"You have to remember, don't let Qu Xiang see your face." Zhou Yu whispered in her ear: "How many of these old ministers have seen your mother." ”

"I see." Zhao Yan was clear and thoughtful.

Zhou Yu kissed her, but she didn't respond, she was very dissatisfied with her distraction, and couldn't help but increase her strength.

Soon, he personally told Zhao Yan to know what it means to be bumpy and unable to think.

Zhou Yu went to the morning refreshed.

Zhao Yan had a sore back and slept until three poles in the morning.

After only a few mouthfuls of food when I got up, I picked up the post of the crown princess Qu Fulan.

"Girl, the person who sent the post said that today is a small gathering between the girl and the princess, and there is no one else." Xiyu said: "I also said that the princess asked the girl to go." ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Yan put the post to the side and continued to eat unhurriedly.

"Is the girl going?" Xiyu asked her cautiously.

"Go." Zhao Yan bowed her head.

This time, I definitely have to go.

Princess Yong doubted whether the relationship between her and Zhou Yu was true, but the crown princess seemed to be convinced.

That's right, borrow the prince's hand to help her do something.

After she had eaten, she washed up carefully, dressed again, and went out.

The East Palace is much more magnificent than what I saw in Qu Xiang's Mansion before.

Zhao Yan was led by the maidservant girl and walked all the way, looking at the picturesque scenery and the towering buildings in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

No wonder everyone wants to climb high, who wouldn't want to live in such a good place?

"Niangniang, Miss Zhao is here."

The maidservant at the door saw that Zhao Yan had entered the courtyard gate from a distance, and immediately greeted the house.

Zhao Yan looked left and right, this should be the residence of the crown princess in the East Palace.

Inviting her to come, and coming to such a private place, it seems that the crown princess really wants to be close to her.

She curled her eyes and smiled softly.

"Miss Zhao, please come in."

The servant girl who reported the news came out, and Zhao Yan was walking outside the corridor, and the servant girl diligently rolled up the thin curtain at the door for her.

When Zhao Yan stepped into the threshold, she saw the crown princess Qu Fulan sitting on the main seat.

Seeing her come in, the crown princess got up with a smile: "Come, come and sit with me." ”

"Niangniang is polite, I don't dare to sit on an equal footing with Niangniang." Zhao Yan stopped her steps and stopped stepping forward: "I'll just sit down." ”

On an equal footing with the crown princess, how many heads does she have enough to cut off?

In good times, this is called lifting, called sisterhood.

When it's bad, this excuse alone can kill her.

The stakes are clear in her heart.

"Look at you, you still think of yourself as an outsider." The crown princess never forced her, and ordered with a smile: "Serve tea." ”

Soon, a maidservant girl came up with two teas.

"It's the tea that my father gave me before the emperor, and I said it came from the south, you can taste it." The crown princess smiled and raised her hand towards Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan picked up the teacup, sniffed it gently, took a small sip, and spit on the handkerchief as usual when she wiped her lips with a handkerchief.

She nodded slightly: "It's a good cloud tea, with a fragrant entrance and a sweet aftertaste, it's a good tea." ”

"Miss Zhao knows so much about tea?" The crown princess looked at her with a smile.

"I have a tea shop at home, so I know a little bit about it." Zhao Yan replied with a smile.

"That's better than I do." The crown princess said with a smile: "I have not been good at tea since I was a child, my mother often said that I was like a cow chewing peonies when I was given good tea." ”

She laughed.

Zhao Yan also smiled with her, she didn't dare to take it.

"I called you here today to make a compensatory deal with you." The crown princess spoke to her for a while before turning the other around.

Zhao Yan knew that this was the right topic.

She hurriedly got up, lowered her head and said, "The crown princess is serious, Zhao Yan doesn't dare." ”

"Sit down and listen to me." The crown princess raised her hand at her.

Zhao Yan lowered her head: "Niangniang, please speak." ”

"Didn't I choose you yesterday to be 'Qi Niang' on Daughter's Day?" The crown princess sighed: "This thing, it can't be done." ”

"Why?" Zhao Yanxing's eyes were full of puzzlement, and she raised her eyes to look at her.

Zhou Yu told her about this in the morning.

She knew it in her heart.

It's just that I don't know what the crown princess wants to do with this matter?

"Because of King Yong." The crown princess lowered her voice and said, "The people under King Yong, say that Miss Zhao, you have a bad reputation and are not worthy of this great responsibility.

Last night, he made trouble with His Majesty, and His Majesty issued an edict, saying that he would choose someone else. ”

"It's true that I'm notorious." Zhao Yan smiled.

It turned out that the crown princess called her here to provoke her to deal with King Yong.

"I've heard those rumors before." The crown princess looked at her, her eyes full of sympathy: "But after getting to know you, looking at your speech and demeanor, you don't look like the person who is rumored."

I heard, the mother in your family is a stepmother? ”

"Yes." Zhao Yan lowered her eyes and answered softly.

"It's no wonder that life under my stepmother is not easy." The crown princess looked sympathetic.

"yes." Zhao Yan nodded and said, "Actually, this is not the fault of the stepmother alone.

The father's inaction is the culprit. ”

The crown princess was a little surprised, she just wanted to win over Zhao Yan and say it casually.

But I don't want to, Zhao Yan actually said such a thing, is this to dig out her heart and lungs with her?

She couldn't get it.

"Yes." The crown princess immediately followed Zhao Yan's words and said: "If the father loves the original child, the stepmother will not dare to be so presumptuous." ”

"Who's to say it isn't." Zhao Yan raised her eyes to look at her, with closeness in her eyes: "The crown princess is really happy, she can grow up under her father's knees."

I haven't had such a good life in my life. ”

"You, you're still young, and it's the same if you marry a wishful husband in the future." The crown princess smiled and spoke.

"I hope to borrow the auspicious words of the crown princess." Zhao Yan showed a little shyness and expectation just right, as if she thought of her sweetheart.

The crown princess thought about her father's suspicion that Zhao Yan and Zhou Yu were not in that relationship, and looking at Zhao Yan's expression, she could be sure that her and Zhou Yu's affairs were somewhat true.

Zhao Yan leaned forward, with a faint flattery on her face: "Before, I didn't get close to the crown princess, I always thought that the crown princess was high and would not pay attention to people like me."

Seeing the crown princess in private today is so friendly, which is beyond my expectations.

But it also made me bolder.

I have something I want to ask the princess for help, I don't know if it's okay? ”

"That's it." The crown princess immediately said: "I see you, you are also a poor person.

If there's anything I can do to help, I'll help you. ”

Zhao Yan spoke, she couldn't ask for it.

"I want to ask the crown princess to help me check on my father." Zhao Yan said: "These days, the family has a lot of money for no reason.

My father is now in charge of the construction of a bridge, and I suspect that he is greedy for the bridge's money.

If the bridge does not have enough silver taels to hire skilled craftsmen to sell good timber, but is shoddy, how can it be used?

How innocent are the people around the bridge? ”

The crown princess was surprised in her heart, but her face did not show it, but she frowned and said, "Do you know what you are talking about?"

That's your father.

He doesn't care about you anymore, he is the Marquis of Huai'an, and you are the eldest girl of the Marquis of Huai'an.

If he is dismissed, you will be nothing.

Don't say such things outside, for I didn't hear them today. ”

This Zhao Yan is too stupid, right?

Can Zhou Yu really look at her?

"The crown princess doesn't know anything." Zhao Yan said: "I have lived in hardship since I was a child, all because of my father.

Now that I'm so old, he still disdains me, feeling that without him, I wouldn't be where I am today.

But what do I have today? I'm still nothing, I'm still infamous.

I just want my father to be punished, and I don't want him to die.

I asked, the silver taels he was greedy for, the crime is not death, at most it is dismissal and dismissal.

This is exactly what I want, and I beg the princess to fulfill it. ”

As she spoke, she knelt down.

The crown princess was quick-eyed, grabbed her, and raised her eyes to look at her: "Are you sure, you really want your father to be dismissed?"

If you are angry, I can help you teach him a lesson, you don't have to do it so much. ”

"It's enough to leave him a vacant title, and I've already thought about the rest." Zhao Yan's eyes were firm.

Zhao Wenjun is now King Yong's person, and it is just right for the prince's people to move him, and the two parties can fight again.

When the time comes, while they are not looking, she will be able to get out of the way.