098 Purpose
Xia Xiaoxiao likes such a woman, she has always stayed in Chenxiao Palace and rarely goes out, as soon as she goes out, she runs out of the palace, but she has seen this little girl in front of her many times, every time she is so hot, too, the emperor's youngest daughter, naturally her temper is different.
"My will has been issued, and I can't do anything about it." The emperor didn't look at him, and continued to play chess with Beigong Pheasant and said lightly.
"Why do you want me to go to that place in the Jin Kingdom! It's far away and small, anyway, this princess won't marry, I'm going to marry you! Beigong Changting was angry, and there were no rules between her words, Concubine Lan stepped forward to persuade her, but she couldn't persuade her, she was angry, and pushed Concubine Lan away and continued to stare at the two watery eyes.
"Nonsense!" As soon as the emperor threw away the chess pieces, he slapped the table and got up, looking at her with a pair of sharp eyes, "Marriage is a big matter, and the parents are free to decide, how can you say that if you don't marry, you won't marry!" ”
Beigong Changting has always been pampered, and he has never been yelled at by her father so much, and tears rolled in his eyes for a while, aggrieved, "The Jin Kingdom is so far away, I don't know anyone there, I haven't even seen what the person who married me looks like, are you really going to marry me like this?" ”
Indeed, how can someone who has never even met meet marry him? When Xia Xiaoxiao was going to marry Beigong Yu, he had seen his appearance, if he hadn't seen it, God knows if that person was full of pockmarks or missing arms and legs? What a girl, if you really marry that kind of person, you will be unlucky.
Xia Xiaoxiao still thinks too much, how can Beigong Changting say that she is also the emperor's biological daughter, how could he let his precious daughter marry that kind of person?
Xia Xiaoxiao, the emperor's youngest daughter, Changting Gong, also heard a little about it, and now I don't know why, the relationship between various countries suddenly became tense, and some time ago, there was news of the marriage between Nanming and Yue.
When she got married, the emperor was afraid that it was also the idea of marriage.
Between the six countries, it belongs to the Nanming State with the greatest ambition, once the Nanming State and the Yue State marry, once the only remaining delicate balance between the countries is broken, the rest of the countries have the possibility of being invaded by the enemy at any time, but the land that the Nanming State wants to capture the most is Yue Hua, and Yue Hua has no choice but to do so.
Marriage is the best way to form a relationship with other countries, but the emperor does not have many heirs, among the dozen or so children, only one of Beigong Changting is a daughter, and she is the only one who can marry.
Although Xia Xiaoxiao understands this truth, she is still a little disdainful, why should they exchange the happiness of these women for a lifetime of happiness in the struggle for power between their men? Aren't they all cheap men in the end?
Xia Xiaoxiao looked at the Beigong Changting, and couldn't help but feel a little sympathy in her heart, a child who was about the same age as her was going to marry so far away from the Jin Kingdom, with such a hot personality as her, if she could go out of the palace with her to break into the rivers and lakes, she would definitely live more freely than anyone else. Now he wants to let others control his own destiny in this palace.
But so what? No matter how sympathetic Xia Xiaoxiao is, she can't help her. Retracted his gaze, felt a little thirsty, stretched out his hand to take the kettle to pour tea, but the kettle was lifted up by the other hand first, and looked at her suspiciously, Beigong Pheasant Li was looking at her with a smile, it was the tea he wanted to pour himself, but now he poured it for her first.
There were two gurgling sounds in the cup, and the fragrance of the full half cup of tea wafted in, Xia Xiaoxiao thought he was a little stingy and only poured a small half cup, but he still glanced at him with gratitude, and poured it all into his stomach.
His ears were still filled with Beigong Changting's unconvinced voice, "You just have such a daughter as me, if you marry me, you won't have a daughter!" ”
"I've made it clear, it's up to you whether to go or not! Someone came, prepared things for the princess, and sent the princess to the Jin Kingdom after half a month. The emperor was also enraged, and ordered coldly, and it seemed that there was no room for relaxation at all.
"You!" Beigong Changting was speechless for a long time, her father was determined to marry her this time, a pair of beautiful eyes with anger looked at Beigong Yu, seeing that he just lowered his head and tasted his tea, he stomped his feet angrily and shouted: "Okay, good!" Marry it, marry it, don't you just wish you couldn't see me! Just go! From now on, we will never get along! ”
The words were said in annoyance, and I didn't know if it was aimed at the emperor or anyone, and the tears in his eyes couldn't hold back and flowed out.
This time I really cried, picked up my sleeve and wiped it on my face, ran out with red eyes, Concubine Lan wanted to chase, but was stopped by the emperor, "Let her go, there will always be someone to clean up for me when this character arrives in the Jin Kingdom!" ”
The people left, and no one really caught up.
"This king's sister is actually a little similar to your sister-in-law." Beigong Langyan saw that people had run away, turned his head and whispered in Xia Xiaoxiao's ear.
"Nonsense!" Xia Xiaoxiao glared at him angrily, how could she be as spicy as her?
Beigong Langyan looked at her, with a factual expression, Xia Xiaoxiao didn't bother to pay attention to him, and pretended to watch the chess game.
The emperor sat back again, and the chess on the table was scattered, and the game could not be played.
"Father, do you still have to play a game?" Beigong Pheasant picked up a few black and white pieces scattered on the table and put them back in the chess box, and asked softly.
"That's it, I don't have the heart to be troubled by her like this." The emperor frowned tightly, the recent state affairs have really made him tired, he looked at Beigong Pheasant, and said softly: "Pheasant, you just came back from outside the palace, you have rested enough in the past few days, and you will go to the court tomorrow." ”
"Father, the sons don't know anything about the affairs of the court, and they are not interested, but the sons are still," Beigong Pheasant refused euphemistically.
"That's enough, as my prince, it is my duty to serve the court, and I can't help but shirk it! I'm tired today, go back to the palace. After speaking, he couldn't help but speak again after Beigong Pheasant Li, and the person led Concubine Lan and a group of minions out of the imperial garden.
"Heh, the eldest brother used this trick to resist and welcome, but it was a good use." As soon as the person left, Beigong Langyan on the side spit out such a sentence.
Beigong Pheasant Li just smiled, playing with a chess piece in his hand.
Xia Xiaoxiao glared at Beigong Rongyan, but Beigong Yu acted as if he hadn't heard anything, as if his eyes hadn't fallen on Beigong Pheasant from the beginning.
Beigong Yu's kung fu of ignoring people has always been good, he took Xia Yingxi's hand and said softly: "It's been stuffy these days?" Let's go, this king will take you out of the palace. ”
Xia Yingxi raised her eyes and glanced at Xia Xiaoxiao, then hurriedly lowered her head and didn't say a word. When the Beigong next to him heard that he was going to leave the palace, he hurriedly pulled Xia Xiaoxiao to follow, but Xia Xiaoxiao sat still and waved his hand at him, "You go with them, I'll have a cup of tea and go back to the palace." ”
Beigong was helpless, thinking about going out of the palace to have fun, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
As soon as the people were gone, they were left in twos and threes, and only Xia Xiaoxiao and Beigong Pheasant were left sitting facing each other in the entire imperial garden.
"If the crown princess doesn't follow them, don't you have something to say to this king?" His eyes were all on the chessboard on that table, and he was playing a game of chess with himself, and the white piece that fell on the previous piece was replaced by a black son in the next step, and he said slowly.
"No, I really stayed for tea." Xia Xiaoxiao glanced at him, took the teapot from in front of him and poured himself a full cup, the cup of tea he poured him just now was too stingy.
"After drinking the tea, how about Niangniang play a game of chess with this king?" He handed the box of white chess pieces to her, and asked with a faint smile, his eyes were clear, and his face was bookish but there were two rich sword eyebrows.
Xia Xiaoxiao put down the cup after drinking tea, and instead of taking the chess pieces he handed over, he opened his eyes and looked at the chessboard, the black one surrounded the white one, and the white one was trapped in the black one, and it looked like a game of chess regardless of high and low.
"I won't." She withdrew her gaze and said honestly. The last time Beigong Yu asked her to play chess with him, she said the same thing.
Beigong Pheasant Li chuckled, a faint laugh overflowed from his lips and teeth, hoarse and calm with a bit of male voice, warm and moist like a touch of wind in the warm spring sun caressing the tip of his heart.
This man is very beautiful when he laughs.
"Niangniang doesn't seem to have a good relationship with the prince?" He put away his laughter, but the smile was still on his lips.
Xia Xiaoxiao didn't respond, her hand stroked the edge of the teacup, she withdrew her hand and put it on her lap, looked at this man who looked ordinary and smiled but was very good-looking, stared at his eyes and said lightly, "Not for power, not for profit, not for fame, then what is the purpose of the prince returning here?" She paused, then continued: "If I had left here, I would never have come back if I hadn't had something I wanted." ”
She didn't believe what Beigong said about the trick of wanting to refuse and welcome, since he could leave the palace without the position of the prince, it would be impossible to come back for this today, in the palace, except for fame and fortune, glory and wealth, and powerful courtiers, there is nothing left, except for these three things, what else can he do?
Some lotus flowers bloomed on the pond of the Imperial Garden, and the rain of the past few days did not flood them, and the pink and tender flowers and leaves opened, and the fish swam down the pond with a thin sound of water.
Half loud, there was no sound in the courtyard, and she was just asking curiously, not expecting Beigong Pheasant to really tell her.
Xia Xiaoxiao retracted her gaze and got up to leave.
"Mother." He suddenly opened his mouth to stop her, Xia Xiaoxiao turned around, and he didn't know when he was standing behind her, "Don't dislike it, Niangniang can use it." ”
He handed her a small vial, a bottle of wound medicine.
She was stunned, she was originally out to find her aunt to get the medicine, but her aunt left and she didn't get the medicine, I don't know how he knew that he was not suffering from a cold but a trauma, and it was not good to brush off the kindness of others, so he took the medicine and put it in his sleeve.
"Thank you, Lord Wang." She took the medicine, thanked her and left in a hurry, and when she walked a distance and looked back, Beigong Pheasant Li had long since disappeared, and only a few palace maids were cleaning up the chessboard and teacups in the courtyard.
She turned her head and took out the bottle and weighed it in her hand as she walked, and a thought came to her mind, this is also born by a parent, why is the gap between people so big?
Thinking about it, he hurriedly shook his head and reminded himself, no, no, no, he is courteous and courteous, he is either a traitor or a thief, none of the royal men are good things, no matter how good he smiles, he can't change this fact, and he still can't trust him too much.