Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 246
After realizing what she was thinking, he squeezed her waist with his fingers as if punishing him, and asked viciously: "So someone sent you a sachet, and you sent it to me directly? Huh?"

Zhao Xiwei couldn't bear the itch, and smiled so much that he leaned on his shoulder: "Your Highness, please forgive me, this concubine, this concubine knows it's wrong!"

The beauty under the lamp, with skin like snow, and a curvy figure leaning against his chest, made his eyes darken, and his voice became a little hoarse: "What's wrong?"

"I, I shouldn't be tempting Your Highness." Zhao Xiwei noticed the change in him, sat up straight, straightened his loose hair, and lowered his eyes not to look at him.

"Is it just a test?" Li Xuanye refused to let her go, and raised her face with one hand, making her look at him.

Zhao Xiwei had no choice but to admit his mistake docilely and obediently: "It shouldn't be arbitrarily advocating to mess up the mandarin ducks."

"You still know how to mess around with mandarin ducks."

Li Xuanye snorted coldly, thinking of her eloquent appearance when she gave him a sachet, he ground his teeth: "The Crown Princess is really gentle and considerate, she arranged for Gu to be a side concubine just a few days after her wedding."

"How can I..."

Zhao Xi muttered softly, "I just think that His Highness needs help now. If His Highness wants to marry the Pei family for the sake of the overall situation, I, as the Crown Princess, will naturally accept it graciously."

"Then won't you be sad?" A sentence blurted out.

Both were startled.

"What?" Zhao Xiwei didn't respond.

"I mean if—" Li Xuanye looked at her seriously, "If I agree to marry the Pei family, won't you be sad?"

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

Zhao Xiwei was silent for a long while, then said softly: "I will mind, but I won't be sad."

"Your Highness is the Crown Prince, and I am the Crown Princess. Even if you don't mind some things, you can only choose to accept them."

Li Xuanye stared at her steadfastly, as if trying to find some clues from her eyes.

But unfortunately, her eyes were clear and calm, without any concealment or evasion.

For some reason, I suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in my heart.

With a soft snort, he heard his own voice a bit cold: "Then how is the Crown Princess going to accept it?"

"I—" Zhao Xi was slightly taken aback.

"Ok?"

Seeing that he seemed a little angry, she hurriedly lowered her head and said, "If His Highness has a newcomer, of course I will avoid it as much as I can."

Otherwise, what else can I do, her body is very resistant to such things, so she can't force herself to serve him.

"Avoid me?" Li Xuanye raised her eyebrows, and raised her chin with one hand, forcing her to look up.

"Then I'm not thinking about the overall situation!"

Zhao Xiwei suddenly felt a little wronged, and muttered: "I can't decide this matter, why does Your Highness keep asking me to express my opinion?"

"Zhao Xiwei." Li Xuanye hugged her again.

Zhao Xiwei put his arm on his chest.

After a moment of silence, Li Xuanye suddenly said, "There are some things that I must explain to you."

His voice was low and powerful: "My situation is not as difficult as you imagined. Therefore, I don't need to wrong you for the sake of the so-called overall situation."

Zhao Xiwei held his breath and looked at him quietly.

"Even though the Empress Dowager is currently in power, I still have the strength to contend with it, and I don't need to marry anyone to solve the problem."

"But..." Zhao Xiwei hesitated, "But in that case, His Highness will have a hard time..."

"I'd rather work harder myself than let you worry about it."

Zhao Xi was slightly stunned.

"The court affairs, the court is here." His voice was cold and firm, like a cedar that could not be shaken by the cold wind, "If you have no power, you will not be powerful, and if you are not powerful, the government will not be strict. Only you can build an impregnable power with your own hands. Only then can we have the prestige to make all civil and military officials bow their heads and proclaim themselves ministers."

"Even without you, I would not marry a courtier with military power. I don't want to solve a problem and create a new problem. Do you understand?"

"Your Highness..."

Her mind was in a mess and she didn't know what to say.

The palace lanterns are gentle and bright, reflecting her face, like peaches and plums blooming on branches in March, shining the most touching touch of pale pink.

Li Xuanye only felt the peace in his heart as if being blown by the spring breeze.

"However..." He held her finger, and said slowly: "I don't object to wooing the Pei family, so I didn't directly reject Pei Gongquan at that time. After all, the Pei family has made great contributions to my great Wei's birth and death."

After thinking for a while, he said again: "A woman's reputation is the most important thing. If I handle this matter too high-profile, how will Miss Pei's family face the big families in the future? By then her reputation will be bad. Now, even if I don't want to marry, I can't shirk the relationship. Out of these two concerns, I think I'll tell you another time after the matter is settled. "

Having said that, his eyes became sincere and bright: "Actually, when I saw Miss Pei's visit today, I chose to avoid it. First, I didn't want to make you think wildly. Second, I had the idea of ​​testing you to see if you could do it." Stand alone."

Zhao Xiwei was shocked.

He actually still had such thoughts, why didn't she see it at the time!
Surprised and then a little angry.

This person... isn't he too rich!
No, she must be more careful in the future, or she will be tricked by him sooner or later!
Seeing her staring at him, Li Xuanye coaxed her patiently: "Facts have proved that our Wei'er is a smart and generous woman, so by standing still, we not only saved the face of the Pei family, but also did not lose the dignity of the princess. "

"Hmph." Zhao Xi gave him a slight look, ignoring him.

Fortunately, she is a person who takes the overall situation into consideration, and Pei Zhenzhen has a sense of propriety, otherwise, if the two women tear their faces apart, it will be up to him to clean up the mess.

Li Xuanye only felt that her expression was delicate and soft, indescribably cute.I couldn't help poking her face with my fingers: "Don't be angry again, okay? As compensation, I will take you out to play next time, okay?"

He has a good voice, as clean and clear as pear blossoms under the moon and the first snow on the branches.But he usually has a stern and majestic look, and rarely speaks in such a gentle tone.

Such a sudden sentence made Zhao Xiwei's heart beat half a beat slower.

After staying for a moment, she heard herself ask without principle: "Where are you going to play?"

"There are a lot of things going on in the court, so if you are far away, you will definitely not be able to go." Li Xuanye thought for a while, "How about taking you outside the city to watch the fireworks on New Year's Eve?"

Zhao Xiwei's eyes lit up.

She has been in the capital for so long, and she has never gone out for a proper stroll.

"Okay, then I want to go to the night market!"

"Yes." Li Xuanye looked at her with a smile, and there was a tenderness in his eyes that he hadn't even noticed.

At first he asked for an order to marry her back to the East Palace, but he didn't think about his own feelings.

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Some readers called the heroine weak and cowardly because of Pei Zhenzhen, I think it is necessary to explain.

The setting of the heroine in this book is relatively mature and has a high EQ, so I think that if there is a female supporting role around him, he should handle it by himself. Very tacitly chose to stand still.

The heroine's personality is relatively indifferent to feelings, so she doesn't bother to fight for favors.

If the prince is a big pig and insists on marrying a female partner, the heroine will not think about fighting, because she thinks the favor won is meaningless, so even if they can't be separated, she will choose to stay away, just like she and the prince in the previous article Let's be honest: I would mind, but not be sad.

If you call the heroine weak because of this, I think it's really unfair.

(End of this chapter)