Xu Zhiyi was still guessing which of the two women was the county lord of Hejing, and the flute was over. The woman holding the bamboo cage raised her hand and waved her sleeves, and the butterflies flew back to the bamboo cage. In the stunned eyes of everyone, the young man who played the flute bowed and said: "Shu Mei wishes the princess a graceful birthday and a splendid feast!" ”

"Sister Mei, the butterflies you raised are all fine!" Yu Yao was full of praise for Caidie's birthday, "How did you do it?" You have to teach me, I can ......"

"The method is very simple, but it takes advantage of the butterfly's nature to seek incense, and after a while, I will write the list of incense to the princess." Worried that Yu Yao would tell her about selling butterflies at a high price before, Shu Mei quickly answered her question.

Xu Zhiyi was shocked. It turned out that the person who bumped into him before was the county lord of Hejing who was dressed as a man! It is no wonder that Yuzhu has not been waiting for her at the gate of the palace, because she brought a living animal into the palace, she needs to enter through the side door after being inspected by the Internal Affairs Office.

Since recognizing Shu Mei, Xu Zhiyi's gaze has been wandering over her, and she has guessed over and over again why Ling Zhao wants to marry her. When the birthday banquet was about to start, when the queen led everyone to move to the water pavilion in the backyard of Yanqing Palace, she was still stunned.

"This woman from the Shu family does have some tricky skills." I don't know when, Xu Guifei has come to Xu Zhiyi's side, "It is said that you and she are the same kind of women, how can King Zhao like her if he is cold to you?" ”

"I'm the same kind of woman as her?" Xu Zhiyi was a little puzzled.

"It's all out of the box." Xu Guifei said as she walked, "After you entered the palace last time, I went to inquire, the woman of the Shu family is very different from ordinary boudoir women, she likes to raise small pets such as gnats and butterflies, and none of the things that my daughter's family should learn are ...... decent."

Xu Zhiyi said suddenly: "Auntie, although I like to raise horses and ride horses, I actually have good clothes and makeup......"

"That's Yuzhu, isn't it?" Xu Guifei pursed her lips and smiled, and then said, "I think that you and King Zhao have been married for so many years and have no children, if you don't let him take a concubine again, I'm afraid that the officials will impeach your father with this." ”

"Auntie, it's not that I won't let him take a concubine." Xu Zhiyi argued eagerly.

"You didn't say that you wouldn't let him take a concubine, but as soon as you learned of his various reactions to ask to marry a woman from the Shu family, it shows that you don't want other women to enter the Zhaowang Mansion."

"No, I, I ......" Xu Zhiyi stopped talking.

Xu Guifei looked at her, shook her head and smiled, "Let's go, the banquet is about to start." ”

followed her aunt to the water pavilion, Xu Zhiyi only felt depressed in her chest, and she couldn't say anything about her suffering. She wanted to see Shu Mei, not to prevent her from marrying into the Zhaowang Mansion, but to be seized by an irrepressible curiosity. She was eager to know what kind of woman was the woman who would make Ling Zhao take the initiative to ask to marry?

Even his aunt Xu Guifei generally thinks that she is an arrogant and domineering vinegar jar, monopolizing Ling Zhao and not letting him marry a concubine. In front of outsiders, Ling Zhao was obedient to her, extremely gentle and considerate, and caring, but who knew that since they got married, except for the tenth day of the first month of the month, he would have sex with her, and she didn't even know where the others were the rest of the time!

In the afternoon, it suddenly began to rain. The original spring garden was changed to an indoor event. Empress Zhao said that she was unwell and left first, Xu Guifei and the harem concubines played leaf play in the water pavilion, and Yu Yao and the clan girls gathered together to play with dustpans.

Xu Zhiyi sat in front of the railing of the water pavilion, looking at the newly grown bush of plantains by the flower window, and the spring rain fell on the banana leaves, slowly condensed into drops, slid down the veins of the banana leaves, and finally dripped into the moss on the steps under the eaves.

Acquaintance with Ling Zhao is such a warm and rainy spring day. On that day, she also entered the palace to celebrate Princess Yuyao's birthday. Shang is the aunt of Concubine Shu organized a perfume competition, in order to find incense-making materials, she got separated from Yuzhu by the Falling Star Pool in Yongnian Palace, and in order to find Yuzhu, she climbed a rockery by the pool to look. Just as he was about to descend the mountain, his heel stepped on a clump of moss on the stone steps, and the whole person fell unbalanced.

Just when she thought she was going to break her head and bleed, she accidentally fell into the arms of a fragrant plain white.

"When it rains, moss grows under the steps. The palace people were lazy and didn't clean up in time, so much so that the girl was frightened. ”

The moment Xu Zhiyi raised her head in a panic, her eyes touched the gentle and smiling eyes of the man in white, and she fell in an instant. She had never seen such a good-looking man, nor had she ever been so intimate with a man. She stared at him in a daze, completely forgetting the awkward position of being held by him.

"It happened suddenly, and the girl was abrupt." The man let go of her and took a step back to salute, and she reacted, and immediately blushed at the root of her ears.

After knowing that he was the second prince Ling Zhao, she often used her excuse to visit Concubine Shuniang, looking forward to meeting him again. But at that time, Ling Zhao had already been given the mansion to live in the palace, and she had entered the palace countless times, but she had never met him once. She also secretly went to Suzaku Temple East Street many times and pretended to pass by King Zhao's Mansion, but she didn't even see half of his clothes.

It wasn't until a year later that Concubine De Niangniang celebrated her fortieth birthday, and she followed her mother into the palace to celebrate her birthday, and she didn't see him again.

That time, sitting behind the brocade screen, her eyes seemed to be on his body. His every move during the banquet, his smile and smile made her heart ripple. couldn't hold back the desire in her heart, and when he left the table to get the cloak for Concubine De during the banquet, she chased him out.

"Brother Zhao, I like you." Facing Ling Zhao with a surprised face, Xu Zhiyi said bluntly, "Ever since you saved me at the rockery of the Falling Star Pool, I have liked you." I don't know if I'll ever see you again, so ...... I have to tell you today. ”

Summoning up the courage to say this string of words, Xu Zhiyi looked at Ling Zhao, waiting anxiously for his refusal or ridicule. She had rehearsed such a scene in her mind many times, and she had countless hypotheses about his reaction. She had even been expecting his rejection and ridicule, so that she would have a reason to cut off the love thread neatly, forget about him from now on, and accept the husband that her parents would choose for her.

"You like me?" After Ling Zhao understood her words, a smile appeared on his face that had appeared countless times in her dreams.

"Hmm." Xu Zhiyi nodded heavily, and the steps on her bun were skewed.

"There are rumors that there are many girls in the dynasty who like me, but you are the first to take the initiative to tell me." Ling Zhao bowed slightly to her, "Thank you, girl." ”

This scene is different from every scene that Xu Zhiyi has repeatedly imagined in her mind. He didn't refuse or mock himself. This made her feel a wave in her heart. Just as Ling Zhao was about to leave, she grabbed his robe, "I asked my aunt, you haven't married a wife yet......"

Ling Zhao stopped, turned his head and asked suspiciously, "Girl, is this?" ”

"I want to be your wife." Xu Zhiyi pressed the surging emotions in her heart, and said bravely while her head was hot.