Those years when I was Princess Yan

"Yo, the fourth sibling finally remembered!" Zhu Yan sighed.

Zhu Xi followed with a laugh, "It's good if you can remember, the fourth brother's big sword can finally rest for a while."

The two leaned against the tree and had just finished their sarcastic conversation when they saw a handsome looking guard coming with a bulging bag on their backs.

"Look at the messenger, I don't know how impatient his lord is, he didn't prepare the letter early and presented it directly." Zhu Yan sighed again.

After Wan Chun saluted Zhu Di, he explained his purpose of coming.

Zhu Di knew the reason for his visit early on, so naturally he didn't bother to pay attention to his words, and just stood there, waiting for Wan Chun to send a letter.Wan Chun didn't move, still bowed his hands, waiting for the prince's order.

Qiu Fu watched anxiously, and urged: "It's a letter, don't hesitate to submit it to the prince."

Wan Chun was stunned for a moment, and looked at Zhu Di hesitantly: "But I don't know which one I want?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Di, Qiu Fu, and Zhu Yan and Zhu Chen who were watching not far away were all puzzled.

Wan Chun hurriedly took off the luggage on his back, and offered it with both hands, "Here are all the letters from the princess to the prince, a total of 52. When the subordinate left the capital, it happened to be two days after the prince left, and the princess would write a letter every day." To the prince. Due to the large number of letters, the princess was really embarrassed to let so many letters be delivered together with the official newspaper, so she saved up a few more days and sent the villain to deliver them."

Zhu Bing: "..."

Zhu Xi: "..."

The two brothers immediately looked at each other, revealing the same emotions in each other's eyes.Lost, lost, totally lost.Fortunately, they still had the face to laugh at others back then, and suspected that the fourth sibling was careless to the fourth brother, and it turned out that their own daughter-in-law was careless to themselves.This face is so embarrassing!

The fourth sibling is also true, writing a letter can blind their eyes, it is true enough, it makes people unable to live.

In the Peace Temple before, their husband and wife loved each other and envied others.Now that we are separated, we actually write a letter every day.Doesn't she feel tired as a pregnant woman? Doesn't she feel uncomfortable without morning sickness after having a child? Does she have nothing to do all day long and can only write letters?

Zhu Yang raised his head, covered his eyes with his hands, and repeatedly shook his head to leave.Zhu Xing also retreated, but he couldn't beat it, he couldn't beat it, it was still possible to escape.

Zhu Di silently looked at the package of letters in Wan Chun's hands, and after noticing that Zhu Fen and Zhu Fen over there had left, he slowly raised the corners of his mouth and couldn't help laughing.

He raised his hand and picked up the luggage bag and walked back.Seeing this, Qiu Fu wanted to extend his hand to help, the prince has a noble status, so it seems a little inappropriate to take this kind of package.But as soon as he stretched out his hand, he was gouged out coldly by the prince. He was so scared that a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back, and he quickly retracted his hand.

After Zhu Di returned to his room, he opened the package, and he saw twelve neatly packed letters. The envelopes of each letter were marked with the date thoughtfully, and on the cover was written 'From Your Husband'.Not the king of Yan, not the prince, but the husband.

The corners of Zhu Di's upturned mouth deepened.

According to the date, Zhu Di opened the letter on the first day he left. Seeing Xu Qingqing complimenting him on the delicious crispy chicken wings, Zhu Di began to smile. They are all about the trivial things she encounters every day, but they are very graphic, as if he can see them with his own eyes.

He could even imagine Xu Qingqing's appearance, expression, and body movements when encountering everything.

Seeing later, seeing Xu Qingqing talking about her discomfort during pregnancy and vomiting, Zhu Di's face suddenly became serious, and his eyes were extremely cold. It was uncomfortable, but she still felt happy and happy.Zhu Di couldn't be happy, and after pinching the letter for a long time, he changed the next one.

After reading all the letters word by word, it was nearly dawn.After Zhu Di put away the letter as it was, he called someone to prepare water for a bath.

Zhu Yu came to Zhu Di's martial arts training ground early in the morning to wait, and after a while Zhu Yu also came.

As soon as the two brothers met, they asked about each other's purpose, and the results coincided with each other. They were both curious and couldn't wait to ask Zhu Di what the four brothers and sisters wrote in so many letters.Thinking about it, it's really curious.

The two waited until the sun rose high, but Zhu Di still didn't come to practice martial arts.This is so strange, he can't be shaken every day, he must get up in the morning to practice martial arts, even when he was sick and had a fever, he never gave up.

Could it be that they came late today?

The two of them were a little bit unwilling, so they deliberately called the servant who came to serve Zhu Di, and asked about Zhu Di's movements this morning.

"Yan Wang Ye called for water to take a bath before dawn, and then rested all the time, never leaving the room."

"So, fourth brother didn't practice martial arts today?" Zhu Xi sighed in surprise.

"Hey, people are always short in the spring, and they are reluctant to get up. He is lucky, just reading a letter, and he is so delayed?" Zhu Yan sighed, "We, King Yan, are 'long nights, bitter letters'."

"Don't be sour, I can already smell it." Zhu Xi said.

Zhu Yan rubbed his chin, and said to Zhu Chen: "Sometimes I think, what would happen if you and I married a wife like the fourth younger brother? Do you think we will be like the fourth younger brother?"

"The temperament is different, so how can it be the same." Although Zhu Xi answered in this way, he couldn't help but imagine what it would be like if his concubine was Xu Qingqing.

At least he won't hate each other like he and Princess Qin now. In fact, Xu Qingqing was born in the countryside, and with her temperament, he really looked down on her at first, and even thought she was not as good as Princess Qin.Although Princess Qin is a Mongolian, she was born noble and her upbringing was dignified and elegant.

Zhu Xi asked himself that he was very picky about women's aesthetics, and he really couldn't bear women of vulgar background.But after getting along with each other day by day, and getting to know Xu Qingqing's temperament gradually, he felt that having such a woman as his wife might be fresher and life more interesting.

"Yes, but maybe I can really do it. Anyway, she must be better than Mrs. Xie. Second brother, you don't know how annoying Mrs. Xie is."

Zhu Fen told Zhu Fen that Mrs. Xie always did some irritable and stupid things, but for some reason, she always used the four younger siblings as targets.If you fight, you will fight, and it doesn't matter if you win, but every time you are deflated, it is embarrassing for him.

It was useless for him to warn Mrs. Xie, but Mrs. Xie questioned why he gave away all the treasures in the warehouse in the first place.At the beginning, he framed Xu Qingqing's fame, how could he just say that he would pay back the favor he owed, but Mrs. Xie didn't trust him at all, and even somewhat suspected that he was bewitched, saying that he might be bewitched by Xu Qingqing spell.

"Don't look at her from a family background, she is really an unreasonable shrew. Every time I see her, I can't help being annoyed, and she just doesn't know how to get up."

It was precisely because of this that Zhu Yan went to sleep all the beauties in the mansion in a fit of anger, but did not go to her room, just to make Xie reflect on himself.However, Mrs. Xie came up with a set of tormenting methods to get rid of those women in the mansion with open and secret excuses, and Zhu Yan was even more annoying to her because of this.

"Second brother, don't think that I have many women, but I have slept with so many women, and none of them really understand me. On the contrary, it was the fourth sibling who saw through the palace banquet that day that I was good at piano music. She is also very interesting and understands me. I didn't want to expose this matter face to face, but it was Xie's talkative instigation."

Zhu Xi patted Zhu Yu's shoulder and sighed, "Marriage is a major matter, the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. This is not something you and I can decide. The fourth brother is just lucky. In short, your thoughts are not good. The third brother and sister should try to be patient."

"Yeah, what can I do." Zhu Yan sighed, "I'm just complaining, and we can still be inseparable."

"Oh, it's all caused by the more than 50 letters from the fourth brother and sister. If the daughter-in-law of the fourth brother is similar to ours, there is no need for us to think so much now." Zhu Xi sighed half-jokingly.

"That's right, tonight, the fourth brother must treat us to a drink, otherwise I won't do it." Zhu Bian said loudly.

Zhu Xing immediately agreed.

……

When Xu Qingqing stopped having morning sickness, she was summoned by the empress of the palace.

At this time, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, which is a good time for farming.Xu Qingqing, Princess Qin, and Xie accompanied the queen to plant carrots.The carrot seeds used were exactly what Xu Qingqing took from the Peace Temple, and they could be used to pickle sour radishes when they were harvested later.

Because Xu Qingqing was pregnant, she couldn't do heavy work, so Empress Ma only asked her to sow the seeds.

Concubine Qin and Princess Xie of Jin had to turn over the ground and raise a ridge, which was labor-intensive work, and their hands were relatively delicate, and blisters appeared after a few strokes of the pickaxe.

Seeing this, Empress Ma smiled, took the pickaxe and came over, intending to do the rest of the work by herself.Qin Wangfei and Xie's dare not do this, even if they endured the blisters, they still have to do all the work quickly.

Qin Wangfei didn't complain, but Mrs. Xie couldn't do it. After finishing the work, she felt a lot of resentment in her heart.

After finishing their work, Empress Ma asked them to have tea together.

Coincidentally, at this time, there were two concubines in the harem making trouble, and one of them was pregnant and became popular, begging Queen Ma to call the shots.Empress Ma had no choice but to deal with the matter.So, the three daughters-in-law were left in the hall to sit and chat.

Mrs. Xie immediately raised her hands to see, and touched the blister on the other hand with one hand, taking a deep breath of air from the pain, "It's better for the fourth sibling, don't have to do this kind of rough work."

"Third sister-in-law, have you forgotten? I grew up doing this kind of rough work." After Xu Qingqing took a sip of warm water, she smirked at Mrs. Xie, and then she looked at Qin Wangfei's hand and said hurriedly, "It's all prickly." It was stabbed, why don't you tell me?"

Xu Qingqing ordered the maid to get the needle, and after the fire, she helped Princess Qin pick out the wooden thorn, and by the way broke the blisters on her hand, telling her that this would make her recover faster, and she only needed to wait for two days. It hurts.Xu Qingqing took the ointment she carried with her and smeared it on Princess Qin.

Princess Qin hurriedly thanked her, with an extremely gentle smile on her face, and even Xu Qingqing's eyes showed an indescribable tenderness and intimacy.

Seeing this, Mrs. Xie wondered, when did the relationship between the two become so good?If she remembers correctly, Princess Qin is a master who is careful not to get close to anyone, how could she suddenly become so close to Xu?

Could it be that he was bewitched?Just like her family Jin Wang suddenly gave all his money and treasures to Xu Qingqing?

Mrs. Xie immediately became vigilant and carefully observed the behavior of the two.She found that Qin Wangfei's temperament seemed to have changed a little, her temperament was a little different from before, she was really bewitched!

Because of this, Mrs. Xie was very worried, and regretted that the princess did not come because of illness, otherwise there would be someone beside her who could discuss it.

Mrs. Xie endured it until Empress Ma came back, and when everyone retired, they rushed to the East Palace to meet the Crown Princess Chang.

Mrs. Chang was half lying on the couch, and the room was filled with a faint smell of medicine.After entering the door, Mrs. Xie saw Mrs. Chang's emaciated state, hurriedly went to hold Mrs. Chang's hand, and asked how her illness was, and why she hadn't been well for so long.

Chang's smiled wryly, but she couldn't express the pain in her heart.Naturally, it was because of her youngest sister, Chang Mingzhu, that she had been making a fuss and felt uncomfortable all the time. After she occasionally felt the cold, she was actually feeling uncomfortable all the time.It also happens that due to illness, I can see the prince less and lose face a few times.

Unexpectedly, I have been the daughter-in-law of the royal family for so many years, seeking to be considerate in everything, and finally made such a big mistake. The result of being "comprehensive" is ridiculous.She couldn't even face herself, let alone how to raise her head in front of the prince in the future.

Thinking of this, Chang could not help but bow her head and shed tears.

"Good sister-in-law, what's the matter with you, why don't you tell me if you have something to do, maybe I can help?" Mrs. Xie saw that Mrs. Chang had something on her mind.

Chang shook her head, "No one can help me, but I have to thank the third sibling for their concern."

Seeing that she refused to speak, Mrs. Xie could only sigh, "I know that sister Mingzhu has gone, and it will be a big blow to you, but people cannot be resurrected after death, so you can't go on mourning forever. You have to think about the two children, they are both still alive. I need your care to grow up."

"I know."

It's not like Chang doesn't understand this truth, but she still can't get over the hurdle in her heart.

"By the way, my brother and sister suddenly came to see me today, but is there something wrong?"

"What can I do, but I just came to see my sister-in-law, and I am worried about your health." Xie said with a smile, "I found something strange just now, and I want to tell my sister-in-law, please help me, after all, my sister-in-law He has always been considerate in doing things, unlike me who is always careless."

When Chang heard the word 'Zhou Quan', his face changed slightly, and he nodded to signal Xie to continue talking.

Mrs. Xie informed Mrs. Chang of Princess Qin's changes, "The relationship between the two is good now. I see that Princess Qin's temperament is quite different from before. She seems to have changed completely. What kind of personality was she before? My sister-in-law knows best, keep a distance from everyone, don’t get close to anyone, be cautious everywhere, guarding against everyone is like guarding against thieves. Now it is, tsk tsk... It’s a pity that the sister-in-law was not there, and I couldn’t see how close the two of them are. Well, the two are like sisters."

"Is there such a thing?"

Chang's was very surprised, she also knew Qin Wangfei.In the early years when she first became the crown princess, under the instruction of the crown prince and Queen Ma, she also tried to make friends with Princess Qin, so that she would not have to be so sensitive and careful, but Princess Qin always kept a distance from her, and never made friends with her. She was close.

Chang asked himself enough to work hard enough to spend a full year, but it took only a few days for Princess Yan to be so close to her?

Chang couldn't imagine any normal way to make a person like Princess Qin change quickly.Perhaps, as Xie said, Princess Yan knew witchcraft, which caused the sudden change in the attitude of the second sibling.Also, the fact that the King of Jin gave Xu Qingqing all his gold and silver treasures was indeed as Xie said, which is a bit strange.

Chang couldn't help but think of his sister Chang Mingzhu.In the final analysis, what happened to her sister had a lot to do with Xu Qingqing.

Chang could never believe that her sister was such a vicious person.She was by his side before, obviously very obedient and obedient, restrained and not provoking trouble.Even if she was wronged, she could obviously cry to her and beg for decisions, but she never said a word.

This is also where Chang's depression has always been. She couldn't believe that the younger sister she raised with her own hands could be so bad.During these days, she blamed herself and felt extremely guilty and ashamed, but she couldn't find an outlet, because if Chang Mingzhu really did something wrong, then as the eldest sister, she would be responsible.

But now Princess Jin gave her a reason, which could explain that her sister's abnormal behavior was probably caused by sorcery.

At that time, it was very likely that Xu Qingqing, after learning of Mingzhu's love for King Yan, thought about every detail and became jealous, so she performed some evil spells, which made her younger sister Mingzhu change her temper, and suddenly became vicious and hurt others.

And Xu Qingqing had already prepared everything to expose and destroy her sister on the spot.So when she was eating cheese that day, she deliberately didn't eat the eighth bowl, but ordered Yan Wang's bowl, and then pretended that the silver hairpin fell down accidentally, and found out that it was poisonous...

If what she guessed is true, then Xu Qingqing is terrible.Her city is too deep, and her spells are superb, she has calculated almost everything!

Of course, this kind of thing still needs to be cautious and come up with evidence to speak.Mrs. Chang asked Mrs. Xie if she believed that Xu Qingqing knew magic tricks, how could she expose her.

"I haven't dared to confirm it yet. Now that I have discovered the suspicion, I hurried to ask my sister-in-law what she meant. If my sister-in-law also thinks it's suspicious, then I think it's probably true. Let's find evidence together to expose her." .” Xie said.

Mrs. Chang nodded, and then asked Mrs. Xie what her next plan was.

"Those Taoist priests must have some tools for their practice. Even for witchcraft, they must also have birth date and dolls. I thought I could start from here. But it is very likely that people around Princess Yan will be needed, but The fourth brother's house is like an iron wall, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to arrange detailed work, and we won't get any news." Mrs. Xie was very worried.

"I do have someone, I'll ask him to find out the news later." Chang said.

"Great, if my sister-in-law takes action, there will be no evidence to hide. Then I will wait for the good news from my sister-in-law. If there is anything that needs my help, sister-in-law, please just tell me."

Xie was very happy, because finally someone agreed with her idea.

After Xu Qingqing returned to the mansion, she heard news from Duke Wei's mansion that the marriage between Xu Miaoshu and Mu Jingchun had been decided, and they would get married when Mu Jingchun came back from the border.

Xu Qingqing then received a gift from Princess Qin, a ruby ​​the size of a pigeon egg.

When she was growing radishes in the palace before, she just casually mentioned to Princess Qin that she likes gold, silver and jewelry.Unexpectedly, after Princess Qin returned to the mansion, she would pick such a priceless treasure for her.

Xu Qingqing wanted to refuse but couldn't. The servant who came to deliver the things said that if she didn't want it, he couldn't go back to take orders.

Since the other party sincerely wanted to give it away, Xu Qingqing had no reason not to accept it. Who could have a grudge against money.Besides, giving gifts to each other between sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law was not out of order, so Xu Qingqing accepted it.

The Crown Princess Chang later learned that Xu Qingqing also got an expensive gemstone from Princess Qin, and began to believe more and more in what Xie had said to her.

This Xu Qingqing is really very likely to be a demon.She first confused King Yan, and after she became Princess Yan, she squeezed all the money from King Jin, and now she is eyeing Princess Qin again.Because her elder brother was the prince of the previous dynasty, Princess Qin had a lot of rare treasures in her dowry.

This Xu Qingqing can really calculate!

Chang pondered whether to tell the prince about this matter, but then thought that there was not enough evidence, if it was all based on guesswork, it would definitely not work, the prince was already dissatisfied with her because of Chang Mingzhu's matter.

Chang decided not to tell the prince for the time being, but to investigate clearly by herself first, and then report back to her.

Xu Qingqing didn't know that she was being targeted, and spent the past two days as usual, insisting on writing a letter to King Yan every day.

After writing the letter, it was getting late, so I stretched my waist, turned off the lights and went to sleep.

The maids all retreated, and there was only one oil lamp left in the room, which was used for lighting at night, and it was only placed in the corner, not too bright.

Xu Qingqing was about to fall asleep in a daze when she suddenly heard a click, as if the latch on the window had been knocked open.

She was startled, and felt someone approaching the bed, she sat up immediately, hid in the bed, and opened her mouth to call for someone.

"It's me." Zhu Di whispered.

Xu Qingqing was stunned, because she hadn't heard Zhu Di's voice for a long time, and she couldn't react when she first heard it.

Seeing the man lift the curtain and sit down by the bed, a familiar figure, a familiar face...

Xu Qingqing's eyes lit up, and she immediately approached Zhu Di and looked at him with a smile.

"The prince is back?"

"Yeah." Zhu Di didn't make any unnecessary movements, and still sat there, looking down at Xu Qingqing restrainedly.

"Is the lord coming back to work this time? Come and see me?" Xu Qingqing and Zhu Di seemed to be leaving at any time, so he naturally thought that he would be the same as last time, and he might go out immediately after saying a word.

Zhu Di raised his hand and touched Xu Qingqing's cheek, then moved his eyes down to look at Xu Qingqing's stomach.

"But it still makes you uncomfortable?"

Xu Qingqing shook her head, "It's all right now, everything tastes good, but I prefer spicy food, they all said it might be a daughter."

Xu Qingqing asked Yan Wang whether he liked a son or a daughter.

"You." Zhu Di's hand was still stroking Xu Qingqing's cheek.

Xu Qingqing froze for a moment when she heard this answer, and then smiled playfully at Zhu Di with the corners of her mouth curled up.

Because this answer also answered Xu Qingqing's first question, Zhu Di came back to see her specially.

Xu Qingqing noticed the tiredness on Zhu Di's face, and could smell the dusty smell on his body, maybe it was the smell of dust.Because from the ashes on his shoulders, it can be seen how fast he rode, how anxious he was to come back, and he came to see her without stopping.

As a prince, he was ordered by the imperial order to go to Fengyang for training, and he could not return to Beijing without an imperial edict, otherwise he would be punished if he disobeyed the imperial edict, and the prince was no exception.

In order to come back to see her, this man has become unbecoming and took such a big risk.

But he is still not good at expressing, and always pretends to be calm and calm in front of her.

Xu Qingqing was wearing a snow-white undershirt and had already bathed.She didn't care if there was any dust on Zhu Di's body, she couldn't wait to throw herself into Zhu Di's arms, and kissed him on the cheek.

"My lord, I miss you so much, every day!" Xu Qingqing put her arms around Zhu Di's neck, and kissed him on the other side of the cheek.Taking care of both left and right, there is no partiality at all.

"Lie." Zhu Di gave her a doting look, his eyes flickering on and off.

"Didn't your lord receive a letter from my concubine?"

Xu Qingqing's implication is that she writes a letter every day, and those letters are enough to prove that she misses him every day.

"It is said that we will come to Fengyang in March. Where is the person?" Zhu Di's voice was low and hoarse, and the questioning voice was full of magnetism.

Xu Qingqing chuckled, "Recently, accidents seem to happen all the time in the palace, so I didn't find a suitable opportunity to tell the queen mother."

Xu Qingqing touched the stubble on Zhu Di's chin, held his face, and kissed him lightly on the mouth again.

She really misses a dog man, and she doesn't know when it started.

After all, I really miss myself.

Zhu Di curled his lips into a smile, held the back of Xu Qingqing's head, kissed him back, and deepened it all the way...