"I have a girl who is as fierce as a tiger, Tang Ning, you are scaring others." Princess Cheng teased.
Aunt Jiang and the others in the room all started laughing. Song Tangning pouted: "Auntie!!"
She didn't!
Seeing Princess Cheng leaning on the pillow, smiling from the corners of her eyes to her brows, Song Tangning stamped her feet: "Brother is obviously a liar. Yesterday he said he wanted to stay well in the palace to recuperate. I promised Sister Qin that I would take good care of him. !”
Who would have thought that he would ask someone to ask for leave, but then sneak into the palace while she was sleeping?
Tang Ning's cheeks were puffed up and she said angrily: "Aunt, I'm going to go next door."
"Go ahead."
Princess Cheng waved her hand and let the little girl go to find Xiao Yan's "trouble". When she saw Song Tangning holding up her skirt and leading Hua Wu to trot away aggressively, Princess Cheng couldn't help but lean on the pillow and said with a smile: "This girl , She really treats people as her elder brothers and protects her, and this attitude is even closer to that person from the Song family than she used to."
"That's why Governor Xiao is kind to the girl." Aunt Jiang said with a smile.
When she first moved out of the palace with Princess Cheng, she had been feeling uneasy and extremely wary of the powerful Governor Xiao.
After all, this Jiuyun Lane is Xiao Yan's place. There are also rumors that he is cruel and murderous. She is afraid that Xiao Yan will be as difficult to get along with as the rumors. She is also afraid that he will do something to manipulate the princess and the girl, but she really came here. After getting along with him for a few days, Grandma Jiang discovered that although Governor Xiao had a cold temper and was intimidating to look at, he was extremely considerate in his actions.
He was obviously a eunuch who was despised by everyone, but he always showed his dignity and was very measured in his dealings with others. He was not at all arrogant and arrogant as outsiders said.
Aunt Jiang couldn't help but sigh: "I thought Governor Xiao was difficult to get along with, but the reality is quite different from the rumors. The servant looked at the girl and said that although the girl has lost a brother, Governor Xiao is better than that. The eldest son of the Song family is a good man, and I don't blame the girl for protecting him at all times."
"You are right, that Xiao Yan is a good person."
Princess Cheng also felt the same way. Who would have thought that Xiao Yan, who used to be a gentle and elegant son of the Song family, was a bastard, but Xiao Yan, who was regarded as fierce by outsiders, doted on Tang Ning like a jewel. Not to mention they were just sworn brothers and sisters. I'm afraid it's nothing more than biological siblings.
She thought for a while and said warmly to Nanny Jiang: "I don't have a blood ginseng plant there. Go and deliver it to the next door."
Xiao Yan treats Tang Ning well, and they naturally appreciate it too.
Aunt Jiang quickly agreed: "I'll go right now, slave."
Seeing Princess Cheng leaning on the pillow in a good mood, stretching out her hand to play with the two peach blossoms that had been folded back in the morning in the white porcelain vase, Mother Jiang paused as she was about to leave, and hesitated for a moment before saying: "Princess..." "
"Huh?" Princess Cheng turned her head and saw that she was about to speak but hesitated and said casually: "What's wrong?"
Aunt Jiang hesitated and whispered: "The prince sent someone to deliver a letter early this morning, saying that the old concubine was ill."
Princess Cheng's expression remained unchanged: "She always gets sick several times throughout the year, and she has people from the palace and the Imperial Medical Office to take care of her. What's the use to me?"
Her relationship with the old concubine was not harmonious, and it was not because that person was making things difficult for her. Xie Tianyu was not the kind of person who obeyed her mother in everything. On the contrary, there seemed to be some resentment between the mother and son, and they only maintained a superficial relationship. The mother is kind and the son is filial.
Princess Cheng just felt that every time the concubine looked at her, her eyes looked weird, and she had an unspeakable malice towards her.
In the past, when she was in the palace, she would rarely set foot in the old concubine's courtyard except when she had to find someone to discuss things with. The relationship between the two was lukewarm, so she naturally wouldn't worry about it.
Aunt Jiang whispered: "This time is different from the past. It is said that the old concubine is a bit seriously ill, and the prince's condition is also very bad during this period."
Princess Cheng was stunned.
Aunt Jiang said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty has banned the people in the palace, and the prince's errands in the court have been completely lost. After the old concubine became angry and sick, she lingered on the bed and could not get up."
"The prince said that during the day, the prince had to smile and take care of the old concubine, but at night he would often fall unconscious in your room while drunk. My servant secretly met Hua Yue and heard from her that when he was drunk, the prince always muttered the princess's pet names and held them in his arms. I shed tears over the little portrait I drew for you."
Princess Cheng lowered her eyes when she heard this: "It's not embarrassing to still cry at such an age."
"After all, the prince is still thinking about you."
Aunt Jiang saw through her softened brows under her cold words, and couldn't help but ask: "Princess, you have been here at Jiuyun Lane for some time. Do you really not plan to return to the palace?"
Princess Cheng was silent after hearing this. Will she not go back?
Xie Tianyu's face flashed in her mind, feeling a little hesitant.
She had been married to Xie Tianyu for more than ten years, and she had devoted her whole heart to him. If she had not really liked him, she would not have insisted on marrying into the prince's palace despite her father's dissuasion when she had so many choices.
Although not everything went well in Prince Cheng's Mansion these years, and occasionally some bad things happened, Xie Tianyu treated her really well.
Even if she was occasionally disrespectful to the old concubine and had conflicts and arguments with others because of her wanton temper, he would always stand by her side and protect her without hesitation.
She and Xie Tianyu have always had a harmonious relationship. Unlike other wealthy and powerful people who came together due to marriage and then only treated each other as strangers, they lived a loving life of ordinary couples, facing each other day and night, lingering all the time, and those happy and joyful days were all gone. Not fake.
Even if Xie Tianyu lied to her, after the most angry moment, the love between husband and wife for more than ten years could not be forgotten.
What's more, there is Xie Yin in the middle...
Princess Cheng held a peach blossom branch in her hand: "Grandma, do you think I should go back?"
Aunt Jiang hesitated: "Do you want to go back?"
"I..." Princess Cheng pursed her lips and shook her head: "I don't know either."
She has feelings for Xie Tianyu, and she cannot bear to see Xie Yin being criticized for their separation. Moreover, her marriage to Xie Tianyu involves the royal family. If she really plans to leave, it may not be that easy. The royal relatives in the clan will not tolerate it. She had hurt the royal family's face. If a quarrel really broke out, neither she nor Xie Tianyu would benefit.
Princess Cheng lowered her eyebrows and looked at the peach blossoms in her hands, knowing that there was a high probability that she would never really break up with Xie Tianyu, but she was unwilling to let her go back like this.
She could not forget how Xie Tianyu acted in front of her without changing his expression that day in the palace, how he laughed while being intimate with her while lying to her, and even treated Tang Ning's safety as child's play. It was like a thorn piercing her flesh, making it difficult for her to let go and go back to the past with him.
Princess Cheng pinched the blooming peach blossom: "I haven't figured out how to deal with him yet, grandma, I can't forget the way he lied to me."
