The next day, I heard from the court ladies' whispers that last night, the Emperor stayed at the Duskfall Palace, and after breakfast, Lady Chen was told by the empress, so it was probably just a lecture, after all, she is the princess of South Chen, and the empress has bestowed upon her, so she has to keep some face. If the Emperor favored a palace maid with no status last night, then perhaps the empress would have already given her a cup of poisoned wine.
I thought back to last night, Chen Zhen was just staring at Yang Guang, I already felt uncomfortable, I think the empress must be in a very bad mood right now, so I decided to go to the empress's place, she has always spoiled me, I will go to her to act coquettishly, find some fun, maybe it will alleviate her mood.
This time, I didn't bring Chen Haozheng with me. Although she is my personal little girl, I have always kept last night's incident in my heart. Moreover, the empress would definitely be angry with Lady Chen for taking Chen away, which would only make the empress even more unhappy.
When Doggie and I arrived at Yongan Palace, the Queen was resting on the bed with her eyes closed. When she saw me, she ordered me to sit beside her and chat with her.
"Yesterday, I received a report from Li Jun. Since she is safe and sound in the Turk, I am relieved. It is said that she also wrote a letter to you. You should be relieved too. Qi Min and Ke Han also brought quite a few things. I'll let Ying Xiu take you to see them. If there's anyone you like, please pick some. "
"Thank you, Your Highness. I don't have much interest in Turkic things, I just want to write a letter to fix Lijun's book." I said.
"That's not difficult. You can write it yourself. In two days, the Emperor will give a gift back to Turkic. When that time comes, you can just deliver your letter to him." The Queen said.
"That's good." I was in a good mood. After chatting for a while, seeing that the empress's mood had improved and that she was busy, I took the dog and left.
It was a very hot and hot day, and I did not want to look back at the pavilion, so I went to the Golden Unicorn Lake for shelter. There were two good places to spend the summer in the palace, one of which was King Yang's Cantonese, the other was the Golden Unicorn Pool.
It suddenly occurred to me that Lijun was in Turkic, so she definitely wouldn't be able to see the lotus anymore. How about I pick a few lotus flowers, emulate her writing letters on the petals, and then dry them and send them back to her, wouldn't that be great?
After thinking about it, I wandered around the pond for a long time. I picked a few lotus flowers that I thought would be perfect and told the dog to go down to pick them. Then I took the largest and most intact lotus petals and carefully wrapped them in silk cloth before bringing them back to the Pavilion of Obscure.
After she finished writing, she suddenly remembered that she hadn't been to the Peach Garden for a long time. She didn't know what the current Peach Garden was like.
The next morning, it was drizzling. The garden seemed to be shrouded in a layer of mist by the drizzle. The entire garden was washed even more verdant by the rain. The egg-sized green peach was covered with tree branches, which made me feel overjoyed.
Gently pluck a long, fluffy white hair, soft, covered with dew, so cute, reminded me of the dog in the countryside, often picked for me half green and half yellow wild peach.
I carefully wiped it off with the handkerchief and took a bite. It was so bitter, completely unlike the sweet and refreshing taste of the peaches the dog had once given me.
"Haha, there's actually such a gluttonous princess!" Suddenly, a hearty laughter broke the silence of the morning. I jumped in surprise and shouted,
"Who?!"
A person slowly walked out from behind the peach tree. He was dressed in a light and soft plain clothes made from spinning yarn. The color was light and light. It was both cool and refreshing, yet it also gave him a unique and spirited appearance. It was actually Yang Liang again. It seemed that this Peach Blossom Garden was the place that he frequented.
"Could it be that the palace is short of fruit? "Little Ling'Er, even you want to eat this green peach." Yang Liang teased with a smile. When he smiled, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, carrying a trace of mischievousness.
Looking at his crafty smile, I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. However, in my heart, I wasn't willing to be mocked by him.
"Some people have lived extravagantly ever since they were young, so they naturally do not know of the hardships of the people. Before I entered the palace, I had always used this thing to satisfy my hunger." "Just thinking about it now makes me feel sweet."
"Really?" Yang Liang asked with a serious expression.
I strongly nodded my head, wanting to lure him in.
He didn't think that he would actually reach out to pick a peach, wipe it clean, and then take a bite.
Looking at Yang Liang's changing expression, from his initial smile to a bitter one, I couldn't help but laugh so much that I couldn't even straighten my back. I joked,
"It's true that the palace is short of fruit, but poor Prince Sui, to think that you would want to eat a peach like this."
I thought that Yang Liang would spit out the peach. I didn't expect him to chew on it and swallow it down. I couldn't help but look at him in surprise.
"I was coaxing you just now, did you not really become an idiot?"
Yang Liang's eyes suddenly lit up, and for a moment I couldn't avoid his gaze. He rarely looked at people like that, he was usually very indifferent to everything, his speech and demeanor were always calm and collected. There was almost nothing that could make him happy or sad, and even the empress often jokingly scolded him for being an imbecile.
At this moment, he was standing right in front of me. He said to me in a very serious tone,
"Ling`er, if eating a miserly peach can make you so happy, then I am willing to eat it every day."
My heart trembled for a moment, and I did not expect him to say such words. Fortunately, I had sent Chen Huan to wait for me at the gate of the Peach Garden, otherwise I would not have known how to act.
"King Han is joking. I forgot that I'm here to pick the peach leaves. Chen Wu should be waiting for me at the door. Please forgive me." After I finished speaking, I casually pulled out a few peach leaves and turned around to leave. However, my clothes suddenly tightened as I turned around. It was Yang Liang who grabbed my arm.
"Little Ling'Er, I'm not joking …"
I calmed down from my predicament, looked at him indifferently, took my arm out of his hand, and said coldly:
"King of Han, please call me Princess Yu Jian."
Yang Liang didn't say anything. I didn't care about the sadness on his face as I turned around and quickly left. After walking for a long distance, I could still feel two rays of hot light behind my back.
After exiting the park, I heard the sound of a jade flute from far behind me. It was somewhat desolate, somewhat dejected, and also somewhat bitter.
I've always thought that every time he looks at me strangely, it's just an illusion. After all, she is my future uncle and I can only be his sister-in-law. It was only today, after he said such explicit words, that I finally could no longer deceive myself. He really had such intentions in mind.
I am just a princess who has no power or influence and was sent by her parents as a chess piece to be reconciled with her. Even though I have the love of the empress, I know that my current situation is only that of someone relying on someone else. Moreover, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are still staring at me, eyeing my position.
I think it would be better to avoid him. After that, I must have avoided him as much as I could, lest something awkward happen.
A few dark green peach leaves were placed before me. I raised my brush a few times, but then put it down. In the end, I was unable to write anything down. The rain outside the window was still falling, making me feel even more disturbed.