Ji Gongyan looked at Nian'er on the ground, and couldn't say a word for a long time. Parents' investment in their children, the return is the fairest, the one who invests less will always get less than the other, Yijiu has never treated him as a father, just the emperor he is afraid of; Although Bofu is different from Yijiu, the estrangement in his heart has been deeply rooted since he first met his father when he was two years old.

Ji Gongyan felt that Bao Xi and Bofu were a mother and son, but he was like an outsider, and at this moment he suddenly felt that he was old, and he was no longer the invincible emperor who succeeded to the throne decades ago. He was depressed and weak, took a deep breath, looked at the uncle in front of him, looked at the praise in front of him, "If you don't want to embarrass your mother, don't embarrass others!" ”

"Bofu understands!" Nian'er knelt and lay on the ground.

Ji Gongyan threw off his sleeves and turned around and walked towards the door, "The widow won't stay in the East Palace tonight, tomorrow you can see Dutu, Jiang Wan ...... as you want" He said, and the figure disappeared into the night. Bofu looked at Xiuxiu, and said with humility and sincerity, "Bofu is young and ignorant, and if you offend Xiuxiu Niangniang in everything, please don't mind!" ”

"I ......" Xiuxiu opened her mouth, but found that the words were blocked in her throat and she couldn't spit it out at all.

Bao Xi waved her hand at Xiuxiu and turned to Nian'er, "Are you hungry?" ”

Nian'er touched her belly, nodded at Bao Xi, full of grievances, the more he showed that he was sensible, the more Bao Xi felt distressed, she rolled up her sleeves, took some dishes with chopsticks, and handed the dishes and chopsticks to Nian'er, "You go back to the room first, right?" Mother has something to say to your aunt Xiuxiu. ”

"Yes, mother!" Nian'er responded respectfully, and said goodbye to Bao Xi, only Xiuxiu and Bao Xi were left on the hall, Xiuxiu's hands didn't know where to put them, her palms were full of sweat, and she moved from the table to her skirt and moved from her skirt to the table uneasily, she didn't know how to face Bao Xi and how to explain her relationship with the king to her, she said the words to Nian'er confidently at the moment in the face of Bao Xi, she couldn't spit out a word, she looked flustered, her face was pale, and her mind was blank.

"Nian'er is still young, although he is much more sensible than children of the same age, but after all, he ......" Bao Xi looked at Xiuxiu and said very calmly, "He is only a few years old, if he asks for and restrains Nian'er with the etiquette of a person who is a weak crown year, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate." ”

"I don't blame him!" Xiuxiu quickly shook her head.

"Whoever hears those words will not feel good." Bao Xi pursed her lips, she originally wanted to laugh, but she didn't laugh, "Maybe you don't mind if you were someone else, but Nian'er was brought up by you, in the child's world, black is black, white is white, there is no gray middle ground, you, as the king's queen, it is not a bad thing to be able to do your duty as a queen...... Maybe I was unwell today and turned Nian'er away, making him sensitive and suspicious? Later in the evening, I went to talk to him, and the child's temper came quickly...... Go fast, too. ”

"Niangniang......" Xiuxiu raised her eyes to look at Bao Xi, she wanted to tell Bao Xi not to say that, she felt uncomfortable when she heard it, but the words turned around her mouth, and she could only say to Bao Xi, "I'm sorry......"

"What's there to be sorry about?" Bao Xi sighed, "If your heart already belongs, I am the one who should say sorry!" ”

"The king didn't force me." Xiuxiu shook her head.

"If your heart already belongs to the king, I shouldn't have listened to your advice on that matter in the first place, so I should arrange it, right?" Bao Xi said softly, her face was very calm, as if she didn't care about Xiuxiu's favor, but her heart was already surging, and she couldn't help herself with emotion, she thought she wouldn't mind, but when it came to the end, she found that she was not as indifferent as she imagined, and this matter was not bad to think about the benefits, at least it showed that she was not a cold-blooded person.

"I'm sorry......" Xiuxiu lowered her head and whispered, "I have followed Mrs. Zheng into the palace since I was a child, and I have been in and out of Mrs. Zheng's side. Now that he wants me, my heart rejoices, that is, I know that this matter will break my mother's heart, and I also want to accept the king's favor. ”

Bao Xi nodded to Xiuxiu, meaning that she understood.

Xiuxiu looked at Bao Xi's dark eyes, and kept shouting in her heart, screaming in an attempt to tell Bao Xi the truth, telling her that she didn't understand anything. In order to protect her, Ji Gongyan has not hesitated to sacrifice anyone around her. Nian'er may be smart, but in the end she is only six years old, and if she wants to deal with Father Yushi, she has more than enough heart but not enough strength. Ji Gongyan stands on the throne of the emperor, and wants to single-handedly overthrow this power network that he has held up for many years in order to praise him, how can this determination be said to be not big?

Ji Gongyan did a lot of things for Bao Xi, but she didn't appreciate it, Xiuxiu looked at this scorching love, and her heart was tormented, but no matter how difficult and bitter it was, she had to grit her teeth and get through.

The two of them stopped talking, there was only the sound of quiet chewing in the hall, Bao Xi softly swallowed all the food in the bowl in front of her, and then put down the dishes and chopsticks and stood up, "I'll go see Nian'er." ”

"Yes!" Xiuxiu responded.

Bao Xi got up and left the table and walked towards Nian'er's room, Nian'er was lying on the table and stirring the rice grains in the bowl with chopsticks, full of miscellaneous thoughts, feeling aggrieved, but he couldn't cry, he wanted to comfort his grievances, and he didn't know what to do. He heard a knock at the door, quickly sat up straight, and quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his hands, and then said, "Come in!" ”

"It's my ......" Bao Xi pushed the door in, looking at Nian'er with a red face, with a gentle smile on the corner of her mouth, wanting to show her best side in front of her son.

"The Queen Mother?" Nian'er called and took a deep breath, her nose was already red.

"But you feel wronged?" Bao Xi sat opposite Nian'er, looked at the little guy who hid his weakness, and stretched out his hand to scrape his cheek, "I was reprimanded by your father like that just now, I must have been dissatisfied in my heart?" In this palace, everything should not be reckless, because no one will tell you the truth, what they think and how to do, you have to observe quietly, maybe the truth is different from what you see, good people may be bad, bad people may also be good, this world is not either good or bad, you have to experience the relationship more. ”

"Nian'er doesn't understand," Nian'er shook her head, "Nian'er only knows that her mother is unhappy, she locks herself in the room during the day, and she doesn't even want to see Nian'er." Nian'er doesn't understand what is the difference between facts and seeing, Nian'er only knows that things that make her mother unhappy must not be a good thing. The little man in front of him, who was only a few years old, looked at Bao Xi with a determined expression, his burning eyes flashed with strange colors, his fists clenched together, and he believed that he would be able to protect his mother.

This stubborn appearance made Bao Xi's heart warm, her eyes were sore, and she didn't cry when she endured it, Nian'er felt wronged, why didn't she? She didn't know what she had done wrong, so she had to be treated coldly by Ji Gongyan, the past time was too good, and it became more and more sad when she was gone.

The man who once said that the East Palace is home and Bao Xi is his wife has disappeared, and from now on, Bao Xi must face the waves in the harem with Nian'er alone, and face the wind and rain above the court, she doesn't know when this day will be the end. But in the bottom of my heart, I always feel that there will be a day when she can still lean on him and rely on him as she did in the past.

His full affection, she never doubted, the more she didn't doubt, the more it seemed to hurt him with a knife, because of love and trust between them, it turned into hurting each other, making others look at it and sigh.

"Mother is not unhappy," Bao Xi looked at Nian'er and said, "It's just that I was a little uncomfortable during the day, so I locked myself in the room, what is the matter with you going to look for me during the day?" ”

Nian'er looked at Bao Xi, the corners of her mouth moved slightly, and then shook her head.

"Are you really alright?" Bao Xi asked.

Nian'er nodded heavily, "Nian'er just can't worry about her mother, so go and see, my mother is closed, and Nian'er has to come back and continue studying!" He forced a smile and said, when he went to find Bao Xi during the day, he didn't expect her to be so unhappy, after all, he didn't know much about men and women, and his harsh criticism of Xiuxiu was also unbearable for Bao Xi's sadness. He wanted to go to Bao Xi, just because he felt that now that he was named the crown prince, he should always make achievements in this court, and he was panicked and wanted to ask Bao Xi for advice, and he also wrote a few memorabilia and didn't know if it was appropriate to hand it over.

Uncle Zhao's words were already planned in Nian'er's heart, but when Uncle Zhao said it, he felt that his plan was a bit arrogant, he was only less than seven years old, what could he do? What to do, what to do wrong, to do nothing, but to do nothing is good.

Bao Xi talked to Nian'er, her mood was a little uneasy, she couldn't see Nian'er's panic at the moment, and when she saw him say this, she had to nod, thinking that he was telling the truth, and she didn't do too much thought in her heart. Standing up with the table, "You get busy first, what's the matter?" ”

"Hmm......" Nian'er nodded.

"Don't embarrass Xiuxiu," Bao Xi instructed, "if you make a mistake to blame someone who is by your side with good intentions, you will definitely regret it in the future." ”

"Is my mother talking about Uncle Zheng?" Nian'er looked at Bao Xi and asked, Zheng Bo and Twenty-Seven things, he heard a lot from the mouths of miscellaneous people, it is a sighing love story without fate, but Nian'er is too young, I don't understand how love is a haunting thing, Bao Xi nodded, Nian'er also nodded, the two of them no longer said more, each has their own understanding of a thing, Bao Xi stepped out, wanted to go back to the palace to rest, but the ghost made the god want to go to the past Qiongtai Hall for a walk, The lotus pond was expanded by Ji Gongyan, the lake sparkled in the moonlight, and the lotus leaves that had not yet withered walked on the lotus pond scattered, looking dilapidated.

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