She slept peacefully tonight. Regardless of whether Xiao Zhi came over or not, she would live her life well.
The most important thing is that I don't want my mother to worry. I just want her to know that I am living a good life and that I will really live a good life.
When she woke up early the next morning, she felt very nervous. On the table was a chestnut cake sent by someone from the Crown Princess. Chu Xin smiled lightly.
In fact, when she came to Northern Qi, the Crown Princess was the first person to be so friendly to her, and she kept it in her heart anyway.
Because of my status, I don’t dare to expect to be friends. I just hope that I can see him more often and exchange a few words in the future.
After just reading for a while in the morning, Mingyu and Luzhu came over with worried faces.
"What's wrong? What happened again?"
Chu Xin put down the book and guessed that there must be something coming from Fanghuayuan again, and it probably wouldn't be a good thing.
"Mrs. Side, His Highness has just returned home and said that he invited Madam to have lunch with him at Fanghua Courtyard."
Lu Lu squeezed out a smile, "This is a good thing. Being able to dine with His Highness can also enhance our relationship!"
Lu Lu could only comfort her like this. Obviously the princess would be unhappy, and the atmosphere would probably be a little awkward.
"In that case, let's go over and don't keep His Highness and Princess waiting."
Chu Xin didn't care. She had been in this house for almost a month and hadn't eaten anything together.
When Chu Xin passed by, Chu Yi and Xiao Zhi had already sat down. Seeing the scene of the two of them sitting together, her heart suddenly ached.
"You don't have to be formal, just sit next to me."
Xiao Zhi said softly, as if he hadn't seen Chu Xin for a while, and now his eyes were on her, but he couldn't move away.
This situation made Chu Yi's hand holding the chopsticks tighten again and again. Can't we have a good meal? Do we have to call her over?
The incident of picking up the Crown Princess yesterday made her feel disgraceful, and she didn't know what was going on with the Crown Princess. She was just talking to Chu Xin, a side concubine, so where could she put herself, Princess Xiang!
I really don’t know if it’s intentional or not, it’s really baffling!
Originally, he was generous and didn't care about this matter, but he never thought that Chu Xin would appear in front of him today. It was really an eyesore!
"yes".
Chu Xin nodded. In fact, the situation at this moment was quite embarrassing. Although the relationship with Chu Yi was so complicated, she still pretended to be harmonious and sat at the same table to eat.
"Your Highness."
Chu Yi put a piece of fish meat in Xiao Zhi's bowl, looked at it carefully, and then placed a piece of goose meat.
Xiao Zhi accepted it completely.
Chu Xin just sat on the edge and ate silently, and only ate the dishes placed in front of her. In fact, she felt that the scene at this moment was very embarrassing, and she might as well eat by herself in Qixiayuan.
"I have finished all the things in front of the palace and in the court. I can basically stay at the house during this period. If you have time, you can spend more time with me!"
Chu Yi smiled happily, and the joy in her eyes almost overflowed.
In fact, no matter how well prepared and magnanimous you are, how can you really not want your husband to accompany you?
"Um."
Xiao Zhi responded lightly, but he seemed very calm. Only he knew that his heart was beating rapidly.
Long time no see, I really miss Chu Xin.
"I went to see the Crown Princess yesterday and heard that she likes you very much?"
Xiao Zhi turned to look at Chu Xin, "I also asked someone to send you your favorite chestnut cake."
"Indeed, the Crown Princess is really a very kind person."
Mentioning what happened yesterday, Chu Xin felt a little warm. The Crown Princess was such a gentle and kind woman, and she really felt comfortable getting along with her.
"That's good."
Xiao Zhi also smiled. It was a good thing to make the Crown Princess like Chu Xina.
The prince's brother is also as kind to others as the princess, but after all, the royal family has no true brothers.
Seeing the two of them talking to each other, Chu Yi felt a little impatient, and her heart slowly sank.
I knew that calling this bitch over would be bad. Yesterday, when I went to see the Crown Princess, it was obviously Chu Xin's home field. Why did she become the protagonist again today? Then where did my position go?
"Fortunately, you are here. After all, you are Princess Xiang, and many things depend on you."
Xiao Zhi turned around and praised Chu Yi a few more words, whether it was sincere or just to carry water.
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness."
Chu Yi immediately stopped being angry and smiled happily.
This meal was really tasteless, at least that's what Chu Xin thought. She was just trying to hold back her temper and smile, pretending that she couldn't hear the strange sarcasm in Chu Yi's words.
I finally breathed a sigh of relief when I could retreat. It was really torture at this time, so I might as well just finish it in the yard!
After taking a few steps, he felt his hand being grabbed by someone. When he was startled, he looked up and found that it was Xiao Zhi.
"Come with me."
Xiao Zhi directly grabbed Chu Xin's hand and told Luzhu and Mingyu to wait here and not follow them.
Xiao Zhi took her directly to a relatively remote corner, where there was a rockery. There was a small cave in the rockery, and he took her to the small cave.
The two of them were squatting on the ground, talking as they had before in the cold palace of Dachu, as if they had returned to the past.
"What are you doing like this?"
Chu Xin squatted on the ground and took a closer look. It was a cave inside a rockery, just big enough for two people to squat here.
Xiao Zhi is the master of this palace, and he is the side wife. Do they have to hide here and sneak around when they get along?
"I just want to talk to you alone, preferably without anyone around."
Xiao Zhi smiled. In fact, he discovered this cave by accident, so he wanted to bring Chu Xin over. At this moment, there were only two of them here, and there were no more people to disturb him.
very nice.
Chu Xin didn't say anything, she just squatted quietly next to Xiao Zhi, but a touch of joy quietly surged in her heart. The place here was so small that the two of them could only squeeze together.
"During this period, I have to deal with affairs with the prince and brother, and I can't stay in the house often, so there are many things that I can't control. I know you have been wronged. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Xiao Zhi grabbed Chu Xin's hand and said several words in succession, but no matter how much he said, he could not express his guilt.
He was also getting married for the first time, and he didn't know how to deal with things in the backyard. He also knew that Chu Yi had an arrogant and domineering temperament. He was really inexperienced and didn't know how to control this degree.
He was worried that if he was too good to Chu Xin, Chu Yi might become even more jealous and do more things to make things difficult for others. But if he was not good to Chu Xin, people in the house would praise him and put him down, and the consequences would be even more serious. .
Many times, I was always in a dilemma, how to treat Chu Xin, how to treat her best.
"It's okay," Chu Xin turned slightly to touch Xiao Zhi's face.
"I know you've done your best. In fact, it's very good for me to live in Qixia Courtyard. No one is trying to flatter me, and the clothes you gave me are all very good. In fact, the courtyard you let me live in is really good. Very good, it will be quiet and no one will disturb you, I really don’t blame you, I don’t blame you.”
Chu Xin saw that there might be tears in Xiao Zhi's beautiful eyes, and there were really tears on those obsidian eyes.
"You don't have to blame yourself, you really don't."
Chu Xin gently touched Xiao Zhi's face and spoke softly, feeling that no words could explain it clearly at this moment, so she left a deep kiss on his lips.
Since the last time I saw him, I haven't seen him for another seven or eight days. I really miss him.
After returning home, Chu Xin touched her lips and found that they were already slightly swollen.
At that moment, the two of them seemed to have forgotten time, and just wanted to stay there, just the two of them, and no one else.
"Mrs. Side seems to be very happy?"
Mingyu joked with a smile and brought tea.
"Think about it. Madam and His Highness were close friends and often met secretly when we were young. How could we not have feelings for each other? The feelings are very deep!"
Mingyu became more and more enthusiastic as he talked. It was not easy to see Chu Xin happier today. He must have wanted to mention something that made him happier in the past.
"What are you talking about again?"
Chu Xin touched her lips a little shyly. In fact, the two of them no longer had to be secretive. They were already a married couple, and everything they did and said was done openly and ethically.
"Your Highness is not busy with things now. You will be at the house during these days. The princess does not dare to do anything excessive. We can also live a good life quietly."
In fact, Mingyu also felt that it was difficult to live with someone constantly weighing on her head. No one knew what kind of madness the princess would suddenly go crazy or what methods she would come up with to make things difficult for others.
They had no choice but to suffer the consequences of the tea incident last time. After all, Mrs. Side was indeed going to serve tea to the princess, but she just made the matter a big deal. Who knows what it would be like!
"The princess and I are like a knot that can't be broken. No one knows how to live in harmony. She made up her mind to get married at the beginning. She probably had this intention in mind and wanted to fight me to the end."
As soon as she thought of Chu Yi, Chu Xin felt that the feeling of joy lightened. The presence of another woman made it a bit difficult.
Originally, he could be the princess, and there would only be two people, she and Xiao Zhi, but now there is another person.
"Oh, by the way," Mingyu seemed to have thought of something and took out a letter from his sleeve, "This is a letter sent from Dachu. I was busy preparing tea just now and almost forgot about it!"
"Quickly show me what mother and Shu'er have written!"
Chu Xin immediately became excited and quickly opened the letter. After almost a month of going back and forth, she finally received a letter from Da Chu.
My eyes became moist as I looked at it, and I gently touched the handwriting on my heart, imagining what my mother must have looked like when she wrote this letter.
Is it distressed or worried?
"It's not easy to see the letter sent from Dachu. Why is Madam Side still crying?"
Mingyu's eyes gradually turned red. She had been away from Da Chu for a long time, and she really missed him!
After reading it, Chu Xin held the letter tightly in her hand and was unwilling to put it down for a long time, wanting to feel the breath of the letter more.
"My mother misses me so much that she would sit in my room for a long time every day. Fortunately, I have Shuer to visit her, so she won't be too lonely."
Chu Xin's tone was choked with sobs. Whenever she mentioned her mother, she would feel guilty and longing for her.
It was really shameful that her mother had finally raised her so well, but she had married so far away from Northern Qi and couldn't stay with her mother all the time.
"Don't worry, Madam Side. Fortunately, Princess Shu is here to fix everything!"
Mingyu wiped away her tears and comforted her with heartache. They all had come to Beiqi, and she didn't know if they would have the chance to go back and see them in the future.
"Yes, fortunately Shu'er is here. It would be great if she could spend more time with my mother instead of me."
Chu Xin sniffed. In fact, when she saw the letter looked like familiar handwriting, she felt extremely aggrieved, as if she had been bullied as a child and wanted to cry in her mother's arms.
Life in the palace was either good or bad. Thinking of having suffered so many weird sarcastic remarks from Chu Yi, I finally couldn't bear it at this moment.
It was as if the whole person had returned to his childhood. When he was wronged, he just wanted to cry next to his mother.
