I was a princess in ancient times

It was only ten hours before we parted yesterday.

When Emperor Changping and Ji Xinxue saw each other again, they both froze in place, unable to believe that the other party would haggard in such a short period of time, as if they were different people.

Song Nian passed Ji Xinxue with a natural look, and took out the new handkerchief in his sleeve pocket to wipe off the nonexistent sweat for Emperor Changping.

It's a pity that Ji Xinxue was full of guilt and heartache, and she didn't dare to look at Emperor Changping's "heart like ashes", so she didn't notice that after Song Nian left, Emperor Changping's face became ruddy visible to the naked eye.

"The imperial doctor said that the weather is dry recently, which can easily make people angry. He specially asked His Majesty to take more honey water." Song Nian returned to Ji Xinxue, who was hanging his head, and gently pushed Ji Xinxue's shoulders to make him go to the long walk. In front of Emperor Ping, I don't know who he was trying to coax, "Slave, go and bring honey water, Your Highness will serve His Majesty to moisten his throat."

When Ji Xinxue heard this, he immediately raised his eyes to secretly look at Emperor Changping's expression.Seeing that Emperor Changping was resting with his eyes closed, and there was no trace of irritability or impatience between his brows, he nodded in agreement.

"Your Highness entered the palace so early, there must be time for breakfast, and I will bring back a bowl of red bean porridge for His Highness, so that His Highness won't get dizzy."

Song Nian calmly raised his finger in the direction of Tranquility Palace, and nodded to Ji Xinxue.Before Ji Xinxue could respond, he turned and left in a considerate manner, taking away the palace guards guarding the corner.

Ji Xinxue looked around and sat on the edge of the bed cheekily, "Aye."

Emperor Changping still didn't open his eyes, but his mind was filled with the second son like an iron-eating beast.

Ordinary people are just a few months old, like white dough carved from powder, and gradually become the same skin color as ordinary people at the age of seven or eight.Even girls who are especially concerned about this aspect by officials and officials never stay in the sun for a long time, and they can't always maintain the skin color of their childhood.

Ji Xinxue is different, he was only white when he was a child, but when he grew up, the people around him gradually returned to their true colors, only him has never changed, but it gives people the illusion of being "white enough to shine".

Therefore, when he has dark circles on his face, it is particularly shocking.

Emperor Changping couldn't help but think, Ji Xinxue just stayed up all night, and he became like this.Back in the fiefdom, when she was plotted against by Feisi grass mouth fat and Beetleworm powder, and couldn't sleep all night, wasn't it...

The memory of six years ago suddenly became clear.

Because it was the first time Ji Xinxue left Chang'an, Emperor Changping specially ordered Huo Yu to accompany him to protect the safety of Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng, and wrote the two people's recent situation in a letter and sent it back to Chang'an.

Huo Yu once described Ji Xinxue at that time as 'thin and thin' and 'sluggish'.

Emperor Changping savored these eight words carefully, and suddenly raised his eyelids to look at Ji Xinxue's dark circles, and his eyes met those dark and moist eyes, as if he was facing the little bear cub who was cautiously trying to curry favor with him.

He resisted the idea of ​​rubbing the head of 'Little Bear Cub', and his mood became more and more complicated.

Although Ji Xinxue's dark circles were so severe that other people only slept for two or three hours in a row, but judging by his demeanor, Ji Xinxue was far calmer and calmer than when he left Fengxiang Palace's study yesterday, and his mental state was actually better.

So in the second year of Changping, what did Ji Xinxue look like when Huo Yu described Ji Xinxue as "skeletal" and "sluggish"?

Emperor Changping couldn't think of it.

All he knew was that according to Huo Yu's letter back to Chang'an, Ji Xinxue's worst days were living with Zhuangzi and Yu Heng outside Anye City.

During this period, Ji Xinxue's temper was weird and irritable. Even the female officer who had served Ji Xinxue for many years could not get any favors. Only Yu Heng could approach Ji Xinxue anytime and anywhere.

Since then, Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue have become closer and often fall asleep on their feet.

At this moment, Emperor Changping suddenly felt remorse that he didn't know where to settle.

If Ji Xinxue were not sent to inspect the fiefdom, it would be impossible to clear the Shannan East Road as quickly as possible, and uproot the remnants of the previous dynasty through the benefit network of the Jiangnan Bai family in many places.

Ambush the Turkic army outside the North Great Wall, and take advantage of the trend to clear Huainan Road and Henan Road... It is not certain whether it will still exist.

Emperor Changping couldn't regret letting Ji Xinxue go to inspect the fief.

If you don't agree with Yu Heng to accompany Ji Xinxue to inspect the fief, Ji Xinxue will have no one who can fully trust when Ji Xinxue is tortured by Feisi grass lip balm and Bisiworm powder, it will only be more difficult.

He can't regret it either.

Ji Xinxue, who was putting all her attention on Emperor Changping, immediately felt that Emperor Changping felt pity for him.

This made him feel even more guilty, but at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief.

He can accept that Emperor Changping is disappointed in him, but he can't imagine seeing indifference and disgust in Emperor Changping's eyes.

"Aye." Ji Xinxue took Emperor Changping's hand that fell by his side, and told him seriously what he had gained from not sleeping all night, "It is not a good thing for the prince to establish a prince now, it is better to wait for Changping for 15 years before then Think about it."

At that time, at least Ji Minyan, Ji Jingyu, and Ji Jingrou will have children, and Ji Baoshan may have children at the age of marriage, and children starting from the seventh princess will start to study one after another, which can tell whether they are talented or not.There are far more options than there are today.

Emperor Changping listened to Ji Xinxue slowly explain why he is not suitable to be a prince now, and the benefits of being a prince six years later, and felt that Ji Xinxue was the most suitable person to be a prince.

Ever since he saw the dark blue under Ji Xinxue's eyes and the haggardness between his brows, and thought of the pain Ji Xinxue had suffered, Emperor Changping could no longer be half divided between Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng.

It's a pity that he will never regress on important matters that can affect Yu Chao for decades because of his soft heart.

"If I..." Under Ji Xinxue's staring eyes, Emperor Changping asked vaguely ominously, "What should I do?"

Ji Xinxue licked the tip of her teeth, extremely dissatisfied with Emperor Changping's frequent behavior of saying such things recently.

However, thinking about what he wanted to say next, Ji Xinxue chose to hold back after all.

"Aye can leave a will in secret, with my name written on it." Ji Xinxue said quickly before Emperor Changping raised the question, "Anyway, I am doomed to have no biological children, and sooner or later I will pass the throne to someone else. If someone more powerful than me at that time If there is someone who is suitable for the throne, I will give him the throne immediately. If there is no one for the time being, I will start from scratch and cultivate someone who can inherit Aye's ambition."

With Ji Xinxue's intelligence and keenness, he has already noticed that Emperor Changping's attitude has become softer, at least it is no longer like yesterday because there is no suitable heir.

This made Ji Xinxue more confident in the solution he and Yu Heng stayed up all night to discuss.

Aye didn't mean to embarrass him and Yu Heng.

It's just that as an emperor, he shoulders heavy pressure and must care about certain aspects.

"I can also directly become the prince and help Aye share his worries. If you have no heirs, you can adopt." Ji Xinxue imitated Ji Mingtong's usual coquettish appearance, and quietly moved to the side of Emperor Changping who had turned over and sat up, and hugged him skillfully. Emperor Ping's arm.

He didn't believe that the six brothers and sisters in Qiandi could not give birth to a person who could perfectly inherit Emperor Changping's ambition.

Not to mention that there is still hope for Ji Jingrou and Ji Baoshan, he will also consider the younger brothers and sisters below.

As soon as a child with suitable parents was born, he sent him to Princess Huai'an's mansion, where he was raised by his eldest sister until he was five years old and then sent to the palace, where he and Feng Lang personally taught him.

Eldest sister can always rest assured, right?

Ji Xinxue saw Emperor Changping's inexplicable expression. Although he didn't agree with it, he didn't object immediately. He immediately became more confident, and explained his and Yu Heng's thoughts in detail, "If the third sister has more than one child suitable for training, it will save a lot of money. Trouble, the elder sister will never be worried about the child of the third sister. The child is raised by the third sister until the age of seven, and then stays in the palace to study in the Imperial Academy. Feng Lang and I will teach him personally, and the third sister and the son-in-law can also live forever In the palace."

"If the third sister's son-in-law...cough cough." Thinking of A Buhan Bing and Xiao Ning, Ji Xinxue's expression became complicated for a moment, "If the third sister's child is not suitable, there are Baoshan, Xiao Qi, Xiao Ba, and Xiao Ning. Nine, little ten."

"Actually, I want to include my eldest sister and elder brother. Every sibling will adopt a child to me, and they will be with me and Fenglang when they are three or five years old." Ji Xinxue's eyes flashed nostalgia, and her voice suddenly Become warm, "I will let them live in the same palace, eat and live together, go to school together, and share the palace."

"When we get along day and night, the relationship between brothers and sisters will be deep, just like me and my fourth sister, Princess Huayang, sixth sister and elder sister, third sister, Feng Lang and elder brother, Ji Cheng."

"Besides..." Ji Xinxue's tone suddenly became weird, "Only by catching fish widely can we avoid the possibility that the fish fry will grow crooked. At that time, the most suitable person to inherit the throne will be selected to become the crown prince, and the rest will be crowned princes and princesses." .”

Telling Emperor Changping that he and Yu Heng had tried their best and thought of the most suitable method for the current situation, Ji Xinxue suddenly felt at ease after a long absence.

How to say something?

As long as the mind does not slip, there are more solutions than difficulties.

He, Aye, is an emperor and an emperor in power, so how could he have troubles that cannot be resolved?

"Aye, what are you doing?" Ji Xinxue raised his head to look at Emperor Changping's side face, his eyes full of fighting spirit.

Emperor Changping felt bad.

Just when Ji Xinxue recommended himself and proposed that his name could be written in the secret edict, Emperor Changping judged by Ji Xinxue's expression.

What Ji Xinxue said didn't mean that she changed her mind and was willing to compromise. In all likelihood, she was thinking about something wrong.

really……

As early as when Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng were grounded separately and sulked alone, Emperor Changping softly considered the possibility of adoption.

The answer is, it's not an option.

First of all, Emperor Changping has gained the experience of blood and tears through meticulously cultivating Ji Jingyu for 13 years.

Paying doesn't necessarily pay off.

There are some things that cannot be changed by hard work the day after tomorrow.

Raising children is like catching fireflies in the daytime. No matter how much energy you use to observe the size and courage of the fireflies, there is no way to ensure that the fireflies will shine at night.

Secondly, Emperor Changping experienced the darkest and chaotic stage of Emperor Yanguang's harem when he was a child, and he was too aware of the risk of being a "single seedling".

An ordinary wind and cold can take away the young son who has been carefully cultivated for several years.

Not to mention whether someone would take risks and deliberately plot against the prince because of their desire for power.

What should Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng, who are already his age, do if the prince dies 'accidentally' at the age of eighteen or nineteen when he should marry a wife?

Is it to adopt the children to raise them again, or to obey the game of all parties and choose a mature heir?

If it happens to be unlucky, and another son dies...

In short, the risk is too great to live by yourself.

Emperor Changping never expected it.

Ji Xinxue is so... greedy.

Each sibling adopts him a child?

Even if the upper bound cannot be predicted, the lower bound is guaranteed.

From a certain point of view, it can also ease the gap between the heirs in the hidden mansion and the heirs in the palace.In a disguised form, the method of ensuring harvest during drought and flood reduces the possibility of brothers and sisters being bewitched by courtiers because of greed.

Adoption to the emperor, at least a prince or princess.

Regardless of whether Ji Xinxue favors the brothers and sisters in the hidden mansion in the choice of the prince, the brothers and sisters born in the palace all enjoy the same "jun grace", and there is no position to demand more.

Emperor Changping ruthlessly pushed away the head that was leaning quietly on his shoulder, suddenly wishing that Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng would be a little clumsier or less resilient.

Ji Xinxue backed away, feeling the force on her head disappear, and immediately stuck it back, chattering, "Anyway, only the courtiers know that the son is a man, and the common people just heard some rumors. Fenglang and I have completed the marriage contract logically." , and because of having no children for many years... hmm?"

Emperor Changping covered his mouth, which was aching with a splitting headache, because the pity from Ji Xinxue's dark circles and haggardness had completely dissipated.

He sneered, "The courtiers know you are a man."

"Huh?" Ji Xinxue signaled Emperor Changping to move his hands away first, otherwise he would not be able to speak.

Emperor Changping frowned.

He already had a premonition that Ji Xinxue would not say half of the words he was willing to hear.

Tsk, it's not a good thing to have too many ideas.

Feeling that the strength of covering her mouth disappeared, Ji Xinxue carefully increased the strength of holding Emperor Changping's arm, her round phoenix eyes were full of expectation and flattery, and said hesitantly, "Why don't you, Aye, look for Aunt Xia again... Other suicide notes? Erchen’s arrogance affected the effect of the medicine left behind by the fairy, and he failed to restore his gender... Aye, please calm down, Erchen just proposed a possibility, we can still discuss it!"

The sudden screams in the room made Song Nian and Jing Zhe look at each other in blank dismay, with hesitation in their eyes, they couldn't help but look at Mo Jie who was guarding the other side.

Mo Yao still kept staring at the old plum tree in the distance, "Open the door."

Song Nian and Jing Zhe did so subconsciously.

The moment the door opened, Dou Qing's figure flew out close to Song Nian and Jing Zhe, and landed impartially in the snowdrift not far away.

'Bang! '

The door was smashed from the inside.

Song Nian and Jing Zhe stared at the closed door with dull eyes, and when they looked at each other, they had exactly the same question in their eyes.

"Just now it seemed..." Jing Zhe cast a questioning look at the only person in Fengxiang Palace who could be called his senior.

Song Nian nodded to confirm Jing Zhe's question, and murmured, "...Is there something."

fly out!

Ji Xinxue crawled out of the snowdrift clumsily, secretly thinking that Xiao Qi Xiao Ba is his little lucky star.

If they didn't like to watch the snow so much, they would laugh from ear to ear every time they saw the snow. He might be thrown on the green bricks and lie obediently on the bed for a few days.

From the corner of their eyes, Songnian and Jingzhe saw the conspicuous cyan color in the silent white snow, and only belatedly realized why they felt the cyan shadow was familiar, and hurried to the snowdrift to pull Ji Xinxue.

"Don't move! Your Highness, please don't move. I will go to the imperial doctor right away."

If you fall to the bone, you may suffer another hardship if you move rashly.

Ji Xinxue grabbed Jing Zhe's clothes, and more and more surprises poured out from the corners of her eyes and brows, and said with a smile, "It's okay, it's just that my buttocks are a little numb from the fall, and my bones haven't been hurt."

Although Aye was influenced by the late emperor yesterday, he was only influenced. He just looked scary and still had the strength to lift him up and throw him out.

Song Nian and Jing Zhe looked at each other again, and couldn't help turning their heads to look for Mo Yao's figure.

They have been by His Majesty's side for so many years, and they have never seen a young master being beaten. His Highness Fifth screamed in the room and then was thrown out...with an uncontrollable smile on his face?

Could it be that when he fell into the snowdrift just now, didn't he hit the ground on his butt, but his forehead first?

Mo Yao came out of the room with his head down, nodded to Ji Xinxue, and walked straight to the door, his back seemed a little hurried.

Ji Xinxue stood up with the strength of Jing Zhe and Song Nian, and waited quietly in the corridor for half an hour.During this period, his face became more and more ruddy, as if he secretly drank fake wine in the Changping Emperor's room.

When Sui Songnian greeted Emperor Changping, Ji Xinxue looked sluggish, with dark circles under her eyes like an iron-eating beast, but her back was always straight, and even her hair was meticulously attached to the crown.

When Ji Xinxue left Fengxiang Palace, although Ji Xinxue described it as a mess, and there were not only wrinkles but also clear cracks at the hem of her outer robe, her dark eyes were full of stars, and she exuded joy from the inside out.

He said such outrageous things that Aye just threw him out!

Seeing that Ji Xinxue's figure had completely disappeared, Song Nian and Jing Zhe hesitated for a while, but finally mustered up the courage to approach the door.

The two exchanged glances for a while, and pushed open the door at the same time.

After driving away Ji Xinxue, Emperor Changping still couldn't restore his calm.

He wandered around the house like an angry lion king, and the words Ji Xinxue said repeated in his mind.

Emperor Changping used all his patience to strip away all the words that could disturb his mind, and summed up the most important information with terrifying calmness.

Yesterday he made it difficult for Xiao Wu with his position as prince, and today Xiao Wu proposed two feasible solutions for this.

The first plan: after a few years, the crown prince will be established again, and then a will will be made secretly, with Xiao Wu as insurance.

Xiao Wu's analysis was correct. In a short period of time, the benefits of setting up the crown prince are indeed not as good as temporarily suspending the position of crown prince, so that the crown prince will not be overshadowed by the emperor.

Six years from now, there will be at least more people to choose from than there are now.

If the weather is unpredictable, he really encountered an accident.With Xiao Wu and Feng Lang guaranteeing the bottom line, the eldest daughter and eldest son will spare no effort to support Xiao Wu. At least his years of hard work will not be defeated overnight.

As for the future emperor...

Heh, he had already been buried in the ground at that time, so why worry about it forever?

A deep indifference appeared in Emperor Changping's eyes.

His ambition is not as strong as it was shown in front of Ji Xinxue.

As long as his heir does not become the king of subjugation, his son will naturally worry about his grandchildren's affairs.

The second option: still establish Xiao Wu as the prince, and allow Xiao Wu's adoptive children to stabilize their status.

……

Emperor Changping picked up the cold tea at the corner of the table and drank it with his head held high.

It must be because he was too angry and unable to think rationally, so he subconsciously filled in the loopholes of this method.

Outrageous!

Suddenly an inaudible voice came from the door, Song Nian and Jing Zhe said at the same time, "Your Majesty..."

Emperor Changping raised his head expressionlessly.

"roll!"

Ji Xinxue walked faster and faster, and was out of breath when she reached Tranquility Palace.

Seeing Ji Xinxue's distressed appearance, the confidant of the Empress Dowager Su's female officer was full of worry, and asked repeatedly, "Are you from Fengxiang Palace? I'll take you to change clothes, so that the ladies won't worry..."

"I'm not in a hurry to see grandma, help me call Fenglang out." Ji Xinxue grabbed the female officer's forearm, her bright eyes were full of undisguised joy.

When the female officer heard this, hesitation appeared in her eyes.

Yesterday Fengxiang Palace suddenly announced the imperial physician, and immediately after His Majesty complained about illness, the ladies were very worried, and they went to Fengxiang Palace to visit His Majesty in person, and their expressions were no longer tense.

Now if the king of Xianglin County is called out in the name of His Highness Fifth, the ladies will definitely let His Highness go in directly, and maybe they will be dissatisfied with His Highness because of this.

She hinted, "If you are not in a hurry, you might as well go to pay your respects to the ladies. They have always loved you the most, as long as you can put down your face and make them happy..."

"I have something urgent, so I must tell Feng Lang immediately." Ji Xinxue looked over the female officer's shoulder in the direction of the Nuan Pavilion, and the light in her eyes became brighter and brighter.

Asking the female officer to call Yu Heng out is better than going straight to Yu Heng after he enters, completely ignoring the dignity of his grandmother and little grandma.

After all, the female officer still couldn't bear the plea between Ji Xinxue's brows, she shook her head, and turned around with heavy steps.

Forget it, who makes girls like Princess Jinming and His Highness the Fifth.

Before the female officer came to the door, the door of the flower hall suddenly opened from the inside, and the person who walked out was Yu Heng wearing an indigo robe.

As if there was guidance in his heart, Yu Heng saw Ji Xinxue running towards him at the first sight.

The female officer was stunned for a moment, and immediately stopped the palace servant who was about to report to the flower hall, and took the initiative to go back to the flower hall to help Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng delay their speech.

She said to Empress Dowager Su and Concubine Su who were grooming the raccoon slaves, "His Highness Fifth has visited His Majesty, and came to pay his respects to the ladies. Because the clothes are dirty, he has gone to the wing room to change."

"Huh?" Empress Dowager Su paused for a moment, then suddenly let go, letting the impatient raccoon slave leave, and muttered, "Could it be that Feng Lang knew that Axue was here, so he went outside to breathe?"

Concubine Su twitched the corner of her mouth, and handed the enamel hair comb to the maid, "I know you feel sorry for them, but you shouldn't be so dazed. Before Fenglang left, there was no sound outside, and no palace people came in. How could he know?" Ash is here?"

Empress Dowager Su shook her head, "It's obvious that your heart is more chaotic."

She just made a casual joke because of what happened recently.But A-mei immediately retorted nervously, and the words in her mouth proved that the two of them had a "heart-to-heart connection".

It can be seen that he made a mistake in his busy schedule and spoke his mind.

The two sisters looked at each other, after all, Concubine Su looked away from the window first.

All she wanted was for the ill-fated Ashe to get the result she really wanted.

Ji Xinxue grabbed Yu Heng who was coming to meet him, and ran to the open place familiarly, the smile on the corner of her mouth never slowed down.

"Feng Lang, I told Aye everything we discussed yesterday, Aye just... drove me out of Fengxiang Palace."

Yu Heng tightened his arms silently, greedily absorbing the scorching temperature of Ji Xinxue's neck.

Ashe went to see His Majesty, but was still willing to return to him.

very nice.