Chapter 140: Habits

As soon as the emperor came, Kang Quan was immediately on guard, not allowed to move around at will, could not enter and exit at will, and could not even let people pick whatever they wanted to eat. The fourth princess had already invited a few close ladies as companions, but now they can't come.

Xiao Dong didn't think very kindly, maybe the atmosphere in the palace has always been serious and heavy, and the emperor also needs to come out to take a breath?

What does Empress Li say, she is also the emperor's wife. The Li family has helped the emperor a lot over the years, and the queen has given birth to three children, only one of the three princes survived and grew up healthy.

Xiao Dong followed the chamberlain through the long corridor, and the stone steps were facing upwards one by one.

"The county lord go in, the emperor is inside."

Xiao Dong nodded slightly at him, and as soon as she stepped in the door, the curtain behind her fell.

Xiao Dong's footsteps paused slightly, and continued to walk forward. The silk shoes stepped lightly on the floor without a sound, but the emperor still sensed that she was coming.

"Little Dong? Come here? ”

The emperor probably had just soaked in the hot springs, his hair had not yet dried, and he was pinned with a hosta on the top, and it was scattered below, and he did not wear a crown. Xiao Dong saluted and got up, and inadvertently found that the emperor's sideburns, at some point, there were silver threads mixed in them-

Before she knew it, she had grown up, and so had the emperor.

"You sit for a while, there are books on the shelves over there, you flip through them, and I'll talk to you when I'm done with them."

Xiao Dong responded, and the emperor lowered his head to look at the excerpts, which showed that although people were out on vacation, their hearts still couldn't rest with them.

There was no palace attendant in the house, and the emperor reached for the cup, which was already empty. Xiao Dong picked up the pot and refilled the cup with water. When she accompanied An Wang and Zhao Lu to read, she was very accustomed to doing these things.

When she handed the tea, the emperor did not reach out to take it.

The candlelight reflected on Xiao Dong's face, she had long since faded from her childishness, her eyebrows and eyes were elegant, her temperament was calm, and she often had a gentle smile on her lips, as if she was the person he had been thinking about.

"Your Majesty?"

The emperor came back to his senses, took the teacup, and as if to divert his attention, he asked, "You are seventeen this year?" ”

"By the end of the year, I'll be eighteen."

The emperor was slightly distracted. Since he didn't speak, Xiao Dong was also silent.

"Time flies."

Well, many people have this exclamation. It's too much to do all the time to keep moving forward. When you finally stop to catch your breath, you look back and find that you have missed a lot of scenery. Time is such a thing, always not cherished at the time, and regretted it later.

Because people often work hard to get a result, and when they really get it, they find that they ignore the twists and turns of the wonderful process.

And the result, sometimes not as important as the process.

Because life is just a process. From birth, it is destined that there is only such an inevitable result as death. And what belongs to each person is that they have different processes.

This feeling, if it weren't for Xiaodong's two lives, he wouldn't have been able to experience it.

She didn't know what the emperor had called her for on purpose.

Although in terms of blood, the emperor is her uncle. But in terms of intimacy, they didn't have much in common, and even—it seemed that they had only spoken together once or twice.

"How much do you remember when you were a child?"

Xiao Dong was stunned for a moment.

Does the emperor want to remember Yao Qingyuan?

Xiao Dong lowered his eyes and whispered, "I don't remember much." Things before going to school were vague. ”

The Emperor didn't let her slip through like this, and asked more explicitly, "Do you remember what your mother looked like?" ”

Remember.

Xiao Dong thought about that year and that time again. Yao Qingyuan's house is always airtight, and every time Hu takes Xiaodong to see her, it doesn't take long. One day, Xiao Dong remembered that she was so frightened that she didn't dare to look directly into Yao Qingyuan's eyes, so she lowered her head and kept looking at the desk next to the bed. There was a plate with yellow pears that were rarely seen in winter. The smell of the fruit was very fragrant, diluting the medicinal gas in the house. Yao Qingyuan probably thought she wanted to eat, so she asked someone to bring the plate over, took the pears and handed them to her.

Her hands were already very thin at that time.

"I don't remember much."

The emperor did not look very disappointed: "Also, you were young at that time. ”

This topic really made Xiaodong overwhelmed. Talking to the emperor about his mother? I wonder if the emperor will say anything else next? If he recalled the love history of the two, Xiao Dong would not be so bold and open-minded to persevere.

In her mind, there is only one father.

Ann Wang.

And the mother, of course, is the father's wife.

What about the Emperor...... Ahem, it's an ex-boyfriend at most.

King An doesn't like to mention these things about Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds, what else does the emperor want to mention it?

If he is really a tragic male protagonist who is infatuated and unswerving, Xiao Dong is still interested in sympathizing with him. But the emperor is not pitiful, except for the queen, how many women have been around him, this is really too many to count, right? I'm afraid that the emperor may not remember how many women he had. Whether it's Concubine Ming, Concubine Song Shu, or even younger Jieyu beauties...... The huge team of beauties in the Yeting Palace, Huan Fei Yan and thin are at your disposal, how young and how young they are, how new and how new they are.

A single-minded man recalls his first love, and that deserves respect.

But this matter is on the emperor - well, Xiao Dong's face is also very respectful.

“…… When I entered, she was dancing the lotus dance, wearing a snow-white dress......" The emperor shook his head: "It's like yesterday." ”

Xiao Dong muttered in his belly, according to this calculation, yesterday you watched her dance, and today you will marry three palaces and six courts, you are really fast.

I don't know if the fairy happened to hear Xiao Dong's prayer request, and the person who rescued her finally came.

The high-ranking female official saluted and said, "The imperial doctor has already seen it, and the fourth prince only had diarrhea after eating some cold melons and fruits, and there is no big problem." ”

The emperor nodded, and Xiao Dong couldn't help but ask, "The fourth prince is unwell?" ”

The emperor brought him too?

It's not surprising. The adult son has to take responsibility, the youngest one is still babbling, and the fourth prince is now the age of being well-behaved and obedient, so it is suitable to bring it out to play together.

"Well, if you fall in love with him, let's go see him. By the way, I told him what I said. If there is another such time, I will not bring him out next time. ”

Xiao Dong answered in a low voice and came out with the senior female officer.

"The four princes are placed in the Agarwood Pavilion, and I will send the county lord over, right?"

"Sister Gao has a lot of things, so you don't need to accompany me." Just kidding, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief and be with this serious high-ranking female official again? Isn't that asking for trouble?

The agarwood pavilion where the four princes lived was not far away, and the four princes were lazily leaning on the head of the bed, fiddling with the tassels on the curtain for a while.

"Haven't slept yet?"

He turned his head to look at it, and suddenly turned over and sat up: "Sister Xiaodong? ”

"Don't get up, I heard you're not feeling well, come and see you."

"It's nothing...... the fourth prince was a little embarrassed: "It's just a stomach upset." What I said was nothing, the people around me made a big fuss, and even invited a doctor to ......"

"Don't be careless, the weather is still cold at this time, and it will be annoying if you really get sick."

"Sister Xiaodong, when did you come? Is my brother-in-law here too? ”

"I came a day earlier than you, and I came with the six princesses."

"It's the first time I've been to the Hot Spring Palace. Originally, I thought that this place was the same as the palace, and it was a square-built pool. When I came here, I realized that it was all different. ”

"There are also pools built on the ground, and there are also pools built outside with the mountains." Xiao Dong said: "One year we came in winter, it was snowing, the pool was full of mist, the mountains, pavilions and pools near and far were all covered by snow and fog, and the world was so quiet that it seemed that only this pool of water was left, and you were the only one. ”

The four princes were leisurely fascinated: "It's a pity that it doesn't snow now." ”

Xiao Dong smiled and said, "You can come back in winter." ”

"Well, I have to come." The fourth prince said: "When the time comes, call your brother-in-law too, he has been to many places, he has seen many people, and he knows many things that others don't know." Last ......"

The fourth prince seemed to have something to say, but after hesitating again and again, he didn't speak, although Xiao Dong was a little puzzled, he didn't ask him.

Xiao Dong relayed the emperor's words to the four princes, and the four princes stood up and listened to them before asking, "Sister, are you from your father?" ”

"Well, the emperor asked me to talk for a while."

It was already late at night, and Xiaodong didn't sit for a long time. When she comes out, the four princes must send her.

He took the lantern from the hands of the palace people: "Sister Xiaodong, come, I'll go ahead." ”

The climate of Kangquan is warm and humid, and the four seasons are like spring. When the fourth prince arrived here, his temperament also seemed to be lively, jumping on the stone steps with a lantern, and he couldn't tell that he had just been in trouble for a long time. Xiao Dong was afraid that he would stumble and fall, so he followed closely behind, and he sweated out.

"Sitting in the pavilion ......" the fourth prince carried a lantern and read out the words on the plaque: "Does my sister live here?" ”

"Yes. Come in and sit down, shall you? ”

"No, it's not early, I'll come back tomorrow to talk to my sister."

"Okay, you go to bed early, be more careful on the road, don't fall."

The fourth prince smiled: "I know." ”

Xiao Dong untied his hair, brushed up and went to bed.

She was a little puzzled, what did the emperor want to say when he called her tonight? If the senior female officer hadn't interrupted later, what would he have said next?

Yao Qingyuan has already married King An and has become the emperor's younger daughter-in-law. What's the point of bringing up the things of that year again?

Xiao Dong shook his head, turning over and over again and couldn't sleep. When she first got married, she was not used to having one more person around her, but now she feels that her side is empty, and it is not comfortable to lie flat, and it is not comfortable to lie on her side-

People are really adaptable, and their habits are really terrible.

She wasn't used to sleeping alone anymore.

————————————

I was bitten by a mosquito several times yesterday~~~