Zhu Xiuli finally came out in order this time.
He was just a talker, and when he came out, he said, "Sister, let me tell you, my cousin can live across from me!" His face was full of admiration.
"Besides, my cousin is very nice."
"..." Zhu Yi looked at the child with a complicated expression. Since she came in for a short while, Zhu Xiuli has mentioned his cousin three times. She never knew that Zhu Xiuli could get close to relatives like this, the key is whether he is willing to be his cousin
Zhu Xiuli came to Rajuy: "Come on, let's go and play with my cousin."
Zhu Yi didn't see Xie Ying just now, but she imagined Xie Ying according to the prince's attire, and blushed inexplicably. She straightened her face and said, "Don't keep pestering the prince, it will delay other people's business."
"No, my cousin said that I have been idle recently, let's go!"
Zhu Xiuli dragged Zhu Yi to look for Xie Ying. The siblings walked to the porch, but saw a strange little palace lady suddenly appeared from the opposite side. Behind the palace lady was Xie Ying's attendant, Shen Xingliu, with an impatient expression on her face.
Zhu Xiuli just laughed and said: "Since my cousin lived in Xiuyun Pavilion, there are often court ladies who accidentally go to the wrong place." There is no lack of contempt in the words.
The younger brother's unintentional words made Zhu Yi stand still, and Zhu Xiuli didn't know that his sister was going to do the same thing, which made her feel ashamed and wronged.
Obviously she had pursued Xie Ying before, why it is so difficult to take this step now, Zhu Yi thought about it carefully, and finally understood the difference. In the past, it was because of pure liking, but now it is because of wanting the power of the other party. Naturally, there will be a feeling of betrayal.
"Sister, what's the matter with you? Are you uncomfortable?" Zhu Xiuli tilted his head to look at Zhu Yi.
"No." Zhu Yi said, "Ali, next time my sister comes to see you, I remember that I have something urgent to do."
Regardless of Zhu Xiuli yelling from behind, Zhu Yi took the maid and left. Zhu Xiuli turned to Xie Ying who didn't know when to come out in a daze: "Hehe, cousin, women just have a lot of things, right?"
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Zhu Yi used the excuse of copying the scriptures for the queen mother, except for a few quick glances at Zhu Xiuli, she didn't go out for ten days, until the emperor ordered her to go to the imperial study.
When Zhu Yi entered the study, he immediately saw two men sitting opposite each other at the purple desk.
The older man was dressed in bright and yellow tuanlong uniforms, with a kind face, just like today.
The young one was Xie Ying, who was wearing a brocade robe wrapped around clouds with a dark purple background, and tied her long hair with a jade hairpin.
Zhu Yi stepped forward and saluted: "Father."
"Xizhen is here." The emperor stood up with a smile, pointed to the jade chessboard on the table and said, "I and Shouxu are deducing the endgame of the nine-wood tree, but he always hides his clumsiness, which prevents me from having fun. You come to represent me." Play two rounds with him."
Zhu Yi blinked, her chess skills were not good enough, she was far behind the emperor, let her play chess with Xie Ying? He answered, "Yes."
Immediately a eunuch set up another seat for the emperor. Xie Ying stood up, waited for the emperor to sit down, and then sat down with Zhu Yi.
The Nine-Multiple Chess Game coincides with the method of arranging troops, and Zhu Yi is very cautious in making moves. After more than ten moves, her brows frowned, and the sunspots were clinging to her fingertips like bamboo shoots. Her little fingers curled up unconsciously, getting more and more The hand is so soft and lovely.
Xie Ying kept looking at the hanging hand.
The emperor suddenly started pointing Zhu Yi. Watching chess without saying a word, my father has always paid attention to this, what happened today. Zhu Yi was anxious, always feeling that something was going to happen.
Sure enough, the emperor sighed softly: "Nephew Shouxu came early in the morning to ask to resign and go back to Weizhou, I really feel reluctant."
Zhu Yi gave a pause, Xie Ying is leaving so soon? However, the vassal kings are all local emperors, and Xie Ying's life in Weizhou is unrestrained and unrestrained. Compared with being restrained in Beijing, he wants to leave as soon as possible.
The emperor said again: "It's rare for Shouxu to return to Beijing, so it's better to stay. You helped your father manage Weizhou very well. I hope you will discuss with the prince more. The queen always wants you to spend more time with her. Besides, when the feudal vassals meet in court in half a year, you will have to go to Beijing again, saving you the long journey of going back and forth."
The room was so quiet that the sound of needles falling could be heard, and Zhu Yi's heartbeat increased. The emperor's words were reasonable, and he kept putting gold on Xie Ying's face and playing family cards, but in essence, he just didn't want to let Xie Ying go back to Weizhou . Even if this is not about asking the other party to be a hostage in Beijing, it is at least a blow to Xie's family.
But Xie Ying is arrogant and conceited, and has always been cunning. Given the current military power of the Xie family, how could he easily submit, presumably he would make up a proper reason to refuse.
Zhu Yi couldn't help but glance at Xie Ying, wanting to see his expression at the moment.
From the corner of Xie Ying's eyes, he naturally noticed Zhu Yi's little move, and he didn't find an excuse to push it back, he responded very naturally: "What the emperor said is very true, it's because I didn't think carefully, and I obeyed the order."
The emperor's frowned slowly opened, and when Xie Ying was silent, there was a mountainous momentum on his body, which made him almost forget that he was facing a junior in his early twenties. He is very clear that this son will be the backbone of the country and a serious problem in his confidant.
Zhu Yicai came back from the emperor's place in a state of anxiety, and Concubine Tong sent someone to let her go there.
Concubine Tong drove away the palace people, she didn't ask Zhu Yi to sit down for the first time, she didn't even look at her, she just played with her newly dyed nails.
She said after a while: "Xizhen, I heard that you went to see Ali recently, and you never stepped into Xie Ying's room once."
As soon as Zhu Yi heard it, she knew that someone around Zhu Xiuli was staring at her.
She said the words she had prepared: "Concubine Mother, the son doesn't give his daughter opportunities at all..."
Concubine Tong interrupted her with a sneer: "You have learned to be obedient to me."
Joey's smile faded. Concubine Tong said: "Do you think that relying on color to attract men is something that lowly women do. You even think that your mother and concubine serve people with sex, and are inferior to queens." It was an open secret, and in private, the emperor even nicknamed her "Peach Flower Lady".
Zhu Yi hurriedly said: "How can my daughter think of my concubine mother like this? Concubine mother is the person daughter respects the most. If there is no concubine mother, how can my seventh brother and I grow up safely." She naturally has admiration for Concubine Tong.
Concubine Tong smiled: "That sounds nice." She waved her hand: "Go down. I'm tired."
Zhu Yi stood where she was, and Concubine Tong continued talking twice before she finally turned around.
"I'm really disappointed." Concubine Tong suddenly spit out a few words quietly, making Zhu Yi's body freeze when she left.
Then she heard Concubine Tong's sigh: "It seems that I have worked so hard to raise my daughter for nothing. I have to bear everything by myself, and I have to be a bad person. She deserves that she is precious alone."
She paused for a while: "That's right, she will be able to marry soon and become a princess, and she won't be tortured by the mistress like me. Just live a good life, who cares about me and A Li in this palace from now on?" It's life or death. I was so stupid, I thought she would be a kind person, but I only care about herself. Some people will not use me in the future, just as if there is no mother like me, and no brother like Ali stop."
Concubine Tong spoke slowly, word by word, as sharp as the tip of a knife. Zhu Yi's hands hanging on her sides shook violently, and she left quickly after hearing the complete silence behind her.
In the early morning of the next day, Mianfeng took a pipa hairpin inlaid with gold and pink coral from the sandalwood dome, and inserted it obliquely into Zhu Yi's single-snail bun: "The princess didn't sleep well last night."
Without Mianfeng's reminder, Zhu Yi also saw the faint blue shadow under the eyes of the person in the mirror. Her skin is as clean as snow, and even the slightest trace is very obvious.
Zhu Yi looked at himself in the mirror. Her hair is not as sharp as Xie Ying's, and she has a beautiful tip, and it is not as round and sharp as Zhu Chuo's. The round line is nice, but it has fine fluff, soft and slightly curly. , never stay long. According to the photobook that Zhu Yi flipped through, her hairline means that she has a shallow relationship with her parents.
When Xie Ying saw Zhu Yi who appeared outside his door, he was a little surprised.
"Your Majesty." Zhu Yi raised his hand and put his ears aside: "Can I go in and talk?"
Xie Ying knew that this was Zhu Yi's gesture when she was nervous, so he turned to let Zhu Yi go first: "Princess, please come in."
Now that he's here, Zhu Yi won't hold back. When they arrived at the room where there were only the two of them, Zhu Yi looked at Xie Ying's shoulder and said, "That night, the day the prince sent me back to Yuewang Pavilion, my earring fell off. I wonder if the prince found it?"
Zhu Yi has been clever since she was a child, and she tried to say this skillfully. A girl's earrings fell off, why would a man pick them up, and keep them in private after picking them up? That's obviously for the girl. If Xie Ying replied that he found it, he was willing to respond to her. If Xie Ying replied that he didn't see it, they wouldn't hurt each other's face.
Xie Ying's lips curled up slowly, but her eyes were dim. Zhu Yi deliberately kept a distance from him before, very alienated. This quickly changed attitudes. Concubine Tong couldn't wait to put pressure on her
After all, he still took a fancy to what he had in his hand.
Seeing that Xie Ying didn't answer, Zhu Yi was really tormented, and finally couldn't bear it and said: "It's fine if the son didn't see it, I'll look elsewhere."
"Princess stay here." Xie Ying's voice was low and low, making Zhu Yi feel an unprecedented sense of danger.
He fixed his eyes on her: "If I say I didn't find your earring, are you going to save this question for half a year and continue to ask Ruan Yu and others?" Ruan Yu is the name of King Yongnan.
Zhu Yi's face turned pale: "I don't understand what Shizi means." She turned around and left.
Wherever Xie Ying allowed Zhu Yi to go, he easily blocked her between himself and the desk. His gaze was condescending and swept down, from Zhu Yi's face to the collarbone fossa, and then continued down, deliberately circling there.
Xie Ying really had a handsome and picturesque appearance, with black eyes as deep as the night, and a light glance at any girl could attract people like moths to the fire. Otherwise, Zhu Yi wouldn't have been stunned at the time. Fortunately, he doesn't like to glance around, and is very cold most of the time.
So when Xie Ying looked at her like this, Zhu Yi was stunned: "What are you looking at? Get out of the way!"
Xie Ying sneered, and she backed away: "I can't even take a look at it, the princess is still imitating others to provoke men?"
Zhu Yi was angry, ashamed and anxious, his heart was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Xie Ying retrieved Zhu Yi, who was striding forward, and finally her voice became softer: "Why do you only know how to run? What should you do now that you are gone? Concubine Tong will force you until she finds a satisfactory candidate."
Zhu Yi didn't want to run away anymore, she knew now, she told Xie Ying to let him go and he would let her go, but as soon as she ran away, he would carry her back like a chicken. She had no choice but to ask again: "Then did you find my earring?"
Xie Ying stared at Zhu Yi's picture of turning left and right, but didn't look at his face, and said slowly: "The princess has already said this, how can I let you down."