178. Do what you do
The women here don't laugh from the bottom of their hearts, but they cry from the bottom of their hearts. They buried their flower-like youth here, in exchange for the disappointment of a man with a thin heart.
"You go back first, and I will intercede for your father." After all, a woman feels sorry for a woman, and Xiao Yu sees her crying liver and intestines, and her heart is not good.
"Is that true?" Concubine Chun raised her head and looked at her in disbelief. It wasn't until Xiao Yu nodded affirmatively that she put away her crying and turned her sadness into joy.
Xiao Yu looked at her smiling and crying, and became more determined in her thoughts. She will never follow in their footsteps. Although he was born into an imperial family, he is also a person of flesh and blood, not a tool they use to rule the country, let alone a gift for them to maintain stability.
After parting ways with Concubine Chun, she hurriedly went to the Queen Mother to say goodbye. After talking to the Queen Mother for a while, he left in a hurry.
Birou on the side followed closely behind him, in fact, he was a little puzzled, in the past, the princess rarely interfered in the affairs of the harem concubines, what happened today? Forget it, as long as it's the princess's decision, just do it yourself.
Xiao Yu knew in her heart that Birou definitely didn't understand why she was meddling. She is not exactly for Concubine Chun today, but more for herself. If she doesn't show her attitude, I'm afraid she will end up like her sister.
"Your Majesty, the third princess is here." In the imperial study, Gonggong Zhang, who was grinding, stopped and flattered the emperor.
Sure enough, the emperor immediately jumped up from the dragon chair, still holding a brush in his hand to correct the recital.
"Father." Seeing the emperor, Xiao Yu immediately pounced on him, innocent like a child.
The emperor looked at the pearl in his palm lovingly, and sighed in his heart that time flies so fast. At that time, he was just a squeamish female doll, and he would only hide in the nurse's arms and cry. Now, it's so big. It seems that in a blink of an eye, she has reached the age of marriage.
"Father, the son missed you, so he specially came from the Queen Mother to greet you." Xiao Yu pulled his arm and shook it, the scene was like a daughter coquettish to her father.
Father-in-law Zhang covered his mouth and snickered, and the princess has the ability to make the majestic emperor so kind. At this moment, he is no longer a king on the high, but just a father who loves his daughter.
Xiao Yu pulled his father to sit down and told him about his recent reading experience.
"My brother said that my father has always been diligent, and those of us who are children can't be tired, so I read and practiced every day, and I didn't dare to insult my royal lintel. If you don't believe it, my daughter will write it to you. ”
When the emperor heard her say this, he was even more happy. Since the eldest princess got married, he has been very fond of his youngest daughter. The food in her palace is the best. Now that she is knowledgeable and courteous, gentle and virtuous, she knows that she has not hurt the wrong person.
He looked Xiao Yu up and down, and the more he looked, the happier he became. The crow's feet of the eyes unconsciously smiled.
"Father, on the way to the courtiers, I saw a concubine hiding her face and crying on the road." Xiao Yu wrote, pretending to chat with the emperor casually.
"Which concubine? Why are you crying? The emperor looked at her curiously, a little incredulous. He has pampered Li Meiren over the years, but he has never treated anyone harshly, what did this concubine do when she ran to Yongdao to cry for no reason?
"She said that she was homesick, touched the palace wall and remembered her homeland, and she couldn't help but lose her temper for a while." Xiao Yu put down the brush and looked at the emperor seriously,
"Father, do you think she is so pitiful! When I saw her, I somehow remembered my sister. At the beginning, you insisted on marrying her far away, but now she is so far away from us, and she can't see her for a year and a half, it's really sad. ”
The emperor was silent, but his face became very solemn. He put down the brush in his hand and walked slowly into the window. Outside the window, the leaves of the trees began to wither and wither, and the year was almost over.
"Carefully calculated, your sister has been married for more than a year, I don't know if she is doing well, whether she also misses her homeland." For a long time, the emperor said such a thing.
Everyone said that he was a king and had a great responsibility. So when he learned of his daughter's foolishness, he was furious. How can a princess of a dignified country do such a dirty thing, if she does not punish the world with a big commandment, let the world know the majesty of the royal family, and how to make the people of the world submit.
However, he is also a father. Princess Celestia is his pampered daughter, his intimate little padded jacket, how can he not want her to be happy. Thinking that she had to survive in that bitter cold place, and that her weak body didn't know if she could bear it, he couldn't sleep all night.
"So, Xiao Yu, do you think your father is wrong?" After a while, he asked in a trembling voice.
After so long, he still couldn't let go. In many things, he considered the feelings of civil and military officials, afraid that they would talk about his favoritism towards Xiao Yun, and even more afraid that he would be ridiculed by the world for not being a qualified father.
Xiao Yu looked at his father, he was lonely and helpless at the moment, and he was like two people with the majestic emperor in the court. He seemed to be much older, with more and more wrinkles on his face and a little rickety on his back. My mother said that my father had also fought on horseback before he ascended the throne, and annihilated more than 20,000 Xiongnu troops in one fell swoop.
Now, the hero is in his twilight, he is no longer heroic, and he will not personally lead the troops to fight, but he is still a hero in her mind.
"Father, the emperor's grandmother said that I have also reached the age of marriage, and it is time for me to arrange a good family affair. But, Father, I can't bear you and my mother, I don't want to leave you. Xiao Yu pulled the emperor's dragon robe and said emotionally.
"My daughter is afraid that she will be entrusted to no one, and she is even more afraid that her father and queen mother will be afraid of me. The love of the Imperial Grandmother and your favor have made me live happily for 17 years, and I have become accustomed to your presence. ”
The room was quiet, and Xiao Yu's words made Gonggong Zhang wipe away his tears frequently. The emperor was also moved by her sincerity, and was moved.
"Born in the emperor's family, there is no shortage of gold, silver and jewelry. The only thing missing is freedom. Father, if you insist on marriage, your daughter will never resist. It's just that from now on, you may also witness me being depressed all day long like my eldest sister, and life is better than death. ”
Xiao Yu bravely faced his father and his marriage for the first time.
Xiao Yu is no longer afraid, no longer evasive, and tells his father what he thinks in his heart.
The emperor looked at Xiao Yu's firm eyes, and felt a little relieved. Even if she doesn't say these words today, she knows what to do.
He also understood what Huang Eniang meant, but he was still willing to listen to his daughter Xiao Yu's heart.
After all, he has already lost a princess and cannot afford to lose a second biological daughter.