When I opened my eyes, I saw a dragon and a phoenix carved on a huge glazed roof, with the dragon's head looming in the colorful clouds, and the phoenix's tail emitting golden light. A little harsh, I rubbed my eyes.

"Are you awake?"

Startled, I looked up and met a pair of deep, dark eyes, full of pampering. But when I recognized the owner of these eyes, I jumped up in fright, and then fell to my knees with a weak leg.

"Min...... Folk Girl, Ginseng ...... See the Emperor! My hand on the bed trembled. Tigers are not scary, what is scary is that tigers are laughing.

"Yue'er, hurry up, I finally found you!" My hands were held tightly by a pair of strong hands.

Yue'er? Who is it? My eyes widened.

The person in front of me seemed to notice my reaction and explained: "Yue'er, you are my younger sister, named Chongyue, I only looked for you after fourteen years, you ...... Won't blame me? ”

Those eyes suddenly dimmed, as if all the fault was due to him. At this time, I thought for a moment that he was my long-lost brother, but, but...... Why did my mother never mention such an important matter to me?

That's right, my mother!

I grabbed his hand and forgot for a moment that he was the emperor, "Your Majesty, my mother...... How's my mother? ”

"Don't worry, your body is still very weak, your mother is outside the palace, I will bring her in a few days."

I was relieved to hear him say that. My mother must have been scared by me, but what is the situation in front of her? How did I come to the palace? Also, wasn't I about to ask about the beheading? Besides, isn't the person who wants to kill me the one in front of me?

As if seeing through my doubts, the emperor asked gently, "Is Yue'er very confused now?" ”

I nodded, staring into those dark, abyss-like eyes, waiting for his next words.

"Let's eat first, and I'll talk to Yue'er later."

Although I want to hear his explanation more, after all, he is also the emperor, and I can only nod.

I don't know if it was prepared in advance, the emperor only made a gesture, and the food rushed in, and it was still steaming. My eyes were straight, and my stomach was screaming twice at the right time.

Someone next to me almost laughed, "Eat it, don't get cold." ”

I grabbed a chicken leg and took a bite, it was delicious! The chefs at the palace are just different. When I was seven minutes full, I noticed that the people around me had not moved.

"You...... Your Majesty, are you not hungry? "I almost forgot the identity of the person in front of me. I looked curiously at him with a pensive look on his face, eyes that I could never see through.

He grinned, completely without the embarrassment caused by the loss of consciousness, "Yue'er will call Brother Yanyan when no one is around, I just want to watch Yue'er eat." ”

Brother Yan? From the moment I woke up, I felt that something was wrong, this, this is not like him at all, but I don't know what he is, maybe I only remember the emperor at the plum blossom banquet. Moreover, it feels awkward to call the emperor's brother.

As if he didn't think the explanation was enough, he added: "I call it a tautology." ”

Tautology? Chongyue? These two names really look like a family. Since the emperor has said so, just shout, anyway, there is no one around, and there is almost no harm in playing tricks with the emperor.

"That'...... Speech...... Brother, what the hell is going on? Shouldn't I be asking? ”

"That's my fault, too." Those eyes dimmed again, "Master Su came to me at that time, saying that he caught the thief and asked me to punish him severely. Then I issued a decree, and in the end, if not from you

My mother learned that you had a lotus birthmark on your back, and I almost killed my own sister...... "Before he finished speaking, I was embraced by him, as if I was a lost treasure."

He's really my brother? Who's going to tell me if that's true or not?

"Then my mother...... Who is it? "I suddenly realized that this was a serious problem.

"Your mother is not your biological mother. The Queen Mother is our mother, you have to remember, Yue'er. ”

Remember, why remember? There's only one of them. I don't know why, when I heard him say that someone else is my mother, I felt inexplicably uncomfortable. Thinking that my mother was still waiting for me to go back, I became agitated and couldn't sit still for a moment.

"I'll go find my mother!" After saying that, he immediately got up.

"Yue'er!"

A majestic voice came, and I was nailed to the ground after only half a step. At this moment, I woke up to the fact that the person behind me was none other than my brother, but the majestic lord at the plum blossom banquet and the emperor who was in charge of everyone's life and death.

"Yue'er, I'll take your mother over tomorrow. It's getting late today, can you wait another day? ”

I didn't speak again, but I didn't move forward either, I just nodded.

Outside the window, it was already dark and there was no light in sight.

Well, just wait another day. Tomorrow, when I see my mother, I will discuss with her to go back to Wuhua Town. This time, whether entangled or not, I don't want to stay here anymore, I don't want to stay for a moment.

Lying on a soft bed, I couldn't sleep all night.

I, suddenly, the most difficult woman to marry in Flower Town turned out to be the sister of the current emperor - Princess Oude! Thinking of this, my mind suddenly lit up, wasn't Princess Oude the notice she saw at the gate of Wu County that day! I remember that my mother said that whoever is the princess is a good life, if she knows that I am the princess Oude, I don't know if she will say that I am a good life?

Wait—I suddenly remembered something, if my mother knew that I had a lotus birthmark, how could she still say something like that when she read that notice?

Then there must be someone who is lying...... I must have believed my mother, and when I thought about it, I didn't feel sleepy anymore......

"Princess...... Wake up, it's noon. ”

……

"Princess...... Princess? ”

Who is it? Who started nagging early in the morning?

Mother?

"Mother!" I snapped my eyes open, and from my experience, my ears hurt next.

- But no!

In front of me was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old woman, who was obviously startled when she saw me wake up suddenly.

"Princess, what's wrong with you? Did you have a nightmare? Those clear eyes were stained with a layer of worry.

The brain is still a little chaotic, and last night it seemed that the emperor was calling "sister" in a dream, "Are you?" ”

"The slave maid is a maid who has come to serve the princess, and her name is Twilight." After saying that, he knelt down.

I was shocked, such a big gift in the morning? I didn't even bother to put on my shoes and got out of bed, "Hurry up, what are you doing here?" "It doesn't matter if it's here, it's ...... It's so different from the previous ones, fluffy. I looked down and saw that where I had landed, there was a blanket made of I don't know what fur it was made of!

Hurriedly looked up at the room: a large screen embroidered with magnolias, a half-open hairpin wooden window, and a coffee table with white porcelain light on the table...... Everything says one thing, and that's ...... It wasn't a dream at all.

"Princess, what's wrong with you?"

A pair of hands dangled in front of me, and I refocused my gaze on the person in front of me.

A blue and white skirt with an unopened plum bud embroidered on the cuff on the right hand. That's right, this is the palace maid's clothes.

She was going to put shoes on me, but I politely refused. The subordinates are used to doing it, and they are really not used to others serving themselves. Then I suddenly remembered something—

"Twilight, can you take me to see the emperor?" Suddenly I remembered what he had promised me last night.

Twilight smiled as if she knew I would ask that, "The emperor has already explained, saying that he will come to see you when you wake up, and the slave will go to tell the emperor." ”

Before I could come back to my senses, the man was gone.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for a dark shadow to appear at the door, his face could not be seen clearly, and he was wearing a loose robe with a belt around his waist. But that sense of familiarity and oppression, no matter what kind of outfit he wears, can't be changed.

"Awake?"

"The Emperor...... Your Majesty, where is my mother? "It's still like a dream, and it's not good to speak.

The shadow didn't speak, and walked straight in. I stared at his every move, and I didn't dare to move.

I saw him walk to the table and sit down, blocking out a large amount of sunlight coming in. The momentary darkness gave me a bad feeling. After a long time, he said-

"Your mother, she committed suicide on the day you were beheaded."

What the? How can it be?

No way!

"I don't believe it, I'm going to find my mother!" The body that wanted to run out was pulled into a wall by an arm.

"Yue'er, don't make trouble!" He paused for a while and said, "Your mother has been buried by Master Su, I will move her to the mausoleum, and you can see her whenever you want." ”

No! I don't want it! Tears poured out in an instant. I don't believe it, I want my mother to go home with me, I haven't told her yet, I don't want to stay in the capital anymore, I want to go home......

"Don't cry, there's still a brother, isn't there? Brother will protect you later. There are big hands on my head, but I can't feel the slightest warmth, "From now on, you will be Princess Oude." ”

I let tears fall down his clothes, "But why did my mother kill herself?" "I still can't believe it.

“…… I probably think that you are going to be executed, and there is no hope. ”

Is that really the case?

"Your Majesty, kill me, I was going to be beheaded, I should have died, my mother must still want to reunite with me below......"

"Silly Yue'er, it's not your fault...... If you want to blame, you should blame me, it was I who didn't rescue you in time, if your mother had known earlier, she wouldn't have ...... And your mother must hope that you will live well. ”

"I want to go home...... I want to go home......"

"From now on, this palace will be your home."

I don't know how I ended up in bed, I just remember crying for a long time in someone's arms. The thought of crying in the arms of a tiger makes me scared for a while.

"Princess, you're finally awake!" As soon as you hear this cheerful voice, you will know who it is.

I rubbed my head, feeling heavy, "Twilight, what's wrong with me?" ”

"Princess, you fainted last night for some reason, so frightened that the emperor hurriedly invited you to come over, and the emperor's expression was terrifying at that time." Twilight Racn breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that you're fine, otherwise the emperor will punish us again." After saying that, he trembled with fear.

I didn't have much energy, so when Twilight said she wanted to dress me, I didn't refuse. For the things that happened after the fainting, there was not the slightest impression.

Sitting in front of the bronze mirror, a listless face was reflected in it, and a pair of eyes were swollen and high.

"Twilight, you say, is this a blessing or a curse?"

"What?" The hand in the mirror had been busy, and apparently she hadn't paid attention to what I was saying.

"It's fine."

It's enough to cry, it's enough to be sad, and the rest is to act with the emperor.

"That's it!" Excited voices in pleasure, "How beautiful, princess! ”

I looked at myself again, and the sides of my temples were braided, a familiar pattern I had seen at the plum blossom banquet, and on the side of my hair, a flowing cloud hairpin was inserted diagonally.

After her whole way, the original miserable appearance can really be seen, but, what is more dazzling than this, there is a clear face in it - it is Twilight's smiling face.

It's been a long time since I've laughed like this, and the one who often giggles seems to be really gone...... Mother, I will definitely figure out the reason and avenge you.

I jerked to my feet and shouted, "I'm going to live well!" ”

The atmosphere froze suddenly, and then I saw two strange faces, one of which was Twilight's and the other was ...... No jade? When did he come. My laughter just stuck in the middle of the road, I really wanted to hide under the covers and act as if nothing had happened.

He reacted, as if he hadn't seen or heard anything, and clenched his hands into fists, "Wuyu see Princess Oude!" ”

Fortunately, he didn't bow down at all, otherwise I would have been even more embarrassed. I learned afterwards that the emperor specially allowed no leader to kneel to the emperor except for kneeling.

I don't know why, but as soon as I see him, I think of Yunzhong. When I think of Yunzhong, my chest is tight.

I calmed down and asked, "I don't know what Wushao is here for?" ”

The confusion on his face flashed, I am afraid I didn't expect me to be so calm.

"The emperor asked me to take you to the mausoleum."

Mound? I didn't expect the emperor to say that he would really move, and he wanted to say that he didn't need it, but he forgot it.

This is the second time I've been here, and the wind is a little colder than the last time. Wuyu stood in the distance, not moving, nor speaking.

Next to the tomb in the clouds, there is one more - "the tomb of Princess Oude's adoptive mother Yang". Foster mother? I felt uncomfortable for a while, how could I be an adoptive mother? There will always be only one mother, and that is my mother.

I remember that there were whispers on the road when I came, to the effect that I was blessed to be able to return to the palace after so many years, and to have a brother who doted on her.

But do they know what a blessing is? They don't know.

"Mother, woo...... I want to go back to Flowerless Town...... Mother, don't worry, I will definitely live well...... Mother, I'm a princess, you don't have to worry about your daughter running out of buns to eat, and you don't have to worry about me not getting married......"

"Woo ......"

When I had cried enough, I realized that Wuyu was behind me, and I don't know when he came over, and I don't know how long he had been standing.

There was no expression on his face, but he stretched out a hand, and in the palm of his hand was a folded handkerchief embroidered with a pear blossom, which was my mother's!

I took it with a trembling hand and smiled gratefully at him, "Thank you." ”