Chapter 400: Trade-offs (1)
Fourteen-year-old Changsheng, for the first time in his life, had a reverie about women. This is not a bad thing, but worry-free is his sister, a sister who is closer than his own sister.
Changsheng frowned, only to feel that this dream was absurd and hateful. He immediately ordered Xiao Changzi to wait for him to bathe and change clothes, and asked him to burn all the clothes he had changed.
Xiao Changzi took the order and left. It's just that these clothes were inspected by the grandmothers for kilometers before they were taken to the backyard and burned.
Changsheng told Xiao Changzi to keep his mouth shut and not to mention this matter to anyone. It's just that things in the womb, no matter how small they are, they can't hide it from the queen.
The grandmother, who was in charge of inspecting the clothes, had already sent the news to Cining Palace.
Meng Xilan heard this, pondered for a moment, and then smiled slightly. "It seems that Wu'er has really grown up."
Zhulu was also quite surprised when he heard this.
The prince is fourteen this year, and he is not young in terms of age, but there are very few women in the womb, and most of them are old mothers who are over thirty years old.
Who is it that makes the prince feel excited? Could it be the little palace maid who just entered the palace on an errand a few days ago? No, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince probably hasn't seen them yet.
Meng Xilan rarely had time, she could practice calligraphy and calm down, but after hearing about this, she couldn't help but put down her pen and said, "Zhulu, why did your expression change?" ”
Zhu Lu lowered her head when she heard this: "Back to Niangniang, the slave maid is thinking, according to the prince's temperament, she ignores the women in the palace." The prince's heart sprouted, and the slave maid was just curious, I don't know who started it? ”
She took care of the prince with her own hands and knew everything about his personality preferences. It was because she knew him that she was surprised.
Meng Xilan lowered her eyes and was silent, her jade white fingers stroked the mouth of the cup, and said quietly: "Zhulu, after you go back, ask the people around the prince, what has he done today?" Who have you seen? ”
There was a vague answer in her mind, but it still needed to be verified.
Zhulu nodded, and curtched in response: "The slave will go back." ”
Zhu Lu returned to the palace with a heavy heart, and when he saw that the prince was no longer there, he called all the eunuchs who were in charge of following him during the day together for interrogation.
The little eunuchs reported honestly, and they didn't dare to leave a word.
Zhulu learned that the prince had only seen Niangniang and the county lord of Wuwu today, and his heart sank suddenly.
In this way, the person who made the prince's heart sprout was the county lord......
Zhu Lu's face changed instantly, and her hands unconsciously clenched into fists.
How is this possible? The prince and the county lord grew up since childhood, and they are closer than their own sisters and brothers, how can they be? Moreover, although the county lord of Sanssouci is not the prince's own sister, he is his cousin.
No, it's absolutely not going to work! Zhulu realized the seriousness of the matter and immediately returned to Cining Palace.
He didn't say directly who the person who made the prince's heart move. Zhi just knelt respectfully in front of Meng Xilan and begged her: "Niangniang, the slave maid asks Niangniang to arrange the marriage for the county lord as soon as possible." ”
After so many years of deep love between master and servant, as long as she said a word, Meng Xilan understood.
Her eyebrows were slightly raised, and she watched her kneel there with an uneasy expression, and did not speak for a long time.
Seeing that she was silent, Zhulu begged again, and said in a solemn tone: "Niangniang, for the sake of the prince, His Royal Highness the county lord must marry!" ”
Meng Xilan's eyebrows frowned slightly: "How can you let this palace be willing?" ”
If she could be willing, she would have been married a few years ago, instead of staying in the palace all the time.
In fact, she noticed early on that Changsheng's feelings for Wuwu were a little too deep, and they had always been close since childhood.
As the old saying goes, men and women don't sit at the same age at the age of seven. However, Meng Xilan had never been so harsh on them. Because they grew up together, when they entered the palace without worry, Changsheng had not yet been born.
As the crown prince, Changsheng's childhood was unusually lonely. He has no playmates by his side, only minions. In the first few years, Meng Xilan's body was good and bad, and then experienced a miscarriage. During the time when she was in poor health, she was very glad in her heart that Changsheng had the sister of Wuwu by her side.
Worry-free is a good sister, a good sister who is better to her younger brother than to herself.
Worry-free is good for immortality, and Meng Xilan also sees it vividly. She had already regarded her as her own child, and in addition, she owed her mother Chu Jingwen in her heart. She would do anything for the kid if she could.
Zhulu looked at the change in the expression on Niangniang's face, and only said: "Niangniang loves the county master, and the slave knows it very well in her heart." But the prince is the most important, and the prince and the county lord are cousins, which is unruly. ”
If it's a cousin, maybe there's room for negotiation, and maybe you don't care about the county lord's background.
But now, the prince actually has such a mind, so he can't continue to let it go.
Meng Xilan sighed softly, looked at the sincerely frightened Zhulu, and said lightly: "This matter is not urgent, this palace knows it." You are the one who has been serving by the prince's side, and don't show too much. ”
Even if you want to let worry-free get married, let her find a good match for her first.
Zhulu steadied her mind, took a deep breath and said: "It is natural for Niangniang to be reluctant to be the county lord, but if you wait until the prince's love is deep-rooted, then things may be difficult to do." ”
It's not that she doesn't like worry-free, but from the overall situation, the prince's safety and losses are the most important.
Meng Xilan stroked her forehead with one hand and said quietly: "Okay, you go back first." After you go back, don't talk too much in front of the prince, you know how to measure. ”
"Yes......" Zhu Lu replied and retreated.
Meng Xilan was silent for a moment before calling Jade to him: "Where is the county lord now?" ”
"Back to Niangniang, His Royal Highness the County Lord is following Mama Wang to be a female celebrity."
Meng Xilan gently tapped her temples with her fingertips, and then said, "Later, you let her come over." ”
"Whoa." Emerald also responded.
Meng Xilan got up slowly, came to the window, looked at the tall tree in the courtyard, and frowned slightly.
As the tree grows taller, there will be more branches, and it is inevitable that it will have to be pruned and shrunk. It's the same when people grow up......
Worry-free had a lively temperament when he was a child, and when he grew up, he became quiet. Every day, I either read books and practice calligraphy, or practice female popularity.
Worry-free made a new purse, just to give it to the queen mother.
Meng Xilan didn't write the worries in her heart on her face, and looked at her with a pleasant face.
"Show the queen mother, what good things have you made?"
Worry-free brought up the purse: "Recently, the newly made clothes for the queen mother in the palace are all light-colored, but the sachets on the queen mother's body are all dark-colored. The son made a new ...... for the queen mother Please take a look at the queen mother. ”
Meng Xilan took the purse and took a closer look, it was really beautiful.
"Good boy, Hongu likes it very much." Meng Xilan smiled softly.
Worry-free smiled when he saw that she liked it, and he was happy.
Meng Xilan patted the position beside her and asked her to come over and said, "Don't worry, come here, let the queen mother kiss her." ”
Carefree leaned over with a smile, crooked in her arms, and sprinkled like a child.
"Queen Mother, you smell so good, just like when you were a child."
Meng Xilan touched her hair, and her eyes were faint and distant: "Do you remember what happened when you were a child......
Worry-free nodded slightly: "Of course, the queen mother is good to her sons, and all the sons remember it." ”
Meng Xilan's heart sank, and she looked at her with pity on her face: "Don't worry, you are also old, but the queen mother is really reluctant to marry you!" ”
As soon as these words came out, the worry-free body trembled slightly, she immediately raised her head, looked at Meng Xilan, her eyes were slightly red, and she was full of anxiety: "Queen Mother, son-in-law don't marry." ”
She knew that many people inside and outside the palace were concerned about her marriage. But she didn't care about herself, and the queen mother didn't care, so she wasn't afraid.
But as soon as the queen mother mentioned this, her heart panicked.
"The queen mother, the sons don't want to get married." Worry-free begged softly: "The son wants to accompany the queen mother for the rest of his life." ”
Meng Xilan knew that she had scared her, so she hurriedly comforted her and said, "Don't be afraid, the queen mother has no intention of embarrassing you." It's just that at your age, it's time to think about marriage. ”
Carefree shook his head again and again.
She's lived here since she was a kid, and it's everything to her. She couldn't imagine life without this......
Meng Xilan hugged her and gently comforted her, and sighed as if she was sighing: "Don't worry, the queen mother also wants to keep you by her side for the rest of your life." It's just that that's not right. Sooner or later, you'll have someone you like......"
Favorite people...... Carefree eyes flickered slightly.
She does have someone in her heart who cares, but she's not sure if that just likes it?
Carefree fell silent, leaning softly into his mother's arms, not wanting to leave for a long time.
"Don't worry, don't be afraid, the queen mother won't force you, when you have someone you like, you must tell the queen mother to know?" Meng Xilan gently pressed her head with her chin.
Carefree let out a soft "um".
Since that dream, Changsheng has deliberately avoided worry-free, and he has to go to Cining Palace every day to greet his mother. If it was before, he would definitely stay with the queen mother for a while, and he would have to see her together to be at ease.
But in the past few days, he has only sat down and left.
Meng Xilan saw it, and he was deliberately avoiding it. Although he saw through it, he didn't pierce it, he just pretended not to know anything, told him a few words, and let him go.
Who knows, there is no coincidence today, as soon as Changsheng left the palace gate, he watched Wuwu come back with the palace maid.
Changsheng paused, the hand holding the fan tightened, just nodded at her, and didn't say anything.
There seemed to be a bit of sorrow between the eyebrows, and when he saw him, he was about to speak. Unexpectedly, he walked directly past her without saying a word.
"Immortal ......"
Xu was in a hurry, so he called his name directly, not "prince".
When Changsheng heard this, he suddenly couldn't walk, he froze in place, but he didn't look back.
His deliberately distant attitude is really suspicious.
Wuwu walked quickly in front of him, looked at him fixedly, and said, "What's wrong with you?" ”
He rarely is so sullen, could it be that he was punished by his mother?
Wu Wu was still unhappy about her own affairs, but it can be seen that Changsheng was unhappy, and she immediately forgot all her thoughts in the back of her mind.
Changsheng didn't look at her, just lowered his eyes and said, "I'm fine." ”
Sansso-free knew him too well: "You don't look like you're fine, what's wrong?" You and your sister are honest. After she said this, she subconsciously reached out and wanted to pat him on the shoulder.
Changsheng was very vigilant, for fear that she would touch him, so he hurriedly took a step back and said, "Sister, don't bother, I'm really fine." ”
Carefree's hand froze in mid-air, and she watched him turn away in a daze, wondering what was wrong with him?
He had never been so angry with her, and he looked like he was angry with her.