The old inner eunuch held the plate of preserved fruits, and walked through four or five foot doors to reach the small cross-courtyard where Xuehe lived.

This is a row of partial houses facing the outer wall on the corner of the west wing, the yard is very small, and the left and right are only about ten zhang. The room where Xue He lived was next to the wing room where the night maids were temporarily resting, and outside the back wall was the street, and the sound of vendors in the market could be heard from time to time.

Although it is a little simpler, it is a single room, and it is indeed much better than the chase shop of Huanyifang.

When the old inner eunuch first walked into the door, he saw Xue He squatting alone in the middle of the courtyard burning paper, and he didn't know what to say.

"Yo, ma'am, what are you busy with?"

Xue He raised his head: "Ah Weng! …… Wow, delicious! ”

As soon as he saw that there was something to eat, Xue He stood up excitedly, threw all the yellow paper in his hand into the brazier, and happily hugged the old prisoner's arm and let him into the house.

"Madame, who is this burning paper for? If there is no New Year's Day, there are taboos in the palace. ”

Xue He was not polite to him, pinched the preserved fruit and put it in his mouth, and said vaguely: "Burn paper for my father-in-law." ”

“……”

Her original intention was: to burn paper for my brother, who was a ghost, but didn't the ghost say that the money was not enough to spend!

Where did the old inner eunuch know this, he only shook his head and persuaded with a wry smile:

"Madame has endured so much hardship for the prince, and now she is wronged, and the old slave also knows it. It's just that in the palace, you can't be too childish in doing things. ”

"Uh-huh. It's okay to be idle! ”

She nodded her head indiscriminately in agreement, while chewing on the dried plum that had been bitten by Zhao Zheng: "Mmmm, this is really delicious!" ”

"In a few days, the reward from the palace will arrive, if the lady wants something, tell the old slave in advance, and the old slave will go and tell the prince."

"Is there a good time in the palace? …… Well, a little bit of everything. ”

Xue He blinked and asked.

The old inner eunuch sighed.

Looking at his appearance, he thought he was a little embarrassed, but Xue He changed his words again: "Otherwise, you can just look at it and pick a few things." …… Alas, your palace is also poor, it seems that only the food in the prince's house is okay! The food in this house and in the courtyard next door is so miserable that there is no meat all day long, and the rice is not full! ”

The speaker has no intention, and the old inner supervisor can guess in his heart when he hears it.

He has seen a lot of the shrewd calculations of the women in the palace. Xuehe moved out of the Yongle Palace, and the people thought that she had fallen out of favor, and those forces naturally wanted to step on it, but I was afraid that the things in the concubine's share would have to be deducted a lot. It's just that this girl has a big heart and doesn't have a plan.

As he spoke, seeing that the preserved fruit on the plate was halfway down, the old eunuch stretched out his hand to cover it and said with a smile: "Little lady, this thing is too much to eat, but it can't be eaten as a meal." ”

Xue He flattened his mouth, obviously not enough to eat, and secretly took out another piece from his fingers with a smile:

"The last one!"

"The old slave will put it away for you."

The old inner supervisor smiled, picked up the plate and put it in the cabinet.

The furniture in this room is also very simple, only two half-old wooden cabinets, quietly glanced into the inner room, the futon is still a thin two beds, seeing that it is almost the end of the year, it must be very cold and difficult at night.

"Madame, if there is anything missing in your house, just tell me. Although the princess is in charge of affairs in this palace, there are some small things, and the old slave can still speak. ”

"Thank you, Awen."

Xue He was licking the frosting candy on his fingertips with a satisfied face, like a hungry cat.

But after thanking him, there was no follow-up.

The old eunuch frowned, glanced at the kernel she spit on the plate, suddenly seemed to realize something, and asked, "Madame, has the letter been on time lately?" ”

Xue He's expression stiffened, and his cheeks were slightly red: "...... Aweng, what is this asking for? ”

"Madame has been serving the prince for almost half a year."

Xue He suddenly understood what he meant. Under normal circumstances, she has been favored by the prince recently, and it stands to reason that she should almost be pregnant.

But how can a dead person have a child?

The human skin of the master who cooks is all good, but no matter how good it is, it is just a dead man's skin. She can eat, talk, and walk around like a living person, but she can't give birth to a baby like an ordinary woman.

Before she met him, she thought it was a trivial matter—after all, she was a child herself, and she had just come to play in the world, but all of a sudden, she realized that it seemed to be a particularly big flaw.

No matter how beautiful this skin is, no matter how beautiful this body is, it can't give birth to offspring for him, and this shortcoming is almost irreparable.

The princess is also very beautiful, and she must have been a beauty when she was young, but she can't give birth, so the prince has to take concubines and keep marrying more women to enter the door, just to get more children.

Xuehe found that once this matter unfolded and thought about it, it was very terrifying: he couldn't have children, so if he lived with Xiaohe God in the future, wouldn't he have to marry other women like the prince? And don't you even have the right to refuse?

How can that be!

The old eunuch looked at her a little dumbfounded, and he didn't know what she had thought, and suddenly he looked a little lost: "What's wrong with Madam?" ”

The more Xuehe thought about it, the more sad he became, and in the end he really shed tears, and the huge teardrops actually fell in pairs, and he lowered his head inexplicably and sobbed quietly.

"If the old slave said the wrong thing, don't blame Madame."

But no matter what he said, Xue He just bit his lip and didn't speak, and the big tears kept falling, and after a while, the skirt was wet.

According to the logic of the old inner prison, she didn't feel aggrieved after suffering from these poor treatments, and she cried sadly when she asked about it, isn't there any hidden emotion?

"Ah Weng, if I can't give birth to a doll, won't the prince want me?"

"No, I can't."

The old eunuch hurriedly persuaded: "It is common for husband and wife to quarrel and stumble, how can they be separated when they are angry? When the prince is busy in the past few days, he will definitely come to pick you up and go back to Yongle Palace. Madame is still young, don't think about these things that are not in sight. ”

After a few words, the old inner supervisor saw that she was slightly better, sat down for a while, and then got up and went back.

Xue He cried for a while, looking out of the door with a pair of red eyes, stunned.

A flock of pigeons flew through the square sky of the courtyard with a whistle, and she suddenly came back to her senses, wiped the tears from her face, and called out to the door:

"Bunny! Take me back to Wushan! Find Master! ”

Wu Zhu Mountain, Zhu Shi Xing Palace.

There was a small stove in the courtyard, and I didn't know what was cooking in the casserole, and it was simmering slowly over a low fire, and the stench was as bad as ever.

Xue He stood upwind and told the master everything that had happened before.

Shu Hai sat on the small bench and listened very attentively, even forgetting to fan it when he was holding a small pu fan in his hand. When she finally finished speaking, he asked a little confused:

"So, did you come to me to complain because you fell out of favor?"

"It's not!"

Xuehe angrily denied: "I want to have a baby, but you can help me find a way!" ”

Shu Hai couldn't help but be stunned, tilted his head and brushed her logic again, blinked, and only said after a while: "The little princess of the heart and liver that the Emperor held in the palm of his hand was snubbed by a man in the mortal world, and you just solved the problem like this?" ”

Xue He stared at the beautiful demon master in front of him with wide eyes:

"What, what's wrong?"

"Why do you want a baby?"

Without waiting for her to answer, Shu Hai then asked, "Do you want to use a child to please a man?" ”

I thought about it and nodded.

"Then, let me ask you: Do you think your father likes your mother just to get you annoying little cubs?"

Shake one’s head.

"If your mother can't give birth, will your father still like your mother?"

"Of course!"

Xue He glared and said, "When my father wants to kiss Ah Niang, he can't wait to throw us all out!" It seems that we are all in the way, and only my mother is the treasure in his eyes! ”

Sourly.

Shu Hai smiled: "Then why do you think that only by giving birth to a child for him can you capture this man's heart?" ”

Choked on a word.

Shu Hai shrugged: "If he really likes you, he definitely won't care about this." ”

Xue He tilted his head and thought about it, and sighed: "...... You're right. However, I just feel a little regretful. ”

"Then you can try to tell him the truth."

"What! Did you tell him I was actually wearing a dead man's skin?! He's going to freak out! ”

"Foolish! Of course not. ”

Shu Hai raised his forehead: "You can tell him that in fact, your body can't give birth, and then see how he chooses." ”

Xue He's eyes suddenly became melancholy again: "What if he doesn't want me anymore?" ”

"That means it's not true love! You can start looking for the next one. ”

"But I still like him!"

I'm about to cry.

Shu Hai let out a sigh of weakness: "You little brat! Usually you see that your brain is quite sufficient, how can falling in love be the same as forgetting to have a long brain? ”

“…… What do you mean? ”

"You like him, he doesn't like you. You want to make him like you whole little, what if he still doesn't like you? Do you want to stuff the cub back in? ”

Freeze.

"It's all about the teacher, have you enlightened?"

"I see!"

Xue He nodded vigorously.

"If he doesn't love you, turn away like a princess and go in search of your true prince. With such a beautiful skin, all the beautiful men in the world will go with you! Why don't you hang yourself on this blind tree? ”

"I see! Master, you are awesome! Master, I'm leaving! ”

Xue He finally had an idea in his heart, turned around and just wanted to leave, but was stopped by Shu Hai again:

"Huh? You rebel, did you go away for the sake of your teacher? Come back! ”

Xue He had no choice but to obediently return to him:

"What?"