I Want to be Alone, Beautifully

On her 16th birthday, Yu Ye asked Xu Jiao to attend the court and gave her a golden bell anklet.

During the year of listening to the government, Xu Jiao understood more things when she was in court. She also saw clearly the power differences in the Dayan court, and knew who supported Yu Ye on the surface, but actually supported Yu Ye. Those who conspired to overthrow her from above and below also knew who were upright and neutral factions who absolutely supported the imperial power, and who seemed to have no relationship with Yu Ye, but were actually her loyal followers.

This court is like a boundless ocean. The people in power drive a big ship, relying on their familiarity with the weather and ocean currents to predict the storms ahead, and then avoid these crises in time, so that Own boat travel makes it more stable.

It is worth mentioning that--

The leading actor Nie Yunyue, who tried to plot against Xu Jiao several times before, but failed, has been very quiet this year, and has never made a move against Donggong, nor appeared in front of Xu Jiao again, and does not know Are you holding back some big plans.

Xu Jiao herself has no eyes and ears in the palace. She doesn't want Yu Ye to feel that she is going out of control, and she has no interest in those calculations in the palace. One day, she suddenly remembered this, and asked Yu Ye casually:

"The prince from Daliang... what has he been up to lately?"

At that time, she was drinking a small bowl of mung bean soup to dehumidify because it was too hot in summer. Because Yu Ye watched her so closely, now she can only drink a bowl of mung bean soup to relieve the heat. The cold air in the house is too severe, and it is easy to hurt her spleen and stomach.

Blowing on the little mung bean shells left on the soup surface, she looked up at Yu Ye, only to find that the regent didn't answer her question, but just stared at her with those bottomless black eyes. Focused and engaging.

Since the age of 16, Xu Jiao has discovered——

This Yu Ye.

Not to mention the number of times she ran to the East Palace, and she always looked at her with such weird eyes when she was not paying attention, which made her feel creepy, but except for Yu Ye, she prefers to compete with the palace people to take care of her Other than that, I didn't see any presumptuous behavior from this person.

But just like this, Xu Jiao was even more worried.

After all, Yu Ye's personality is different from ordinary people. If a pervert like her has some thoughts and holds back, wouldn't she be even more perverted?

She hurriedly turned her eyes away, trying to pretend that she didn't notice Yu Ye's burning gaze, but she heard the other party say slowly:

"Your Highness, are you thinking about him?"

Xu Jiao didn't seem to understand the ambiguity in these words, and took the topic seriously: "Yes, although Daliang is located in the bitter cold northwest, and is deeply harassed by the ethnic groups outside the Great Wall, the soldiers' combat capabilities are strong, no matter whether they are dismounted immediately or immediately." , is a good player on the battlefield, now that Nie Yunyue is not as good as the weak crown, she has already been selected as the heir, if he finds the opportunity to return to Daliang..."

"Isn't it letting the tiger go back to the mountain?"

Yu Ye listened a little casually, seeing that she was busy talking, but didn't even notice that the mung bean soup in her hand was getting cold, so she could only put the bowl into Xu Jiao's hand, and watched her drink some more, before making a sound :

"I heard that he has been playing the piano in the yard every day, playing some lyrical songs."

"Whether it's true or not, if he's safe, I'll let him live a few more days. If he's restless, I can only end his life early, but no matter what—"

Yu Ye glanced at Xu Jiao's expression, paused for a moment, and lowered his voice a bit: "I won't let him walk out of Dayan's palace alive."

Xu Jiao knew that she was born again, and understood the threat that Nie Yunyue was threatening Dayan, but what she was worried about was that the male protagonist also had a halo in this story. It wasn't that Xu Jiao came to this world halfway, relying on his previous understanding of Dayan, the prince who was held hostage by Yu Ye, Xu Jiao would fall in love with him when they first met.

Then there was an unexpected reunion in the snow later, seeing the prince of the enemy country who was also controlled by Yu Ye, Xu Jiao would inevitably have a similar mentality, and it was difficult not to get close to Nie Yunyue.

At that time, the probability of Nie Yunyue flipping hands in Dayan's palace will increase a lot. Even if Xu Jiao can't be made emperor, it will be enough to cause Yu Ye a headache.

However, now, Nie Yunyue has seen that Xu Jiao is not easy, and maybe after hearing the news that Yu Ye is very close to the prince, she may no longer think about Xu Jiao——

But Xu Jiao still didn't dare to rest assured.

She is in the light, and Nie Yunyue is in the dark.

She hoped that the male lead would take care of him quietly and not cause any trouble to her and Yu Ye.

She didn't have any feelings for the heroine and heroine in her novels. She used to be able to watch the heroine die in front of her. Now, if she has the ability, in order to complete the mission smoothly, she can also give her a glass of poison-wine without blinking. Feed Nie Yunyue down.

……

Xu Jiao passed a year in peace.

Even the frequency of colds during the changing seasons is much lower than before, which is the result of Yu Ye taking good care of her.

On his 17th birthday, Yu Ye dropped a big news to all the officials when he went to court that day, roughly meaning that the current crown prince has been in power for a year, and Dayan's throne is still vacant. Unnecessary troubles have arisen, and it is an eventful time at this time. It is inevitable that other countries will find opportunities to cause troubles. Why not let Qin Tianjian find an auspicious day and let the prince ascend the throne.

As soon as the words came out, all the officials were stirred up.

Originally thought that Yu Ye was in control of the government in Yan State today, and it would be fine to have a puppet prince as a bargaining chip. I didn't expect that Yu Ye was not satisfied with this now. Instead of blackmailing the emperor and ordering the princes, Xu Jiao's status as the prince could no longer satisfy her. Ambitious.

The censors who had subsided before began to play one after another, and there were more guards outside the East Palace. Xu Jiao didn't wait for the three requests and three concessions that the emperor should have when he ascended the throne. A bowl of water was poured into the high-temperature oil pan, and the boiling sound in the hall continued for half a month.

In the end, it was Yu Ye who killed some people to suppress the voice of opposition.

On the day those censors were hung out, Yu Ye came to the East Palace to eat as usual. Because of Xu Jiao's picky mouth, the small kitchen in the East Palace was better than the craftsmanship in the Imperial Dining Room, and every meal was extremely delicate, even if Xu Jiao only I want to eat a simple bowl of plain noodles, and the side dishes in the noodles will also include bean sprouts, fungus, mushrooms, corn, green vegetables, shredded radish... and so on. The soup looks clear, but it has been boiled for several days Nutritious broth.

Therefore, people who eat a bowl of plain noodles are refreshing.

Yu Ye and other palace servants brought up their bowl of noodles, smelling the fragrance of the chicken soup base, just picked up the chopsticks, and suddenly heard Xu Jiao from the opposite side say:

"Master Yu."

Yu Ye looked at her, and the first sentence that came out of his mouth was: "Don't eat or sleep, don't talk, what's your Highness, you can talk about it after dinner."

She didn't want to defeat Xu Jiao's appetite.

Xu Jiao could only use her chopsticks to eat the hot plain noodles in her bowl. After finally solving it, she took a sip of the deodorized tea and put the tea cup back on the tray of the palace man next to her. Seeing that Yu Ye also put it down Chopsticks, he said aloud what he wanted to mention just now:

"I heard that Mr. Yu hung Mr. Gao, the imperial historian, on the wall outside the palace today..."

Yu Ye let out a "huh" and served the tea. The glass lid of the teacup bumped into the cup wall with a slight movement, "They thought I had lost my mind before because the time was not right, so I should remind them now, The heir I fancy, I will definitely let her sit in that seat."

Xu Jiao understood the meaning of her words, she was silent for a moment, and then suddenly said: "Master Yu is better than me in everything except that he is not surnamed Xu, so why—"

She didn't say what she said later, but she knew that Yu Ye would understand.

Yu Ye asked her: "Don't want to be emperor?"

Seeing the smile flickering in her eyes, Xu Jiao realized that her question was not simple, and now she has adapted to Yu Ye's rhythm of digging holes for herself, so she said calmly:

"Just curious."

She didn't answer Yu Ye's fault, but Yu Ye wanted to let her know the consequences of his words, hooked his lips, raised his hand to bring the teacup to his lips, took a sip of the Yuqian Longjing, and then laughed softly and said:

"I'm still His Highness because I'm not interested in this power."

"Now His Highness is a prince, but he doesn't want to be an emperor. Do you want to know what happened to the princes who didn't become emperors in the history books?"

Xu Jiao fell silent.

But Yu Ye insisted on telling her: "They were all killed, because the former crown prince was too threatening to the emperor."

Seeing Xu Jiao look away, Yu Ye said again: "However, if I sat in that seat, I wouldn't kill you—"

Xu Jiao raised her eyebrows and looked back.

Yu Ye smiled, "I will imprison you. After all, I will not kill you. There will always be some people who want to kill you for me, so for your safety, you can only stay by my side forever. I will do it." A golden cage, raised you up, how do you treat it?"

Xu Jiao: Fuck is just one word, I only say it once.

She no longer had the nature of arguing with Yu Ye, she got up from the dining table, and walked towards the outside of the hall: "I'm going to read a book, Mr. Yu can do what he wants."

Yu Ye looked at her receding figure, the smile in his eyes didn't diminish.

Her highness seems to have grown a little taller.

……

17 years old this entire year.

Xu Jiao was watching the game between Yu Ye and his courtiers, interspersed with some confrontations with other countries, and domestic livelihood matters, such as the ditch connecting the big river was blocked and flooded, or the new rice research and development site was almost the same I don't know how the seeds will go down.

At the end of the year, when the palace was decorated with lanterns and festivities, Xu Jiao realized that she was about to die.

Her birthday is on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, at the beginning of the year. I heard that the snow in the palace was very heavy in the year she was born, and the first snow of this year also came early, so she was born at the beginning of the new year. At that time, people in the palace could be heard lamenting the coldness of this year everywhere.

But auspicious snow heralds a prosperous year.

This is a good thing.

Xu Jiao ordered the people in the palace to pay attention to repairing some old palaces, so as not to cause some old houses to collapse under the snow and hurt the lives of the palace people. She also asked the guards of the imperial capital to strengthen patrols, and arranged for unified temporary residence for those who had no fixed homes. , Let the rich and noble families in the city open a shed to give out porridge.

In this way, no matter in or out of the city, you can have a good year.

But before her birthday, something bigger caught her attention——

Yu Ye has made an agreement with Qin Tianjian that a grand enthronement ceremony will be held for her in the spring of the next year.

In the end, Yu Ye won the court battle with absolute right to speak, and made her the emperor.

When the news came out, the palace people around Xu Jiao became very happy, and the steward of the East Palace even announced that they would send big red envelopes to everyone this year. They were so happy, but Xu Jiao herself was still a little bit unhappy until her birthday. realism.

……

"Your Highness, the water will get cold after soaking in the bath for too long. If you have soaked enough, you should get up earlier."

In the hot spring.

The palace servants outside the screen reminded Xu Jiao in a low voice to take a bath sparingly.

Xu Jiao responded, greedy for the warmth in the water, and didn't want to get up for a while, but fell asleep after soaking in it. After all, today was her birthday, and the palace was busy all day. She went to play outside the palace, and she made a fuss all day, and now she was tired, so she leaned against the pool and slept.

In the middle of sleeping, she suddenly heard the sound of water beside her, Xu Jiao raised her eyelids and looked to the side in sleepiness, and said at the same time:

"I'm done washing, and I'll—"

The voice stopped halfway.

She saw Yu Ye, who was submerged by the water level and only wore a silver underwear. His long black hair was coiled up, revealing a slender and slender neck, which was as elegant as a swan. The shoulders and waist were extremely soft.

Just looking at her profile, without the black official uniform on her body, her majesty seems to be a little less than before.

Yu Ye raised his brows, with a small smile in his eyes: "Finally washed?"

Xu Jiao: "..."

She silently moved to the side, got up to walk out of the pool, and was reaching for the towel on the screen, when Yu Ye asked her from behind, "Why did your Highness leave in such a hurry as soon as he saw me?"

Xu Jiao stepped on the steps in the pool. Tonight, because she was lazy, she didn't take off the bell on her feet when she took a bath. Who knows that the bell that usually doesn't ring very much, but now because of her walking in the water, There was a series of clear and crisp sounds.

Xu Jiao was stunned for a moment, then looked down, and found that the bell around her ankle was trembling slightly with the movement of the water.

I don't know what the reason is.

Yu Ye also heard the movement, and the smile in his eyes deepened, and then he said: "Your Highness likes the gift I gave you so much, why is it that you don't want to take it off when you wash?"

Xu Jiao hooked the corner of her lower lip without sincerity and said, "Forgot."

Seeing that she was far enough away from Yu Ye, she lifted her feet ashore, and the bell followed her movements, making noises all the way until Xu Jiao's wet footprints disappeared and the water in the bell ran out, before she became quiet again.

Hearing the movement, Yu Ye squinted his eyes, looked at the pool in front of him, and said quietly: "It's a pity..."

If it wasn't for Xu Jiao's poor health, she would have been soaking in this pool for a long time.

She really wanted to kill her in this hot spring.

……

In the inner hall.

After Xu Jiao changed her clothes, she yawned and saw that the palace servants had changed into a new set of quilts. She was about to lay it down and sleep in the dark, when someone came to report: "Your Highness, Master Yu has someone bring it up for you. Birthday gift."

Xu Jiao said lazily: "Xuan."

Soon, the palace man came in holding a wooden box.

Another wooden box.

When Xu Jiao looks at this thing now, she thinks of the gifts Yu Ye gave her. When she was 16, it was ankle rings, and when she was 17, it was a headband. Now she is [-], what tricks does she want to do?

Thinking so, she stepped forward to open the box without hesitation, and saw a row of...

Weird feathers.

colorful.

From very thin and short, to very broad and beautiful, there are peacock feathers, and there are other beautiful feathers that cannot be recognized.

"what is this?"

Xu Jiao was thinking about this guy who held grudges, wouldn't she also want to use this feather to tickle herself? How did she remember the grudges three years ago? Is there anyone more stingy than Yu Ye in the whole world?

Before the palace man could answer, Yu Ye's voice came from far to near outside the palace: "Of course it is a gift for His Highness, because I don't know what color or appearance His Highness likes, so I asked someone to find the most beautiful ones." , let you choose."

Xu Jiao's brain was dominated by sleepiness, and she sat on the edge of the bed and said calmly, "I don't want to choose."

Yu Ye smiled, and the candlelight in the hall was reflected in her eyes, because she came out of the bath to be in the inner hall, she didn't even put on her shoes, she walked in front of Xu Jiao silently, she glanced at the feather in the box next to her, and answered empathetically :

"It's okay."

"If Your Highness does not choose, I will do as I wish."

Xu Jiao: "..."

How about giving a gift like this?