Three years later, spring.

This year, spring started early, and a few days ago, the snow in front of the East Palace melted. Today is a sunny day, it is rare to have such a good sunshine, bright and soft, shining on people warmly. A luxurious sedan chair stopped at the door of the East Palace, and as soon as the jade hand stretched out, the woman helped the handmaid to get off the sedan chair. When the wind blew, one of the corners of her clothes rose with the wind, and the golden hairpin tassel on her head swayed slightly, which made her skin like snow and her eyes like pearls.

"Niangniang came back so early today?"

There was a young man in Xuanyi standing at the door, with a bit of the smell of a jade tree in the wind, and a long sword hanging from his waist, heroic.

The woman smiled and bowed: "Today, my father's body is better, and the imperial doctors are consulting in the East Pole Palace, so I will come back early." ”

Emperor Chu has been seriously ill for three years, and he almost couldn't survive before the end of the year, which scared everyone enough, but fortunately, the imperial doctors finally relieved themselves after first aid.

As she spoke, the woman had already raised her feet and stepped through the door of the east palace, and all the palace maids knelt down and saluted.

"Knock on the princess ......"

Three years of time with a flick of her fingers, Xia Taozhi spent her days peacefully in this East Palace, visited Emperor Chu during the day, and then went to Lanyue Hall to talk to her mother's portrait, and then went out of the palace to the already vacant Lingwang Mansion, stayed in the study of the former Lingwang, stayed for a day, returned to the East Palace at night, and stayed in the prince's bedroom, on the bed where he closed his eyes.

How many times did I dream back at midnight, back to the night three years ago when he was pregnant with poison in her, and then woke up crying, and his liver and intestines were broken. But she never believed that he was dead, because when she woke up that day, there was no more Tsundere Prince beside her, only the glowing jade plate held in her palm alone, glowing faintly fluorescent.

Everyone kept silent about her, refusing to tell him if the tsundere prince was still alive? Where does the body go if it dies? She scolded and scolded, beaten, and made trouble, but it was useless. Well, since this is the case, she simply assumed that he was not dead, and became her crown princess with peace of mind, waiting for him to come back.

Just like she said to the peony and begonia countless times.

"I don't believe he's dead, as long as Donggong doesn't mourn for a day, I don't believe he's gone. Since the crown prince of the East Palace is still here, of course I, the crown princess, have to wait here for him to come back. ”

Wait until the earth is barren. It doesn't matter if she can't wait, she will always see him again.

Before she knew it, she had walked all the way back to the dormitory, and while changing her clothes, Peony asked her: "Niangniang, are you still going back to the Lingwang Mansion today?" ”

She was just about to answer, when she suddenly felt a warmth in her chest, and the jade plate that she had been wearing around her neck that couldn't be covered warmly turned out to be warm, and the light came out of her middle clothes. But it was only for a moment, and soon the light disappeared, she took the jade plate in her hand, looked at it carefully, and saw that the almost transparent little blood bead that had been staying motionless in the corner for three years had completely disappeared.

She was shocked, and she had a premonition that something might be about to happen.

"What day is it?"

"Back to Niangniang, it's February 24."

February 24......

"I'm not going to the Lingwang Mansion today, I'm going to change into men's clothes, I'm going out of the palace to a place."

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The spring breeze is warm, and the grass grows and the warbler flies.

is still the humble herbal tea shop at the foot of Mibai Mountain, or the storyteller with an old folding fan, still talking about a table and a bowl of tea, spitting all over the place.

The spring is about to begin, and the large and small teahouses in Chujing have exploded again, and a strong news has spread from Xitu to Dongchu.

The old Western Emperor died not long ago, and the crown prince Feng Yuanjun ascended the throne as the emperor, this Zhenggong Niangniang was not the "Princess Morong" he took great pains to marry from Dongchu, but an unknown woman. Thinking of the battle of Feng Yuanjun at the beginning, the scene of coming to Dachu to marry "Princess Morong" is still vivid, and in a blink of an eye, I only heard the newcomer laughing, and I didn't see the old man crying. On the other hand, the sister of "Princess Morong", another daughter of the Xia family, although she married His Royal Highness the King of Ling, who was not favored at the time, since then, His Royal Highness the King of Ling has risen all the way to the throne of the East Palace, and she naturally followed the rising tide and became the crown princess of the East Palace. In the past three years, the position of the crown princess has been extremely stable, the prince has not even accepted a concubine, he will ascend the throne as the emperor one day, and the crown princess will naturally be the mother of the main palace.

The fate of this sister is very different, which is really embarrassing.

The storyteller talked to himself, and the audience also gossiped.

One person said: "I knew that Feng Yuanjun was a thin lover, but I didn't expect it to be so ruthless and unjust, and he could do it to spoil his concubine and kill his wife!" ”

Someone chimed in: "That's right, this Feng Yuanjun is too much, he actually treats our Princess Mo Rong like this, he really doesn't take our Da Chu seriously!" If you want me to say, you should let our Martial God Prince wave his army to the west, beat Xitu Dog, and take a good breath of evil for our Dachu! ”

Someone on the side sighed and said, "You can pull it down...... The prince has been sick for three years, and if Xitu doesn't come to fight, we'll be secretly happy...... Now the crown prince only shows up during the New Year's Festival, and the emperor's health is not good, if there are no three adults in the court, Gu, Xue, and Xiao as the mainstays, our Dachu may be ......."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt the hateful gazes around him, and closed his mouth in a sneering manner, but he was unwilling, and muttered in a somewhat aggrieved whisper: "What's the matter...... What am I saying wrong? It's supposed to be......"

Everyone gave him a blank look, and began to discuss it on their own again, but the topic still led to the prince.

"Tsk, what the hell do you say is going on with our prince, ah? I was sick for two years before, and I finally got better and had a good fight with Xitu, and I was sick again just after sitting on the throne of the East Palace, and I was sick for three years, and there is no sign of good until now, which is really worrying......"

In the midst of the echo, one person suddenly said, "...... Could it be because of the crown princess? ”

"The crown princess?"

"yes. You think, since this prince married the crown princess, he didn't even have a side concubine. Since ancient times, men have three wives and four concubines, and they don't even have a concubine, is it normal? It's obviously abnormal, maybe it's because the princess is too fierce and jealous, and the prince is facing such a tigress all day long, so it's no wonder if she's not sick! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and while they made a surprised look, their gossip hearts burned.

One said: "It's really possible, I've heard that the prince is afraid of guilt...... I have a brother who was mixed in the barracks, and I once heard with my own ears that the crown princess, who was still the mother of Princess Ling at that time, scolded His Royal Highness King Ling in the tent, and I heard that he also drew his sword......"

"Really? Is it really so fierce? ”

"That's right, that's right, I have a friend who used to be on an errand in the palace, and he also said a thing, Princess Shuyi of this dynasty, the prince's own sister, was a little closer to the prince, and after saying a few more words, he was beaten by the princess ......."

"As you say...... The reason why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince couldn't afford to be sick was that he was given ...... by this princess."

……

On a table in the corner, a nobleman in white was stunned with black lines on his face. Behind him stood two maid-like girls and a young man, the young man rolled his eyes wildly, his face was full of unhappiness, and his hand was pressed on the hilt of the sword at his waist, as if he was ready to draw his sword at any moment.

Xia Taozhi finally understands what it means to be terrifying, what is this? It just doesn't make sense! What does it matter to the tsundere prince if he doesn't accept a concubine? When did she become jealous? Is she the kind of woman whose husband wants to take a concubine and kill them all?

Hmm, though she probably really is...... But the tsundere prince wants to take a concubine, and others have to appear first!

Little Mud gritted his teeth and whispered, "Mother, do you want me to teach these bastards a lesson?" ”

Haitang also echoed: "That's right, they should be beaten up so that they know that they dare to talk casually about being the crown prince!" ”

Xia Taozhi was about to speak, when she suddenly saw a woodcutter-like person carrying the freshly chopped firewood into the tea shed, asking the tea boss for a bowl of tea, and sitting down to rest. He chatted with the tea boss for a few words, and a sentence drifted into Xia Taozhi's ears impartially.

"The road down the mountain collapsed again, blocking the road, thanks to my fast footsteps, the man in white walking behind me couldn't pass directly......"

It was as if someone had plucked a string in Xia Taozhi's brain, and the overtones after the plucking were shocking. She scrambled to her feet, startling the three people standing behind her.

“…… Empress? ”

Xiao Muba thought that she was angry with these people, so she rolled up her sleeves and said viciously: "Don't worry, Niangniang, I'll give them to ......" Before the words were finished, Xia Taozhi had already rushed out, jumped lightly on the mountain trail, and ran towards the mountain at high speed.

I hope it's what she thinks, no, it has to be what she thinks......

The pavilion on the mountain road, the rocks rolling down, everything is exactly the same as three years ago......

The jade plaque on her chest became warmer and warmer, and a strange feeling arose in her heart, both expectant and timid. The familiar sound of water was heard, and she slowed down...... Ahead is the familiar mountain spring, the water is clear and turquoise, and the bottom is crystal clear.

She held her breath and walked forward slowly, one step at a time, stepping carefully...... Siye was silent for an instant, only to hear her fluttering heartbeat, which was deafening.

Then she stopped.

The moment the tears welled up, she couldn't tell whether it was a dream in front of her, and if so, she hoped that the long dream would not wake up......

There was a man leaning under a big tree by the spring......

The man was dressed in white, as bright as a jade tree, with his hands behind his head, propping up one right leg, his left leg resting on his right leg, and a weed in his mouth, looking leisurely and comfortable.

The breeze blew and rolled up countless petals, and the man turned his face in the white petals that fluttered in the wind, chuckling and reaching out to her.

"Little Peach, I'm back for my husband......"

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