The fast-traveling girl has no feelings for her

Chapter 324 The Heiresses (Twenty)
In the Ninth Emperor's Mansion, the Ninth Emperor who had just returned from inspecting the spring plowing in other provinces changed into a normal attire and sat in her garden admiring the delicate flowers that only bloom in early spring.

Sitting with her admiring the flowers was a young woman in a light white robe.

This woman has her hair combed high in a bun on the back of her head, with only a streamlined ordinary wooden hairpin pinned to it.

Judging by her attire, she doesn't seem to be from a wealthy family, but the scholarly demeanor revealed in her conversation with the Ninth Emperor's Lady, it seems that she is gentle and quite talented.

She was the first champion in this year's palace examination, and joined the new champion of the Ninth Emperor's family——Li Yu.

Since there is no need to go to court today, the two sat in the courtyard drinking tea and discussing Taoism, talking and composing poems, which was quite interesting.

The sunshine in spring is no more vicious than the summer, and it also gives people warmth when it shines on people.

But just as Li Yu was talking more and more happily, the Ninth Highness sitting opposite her had a hint of sadness in his eyes.

Although her melancholy was fleeting, it was inadvertently hit by Li Yu.

The latter put his hand on the stone table, and tentatively asked the Ninth Emperor, "I see that His Royal Highness Nine seems to have something on his mind today, isn't he very interested in viewing flowers?"

The Ninth Queen laughed lightly when she heard the words, "Among the people around me, you are the only one with sharp eyes, Master Li, and you can tell even this."

As she spoke, she raised her hand to fill a cup of tea for both herself and Li Yu.

The latter hurriedly held up the teacup with both hands, and nodded slightly to the Ninth Emperor to show his respect and gratitude.

After the two of them tasted a cup of tea at the same time, the Nine Emperors asked Li Yu slowly, "Master Li, you and I have known each other for some time, and we are very familiar with each other. What you said just now is true. , I do have some things pressing on my mind. It’s just that once these things get out of my mouth and into your ears, they must never get into the ears of a third person again, can you do it?”

Li Yu's heart moved. Is this a sign that His Highness Ninth Prince is truly willing to accept her?

You know, only when the superior trusts the people around them, will they share some secrets with them.

Therefore, after the Ninth Emperor's daughter asked this question, Li Yu immediately got up and took off her clothes, knelt down and made a big salute to the former, then raised her head respectfully and replied, "My subject, Li Yu, is willing to die for His Highness Ninth! The secret is really Li Yu's luck!"

Her actions made the Ninth Queen very satisfied.

However, His Highness Ninth Highness with both high IQ and EQ did not put on airs to make people get up, but personally helped Li Yu, who had shown his loyalty to him, up.

The back and forth between the two of them can be considered to have truly established each other's master-slave status, and at the same time narrowed the distance between the two.

Just like the Ninth Emperor Girl herself, when she looked at Li Yu at this moment, she felt that he was already a trustworthy person beside her.

So after she returned to her original position, she thought for a while, and asked Li Yu a question that the latter hadn't expected.

"Master Li, everyone says that the Queen Mother prefers me. Do you think so too?"

Li Yu, who never expected the Ninth Queen to ask this question, was really stunned for a long while.

Her Royal Highness Nine Emperors is deeply favored by Her Majesty the Empress, and is even regarded by many people as the Empress's chosen successor. This matter is well known in the entire capital city!

So Li Yu asked a little puzzled, "Dare to ask Your Highness the Ninth Prince, why do you suddenly have such a question?"

The Ninth Queen did not answer this question directly, but looked at a flower garden in front of her.

In the years since she was a child, she has never doubted that her mother-in-law would not love her.

Because even the eighth emperor sister, who is a compatriot with her father, once said in front of her that she was half angry and half jealous, "We are all born of the same imperial husband, why does the empress dote on you more?"

It seems that in the eyes of everyone, it is an indisputable fact that the empress dotes on her.

As she grew older, she attributed this to her outstanding performance in various fields.

After all, excellent children deserve their parents to favor them.

But a few days ago, after experiencing the sudden death of the seventh and eighth sisters, she suddenly no longer thought so.

On the day when the two imperial sisters were buried in the imperial mausoleum, she rushed back to the palace from other provinces on three fast horses to attend the funeral.

She still clearly remembers that when the coffins of the two sisters were sent to the imperial cemetery, the first spring rain of the year suddenly fell in the sky.

The spring rain was thin and continuous, but it poked her body like an invisible needlepoint and pierced her heart.

It was because the one buried in the soil was, after all, her own sister who was once a sibling of her father!
The memories of breathing together in the father and womb, and playing together when they were young, all rushed out with the falling loess, making her so sad that it was difficult to breathe.

But at this moment, through the drizzle, when she looked up, she saw the empress's indifferent and lifeless face.

That face was once the most familiar to her, but at that moment, it felt unfamiliar to her like never before.

After the burial ceremony was completed, the Queen Mother turned around and left. As she passed by, she suddenly stopped and said, "Xiaojiu, you shouldn't have come back at this time."

She clearly remembered that the tone of that sentence was very blunt, and at the same time there was a little bit of anger, as if she was angry at her for giving up the provinces on her own initiative and running back to attend the funeral.

Although she turned around again afterwards and rushed back to other provinces to watch the spring plowing that day, what happened that day and what she saw had already taken root in her heart.

To this day, she still doesn't understand why the Queen Mother was so indifferent at the funeral of the two dead sisters.

On this side, after listening to the Ninth Emperor's intermittent talk about what happened on the day of the funeral, Li Yu's face was also lost in thought.At that time, when the Ninth Emperor was in charge of inspecting the spring plowing situation in other provinces, she was also with her.

Therefore, she also knew about the Ninth Emperor's return to the capital that day.

It's just that she didn't know that during the burial of the two imperial daughters, Her Majesty the Empress had behaved so unkindly.

However, although the Ninth Princess told what happened at that time, Li Yu, who was still a servant of the Queen, could not say anything bad about Her Majesty the Queen. At the same time, she could not say that the Ninth Princess in front of her was too sad at that time. He saw it wrong, or the latter misunderstood the meaning of the Queen's words.

With the words that Li Yu had to think carefully, he persuaded the Nine Emperors in a roundabout way, "Your Highness Nine, I have seen a kind of person in the book, this kind of person is very different from ordinary people. When a relative dies, she may not Crying and screaming, even being silent and silent, and yet her heart is as sad as anyone else's."

"That kind of grief is a kind of grief that goes deep into the bones. Even once the sadness starts, even the person's soul will be damaged without knowing it. I thought to myself, maybe Her Majesty the Queen is facing the death of her loved ones. At that time, it was the same type of person as this person.”

It has to be said that her explanation made the original doubts in the Ninth Emperor's daughter's heart dissipate a lot.

That's right, how could the Queen Mother, who used to love her and the royal sisters so much, turn into a cold and heartless person?

Perhaps the truth of the matter is that, as Li Yu said, the Queen Mother probably just expressed her sadness in a different way from other people.

After thinking about this point clearly, Ninth Queen's mood suddenly improved.

She immediately wanted to persuade Li Yu to have a light meal at her house at noon before leaving, and Li Yu, who had a rare opportunity to have a meal together at the master's house, was naturally invited to stay.

Coming from a humble background, she was by no means the kind of person who was born into poverty but still claimed to be noble.

She knew that as long as she studied hard and won the rankings, she would be able to usher in a real day of success.

But right now, she even found the pole used to climb up, and even held it tightly in the palm of her hand, how could she choose to give up during the climbing process?

After lunch, because of Li Yu's elegant conversation and extraordinary knowledge, the Ninth Emperor's appreciation for this woman has reached a new level.

She couldn't help but thank her mother in her heart, thinking that the latter had found a capable right-hand man for her.

And when she thought of this, all the misunderstandings she had about the Empress disappeared in her heart, and she became more and more convinced of Li Yu's explanation to the mourning people.

After the guests and hosts had enjoyed themselves, the Ninth Emperor's daughter personally sent Li Yu to the entrance of the mansion, watched the other party salute and then turned to leave.

The Ninth Emperor Husband from her residence also followed. Seeing that his wife was still looking at Master Li's retreating figure, he asked with some amusement, "My wife, Master Li has already left." It’s far away, why are you still looking?”

Upon hearing this, the Ninth Princess smiled and gently scratched the nose of her little vinegar jar with her fingers and asked, "Why are you so jealous again? Do you even eat women's jealousy?"

"Could it be possible that His Highness would leave such a lovely person like you alone and fall in love with a woman instead?"

The Nine Emperors hid their sleeves and giggled and said, "That's really uncertain, who knows what you are thinking about all day long, wife master? Tell me, what are you thinking about now?"

"I, I was thinking about this Li Yu, he is a very talented person..." Her Royal Highness the Ninth Emperor had just told half of the truth, but her head husband on the other end had already started to look at her and was very dissatisfied with this answer. Small eyes.

The Ninth Emperor's daughter, who instantly felt sorry for herself, quickly changed her words and said, "Of course I'm thinking of you in my heart! In my heart, all I'm thinking of is you!"

Her husband covered his sleeves and smiled brighter when he heard the words.

After the Nine Emperors spun around in circles, she said "Woman's mouth, you deceitful ghost!" and then ran away.

The Ninth Queen loves her man's jealousy, and when she sees someone running away, she quickly catches up.

(End of this chapter)