On the day of her sixteenth birthday, Yu Ye asked Xu Jiao to go to court and gave her a golden bell anklet.
During the year in which she was in power, Xu Jiao could understand more things when she was in the imperial court. She also saw clearly the differences between the forces in Dayan's court and knew who was supporting Yu Ye on the surface, but actually The people who plotted to overthrow her from the top and bottom also knew who were upright neutrals who absolutely supported the imperial power, and who seemed to have no relationship with Yu Ye on the surface, but were actually her loyal followers.
This court is like a boundless ocean. The person in power drives a big boat, relying on the weather and familiarity with ocean currents to predict the storms that will appear ahead, and then avoid these crises in time, so that Own boat line makes it more stable.
It is worth mentioning that-
The male lead Nie Yunyue, who tried to plot against Xu Jiao several times before but was unsuccessful, has been very quiet this year. Are you holding back a big plan.
Xu Jiao herself has no eyes or ears in the palace. She doesn't want Yu Ye to feel that she is about to get out of control, and she has no interest in the calculations in the palace. One day, she suddenly remembered this, and asked Yu Ye casually:
"The prince from Da Liang... What are you busy with recently?"
At that time, she was drinking a small bowl of dehumidified mung bean soup because it was too hot in the summer. Because Yu Ye was watching her closely, she could only drink a bowl of mung bean soup to relieve the heat and ice. The cold air is too heavy, and it can easily hurt her spleen and stomach.
Blowing off the small mung bean shell left on the soup, she raised her eyes to look at Yu Ye, but found that the regent didn't answer her question, but just stared at her with those bottomless black eyes. Focused and captivating.
Since the age of sixteen, Xu Jiao has discovered—
This Yu Ye.
Not to mention the number of times she ran to the East Palace, and she always looked at her with such strange eyes when she was not aware of it, which made her heart tremble, but except for Yu Ye, who preferred to compete with the palace people to take care of her. Other than that, I haven't seen any arrogant behavior from this person.
But just like this, Xu Jiao was even more worried.
After all, Yu Ye's character itself is different from ordinary people. If she is such a pervert, if she has some thoughts and holds back, wouldn't it be even more perverted
She hurriedly turned her eyes away, trying to pretend that she didn't notice Yu Ye's burning gaze, but she heard the other person say slowly:
"Your Highness is thinking of him?"
Xu Jiao didn't seem to hear the ambiguity in these words, and took the topic seriously: "Yeah, although Daliang is in the bitter cold of the northwest, and is deeply harassed by people outside the Great Wall, the soldiers have a strong fighting ability, no matter if they get off the horse immediately. , is a good player on the battlefield, and now Nie Yunyue is not as good as the weak crown, he has already been selected as the heir, if he finds the opportunity to return to the beam..."
"Isn't it letting the tiger return to the mountain?"
Yu Ye listened a little casually, watching her patronize and talking, but he didn't even notice that the mung bean soup in his hand was getting cold, so he had to put the bowl in Xu Jiao's hand, and watched her drink some more before making a leisurely voice :
"I heard that he has been playing the piano in the yard recently and playing some lyrical songs."
"Whether it's true or not, if he lives in peace, I'll let him live a few more days. If he's restless, I can only end his life early, but no matter what—"
Yu Ye glanced at Xu Jiao's expression, paused for a moment, and his voice was a little lower than before: "I won't let him step out of Dayan's palace gate alive."
Xu Jiao knew that she was reborn and understood the threat Nie Yunyue was posing to Dayan, but what she was worried about was that the male protagonist also had a halo inside and out. It wasn't that Xu Jiao came to this world halfway. With his previous knowledge of Dayan, the prince who was being held hostage by Yu Ye, Xu Jiao would fall in love with him the first time they met.
Then there was an accidental reunion in the snow later, seeing the prince of the enemy country who was also controlled by Yu Ye, Xu Jiao would inevitably develop a similar mentality, and it would be difficult not to get close to Nie Yunyue.
At that time, the probability of Nie Yunyue turning over in Dayan's palace will increase a lot. Even if Xu Jiao cannot be made emperor, it will be enough to cause Yu Ye a headache.
But now, Nie Yunyue has seen that Xu Jiao is not simple, and may have heard the news that Yu Ye is now very close to the prince, and may no longer make up her mind about Xu Jiao—
But Xu Jiao was still not worried.
She is bright, Nie Yunyue is dark.
She hoped that the male protagonist could lead the dog quietly and not cause any trouble to her and Yu Ye.
She had no feelings for the hero and heroine in her writing. She used to be able to watch the heroine die in front of her. Now if she has the ability, for the smooth completion of the task, she can give her a glass of poison-wine, and she can do it without blinking an eye. Pour Nie Yunyue down.
…
Xu Jiao passed a year peacefully.
Even the frequency of colds in the changing seasons is much lower than before, which is the result of Yu Ye taking good care of her.
On his seventeenth birthday, Yu Ye left a big message to Baiguan when he went to court on that day. It roughly means that the current crown prince has been in power for one year, while Dayan's throne is still vacant for a long time. It is easy to cause unnecessary troubles, and it is an eventful time at this time. It is inevitable that other countries will find opportunities to cause troubles. It is better to let the Qin Tianjian find an auspicious day and let the prince ascend the throne.
As soon as the words came out, the officials were agitated.
Originally thought that Yu Ye in the current state of Yan was in control of the state, and there was only a puppet prince as a bargaining chip, but now Yu Ye was not satisfied with this. Ambitious.
The censors who had stopped before began to play, and there were more guards outside the East Palace. Xu Jiao did not wait for the three requests and three concessions that the emperor should have when he ascended the throne. A bowl of water was poured into the high-temperature oil pan, and the Chaotang was boiling for half a month.
In the end, Yu Ye killed some people before suppressing the objection.
On the day when the imperial censors were hung out, Yu Ye came to the East Palace for dinner as usual. Because of Xu Jiao's picky mouth, the small kitchen in the East Palace was better than the imperial kitchen. I want to eat a simple bowl of plain noodles. The side dishes in the noodles will also include bean sprouts, fungus, mushrooms, corn, green vegetables, shredded radish, etc. There are more than ten samples. The soup base looks clear, but it is actually the nutrition that has been boiled for several days stock.
Therefore, people who eat a bowl of plain noodles are hearty.
Yu Ye and the other palace servants brought their bowl of noodles, smelled the fragrance of the chicken soup base, and just picked up the chopsticks, suddenly heard Xu Jiao on the opposite side:
"Master Yu."
Yu Ye looked at her, but the first sentence out of his mouth was: "Eat, don't say a word, don't say a word. If your Highness has something to say, I'll talk about it after the meal."
She didn't want to lose Xu Jiao's appetite.
Xu Jiao could only use her chopsticks to eat the hot plain noodles in her bowl. She finally managed to solve it. She took a sip of the deodorized tea and put the tea cup back on the tray of the palace servant next to her, seeing that Yu Ye also put it down. Chopsticks, he said aloud what he just wanted to mention:
"I heard that Mr. Yu hung the imperial censor, Mr. Gao, on the outer wall of the palace today..."
Yu Ye made a sound of "um", took the tea, and the glass lid of the tea cup collided with the wall of the cup with a slight movement, "It was a lack of time before, but they thought I had lost my mind, now it's time to remind them, The heir I fancy, I must let her sit in that seat."
Xu Jiao understood the meaning of her words, she was silent for a moment, and then suddenly said: "Master Yu is better than me in everything except for his surname Xu, why—"
She didn't say anything later, but she knew that Yu Ye would definitely understand.
Yu Ye asked her, "Don't want to be emperor?"
Xu Jiao looked at the smile flickering in her eyes and realized that her question was not simple. Now she has adapted to the rhythm of Yu Ye's digging holes in her words, so she said calmly:
"Just curious."
She didn't answer Yu Ye's question, but Yu Ye wanted to let her know the consequences of what she said. He hooked his lips, raised his hand to bring the teacup to his lips, took a sip of the Longjing before the rain, and then laughed softly and said:
"I'm still not interested in this power when I'm His Highness."
"Now that His Highness is already a prince, but he doesn't want to be an emperor, do you want to know what happens to the princes who are not emperors in the history books?"
Xu Jiao was silent.
However, Yu Ye had to tell her: "They were all killed, because the identity of the former prince was too threatening to the emperor."
Seeing Xu Jiao turn her eyes away, Yu Ye said again, "However, if I were sitting in that seat, I wouldn't kill you—"
Xu Jiao raised her brows and looked back.
Yu Ye smiled, "I will block you, after all, I won't kill you, there will always be some people who want to kill you for me, so for your safety, you can only stay by my side forever, I do A golden cage to raise you, how are you doing?"
Xu Jiao: Just one word, I will only say it once.
She lost the nature of wrangling with Yu Ye, got up from the dining table, and walked outside the hall: "I'm going to read a book, Master Yu is free."
Yu Ye looked at her disappearing figure, and the smile in his eyes did not diminish.
Her Highness seems to have grown a little taller.
…
The whole year of seventeen.
Xu Jiao was watching the game between Yu Ye and the courtiers, interspersed with some confrontations with other countries, as well as matters concerning the people's livelihood in China, such as the blockage of the ditch connecting the big river, and the development of new rice is almost the same. Well, I don't know how the seeding goes down.
At the end of the year, when the palace was decorated with lanterns, Xu Jiao realized that she was almost eighteen years old.
Her birthday is on the fourth day of the new year, and she was born at the beginning of the year. I heard that the snow in the palace was particularly heavy in the year she was born, and the first snow of this year also came early, so it was during the Chinese New Year. When I was there, people in the palace could be heard sighing about the cold this year.
But Ruixue is a good year.
This is a good thing.
Xu Jiao instructed the people in the palace to pay attention to repairing some old palaces, so that some houses are not old, collapsed by snow, and hurt the lives of the palace people. She also asked the guards of the imperial capital to step up patrols and arrange for some unfixed residences to be temporarily accommodated. , and then let the wealthy people in the city open their sheds and cook porridge.
In this way, you can have a good year no matter in or out of the city.
But before her birthday, something bigger grabbed her attention—
Yu Ye has made a decision with the Qintian supervisor to hold her enthronement ceremony in the spring of the year.
In the end, Yu Ye won the court battle with absolute right to speak, and praised her as the emperor.
When the news came out, the palace people around Xu Jiao became very happy, and the steward of the East Palace even announced that they would give everyone a big red envelope this year. realism.
…
"His Royal Highness, the water in the bath will be cold if you soak it for too long. If you have enough soaking, get up earlier."
in the hot spring.
The palace servant outside the screen reminded Xu Jiao in a low voice to take a bath.
Xu Jiao responded, coveting the warmth of the water, she didn't want to wake up for a while, but she fell asleep while soaking in the water. After all, today was her birthday, and the palace was lively for a day. She went to play outside the palace, and she kept making noise all day. Now that she was tired, she slept by the pool.
Halfway through the sleep, she suddenly heard the sound of water beside her. Xu Jiao lifted her eyelids and looked to the side, and said at the same time:
"I'm done, I'll be-"
The voice stopped halfway through.
She saw Yu Ye, who was covered by the water level and only wore a silver inner shirt. His long black hair was curled up, revealing a slender and slender neck, which was as elegant as a swan. The shoulders and waist were extremely soft.
Just looking at the side face, without her black official uniform on her body, her majesty seems to be a little less than before.
Yu Ye raised his brows, with a thin smile in his eyes: "Finally washed?"
Xu Jiao: "…"
She moved to the side silently, got up to go out of the pool, raised her hand to reach the towel on the screen, Yu Ye asked her from behind, "Why did your Highness rush to leave when he saw me?"
Xu Jiao stepped on the steps in the pool. Tonight, because she was lazy, she didn't take off the bell on her feet when she was taking a bath. Who knows that the bell that doesn't ring very often in normal times, now because of her movements in the water, A series of lingering crisp sounds came out.
Xu Jiao was stunned for a moment, then looked down and found that the bell by her ankle was shaking slightly as the water fluttered.
I don't know what the reason is.
Yu Ye also heard this movement, and the smile in his eyes deepened, and then said: "Your Highness likes the gift I gave you so much, you are not willing to take it off when you wash it?"
Xu Jiao hooked the corner of her lower lip insincerely and said, "Forget it."
Seeing that she was far enough away from Yu Ye, she raised her feet and went ashore. The bell followed her movements all the way, until Xu Jiao's wet footprints disappeared and the water in the bell was flowing, and it was quiet again.
Hearing the movement, Yu Ye squinted his eyes, looked at the pool in front of him again, and said quietly, "Unfortunately..."
If it wasn't for Xu Jiao's poor health, she would have soaked in this pool for a long time.
She really wanted to do it in this hot spring.
…
In the inner hall.
Xu Jiao changed her clothes and yawned as she watched the palace attendant change into a new set of quilts. She was about to fall down and fell asleep when she heard someone come to report, "Your Highness, Master Yu has someone present it for you. Birthday present."
Xu Jiao said lazily, "Xuan."
Soon the palace servants came in with a wooden box.
Another wooden box.
When Xu Jiao looks at this thing now, she thinks of the gift Yu Ye gave her. When she was sixteen, it was an anklet, and when she was seventeen, it was a headband. Now she is eighteen, what tricks does she want to do
Thinking like this, she stepped forward without hesitation and opened the box, and saw a row of lying inside...
Weird feathers.
colorful.
From very thin and short, to very large and beautiful, with peacock feathers and other beautiful feathers that are unrecognizable.
"what is this?"
Xu Jiao was thinking about this vengeful guy, wouldn't she also want to tickle herself with this feather, how could she remember her vengeance three years ago to now, is there anyone in the world who is more stingy than Yu Ye
Before waiting for the palace servant to answer, Yu Ye's voice came from outside the hall to near: "Of course it's a gift for His Highness, because I don't know what color and appearance His Highness likes, so people gathered the most beautiful ones. , it's up to you to choose."
Xu Jiao was overwhelmed by sleepiness, she sat beside the bed and said calmly, "I don't want to choose."
Yu Ye smiled, and the candlelight in the hall reflected in her eyes, because it was the inner hall after bathing, she didn't even wear shoes, she walked silently in front of Xu Jiao, she glanced at the feathers in the box next to her, and answered understandingly :
"It's okay."
"If Your Highness does not choose, I will do it according to my will."
Xu Jiao: "…"
Can you send gifts like this