The little lady in the palace

Chapter 180
Xi Yao didn't quite know how long she slept, but she just felt that she had a particularly long dream.

The eldest son of the emperor repeatedly appeared in the dream, and he said to her with a smile, "There is nothing wrong with a girl wanting to marry a satisfactory husband. With a cold face, tell her that he will not marry her if he marries anyone.

This dream made Xi Yao extremely uncomfortable, and every time she heard him say that sentence, she wanted to cry.I really cried out several times, crying so dryly.

When she finally opened her eyes, she subconsciously raised her hand to block the sunlight.Slowly opened her eyes to look again, and soon found that this was a place she was very familiar with.

It was her room in Qingyuan Mingxin Pavilion.

Sure enough, she was sent out of the palace.

Xi Yao's heart was so empty, she still remembered how longing she was when she entered the palace a few days ago, that kind of longing was full of happiness, and made her laugh out loud just thinking about it.

But now, no matter how hard she tried to brew, she didn't have that feeling anymore.

It was as if a sharp knife had pierced into her heart, drew a circle around her heart, and emptied it all, leaving only a shell.

When Yuyin approached with coral medicine, she immediately saw Xi Yao sitting there with blank eyes.

"Xi Yao?" She walked quickly a few steps, sat on the edge of the couch and wanted to help her lie back.Xi Yao was very obedient, she didn't struggle at all, she just lay back.

Yu Yin felt distressed when she saw it, and sighed: "Oh, I've wronged you. That eunuch with no eyesight has already been arrested and is waiting to be released. Don't be afraid, my aunt is here with you."

Those two sentences made Xi Yao sob and cry again.Yuyin stretched out his arms to embrace her, but she still cried for a long time without stopping.

"Okay, okay..." Yuyin still doesn't quite know what happened, everyone in the palace is very strict, and she only knows that Xi Yao knelt on her knees all night and hurt herself this ring.

This made her not know what to say to relieve her, so she could only hug her and caress her back blindly.Feeling anxious and sighing, there was a knock on the door behind him: "Sixth Aunt?"

The clear and deep voice outside immediately made Xi Yao uneasy, she subconsciously struggled, Yu Yin patted her to show her peace of mind, Yang Yin replied: "Your Highness?"

The eldest son of the emperor seemed to be hesitant, and after a long silence, they heard him say again: "Miss Xie... Are you awake?"

The next sentence continued a little faster: "If I wake up, I want to say a few words to her alone."

"Oh, she's awake." As soon as Yu Yin replied, her sleeves were tightly held by Xi Yao.

"I don't see him!" Xi Yao resisted with tears in her eyes, her voice was very low, and she seemed to be in great pain as she shook her head again and again.

Yu Yin was even more puzzled for a moment, looked at her in the direction of the door, and asked gently: "What's the matter?"

Xi Yao did not speak.

Yu Yin thought for a while, and then said: "I don't know what happened, but the eldest son of the emperor personally sent you back that day, and he has been guarding Qingyuan for the past few days. Is it possible that you misunderstood something? Is it? The aunt can only advise you not to get angry and talk to him, after all...you like him, don't you? "

Meng Shiying was already a little anxious outside waiting for the answer from inside, and was hesitating whether to open the door and go in, when he heard a shout from the room: "I don't like him!"

His eyes trembled slightly, and after a short breath, he pushed open the door, stopped around the screen, and nodded slightly: "Auntie."

This was obviously "inviting" her to go out, Yu Yin frowned slightly, and after weighing the importance, she shook Xi Yao's hand: "Auntie is in the yard, call me if you need something."

They stared at each other for a long time before Xi Yao let her go slowly.Yu led out the door, saw Meng Junhuai was still in the courtyard, stepped forward and asked, "What's going on?"

Meng Junhuai sighed: "I don't know. Shi Jin also refused to say anything. I kept asking, but he just told me to leave it alone. What else can I do?"

Yu Yin shook her head and asked again: "What about my brother?"

Meng Junhuai rolled his eyes when he heard this: "Ahead, the house is about to be demolished. I think...don't go there now, I'm afraid he will draw his knife and chop you."

"..." After Yu Yin choked for a moment, she wanted to chop herself.She sent Xi Yao into the palace because she wanted Xi Yao to live a better life, but she never expected such a thing to happen.

If she knew that Xi Yao would suffer such hardships once she entered the palace, then she would never let Xi Yao enter the palace, this is also the child she watched grow up!

In the room, Meng Shijin stood on the spot for a long time before he plucked up the courage to sit on the stool beside the couch.

She put her arms outside to press the quilt, and he went to shake her hand without saying a word, but she shook her off: "Your Highness!"

Xi Yao looked at him wearily: "My servant understands what His Highness means, so I won't obstruct His Highness's eyes anymore. This time... My servant doesn't blame His Highness."

Things have come to this point, the most decent way for her now is to not owe him anything, and then break up.

Meng Shiying settled his tone: "Xi Yao."

The title made her sneer.

He lowered his eyes and said, "I... also like you."

She froze for a moment.

"I chose the concubine because I like you... It would be a long story to explain, but it is true." He looked gloomy, looked at her, and held her hand again.This time she didn't refuse in a daze, and was held tightly by his hands, "I told myself many times that I can't marry you, I really can't marry you. You are such a good girl, you have been with me for maybe three years." I will be a widow in five years, how can I..."

"I don't care." She looked at him fixedly.

"But I can't do that." Meng Shiying looked back, with a firmer expression than her.

Then he sighed: "Don't think that the hard life is so easy... You are only 16 years old this year, and there are still decades to come. You should marry a husband who treats you well and live a carefree life. "

Xi Yao was a little dazed when she heard that, just a moment ago, she was still full of intense emotions, while she still couldn't let go of her liking for him, at the same time she hated him for making her suffer like this.

But now...

She really didn't understand how she calmed down, so she started to listen to him carefully, and he was indeed persuading him from the bottom of her heart.

She just stared at him in a daze, feeling his warm palm wrapped around her hand, making her hand gradually warm up.

It seemed like a long time before Xi Yao realized what he had just said, and pursed her lips: "His Highness said that he also likes courtiers..."

"Yes."

"Then won't His Highness treat your courtiers well?" She asked back.

Meng Shiying froze for a moment, then smiled wryly, "Of course I will. But I..."

"Your Highness thinks that I can't live that long." She cut off his words, still staring at him intently, "But my daughter knows this too. For my daughter, it is not a loss to marry His Highness for a year or two. If it lasts three to five years, it's already earned, if it lasts to three to fifty years... that's a blessing that the ministers won't change the position of the gods!"

"Xi Yao..."

"Your Highness, you don't need to say anything." She looked away from his face, and took a tense breath, "My daughter is not the kind of person who will stalk, no matter what, you still have to save face." of."

She gave up?He breathed a sigh of relief.

But in the next moment, her eyes moved back again: "But now the minister likes His Highness, and His Highness also likes the minister, so we have to talk about it."

"...?"

For a split second, Meng Shiying was stared at by the beautiful girl in front of him, and his back felt a little chilled. He forced himself to slow down, and he was still a little at a loss when he spoke: "What... what do you want?"

"Your Highness, don't worry, if you don't cry or make trouble, you won't hang yourself." She said, her beautiful eyes flicked lightly on his face, "I won't do anything to embarrass the Xie family. It will not compromise the imperial prestige."

Her tone was extremely relaxed, and he added these few prerequisites to think... for a while, he really couldn't think of what she was going to do.

All he could say was, "Don't make trouble."

Xi Yao sat up: "The court lady said, 'Don't make trouble'."

Meng Shiying: "..."

Then she looked at the medicine bowl on the small table beside the bed: "My aunt brought it in for my servant just now, could you trouble Your Highness to bring it here for my servant?"

She smiled and looked very gentle.Meng Shiying couldn't help but hesitate, and hurriedly said "oh", bent down and brought the medicine in front of her.

Then she stretched out her hand to take it, and immediately retracted her hand: "It's so hot."

Meng Shijin said honestly, "It's okay, it's not too hot", and saw her naturally brushing her sideburns behind her ears, and drinking directly from the bowl he was still holding.

The medicine bowl was not big, so she quickly finished the medicine and said "Thank you Your Highness" to him with a smile.

"You're welcome." Meng Shijin put down the medicine bowl after saying this, only to realize that something was wrong.

——How did the initiative fall into her hands? !

He subconsciously crossed her, and she was already lying back comfortably, and he was inexplicably annoyed at the look of crooked eyebrows and eyes.

So he raised his eyebrows: "I'm going back to the palace."

"Your Highness, go slowly." Xi Yao nodded obediently.

Meng Shiying turned around and left. Hearing a slight movement behind him, he turned his head subconsciously.

So he saw Xi Yao struggling to reach out, obviously trying to reach the plate of candied fruit on the small table.

The small table is not very close to the bed, and her leg hurts again...

He better help her.

So Meng Shiying turned back to the couch in three steps at a time, picked up the plate and handed it to her. With a fixed gaze, he saw that the smile on her face definitely meant that the plot had succeeded.

"...You did it on purpose?" He frowned.

Xi Yao happily picked out her favorite candied kumquat, and just as she threw it into her mouth, she saw that the plate in front of her was "disappeared".

"I won't give it to you." He walked out angrily carrying the plate, and heard the girl behind him giggle, and said provocatively, "My aunt loves to eat preserved peaches, Your Highness, please give it to her!"

Outside the house, Yuyin and Meng Junhuai were a little uneasy waiting in the courtyard, blindly guessing what happened.

Guessing and guessing, Meng Junhuai suddenly said "Come out", Yu Yin turned her head, and saw the eldest son of the emperor came out, turning around to close the door.

Then he walked towards them, visibly sullen, with a plate in his hand.

Meng Junhuai waited for him to approach, cleared his throat: "Shi Jin..."

Meng Shiying still had a gloomy face, and passed the plate in his hand to Yuyin.

Yu Yin was stunned: "Your Highness...?"

She saw the eldest son's eyebrows twitch, and then said: "Here you are, Preserved Tao."

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(End of this chapter)