Qi Wang very naturally sat down on the rosewood chair opposite Princess Shao'an.
The chair was covered with thick cotton cushions, and it felt very comfortable to sit on. Princess Shao'an picked up the teapot on the small red clay stove, poured a cup of tea for Qi Huang, and pushed it in front of him.
"Huian, I remember that you like to drink Yuqian Longjing the most. I prepared this just now. You can try it."
King Xin's nickname is Huai'an, except for Princess Shao'an and the current Holy Majesty, no one has ever called him by his nickname. Such an intimate name has unknowingly shortened the distance between the two. Qi Wang picked up the teacup and took a sip. Before he swallowed the slightly bitter tea, Princess Shao'an who was sitting opposite spoke again.
"Eighteen years have passed, Huai'an, you should feel relieved, the backyard of Prince Xin's Mansion has been empty for many years, it's time to welcome its owner."
Qi Huan: "..."
Originally thought that Princess Shao'an kept him here because she wanted to say something important to him, but she didn't expect that Princess Shao'an wanted to match him.
The tea that he drank lost its taste in an instant, Qi Wang silently drank the tea that had become extremely bitter, and then said: "Eldest sister, this matter..."
Qi Wang wanted to say that this matter still needs to be carefully considered before talking about other things, but Princess Shao'an interrupted Qi Wang before he could finish speaking.
"Huai'an, this is also what the Holy Majesty means today. Your backyard has been empty for many years. It's time to have a princess. Do you really plan to spend your whole life alone like this?"
Qi Wang didn't expect that Princess Shao'an would look for him to have the meaning of the current emperor. You must know that in the original plot, King Xin did not participate in this plum appreciation banquet in the future, and after returning to the capital, King Xin lived in seclusion, and had a relationship with Shao'an. There are very few opportunities for the eldest princess to meet, so the current plot is something that King Xin has never experienced.
The emperor didn't believe that King Xin was ill, so he put so much trust in him and entrusted the military power to him for safekeeping, and the emperor also acquiesced in his behavior of not marrying a wife, and did not issue a strong order He married a wife, why did he suddenly unite with the eldest princess and asked him to marry a wife
"Eldest sister, my body... Marrying a wife is also delaying other girls. It's better to be alone and feel at ease."
After hearing what Qi Wang said, Princess Shaoan paused holding the cup, and then put the fine bone china cup on the table.
"Huai'an, are you going to lie to elder sister?"
Princess Shao'an's face was full of tiredness. She was almost sixty years old. The ancients used to say that at sixty one knows the destiny. At this age, even if she dresses gracefully and maintains her body She is also very well dressed, she still looks very young, just like the woman in her early forties, but the kind of oldness that comes out of her bones cannot be recovered by maintenance.
If she was still young, Princess Shao'an would not have said these things to Qi Wang. In fact, the age difference between her and Qi Wang's younger brother is too great. When Qi Wang was born, Princess Shao'an was already married and had children. After returning to the palace, she was entangled in household chores, and it didn't take long for her to get in touch with her younger brother.
Later, all the children became relatives, and she became an old lord, and her life was leisurely. When she wanted to get in touch with Qi Wang, Qi Wang went to the border to resist foreigners. This trip lasted for nearly ten years. time.
Later, after Qi Wang came back from the border, he slowly closed himself off and rarely interacted with others. Although he was only in his early twenties, his life was more like an old man than her. The two siblings met Chances are few and far between.
In fact, Princess Shao'an never expected that Qi Huang would come to the plum appreciation banquet held by her this time, just like she did not expect the emperor to tell her to help persuade Qi Huang to choose Xin Wangfei.
The relationship between Princess Shao'an and the current emperor is not very good. They are siblings of the same father and mother, but the relationship is extremely delicate. The suspicious emperor does not trust her elder sister.
Princess Shao'an knew the reason.
She is the first child of the royal father and the queen mother. Although she is a princess, she is also placed with great hopes by the royal father and the queen mother.
The late emperors had been married for many years, but had no heirs, and none of the concubines in the harem gave birth to any heirs. Because of the lack of heirs under the late emperors, the late emperor's status was not stable, and the courtiers were eager to move. It was very difficult to sit.
The birth of Princess Shao'an made life easier for the first emperor. For a long time after her birth, no other children were born in the harem. At that time, the first emperor and the first empress even She moved her mind to raise Princess Shao'anzhan as the crown princess.
If the previous queen hadn't become pregnant again later and gave birth to the current emperor, the throne would have fallen on the head of Princess Shao'an.
But even if Princess Shao'an failed to become the crown princess, her treatment was still the best among the princes and princesses, and even the younger brother who had become the crown prince at that time couldn't surpass her.
Princess Shao'an, who was raised by her childhood, knew how to restrain her temper and personality. She lived a flamboyant and reckless life, and even reached the point of willful behavior. At that time, she didn't even understand the younger brother of the prince. The disgust that hides under the flattery.
When she was young, Princess Shao'an always lived for herself, as if the whole world revolved around herself. She didn't know that the relationship with her younger brothers needs to be maintained, and she didn't know that the world is apart from her father, queen and queen. , no one will love her unconditionally.
It wasn't until she had her own child, had her own life, and knew that time had settled on her body, that she began to look back at the past, and then suddenly woke up.
It turned out that the relationship between her and her two younger brothers was not good at all. The gifts exchanged during the festivals and birthdays were just superficial concerns and did not really go deep.
Then, Princess Shao'an, who was in her fifties, reconciled with the emperor's younger brother, who was in her fifties, and they began to worry about their younger brother, who was in his thirties.
They sincerely want to care about their younger brother, but it is obvious that this younger brother Qi Wang doesn't want much of their concern.
Holding the teapot, Qi Wang poured another cup of tea, this time he drank very slowly.
The Yuqian Longjing that has been placed for more than half a year does not have a dull taste because of its good preservation. On the contrary, because of the precipitation of time, it has a little more aroma that new tea does not have. It is the taste of time precipitation. People who like it like it very much. I don't like it, but I think those flavors will hurt my sense of taste.
Qi Wang slowly drank all the tea in the cup, and then put the cup down again. He raised his head and looked at Princess Shao'an who was opposite: "Eldest sister, I didn't lie, I am alone People are living a good life, and I don’t need anyone to accompany me to share this long life. I’m already thirty-two years old, not twelve. I know what I want. The reason why I came here this time is also It's just to let the wind go, not to find a princess to go back."
However, Princess Shao'an didn't believe what Qi Wang said. She shook her head and said softly, "People change, just like you used to only like to wear blue clothes, but now you change back to them." The crimson dress, isn’t this the change you made? This dress has changed your temperament and made you different from before. Maybe marrying a princess will make you change even more.”
Having said that, Princess Shao'an suddenly paused, she looked at Qi Huang, her eyes became a little strange, and the expression on her face also changed slightly, as if she was deliberating whether she should say the next thing or not, After a long time, she spoke slowly.
"I'm your elder sister. The eldest sister is like a mother. The queen mother is gone. Your lifelong elder sister will naturally think about you. I know why you don't marry a wife. It's just that so many years have passed and many things have changed. It doesn't make much sense to keep going, you changed the color of your clothes, don't you just want to change?"
"If you were still thinking about the past, you wouldn't be so rude to that Zhou Qimeng when you were outside the garden just now."
Just after Princess Shao'an finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room suddenly changed. Qi Wang raised his head and took a deep look at Princess Shao'an, not sure how much she knew.
That is the deepest secret hidden by King Xin. Even Yuan Wu, who has been with him for many years, has never known it. Emotions are meant to be hidden in dark corners where the light cannot be seen. If people find out, what awaits them is the end of their bodies being smashed to pieces.
Qi Wang is very sure that with King Xin's cautious character, this kind of secret will never be revealed. If so, how does Princess Shao'an know about it
What Princess Shao'an said just now was no longer a hint, she almost told Qi Wang that she knew what King Xin was thinking and the secret that King Xin was never married.
Xin Wang has never been physically ill, what is really ill is his psychology.
The tea on the small red clay stove boiled, and the white mist steamed up. Princess Shaoan's face was covered by the mist and became blurred. Because of being too close, the scent of sandalwood became a little pungent.
Qi Wang was choked by the strong aroma and coughed. He coughed twice before returning to normal. It was probably because the cough was a little hard just now, and there was some pain in the chest area. He raised his hand and stroked the chest. Wearing clothes, it seems that you can touch the scars on your body.
"Sister, you are worrying too much. After fighting in the battlefield for so many years, no matter how soft your heart is, it has become cold and hard."
Said, Qi Wang raised his hand, took down the teapot on the small red clay stove, and poured a cup of tea for Princess Shao'an and himself.
"I'm just too lazy to think about some things, but it doesn't mean I don't know anything. I'm no longer a child."
"Emotional matters are the most elusive, invisible and intangible to the human heart. It is obviously unrealistic to influence a person's thoughts and feelings with just a few words. No matter how deep the feelings are, after more than ten years of wear and tear, How much can we have left?"
"Sister, I have seen too many life and death on the battlefield. Life on the border is completely different from that in the capital. After ten years of hard work there, I am no longer the ignorant teenager I was back then."
In fact, King Xin still has some real feelings for his elder sister, and the feelings of Princess Shaoan for King Xin are also very complicated. In the original plot, the emperor's imperial decree was announced by King Xin. Princess Anchang once approached King Xin and asked him if his successor was really the sixth prince.
"Huai'an, I'm your elder sister, don't lie to me, if you say it's him, I'll believe you."
King Xin lied to Princess Shao'an. From the perspective of an outsider, Qi Wang felt that Princess Shao'an in the original plot knew the lie of King Xin.
However, Princess Shao'an did not expose King Xin. Even when the sixth prince, who had already enthroned, killed King Xin, Princess Shao'an, who was already in her sixties, even went to the sixth prince to persuade him. He let go of King Xin.
However, the sixth prince's killing intent had already been planted long before he ascended the throne. King Xin was just a pawn he used to secure the throne. How could he obey Princess Shao'an's words
Before Qi Wang didn't quite understand why Princess Shao'an didn't persuade the sixth prince in the original plot, and then went to find Concubine Li Gui, who had become the empress dowager. The two talked for a long time in the Palace of Compassion, and finally The ugly Princess Shao'an was almost kicked out of the Palace of Compassion by the guards.
Not long after, after King Xin was executed by Ling Chi, Princess Shao'an also died of illness. She died in a hurry, as if someone couldn't wait to kill her.
At that time, Princess Shao'an was over sixty years old. She was already old, and she didn't have any rights in her hands. The reason is to deal with Princess Shao'an. Before that, Qi Wang was still wondering why Princess Shao'an was killed. Now after hearing what she said, Qi Wang knew the reason.
Presumably in the original plot, in order to save King Xin, Princess Shao'an spoke unscrupulously about the relationship between Concubine Li Gui and King Xin, and Concubine Li Gui told Shaoan Chang'an in order to hide this secret. The princess beat the killer.
Princess Shao'an died for King Xin, and King Xin felt a little indebted to her, so Qi Wang was willing to listen to Princess Shao'an when it didn't involve issues of principle.
However, when it comes to marrying Concubine Xin, Qi Wang will not compromise. He has his own persistence and stubbornness, and will not easily get involved with the natives in the mission world, even if it is just acting, he is not willing.
Looking at Qi Wang's stubborn face, Princess Shao'an sighed, and said slowly: "I understand, just be happy with yourself."
In fact, whether to marry Princess Xin is not the most important thing, what is important is Qi Huang's mind, since he has understood it, Princess Shao'an will naturally not force him.
The siblings drank tea in the warm pavilion for about half an hour, and then they left the warm pavilion together and headed towards the arranged greenhouse.
At the same time, Princess Luohe also came out of the garden in a carriage.