The nine princesses of the East Palace

At the end of the checkout, the money was really not enough, I didn't bring anything valuable with me, not even a hairpin, so Li Chengyin had no choice but to give out his jade pendant to pay for the meal.

He told me that pair of jade pendants were left to him by his mother, and he kept them with him all the time, so how could they be used to pay for meals?

"Li Chengyin, why don't I borrow some money to redeem your jade pendant?" After walking out of the shop, I couldn't help but say.

"No need. I'll ask Shi En to come and redeem me." Li Cheng Yin said calmly.

I looked at him, and for some reason, there was a sadness in my heart. He had no mother, but the queen who raised him sent someone to assassinate him. He was always cold, and occasionally laughed heartlessly. Fell asleep, still called "Mother" in the dream, lonely and helpless... He is really a strange person.

"Why are you looking at me like this all of a sudden?" His voice interrupted my thoughts.

"Nothing." I shook my head, "I just suddenly remembered about the queen."

His expression froze, "Why do you miss her? She treats you badly."

"To her, I'm just an outsider. It doesn't matter if she treats me well or not? What I think is that she sent someone to kill you, and then she suddenly disappeared. Would you be very sad?" The queen left halfway. It's been a month, and I have never mentioned her in front of Li Chengyin, but I also want to know what he thinks, if his thoughts go wrong, there will always be a knot in my heart.

Li Chengyin was silent, he didn't speak for a long time, his hands were stiff, and his whole body was tense, just when I thought he would not speak, he suddenly said: "Xiaofeng, do you still remember the words of the little prince of Zixu Kingdom?" story?"

"I remember." Although that story is ugly, I remember it clearly. In the story, there was a beautiful girl who married the king and gave birth to a little prince. The queen killed the beautiful girl and left the little prince by her side to raise... …

"That story is true." He pondered.

"Really...really? Then..."

"That girl is my mother, and the queen is the queen. She killed my own mother, so why should I be sad when she died? I am very happy." He laughed as he spoke, but it was like crying , It's not good-looking at all, and it gives people a cold feeling.

He is so pitiful, he has been living in a conspiracy, and then I thought of another question, "Then, does Your Majesty know?"

After a long time, I heard him say: "I know."

"Then why didn't he stop it?"

"By the time he knew about it, she was already dead. Besides, he also did something that she would not forgive. The sooner she dies, the sooner she dies, the sooner she will be relieved." His voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible. clear.

"What is it?" I held my breath, stopped, fixed my eyes on him, and asked.

He frowned and remained silent for a long time, probably something very serious.I kept asking, but it seemed that it was not very good, so I turned to ask: "What about the princess?"

"What princess?"

"It's the princess that the little prince likes." I remember he said that the little prince fell in love with a princess, and the princess also liked the little prince, but the princess died...

Now he said that the little prince was him, and it turned out that he liked other girls... Although that princess is dead, I shouldn't have the same knowledge as her, but I feel very sad.

He was stunned for a while, his expression relaxed, and he looked at me and said, "That princess, she is right here."

"Where is it?" I was a little dazed, and started to look around, obviously there were few people on the street at this moment, just the two of us.

No, he said everything, the princess is dead, I will definitely not see her... But why did he say she is here?Could he see ghosts?I shuddered thinking about it.

"Why are you shaking? Is it cold?" Li Chengyin shook my hand suddenly.

"Not cold." I said, "I just thought of a question."

"what is the problem?"

"You...can you see ghosts?" I asked in a low voice.

Li Cheng Yin's face was dark and he didn't speak.

He didn't speak, so I took it as his acquiescence. After thinking about it, I hurriedly said: "Then tell that princess, I didn't know about you and her when I met you. If I knew, I would never I thought about marrying you."

I think this long passage of mine is so flawless that anyone will feel comfortable after listening to it, but Li Chengyin's face is getting darker and darker, I obviously did not say anything wrong.

"Then tell me, if you don't marry me, who will you marry?" He asked calmly.

I was speechless for a while, and after thinking for a long time, seeing that he was still stern, I muttered: "At worst, I won't marry anyone."

He was silent for a while, and then said: "There are no other princesses, the princesses I know, except for my sisters, you are the only one."

What is he talking about?I was even more confused, and I looked at him in confusion, "Didn't you say that the princess is dead? Now you say that I am her. I am still alive and well, so don't curse me."

He frowned and said, "I said it was a matter of my previous life. This time, you will have nothing to do, and you will never leave me again."

"What about this life in the previous life? You are so strange. Everyone has to drink Mengpo soup when they reincarnate, and they forget everything they have experienced in the world. How can anyone remember the things in the previous life? I don't know. Silly, don't try to lie to me."

His expression changed slightly, and he just said: "It's fine if you don't believe it, then just treat it as a nightmare I had. Now that I'm fully prepared, I will definitely protect you."

"Who wants you to protect me? I have hands and feet, I can run and jump, you better take care of yourself, don't turn around and be beaten up by His Majesty again."

"Why don't you open which pot? Always think that I will be beaten?"

"I don't know, but I often think of the way you were beaten bloody back then, and I feel scared for a while when I think of it."

He patted my hand, "Fool, I'm the crown prince, no matter how angry father is, he won't kill me." He said, looking up at the sky again, "Besides, he's old, I'm afraid I don't have the strength to hit me anymore."

I don't know how old the emperor is, but he can only be forty at most. He is in his prime, so why is he old?Speaking of which, my father looks a few years older than him.

Sometimes Li Chengyin speaks like this, making people seem to understand, but when he asks again, he can't ask anything at all.

We walked all the way, went to see monkey tricks, watched face-changing performances, and went to a teahouse to hear stories told by Mr. Shu. Yin spoke much better.After leaving the teahouse, I still have more thoughts, and I want to come again next time.

"I've heard the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl no less than ten times, what's so good about it?" Li Chengyin immediately became unhappy when he heard that I wanted to come and listen.

"Don't you only tell the story of the little prince? I asked you to tell me other stories, but you still didn't agree. So you lied to me." I was a little aggrieved.

He said: "I just heard it, I really don't know how to talk about it."

"How can anyone not tell it after listening to it ten times." I don't believe it.

"Really, I preferred archery and kung fu at that time, and I didn't like literary stories. Every time I heard half of them, I fell asleep, and I remembered the beginning."

I didn't say anything more, it was getting dark as we walked, I dragged him to drink at Miro's wine shop, and he actually agreed.When I arrived at the restaurant, I ordered several jugs of wine, wanting to have a drink, but after drinking a few cups, I was so drunk that I passed out. Li Chengyin carried me all the way back to Yufu Palace.