The target of the assassination is the fox

Another restless night passed, but Master still didn't entrust me with a dream.

This day I got up very early, opened the door and went out, and saw that the princess had also got up early, and was standing in the porch in a light crimson robe with dark flowers.A few clusters of the quenched golden sunlight slanted across her shoulders, dyeing the hair on the side of her neck translucently.

After a few days of recuperation, although she has not fully recovered yet, compared to my haggard and trance, she is already radiant and full of energy.It can be said that the wind is bright and the warmth is competing for the shoulders, and the long-term illness is like a fairy in a painting, which is very seductive.

I sighed half sadly, a cloud of white mist condensed in the cold air of early winter, and then gently dispersed.As soon as a beautiful woman who had just recovered from her illness and had a big appetite saw me, her watery eyes sparkled immediately, and she excitedly beckoned me over, then drew a pen and made a list, urging me to do it.

Heh, none of the dishes I talked about in Yinshan Medicine Manor at the beginning really didn't come down - I looked at the note in my hand and couldn't help but feel dumbfounded.But somehow, my mood improved inexplicably, and the accumulated irritability disappeared a lot.

Can things that are really seductive to the eye heal the heart?I shook my head, put aside the strange and annoying emotions I had been in for the past few days and went to the dining room, trying to shift my attention to the stove.

"Master Hua, it's so early, the Princess ordered again?" Zhang Ma laughed and joked when she saw me.As soon as the princess recovered from her illness, it seemed that the haze in the sky had also dissipated, and everyone in the mansion was refreshed with joy on their faces.I scooped up a ladle of water from the tank, just as a warm sun came in through the window, reflecting waves of light on the white wall.

"Yes." Responded while starting to wash the vegetables: "I ordered a lot, so I can only pick a few things to cook first, otherwise the princess will not be able to finish eating later."

"Hahaha, that's great, it's good if our princess has an appetite!" She smiled and said with a handkerchief: "Then I'll go to work first, the ingredients are all prepared over there, the freshest ones, you want Take whatever you want."

"it is good."

After Mama Zhang left, there was only the sound of fast and regular chopping of vegetables.After cutting a few dishes with exquisite knife skills, I went to the pond and fished a plump mandarin fish.

Alas, there is really no one but me who is so caring and considerate to the assassination target.

But looking at it from another angle, these things I did were not meaningless.Think about it, after serving the princess and letting her recover quickly, I can cheer up and go to the next assassination plan without any guilt, right?

After all, it's really unrestrained to do something to a sick person, it's too unstyled, even if you succeed, you will be ridiculed.My master always taught me not to take advantage of other people's dangers, and to be a killer should be a gentleman... Now that the task has been delayed for so long, I don't mind waiting a little longer.

While comforting myself, I quickly cleaned the pot, lit the fire, and finished all the dishes in less than a stick of incense.When he went to Xiayu Pavilion with the food box, the princess was listening to the housekeeper's report on the recent affairs of the house, carefully flipping through the ledger in his hand.

She motioned for me to serve the vegetables first, so I walked lightly to the other side without disturbing her.Just as he put the food box on the table, he heard a series of clumsy and impatient footsteps from outside, and then, as expected, the little prince walked in.

He should have just finished patrolling the city, before he had time to take off his armor. When he saw the thick account books in front of the princess, his eyebrows were raised, and he turned into a nagging woman again: "Sister, you are not in good health yet." Now, how can you get up early in the morning and work hard. Just leave these trivial matters to Uncle He."

Butler He, who was smiling kindly at the side, trembled, and quickly got up to leave.The little prince continued to complain: "And I don't bring a hand stove, it will freeze my hands."

"I've asked Dafang to pick it up." The princess didn't care much, flipping through the account book and said, "I've been bored in the room for the past few days, so I came here to take a look at the account, otherwise Uncle He couldn't handle the accumulation too much. Come on. By the way, I will go out later, if you have nothing to do, come with me."

"Hey, where are you going?"

"Did you forget that Jiao'er said in her letter that she was coming? She should arrive at noon. Let's pick her up."

"What!" The little prince's face changed drastically: "What is that girl going to do again, I don't have the time to accompany her crazy anymore. When I came back here, I made a fuss and tricked me to go to the brothel, which made me ..." He suddenly caught a glimpse of me laying vegetables here in the middle of his speech, and his voice faltered immediately, becoming a little unnatural: "Hey, um, why are there big flowers here?"

I think it's funny, this person must be upset that he exposed his liking for Shanzhong that night, and feels embarrassed and guilty.Alas, I told you that I would keep it a secret for him, but now I still look like an enemy when I see you.It's almost questioning my character.

"Princess, breakfast is ready." I said to the princess.

"Hmm." The person who looked down at the account book responded softly.She didn't seem to notice the strangeness of the little prince, she closed the account book and came over to sit here, and then glanced at him quietly.

Just when I thought the Princess wanted to ask the little prince to have dinner with her, she said in a playful tone: "Although that girl Jiaoer is a bit playful, she is also a good girl who is innocent, kind, and good-looking. Hide away. It's time to find you a princess, someone will share the affairs of the mansion, and I will be free."

The little prince was stunned when he heard this, and then seemed to think of something, and stared at me suddenly, his face turned red slowly.

I was gloating and froze for a moment.Hey, why did you show such an expression of resentment and suspicion? I haven't said anything to the Princess.So I put on an upright and innocent expression. Unexpectedly, the thick eyebrows of the person over there trembled, and the expression on their faces became even uglier.

"I, I'll go back and change my clothes first." The little prince hurriedly turned around after leaving this sentence, almost bumping into Dafang who came from behind, as if he was running away.And the princess lowered her brows, and looked away slowly from the direction he left, and turned to me, with a smile that was not a smile.

My heart skipped a beat.Often when the princess smiles like this, there must be nothing good.She must have misunderstood something!

Sure enough, after I anxiously waited for her to finish her meal, she wiped her mouth gracefully and uttered an extremely cruel sentence: "Dafang will go out with me later, you don't need to serve her, you take care of it." After finishing the flower garden, come and clean the Xiayu Pavilion."

After taking care of the flower garden, I have to clean the Xiayu Pavilion... How can I say it!

What about conscience?Do you turn your face away when you’re full? It’s a waste of my hard work to cook, and I worry about how to match meals to be more beneficial to the body and to beautify the skin and nourish the stomach!

I covered my heart weakly and cast a sad, angry and wronged look, but a certain princess turned a blind eye and left gracefully after eating and drinking. The back is so cold and noble.

... So now, with the broom brought over and my sleeves rolled up, I can only stand in the huge attic, choking speechlessly.

The Xiayu Pavilion is a more particular place, and it is usually taken care of by Mammy Liu and the others themselves, and they don't let other people come here at will.But today they are all busy, and I can't call others for help, so I can only do it myself.Alas, I originally thought about sneaking out to go shopping later...

Resentment is resentment, work still has to be done.I glanced around and decided to start with those rows of bookshelves.

These mahogany bookshelves are more than eight feet high, and most of the books in them are literary and historical biographies of famous strategies for governing the country, as well as academic treatises of various masters. The content is not very attractive, and there are not many traces of flipping.I put the books in a good alignment, then moved my toes to the top of the shelf, jumped up to the top of the bookshelf and straddled between the two rows, and used a feather duster to sweep away the fine dust little by little.

"Master Hua?" Suddenly a crisp voice called me from behind.

"Xiao Lan?" I looked back, turned over and landed lightly in front of the little girl in yellow shirt, and then saw the amazement in her eyes.I have never shown lightness in front of her before.

"How did you come."

"It happened that I had nothing to do, so I came to look for you when I heard Dad said you were here." Xiaolan smiled back at me, with sweet dimples on the corners of her mouth, which made people like it just by looking at it.Although the princess transferred her to the shop to practice before, Butler He felt sorry for his daughter and begged to transfer her back, so she has time to run to me these few days.

"Are you cleaning, let me help you."

"Yeah, good!" Zhengchou couldn't do it all by himself, so it should be fine if Xiaolan helps.I unceremoniously handed her a rag and asked her to wipe the tables and chairs first.

While continuing to organize the bookshelves, I accidentally bumped into a box, and a scroll inside rolled out and fell to the ground.

"Ah!" Xiaolan at the other end let out a low cry after seeing the things that fell on the ground, hurriedly ran over in small steps, and said nervously: "Oops, this is a painting that the princess cherishes very much." Said I picked it up carefully, spread it out and looked at it, and was relieved when I saw that it was not damaged, and winked at me: "Fortunately, it wasn't damaged."

I was surprised: "Is this painting very important?"

"Well, baby. There were many times when my father and I came here before, and the princess looked at it in a daze."

"Really?" Hearing what she said, I suddenly became a little concerned.Xiaolan looked outside and saw that there was no one else here except the two of us, so as if doing something bad, she carefully unfolded the entire painting and slowly admired it: "It's so beautiful."

I leaned closer and saw a young man in Tsing Yi wearing a bamboo hat, with delicate features and fair skin, about eleven or twelve years old, standing under a tree with a sword in his hand, looking like a chivalrous man. autograph.Can't help asking her: "Do you know who this painting is?"

Xiaolan hesitated for a while, as if she didn't know whether she should say it or not, but she couldn't bear it in the end, and said in a low voice: "Although Daddy warned me not to talk nonsense, if it's Mrs. Hua's words, there is nothing to hide. Listen to the mansion The old man said, the person in this painting should be the little cousin of the princess, Prince Shuwen."

"Shu Wen's son..." I searched in my mind: "Oh, it is the youngest son of King Heng, the civil and military genius who died of illness at a young age?"

"You've heard of it too?" Xiaolan was a little excited: "It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to see him in real life. I heard that he looks like a man and a woman, looks very handsome, and has both civil and military temperament. Mr. Pianpianjia, how can you be so confidant... Sigh."

"..." Is the beauty unlucky?I asked: "Then what special relationship does he have with the princess...?" Out of a woman's intuition, there must be something tricky between the two.

Xiaolan held her face in shame when she heard this, her ears turned a little blush, but her eyebrows and eyes were raised: "Back then, the prince and our princess were childhood sweethearts, childhood sweethearts, a couple made in heaven."

Ah, it really is tricky.The princess has always kept her self-awareness and kept herself safe from men. She has never had any romantic affairs, but it turned out that she had a lover when she was young?I haven't seen it mentioned in the news of Lingtong's hidden human trafficking... I frowned, for no reason, and felt a little uncomfortable.

Well, just like being forced to eat the boiled fish made by the princess himself before, the whole person is not well.

Xiaolan continued: "Actually, this matter is not a secret in the mansion, but everyone avoids talking about it."

"When the princess was young, he was robbed by gangsters and trapped in the mountains for several days. At that time, our palace was in chaos, but the old prince was far away from the border and couldn't come back, so he sent troops to look for it. In the end, they couldn't find it. After hearing the news, Prince Shuwen came and led his troops into the mountains to fight against the villains and rescue the princess! But it was also at that time that he was injured and fell ill soon."

"Well, the princess drew this painting herself the next day after she was rescued, and it has been preserved. After the prince passed away, she often took it out to look at it, and it took a long time to see it. It must be thinking about others when seeing things." Xiaolan He sighed regretfully: "If the prince is still alive, he will be able to form a good marriage with the princess."

"The princess has not been tempted by the man, probably because of... Huh?" The man who became more and more enthusiastic suddenly stopped, as if he had found something wrong, looked at the scroll for a long time, and said in surprise: "Master Hua, do you have any questions?" Don't you think... the prince is somewhat similar to you?"

Just because of what she said just now, I managed to regain my senses: "What, like me?"

"Yeah, it really looks more and more like it!" Xiao Lan pointed at the scroll with some excitement: "Look at the eyes, nose and mouth, they all look alike! Hey, how could there be such a coincidence..."

I was surprised when I heard it, so I also turned my attention to the picture scroll.

Hey, no wonder I thought it was weird just now, but upon closer inspection, it really looks alike... I looked closely at the facial features of the person in the painting, and suddenly a thought crossed my mind, making my heart tense.

If I really look like Prince Shuwen, how does the princess think of me?

Recalling the first time the princess saw my real face, her eyes were obviously in a daze for a long time, but then there was a sudden killing intent.I didn't understand it at the time, but now that I think about it, the abnormal reaction and all the things that happened after that, if it was really what Xiaolan said, everything would make sense.

At first, the princess must have thought that I was cultivated by someone secretly, and that I was similar in appearance to her sweetheart.Later, he treated me differently from others, and always got close intentionally or unintentionally... Is it also because of this reason?

Thinking of this, it was as if something fell to the ground in my heart, and it hurt suddenly.I never expected that the princess took me as a substitute.And if I didn't overturn this painting today, I would still be kept in the dark.

After that, Xiaolan said something excitedly again, but I couldn't listen anymore.After finishing his work, he shut himself in the room and lay in a daze on the bed.Angry and stuffy, but somewhat unclear.

Yeah, I should be annoyed.Because I, Feihua, are not allowed to be used like this, but being angry is nothing more than anger, why am I so resentful and unwilling, and even feel sour, as if... as if I was jealous of that prince.

Simply inexplicable!

However, the mood persisted until dark.After dinner, the outside is already full of stars, but the winter night is still not as bright as the summer night, and it looks colder and more lonely.I sat on the porch, frowning and looking at the lanterns shaking by the wind.

At this time, the princess has not returned to the mansion, so she must have had a good time outside.

Ah... In the end, I am wronged and angry here alone!In a fit of anger, I didn't wear the mask at all, and went directly over the wall to drink in a tavern on the street.

No matter what, maybe everything is just my wild imagination?In fact, I don't look like that person at all.Why bother about this kind of thing... I kept reassuring myself, but I couldn't stop one glass after another in my hand, and the empty wine bottles gradually piled up.

As the night deepened, the lights near and far went out one by one, and finally turned into darkness, and there were fewer pedestrians on the street, only the army patrolling the city at night was slowly walking through the street.In the end, the tavern was about to close, and the waiter politely walked me to the door.

It was only when I walked on the street that I felt that I was drunk, my footsteps were sloppy, and my vision was a little hazy.

Heh, it’s okay to be drunk, put all those messy things aside, don’t care about the princess or heir, go back and have a good sleep... I staggered back, but knocked down at a corner I lost my footing, and I couldn't stand still and fell down together. Drunken, I grabbed onto the man's chest, smelling the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus.

"Brother...the chest muscles are pretty good..." I muttered in a daze.

The person under me froze suddenly, and then something slapped me hard on the face, accompanied by a noisy dog ​​barking, and a female voice above my head that was out of tune in fright: "Ah! Damn rascal!!"

It was dark for a moment.

The author has something to say:

Princess: Say, why go out to drink?

Fei Hua: Because... (Tsundere shakes his face) Because of a man!

The princess's gaze was sharp for a moment: A man?Hmph, you really failed me. Not only did you touch other people's breasts when you were drunk, you even fell in love with my younger brother!

Fei Hua: (Shocked) What? ! !

Princess: Don't hide it!You were flirting in front of me in the morning, and he was still blushing while staring at you!

A certain prince blushed: I, I, I, I didn't blush!

Feihua: ∑(￣ε(#￣)☆╰(≧*≦||)! Little prince, please stop jumping out and making trouble!

Little prince: (wronged) You are not all to blame, that night, that night... (covering face shyly)

Feihua: (pointing angrily) Don't be so ambiguous!Blame me for what you call, obviously you are drunk yourself!

The princess sneered, her tone dangerous: Oh?It seems that something terrible happened when I fell ill.Dafang, sharpen your sword!

The loyal Dafang Xiemei threw out the underworld wind, sharpening his sword ferociously!

Fei Hua/Little Prince: Ya Butterfly! !