After entering the house, Xia Yu came up to untie the cloak on Du Xiaomeng's body and hung it up, and then quietly withdrew and closed the door.

Yu Tianzheng led Du Xiaomeng to the table and asked her to sit down, then took out a small wooden box from his body and handed it over, saying, "It's for you, see if you like it or not." ”

Du Xiaomeng took the box and slowly opened the lid under Yu Tianzheng's gaze.

Inside the box was a hairpin and a pair of bracelets. The hairpin body of the hairpin is not to see the slightest flaw of the clotted white jade, the hairpin is inlaid with a plum blossom carved into a very realistic red jade, there are two colorful flower butterflies flying on the plum blossom, as long as the hairpin is gently shaken, the two butterflies will shake left and right.

The hairpin looked very cute, Du Xiaomeng couldn't help but look at it a few more times before putting it on the table, and then took out the bracelet from the box.

The pair of bracelets was very different from what I usually saw, and at first glance it looked like a pair of clotted white jade bracelets with gold and stones, and upon closer inspection, I found that the gold wrapped in a round white jade ring was made into the shape of a bent branch, and the red gems set on it were red plums blooming on the gold branches. Under the background of the white clotted jade, the little red gems are particularly conspicuous, and it is very "proud of the snow and red plum".

Yu Tianzheng sat next to Du Xiaomeng, looked at her with a smile and asked, "Do you like it?" ”

Du Xiaomeng withdrew her gaze from the bracelet and smiled back at Yu Tianzheng, nodded and said, "This hairpin and bracelet look different from ordinary jewelry, very special and beautiful, I like it very much." ”

Yu Tianzheng picked up the hairpin on the table and played with it and said, "It's good if you like it." I designed the hairpin and bracelet myself, and then had the best jade craftsmen in town create them. I named this hairpin Butterfly Shuangfei, and the bracelet was named Snow Plum. ”

"Butterflies fly, plums in the snow, what an apt and good name." Du Xiaomeng admired it sincerely, lowered her head and looked at the pair of bracelets on her hand, and a light smile from the bottom of her heart came to her mouth.

From Yu Tianzheng's words just now, this can be called a first-class hairpin and bracelet whether it is its own materials, modeling design or handiwork, which is not only valuable, but also contains Yu Tianzheng's extraordinary intentions.

Yu Tianzheng not only takes good care of himself, is considerate, even if he has more things outside, he can also use his mind to please himself in his busy schedule, there is a person who treats himself like this, Du Xiaomeng has to feel a little moved. However, while being moved, Du Xiaomeng had an unreal feeling in his heart. She gently put the bracelet on the table, raised her head to look at Yu Tianzheng, hesitated for a moment, and finally asked the question that had been pressed in her heart: "Tianzheng, why do you like me?" In appearance, I am no better than any lady in your palace; In terms of background, I am even more ......"

"Little Meng." Yu Tianzheng interrupted Du Xiaomeng's words, "I like you because you are different from the women in the palace. ”

Du Xiaomeng's words before she had time to say were blocked in her mouth, she looked at Yu Tianzheng with wide eyes and puzzled, unable to figure out how she was different from the fat and thin beauties in King Rui's mansion.

Yu Tianzheng's hands wrapped around her waist, and then said, "Xiao Meng, do you know why my wives and concubines were safe and sound in this Wangcheng rebellion? ”

Du Xiaomeng thought for a while and said, "I heard that when the officers and soldiers of the third prince entered the palace, the ladies and the old housekeeper disappeared. But the old housekeeper learned of the news early in the morning and led the ladies to hide to avoid trouble? ”

Yu Tianzheng shook his head and said: "Outsiders only know that King Rui's wife has skills, and there are not only a group of beautiful wives and concubines in the family, but those who are beautiful and get along well with each other let King Rui enjoy the blessings of all people, but they don't know how many of these beautiful wives in King Rui's mansion are wholeheartedly devoted to me." ”

Du Xiaomeng looked at him and asked with some uncertainty: "You mean, the ladies in the Rui Wang's Mansion are not as infatuated with you as outsiders see?" ”

"Although there are many women around me, only the princess is the one I really want to marry." Yu Tianzheng smiled a little helplessly, and continued: "A few days after I got married to the princess, the queen said that it was too lonely to have only one princess in the huge Rui Palace, and the princess, as the head of the palace, was still young, and there were still many things that were not thoughtful about how to deal with people. In order to allow me, who has been fighting for the court all the year round, to resist the enemy and defend the country with peace of mind, there should be a steady and respectful person to assist the princess in taking care of the affairs of the palace together. So, within a few days, the queen asked her father for a marriage, and married her niece Zheng to me as a side concubine, and at the same time rewarded Concubine Zheng, who had been by her side for many years, to marry Concubine Zheng to the palace. ”

Speaking of this, he took Du Xiaomeng into his arms, gently rested his chin on her shoulder, and lowered his voice to continue: "Concubine Zheng is just the beginning. Less than half a year after she entered the palace, I led the troops to fight a victory outside and returned, and my father specially set up a palace feast to reward the soldiers of the whole army. At the banquet, Longyan Dayue's father and emperor decreed that the reward was nothing more than gold and silver wealth, or the addition of officials to the knighthood, but the reward I received was Qi Ji, the first dancer in the capital who danced in front of the emperor that day and attracted countless amazing eyes. In this way, King Rui's Mansion has another Qi beauty sent in by his father.

Later, I continued to make various military exploits, and as my reputation in the court grew, it was only natural that there were more and more women in the palace. Although they entered the palace in various forms, they all had the same purpose, that is, to secretly monitor all the movements of me and the palace, and report everything to the people who controlled them behind their backs. And the person who controls them behind them is either the queen or the father, or other powerful forces against me; They all have their own backstage forces to support them, so even if the Rui Wangfu is turned upside down, they have the ability to retreat. ”

After listening to Yu Tianzheng, Du Xiaomeng raised his eyes and looked at him with some sympathy and said: "Knowing that almost all the people next to the pillow are calculating themselves, this kind of life is really not easy." Have you ever thought about getting rid of them one by one after all these years? ”

"Nope."

Yu Tianzheng's affirmative answer was a bit unexpected by Du Xiaomeng.

Yu Tianzheng smiled and stroked her hair, and continued: "The queen has always guarded against me, and my father doesn't trust me so much, and there are many other people who are eyeing me. Even if I drive them all out of the palace, someone else will come in and take their place. In that case, why don't I treat them well by pretending not to know about it, and keeping them to report the information I have created to the people behind the scenes, so that the forces behind them can be my help to save my life? ”

I have heard Zhan Li say a lot of things about Yu Tianzheng before, Du Xiaomeng has always thought that Yu Tianzheng can sit on the crown prince in addition to being respected by the emperor because of his outstanding military achievements and outstanding ability, but also because he has a biological mother Hui Concubine who is deeply favored by the emperor, so the emperor will try his best to abolish the crown prince of the eldest son born to the queen and set up King Rui born by Hui Concubine as the crown prince. Hearing Yu Tianzheng tell such a truth, Du Xiaomeng would inevitably feel a little surprised.

Yu Tianzheng seemed to see through Du Xiaomeng's thoughts, and he continued: "Many people outside think that King Rui has a biological mother who is favored by the emperor, and because King Rui has been smart since he was a child, and when he grew up, he repeatedly made military exploits and won the favor of the emperor, so he can easily get the position of prince." In fact, everything I got today was hard-won, my biological mother came from a humble background, she has never been the most favored in the harem, and I am not the favorite child of my father. Among the many brothers, the most favored by my father is the second emperor brother born to the late Empress Haode, if it were not for the second emperor brother who devoted himself to the Buddha and decided to be born without asking about political affairs, the crown prince would never have fallen to the head of the eldest emperor brother and me. I can sit on the throne of the crown prince, in the final analysis, in fact, this group of women in the palace also has merit, if it were not for them to report to the people behind the scenes about my deliberate actions, or this prince position is now someone else's thing, I may have become a victim of the power struggle and even could not save my life. ”

Du Xiaomeng said with some sighs: "In this way, the ladies in your palace are still the heroes who helped you ascend to the throne of the crown prince." ”

Yu Tianzheng lowered his head and looked at Du Xiaomeng, and said, "After the palace change, the queen has completely lost power now, and my father has complete trust in me. The women in the palace are no longer useful, if Xiaomeng you don't like my three wives and four concubines, I can send them all away, not one of them, to ensure that in the future, there will only be one mistress in the palace, and there will be only one woman by Rui Wang Yu Tianzheng's side, and there will be no place for other women. ”

Du Xiaomeng was stunned by these words, and after a while, she came back to her senses and asked, "However, they have followed you for so many years, and you are willing to send them all away at once?" ”

Yu Tianzheng raised his head and looked out of the window with a solemn expression, and said slowly: "They have betrayed me for as many years as they have followed me, I know this very well in my heart. ”

Du Xiaomeng couldn't help but be stunned again. In the past, she had seen Yu Tianzheng and a group of wives and concubines getting along harmoniously and loving each other more than once, and the enviable and jealous happy smiles of the beauties, and Yu Tianzheng's tender and caring for them still made her remember it vividly. She always thought that Yu Tianzheng's relationship with all his wives and concubines was good, but it turned out that all this was just a beautiful illusion built up with false feelings.

She can't tolerate others betraying her, but she can always be gentle and sweet in her casual circulation, should she praise Yu Tianzheng's revolutionary will to be firm enough not to be confused by red and pink beauty, or should she sigh how deep this person's city should be to cultivate a hard-hearted heart that is not swayed by love?

The words "the most ruthless emperor royal" echoed in Du Xiaomeng's mind several times, and then fell on her heart. An indescribable taste came from the bottom of her heart, making her feel a little depressed.

Seeing that Du Xiaomeng was silent, Yu Tianzheng turned her body and let her face him, and said seriously: "You are completely different from other women in the palace, you didn't deliberately approach me with different intentions, your acquaintance with me is not an arrangement with ulterior motives under the power struggle, you will never use all your scheming to please me." Shouldn't I love and cherish a woman as different as you? ”

It is undeniable that being praised by a fairly good man for his various differences, such an answer is still very frustrating to hear, but this answer is not what he wants.

Du Xiaomeng pretended to be surprised and asked, "You just like me for such a simple reason?" ”

Yu Tianzheng looked at her with a smile and said: "You don't need too many reasons to like someone, like is like, even two people who have never met will like it at a glance." If you think that such a reason is too simple, then you can attribute my liking for you to fate or fate, it is the providence of God that makes me meet you and can't help but like you. I don't know if my little cute girl is dissatisfied with such a reason? ”

Speaking of which, it's not interesting to ask any further.

Du Xiaomeng looked at Yu Tianzheng and smiled and said, "Satisfied, very satisfied." However, I don't need to change anything, and I don't want you to get into unnecessary trouble because of me. ”

Yu Tianzheng did not respond to Du Xiaomeng's words, but took the hairpin on the table and said, "Come, I'll give you a hairpin." ”

After that, without waiting for Du Xiaomeng to answer, he took his own hands to put the butterfly hairpin on her bun, and then picked up the bracelet and put it on her wrist.

After getting it right, Yu Tianzheng stood up and looked at Du Xiaomeng several times, stretched out his hand and touched her earlobe and said: "This butterfly Shuangfei and the plum in the snow and Xiaomeng are very compatible, it's a pity that you didn't pierce your ears, or I can draw another pattern and let the craftsman create red plum earrings for you." ”

He raised his eyes and looked at the sky outside the window, and said, "Xiaomeng, let's go outside to enjoy the plum blossoms!" ”

"Plum blossoms?" Du Xiaomeng asked uncertainly.

"That's right, plum blossoms." Yu Tianzheng replied in the affirmative.