xin always like to pretend to be so scary?" He was still looking at her with a puzzled expression.
The prince walked out with a smile. He was still so heroic, slightly raising the corners of his mouth and smiling evilly: "Ying'er, have you missed me these days?" I've been missing you. β
When she heard this, her scalp was a little numb, and her face turned red to the base of her ears. At this time, she was trying to hide behind the girl, but at this time, there was still the shadow of the girl, and she didn't know when she would sneak out.
She had no choice but to stand still, pursed her lips and said with some dissatisfaction: "His Royal Highness King Xin, please don't make such jokes in the future, okay?" You see, you've scared my maid away. β
King Xin slowly approached her provocatively, leaned next to her red ear, and whispered in his ear: "We are talking to each other, of course, it is better to avoid idle people, that girl is really sensible, in the end, it is you who came out!" After saying that, he covered his mouth and laughed.
She was even more embarrassed, but she didn't bother to pay attention to him, took a step back, and asked as if changing the topic, "Why are you free to come over today?"
"There were some things to deal with in the palace a few days ago, so I couldn't leave, but today I finally got free, so I wanted to come and see you." Saying this, he thought of the things in the palace again, and his thick sword eyebrows couldn't help frowning.
She frowned when she saw him, and thought to herself: Although he always likes to joke, in fact, everyone has their own things in their hearts, although the things they do are different, but the feelings in their hearts are not very different. The pain in my heart is something that others can easily know. Thinking like this, she actually felt a little sad.
Seeing her somewhat sad expression, His Royal Highness King Xin's frowning brows suddenly relaxed, and he laughed coolly: "Is my Ying'er starting to feel sorry for me too?"
She was told that she was on her mind, and she lowered her head in embarrassment and ignored him. The tenderness of the bowed head saw all the troubles of the king of faith swept away.
He couldn't help but say emotionally: "Ying'er, since we met in Acacia Garden that day, the woman who was stroking the piano and crying has been projected on my heart, God has blessed you to participate in the draft, you know how happy I am in my heart." That day, when you stood under the apricot blossom tree, intoxicated by the beautiful scenery, you were delicate and quiet in the spring light, and at that moment, you knew that you had become the most beautiful scenery in my heart. From that moment on, I said to myself, no matter what, I can't let you go out of my life. After slowly approaching you, your tranquil and indisputable temperament made me even more appreciative and obsessed. β
She listened quietly, but her heart fluctuated. She knew better than anyone else that the scene under the apricot blossom tree that day was purely unintentional. And her indisputability with the world is just a selfish unwillingness to let herself be hurt in any way, unwilling to make her heart public, and let others have the opportunity to hurt wantonly.
King Xin continued: "On that day in the valley of red faces, you said that you only wish to be monogamous and monogamous, and to be with each other for the rest of your life, hand in hand. I have to admit that monogamy is something I can't give you in my life, as the dignified prince of the Ming Dynasty, I can't give you the simplest things in the world. But if you wish, I would like to be with each other for the rest of my life, hand in hand. β
She still lowered her head and didn't say a word, she didn't know Xinwang's thoughts, she also believed that everything he was telling her now was true. It's just that the person in front of him is destined not to give her the happiness she wants: he is now the king of Xin, he now has his princess Zhou, he will become the emperor in the future, he will have his queen, his concubines, his entire harem, and in his life, he is destined not to give her his tenderness alone.
If she wants to compete with others for her husband's favor and share her husband with others in the deep palace in the future, ancient women may not be able to do it, and for her, a person who has traveled through the past from the 21st century, she can't do it anyway.
King Xin was waiting for her response expectantly, she avoided his expectant eyebrows, tried to calm down and said, "Your Royal Highness King Xin, I don't want to!" In my life, I will only be monogamous and monogamous, and I will live my whole life. And you already have Princess Zhou first, and I am not the only woman who was selected to enter the palace this time, so why should His Royal Highness King Xin say such things here to embarrass me. His Royal Highness the King of Letters, you are the prince, you don't have to talk to me here, just use your prince's power to marry me back to the palace, and my Tianfu will still be grateful for the kindness of the prince. What's more, the emperor has decreed marriage, whether I want to or not, I have no way out, I can only go step by step. She wanted to use these words to make King Shin die, and begged the emperor to withdraw his will to give marriage.
When His Royal Highness King Xin heard this, his heart seemed to fall from a high altitude to a low cliff, and he said with a lost face: "In this way, Ying'er, you still don't want to use Ying'er, Ying'er, you also know that I don't want to use the power of the prince to force you, I only hope that you can marry me willingly, if I meet you a few months earlier, I will show my heart to the imperial brother, and you will be alone, this life is enough." It's just that now, the princess of Zhou was personally selected by the Queen Mother, and she was a concubine with me, and she was diligent and thrifty in the past few months in the palace, cautious in words and deeds, and never had a half-step difference, how could I live up to her. β
"His Royal Highness King Xin misunderstood, the slave maid never wanted you to let down Princess Zhou, just wanted to beg the prince to let the slave and maid go, and the slave maid really didn't want to enter the palace and become a member of the royal family." She didn't want to break up anyone, she just knew what he was going through in the future, she didn't want to enter the harem by herself, and she would intrigue with other people, but he didn't know all this, how should she explain it to King Xin.
Her tone was as cold as it had been at first, as if all of this had nothing to do with her. King Xin began to be a little anxious: "Ying'erβ’β’β’β’β’ don't talk to me in this tone, okay?" That makes me feel like you're getting farther and farther away from me. β
She seemed to be a little sad in her heart, and she couldn't say it clearly, but she knew that if she was soft-hearted at this time, the road ahead would be even more difficult: "Your Royal Highness King Xin, please go back first, the slave is tired and wants to rest." β
His Royal Highness wanted to speak and stopped, as if he wanted to say something, but when he saw that her tone suddenly became so stiff and cold, he knew that he should not say any more, so he left in disappointment.
After King Shin left, she felt a little stuffy in her chest, and wanted to go out for a walk, so she wandered around boredly. She didn't want to think about the king anymore, but the words that the king said always came to her mind involuntarily.
She didn't know that it was not easy to make His Royal Highness King Xin die, not to mention that now that the emperor's will to marry had come down, how difficult it was to want the emperor to take back his fate. It's just that she still wants to try harder, no matter what the result is, she has to try it for the sake of her heart's desire.
She herself knew that she was not resisting the king of faith. What she resisted was nothing more than the injustice of three wives and four concubines in this era. What she resisted was nothing more than the fact that there were three thousand beauties in the palace harem. All she resisted was the constant intrigue in the court. All she resisted was sharing a man with other women.
She shook her head desperately, unwilling to let herself think about the king again. Things have developed into today's situation, and she can only resign herself to fate and take one step at a time.