I haven't been to the palace many times, and I don't know the way very well, but the strange thing is that Aunt Yun is very familiar with it, and she led me all the way without hesitation.

The magnificent and gorgeous palaces passed by in front of my eyes, which made me feel depressed, and I couldn't help but think of the streets and alleys of the capital, at least the ordinary is real.

The more I walked, the quieter it became, and I met a few palace maids and eunuchs on the way, all of whom were not of high rank.

When Aunt Yun saw me looking at those palace people, she told me: "These palaces are deserted, far away from Longteng Palace and Fengyi Palace, and eighty percent of the concubines who live here are not favored, and the ones who serve them are also inferior palace slaves. ”

The true Son of Heaven is a dragon, and Longteng Palace is naturally the palace where Emperor Long Xiao of Qi lives.

I nodded as if I didn't understand, and continued to listen to her. When it comes to the court, Aunt Yun has endless words.

She said that most of the palace maids were sent to the palace at the best age, as slaves and maids, and they were tired and tired, and they had to suffer many grievances. The better thing is to be favored by the emperor, from a slave to a master, or to be given to the prince and minister as a concubine, otherwise you will have to wait until you are twenty-five or six years old to be released from the palace to marry.

"The palace maid has a hard time, when the master is not miserable?"

She smiled, sad, and responded: "The master is sometimes not as good as a slave. Once favored, he fell out of favor, the love of kings, blessings and misfortunes. ”

I suddenly had an intuition, and after thinking about it a few times, I still asked, Aunt Yun is no one else, she is the closest person to me, since when did she have so many secrets that I don't know?

"Is my aunt from the palace?"

After waiting for a long time, she didn't answer me, but silently looked at a remote palace in the distance, her eyes became vague and unpredictable, and there was a touch of helpless sadness between her eyebrows. I guess the palace is a reminder of a past she doesn't want to recall, so she doesn't ask any more.

Everyone is entitled to secrets, isn't there?

"What is my aunt looking at?"

Aunt Yun pointed to the place she was looking at, and asked me slowly, as if asking herself, "Does the princess know what the place is?" ”

The bleak taste of her words was very strange to me, and I shook my head quietly, and listened to her say in a very soft voice: "It's Leng Gong." ”

The Cold Palace is a corner forgotten by everyone, and it is the coldest and most unforgiving place in the world. The life that lives in it is left to fate, and it has nothing to do with others, and human life is sometimes worse than ants.

The palace has its own rules of survival, and I sighed in my heart and pleaded softly, "Auntie, go back." ”

I don't know what to say, I just don't want her to continue to indulge in this sad mood, whatever happened to her, it is gone, and it can neither be changed nor remembered.

She laughed self-deprecatingly, very worried, her eyes fell on me and returned to her former kindness, that look seemed to be good to be with me, I thought she loved me, and I didn't think anything else.

Aunt Yun then led me in the direction of leaving the palace, and when I was about to reach the council hall, she reminded me: "Calculate the time, the prince should go down to the court now, should the princess go outside the palace and wait for the prince to return to the palace together?" "As long as Li Xuan and I can be together, Aunt Yun will be as happy as ever.

"It's fine." After Li Xuan had dinner in the ink garden that night, I hadn't seen him for three or four days, and I really missed him.

I found a cool place to stand outside the council hall, where the sun could not be basked under the shade of the trees, and my vision was good.

I watched the civil and military officials rush out, and it just so happened that the position I chose was not right or biased, so that I could avoid people and save people's attention. I waited quietly for Li Xuan to come out, but I didn't expect that the first person to see me was the famous Yuan Jing.

The official robe of the Eight Classics failed to wear away the hardness of Yuan Jing's body that was difficult to surrender, and his unkindness was written on his face, which was too exposed. If the generals are as arrogant as him, it is estimated that the fate of Daqi will be exhausted, no wonder the emperor has never reused the generals.

Yuan Jing was not alienated from me at all, and said directly: "Princess Xuan, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

He stared at me intently, his eyes were like looking at prey, which made me very uncomfortable, but at this time, I couldn't allow me to have a seizure, so I had to lower my eyebrows and say, "General Yuan." ”

"In the early dynasty, King Xuan opposed the emperor in court and was reprimanded by the emperor, the scene is not exciting——"

I was shocked when I heard it, and secretly wondered about the authenticity of his words, it's not that I don't look down on Yuan Jing, but if you talk about the way to be an official in the court, no one is more comfortable than Li Xuan, he refuted the emperor's face on the spot, how much credibility does it have?

I can't lose the position as a man, so I smiled calmly: "Maybe it's a different political opinion." ”

Yuan Jing is arrogant, that is, he owes people a lesson, my hands hidden under the long sleeves are clenched into fists, if it weren't for the palace, I would definitely go up and punch him, beat him dizzy, and dare to run in front of me to talk about Li Xuan's badness? When I, Princess Xuan, is it an elm head?!

Yuan Jing got an inch: "Then does the princess know what King Xuan is angry with Long Yan?" ”

This is a very high-level question, as Li Xuan's wife, I am the person who cannot be curious about political affairs.

I didn't bother to deal with him anymore, so I only said euphemistically: "This princess is a female and doesn't know anything about court affairs, so General Yuan still leaves his words to like-minded people." ”

He seemed to guess my thoughts, and he had to tell me, so he said proudly: "King Xuan has gathered several ministers of the main battle faction and advocated sending troops to the south, and the princess has a good relationship with the second prince of the south, so she is not anxious?" ”

I dared to break into the study recklessly that day, did Li Xuan and several ministers plan to attack the southern country? But I still can't figure it out.

Since Chu Hong was sent to Daqi as a proton by the emperor of the southern kingdom, the two countries have been at peace with each other, how could Li Xuan choose to provoke a war here? I am afraid that the courtiers and people of Daqi are used to living a stable life, and war is not a wise choice. What was Li Xuan thinking in his heart?

Before I could react, Aunt Yun changed her face first, she protected me behind her like a hen protecting a chicken, and said to Yuan Jing without humility or arrogance: "As a courtier, the general should know how powerful the rumors are, even if he doesn't take into account King Xuan, the reputation of my princess can't tolerate the general's slander." ”

Yuan Jing's eyes were vicious, flashing with cold light, and he didn't pay attention to Aunt Yun's words, but grabbed me tightly, and laughed so hard that people's hearts trembled: "Whether it is rumors or not, Princess Xuan knows best in her heart, and this general thinks that King Xuan's eyes are not blind." ”

When he finished speaking, he left, and I was not allowed to explain, but I was cold. Not because Li Xuan knew that I had seen Chu Hong in the capital and I never mentioned it to him, but because I had seen who had done what was told to me, the client, this is what really scared me.

Aunt Yun saw that my face was not good, and said vigorously: "The princess doesn't have to worry about nonsense, the clean person will clear herself." ”

I couldn't explain, I was full of irritability, and I couldn't wait for Li Xuan to come out of the council hall, so I turned around and left, not wanting to stay any longer.

On the way back to Xuanwangfu, I sat in a sedan chair with only one thought in my mind, how many people were still spying on my every move?

I entered the ink garden with a stinky face, I didn't say a word along the way, my heart was panicked, as soon as I entered the house, I said angrily to the air in the room: "Go out." "I want to be alone.

Aunt Yun wanted to say a few words to me, but seeing that I was in a hurry, she closed the door and went out, leaving me alone in front of the bronze mirror in a daze.

I kept asking myself, who am I besides the identity of Princess Xuan, and where is it worth being watched and snooped on by people like Yuan Jing in the open and in the dark? But the woman in the bronze mirror frowned slightly, lifeless, and couldn't say why.

I locked myself in the room and stayed for a day, during which I didn't move the lunch that Xiao Ye brought in, Xiao Ye had never seen me lose my temper so much before, and he didn't dare to persuade me.

I sat for a long time, it was finally dark, I stood up and opened the door, Aunt Yun was guarding the door, she was relieved to see me come out, and asked me with a smile: "Is the princess hungry, what do you want to eat for dinner?" ”

I glanced at the sky above my head and said coldly, "Has Li Xuan returned home?" ”

"Why don't you answer me?" What else can't be said at this time, Li Xuan must have sent someone to secretly watch my actions, didn't he wait for him to go to court, I haven't asked him why he sent someone to spy on me.

Aunt Yun's expression turned a little solemn: "The prince didn't return for a day, and Steward Li sent someone to the palace to ask, but he didn't even see the prince's face." ”

"Hmm." He turned his hands into clouds and his hands into rain, what could happen?

As we were talking, Li Bo came in a hurry, his sideburns were messy, his face was much older in an instant, and he hurriedly said to me: "Princess, someone from the palace is waiting for you in the front hall." ”

He has served Li Xuan for more than ten years, and he has always been safe, rarely messing up like this, the situation must be quite serious, I secretly calmed down: "Uncle Li, you take the first step, I will change my clothes and go." ”

Li Bo left in a hurry, and I turned to ask Aunt Yun: "Aunt Fang is vague in her words, what do you want to say to me?" ”

I guessed that Aunt Yun had been on an errand in the palace, and I was no longer curious about how she and her fellow villagers passed the news in the palace and the palace, and I believed that Aunt Yun would be dedicated to me and would not betray me. In this matter, she must have also received news that Li Bo could not detect.

"What General Yuan said to the princess in the palace is not an exaggeration, the prince was not only reprimanded by the emperor when he went to court, but the emperor was angry and blamed the prince for Concubine Li's miscarriage, and the prince has been escorted to the prison and is waiting to be released."

Aunt Yun carefully explained the truth of the matter, but I could still smell a smell of wind and rain, and there was no excuse for the crime that I wanted to add, and the methods used by emperors to fear courtiers since ancient times have always been the same.

Thinking that the mastermind of killing the emperor's heir was Emperor Qi, I was even more chilled, in order to eradicate the ministers, he did not hesitate to hurt his own children to set a trap, a ruthless emperor, what could he not do?