Xia Taozhi has long known that this is a reason for appreciating flowers or something, and the thoughts of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess are definitely not so simple.

A garden of purple and red flowers surrounded the pavilion, and they were in it, like a piece

"A few days ago, when the palace was not in Chujing, I heard that Xia Xiang had an illness, is it better now?"

"Aunt Xie Huang cares, my father is already fine, Aunt Xie Huang cares."

The eldest princess nodded, "That's fine." By the way, is your sister okay in Xitu? Is there a letter to be sent back? ”

There should be, right? How would she know that she had never heard Xia Xiang mention it, and she didn't care about these in the first place. But she heard the conversation between "Feng Yuanjun" and Ling Yao with her own ears at that time, and she seemed to care about that Miss Xia very much. Anyway, there was no way to prove it, so she guessed blindly.

"Back to the emperor's aunt, Sister is doing well, I heard that Prince Xitu is very good to her."

The eldest princess smiled, picked up the jade cup and took a sip gently, but put it down and said to her, "Mama Lin is still dedicated?" ”

"Back to the emperor's aunt, Mama Lin is very capable, helping the concubines to take care of the affairs of the palace in an orderly manner, very dedicated."

The eldest princess smiled when she heard this, and said with satisfaction: "That's good, the people personally selected by this palace will naturally not make mistakes." ”

She replied cautiously: "Yes, the concubine thanks Aunt Huang." ”

The eldest princess said: "Okay, don't be so restrained, I called you here today, I just want to talk to you about myself, you are so cautious, it makes the palace uncomfortable." ”

Xia Taozhi said in her heart, well, the main topic is here.

"Yes, the concubine listens."

The eldest princess stood up, paced two steps, turned her back to her, raised her face to look at the clouds in the sky, and said slowly: "Xi'er lost her mother since she was a child, and it was not easy to live a very difficult time when she was young. This palace has always loved him, and your marriage to him was also mentioned by this palace to the emperor. Bengong has always known you, although you are just a concubine and have lost your mother since childhood, but Bing Xue is smart, exquisite, kind-hearted, and well-behaved, and she is also a good girl. Hongu values you so much, you can't let Hongu down. ”

Xia Taozhi was silent, a little cloudy.

The eldest princess continued: "This palace also knows that you and your cousin, Xiao Lianxu of the Xiao family, have been in close contact recently......

Xia Taozhi was taken aback, how could even the eldest princess know? Could it be that someone else was there that day?

"You don't have to be surprised how this palace knows, the strange thing about this palace is that the two of you rarely interacted with each other when you were young, and it stands to reason that the relationship should be very strange. Why have you been coming and going so frequently lately? ”

"Aunt Huang, I ......"

"This palace asks you, did you quietly leave Chu Jing with Xiao Lianxu and go all the way to Suoyu City together?"

Xia Taozhi was speechless, this eldest princess knows too much, right? Did you send someone to follow her and investigate her?

Ban Xiang didn't hear her answer, the eldest princess turned around, her face was a little unhappy: "This palace asks you again, did you and Xiao Lianxu secretly have a private meeting in the palace?" ”

Private meeting? What private meeting? This is a big misunderstanding......

"Aunt Huang, it's not like this, the concubine didn't have a private meeting with Xiao Lianxu, and she went to lock Jade City with him before because ......"

"Bengong doesn't want to know your reason...... eldest princess interrupted her, her eyes became a little sharp: "What Bengong wants to say is that as a woman, you should understand the truth of "obeying your father at home, and obeying your husband when you marry". Since you are already married, you should put your husband first in everything, and take it as your responsibility to have children and pass on the lineage. It is even more important to abide by their duties, keep women's morality and respect women's virtues, so that they are the example of Chujing women. This palace thinks about the early death of your biological mother, so I will personally remind you. ”

With that, she slapped her hands a few times, and an elderly grandmother came out with a tray. Xia Taozhi watched with trepidation as the tray was brought to her, thinking that it was some kind of torture instrument to punish her.

As a result, as soon as the red cloth was lifted, she breathed a sigh of relief, and the tray was not a torture instrument, but a few books, but the titles of the books were a little difficult to describe...... What "Female Rules", "Female Training", "Female Ring", she looked up at the solemn face of the eldest princess, and some premonitions of not wanting to have it in her heart.

"These books were given to you by this palace, so take them back and be sure to take a good look at them. Each copy was copied ten times, and three days later it was sent to the palace and handed over to the palace, which was to be inspected by himself. ”

When Xia Taozhi heard this, she was like being struck by lightning.

Copying books?

Copying three books?

Copy each book ten times?

……

Sitting in the carriage back home, Xia Taozhi's mood was simply terrible.

The three broken books were thrown aside by her at random, and she didn't even want to look at them. She still hasn't reacted, what is the situation of this recent series of events? Xiao Lianxu was inexplicably nervous, the tsundere prince ignored her, and the eldest princess also blamed her, but she still had nowhere to reason and nowhere to complain, it was so tragic!

But then again, the eldest princess secretly sent someone to follow her and investigate her...... But she is not angry with the eldest princess at all, after all, she has loved Song Yuanxi very much since she was a child, and she is probably the only person in this world who really cares about and loves Song Yuanxi.

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The eldest princess's mansion, in the back garden.

There was a person sitting alone in the gazebo of the flower garden, in a daze for a long time, until the sunset in the west, and the afterglow of the setting sun cast a layer of golden light on the delicate flowers in the flower garden.

A grandmother came over, holding a cloak in her hand, and gently draped it over the eldest princess's body.

"Your Highness, the sun is setting and the wind is blowing, you should be careful to catch a cold."

The eldest princess came back to her senses, raised her hand and pulled the shawl on her body, turned her head to look at the grandmother, and asked softly: "...... Sunset so soon? ”

This grandmother is an old man who serves her, so she naturally understands her very well, seeing her like this, she knows it in her heart, and asks softly: "Your Highness, are you missing the horse master again?" ”

The eldest princess smiled bitterly, and replied with a smile: "So what?" Isn't it? He's been gone for so many years, and I'm almost on the verge of giving up. Mama Lu, tell me, will he never come back......"

The eldest princess of Ming Zhao, the rumored deceased concubine Pei Ren Qing Pei, turned out to be not dead, but missing. More than ten years ago, on the night of Concubine Xian's death, she disappeared.

Mama Lu sighed and comforted: "No, Your Highness, the slave believes that Master Ma will definitely come back." ”

The eldest princess let out a faint sigh, and she looked fragile when she had removed all her armor at this moment: "But over the years, I have begged God and worshiped Buddha, traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers, and searched all over Dachu, but I couldn't find any trace of him. Where exactly is he hiding? Why don't you even see me? ”

"Your Highness, don't think too much, Master Ma may have just been delayed somewhere, how could he refuse to see His Highness? Your Highness is his wife......"

"Married wife?" The eldest princess suddenly smiled sadly, "Mama Lu, has he ever regarded me as his wife?" You don't know how much he hates me, he hates me for killing her most beloved woman! But where did he put me? This palace is his wife, and it is the wife he is marrying! Her pair of jade hands clenched suddenly, her nails sank into the flesh, and she gritted her teeth and said hatefully, "...... But there has never been a palace in his heart, only the slut of Concubine Xian! ”

"Bengong has been married to him for so long, he hasn't even touched Bengong. But it was so easy to have a child with that slut, so how could this palace not hate?! ”

Mama Lu said: "Your Highness, your heart is relaxed, Concubine Xian Niangniang has been dead for many years, and the concubine will return to your side sooner or later." ”

When the eldest princess heard this, a glimmer of hope ignited in her eyes: "Yes...... Bengong still holds his lifeline in his hands, if it weren't for this, how could Bengong let Song Yuanxi, a wild species, live until now? As long as he and Concubine Xian's slut's son are still alive in this world, this palace doesn't believe that he will not appear! ”

Mama Lu said worriedly: "Your Royal Highness, now His Royal Highness the King of Ling is in the limelight, and it is rumored in the court and the court, and the emperor may appoint him as the prince......"

"Prince?! He's also worthy of a wild seed?! The eldest princess Huo Ran stood up, her face a little hideous: "I kept his life just because he still had some use, but how can the position of the prince be child's play, and how can the royal bloodline be confused?!"

Seeing that she was angry, Mama Lu didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness is angry, take care of your jade body......"

"This palace will never let him live too easily! Tell Mama Lin to keep an eye on the Lingwang Mansion carefully for the palace, and report to the palace immediately if there is any abnormality! ”

"Yes."

***

It was night, and the moon was hanging high.

The hospital in the Lingwang Mansion was still brightly lit, Xia Taozhi didn't even eat dinner, and sat at the table to fight at night. The table was full of rice paper, and Xia Taozhi's face, hands, and sleeves were stained with ink, looking like a little flower cat.

Peony was silently grinding ink on the side, and Begonia was already dozing off on the side.

"Niangniang, it's too late, it's better to rest today, and it's not too late to write tomorrow."

Xia Taozhi couldn't be distracted, she didn't even raise her head, and said while writing: "No, I'm writing too slowly, if I continue at this rate, I may not be able to finish writing in three days."

"But it's already late at night, and the slave is afraid that the mother is working too hard......"

"It doesn't matter."

"It's better to ask Your Highness to ask the eldest princess to intercede and save the copying of the book."

With a "snap", Xia Taozhi put down the pen and threw the piece of paper she was writing into a ball and threw it under the table. As soon as Peony mentioned the tsundere prince, she was distracted and wrote it wrong.

"Don't mention him!" She said angrily.

This dead tsundere, knowing that she was punished, has not even shown her face until now, and has ignored it, which is really hateful!

Peony didn't dare to make a sound.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, the candles were about to burn out, and the people at the table couldn't hold on at noon and fell asleep on the table.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and someone walked in gently, gently pushed the door open, and gently put a finger to his lips to signal the peony to retreat.

Peony was overjoyed, gently woke up Begonia, took her out, and closed the door.

He walked over to the table and carried the sleeping man to the bed.