Chapter Seventy-Seven: Affectionate and Shallow
Xue Yi's words were in Xiao Yichen's heart, persuading farmers to stop hunting was his early idea, but now the time is not ripe, but he didn't expect that a woman who was tied to the attic all day long would have such insight, which coincided with him, he stared at Xue Yi and asked: "The people here have become sick and habits, and I am afraid that I will not be able to prohibit it for a while, so there is no good policy for a long time, and I am afraid that it will arouse the anger of the people, but it will cause trouble, and this matter has to think of a way to get the best of both worlds." ET”
Xue Yi pondered for a moment: "This is good, the so-called practice, why don't the prince issue an edict, start with the officials, from now on, those who are in the official will be able to build water conservancy, open up fields, and increase the household registration of farmers and mulberries, and they will be rewarded. Luckily? ”
Xiao Yichen nodded, holding Xue Yi's hand and couldn't help sighing: "I'm afraid I'm going to suffer Xue'er, I have to pretend that my legs are sick for the time being and I can't do it myself, so I have to work for you, the princess, to set an example, these hands, I'm afraid they are even more unbearable than what they suffer today, and they are even rougher than today.......
Xue Yiwan smiled: "If you can really help the prince achieve hegemony, what is the pity of these hands?" In addition, the concubines are also self-cultivating and self-eating with the nurse in the prime minister's mansion, this bit of suffering is really nothing, and the prince does not have to worry about it. ”
"What do you call me?" Xiao Yichen pinched Xue Yi's nose, his eyes were full of pity, he didn't know that she was so hard in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and she was so difficult when she first entered the palace, now that she thinks about it, fortunately he stopped Ji Wuyao in time, otherwise he would regret it for the rest of his life.
This "Chen'er" Xue Yi couldn't call it out after all, and Xiao Yichen was not reluctant, but just hugged Xue Yi gently in his arms, and seemed to say to himself and Xue Yi: "Xue'er, I know that you have a grudge against me, I am sorry for you, but believe me, I will use the rest of my life to give you the best life and care, and there will never be any more blame and disasters from the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Palace, I promise you, if I can do something in the future, you will be my queen, the only queen." ”
Xue Yi was stunned, her head rested on Xiao Yichen's shoulder, she really wanted to tell Xiao Yichen that she didn't want any queen, and she didn't want Xiao Yichen to compete for the throne to be the emperor, if he could, he would like to live here with him all the time, be a free prince, and be a couple like close friends. But she also knew that there were too many stories about this Xiao Yichen and too much hatred, and I am afraid that even he himself could not tell whether the fight for the throne was for power or revenge, or to prove his ability to his father.
On a warm spring day, the two stood in front of the window, hugging each other and enjoying the rare warmth. ET
After a long time, Xiao Yichen suddenly said: "It's just that where to find this grain?" ”
Xue Yi blinked mischievously, and had the intention to take revenge on this prince: "Does the prince really want food?" ”
Xiao Yichen nodded, looking at Xue Yi with interest, he suddenly felt that Xue Yi in front of him was not as simple as he thought, this woman may be too smart, too stubborn, if one day, let her know the truth, I don't know if she can forgive him and accept him, the smile on Xiao Yichen's face condensed, and he couldn't help but shudder, Xue Yi looked at Xiao Yichen's thin clothes with concern, and put his hand on his forehead: "Why did you suddenly shudder?" Isn't it a little thin? ”
Xiao Yichen held Xue Yi's hand and hugged him tightly into his arms: "Xue'er, promise me not to leave." ”
Xue Yi felt Xiao Yichen's nervousness, although she didn't know why he suddenly said this, but she could feel Xiao Yichen's care and attention to her, she was very moved, nodded, gently wrapped her hands around the bee's waist, and her voice was a little illusory promise: "Xue Yi promised the prince that she would never leave for the rest of her life." ”
"Cher.......
"Lord Wang, wait, can Xue'er give you a special gift?" Xue Yi suddenly remembered what Xiao Yichen said about the grain just now, tilted her head slightly, blinked her big eyes, turned around and walked out of the house, and ran straight to the room of Mama Gong and Du Ruo. didn't make much effort, and walked in with two heavy bags of baggage.
Xiao Yichen hurriedly took the burden and put it on the table curiously: "What is this?" ”
Xue Yi held her little head high, full of pride: "The prince will know when you open it and take a look." ”
Xiao Yichen opened the bag suspiciously, revealing a small cloth bag, on which oats, rice and other grains were written, he looked back at Xue Yi in surprise: "You brought it from the capital?" ”
Xue Yi nodded proudly: "After the prince came back from being poisoned in the imperial study, I thought that this Lingbei line is bound to be a line, so I checked a lot of classics about Lingbei and understood the customs and folklore here. Xue Yi pursed her mouth as she spoke, thinking of the suspicious and cautious Xiao Yichen in the palace, her big eyes were full of aggrieved mist.
Xiao Yichen hurriedly hugged his hands together and slammed them to the ground: "It's Xiao Ke who is rude, pretending to be a lady, and I hope that the lady will forgive her sins and forgive Xiao Ke." ”
Xue Yi was amused in her heart, but her face was cold, and she pouted and deliberately ruthless: "I don't want to forgive you, you are so bad, maybe you will find some way to bully me and torture me in the future!" ”
"Where did the lady say, it's too late for Xiao Ke to hurt the lady, so let's do it, Xiao Ke knelt down for the lady, but begged the lady to forgive the little one for the unintentional mistake." Xiao Yichen really bent his knees and was about to kneel.
Xue Yi hurriedly put her hands around him: "I'm just joking with you, why should you take it seriously." ”
Xiao Yichen took Xue Yi's hand, took her into his arms, pinched her nose and said, "You don't know that I care about you so much, if I don't have you in my heart, why should I care who you go on a date?" A sucker. ”
Xue Yi turned her head sideways, touched her nose and stared at her in protest: "Don't pinch my nose in the future!" ”
"But what do I like very much?"
"Then I'll never come to your house again!"
"I'm afraid not, not only are you coming, but you're going to stay tonight." Xiao Yichen smiled evilly. Xue Yi insisted on not sharing a room with him, and always sneaked quietly into the room of Gong Mama and Du Ruo every night after everyone went to sleep, and then sneaked back quietly at dawn, and appeared in front of everyone at the same time as Xiao Yichen.
Xue Yi saw Xiao Yichen's smug look, and snorted: "I don't want to stay here." ”
Xiao Yichen shrugged his shoulders and said aggrievedly: "Could it be that you want Xiaohu to share the bed with me?" ”
Xue Yi only then understood Xiao Yichen's intentions, although these days, the guards have found bricklayers to work day after day to build a house, but after all, the time is short, the new house has not been built, everyone has to squeeze together, there is only a big bed in Mama Gong's house, these days, the three of them have been very hard to squeeze together, and now in the small lake, there is naturally no place for Xue Yi.
Xue Yi tilted her head and winked mischievously: "Then let Xiaohu accompany the prince, anyway, I'm very relieved." "The implication is that you have been burned like that by the fire anyway, what else can you do, thinking of Xiao Yichen's injury, Xue Yi blushed for no reason, and consciously spoke twice, hurting Xiao Yichen's self-esteem.
Xue Yi was thinking about how to talk and comfort Xiao Yichen, but he didn't want Xiao Yichen to care, he bullied Xue Yi, his face was next to Xue Yi's jade face, and the corners of his mouth raised an evil smile: "Should I teach Xue'er a lesson, otherwise you are too relieved of me, what if one day I can't resist the temptation and take a concubine, what if Xue'er is angry?" ”
Xue leaned back to avoid Xiao Yichen, giggled and ran to the door: "Does the prince want to take a concubine?" Which girl did you fall in love with, would it be good for Xue'er to ask for a kiss for the prince? ”
Xiao Yichen caught up with Xue Yi, and couldn't help but pick her up and walk to the bed and said: "I have a crush on Lan Xueyi, the daughter of Prime Minister Lan's family, I am going to marry her now, you tell her." ”
The confusion in Xiao Yichen's dark eyes and his warm breathing made Xue Yi in a trance, and a thought suddenly flashed in her mind, since this prince's injury can be pretended, then can it also be pretended, her gaze couldn't help but sweep down, and she remembered the advice Ji Wuyao gave her in her mind, if she didn't want to be a real princess, don't provoke this Xiao Yichen.
Before Xue Yi could understand, Xiao Yichen had already hugged her and put her on the bed, holding the bed with both hands, staring at Xue Yi, her voice was a little hoarse: "Xue'er, how good is it to be my wife?" ”
A trace of horror suddenly flashed in Xue Yi's big eyes, and the smiling faces of the five princes appeared in her mind, for some reason, a clear tear slipped down the corner of her eye, and the tear was like a knife piercing Xiao Yichen's heart, he finally understood that Xue Yi didn't like him, a bitter smile crept up his lips, and all the interest was defeated by that tear.
Xiao Yichen stood up, regained his previous expressionless face, and said coldly to Xue Yi: "You go, tonight, you sleep in the bed and I sleep on the ground, don't worry, I will not violate you, and I have no ability to violate you." ”
Xiao Yichen turned around and walked out of the room, leaving Xue Yi lying on the bed in a daze, tears sliding silently down the corners of her eyes. She didn't want to do this, but for some reason, whenever she wanted to be good with Xiao Yichen, the bad smiling face of the fifth prince would always appear in front of her eyes, although she repeatedly told herself that she was the princess of Chongqing and the sister-in-law of Xiao Yichen's wife, the fifth prince, but she still couldn't forget the grace of saving her life several times. Perhaps what you can't forget is the warmth of the cold years.
"Xiao Yichen, I'm sorry, I'm sorry......" Xue Yi muttered to herself in her heart.
Xiao Yichen's heart is more sad than Xue Yi, it's not that he doesn't want to talk to Xue Yi frankly, but now he is riding a tiger, he can't open his mouth about many things, and now he can't really have Xue Yi, he is afraid that if he opens his mouth to tell the truth, he will completely lose Xue Yi, it seems that if he really wants to live and fly with Xue Yi, there is only a "dead end"!