I was worried that eating too late would not be good for digestion but would affect my sleep, so the supper that the princess prepared was just a bowl of light porridge and two plates of refreshing side dishes.

When Li Yuntong came out of the shower and changed clothes, the temperature of the white porridge was just right to eat.

After the salute, she sat down at the table and prepared to drink porridge, while the princess sat on the side and looked at her daughter.

The charcoal pot in the house was burning hot, Li Yuntong was only wearing a garnet-red Luo shirt, with a jeweled jade collar around her neck, and two soybean-sized pearls in her ears were shining, which made her more and more glamorous, and even the tiredness between her eyebrows and eyes carried the freshness and laziness of a girl, and the princess couldn't help but feel sour in her heart.

Holding back her choking, she looked at Li Yuntong and said with a smile: "That's it, how good it looks to be a daughter like this, and you want to pretend to be a man." You can't do learning, you can't take the exam, what's the use? runs out all day long, and is not at home to accompany the mother. ”

Although the princess's tone was gentle, her eyes were misty, and even her body trembled slightly, she looked at her daughter within reach, reluctant to blink, as if she would disappear in the next moment.

The daughter she conceived and gave birth to in October is going to that bitter cold place, thousands of miles away in Tibet, and she may never have the opportunity to meet again in this life!

The mist in the eyes of the princess gradually thickened, and tears were dripping.

She wiped the corners of her eyes casually, and said with a smile: "The appearance of the girl's family should still be gentle, you go over there and don't rely on your own temperament, no more than the family, your parents rely on you for everything." Be nice to people outside, but don't say all your thoughts, you have a straight temperament, and your joy and anger are on your face, which is not good, in case you meet someone who is ruthless, it is always you ......who suffers."

Since she knew that she was going to Tubo and kiss, in the face of her mother's chatter, Li Yuntong was no longer as impatient as before, she listened with a smile, and slowly drank a few mouthfuls of gruel in the bowl according to the rules of eating and sleeping.

After putting down the bowl, Li Yuntong walked behind the princess of the county, lay on her shoulder and said coquettishly: "Mother, don't worry, from childhood to adulthood, when have you seen me suffer?" It's that your temperament is too soft, and the aunts should be beaten up, don't coax them because they pretend to be pitiful and respectful. ”

The two of them chattered for a while, and the princess stood up, "You should rest early, start tomorrow, and don't go out again." ”

Li Yuntong pretended to be surprised and said, "Didn't my mother promise to sleep with me tonight?" Oh, I know, you can't give up your father, he's such a big person, are you still worried that he's afraid of being alone? ”

She smiled narrowly and said, "By the way, it must be my mother who is worried that my father will be hooked by my aunts......"

The princess blushed, "Girls, who taught you this?" ”

After thinking about it, her daughter is about to get married, and she has to teach her some things that she should know, so the princess of the county coughed lightly, pulled Li Yuntong to sit down and said: "Men are all fresh, if you see you every day, the freshness is over, no matter how good-looking it is, you can ignore it, but it is every once in a while, so that it can last for a long time." You went over there, since he is the king of Tubo, it is inevitable that he will have three wives and four concubines, you are the princess of the Tang Dynasty in the past, and your identity will definitely respect you as the queen, don't be those jealous concubines. ”

"A man's love is like morning dew, before the morning dew is gone, you have to enjoy it to the fullest, but don't think that this love will last like the sun and the moon, remember what is said in the Diamond Sutra?" Everything has a way of doing things, like a dream bubble, like dew and electricity, and should be viewed as such. The same is true of human feelings, you must live in the present, do not cling to the past, and do not worry about the future. ”

Li Yuntong was surprised, "Why did my mother say this?" You and your father have been respectful and loving for so many years, is it possible that it is fake? ”

The princess smiled at the corner of her lips, there was some helplessness in that smile, she patted Li Yuntong's hand, "Of course not, but this kind of relationship is not the same as the kind of hot, single-minded, and in full swing love you think." Your father's affection for me is not only because I am his wife, and he has to respect her, but also because of you. ”

There was a hint of amazement in her expression, "Do you remember when you were six years old?" Your father doted on a woman surnamed Kim......"

Li Yuntong's memories were opened by a sentence from the princess of the county: that year, her father doted on a concubine surnamed Jin, her mother was snubbed, and some of the people in the house climbed high and low, so they went to please Jin Ji, and gradually did not take their mother and daughter seriously, and there was a shortage of food and clothing......

After I came back, I learned that because my brother came forward to kneel and beg, my father betrayed Jin Ji, and the family regained peace, and since then, no aunt has dared to challenge her mother's right.

She didn't know what her brother said to her father, but that incident made her understand that in a man's heart, the heir is far more important than the favorite concubine.

She still remembers that her brother told her about the Book of Jin at that time: Emperor Xuan resigned from Wei Wu's order at the beginning, entrusted him with wind paralysis, tasted violent books, and unconsciously collected it in the event of heavy rain. There was only one maid in the family who saw it, and then she was afraid that the incident would cause trouble, so she killed her to extinguish her mouth, and personally carried out the plan. The emperor is the most important......

Sima Yi pretended to have a stroke in front of Emperor Wu of Wei, and refused to go out of the court as an official, but one day it suddenly rained when he was drying books, he forgot that the person who had a stroke could not live on his own, and ran to collect the books in the courtyard, and was seen by a servant girl, his wife was afraid that the servant girl would leak secrets, and personally killed people and cooked them to eat, leaving no evidence, Sima Yi therefore valued his wife very much, thinking that she was a person who could make great things with him.

My brother said to her at the time, "You remember, the word used here in the history books is not love and pity, but weight." A woman, only if a man values it, he will not discard you like a plaything. ”

She later flipped through the text, and knew that Sima Yi later disliked his wife's old age and decrepitude, and doted on the young and beautiful Mrs. Bai, when he was sick, his wife went to visit the sick, hoping to arouse the old love, he actually said that the old thing was hateful, why did he come out and be scary...... was so angry that his wife was ashamed to commit suicide on a hunger strike, if it weren't for her two filial sons who also accompanied their mother and didn't eat together, forcing Sima Yi to apologize to her, I was afraid that she would be forced to death by Sima Yi's affection......

If it weren't for the fact that there were two good sons, the mother was more expensive than the son, and the woman who was valued by men would also be abandoned after he became famous.

Thinking of this, Li Yuntong still didn't seem to understand, but she nodded and said, "Mother, I understand." ”

Seeing the ignorance in her daughter's eyes, the princess stroked her long black hair lovingly, "If a man really likes you and doesn't need you to do anything, he will put what you want in front of you." It's just that God is pitiful, you got such a marriage, and the man married you not because he was in love with you, but because he married the princess of the Tang Dynasty......"

"So Tongtong, you have to remember that he married you for the benefit of his Tibetans, you can respect him, but you must not give your own heart. If a woman moves her heart, she will lose herself, lose her judgment, and will not protect her own interests, and in such a distant place, her parents and brothers are powerless, you only have yourself. For a man, his kingdom and his ambitions are above you, he is all you have, and you are just one of his pawns......"

Hearing that her mother, who was usually weak, tore apart the truth so bloodily, Li Yuntong's face couldn't help but be a little panicked, "Is there no exception?" Is there no lifelong love in this world? ”

"Yes, but that's just ordinary men, they have no choice, so they can only guard a wife, and after a long time, they will become loving and white-headed in the eyes of outsiders. For the emperor, of course, there are times when a hundred alchemy turns into a finger and a soft intestine, but it will not last long, women's tenderness can not be tied to a man's ambition for a long time, they like to chase by nature, chasing power, chasing fame and fortune, for men with imperial power, women are like the jewels in the crown, is an indispensable decoration, is a must for them to continue their heirs. ”

The princess sighed, "Isn't that the king of Tubo like this, it's not enough to marry the princess of Niboro, I heard that the king of Tuyuhun married a princess of the Tang Dynasty, and I feel that my Wentaowu is far superior to the king of Tuyuhun, so I must marry a princess of the Tang Dynasty, and control such a man, you are still thinking about love, and you will be eaten to the bones......"

Long after the princess left, Li Yuntong couldn't sleep although she was very sleepy.

Is the love between men and women really nothing, as my mother said?

She hasn't met that person yet, so she has to weigh the gains and losses and calculate the benefits?

Tossing and turning, she didn't fall asleep until dawn.

In a daze, she was still thinking: After waking up, she will find a reason to go out, she has to prepare the things needed for the Seven Star Life Continuation Array, no matter what the future holds, live in the present, and solve the current matter first.

When the princess came over the next morning, Li Yuntong had just woken up, and the whole person was still shrunk in the brocade quilt and refused to get up, only showing a blushing face outside, as cute as an apple.

Reaching out and touching her daughter's apple face, the princess said softly: "From today onwards, you stay at home for a long time, your mother has something for you, you have to get points." ”

Li Yuntong hugged her mother's arm and sat up, "Mother's ones, leave them for my sister, the royal family has prepared so many things, enough for me." I have to go out to do some errands today, don't worry, with the Tibetan minister with me, it will be fine. ”

She slipped off the brocade quilt when she got up, revealing the skin that deceived the frost and snow, and she didn't sleep well at night, even half of her white silk shirt was scattered, her white and round shoulders, her collarbones were down, and the two mountains were round and shining like cow's milk.

The princess of the county pulled up the quilt for her and surrounded her, "Tongtong, you have grown up, although you are monarchs and ministers, but after all, men and women are different, and you have to avoid suspicion." ”