royal girl

Chapter 268
"Since Your Majesty has said this, the servants will naturally do their best in fear." Hui Yu said cautiously.

"You stayed in the border for a while, and you want to know more about the things outside the customs. Then the wives and princesses of the tribes outside the customs will trouble you."

Huiyu now understands that Concubine Han hosted a banquet for the guests, but she herself has to entertain Princess Hulan herself. What does this look like to outsiders?I'm afraid everyone will be more convinced that Princess Hulan will definitely enter Prince Jing's mansion, right?It's just that this kind of behavior doesn't look like Xia Yingbai's, and since she came in, although Xia Yingbai treats herself with the same kindness as usual, she always feels that there is something more and something is missing.If the two had met before, they would definitely not feel so warm but somewhat restrained now.

Hui Yu's heart trembled for someone who could make Xia Yingbai so restrained, so there must be someone else in the tent besides Xia Yingbai.Who that person was, Huiyu didn't even need to think about it, she already knew who it was.

Moreover, in Xia Ying's vernacular, he specifically stated that he had stayed at the border for a period of time, and also said that he knew the tribes outside the Great Wall very well, which is a bit embarrassing.It seems that what Grandfather said is right, the emperor has already become suspicious and dissatisfied with her, that's why Concubine Han's temptation today.But it's also fortunate that Xia Yingbai and herself are really friends, otherwise, if they changed to the same way of getting along as usual, she wouldn't find out if she wasn't vigilant.

Fortunately, fortunately.

"Your Majesty said this so well that I don't know how to answer it." Huiyu tried to calm herself down, her face unchanged, but there was a bit of a joke in her voice, "Although I'm staying at the border A few months later, but I have never been to the other side of the mountain, and I have only heard about the affairs of the tribes outside the Great Wall, so I don’t know anything about it.”

The heart that Xia Yingbai had been holding on all the time fell to the ground at this time. Huiyu finally found out that she was strange. After she was relieved, she followed Huiyu's words and said, "Oh? I thought you would have gone to see it with your temperament. pass."

"I really want to go, but my grandfather doesn't agree, so I can only imagine it out of thin air." Huiyu complained slightly, "It happened to be cold winter when I arrived at the border, so what fun places can I go? .It’s just being bored in the house all day. After my brother and cousin finish training, maybe he will take me to ride a horse for a while, at most it’s hunting in the mountains, and there’s nothing more. You look at me as a foreigner. In fact, he is the most disciplined person in his bones. Even my brother and cousin have become disciplined, and I dare not be presumptuous. It is not a good thing for grandpa to get angry."

"I didn't expect the Marquis of Bei'an to have such a side." Concubine Han laughed, "I used to hear that he had brilliant military exploits, and I always thought he wasn't that kind of layman."

Huiyu pursed her lips and chuckled, and said in a low voice, "That's right. When I arrived at the border, I suffered a lot from my grandfather. My grandfather said that boys are easy to talk about, but women can't do whatever they want. If I If you do something out of the norm, you will always be punished, and you don’t dare to be presumptuous if you come and go.”

"You're fooling me. I heard that yesterday you were very majestic in front of Princess Hulan. Even Prince Jing made amends to you. I don't know how many women envy you. People are not people who bow their heads casually."

In the end, the matter is still here, and Huiyu's guess in his heart is a little more accurate.Unexpectedly, the emperor, an old fox, would use Xia Yingbai's mouth to test himself. First of all, he was close to Xia Yingbai, so he would not be too defensive when talking to her. Second, the emperor also wanted to know what was going on in his heart. Why didn't I think about it.It's just that the emperor never expected that Xia Yingbai would warn her in her own way, and let her understand the danger inside.In this way, the dangerous situation became an opportunity for Huiyu to clean up.

"This really wronged me to death." Hui Yu drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, screamed for innocence, and looked at Shang Xia Yingbai's shining eyes.

"Really? I really want to hear how you have been wronged, who dares to wrong you?"

"I don't say a single word of this to others, but you and I have been in love for many years. Since you ask me, I can't lie to you. In fact, the prince asked me to do what happened yesterday." Huiyu sighed heavily.

"What?" Xia Yingbai looked at Huiyu in surprise, "Why did Prince Jing do this?"

"The specific reason is that the prince is a person who does great things, so why would he explain it in detail to me, a woman in the house, but he explained to me a few words, to the effect that Princess Hulan is too famous outside the Great Wall, and the prince really doesn't like it. "

"Don't like it?" Xia Yingbai cooperated with Hui Yu's words and made a surprised expression, "Then Princess Hulan is beautiful and beautiful. I don't know how many men want to marry her home, so why don't you look down on me?"

Huiyu said in great distress: "The prince's obsession with cleanliness is well known, so if Princess Hulan only has beauty and no such rumors, it's fine, but Princess Hulan is always surrounded by a group of admirers. How can such a temperament be admired? It's not like you don't know that the concubines and concubines in our palace are still sitting on the bench. Ci, the prince always picks and chooses girls from innocent backgrounds. People outside say that I am naturally jealous and intolerant. This is really unfair to me. I have nowhere to complain. If the prince directly Rejecting Princess Hulan, I was afraid that the leader of Hutu would look ugly, and he was afraid of causing trouble to the emperor. After thinking about it, he informed me in advance to be a rouge tiger. Let’s face it, it’s cheaper for everyone, but I’m the only one wronged, don’t I have nowhere to sue?”

"It's really unexpected, it's like this." Xia Yingbai sighed, with a bit of compassion in her tone, "I really wronged you."

"No one knows what kind of temperament our lord has. Madam, tell me, is he a person who is submissive to women because of his temper? But it is true that the lord treats me well. I saved my life with him back then. Because of this, maybe I am no different from other women in the mansion now." Hui Yu smiled wryly, looked at Xia Yingbai and said, "After all, I am just a woman, and the only person I can rely on is this person by my side. Naturally, I hope for his well-being. Is it okay for me to disobey what he ordered me to do? After all, he doesn’t want to embarrass the emperor, and he doesn’t want to lose the face of the royal family. As for me… What does fame matter, as long as the prince knows that I have been wronged."

"Women's family has such a reputation, you don't realize it now, maybe it will be a huge problem in the future." Xia Yingbai's tone also had a sense of loneliness, as if she felt sorry for Huiyu.

"Your Majesty probably wants to say that I am a late beauty, and the prince will eventually be accompanied by a young woman. At that time, this crime will make me irresponsible for the rest of my life, isn't it?"

"You understand very well in your heart."

"Yes, I understand very well. There is nothing I don't understand, but since I am married to him, I can only protect his face. What's more, the prince still has the face of the royal family behind him. If I do something to cover the royal face Ashamed, my grandfather would not spare me if he was the first one, you know that his loyalty to the emperor is the first, it is more important than his own life."

Xia Yingbai chuckled, "The Marquis of Bei'an is loyal to the emperor and loves the people, the emperor knows it in his heart." After saying this, she paused, "Then if Princess Hulan really insists on marrying Prince Jing, what will you do? ?”

Huiyu lowered her head halfway, but her heart was running at high speed. The emperor must have asked Xia Yingbai to ask, but how could she answer so that the emperor felt that what she was telling was the truth?
"That depends on how the princess got in." Huiyu replied after thinking about it.

"Is there a difference?" Xia Yingbai was really surprised this time, she stared at Huiyu and asked, she didn't expect her to say that.

"Of course there is a difference." Hui Yu solemnly said, "If the emperor bestows a marriage, I will naturally get along with her peacefully. Otherwise, if the leader of Hutu knows that his daughter has been wronged in our Prince Jing's mansion, wouldn't it be the emperor who bestowed the marriage?" Embarrassed? Even if I wronged myself, I can't shame the royal family. If Princess Hulan ran into our palace by herself, don't say that the prince didn't like her, even I would chase after men like her. Behavior is contemptuous, as long as it is well-behaved, it’s fine, but if I make trouble, I will naturally not be wronged in vain.”

"Your temperament really hasn't changed at all." Xia Yingbai said, "But Princess Hulan may not do such a shameless thing."

"That's not necessarily the case. My grandfather said that the women outside the Great Wall are bold and unrestrained, with a flamboyant temperament, and they are proud of having many suitors. If such a woman marries into our Dajin, not to mention the royal family, even ordinary people will not tolerate it." She." Huiyu's words were not lying, Dajin's atmosphere was rigorous, if someone's daughter-in-law dared to do this, it would be the end of Shentang.

"Don't talk about her, I don't know what will happen with this matter." Xia Yingbai just revealed this chapter, "No matter what, you still need to know more about things outside the Great Wall than others. During the banquet, You still have to deal with me."

"If you don't dislike me, I'm obliged." Huiyu chuckled, "In short, the face of our great country cannot be damaged in any way."

"The Marquis of Bei'an really knows how to teach people and put the country first."

"I'm not that great. I just feel that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country. When the country is well, we will all be well. What's the point if there's nothing left?"

"Compared to you, I feel that I am really worthless." Xia Yingbai sighed.

"Don't say that. The emperor is in a happy mood. It concerns the lives of the common people. The empress also bears a heavy burden."

Xia Yingbai burst out laughing, leaned over and tapped Huiyu's forehead, "Your mouth is really unforgiving. You drink my tea for nothing, but you still want to entertain me."

"Your Majesty really wronged me, I'm telling the truth." Huiyu pursed her lips and chuckled.

After the two chatted and laughed, Huiyu got up and said goodbye. Xia Yingbai sent her to the outside of the screen. Across the screen, she gently squeezed Huiyu's palm.Huiyu smiled at her, and then left briskly.

Taking a deep breath, Xia Yingbai went around the screen and walked back, only to see that the other side of the tent was lifted up, and the emperor strode in.It turned out that Concubine Han's tent was next to a small tent, separated by a layer of curtains, so it would not be easily discovered.Just now, the emperor was listening to the two talking in the small tent next to each other.

"Your Majesty." Xia Yingbai walked over and shouted softly, "I've asked everything you asked me to ask. I didn't hear anything wrong, but I think Bei'anhou is really a loyal person."

The emperor nodded, and sat down holding Concubine Han's hand, "It's hard work for Concubine Han today."

"I don't dare to say it's hard work for you. I can't even ask for it." Concubine Han stood up and squeezed the emperor's shoulders. Time will teach you to get up."

"No need." The emperor squeezed the space between his brows, "Ha'er and Lin and the two leaders of the Naiman tribe are still waiting, so don't leave it alone. Concubine Ai, rest, I will accompany you at night."

Concubine Han stood up to send the emperor away, Yin Yin asked Wan Chang'an to take good care of the emperor, the emperor's expression softened a lot, and he strode out.

After the emperor left, Xia Yingbai returned to the tent with weak footsteps. Sitting on the big couch, she felt her heart beating extremely fast, and her back was covered with a layer of cold sweat.If Dong Huiyu hadn't noticed her own hint, I still don't know how it would end today. This shock only made the whole person feel a little terrified.Yesterday the emperor said that he wanted to meet Princess Jing, and told him what to ask, but the emperor didn't leave after speaking, so he had no choice but to order Chen Su to deliver the letter in front of him.The emperor never left at night and stayed by his side all the time, presumably because he was afraid that he would send a letter to Dong Huiyu privately, thinking of this, he just felt a chill in his heart.

Fortunately, everything is going well.

If not, he would have really harmed Huiyu.

I will be restless all my life.

Xia Yingbai has been in the palace for several years, this is the first time that he directly felt the emperor's ruthlessness, so hard to guard against, so straightforward, so merciless.

After arriving at the border, the emperor didn't say anything to her, so she didn't show her face, and stayed in the tent peacefully. She knew that most of the time, she had to pay attention to timing when doing anything.She knew a lot of things that happened outside through the mouth of the servants, but she couldn't move, say, or do anything.After she knew what happened yesterday, she felt uneasy all the time, a kind of uneasiness that she couldn't express, and such uneasiness made her feel like an ant on a hot pot.She has been with the emperor for several years, and knows that the emperor values ​​state power more than anything else. Although the emperor has said nothing in the past two years, she can tell that the emperor is carefully selecting an heir from the sidelines.With the emperor's temperament, the heir he likes naturally has to be somewhat similar to him. In fact, Prince Jing is the person who resembles the emperor the most.

However, the emperor was displeased with what happened yesterday, and she could feel it.

Sure enough, things developed as if they were out of control. Even she had to follow in the footsteps of the emperor, and she didn't dare to say a word, and she didn't even dare to go out of this tent easily.

Imperial power is daunting.

After Huiyu returned to her tent, she was still smiling as usual at first, but after dismissing all the waiters, she collapsed on the big couch as if she had been cramped, unable to get up for a long time.His heart was pounding, the sound seemed to come out of his chest, grandpa was right, fortunately her old man let him kneel down yesterday, otherwise he would have screwed up the sudden interrogation today.

The emperor...was so suspicious, it was beyond her expectation.

But now, she is even more unable to guess what the emperor is going to do, whether he really wants to give Princess Hulan to Ji Qiyu, or whether all this is just a cover-up. That accident was taken away.

I don't know how long it took before there were slight familiar footsteps, and she raised her head slowly, and saw Ji Qiyu standing in front of the couch, staring at her with her head down, her focused and deep eyes were the same as every day and every moment before.

She jumped up and threw herself into his arms, buried her head in his chest, and felt that this chest made her feel so safe for the first time.

"What's wrong?" Ji Qiyu didn't know what happened, but she could feel Huiyu's whole body trembling, so she could only wrap her tightly in her arms and ask softly.

"Ji Qiyu."

For a long time, Huiyu had never called him by his first and last name like this, except for yesterday's accident.

Ji Qiyu frowned slightly, Huiyu seemed to be in an inappropriate mood, sat down with her in his arms, and patted her on the back lightly, "I'm here, I'm always here."

"Ji Qiyu, I found that I was really stupid. I lived too comfortably, and it made me lose my way and made a big mistake."

In Ji Qiyu's eyes, Huiyu has always been a wise and confident woman, and he has never heard of her being so... weak. Such a strange Huiyu made his heart feel a little dull.

"If you are stupid, will others still live? You always have to leave a way for others, don't you?" He tried to make her relax, with a bit of banter in his words.

"Fortunately, fortunately, there is still time, and there is still time for me to correct this mistake." Huiyu continued in a muffled voice, "Ji Qiyu, if one day I become a cruel and merciless person, will you... stay away from me and despise me?" Me?" If the emperor really used power to subdue her and take away her happiness, she had already said that she would not submit.It's just that after the jade was broken, the only things she couldn't bear to part with were the man in front of her and her own daughter.

(End of this chapter)