Yang Xu'er of the Prince of Lanling

Stopping at the gate of the palace, I kept stepping on small steps, hesitating and unwilling to go in.

"What's wrong?" Ah Yong asked while holding my hand.

"It's nothing, I just don't want to see Xue Wu for the time being." Thinking of the previous scene, now I really don't know what kind of mentality I should use to face her.

"Let's go. I'll go somewhere else with you." Ah Yong, it seems that he knows what happened between me and Xue Wu.After all, in this palace, there are only things he doesn't want to know, and there is nothing he doesn't know.

"Okay." Since you don't want to go back, let's take a walk.Anyway, I have been in the Zhou Palace for so long, to be honest, I haven't visited every corner of it.The setting sun dyed half of the sky red, especially the place where the sky and the horizon intersected, like an unusually bright red line.I looked at Ah Yong who was walking in the front right, looked at his handsome and majestic face, and felt that as long as he was by my side, my heart would be at peace.

I was led to the top of the tallest pavilion in the Zhou Palace.Looking at the scenery outside, the scenery on all sides of the palace came into view.Small figures are in the distance, each carrying out their own tasks.The palace in the evening has different feelings for different people.It gave me a sense of serenity and emptiness, but it gave the experience of the busy ladies.

"There is—" I looked at the gate not far from the palace, a group of colorfully dressed women were led into the carriage one by one, and then left the palace one after another.

"It's the harem concubine released." Ah Yong thought that I still minded, so he tightened his grip on my hand.

"So few?" I sighed in doubt. Although the distance was a bit far, I could still count the number of people.There are at most 20 people, isn't it said that the emperor's harem is full of three thousand beauties?I thought it was a very grandiose scene.

"How many do you think there are?" Ah Yong squeezed my face a little funny, "Those people are just tools to weigh the power of ministers. Most of them were forced on me when Yu Wenhu was here. Except for the 1 or 2 of them, and I can’t even remember what the other ones are called or what they look like.”

"Really?" I asked dubiously.

"Really. You little jealousy." Ah Yong smiled at me, "I never touched them."

Since Ah Yong said so, I believe it.I believe this kind of thing, he will not lie to me.I smiled with satisfaction, continued to act as a perfect jealous jar, and watched those people leave the palace with wide eyes.As for where those women will go and what will happen in the future, it is not my business, nor should I care about it.In fact, it is not a good thing for them to go out.They can start a new life incognito, which is better than guarding a man who doesn't love them in a square yard.

I saw that the people had almost left, and was about to leave. Looking at the distance, Xue Wu seemed to be standing on a high place accompanied by Fourth Master, also watching the women in the harem leave.Her belly is already obvious, even with a big robe on.I don't know what she felt when she saw it, but she must think I was too cruel.

I shook my head helplessly, turned and left.

Don't know how this happened though.Different locations, different distances, different speeds, how did Xue Wu and I meet at the gate of the palace by such a coincidence when we went back?I looked at her in embarrassment, and she looked at me with red eyes, obviously crying, for those women who were poorly kicked out by me.

Fourth Master and Ah Yong stood behind me and Xue Wu without saying a word. This is our two sisters' business, and they are not easy to get involved.

We stood outside for quite a while, but there was no result anyway, so I took the lead and prepared to leave.

"Xu'er—" Seeing that I was about to leave, Xue Wu immediately grabbed my sleeve, making up her mind to say something. "I'm sorry! What happened during the day is my fault. I failed to think from your standpoint."

"If you think so, so be it. I have nothing to say." I took her hand in my hand and told her to let go of my sleeve, and went into the house.My temper towards Xue Wu is really irreparable.Ah Yong didn't follow me in, he should go back to the imperial study to deal with matters.It was Xue Wu who unexpectedly appeared in front of my room.

"Xu'er, I'm sorry. I." Xue Wu kept apologizing, and started to cry after saying a few words. Those who didn't know thought I was bullying her.I couldn't, so I had to open the door and let her in.

"Sit down." I poured Xue Wu a cup of tea, looked at Fourth Master outside the room, did he also hope to have a good chat with Xue Wu?

"Xu'er. I..."

"Don't cry." I really can't bear her tears, and it's not a big deal, why are the lacrimal glands so developed. "Do you know what I'm angry about?" I looked at Xue Wu, she looked blank, I knew she was never aware of her problem. "You never know how ridiculous your sympathy is in the eyes of ordinary people. Sister, this is not Baishan Village, not the villagers who grew up with us. What made you mistakenly think that all people are Okay, is it kind? Do you know that in this world, there are many people who repay kindness and revenge, isn't Zheng Er a good example?"

"Zheng Er is because—" Xue Wu was about to explain, but was interrupted by me.

"Do you think that when you go to the empress, it's really a coincidence that you meet those concubines who are leaving the palace? Think about it carefully, you have been here for a while, when did you meet those people? What a coincidence, When you go to the queen, you meet everyone at once!" I hinted to Xue Wu that these were all secretly manipulated by the queen.Xue Wu is actually very smart, but she has always been a little too self-righteous and easily drawn into emotions.Now that I have made it clear to her, I hope she can really reflect on her behavior.

She cannot always rely on others to protect her, and then live in an ideal world constructed by herself.She had to really recognize this matter. "Sister, I know you are kind. I'm not saying that kindness is bad, but I just think that everyone is kind. If you do this, you will eventually kill yourself and the people around you."

"The Queen—" Xue Wu looked at me with a shocked face

"I see you are tired too, go back and rest earlier." Anyway, Fourth Master is here, he will take care of Xue Wu, so I don't need to worry at all.

After that day, everyone invariably kept silent about what happened that day.The relationship between me and Xue Wu has returned to the past, after all, we are sisters, no matter how big the enmity is, it will slowly disappear over time.Every day I accompany Ah Yong to deal with state affairs, and accompany Xue Wu to relieve boredom, and occasionally teach Zhen'er some basic knowledge of simple mechanisms.The days are pretty fulfilling.

About canonization and marriage, Ah Yong had already talked to the ministers, saying that the whole world should be used as a dowry, and those who incited those ministers would almost cry.Everyone worked hard to do their duty well, and Zhou Guo frequently received good news.The development of various ministries in various places is booming.

"Go slowly." I carefully supported Xue Wu, it's about to give birth, can you pay attention to everything?

"You, don't be neurotic. Isn't it just walking? What can happen?" Xue Wu looked at me with a funny face and said, please, the most neurotic person is not me but someone who is following behind and pretending to be calm, okay? good.

"The empress is here—"

Hearing the announcement of the queen's arrival from outside, Xue Wu and I looked at each other in blank dismay.In the past few months, I haven't had much contact with her.Mostly just meet occasionally and nod.Why come here in person this time, I don't know what's going on.

"See empress empress." Xue Wu watched the empress come in, and was saluted by her dragging her bulky body.

The queen asked someone to support Xue Wu, and said, "Miss Xue Wu has a body, so don't worry about these empty rituals if it's inconvenient." In fact, she just let Xue Wu perform the whole ceremony before making a show.

"Why would the empress think of coming to me at this time?" I tried to smile and said respectfully to the queen.

"Sister Xu'er was joking. It's fine. Could it be that I can't come to see you, my sister? But this time, there is really something to do. Look, Miss Xuewu is about to give birth. I thought, if If the child can be born in a Buddhist temple, he will be blessed by the Buddha and be healthy for the rest of his life." The queen took my hand and said kindly.

"Buddhist temple? It's not bad." Xue Wu thought, touching her protruding belly, her motherly brilliance radiated.She didn't notice the way I looked at her at all.

"Since Miss Xue Wu agrees, then there is no problem." Seeing that Xue Wu agreed, or she believed that Xue Wu agreed, no one else could deny it.I was even more happy to let go of my hand and gossip with Xue Wu, the two chatted very happily.

In the end, Xue Wu and the queen made a decision to go to the temple to wait for the delivery in a few days, and I couldn't find any reason to hold it back.After the queen left, I was going to complain to Xue Wu why she was so rash, or that she didn't listen to what I said before, thinking that the queen was really for her own good.However, when I saw Xue Wu's expression, I paused and stopped talking.She looked at the Queen's leaving back with very transparent eyes, as if she was thinking about something.

"Xu'er, it seems that we are busy this time." Xue Wu said to me with a wry smile.

"I know you still agree. Do you know how important it is to have a child, if something happens—" In ancient times, a woman's childbirth was like going to the gate of hell. I really don't understand, the queen can't Why did Xue Wu agree to such kindness and purely praying for the child in Xue Wu's belly?

"If I don't agree, she will have other ways to make us agree, but it will appear that we don't know what's good, right? Xu'er, I trust others too easily, but it doesn't mean that I can't see whether a person's words are true or false. Empress, maybe she doesn't want you and me to stay in the palace."

"Then what if she has other plans?" I don't believe that the queen's purpose is just that.

"I believe that the fourth master will bless me in the sky. Xu'er, do you know? During this period of time, I always have a feeling that the fourth master is still by my side. I believe that the fourth master will definitely bless me And the child in her belly." Xue Wu said holding back her tears.

Fourth master, isn't it right behind you?That's right, with Si Ye around, nothing major should happen.In the worst case, I will ask Ah Yong to send more people to go with him. As for basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, I will do it myself. I don't believe that anything can happen.

After telling Ah Yong about his plan to go to the temple to give birth, Ah Yong originally wanted to go with him, but there are really political matters to deal with.Being an emperor is very busy, but Ah Yong had no choice but to ask Shenju to lead soldiers to accompany me and Xue Wu to the temple to protect our safety along the way.

Counting the days like this, soon, it was time to leave.