Chapter 265: Blessings and Misfortunes
King Chengping only spoke in a heavier tone than usual, and when he got to the point, he scolded Li Qingchi, who took the lead in turning the window, and also reprimanded Ruan Miaoling twice, saying that she should be discouraged from being a sister, and it was no big or small to mess around together, and then the two of them were escorted out by Princess Chengping's shoulders.
Ruan Miaoling adhered to the principle of 'old and young', and let her aunt and cousin walk in front and rub at the door by herself.
The next time, King Chengping sighed, Ruan Miaoling thought that her uncle would persuade Princess Baozhen to look at herself more closely, but she didn't want Princess Baozhen to open her mouth first.
"Mingzhang"
Ruan Miaoling only learned about her uncle's name 'Mingzhang' today, and secretly said that the names given by her grandfather to her mother and uncle are like treasures, so you can imagine how much her grandfather attached great importance to a pair of children when he was alive.
King Chengping raised his eyes to see Princess Baozhen's rare sad face for more than ten years, and had a premonition that she would say shocking words, grabbed the armrest of the Taishi chair, and put his bottom plate firmly on the ground, before asking, "What is the matter with my sister calling my brother?" ”
Princess Baozhen took out an object, as if she was afraid that her hand would slip and fall on the ground, so she deliberately used a handkerchief to cushion it underneath, so that she could put it on the high table with peace of mind.
"Since you were a child, your grandfather has kept you by his side to cultivate your temperament and teach you to practice writing and painting red, you should recognize your grandfather's handwriting, you come and see" Princess Baozhen said calmly.
Hearing that it was related to the first emperor, King Chengping dispelled his doubts, walked over to see, there was a bright yellow folded but full of words on the handkerchief, and on one side of the silk lay a thumb-sized Huangtian stone, the shape of which resembled the jade seal used by the emperor back then, but it was just a little smaller.
King Chengping carefully picked it up and spread it in his palm to look at it carefully, but the words on it were small and dense, so he took a transparent round mirror that the emperor had given him from the shelf that could magnify things, and looked at the bottom of the Huangtian Stone for a long time.
Ruan Miaoling could only see King Chengping looking at a very small object through the crack in the door, but unfortunately King Chengping did not read out what was written on it, and when he looked back, Princess Chengping and Li Qingchi had already gone far away.
She simply had the audacity to stay here and continue eavesdropping.
When King Chengping looked at the silk, Ruan Miaoling only heard him sigh heavily, and then said worriedly: "The longer my grandfather's edict stays in the world, the more my sister will suffer, and the world is still the world of the Li family, so it is better to burn this edict." ”
It turned out that the edict found in Xifu was not genuine, Ruan Miaoling secretly said in her heart, the fake is still locked in her box.
But that fake is enough to deceive others.
Princess Baozhen's bland mood fluctuated a little, and she said with some hatred: "Mingzhang, we have all been deceived by him!" This world was bought by him because of his brother's life, maybe he didn't want to go, afraid that his father would settle accounts with him in the middle of the night, so he would treat our brothers and sisters well! ”
King Chengping couldn't believe it, "The emperor and his father are brothers...... When my grandfather was the most disgusted with this method of mutilating his siblings to seize power, he, how could he ...... "shaking his head, looking at the silk and Huang Tianshi's eyes as if he was looking at pus and bedbugs that make people cover their noses."
"Sister Xu is mistaken, the emperor's admiration for his father is known to the whole court, and he will not ......"
King Chengping quickly wrapped the objects in front of him and stuffed them into Princess Baozhen's hands, "Sister is better to destroy it, if you let Li ...... Outsiders saw it, and they didn't know what was going on. ”
Princess Baozhen said sharply: "I lied to you! You're the only person my sister can trust, will my sister make things up for no reason to deceive you? Mingzhang, when you grow up, you should learn to think about some things with your own brain, and you can't lose your roots! ”
King Chengping's eyes flashed with fear.
He has lived under the umbrella of his father and sister since he was a child, although his father is gone, but he still has a sister, as long as his sister lives, he is not afraid of anything, because when he was a child, his sister promised him that 'when the sky falls, he will have his sister on top'!
But now the situation has changed, and my sister means to let him learn to stand up to the sky and the earth on his own, but, can he do it?
"Sister...... I'm afraid ......"
Princess Baozhen looked at her younger brother like a frightened rabbit, and knew that she had just spoken seriously, and said slowly: "I know that Mingzhang's dignified seven-foot man is not afraid of death, and my sister also wants to keep her promise to protect you for the rest of her life, but you and I both know the difficulties. In case one day my sister is gone, leaving Miaoling alone to come to you, there are your wives and children in the palace, what do you do to protect them? ”
King Chengping was stunned and silent.
Outside the door, Ruan Miaoling hung two strings of tears like a tearful person, she didn't dare to make a loud noise, her fingers clasped the lattice, and she said in her heart: Mother, this time our family will be fine, and my uncle's family will also be reunited and beautiful!
Taking advantage of the fact that the clever Li Qingchi had not yet turned around to find someone, Ruan Miaoling tiptoed back to the bottom of the steps and trotted through the verandah to Li Qingchi's courtyard.
Princess Baozhen did not sit at King Chengping's place for a long time, and when King Chengping's family sent their mother and daughter to the door, Ruan Miaoling secretly glanced at her uncle, her face was washed, only her eyes were a little red and swollen, but the fear she had seen before was gone.
On the return carriage, Ruan Miaoling leaned comfortably on Princess Baozhen's lap, not telling herself about eavesdropping outside the door.
"My mother is a woman on the battlefield, I exhaled outside the door, my mother must have noticed it, it can be seen that my mother intended to let me hear the conversation between you and my uncle."
Princess Baozhen smiled and asked, "Since you have heard everything, can you believe what I said to your uncle?" ”
Ruan Miaoling nodded, rubbing the back of Princess Baozhen's hand, she had experienced how she didn't believe it once.
"In the days when my mother was not at home, I fell into the water once, and after being rescued, I had a random dream." Ruan Miaoling clenched her sleeves and continued slowly: "In my dream, my mother disappeared on the night of my wedding, and I became a homeless child...... I struggled to find out how my father and mother died, but I died at the hands of someone else......"
Tell the things she has experienced as a dream to Princess Baozhen, although it is simple, Ruan Miaoling has thousands of grievances hidden in her heart, and her voice has changed, and she is lying on her mother's lap and crying.
"I got married, but I was unhappy in my heart, and I was bullied by my concubine and there was no one to talk to......"
"My mother's family has no one to support her, like a small grass with nowhere to go......"
Princess Baozhen took Ruan Miaoling in her arms and gently stroked her back, "Although it is just a dream, my mother knows that you must be in all kinds of pain and helplessness in your dreams, my poor son, my mother will never make you as uncomfortable as in your dreams, your future husband, my mother will definitely check at all levels and not let that person interfere!" ”
Ruan Miaoling nodded, feeling that she was now fifteen years old, crying and crying like a child, and she looked down on herself, so she wiped her tears and looked up.