"Lian Gui Hotaru, you... Like Big Brother? ”

I was startled and stared straight into his eyes as he stared at me.

Yes, those sparkling droplets on his eyelashes were really not the mist of the hot springs.

For a moment, a cowardice arose in my heart that I did not dare to look him in the eye. It was as if the sparkle in his eyes was so hot that one more look would melt my heart.

"It is not polite for His Highness Fifth Highness to ask this."

"On Peach Blossom Street that day, you agreed to make an appointment with me the next day, why did you miss the appointment?"

A sour feeling welled up somewhere in my heart. He...... Did you go to an appointment that night?

I didn't know how to answer him, and I didn't dare to look up at him anymore, so I turned around and turned to the bright palace lamp by the Qianjiao Spring, and avoided saying a word.

"You... Is it my fault for missing the appointment on that snowy night? ”

The sourness in my heart became more and more intense, and I bit my lower lip and stared at a bubble gurgling under the diving spring, slowly rising to my face.

Silent rupture.

"I know that the last time I went to Prince Huan's Mansion, you were calculated by the third brother. So... So what about this time? ”

Miyahata's trance voice seemed to float from a long distance behind him, "Is it a last resort, or is it a secret of your Tail Sect, or... Or is it just angry with me? If that's the case, it's still too late, and I'll be able to take you out now—"

"—stop kidding."

“… What the? ”

"Fifth Highness, I have my own purpose in entering the Prince's Mansion, please stop speculating."

I turned around, suppressed the sharp stinging pain in my heart when I met his melancholy gaze, and said in a deep voice, "I didn't wait for you for the first meeting, I was really angry, but this anger was only angry all night, and I didn't think about it again." The second time we met, I had already decided that you were a frivolous Meng Lang, but I responded hastily and never cared about it. ”

"You're lying!"

"Why do you say I'm lying?"

"Just by the way I carried you that night on the long street." Miyahata frowned, his originally bright eyes were dim and distressing, "You weren't like this that day, you were clear to me that day... It's not like that......"

"I was seriously injured and tired that day, if I said anything when I was weak, please don't worry about it."

"Could it be... Is it really me who cares? Is it really wishful thinking on my part? ”

"Your Highness the Fifth is cautious, you and I are just a few faces, so why is there any wishful thinking." I took a half step back, maintaining a proper distancing, "I am the crown princess of His Royal Highness the crown prince, and I am your sister-in-law. ”

"So you have affection for your eldest brother!"

"Fifth Highness, please stop being ruthless with me-"

"-Since you are not sentient, what do you want from him, you ......"

I couldn't hold on any longer, and a tear fell. I was shocked by my own tears, and turned my back to the palace flag. He seemed to be startled by my sudden movement, and he was dumbfounded.

Why, even with my back to him, I could still feel the heat of his gaze.

"It's getting late, I'm afraid it's inconvenient for you and me to stay any longer." I suppressed my crying desperately, "The Fifth Highness does not speak properly, from now on, I hope we will not have the opportunity to get along in private again." ”

I didn't look back, almost escaping the green wall of the Hidden Spring.

All the way back to my room, my steps became faster and faster, and for some reason, tears fell faster and faster. Until the end, it was already desperate to run, and tears were raining down.

On the first night of this prince's mansion, except for the news that the prince was drunk with the five princes in the front yard and could not come to accompany me, there was silence all night and no sleep.

Since that day, I have not seen Miyahata again.

I have to say that the days of smiling faces and circling with the palace are really the most torturous days since I came to this world. Not to mention listening to Shui Qing's news, it took all my energy to keep my innocence.

That palace is a person, how kind of obscene word is it......

The end of the year is approaching, and the emperor's birthday festival is on the auspicious day of the first day of the first month. I pressed the palace curtain in time to report to the emperor and my wedding, and pretended to be coquettish and asked him to choose a good day for me.

"Where do you still need to remind me, my stupid Lian'er!" Gong Wei's eyebrows fluttered, and his face was about to burst into desire, "I have already invited Mr. Mr. chose a good day on the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, which was auspicious and did not collide with his father's longevity festival; It is not only in line with your birthday, but also in line with your and my desire to get married as soon as possible! ”

"-Twenty-nine, isn't that the day after tomorrow!" My soul flew into the sky, and my hands were as straight as the wings of a frightened goose, "This... This is too hasty, how can Your Highness have time to prepare a dowry for me! ”

"Don't worry, the dowry was prepared when I married the other person before..."

The palace maid wanted to speak and stopped, obviously talking about Shui Qing, and felt unlucky, "I have ordered the official family to double the original example." If you have anything else you want, just say it, but I will give you whatever is in my house. No, I will enter the palace tomorrow to ask my father! ”

"What is this...", my mind raced and I struggled to find a reason to refuse, "Take that woman's things as an example for me, the prince is too wronged by the concubine!" ”

"Lian'er, what are these words, I'm full of pity for you, it's too late, how can I wronged you!"

"Since Your Highness loves me, this big wedding shouldn't be so hasty. I can see clearly that the people in the house have been busy with the inventory and cleaning of the New Year since yesterday, and who will be called to arrange our wedding banquet for a while! ”

I pretended to be aggrieved and squeezed tears: "What's more, after the twenty-ninth is Chinese New Year's Eve, after Chinese New Year's Eve is the Emperor's Halloween, this major event is one after another, then it will be obviously the concubine and His Royal Highness's newlywed Yan'er, no one will celebrate, but I am afraid that His Highness will not even have the time to accompany the concubine!" ”

The palace maid still wants to persuade again, but I am coquettish and stupid, and I will not obey. Seeing my resolute attitude, he couldn't help but sigh and agreed to my request to choose a marriage date after the Halloween Festival and hold it ceremoniously.

I seized the opportunity, and said that in order to protect my reputation, I must have a big wedding before having a round house. The palace didn't agree, but he couldn't bear my soft words to please a few words, so he had to comply.

Actually, apart from being disgusting, the palace can't find anything wrong with me. Needless to say, food, clothing, housing and transportation, it is more exquisite and luxurious than when it was in Lifu. From the time I woke up in the morning to the time I fell asleep at night, there were countless maidservants serving and serving in everything throughout the day.

Even when I went for a walk in the garden, there were more than a dozen guards in front and back who were carefully guarded, and more than a dozen paces behind me followed by eight children who held their breath and carried the sedan chair, in case I suddenly got tired and didn't want to move.

As for the guards, although they are on duty every day, I have never seen the ones who heard me talking to the palace that night.

Living like this, I am naturally depressed. I begged the palace guard, but he said that he would not lay off the guards who took care of me every day. I knew in my heart that he must have eaten the lesson of Shui Qing's escape from marriage before, and he never completely reassured me, so he didn't let go.

Finally, after I complained more than a dozen times a day, he reluctantly agreed to remove more than 100 maids who served me every day for grooming and makeup, laundry and ironing, meals and tea, cleaning the courtyard, adding charcoal to the lamp, and bathing. Layers of selection, singled out two of the most outstanding girls in the house to be my personal maids, exclusively serving me in all matters every day.

These two maids, one is called Guan Ju and the other is called Pu Jia.

The two girls were only fifteen or sixteen years old, and they were all rules at first, but after getting along, they realized that I was not the tricky and harsh master, but in the end they were simple girls, so they also opened their hearts to me.

Guan Ju is a maid in the prince's mansion, with a goose egg face pink and cute, her temperament is straightforward, and she is straightforward and crisp in her work, which is a typical Northland rouge. In addition, I have practiced martial arts since I was a child, and my body is strong, so I was favored by the palace and served with me, but also protected my safety.

In contrast, it is much more restrained. When choosing people, he lowered his face with a small slap, and he didn't dare to raise his head. Or her old son told the palace maid and me that this girl is still a slave from the south in the house, although she is shy, she is the most considerate and thoughtful in serving people.

The Chinese New Year's Eve palace banquet is approaching, the palace is lingering in the palace all day and has no time to return to the house, there is nothing to do during the day, these two girls have a word to chat with me to relieve boredom. After chatting a lot, there is no need to worry about it, and there are no taboos.

"Mother, you-"

"-I haven't passed the door yet, and the palace is not here on weekdays, so you call me a girl."

"Oh... Girl," Guan Ju blinked her big apricot-like eyes, as if she was extremely puzzled by my request, "The slave maid has a question that I have thought about for a long time, and I have never been able to understand it. The slave maid wants to ask the girl, you marry the prince. What the hell is going on? ”

Pu Jia, who was standing behind me rubbing my shoulders, suddenly loosened, as if she was startled by Guan Ju's question. I saw Guan Ju, who was sitting across from me peeling walnuts, frowning at Pu Jia in confusion, and I could imagine that Pu Jia behind her must have shook her head wordlessly, suggesting that she should not ask such a faux pas.

"It doesn't matter." I tilted my head and smiled at Pu Jia, "This question is not only curious about you, but I am afraid that the people in the whole mansion, including the palace curtain, will not understand." ”

"Girl, the slave and maid really think you are good, so I told you this."

Guan Ju put down the walnut in his hand and said to me seriously, "I grew up in the Prince's Mansion since I was a child, and I am most familiar with our Royal Highness. Pu Jia told me that these things are not for us to worry about as slaves. It's just that the slave maid can't understand why you have to marry here with such a smart heart and such an outstanding appearance? ”

"Why do you think so, he is the crown prince." I said to Guan Ju with great interest, "With him, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth, and you will be more virtuous in the future." So many women squeezed their heads and wanted to enter the prince's mansion, aren't they all for this? ”

"If the girl is greedy for power and wealth, Guan Ju will not ask like this." Guan Ju looked at me sincerely and seriously, "What's more, with the intelligence of the girl, can't you see that His Royal Highness has lost power in the current court, and at that time, the royal prince is easy to lose, what are you talking about in the world?" ”