Fanwai (8) Golden branches and jade leaves

I am the princess of Huajin, the proud, high-flying princess.

I was born in the royal family, palaces, palaces, gold, silver, jewelry, brocade clothes and food, how many people dream of it, besides, I am the youngest daughter of my father and mother, I have been favored since I was a child, those people's envious eyes, I have been accustomed to since childhood, these people's flattery, even more than those expensive tribute I am accustomed to.

Nobody knows, I'm unhappy, never have, neither do my father and mother.

Since I was a child, I grew up in this palace in all directions, facing cold walls, there are huge gardens, majestic palaces, but in my eyes, they are all the same color, the same emotionless, for me, everything in the palace, I have nothing to be attached to.

Since I was a child, I seem to be used to seeing the warmth and coldness of the people in the palace, no, maybe there is no warmth in it, only the indifference of people, and the world is cold.

My queen mother, the queen mother of the queen, I don't think she really has the same lofty and honorable as outsiders see.

Otherwise, how could I have seen my mother looking at the ceiling alone at night, tossing and turning, sleepless, and even crying silently.

Otherwise, how could I have seen my mother sighing in solitude as she stroked the cold green bricks of the palace.

Otherwise, how could my mother have so much free time to write down that thick female rule under the flickering candlelight.

In the eyes of others, every name that is virtuous and capable, accommodating and generous, those are given to him by others, not by his father, so I know that my queen mother doesn't care about these, the reason why she is so patient and has become a queen of virtue and art in the eyes of others is just because my father likes it.

I have always felt sorry for my mother, whose love is so low, so insignificant in my father's harem full of beauty. But I was so naΓ―ve at that time that I didn't know that in my own love, I would be more humble than my mother's love, and I never thought that I would be as proud as I was.

I was so accustomed to the intrigue and intrigue between women, and even so familiar with all of them, that I swore that I would not marry a prince or nobleman, and then I would be imprisoned in a cage forever for the rest of my life, and I would never get the freedom I wanted.

Who knows, I was wrong again, as if my whole life was living in the midst of mistakes over and over again.

I was born in the royal family by mistake, and I was wrongly favored by too much, so that I dared to be so pampered, so ignorant of the sky, in the wrong place, at the wrong time, met the wrong person, and from then on, I was wrong again and again.

My arrogance is well-known in the palace, and my father and mother don't care about me, maybe they can't control me at all, so no one else will say no to me, perhaps, no one cares if I do anything wrong, except for him.

He doesn't know me, and I don't know him, and if he knew my notoriety in the palace, he might not have paid any attention to me, or he would have turned away from me like everyone else.

In the palace, everyone is accustomed to me reprimanding the palace maids and eunuchs so harshly and terriblely, I don't know why, I hate these people very much, since I was a child, I have been surrounded the most by my side, and the people who have been with me the longest are these people, but they are always so cold, like machines doing things to serve me, I hate such emotionless communication, they are like this to me, I am like this to them.

I clearly remember that year I was only thirteen years old, and I ran out of a banquet hall that I don't know what name it started, and I didn't like the scene of pushing cups and talking about cups and cups, and I didn't like the staggered scenes, I just wanted to be alone, but those annoying palace maids and eunuchs had to follow me, saying that they were afraid that something would happen to me, whether I was mistaken, I was the master of the Forbidden City, how could a person have an accident in his own home.

I rebuked them angrily, and at this moment the young man came to me, dressed in a beautiful white robe, with no expression on his delicate face, and the sun just hit his handsome face, dragging a long shadow, and he asked in a cold voice, "What are you doing here, stop it." ”

I heard my heart pounding, his voice was so low and slammed on my beating heart, I couldn't contain the excitement in my heart, he wasn't talking about you, not the princess, not Her Royal Highness, but you, what a touching title, no one had spoken to me like that for a long time.

I couldn't resist the urge to talk to him more, so I raised my eyebrows and asked him, "I discipline my subordinates, can you control me?" Do you know who I am? ”

He didn't answer me, but helped the two little palace maids who were kneeling on the ground up, and the submissive appearance of the two little palace maids made me feel angry, they would look down at me quietly, and then look at him again, and the way they wanted to stand up and didn't dare to stand up really made me feel disgusting.

For the first time, I was not the focus in the eyes of others, and the people who overshadowed me turned out to be two little palace maids, how could I be willing, I looked at him, he also looked at me calmly, I said, "I'm talking to you, didn't you hear?!" ”

His voice was still so faint: "I don't care which prince's minister's family you are the daughter of, the people here today are from prominent families, and you may not be able to bully others. ”

I was choked by what he said for a while, and after a while, he picked his mouth and sneered, ridiculous, he must not know that I am the famous princess of Huajin, and I am the most capable of bullying people here. He turned to leave, and I stopped him and asked, "Who are you, then?" ”

He turned around and smiled: "Under Tang Changyu." ”

Tang Changyu, since then this name has been deeply engraved in my mind, I carefully recalled the minister surnamed Tang in my mind, as if there is indeed an old general surnamed Tang with outstanding military achievements, then this Tang Changyu must be his son. I actually laughed, for the first time in years, I felt like I was laughing from the bottom of my heart.

Turning my head, however, I saw the two little maidens again, and I evidently saw that their eyes were full of fear for me, and I did not disappoint them, and I succeeded in sending them to the court to work as coolies, and no one dared to say a word to me except him.

Later, I have been paying attention to the movements of this Tang Changyu, I watched him grow step by step from a small general, and gradually grew into a general who can lead the troops to fight with his only son, and then grew into a generalissimo who can command the three armies and hold half the sky alone, worthy of being my boy, the pride and joy in my heart, I think, one day, I will be able to tell him all, but unfortunately, he doesn't know who I am.

From the age of thirteen to eighteen, for six years, I waited for an opportunity, an opportunity that would allow me to get closer to him, and finally I found it. He returned from the Turks in triumph, full of glory, and I told my father that I wanted to marry him, and my father made a mistake for the first time about what I wanted.

My father said to me that when he was in the Turks, he had already married a wife, the princess of the Turks, Liuning, and they were very affectionate, but in the last war, Liuning disappeared, Tang Changyu looked for three months in the Turks, and there was no whereabouts.

But what I want from Princess Brocade, how can I not get it?

I have been begging my father in various ways, what I didn't expect was that the Yan Concubine Niangniang, who was very favored and only a little older than me, would also help me speak, I couldn't see if she was sincere, I just wanted to achieve the goal I wanted, and later, my father may also want to tie Tang Changyu with a royal affair, so he finally compromised.

On the first night I got married, Tang Changyu was a little drunk, I could see his reluctance, he didn't remember the arrogant little princess in the imperial garden for a long time, only I remembered it, there was no flower candle in the cave room as I imagined, and the beautiful scenery of the good day, he picked my Xipa, and left alone.

I followed quietly, in a piece of snow, his red coat was so conspicuous, I heard him playing the flute, the voice was sad and desolate, I knew that it was his love for Liuning, so deep, so heavy, at that moment I understood, it turned out that love is a thing that you love and I want.

He treated me very well, just like the kindness of strangers, like the kindness of friends, and what I feared the most, the respect for the princess, I tried to let go of my past style and habits, but I couldn't help it, for so many years I have been used to the days when the stars held the moon, and I was spoiled.

I endured the married life of Tang Changyu, he didn't even want to sleep with me, he has been living in a very simple small courtyard by himself, but when I sneaked in, I found that it was full of the smell of home, I looked at the portrait hanging on the wall, presumably it was Liuning.

I envy her, I am afraid that it is enough for a woman to get such a love for a lifetime, but I never dreamed that the woman in this portrait would come back. I was jealous, madly jealous, and she showed up in my life, and I did everything I could to kick her out of my life.

However, I didn't expect that in the end I was the chess piece that was used, I thought I was smart, I thought I was used to those palace fights since I was a child, and this kind of struggle is flowing in my blood, but in front of true love, I am really too insignificant.

I knew that Tang Changyu was going to take Liuning away and fly away from now on, after living in seclusion in the mountains and forests, I followed without thinking, but I didn't expect that this was a trap set for me by someone else, using my death to provoke the conflict between my father and Tang Changyu, heh, I never thought that I would be of such use to Tang Changyu.

I felt my blood spilled in the snow, the surroundings became cold and cold, I looked in the direction of Tang Changyu and Liuning, I prayed silently, in the next life, let me be an ordinary daughter, get the love I want, and live my life plainly.