Chapter 42: Like First Sight
Princess Qili is the favorite daughter of the former king, and the only child of the former king and queen, she has the most noble blood in the royal family, and is a well-deserved golden branch and jade leaf. Rest is the most powerful country in the Western Regions, with a vast territory and rich resources, and Qili's father is the king of a country, and her mother is from a noble family second only to the royal family, uniting the forces of both father and mother, if she is a male child, the throne of rest belongs to her.
The main reason why the first king chose Coringey's father to succeed him was that he was loyal enough, and he would not turn around to deal with Qili in the future. The first king expected to be right, he knew his daughter very well, Qili was flamboyant by nature, not as well-behaved and docile as other princesses, although she inherited her mother's excellent genes, and was born with a beautiful appearance, but in her bones she was the same as her father, domineering and domineering.
It was only a matter of time before Corinji's father would have a conflict with her, and if another prince succeeded to the throne, I am afraid that he would not be able to wait to eradicate this thorn in his side as soon as he took power. Relying on her unique capital, Qili didn't take these royal brothers in her eyes at all, and she was used to being arrogant and indulgent since she was a child, so she didn't bother to care about what others thought of her.
Before meeting Shengyin, Qili had never had the feeling she longed for, her life was too smooth, she could come whatever she wanted, no one dared to disobey her, everyone was scrambling to make her happy, and things like setbacks and tests never dared to approach her.
However, a life that has not experienced setbacks is destined to be unrealistic, and if you have not felt the pain of loss, you will never experience the happiness you have, and you will never learn to cherish it.
The first king and queen left her one after another, the huge palace was no longer worthy of her nostalgia, Qili did not yearn much for the throne, and she herself did not know what she wanted. Seeing that the royal brother who ascended the throne became the king of all eyes overnight, she did not have the slightest envy. It is not easy for her royal brother to have today, when she was a child, she was often bullied by other royal brothers in the dark, and after being elected as the prince, she had to become a heavenly embankment to prevent others from framing her.
Fortunately, he survived and got everything he wanted, in Qili's mind, these have nothing to do with her, she doesn't have to worry about who will be her enemy in the future, the whole royal family knows that she is the uncrowned king, and no one dares to try to provoke her, even His Majesty the king, who is above ten thousand people.
Qili's life in the palace is truly unrestrained, and no matter what she does, the king will nod her head and agree. In fact, she won't do anything out of the ordinary, let alone do naïve behaviors such as insulting and beating maids, she is just a little extravagant, and she has the best food, clothing, housing and transportation, and these are all normal for a princess.
People always learn not to be content, the same is true for noble princesses, the delicacies of the mountains and seas will be tired after eating for a long time, the brocade and grosgrain wear too much and don't feel where it is good, and the treasures are no different from the stones on the side of the road. When they reached the age of marriage, they successively asked the king to marry him, hoping that the princess would take a fancy to their son.
Of course, the families who come to ask for relatives are all nobles who rest in peace, and they are worthy of beauty, and most of the sons of noble families are handsome and all-round, and in the eyes of ordinary people, they are absolutely impeccable. But in Qili's opinion, these people are vulgar and unbearable, they are all coming for her power, and the love and love that the harem concubines say are purely deceptive things, and the reason why they love to die is to put it bluntly, they are fighting for power. If their husband is not a king, but a commoner with a walled family, it is estimated that he will not even look at it, let alone compete to please him.
In the same way, the same is true for the son of a noble family, two people who have never gotten along live together, where can they talk about any feelings. Her father and queen mother are a loving husband and wife in the eyes of others, but in fact they respect each other like guests, and there is no passionate love between men and women at all.
This kind of ordinary life is undoubtedly a chronic suicide, and Qili would rather live alone to old age than be clichéd, let alone have children for the sake of a life she doesn't love. With that time and energy, she might as well love herself, what if she finds a man, it may not be better than what she is doing now.
No one understood Qili's thoughts, except for her king's brother, the king politely refused the nobles who came to the door to ask for marriage, and he knew that Qili looked down on these people. But the princess's marriage could not be delayed too long, and the king began to try to arrange some activities to introduce her to young men whom he felt good.
At the beginning, Qili still felt quite fresh, looking at those dignified men wrestling and wrestling on the stage, and laughing back and forth. However, that's all, she treated them as a group of monkeys, and played monkey tricks to make her happy, and it was definitely impossible for her to talk about marriage with a group of monkeys.
It was another party of the same nature, the tall and mighty general's children galloped on the grassland, taking pleasure in hunting small animals, looking at the bloody corpses, Qili never tired of it, she never understood what joy there was in hunting, and depriving other creatures of their lives could show the greatness of mankind!
While people were not paying attention, Qili sneaked out, got into a carriage and wandered aimlessly, not wanting to go back to the palace and not knowing where to go. She had never seen many of them so far, and she was full of curiosity about their lives, and what she saw with her own eyes was very different from what she had heard.
The life of the commoners was not boring, on the contrary, it was much more interesting than in the royal palace, and although the food was rude in simple clothes, it seemed that they were all happy. The carriage stopped at the corner of the street, and Qili lifted the curtain to look at the vendor selling bread, and she was attracted at the first glance just now. The man who kneaded the dough vigorously rolled up his sleeves high, his arms were covered with flour, his face was covered with sweat, but the more he kneaded it, the more powerful it became, the woman beside him wore a patched dress, a simple bun, and no hairpin or other embellishment on her head, she was not a good-looking woman, her skin was dull and dull in the sun all day long, but she looked beautiful.
With a happy smile on her face, she watched the man work hard, wiping his sweat from time to time, and telling him about his shortcomings. After sending all the dough into the stove, the man sat down to rest, and the woman hurriedly brought white water at a moderate temperature and stood behind him to help him pinch his shoulders and beat his back.
The man took a few sips of water, and his flour-stained hand gently patted the back of the woman's hand, and a smile bloomed on his face. They looked at each other, their eyes full of love. At this time, a little boy of seven or eight years old ran towards them with a little girl of three or four years old, shouting "Daddy" and "Mother".
The man sat the boy on his lap and listened to the boy with a smile as he told the funny thing that had just happened, and the woman bent down to pick up the girl, touched her little apple-like face, and kissed her dotingly. This warm picture deeply touched Qili, their life is obviously very hard, why are they so happy? Isn't the most important thing in the world power and wealth? Does such a thing as true love really exist?
Qili finally found the true love she had been pursuing, the true love that she had not found in the palace for many years, existed in this impoverished civilian family. Isn't this a kind of irony, the world is pursuing power and wealth, and she, the unbeatable princess, wants nothing more than a true love.
In the past, the people in the palace said that these civilians were extremely vicious, and the life in the market was hard and terrible, after witnessing it with her own eyes, Qili felt that what they said was not right, the civilian life was hard, they only wanted food and clothing and did not have so many intrigues, because of this, they had more opportunities to experience the truth.
The carriage stopped for a long time, and Qili watched the couple selling bread with great interest, not knowing what was added to the bread, and the passers-by were very satisfied. Qili had no appetite for a long time, and suddenly an idea came to her that she was going to buy a cake to try.
The maids dared to let her eat such a thing, and they persuaded her to return to the palace as soon as possible, lest the king find out and blame her. Qili, who had never been a submissive person, glared at them impatiently, kicked the curtain, and got out of the carriage by herself.
The couple who sold the bread had never seen someone dressed so gorgeously, and they did not expect that the beautiful woman was also interested in their bread. Qili said that she wanted to buy a piece of cake, and it took them a long time to react, and the wife handed her the cake with trembling hands, lest she would be so unpalatable that someone would smash their stall.
Just by looking at Qili's dress, you know that she is a young lady from a big family, and she must be powerful. They never imagined that the jeweled fairy in front of them was the famous Princess Qili, and not only them, but the whole street could not have imagined that the princess would eat this kind of bread.
The taste of the bread was not very delicious, but Qili ate it happily, perhaps because she was in a good mood, and her appetite was much better. When she asked for another piece of bread, his wife, who was trembling all over, was finally relieved, and it seemed that this young lady really liked to eat bread and would not trouble them.
However, trouble still came, Qili didn't have any money with her, so she casually took a golden hairpin from her bun and gave it to the couple. The two took the golden hairpin, looked at it and looked at it with straight eyes, and used this hairpin to buy two pieces of bread, how could they have the money to find her. Not to mention two pieces of bread, even two fields and two houses can be bought.
The couple returned the golden hairpin to her, but they really didn't have the money to find it, so it was better to invite her to eat cakes. Of course Qili refused, she still understood this truth, this is the first time she went out to buy something, how can she eat overlord meals! Qili insisted on keeping the golden hairpin, and the couple were so frightened that they couldn't speak, for fear that a few officials would come up later, not to mention that they would steal the jewelry of a young lady and pull them to see the official.
Qili and the couple who sold the bread had a dispute, and the maids who followed from afar were very anxious, but they did not have any money with them, and they did not dare to rush out and take the princess away.
Just as he was hesitating, he saw a tall and handsome man take the golden hairpin and hand it to the couple, and said with a smile: "Take it, don't look for it, this is the young lady's intention." If you have any trouble in the future, just come to me. ”
The couple was stunned, hesitated to accept the golden hairpin, and thanked Qili and the beautiful man again and again.
Qili wondered in her heart, she said so many good things, and their husband and wife didn't dare to accept it, and this person dispelled their concerns with a word, what was his origin. Looking up at him, he was also looking at himself, and for some reason, Qili blushed for no reason.