Chapter 168

Xiao Dong poured the tea with his own hands.

The color of the new tea is pale green, and the tea leaves slowly unfold and float in the cup.

"Good tea." Shen Jing praised it.

Xiao Dong raised his head and smiled: "It's not a famous tea, my father and I like it, but my brother and Qin Lie said that they couldn't get used to it, and they always felt that it was too light." ”

She ...... Are you okay? ”

"It's still thinner, but people look very energetic. The house and garden have been renovated, and there are many more smiles in Linghuaguan than in the palace. ”

Shen Jing lowered her head, and her fingertips lightly stroked the edge of the cup: "I remember when I was five years old, my aunt gave me a cup of tea, I drank half of it, and after I went back, my mother reprimanded me behind my back, and hugged me and cried." Since then, I have not dared to eat what the rest of my clan has given me. I used to have an older brother who was praised by everyone for his youth and talent, but he went when he was eleven years old. Others said that she was suffering from a sudden illness, but my mother always felt that it was someone who was jealous of our grandmother's house. I have double expectations and burdens, and my brother's share has been since I was a child, and I am afraid that if I don't do well, I will disappoint my father and mother...... Before I came to the capital, my father asked me to think about what I said and what I did. That way, even if you do something wrong, you won't regret it too much in the future. ”

Xiao Dong always thought that Shen Jing was an only child, and it was the first time he had heard of his brother's death.

"I always think about what I want to say and what I do, as my father said. This method is very useful, don't say what you shouldn't say, and don't do what you shouldn't do. It's just that...... Not all the time this is useful. That year, I won the first prize in the poetry meeting, and the fourth and fifth princesses were also there, and the fifth princess asked people to take a brocade ribbon. Actually, I didn't want to be in the limelight at first, but ...... I was enchanted, and I didn't want the ribbon to be taken away...... After commenting on the poem, the fifth princess brought the brocade to me with her own hands, and that day she wore a goose-yellow palace dress, with a little apricot-like red on her cheeks. I didn't know what to say, my palms were sweaty for a while, and I felt that the brocade ribbon was too heavy to hold, and I couldn't remember what I said at that time. ”

Yes, Xiao Dong also remembered that at that time, because Shen Jing won the poem, Zhao Lu and they were elated, and after they came back, everyone celebrated this matter.

"Later, one time, the emperor summoned a few people in the school to make poems in Qianqiu Pavilion. I also made one, and it happened that the fifth princess walked by the pavilion, and the emperor called her over, and chose one of the poems she thought was the best from several good poems, and she picked mine at once. The emperor asked her why, and she was right in what I was thinking......"

Xiao Dong didn't know about this, and no one told her.

Probably this matter is not important to others.

And the people who felt important did not say it.

"After that, I learned one thing. You can control your words, your actions, but you can't control your heart. I knew that I couldn't be a princess, otherwise I would have violated my father's and mother's expectations, my responsibilities, and my ...... My own ambition since childhood. I have mapped my future, and there are many things I want to do, but I don't include being a colt attached to the princess, and I will spend my life idle......"

"Then, Fifth Sister, do you know what she thinks?"

"She knows." Shen Jing's words were slightly bitter: "She's so smart, she knows what I think." ”

In fact, these two people are each other. What the fifth princess thinks, Shen Jing probably knows.

The so-called, heart-to-heart rhino probably refers to people like them who are both smart and affectionate to each other.

But having wisdom doesn't mean you can be happy.

On the contrary, people who are smart, sensitive, and have too many ideas tend to live less happily than mediocre people.

"When she left the cabinet, I asked you to send her a congratulatory gift. At that time, I thought, even if I can't stay together, as long as she is doing well, I will ...... I'm sure she understands what I mean, too. It's just that she's not doing well. ”

Oh, yes.

The fifth princess was really unlucky. married a husband who is literate and mild-tempered, and it is foreseeable in this life that he should be able to live a smooth and quiet life. However, the good times did not last long, and before she had time to taste happiness, the five horses fell ill.

"I asked the famous Lang Zhong to go to the mansion of the Marquis of Lin Township, but there was no way but to watch ......"

However, Shen Jing still didn't say what happened later.

How did the fifth princess get a secret knot? What role did Shen Jing play in this matter?

"After all, I owe her. If I had known earlier...... I shouldn't have impulsively fought for that ribbon in the first place, maybe everything would have been different later. ”

Xiao Dong thought, that may not be.

Even without Nasaishi, the two of them would have met after all. Maybe later...... But no one can say for sure. Besides, the serious illness and early death of the five horses cannot be changed by manpower.

Their relationship began and ended silently. Shen Jing, who seems to be talented and suave, has heavier responsibilities than others. The fifth princess has always been smart and knows how to protect herself, but she has encountered ups and downs.

"That'...... Do you regret this? ”

"Do you regret it?" He repeated softly and asked himself again.

"There are some things that you will do at the time, even if you know that you will regret it in the future."

Xiao Dong lowered his head and said for a while, the tea in the cup was already cold, and the tea leaves sank quietly at the bottom of the cup, and there was no strength to float up.

Sending Shen Jing away, Xiao Dong returned to Yufang Pavilion. Hu Shi was holding Ah Da under the porch, and several people teased Ah Da, causing him to giggle.

When Ah Da saw Xiao Dong, he hurriedly leaned over and let her hug her.

Xiao Dong took him, only to feel that the hollow places in his chest were filled with him, and there was no spare mood to be sad.

Compared with Shen Jing and the fifth princess, she and Qin Lie did not have so many twists and turns, so many helplessness and sadness.

Happiness doesn't have to be spectacular.

Live quietly and calmly, day after day.

Hu Shi looked at her face: "The county lord is tired?" ”

"Nope." Xiao Dong was sorry for Shen Jing and the fifth princess just now, but he couldn't say anything in his heart. At this time, he hugged Ah Da and pressed his cheek against him. A sweet milky fragrance on Ah Da's body twisted twice in Xiao Dong's arms, and Xiao Dong suddenly felt hot on his body.

"Oops," she looked down, a large wet chunk on her placket.

Ada giggled and tugged at her sleeve, as if proud of what she had done.

Xiao Dong was angry and funny, and reached out and twisted his fat little face—in the end, he was still reluctant to exert himself.

"Wait for your dad to come back, see if he beats your ass."

Ah Da looked at her innocently, as if he understood, but as if he didn't understand anything.