Chapter 57: The Partridge Clears His Grievances
I smiled at her, and she walked up to me, staring at me and stopping. I understood and nodded to Duobu.
"I'll be waiting for you by the Taiye Pool, don't talk too long, call me if you have something." Duobu whispered, glancing at Sheng Yunjiang.
I smiled helplessly: "It's okay, don't think about it." I'll be over quickly. β
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I stood side by side with Sheng Yunjiang under the begonia tree, she looked quite sad, as if she had something difficult to say to me. I ~ I~ my, I have been for a long time, and I haven't seen her say anything.
I frowned: "You have something to do with me?"
She nodded, still not saying anything.
"If you're all right, I'll be gone."
I am most annoyed by other people's behavior, if you don't say it, don't talk about pulling it down. I obviously want to say it, but I want to pretend that I can't say it.
"Miss Sheng, what do you want to tell me?"
I was impatient and anxious.
She finally spoke: "The little prince didn't enter the palace today, and Yu Niang didn't come, so don't you wonder where they went?"
"I don't know!"
She lowered her eyelids, bit her lower lip, and said to me leisurely: "Yu Niang is sick, and the little prince is in Zhongqinghou Mansion at the moment."
I pretended not to hear.
She paused, hesitated, and bit her lip again before saying, "I know the princess's mind."
I frowned and displeased: "What a mind!"
"To the little prince's heart. The princess actually cared about his feelings for Wen Er, but she didn't say anything. You're actually so sad that you can't do it, but you still pretend to be nothing. β
I hate it when others speculate on my mind, especially if I don't know it, so I have to tell me she's speculating about me.
I sneered, "What the hell do you want to say, just say it."
She no longer pretentiously expressed her heart: "The princess came to Nanzhan to make peace, but she has not made a choice with her relatives for a long time, so the princess is not curious about why this is at all?" I heard that His Majesty originally intended for you to marry the little prince, but he ...... resolutely refused. He's there to ......"
She wanted to say goodbye, but I calmly added: "It's for Wen'er."
She nodded, and then said: "I heard my father say that a few days ago, in the court, His Majesty brought up the old matter. King Yonghe had already nodded in agreement, but was pushed away by the little prince. He knelt in front of the Wuji Hall all night, just to let His Majesty take back his fate. His Majesty was so angry at this that he struck him twenty boards in public. β
Would he rather be beaten to the ground than nod his head?
I shook my head with a wry smile, still not convinced: "Since this matter is about me, why don't I know, but you know it before me." You must be lying to me. β
"What I said is true."
She took a step forward and said seriously: "Your Majesty is afraid that this matter will spread outside the world and damage the royal prestige, and even more afraid that it will hurt the peace between the two countries after it goes to Beiqiu, so that the peace policy will be frustrated, so he ordered to keep it a secret and not allow anyone present that day to reveal the slightest rumor, so the princess does not know."
I was unceremonious and snorted coldly: "I don't know, others don't know, but you know?"
She slurred and muttered, "Yun Jiang's father was also at the scene at the time."
I rolled my eyes in my heart, hehe, your family's big mouth kung fu, feelings are genetic. The Southern Emperor has ordered that you are not allowed to say it, and if you can't keep the secret, you will tell you immediately, and you will tell me again, your family's secrecy work is not very good.
I tried to contain the turmoil in my heart, and calmly replied: "You shouldn't have told me about this, what do you mean by saying this?"
She was stunned for a moment, not expecting me to ask her this.
"Miss Sheng, there are not many intersections between you and me, and there are only a handful of words that have been said on weekdays, I originally thought that you didn't like to talk much, but today is amazing, you actually talk so much with me, but you go around, I still don't understand your intention. Whatever you want to express, just say it, don't beat around the bush. β
She hooked her lips and chuckled, not as embarrassed as before, took a deep breath, and calmly dealt with it: "My grandfather was His Majesty's companion when he was in the palace, and now he is the prince's concubine, and his grandmother is the eldest princess Pushun." My mother is His Majesty's niece, and my father is General Liang Chu. The Sheng family has been married to the royal family for generations. β
I wasn't very upset when she heard her call home, what did it matter to me. Is it to show off how noble her background is? I'm afraid of you, I'm also a princess of a country, my grandfather is the emperor, my grandmother is the queen, my father is the emperor, although my mother is not the queen, she is also the head of the four concubines, is my background not as good as you? Joke!
I shrugged my shoulders and smiled, "So, you want to tell me about your illustrious family?"
"I say this to tell you that whether you have a warm ear or not, Your Majesty intends to take me into the little prince."
"Enough, enough, enough!!" I yelled at her to keep her from talking.
She was unmoved, and continued to repeat: "If the two countries in the north and south are in harmony with you, then I may not be his first choice for the main concubine, but I will still be his side concubine." If Changji insists on establishing a concubine and is unwilling to marry the princess, then I will compete with the concubine for the position of concubine. β
What is this, is it a demonstration against me?
My scalp tingled and I was cold.
Suddenly, I felt that the person in front of me was like I had never known before, and there was no deep meaning in her unexciting eyes, but I could interpret no less than a hundred meanings.
I was in a hurry to escape, but she grabbed my hand.
"As long as the princess tells Your Majesty that the person who is close to you does not want to be Changji, then Changji will not have to be embarrassed."
I stared back at her in surprise, her eyes reddened: "Princess, Changji doesn't have you in his heart, you can give your thoughts to others." I can see that Meng Jie likes you very much. β
I laughed angrily and said coldly, "If I say no, what will you do?" If I quit, it will be the competition between you and Wen'er, and if I don't quit, it will be the competition between you and me. You have to fight horizontally and vertically, and who you fight with is not a fight, so why do you need to talk to me about this. When you say such things to me, you are confident, and you feel that if you and Wen Er fight, you will have a 100% chance of winning the position of concubine, and I am here to make peace, whether you fight or not, I will be the concubine, you know that you can't fight, so let me quit automatically. β
She hesitated, I took a breath, and I couldn't help but laugh and said, "I never thought that one day you would come and say these things to me." Your thoughts about Changji are really hidden. β
She was stunned and said: "I have liked him since I was a child, but he has only one warm ear in his heart." I can't get into his heart, but I'm not angry, because I know that no matter what he thinks about Wen Er, the one who can become his princess after all is me. But now things have taken a turn for the worse, and a one of you comes out, if Changji is willing, you become his concubine, and I have nothing to say, but I don't want to see Changji punished for resisting the will, and he is not willing to be a concubine. Now, as long as the princess says a word and explains to Your Majesty that she does not want to be selected as Changji, then Your Majesty will naturally not be embarrassed by Changji anymore. β
Is this person sick or sick, and it's too simple and naΓ―ve to think about things.
I broke free of her hand and grimaced: "It's ridiculous. Why do I want to say such self-interested words, even if I say it, what is the use, will others consider my wishes, if so, I would not have come to Nanzhan in the first place. β
She was anxious for me to compromise, and her voice was very soft and pitiful: "But you know that the person in Changji's heart is not, why force it,"
When did I force him? You're here to force me.
I was not angry, and said bluntly: "Then why should you force it." You can't do it yourself, why do you want me to do it. We've never had a deep friendship, but it's not like we're not at all, and if you still say this to me, then the only friendship we have is gone. It's not me who you're going to fight for, so there's no need to have a showdown with me. If you can say this to me, you must like Changji very much, but I also make it clear to you that no matter whether Changji is willing to marry me or not, or whether His Majesty really wants to give me a marriage, I will not do anything against my will. My life is no longer free, and I don't want to be free to even speak. I'm sorry I can't help you, but even if I could, I wouldn't. β
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I walked on the palace road with broken steps, Duobu called me several times and I didn't look up, and my mind was full of what Sheng Yunjiang had just said.
I said so strongly before, and I told her that I wouldn't do things against my will. Hehe, I backfired, is there still less.
Later, I actually said that it was inevitable to win the position of Changji Zhengfei.
Oh my God, I'm too self-righteous.
Thinking about it carefully, the more I think about it, the more I feel wronged, although Changji doesn't like me, but he can't say that he hates it, why did he disobey the will of the Southern Emperor, and refused to marry even if he was beaten. He liked Wen'er so much, he liked it so much that he wanted to be with her if he wanted to hurt the peace between the two countries.
Am I standing between them and blocking them? But I didn't do anything.
It's the first time in my life that I like someone, is it still wrong......
Although I don't believe Sheng Yunjiang's words, I am not without doubts.
After thinking about it, I still decided to ask Changji to find out the facts, if it wasn't for what Sheng Yunjiang said, he didn't want to marry me for Wen Er's disobedience to the holy decree, it was all made up by her, then wouldn't I blame Changji and let him suffer injustice.
I turned around and said hurriedly: "Duobu, you go back to Zhanhua Palace first, I have something to do in a hurry!"
I'm going to Zhongqinghou Mansion, I'm going to ask for an understanding.
Before I could stop it, I was already running fast. Duobu chased and called behind him, so anxious that he couldn't do it.
I'm so tired from running, my head hurts.
Outside the palace gate, Tao Ruo and Tao Yu'er were about to return home.
My eyes lit up and I saw the horse that Tao Ruo was riding. I ran as fast as I could, and before Tao Ruo could react, I turned on my horse, grabbed his horse and walked away.
The horse's hooves clattered, and someone behind him neighed: "Horse thief-thief-thief-thief-"
When I arrived outside the Zhongqinghou Mansion, I didn't wait for anyone to pass it on, so I walked straight inside, thinking that I would have to go around a few more times to find Changji. At the end of the circuit, on the stone bench in the garden, Changji and Wen'er were sitting. It's so easy to find.
I spinelessly hid behind the willow trees on the high wall, silently staring ahead.
Wen Er seemed to be really sick, her face was pale, and she looked very unwell. Being sick is such a torturous thing, and even the strongest person can be tortured to cry, for example, now, Wen'er is uncomfortable crying. She lowered her head and sobbed, Changji looked worried, and handed a silk silk to wipe her tears.
I just sighed a little far away, and I couldn't hear them.
I watched the catkins flying, like snow in the sky, and I heard the partridge sound very resentfully, across a garden of gardenias, that pair of beautiful people are very compatible.
I suddenly didn't want to ask him anymore.
When he turned around, he couldn't help but look back again, Wen Er was already leaning on Changji's shoulder......
A dull ache in my heart.
I looked up at the sky, and there was a moon and no stars in the sky, just like on the ground, intentionally or unintentionally.