concubines

Chapter 196
Xu Meitang seemed to have seen a glimmer of hope, looked at Prime Minister Left and asked, "What can I do?"

He still holds Miaoli's handle in his hand, and the conversation between Miaoli and King Qi in the grove that day is still in his ears.Just because he didn't dare to say it before doesn't mean he forgot.

Prime Minister Zuo comforted her again, "I have a solution. It's not convenient to say it now. I'll tell you when the time comes. Don't worry."

Although it has come to the point where I have to say it, it is better to tell her as soon as possible, otherwise it will bring about a fatal disaster at any time.

This side has already taken a step back, the eldest princess ran all the way to the East Palace, the left minister has already taken a step back, Zhou Shuxuan took another step back and you're done.

Zhou Shuxuan was reviewing papers at this time, and there were always things that could not be finished.Get things done as soon as possible, anyway, you have to spare time, either go to see Miao Li as soon as possible, or hand over what you have.

I can't mention Miaoli, it feels like I haven't seen each other for a long time.Obviously just came back, it seems that there is that feeling of not being able to find her again.Zhou Shuxuan sighed while reviewing the scriptures, knowing that he was deeply trapped in it, and he could no longer get out completely.

"You're getting more and more diligent!" The eldest princess walked in without letting anyone know.

Zhou Shuxuan didn't raise his head and said: "This is what I should do. My aunt has also worked hard, and she has to run here several times a day, so why?"

"What else can I do here now? It's just something." It's not because this unlucky child is looking for trouble all day long.

Zhou Shuxuan put down his pen at this time, and looked up at the eldest princess, "Looking at the dusty appearance of my aunt, where did you come from?"

The eldest princess sat down by herself, and said leisurely, "I came from where you want to go."

Where he wanted to go, Zhou Shuxuan realized in an instant, became nervous in an instant, and kept asking: "You went to find her? What did you tell her? What did you do to her?"

"What are you nervous about? Can I still harm her?" The eldest princess squinted at him and said, Zhou Shuxuan's current state is simply treating her as a big villain, making her seem to want to take Miao Li's life.

Zhou Shuxuan snorted ironically, "Who knows you, you won't treat her like you did back then." The eldest princess has changed, and she is no longer someone Miaoli can trust.

The eldest princess stared at him and felt sullen, so couldn't she speak properly?You have to be like this with a gun and a stick.I really don't want to say one more word to him, let's get down to business sooner.

"I told her that you won't be the prince because of her."

When Zhou Shuxuan heard this, his emotions became more intense. He slapped the table angrily, and asked loudly, "How could you do this? Why did you tell her that?"

Miaoli can't let Miaoli know, if she knows, she may disagree, after all, this is not a small matter, it is related to his future, Miaoli may want to think for his sake, and advise him not to do that.

The eldest princess raised her eyes slightly to look at him, pretending to be puzzled and asked: "You did this for her, so what if I tell her? What you have done for her is equivalent to trying to please her. I am helping her." You invite credit, what can't you do?"

"You! You... just pretend to be stupid." Zhou Shuxuan was so angry that he couldn't speak clearly, and now he couldn't think of anything else in his head, only thinking about how to explain this matter to Miao Li.

It's getting more and more outrageous, the eldest princess thinks he's really going crazy.

"I'm really pretending to be stupid, and I know what you are afraid of. You are afraid that she will disapprove of what you do after knowing this. I can tell you the answer now, she does not agree, and said that if you really do that Now, she will feel very guilty, all the faults are on her, and she can't wait to die to apologize."

Zhou Shuxuan sat back on the chair again in a daze, feeling ashamed, which was almost the same as he imagined, so he didn't dare to tell Miao Li.Wait until the matter is over before telling her the result.Or just keep it secret for the rest of your life and keep it from her.Who would have thought that the eldest princess would spoil his good deeds behind his back!
Zhou Shuxuan thought and thought in his heart, and then asked for a long time: "Did she really say that?"

Zhou Shuxuan was still a little uncertain in his heart. His statement was based on Miao Li's previous inference. She might change now. After all, he knew that Miao Li was sincere to him.

The eldest princess said without changing her face: "Can I still lie to you? Don't forget whose daughter she is, and what kind of person her father is. If you don't believe me, you can ask yourself." Miao Li She was very relieved there, and nothing would happen.

What kind of person her father is, he truly serves the country and the people, and values ​​the people more than anything else.He is willing to use his life to maintain the stability of the country. Miaoli is his daughter, and it is very likely that he has an idea with him. Zhou Shuxuan fell into deep thought again.

The eldest princess added, "As long as you continue to be the crown prince, Xu Meitang will still be the princess, and the left minister will no longer talk about the imperial edict. There are no witches."

Zhou Shuxuan obviously heard her words, but did not answer.Seeing him like this, the eldest princess knew that the chess game was almost done, and she was just waiting for the end.When Zhou Shuxuan went to ask Miaoli and got the answer, the matter came to an end.

It doesn't make much sense to stay here any longer, the eldest princess got up and walked out.Walking and sighing, it has been two generations, and she is still involved in the throne. There is no one else who can reach her level as a princess.

Zhou Shuxuan sat in the East Palace for half a day, not in the mood to deal with business, and just wanted to explain this matter to Miao Li.After much deliberation, she couldn't come up with a good idea. If she was a little stupid, she could still be fooled, but she was not stupid and sensitive, and she was bored in her heart.

If you can't think of it, don't think about it. It's better to explain it face to face.Otherwise, if Miao Li thinks about it more, something will happen again.

Zhou Shuxuan changed his clothes and ran out of the palace non-stop, running twice a day, he was not tired at all, it was all voluntary.

This time, he didn't climb over the wall again. He walked through the gate in a dignified manner, and let people go in to report.Miaoli was still embroidering her flowers one after another, when she heard that he was coming, she hurriedly hid the things in her hands.Then he rubbed his face to make his expression less stiff.

Now that the eldest princess has been promised, then do the errands well.

With an indescribable feeling in her heart, she finally decided to be a selfish and stingy person, but this is the result again.It's better to go back to the beginning, before you are tempted, you can be tolerant and generous, and don't care who is around him.

It is easy to go from tolerance to selfishness, but it is even more difficult to go from selfishness to tolerance.

Creation tricks people!

Zhou Shuxuan had already arrived in the house, and Miao Li leaned on the couch and looked at him from a distance without going out to greet him, muttering in a low voice, "Run here twice a day, you don't feel tired and panic, I also feel bored Panic, what are you doing here now?"

Zhou Shuxuan heard her whispering clearly, took his cloak and threw it aside, went to lean in front of the hot tub to warm hands with her, and said with a smile: "Now I'm tired of you, and we will see each other every day How to do?"

"It must be even more annoying." Miao Li said on her mouth, but stirred up the charcoal fire with her hand.I could feel the freezing cold on his body, and worried that he would freeze.

Seeing the movements of her hands, Zhou Shuxuan asked, "Didn't you dislike charcoal fire before?"

Miaoli glanced at him, and said aggrievedly: "I don't like it now either. It's just that no one is used to it, and it's too cold. I'm afraid that it will cause trouble to others if it gets frozen. At that time, no one cared about it." .”

Zhou Shuxuan smiled again and said, "You are calling me inhuman." He used to sit beside her affectionately, put his arms around her and asked, "Did aunt come to see you?"

Finally getting to the point, Miao Li was still a little nervous, wondering if she could hide it from Zhou Shuxuan's eyes.

Miao Li nodded slightly.

Zhou Shuxuan asked knowingly, "What did she tell you?"

"Let's just say that you've been acting like a child lately, playing around with willfulness. When you think about it, it's when you think about it. When you hear the wind, it's rain."

Zhou Shuxuan was not angry either, so he hugged her and said with a faint smile, "Speak again, let me see what words you can come up with?"

Miao Li said arrogantly: "I can think of so many words, unlike you, I don't know what kind of messy things are stuffed in my head."

"Don't you really know? I told you that you were stuffed with something?" Zhou Shuxuan whispered in her ear, "It's all you."

It is sweet to the ears, but bitter to the heart.

Miao Li turned her face away, looked into his eyes and said, "You really don't want to be a prince anymore?"

"It's not that I don't want to, it's that they forced me. Instead of making you feel wronged, why don't you be a prince, so you don't have to be restrained by them."

Miao Li nodded, showing that she understood, and said: "You think I'm being wronged. Then you think that after you don't become the prince, those people will call me a witch and say that I ruined your bright future. What's more Or, the next successor did not manage the country well and caused some problems in the country. At that time, the subjects thought of you and me who made you give up everything, and they would say that the country that has been passed down for hundreds of years is finally because of me They were all ruined. Do you think I will feel wronged at that time?"

Zhou Shuxuan was silent for a while and then felt that if he kept silent, he would lose. He said, "What do you care about those irrelevant people? What they think is their business."

"You just sit and talk without back pain, and you don't scold you, so of course you don't think it's relevant. And not only in this dynasty, maybe some literati think this is a worthwhile story, and turn it into a storybook and pass it down through the ages. I am called to bear hundreds of thousands of years of infamy." Miao Li poked him lightly, "Because of you, even if I am buried in a coffin, I will not be at peace."

"Okay, okay," Zhou Shuxuan's head grew dizzy, "Then what do you think we should do?"

He said it as if he single-handedly made her a sinner through the ages. It sounded absurd, but there was some truth in it.

"You don't need to do anything, just go back to the beginning. You have worked so hard to find me, and then clear up the misunderstanding between us, and then I agree to go back with you, a happy ending." Miao Li I don't even know how I said those words.

"So... what happened in the middle is meaningless. Are you not afraid of those demons and ghosts?"

Going back like this, nothing has changed.

(End of this chapter)