That night, until the moon was on the branches, Dongli Yi did not return to the bedroom.

The slave waited and waited, and sleepiness hit, and she yawned, turned and went to bed.

"New eyebrows, cut the wick. Hongu is sleepy. ”

Xinmei walked to the candlestick with scissors, "It is said that three days after the wedding, His Royal Highness should come to bed." Isn't the mother waiting? ”

The slave lay on the bed and opened her eyes to the top of the bed and said slowly, "Won't Your Highness sleep if you don't come?" Besides, where to go is his freedom, settle down. ”

The new eyebrows nodded yes. Cut off the wick with a snap. The light disappeared suddenly, and Xinmei only left two candles outside the curtain tent, and the dormitory was dim, and the slave turned over and slept peacefully.

In the middle of the night, when I was sleeping hazy, I vaguely put a hand on my waist, and there was a trace of even breathing on my side. The slave turned around and hugged the quilt, squinting her eyes slightly, it seemed to be Dongli Yi.

Strange, how could you dream of him?

Thinking like this, she closed her eyes again, hugged the soft quilt beside her and continued to gather with Zhou Gong.

The next morning, when the first rays of the morning sun shone in, the slave finally opened her eyes slowly.

When she saw the person sleeping next to her, she sat up suddenly, and her sudden movement disturbed the sleeping Dongli Yi. He opened his eyes to look at the slave, narrowed his narrow eyes, and lazily propped himself up, "Awake?" ”

Nu'er hesitated and asked, "Why is Your Highness here?" ”

"When I came last night, you were already asleep. Naturally I didn't know I was coming. ”

The slave got off the bed and said to Dongli Yifu, "The concubine fell asleep last night after waiting, and she lost her manners, and I hope Your Highness will forgive me." ”

The nightgown in the summer was already light and thin, and the slave bowed slightly, and the wide handkerchief vaguely outlined her graceful figure. The long hair fell down to the shoulders, the beauty woke up, and her face was still a little red, and Dongli Yi really felt pleasing to the eye when she looked at it like this.

He lifted the slave and said, "In the future, you don't have to salute in private." ”

Looking at the slave's puzzled eyes, Dongli Yi couldn't help but tease, "What? Broken rules again? He smiled and patted the slave's hand, "In the East Palace, my words are the rules. ”

"Yes. The concubine did not dare to question it. Nu'er stepped forward, looking at Dongli Yi with a pair of bright eyes, she smiled and said, "Why don't you tie your highness's hair today?" ”

Before going to bed last night, Nu'er thought about it and figured out one thing. This prince is her husband after all, and if he becomes a great treasure in the future, he will be the ninth and fifth in the future. Now that she is married, the rise and fall of honor and disgrace in the future will always be tied to him. Although she doesn't want to sleep, but in the end, the crown princess lives on the prince, so she still has to please Dongli Yi with all her heart.

Dongli Yi seemed to be pleased with her proposal, and he sat down in front of the slave's dressing table very cooperatively, letting the slave play with his hair. This is also the first time that Nu'er has tied a man's hair, and it took two cups of tea to complete.

It's just that the results are not satisfactory, and they are a little crooked, not neat enough. Dong Li Yi looked at the bronze mirror for a long time, and finally said, "It seems that the princess's skills still need to be improved. Take the hair of the main palace to practice your hands, and you will tie the hair of the main palace every day until the main palace is satisfied. ”

The slave smiled faintly, there was no displeasure on her face, and she replied gently, "As long as Your Highness doesn't dislike it, let the concubine tie your hair for a lifetime, and the concubine is willing." ”

As soon as the words came out, even the slave herself was disgusted by her own contrived voice and words. But that's what the concubines in the front and back palaces said to Emperor Yuan An, and she just painted a scoop based on a gourd.

The corners of Dong Liyi's mouth twitched, the roots of his ears were a little red, and he coughed dryly to divert the topic, "After following me into the palace tomorrow to meet my father and mother, everything is ready?" ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, everything is in order, and there will be no mistakes."

Following.

The incense car of the East Palace slowly drove into the Yonghe Gate, which was the first time that the prince officially entered the palace with the princess after the establishment of the East Palace. Naturally, the honor guards are all prepared, and the momentum is huge and very public.

The incense car stopped, Zhuyuan opened the curtain, Dongli Yi got out of the car first, and Nu'er followed.

The horses were a little high, and the slaves were dressed in elaborate formal clothes. Xu saw that she was unable to move, and Dongli Yi did not leave immediately after getting out of the car, but stopped in place and waited for her. Seeing that she couldn't find the action to get out of the car, she frowned slightly and stretched out her hand helplessly.

Nu'er glanced at Dongli Yi gratefully, took his hand, and slowly stepped off the incense cart. The palace maid standing on the side couldn't help but sigh in her heart: The prince and the princess are really in love.

The first person to meet was naturally the emperor and queen. Nu'er and Dongli Yi walked on the palace road for a quarter of an hour before they arrived outside the gate of Longyang Palace. Outside the door, Xu Quan was already waiting, and when he saw Dongli Yi, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Your Highness, Niangniang, Your Majesty and the Empress have been sitting in the palace for a while. ”

Walking into the main hall, Emperor Yuan An and the queen were sitting above talking, watching from a distance, the two were talking and laughing, like a harmonious and beautiful scene. Dongli Yi and Nu'er walked side by side to the center of the main hall and saluted, "Erchen please say hello to the father and mother!" ”

"Get up." Yuan An Dile said hehehe.

As he got up, the slave's gaze inadvertently swept over the queen. She seemed to see the queen's eyes moist, and secretly wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief. She has a difference in her heart, although most of the parents are emotional when they see their children getting married. But who is that, that is the most noble woman in Great Xia, that is the queen who should be generous and decent at all times, how can she not help crying?

Nu'er didn't know that the queen's tears were only because of Dongli Yi's queen mother, who had been absent for twenty years.

The queen quickly hid the emotion in her eyes, and said with a smile, "This palace looks at the two of you talented and beautiful, it is really a match made in heaven. Mingjia, since you married into the East Palace, you must learn to put the overall situation first and put your husband first in the future. And for the sake of the woman, she must be generous, and she must recruit good people for her husband, and continue the heirs. Take out the bearing and elegance of the crown princess of the East Palace. ”

"The queen mother is relieved. The sons will definitely be virtuous and generous, looking for good people for His Royal Highness, and spreading branches for the royal family. When he said that he was looking for his beloved, the prince beside him glanced at the slave and saw that she was fearless and calm, and she looked willing to send herself out, and his heart was immediately unhappy.

He interrupted the slave's words, "The son thinks that the discussion of women's virtue should be recorded in the "Women's Rules" and "Women's Training". Since the crown princess wants to become virtuous, instead of looking for beauties for the palace, it is better to read these two books well and sincerely copy them a few times for learning. ”

The prince is right. Mingjia has a stubborn temperament, and he really has to study hard. Emperor Yuan An nodded, and consciously said that his son was very reasonable, "Why don't you send a teacher to the East Palace in the Hanlin Academy to give Ming Jia a good lecture?" ”

With a smiling face, the slave turned his head faintly and glanced at Dongli Yi resentfully. turned to Emperor Yuan'an and smiled brightly, "Your Majesty, the teacher's explanation is not his own understanding. Let Mingjia study alone, Mingjia will inevitably be familiar with the second book, and tell the world with actions that the princess of the East Palace is virtuous and generous. ”

"The crown princess has a point." Dong Li Yi agreed, and he said, "After the crown princess is familiar with it, she will go to the palace to inspect it." It is also good for the palace to take a look at the learning results of the crown princess. ”

Nu'er gritted her teeth and smiled, "Yes." ”

"Alright, alright. You two will go back to the East Palace to discuss it yourself. The queen glanced at Zhiyi beside her, "This string of jade beads and gold veins is the dowry brought from the grassland when the palace was married, and it is the favorite thing of the prince's maternal grandmother during her lifetime." Today, the lord of Mingjia is the daughter-in-law of the Dongli family, and this string of silk will be rewarded to you. ”

As he spoke, Zhiyi had already put the tassel firmly on the slave's neck. The slave hurriedly knelt down and thanked him, "Thank you for the queen mother's kindness." The sons will definitely put this thread away properly, and thank the queen mother for their grace every day. ”

Emperor Yuan An glanced at the queen with great satisfaction, and he waved his hand, "The hour is not early, you go to Shoukang Palace to meet the Queen Mother, don't let the Queen Mother and her old man wait in a hurry." ”

"Yes, the retainers are retired."

Walking outside the Shoukang Palace, the two people who came to ask for peace happened to bump into Xue Qiao, the first saint of the Tai Hospital.

"Imperial Physician Xue." Nu'er called Xue Qiao, "Now is not the time to ask for peace. Imperial Physician Xue came to Shoukang Palace, but the imperial grandmother was unwell? ”

"The crown prince, the crown princess, please rest assured. The Queen Mother is not in serious health, but she is too worried and has trouble sleeping at night. Every year when His Royal Highness King Liang returns to the fiefdom, he will prescribe a few pairs of calming medicines for the Queen Mother, and she will be fine. Xue Qiao replied without humility or arrogance.

King Liang was the youngest son of the Queen Mother. When Emperor Yuan'an ascended the throne, he sealed his younger brother to the fief that was rich but farthest from Shengjing. It took a few years to see each other, of course the Queen Mother missed her beloved son, and King Liang was naturally reluctant to leave the Queen Mother.

It's just that they are obviously brothers, why didn't Emperor Yuan An leave King Liang in Shengjing? Nu'er suppressed her doubts, and said lightly, "It's okay to have nothing to do." ”

"What the hell are you trying to do again?" On the way, Dong Liyi asked in a low voice.

The slave tilted her head to look at him, "The concubine is a righteous man and a gentleman, how can she have any ghost ideas." And where does the word start? ”

While speaking, she had already entered the main hall of Shoukang Palace, and the Queen Mother leaned on the jade pillow and looked at the two people who were kneeling on the ground to ask for peace. Just tired of waving to look at the seats.

"You're early in the day." The Queen Mother spoke.

"Father specially ordered us to come over early, so as not to make the imperial grandmother tired of waiting." Dong Li Yi replied.

"He's so filial." There was no joy in the Queen Mother's tone, and there was a faint mockery. She looked at the slave, "The mourning family remembers that when your mother was so old, she was still serving in front of the mourning family, and in the blink of an eye, her children have grown up. Time is really in a hurry, and the years are not forgiving. ”

The slave smiled, but the hand hidden under the wide sleeve was gradually clenched. Looking at the Queen Mother's kind appearance, she never imagined that her mother's tragic fate in this life was due to her.

This queen mother, who has always regarded herself as a nurturing grace, strangled everything she did with her own hands. Dignity, husbands, sons, and their own lives.

And everything, all the origins, is just because Emperor Yuan An fell in love with her.

Whether it's love, family affection, or guilt, as long as it sways the emperor's emotions, should they all die?