"Is the princess' trouble related to Lu Ning?"
On the side, Gu Shufei was learning to undress as the sunlight shining into the room through the window frame seemed to inadvertently ask the princess.
Hua Yang was stunned for a moment, a trace of blush crept across his pale face, and then he lowered his head and remained silent.
Gu Shufei was not in a hurry to ask, but just stared at the knot in her hand silently, as if nothing had happened just now.
After a while, Hua Yang pinched the corner of the quilt and said in a voice as thin as a mosquito's fly, "Lu Ning taught me the knotting technique on your hands."
"Oh, is that true? He's pretty awesome."
Gu Shufei praised him calmly.
Hua Hua looked at Gu Shufei and didn't ask any questions. He just praised him plainly. He suddenly raised his voice loudly and cried slightly, "Yes, yes, yes, I just like him. What's wrong?"
"It's a good thing that the princess has the person she likes, and it's a blessing that the person she likes happens to be by her side."
Gu Shufei thought for a while, put down the Luozi in her hand and looked at Huayang seriously, then lowered her head and started to tangle with the Luozi in her hand.
As if this wasn't a surprise.
Now it was Hua Yang's turn to be stunned, "You...don't you think this is a shocking thing? Lu Ning is just a little eunuch, and I am a princess..."
"It was a bit surprising at first."
Gu Shufei smiled helplessly, put down the bag in her hand, raised her head, and looked at Huayang seriously.
"I don't think so now. What Lu Ning did when the princess was ill these days has been seen by all the ministers. Lu Ning has indeed taken good care of the princess."
Gu Shufei paused and spoke again, "He is indeed a person worthy of the princess's liking."
"But that's all."
The shock on Huayang's face gradually turned into a hint of joy. It turned out that there was someone in this world who could understand what she meant and what she was thinking.
"Then what would you think if I told you that I have always yearned for the life of an ordinary couple outside?"
As a person who grew up in the palace, Huayang fell in love with a little eunuch who served him. It was already shocking. How could he still have such an idea?
Hearing this, Gu Shufei became serious, "The princess's idea is very good. If she were in an ordinary family, Lu Ning and Tong Lu Ning would definitely be a couple who love each other. But what I said just now has made it very clear. The princess's idea is just that." That’s what the idea is.”
"You, you... I thought you could understand me, but I didn't expect that you are the same as those ordinary people. Go away, I don't want to see you again!"
Hua Yang hid in the quilt with a cry, covering his whole body in an attempt to find a trace of warmth.
Gu Shufei helplessly patted Huayang's head through the quilt, and then spoke seriously,
"As a friend, I naturally hope that everything goes well for the princess. But as a subject... In fact, the princess has grown up in fine clothes and fine food since she was a child, so there are some things that she is naturally unaware of."
"Princess, have you ever thought about where the exquisite pastries you use every day and the silk and satin you wear come from?"
Without waiting for Huayang's answer, Gu Shufei continued: "These things are obtained from the people. Since the princess is in a high position and enjoys the worship of the people, she should bear some responsibilities appropriately."
"The princess can escape the marriage issue in Miao territory naturally because our dynasty is powerful and has strong soldiers and horses, and the existing Miao princess has entered the palace and become the emperor's concubine.
There is no need to send Princess Huayang to Miao territory again. "
"So the whole thing is just a rumor and will not become a reality. But if the Miao people strongly demand that the princess marry, I am afraid that the Holy Emperor will also consider this possibility. As an emperor, he has many things to consider. As a princess, you also have your own responsibilities."
"If you are only greedy for pleasure, obsessed with love and love, and don't want to shoulder your responsibilities as a princess, then are you still worthy of being a princess?"
Gu Shufei's words became more and more serious as he went on, even breaking through the layer of window paper that Huayang had never broken.
Huayang hid in the quilt and sobbed hard.
She thought that no one dared to say these words in front of her, and no one dared to disrespect her.
It's not that she doesn't understand these principles, it's just that she is unwilling to do so.
She is unwilling, why her?
Gu Shufei covered her with the quilt again, stood up and gradually moved away. He knew that the princess was not a person who did not understand the truth, she was just confused for a moment.
As a friend, she was happy to be loved and cared for by the princess, but as a subject, although it was cruel, she had to remind the princess.
Hua Yang's sobs gradually became quieter, and he heard the footsteps getting further away outside.
Huayang slowly lifted the quilt and looked out. Gu Shufei only left her with a stubborn and lonely figure.
She understands, how could she not understand?
So early the next morning, when her father was presiding over the government, she made a major decision in front of the cultural relics of the dynasty and the Miao envoys.
"Please allow me, Father."
She told her father that she wanted to go to Lingshan Temple and the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha to pray for the people of our country.
Her father was just stunned and then laughed.
Her father told the Manchu civil and military envoys and Miao envoys that he was very happy to have such a princess who understood the general situation and loved the people like a son.
As the eldest princess, he will definitely give her the most noble send-off.
After Huayang bid farewell to the emperor with tears in his eyes, the emperor's decree came quickly, and the entire harem was in an uproar.
After all, no one expected that such a proud and enthusiastic eldest princess would end up in Lingshan Temple.
Next came the envoys from Qin Tian Jian, who were preparing to choose a good time for the eldest princess's trip.
Early February is a great day.
Everyone in the palace was busy praying for the princess's wish to become a monk and practice Buddhism for her people.
From that day on, Gu Shufei never saw Princess Huayang again.
Although she has never been in love, she has witnessed how her lovelorn colleagues used alcohol to drown their sorrows and how they went crazy.
She knew Huayang must be feeling very uncomfortable at this moment.
She still remembered that it was a sunny day, which was very rare in spring, and there was no rain.
The sparrows landed on the eaves of Hua Xuxu's house and kept chirping.
The eldest princess's ceremonial stand gradually walked out of the thick city wall. After all, Gu Shufei couldn't help it. She ran quickly to stop the ceremonial stand.
Huayang also opened the curtain and walked down.
The two of them were speechless.
Gu Shufei raised her head and looked at Huayang, smiled and hugged her gently.
He whispered an apology quickly into her ear.
Huayang bit his lower lip tightly, with tears in his eyes, and proudly raised his head to look at Gu Shufei as usual.
"I forgive you."
Gu Shufei still remembers that Huayang held back tears in the end but still proudly said the words to forgive herself.
