Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 426 How can the person that Erchen likes be worse than others?
In those days when his life experience was just revealed, Zhao Xiwei would inevitably feel aggrieved and complained occasionally.

Why did my mother hide such an important matter from her, why didn't she even give her any clues.

Only now do I vaguely understand.

A person as talented as my mother is extremely proud in her heart. She would rather endure hardships and suffer hardships in life than completely break away from those glorious pasts.

Yes, what is lost can't come back, so what's the use of reminiscing?
These untouchable pasts are presented in her mind by imagination, like a horse watching flowers, flickering in reincarnation, making her heart feel aching.

Seeing her silence, Concubine Shu changed the subject and asked: "I heard that you want to open a tea house, how are you preparing?"

Zhao Xiwei was still immersed in complicated emotions, and subconsciously shook his head: "Not yet."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince even forbids her to leave the palace, how can she prepare now?
Thinking about it this way, I feel even more disappointed.

Concubine Shu is such an exquisite person, she immediately understood the point, and asked: "Is it because the crown prince refuses?" After a pause, she said, "Actually, when I heard about this at the time, I thought it was a bit incredible. But then again Come back, it is not without precedent for concubines to do business, Queen Gu had a lot of property outside..."

She looked at Zhao Xiwei with a smile, and pointed out: "The fate of this harem woman depends entirely on the man. You are young now, so you are inevitably a little arrogant, and you don't take men's favor seriously, but later you You will know better than anyone else that no matter what means you use, only if you firmly grasp the favor, you have the right to choose whether to want it or not. For example, if you want to open a shop and do business, if the prince pampers you and protects you No matter how hard you try, the ministers in the court will not be able to say anything, but if you lose this favor, not to mention that you can't open the shop, even if you work hard to open it, you are afraid that you will be punished by others. Point and point."

Zhao Xiwei didn't make a sound.

Concubine Shu sighed when she saw it, she hesitated to speak, and said: "He is the prince, and there are many women in the world who are willing to surround him. I don't want you to endure grievances blindly, but I hope you know how to make progress by retreating." , overcome rigidity with softness, do you understand?"

It's not that Zhao Xiwei doesn't understand these principles.

but……

After thinking about it again, maybe this is a qualified princess. Didn't she also make up her mind to build a backing for herself?

Then nodded slightly: "Thank you, Ma'am, for your reminder, I will think about it carefully."

Being able to listen to good words is not bad.

Concubine Shu showed a little relief, but she became cold again in an instant: "Do you know why His Majesty let you be the Crown Princess?"

……

"Do you know why I let her be the princess?"

In Zichen Palace, the emperor looked at his son with a kind smile and asked this question.

"Father?" Li Xuanye looked surprised.

"Although she can be regarded as a descendant of a famous family, but after all, she is burdened by her life experience, even being your side concubine is also reluctant."

As soon as the emperor said this sentence, Li Xuanye frowned, and interrupted: "Father, the Crown Princess is not born well, but she is much better than others in other aspects!"

"Oh? What's the matter?" The emperor narrowed his long and narrow phoenix eyes, and hummed deliberately, "Why didn't I see it?"

"Of course she is better than others!" Li Xuanye also snorted, a bit conceited: "How can the person my son likes be worse than others?"

The emperor glanced at him, and said with great interest, "If that's the case, why are you arguing?"

Li Xuanye was startled.

Why quarrel?
Although he didn't want to say it, he knew very well in his heart where the conflict between the two came from.

Afraid of arousing the emperor's suspicion, he hurriedly laughed and said, "It's all my son's fault! Yesterday, my son was in a bad mood and got angry with her... In fact, there was no quarrel, it's just that she is thin-skinned, no It's a shame to see Erchen again!"

"Hmm..." The emperor closed his eyes and said leisurely, "You protect her like this, does she know?"

"Father—" Li Xuanye walked around to the back of the dragon chair in two steps, rubbed the emperor's shoulders, and said kindly: "Why did you say that so early in the morning? Did the princess just upset you? ? If that's the case, Erchen will definitely teach her a lesson when he turns around—"

The emperor enjoyed his son's graciousness, and said with a smile: "It's not wrong to say something——" After a pause, he stretched out his voice, "I just feel that this child's background is a bit embarrassing..."

Li Xuanye rubbed his shoulders for a moment, thought for a moment, and then slowly said: "Heroes have their own opinions, why bother to ask where they come from? If you come from a noble family, but you are narrow-minded, you have learned everything from fighting against each other in that big family." Well, those who look down on this or that all day long are better off than those from low backgrounds."

"You are right." The emperor nodded.

"Although Wei'er's family background is slightly inferior, she is open-minded and gentle, and more importantly, she has self-esteem and self-love. When she sees those who are worse than herself, she never tramples and oppresses them, and when she sees those who are stronger than herself, she never flatters her." To please... what's even more rare is that she knows how to advance and retreat, and understands things. Even if Erchen does something wrong sometimes, she will just say a few nice words to coax her, and she will gently expose it and don't take it to heart... Erchen Busy with government affairs every day, whenever she feels sleepy and tired, it is she who takes good care of her..."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince spoke slowly and word by word. He originally wanted to pick up something nice to make the Emperor happy, but he was stunned at the end.

Getting along plainly makes it easy to ignore the other party's contribution.

Everyone in the East Palace knew that he was taking care of the princess, but no one would think that she was taking care of him too.

Seeing that he was silent, the emperor half-opened his eyes, his eyes flickered slightly, and said with a smile: "If you are so protective behind your back, why do you have to be angry in front of others?"

"..."

Li Xuanye caught the narrowness in his tone, and reacted suddenly: "Father..."

"You!" The emperor patted his son's hand and let him sit down beside him. Then he said earnestly: "She is only a little older than Lingxi, and she is still a child after all. As for you, you have been a calm and steady person since you were a child." Temper, why have you fallen to the point of being angry with a child now?"

Li Xuanye looked at the emperor seriously, and seeing that he didn't intend to joke at all, he became a little puzzled again.

He couldn't help asking: "Father, what did the Crown Princess tell you just now?"

The emperor laughed loudly: "She told me to praise you!" He added, "I praised you for being broad-minded and magnanimous, and said that you never let her be wronged!"

Li Xuanye couldn't help but curl his lips.

Sensing the emperor's gaze, he restrained his expression again, pretended to be nonchalant, and said casually: "Father just said, why did you let her be the crown princess?"

The emperor coughed lightly: "At that time, I agreed to grant the marriage. In addition to respecting your choice, there was another reason—" His tone suddenly became heavy, as if he was talking in a dream, "I feel that I owe the Shen family... "

(End of this chapter)