A quick trip, endless aftertaste.
Xie Wuyou's arrogance and aloofness were all expected by Xu Zhihuai.
A pampered daughter from an aristocratic family who is loved by thousands of people will not like to fight with others and lose her worth.
Xu Zhihuai didn't want to waste her energy. The only person she wanted to deal with wholeheartedly was Wei Li.
He was her whole purpose.
The breeze is cool in the evening, and the little blackbirds are chirping happily on the porch.
Zhu Xuxing listened intently and looked out the window. When he saw the golden-hook birdcage, his eyes suddenly darkened.
He looked at Xu Zhihuai and raised his eyebrows.
Xu Zhihuai smiled and said, "This is what the Crown Princess rewarded me today."
Zhu Xuxing looked unhappy.
"Your Highness?"
Xu Zhihuai just opened his mouth and heard Zhu Xuxing calmly order: "Come here, let this thrush go."
"Wait a minute."
Xu Zhihuai stopped him softly. He first turned away the maid with his eyes, then stood up and came to Zhu Xuxing. He knelt down and looked up at him: "Why is Your Highness so angry?"
Zhu Xuxing had complicated eyes and shook his head in silence.
It’s okay not to mention the old memories.
Xu Zhihuai blinked: "Your Highness doesn't like the thrush? Zhihuai will just send it back to the Crown Princess. Please don't let it go."
Zhu Xuxing frowned in confusion: "It was obviously born free, but it is imprisoned in this small cage for people to play with and have fun. Don't you think it is pitiful?"
Xu Zhihuai was slightly startled and his tone slowed down: "Of course it is pitiful, but His Highness has forgotten one thing. It has been a caged bird since it was born. It has been raised and trained by others. It has never seen the vast world, and it has never caught one. A worm picks up a leaf...it's gorgeous and small and can only sing, but can't make a living. Just let it out like this, how can it survive?"
As he spoke, Xu Zhihuai's tears flowed down.
The crystal clear tears fell down, hitting Zhu Xiuxing's heart hard.
Zhu Xuxing's eyes were distressed, and he took Xu Zhihuai in his arms and patted him gently to comfort him: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore."
Xu Zhihuai said with tears in his eyes: "I knew Huai was not good, so I remembered some sad past events and started crying, which made His Highness unhappy."
The pear blossoms are dripping with rain, so beautiful and charming.
Zhu Xuxing knew that she had had a hard time in the past, so he kissed her cheeks and temples repeatedly, and patted her back like a child.
"I know you have a lot of unspeakable pain and memories deep in your heart. But you don't need to bear it all alone. I will be by your side no matter when and where you are."
"Thank you, Your Highness..."
Xu Zhihuai slowly stopped crying, but his heart was extremely clear.
There is no doubt that Zhu Xingxing is generous and kind.
He never used his naturally noble position to oppress others, but his lofty gaze never fell into the darkness beneath the glory. Who wouldn’t want to let a bird fly as high as the sky, but it’s a pity that it can’t help it, and it becomes a plaything as soon as it is born. As a result, when they watch it playing, they think it is not free enough and want to let it out...
A thought arises and a thought disappears. A word of indifferent compassion can end its life.
It’s okay not to have such mercy.
Zhu Xuxing was moved by Xu Zhihuai's simplicity and purity, so he naturally kept the thrush.
The thrush is delicate, so Xu Zhihuai asked Aunt Nan to arrange for a maid to take care of it. Aunt Nan was puzzled: "Master must be too concerned about this bird."
Xu Zhihuai smiled and asked: "In my aunt's eyes, am I, Xu Zhihuai, a narrow-minded and despicable person? Or maybe my aunt thinks that I can't protect myself in the palace, and even raising a bird is a luxury."
Aunt Nan couldn't help but darken her face when she heard her strange temper: "Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. I have no intention of neglecting or slandering your Majesty."
Xu Zhihuai deliberately provoked her with words: "Maybe my memory is too good, and I always think of how my aunt treated me in the past..."
Aunt Nan looked solemn and said solemnly: "Isn't it because your Majesty wants to raise an army to investigate the crime?"
Xu Zhihuai smiled again, with a chill in his eyes: "I don't have the ability to punish you. Not to mention that my aunt is a person sent by the Queen, I can't afford to offend the Marquis alone."
Hearing her mention "Master Hou", Aunt Nan frowned and said, "Your Majesty, you should be more careful what you say."
"I want to see Mr. Hou."
Xu Zhihuai was too lazy to beat around the bush.
After returning from Huaizhou, she never saw Wei Li again.
She had no idea what other plans or conspiracies he had.
Xu Zhihuai didn't want to wait passively, waiting for him to suddenly appear one day and haunt him like an evil ghost.
The fact that the Crown Princess can enter the palace smoothly means that the Xie family will not be defeated for a while. Without Wei Li's background protection, she would inevitably fall into other people's traps.
Aunt Nan showed hesitation, her eyes hurriedly glanced at the window and the door, and she lowered her voice: "Why do you need to take risks?"
"I want to see Mr. Hou."
Xu Zhihuai suppressed a smile and repeated it again.
Aunt Nan told the truth: "Master Hou is not in the capital."
"I can wait, as long as aunt remembers to send a message."
Aunt Nan saw her naturally relaxed expression and secretly became suspicious.
She wouldn't think that getting the position of second concubine would make her equal to the Marquis.
So young and naive.
Wei Li stayed in Huaizhou to deal with the aftermath, and secretly cut off and liquidated most of the Xie family's forces entrenched in Huaizhou, which greatly damaged their vitality. It was only because Xie Wuyou entered the palace and became the crown prince that he saved some face.
Wei Li likes to kill everyone, so naturally he won't give up easily.
Xu Zhihuai couldn't wait for news about Wei Li, so he had to live alone with His Highness.
It looks clean, but is actually cold and quiet.
In the palace, everyone regarded her as an alien and kept away from her.
There is always a sense of oppression in the air that has no escape.
Xu Zhihuai knew the reason, so he had to "shamelessly" go to pay his respects to the Queen. As expected, she blocked the door and waited.
At this time, in the palace, the golden furnace was burning brightly, and the clay pot was filled with mist. Zhu Weizhen was drinking tea with his mother, and calmly put down three teacups.
When the Queen saw it, she couldn't help but frowned: "What do you mean?"
Zhu Weizhen lowered his eyes and whispered: "Everyone is here, why don't we meet together."
"What's so good about a foxy girl?"
"Mother, you still haven't calmed down?"
The queen seemed to sigh: "You don't know how many extraordinary things the prince has done for her! He stayed in the palace privately, granted the title of concubine, and..." She paused slightly: "The prince was obsessed with her and acted ridiculously and recklessly. Even the rules and etiquette are ignored. The gossips in the palace say that the prince had sex with her every night in Chunhe Hall, and even indulged in women's sex, and showed off his sex during the day, which is simply inappropriate!"
Zhu Weizhen's face did not change after hearing this, and he continued to pour tea: "Does the queen still remember what happened three years ago?"
The Queen murmured: "What's the matter?"
Zhu Weizhen smiled faintly: "Three years ago, the queen mother rewarded two concubines and maids to the prince, which made the prince very angry."
"At that time...the prince at that time was still a child."
Zhu Weizhen's eyes were full of joy and he held the tea cup with both hands: "Mother, the prince is always surrounded by beautiful women. When has he ever been so moved? When the prince was not in the mood for love, the mother was worried. She was once worried that the prince did not like women. Now that he finally has a woman he loves, why is the queen worried again?"
"There are thousands of women in the world who want nothing, but they want her!"
When Zhu Weizhen saw his mother being so angry, he also understood the truth: "Actually, the queen doesn't hate that woman, but she feels sorry for the prince and he deserves someone better."
The Empress sighed softly when her daughter poked at her.
Zhu Weizhen smiled and said: "I think the prince has grown up a lot. In the past, he always considered everything before he acted. He seemed to be pursuing perfection, but in fact he was less domineering. It was rare for him to be impulsive, so why should we be frustrated? His energy? And I just want him to be happy."
Mother and daughter have a heart-to-heart talk, and one sentence is worth ten thousand words.
"Your coaxing mouth can persuade even a Bodhisattva."
"A loving mother who cares for her son should regard it as the beauty of a human being."
