Chapter 20: Secrecy
A secret guard blocked her way.
"Miss Wen, this is a forbidden place, please go back."
Yi Xuan came back to her senses in a daze, and her gaze passed over the few secret guards in front of her, and landed on the side face of the man in the other courtyard. The man no longer looked at her, holding a book and reading, with a thin smile on his face, and the elegance of a jade tree.
No matter what happens in the world, he will always be as warm as jade, and forever quiet as a clear spring.
Yi Xuan pinched herself lightly, and her consciousness became clearer. She smiled at the Dark Guards, turned and left.
After walking about a hundred and ten steps, and a long distance from the courtyard, she finally gave up on her feet and held the plum tree to breathe.
"Lady......" Shuang'er didn't know what was wrong with her.
Yi Xuan waved her hand and asked with a wry smile, "Do you know who Fang Cai is?" β
Shuang'er shook her head.
Yi Xuan continued to laugh, but her face was cold, "First Prince, Zhao Shen." β
What the?!
Shuang'er looked back in shock. The one who turned out to be the first prince? "Isn't King Kangning in Guizhou? How could it be ......"
A touch of coldness flashed in Yi Xuan's eyes, "If my guess is right, Zhao Zhen is planning to blackmail the princes of the Son of Heaven." Zhao Shen has always been the wise man in the minds of many old ministers, he is benevolent, but he is also incompetent...... Shuang'er, it's the twenty-fifth soon, you must find out. β
The master and servant whispered for a while, and when they saw someone coming in the distance, they stopped talking and pretended to look at the flowers. Two maids came, saluting Yixuan and saying, "Why did the girl come here?" His Royal Highness has already taken care of the matter, please come over quickly. β
Yi Xuan followed the two to the study, and Zhao Zhen was holding his head and pretending to sleep. Yi Xuan stood quietly outside the door for a while, cleaned up her confused mood and entered the house, walked to Zhao Zhen's side, and shook her palm in front of his eyes.
Although Zhao Zhen closed his eyes, his ears could hear clearly, he grabbed the girl's little hand, opened his eyes and looked at her with a smile, and asked, "It's not good to stay in the side hall, where did you go?" β
Yixuan smiled, "Just go around...... I saw a big brother in white, I've never seen it before, Your Highness, who is that? β
Her expression was innocent, her words were sincere, and she looked at Zhao Zhen with curious eyes. But she was sneering in her heart, she wanted to know what kind of lie Zhao Zhen planned to tell to deceive her.
Zhao Zhen frowned and fell silent.
"Just a friend." He didn't answer for a long time, and then changed the subject: "What is this?" He asked, pointing to a fluffy mass in Yixuan's arms.
"Knee pads." Yixuan kept smiling, "I made it myself." Would you like to try it, Your Highness? β
Do it yourself? Zhao Zhen's eyes lit up, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl, he took it and looked at the light carefully, and found that there was an embroidered ...... on the left and right knee pads. Tanuki.
It's round and fluffy, and it's cute.
Yixuan originally wanted to embroider the dragon, but she really couldn't do it, so in the end she could only embroider the only raccoon slave she was good at.
Zhao Zhen liked it very much.
This trick ...... Novel enough, chic enough.
In the past, the girl sent him something, either a dragon or a tiger, or a mandarin duck and a wild goose, just her, an embroidered raccoon slave.
Zhao Zhen lifted off his robe, tied his knee pads, stood up and walked two steps, and praised with great satisfaction: "It's just right, you bothered...... Come here. He stretched out his hand to Yixuan.
Yixuan walked over and looked at him a little blankly.
Zhao Zhen untied a jade pendant, carved on the jade pendant with the word "Zhen", decorated with a dragon pattern, inlaid with gold edges. Of course, Yixuan knew what it was.
This is a jade pendant that symbolizes the identity of King Yu, see it...... Such as the king of Yu came in person.
Zhao Zhen wants to give it to her?
Before she came back to her senses, Zhao Zhen stuffed it into her hand, "You put it away, don't get rid of it." β
Yixuan agreed, feeling a little dreaming.
She suddenly gained confidence, pinched the jade pendant, looked at Zhao Zhen with her swarthy eyes wide, and her face turned red before she could speak.
"Your Highness intends to ...... Grace ......"
"What are you going to do?"
"That's ......" Yixuan bit her lip and let go, "When will you marry me?" β
Her voice was as thin as a gnat, light as if a gust of wind was blowing, but Zhao Zhen could hear it clearly.
The house was quiet.
Yi Xuan was embarrassed and speechless. Why is she ...... It's so humiliating that she has been reduced to asking a man to marry her...... What a shame...... No, she had to go out and be quiet.
Yixuan covered her face and ran, Zhao Zhen came back to her senses when she saw the girl run away, took the girl into her arms with her big hand, and smiled softly: "You can't wait...... Kindness? β
No, she didn't, she wasn't. She sacrificed herself for the sake of righteousness.
"Well, when you celebrate your fourteenth birthday, I'll marry you."
The girl's birthday is on the sixth day of the second month, and it will be soon.
Zhao Zhen rubbed her little hand and said with a smile: "In the past two days, I have been preparing to prepare and send the dowry gift first." Then go to the emperor to ask for an edict for marriage. Don't be in a hurry. β
The girl is at the age of growing her body, and compared with three months ago, she is taller again, and her waist is more slender. A piece of treasure on his chest seems to be quietly plump...... There is also this face, the skin is white, and the tender skin seems to be able to pinch out the water. The original baby fat has been eliminated a lot, revealing a smooth and beautiful jawline.
He suddenly realized that the little girl had grown up, and if he didn't marry, it would inevitably attract many jackals, tigers and leopards.
He doesn't like his stuff to be coveted.
Zhao Zhen let go of his hand, rubbed Yixuan's head, sat down and took a sip of tea, and said gently: "I may be a little busy these days. You stay at home and get married, and don't run to me if you have nothing to do. β
Beauty is harmful. In order to meet her, he deliberately postponed the two meetings.
For this reason, Wei Xiang laughed at him, saying that he also has today.
There's no way, knowing that the girl is squeamish, she will definitely be unhappy if she waits for a long time.
Yi Xuan was really not very happy when she heard this, she smiled reluctantly, lowered her head and was aggrieved with tears in her eyes, Sakura pursed her lips, and her voice was pitiful, "Okay." β
Zhao Zhen's heart was about to break.
She's ...... Delicate and fragile like a porcelain doll, this pitiful and stubborn appearance, which man can resist? In the end, I just wanted to make her laugh, and I forgot about any national affairs.
Zhao Zhen has never coaxed a woman, it has always been a woman who coaxes him, and he doesn't like women crying in front of him. But when Yixuan was like this, he was so nervous that he almost dropped the tea bowl. Zhao Zhen self-examined, has he been in the military camp for a long time, and he has become a jerk in doing things?
No, no, he is reluctant.
"I'm joking." Zhao Zhen peeled a chestnut and sent it to the girl, and coaxed her softly: "You can come whenever you want, anyway, this will be your home in the future." I'll try to make time to see you, okay? β
Yixuan didn't appreciate it, wiped her tears with her little hand, and said softly: "Your Highness is busy with business, I can't be out of proportion." β
Zhao Zhen "chuckled" in his heart, knowing that the girl was losing her temper with him. He wiped a little tear from the corner of the girl's eye with his hand, thinking about how to answer.
He is a prince and a general in the northwest, he really can't coax women.
Yi Xuan saw that the fire was almost over, looked at Zhao Zhen with a pair of wet teary eyes, and said, "Your Highness has official business, I know it." Your Highness doesn't need to delay my business. But I'm willing to wait for Your Highness and come back to see me when Your Highness is free. As for side time, can I play by myself in Fuchu? β
The girl is so sensible, Zhao Zhen smiled very relieved and nodded, "Of course you can." β
Yixuan continued to ask, "What...... Can I go play with my brother in white? β
This time, Zhao Zhen didn't answer immediately, and there was a hint of suspicion on his handsome face.
Why is Yixuan ...... Would you like to go to Zhao Shen? Of course, she didn't know that it was Zhao Shen.
"No, you can't." Zhao Zhen refused mercilessly. One is because of Zhao Shen's special identity, and the other is because of ...... He didn't want his woman to be involved with other men.
Yixuan let out a disappointed "oh", got off the bed sullenly, and walked out with a blessing to Zhao Zhen.
It seems that she still overestimates herself, how can a person like Zhao Zhen lose her mind for a woman?
If you want to get close to Zhao Shen, you have to think of other ways.
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"Lady. The slave and maid found it. β
At night, Shuang'er dragged his tired body back from outside and informed Yixuan of the results:
"What the eldest princess handed over to King Yu was an edict from the first emperor. The content of the edict is that His Majesty has rebelled now, and ordered King Yu to support the king of Kangning County to ascend the throne, and asked the ministers to support the king of Kangning County. β
Yixuan raised her head in disbelief, stared at Shuang'er's eyes, and asked in a trembling voice, "You say...... What the? β
How can it be? How could the first emperor issue such an edict? Even if there is, why is Zhao Yurou hiding so far? She didn't believe it!
How did Zhao Shen enter the Zongren Mansion in the first place? Because what he is burdened with is the crime of killing his brother and rebellion!
The first emperor favored Zhao Shen to such an extent and hated Zhao Yan to such an extent......
Yi Xuan's eyes were red unconsciously, and her voice seemed to have been immersed in cold water: "There should be someone who pretended to be the edict of the first emperor." β
Shuang'er rarely saw Yixuan so excited, and was a little surprised, so she thought about it and said, "Whether it's fake or not, the slave doesn't dare to say." It's just that the two maidservants said that this edict was indeed there before the death of the first emperor. Probably when the first emperor's body was just beginning to deteriorate and was not serious, the eldest princess entered the palace to serve the sick, and the first emperor handed it over to her. β
Yi Xuan was stunned, her heart was full of coldness, and she smiled a little desolately. Zhao Yurou is the favorite daughter of the first emperor, and Zhao Shen is the favorite son of the first emperor. What about Zhao Yan? What does Zhao Yan have? All he had was carefully calculated and planned by him and her. The trust and favor of the first emperor never gave him a point.
She remembered the young Zhao Yan and asked her over and over again: "Why doesn't my father like me?" β
She was also naΓ―ve at the time, she said, "Because you're not good enough." As long as you study hard, study riding and archery seriously, and become the most dazzling one among the princes, the emperor will definitely like you. β
Later, Zhao Yan did become the most outstanding one, to be precise, he was the most comfortable one. He is scheming, strategic, and balanced, and an out-and-out imperial talent.
The first emperor still disdained him.
Some love, some hate, were predestined from the beginning.