Half of the light was blocked by Li Zetian, and she was close. She raised her head slightly, half of her face was hidden in the darkness, and half of her face was illuminated by the sun. One eye was black and blurred, and the other was amber-like. The color is like full of honey.
Just like his heart, half cold, half hot.
Li Zetian wanted to say something, but opened his mouth and found that this question could not be answered at all.
No matter how you answer, it is wrong.
Handed the medicine bowl to Nanny Chen, he pulled her back inside, pushed her back to sit on the soft couch, took back the medicine bowl, and handed it to her, "Drink the medicine."
Yaoyao looked at her straight, and asked stubbornly: "Why do you want to prescribe Bizitang for me?"
No one answered her.
Yaoyao raised her head again and asked Nanny Chen, "Mommy, tell me, why did you prescribe Bizitang for me?"
Nanny Chen forced a smile and said, "This is for repairing the body, Miss is not feeling well today..."
"Nurse, you lied to me too?" She stood up abruptly, tears welling up in her eyes, but she tried not to let them fall.
She took a deep breath, "Bizitang! No matter how stupid I am, can't I understand the meaning of these words?"
Her body trembled slightly, and she was very emotional.
I was told tactfully just now that she might not be a child of the Bai family. Before this huge change had time to digest, she was blown away by another thunderstorm.
Huge changes are coming one after another, she seems to be living in a huge lie, everything around her is fake.
She turned around and went into the inner room, and said in a deep voice, "Nurse, let's go back to the mansion, this is not where we should live."
No matter how much she pretended to be calm, she couldn't hide the trembling in her tone. By the time of the last two words, her voice changed tone.
Li Zetian grabbed her wrist and said coldly, "Where are you going? This is your home! The imperial palace is your home! Your father is the late Emperor, and your elder brother is me, not Zhenbei King. It's not Bai Yu, the Bai family has nothing to do with you!"
Yaoyao was overwhelmed by this series of "truths". She opened her eyes wide and looked at him. After a long time, despair gradually appeared in her eyes.
Li Zetian clenched her wrist tightly, panting slightly.
It wasn't that he couldn't wait to tell her the truth, if there wasn't a shocking enough news to divert her attention, she would have been clung to the issue of "avoiding Zitang", and he couldn't explain this.
"No, I don't believe it!" She threw off his hand suddenly, ran to Nanny Chen, grabbed her and said, "Mommy, let's go home, we'll go home right away."
She didn't care about changing clothes, she rushed out with disheveled hair, and was hugged tightly by Li Zetian from behind.
He leaned into his ear and growled: "Calm down, do you know the consequences of rushing out now? I have been on the throne for so long, and the Bai family has never revealed your identity to me. This is a crime of deceiving the emperor. You want the Bai family Go out, I will never stop you."
With that said, he let go of his hand.
Yaoyao froze.
She can ignore the consequences, but she can't ignore the lives of her father and brother.
Li Zetian looked at her thin back, pursed his lips and remained silent, waiting for her to figure it out.
The room was extremely quiet, except for Nanny Chen's suppressed weeping, Yaoyao didn't even make a sound.
"Miss..." It wasn't until Nanny Chen called her that she turned around as if she had just woken up from a dream, and asked expectantly, "Your Majesty, did you make a mistake? As long as I can remember, I have been the daughter of the Bai family. Is it your... sister?"
She found it ridiculous and smiled, "I've never heard that the late emperor had a princess."
Li Zetian turned his back and said slowly: "Let your mother tell you the truth."
Yaoyao quickly looked at Nanny Chen, and said, "Mommy, tell Your Majesty that he must have made a mistake. My surname is Bai, my father is King Zhenbei, and my elder brother is Bai Yu. I..."
"Miss." Mammy interrupted her eager proof, choked up and said, "You were sent to the Bai family by the late emperor."
Yaoyao suddenly became dumb.
Li Zetian stood for a while, turned around, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Isn't it good to have another brother? I have wanted a younger sister since I was a child. In name, you are still the young lady of the Bai family. King Zhenbei and Bai Yu are still your family members, but... love You just have one more person."
Yaoyao asked in a low voice: "Am I really... the Bai family?"
Li Zetian gave in temporarily and nodded, "Yes, your name is Bai Yaoyao, isn't it?"
"Will you not allow me to see my father and brother?"
"It's not impossible if you want to see, but it will take a few days."
"Why?" she asked hurriedly.
"You don't want them to know that you know your identity, do you? If they know, they will definitely worry about gains and losses, and worry that you will leave them, don't you?"
Yaoyao thought for a while, then nodded: "You are right."
Li Zetian smiled and coaxed her a little bit, "When you calm down and can hide the truth from them, I will let them see. You can still call them daddy and brother, okay?"
Yaoyao was a little worried, and asked: "Really?"
Li Zetian said: "I am the emperor, and the emperor speaks well, so he won't lie."
She was still worried, and asked him to write a decree and stamp it with a seal before counting.
Li Zetian wrote a letter of commitment according to her request. When he sealed it, he said that the jade seal is an important weapon of the country and should not be used lightly. He asked if it was okay to seal his private seal, and Yaoyao agreed.
She put away the letter of commitment and hid it carefully. Thinking that she was still from the Bai family, but with an extra brother, she finally felt better.
Seeing that her mood improved, Li Zetian thought of her medicine, which had been delayed for so long, and the medicine had already cooled down. Madam Chen asked people to remove the heat. Li Zetian brought back Xiao Diao, who was hiding aside, and gave it to her, smiling: "Come on." , Call me brother and listen."
Yaoyao hugged Xiao Diao, glanced at him, saw that his face was full of anticipation, and whispered "Brother".
Her voice was mellow, soft, and sweet, and the gloom in Li Zetian's eyes slowly melted away.
He stretched out his hand and gently rubbed the top of her head. It was soft and felt good. He never knew that the top of a woman's head would make one's heart soften when touched.
When he thought about how much power Bai Yu had stolen that should belong to him, he couldn't help feeling jealous.
He never thought that one day he would hate his courtiers.
The hot medicine was brought up, and Yaoyao wrinkled her face as she asked about the bitter medicine juice, obviously unwilling to drink it.
Li Zetian took it, tasted it, endured the bitterness, and said calmly: "It's not bitter, brother will feed you."
Yaoyao believed it was true, she opened her mouth and drank a spoonful, but the bitterness had not dissipated in the cavity, her chin was lifted, and the liquid in her mouth was swallowed with a gurgling sound.
Half a bowl of medicine was quickly fed, and even with Li Zetian's help, Yaoyao's tongue was almost numb from the bitterness, and she scowled at him as a liar.
With a smile, Li Zetian asked the maid to bring over the prepared sweet fruit snacks.
He looked at the sky and felt a little bit reluctant, but he still had government affairs to deal with, so he stood up and said, "Have a good rest, brother is going to be busy, and come over to have dinner with Yaoyao in the evening, okay?"
Yaoyao wasn't looking forward to it, but he looked forward to it, so he nodded.
Within two days, Yaoyao was arguing to go home, saying that she could control herself well and would never let her father see the difference. Li Zetian put her off, but this was not a long-term solution at all. After two days she would will continue.
In order to divert her attention, and with some unspeakable thoughts, he took the initiative to ask whether he liked his brother or Bai Yu more.
Speaking of Bai Yu, Yaoyao really put aside her urgency to go home for the time being, counting Bai Yu's good things with her fingers.
"My brother will take me to ride a horse, take me to see the lantern festival, take me..."
She thought about it for a long time, but couldn't think of anything else, so she had to conclude: "Anyway, my brother is very kind to me."
As soon as he finished speaking, he looked up, and saw a tall horse beside him, and Li Zetian had already sat on it.
The handsome and noble man sat on the horseback, turned slightly sideways, stretched out his hand, and said, "Come on, brother will take you to ride the horse."
Yaoyao was slightly stunned, he was against the light, his facial features became more profound, with a smile in his eyes, he gently covered her body.
Oddly enough, she reached out her hand and reached for it.
"drive!"
He shook the reins and the horse galloped away.
Yaoyao was so excited that she grabbed his arm, she was hesitant at first, but when she thought of what Bai Yu told her, Bai Yu was an older brother so she could be close to him, and Li Zetian was also an older brother, of course it was also possible.
She lost all scruples and let go completely.
There are many palaces and complex buildings in the palace, and the horses can't run away at all. Yaoyao missed the feeling of galloping with horses in Beiyuan that day, so she turned her head to please him and said, "Brother, shall we go to a spacious place?"
She smiled brightly, her body was tightly pressed against his body, her breath was soft and intoxicating, Li Zetian could clearly see the fair skin on the back of her neck.
He paused and smiled, "Okay, brother will take you to a good place."
Yaoyao sat in the carriage with him, and quietly raised the curtains to see the bustling crowd outside. As they walked further and further away, the crowds gradually thinned out, and the scene outside became older and more desolate. She couldn't help asking: "Where are we going?" Where?"
Li Zetian took a book, but his gaze fell on her earlobe, and he replied, "You will know when it arrives."
After walking for a while, Yaoyao finally saw a military camp, she opened her mouth wide in surprise, if she guessed correctly, this should be the camp where the troops defending the capital are stationed.
Li Zetian actually brought her here.
But after thinking about it, he realized that the army guarding the capital must be the most trustworthy army. He will firmly hold the control of this army and will not allow anyone or any force to get involved.
The carriage stopped, and he got off first, stretched out his hand to pick her up, and said with a smile: "My brother took you here to ride a horse, do you like it?"