CHAPTER XIII

The general moved the corners of his mouth, and muttered: "Since this is the case, then this jade box" said, about to take out the two jade boxes, the second prince pressed the general's hand: "The situation, I already know, this flower is also good and evil, this is not a mortal thing, this sister of mine lost her mother at an early age, and was favored by my father and the emperor is delicate and abnormal, plus she is still young, she doesn't know how thick the sky is, and she is curious about everything, so she offended the general, and asked the general to forgive me, the deal she reached with you was to take advantage of the danger of others, and you don't have to take it to heart, general." ”

After hearing this, the general was moved in his heart and wanted to say something more, but the second prince stopped what he was about to say with a gesture, and said with a smile: "The general finally came to Zhou Guo for a trip, if the lady's illness is not too serious, take a look at the scenery, and then leave, it is not too late." ”

As soon as the general heard the lady's illness, the lady's sick face appeared in front of him, and he was anxious, and now that the prescription had been received, he offered a donor and said: "Then since this is the case, thank the second prince for the medicine, and the second prince should repay me for the kindness of my husband and wife in the next life, and I should repay the grass and the ring." After speaking, he gave a big gift to the second prince and the little princess, and left in a hurry.

The little princess looked at the leaving general as if she was in a hurry, so she almost rushed up and grabbed the general, but the second prince stepped on the little princess with his foot, and after all, the second prince came out of the same womb as the little princess, and the father was very fond and pitiful to the little princess, and this elder brother took on the responsibility of education, so the little princess was usually a little afraid of him, but seeing that the treasures of this world were getting farther and farther away from her, the little princess finally broke out:" I thought about this thing for a long time, why can't I give it to me, this flower can become an immortal after eating, then I can let the queen mother return to the world, why, you have also seen the queen mother, and experienced the love of the queen mother, I can only look at her portrait, from the mouth of my father and you, and even from the mouth of the next person to know her voice and smile. ”

As she spoke, the little princess cried, first in the wind and rain, and then in the aftermath, it became sobbing and sobbing, and then later, the grievances of crying, there was no sound, and the second prince did not speak, he ate slowly, drank tea, and when the little princess finished venting, the second prince hugged the little princess, wiped the tears on the little princess's face, touched the little princess's long hair, and said softly:" Don't be sad, the most important thing for people is to follow fate, if you do this kind of thing that changes your life against the sky, even if you become an immortal, you will be sent to the Nine Hells, which is not good for you, and it is not necessarily good for the queen mother, is it not enough to have a brother and father who love you?"

The little princess beat the second prince with her little fist hard, shouting: "It's not good, it's just not enough" and then jumped down from the second prince's lap, carrying the long skirt that reached the ground, regardless of the crying hair, ran straight away, followed the eunuch of the little princess, and the palace maid hurriedly followed behind.

The second prince shook his head, looked at his sister who ran away with messy hair and messy clothes, sighed, remembered the queen mother, his face was full of gloom, and he didn't feel depressed in his heart, and he was about to ask the eunuch to send a pot of wine, the sound of the flute started again, or faintly, from time to time, the second prince snorted coldly, and the tea in his mouth seemed to become bitter, he stood up, looked in the direction where the sound of the flute came, and was silent for a long time, and then sighed deeply, straightened his clothes, and Shi Shiran left the pavilion.

This pavilion was originally a place to shelter from the wind, but the faint sound of the flute made this pavilion have a chill, the breeze blew, a few leaves fell, and after a while, the originally clean walkway has been paved with light or dark green.