female concubine

It was already dark when she came back from Da Nei, Princess Yiguo followed her back to the mansion with the courtiers' clothes and rewards from Emperor Bairi.

"Look, I said that Daddy will definitely reward you."

The servant touched the leather belt corresponding to the grade at his waist, frowned and said, "Officials..."

"Ah." Princess Yiguo suddenly grabbed the servant's wrist, "The snow in this yard hasn't melted yet, I forgot to make snow lanterns when I was with daddy in the palace."

Before the snow in the courtyard melted, Princess Yiguo ordered the palace people to hold lanterns, and she brought a few thirteen and fourteen-year-olds to pile up snow lanterns in the courtyard.

The snowdrift formed in the wooden barrel was compacted and then the middle part was hollowed out. The waiter brought some candles and placed them in the snow lamps to light, and then ordered the palace people to fill up the entire courtyard on both sides of the aisle.

"Quick, put out all the other lanterns."

The palace people extinguished all the lanterns in their hands, and only the snow lanterns remained in the courtyard. The flickering fire was flickering inside the lanterns. After a cold winter wind blew, the flames on the candle wicks all blew in the same direction, and then The wind gradually increased and was swept away. Some palace people wanted to re-ignite but were stopped by Princess Yiguo. The figures walked on the road paved with snow lanterns, and finally climbed the stone steps. The lights in the pavilion were brilliant, from dark to bright, The shadow gradually disappeared.

The servant bowed and followed her up the steps, then waved everyone away.

"Daddy left me alone today," Princess Yiguo looked at the peach charm written by the emperor at the door, "ask me what I want most."

"Princess…"

Princess Yiguo turned around, "When I left the palace, besides rewarding you as an official, Daddy also left you alone for a while, what did Daddy say to you?"

The servant immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty..."

[It was night, all the wives outside the clan thanked En and left the palace, and the emperor left Princess Yiguo and Princess Le'an behind, and finally, he alone heard the personal servant beside Princess Yiguo.

"Do you know why I passed on you?"

The servant knelt in front of the emperor, "The villain knows that the official is for Princess Yiguo."

"You have been by her side since childhood, and she regards you as a brother..."

"The villain is humble, and dare not treat himself as the brother of the princess of the country."

"As far as I'm concerned, as long as you are sincere, what is your background? No matter how noble your status is, what's the use of a high-ranking person who won't pity you. I hope that there is someone who can always accompany her and care about her. You are thoughtful , and intelligent, very suitable for the intrigues of this big family, I don't know what the future situation will be, but being in the royal family does not allow anyone to be mediocre, so you have to remind and help."

"The villain obeys the order."

"Don't rush to respond." The emperor got up and walked to the servant with his hands behind his back. "She is my only daughter. There were rumors of a princess in the palace. Now I can't arrange everything properly. I can't guarantee what will happen decades later, so I want you to promise that you can give everything and even your life for the princess. If you can do it, I will keep you by her side. If you can't, I won't force you , Princess Yiguo's mansion is doomed not to be peaceful in the future, when she really grows up, she will understand."

"The villain is willing to sacrifice everything for the princess." The servant looked up at the emperor and kowtowed, "Sacrificing everything."]

The servant lowered his head and cupped his hands on the ground, closed his eyes and said: "The official told the villain to always be with the princess."

Princess Yiguo looked down and could only see the servant's head and back, she turned around and said, "Really?"

"Princess." The servant knelt up.

"Anything else?"

"What does the princess want most, and what do the officials look forward to the most? The villain risked his life to remonstrate. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne, can he guarantee that the efforts of the officials will not be burned? Even with Her Royal Highness the Queen, But people's hearts are always overwhelmed by greed, and His Royal Highness is the one who wins the hearts of civil servants the most, and a fight is inevitable."

"What is Yan Chuan talking about? Daddy is still here."

"Can't the princess see everything the officials do?"

"Facing my dearest relatives, I don't want to make a choice," Princess Yiguo lowered her hand, suddenly laughed uncontrollably, her eyes gradually dimmed, "In the end, no one can break free."

A gust of wind blew past, hurting people's immature faces and blowing out all the snow lanterns on both sides of the road. The palace lanterns hanging under the promenade swayed from side to side, and the candlelight flickered on and off.

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——Ouchi——

After everyone had left, Princess Le'an was left in Da Nei by the emperor. Two rows of palace men and servants lined up on both sides and front and back of the shoulder carrying palace lanterns. Twelve servants carried chariots and entered Daqing from the Taihe Gate on the right. In the courtyard of the palace, a gust of wind suddenly blew by the ears when passing the well pavilion, Princess Le'an let go of the emperor's hand and twisted the cloak covering her body tightly, "Is Weng Weng going to take Chen'er out of the palace?" ?”

The emperor opened his eyes, reached out his hand from the cloak and touched his granddaughter's head, "Does Chen'er want to leave the palace?"

Princess Le'an watched the emperor hold her hand and leaned over her shoulder, "Chen'er wants to stay with Weng Weng all the time."

The servant lifted his shoulders and walked out of Daqing Gate, turned left and stopped in front of Zuoshenglong Gate, the general of the Imperial City Sijian Gate immediately ordered someone to light a torch, straightened his helmet, stepped forward and clasped his hands, saying: "Official, Princess Le'an. "

Princess Le'an then took off the cloak covering the emperor, and the emperor got up and held his granddaughter's hand, "I'm just here for a stroll, when I don't have anything else, go do your own business."

"Yes."

Princess Le'an put the cloak in her hand on the emperor's place, "The wind just started."

The emperor raised his hands from his sleeves and wrapped his cloak tightly, and then led his granddaughter to the tower from Zuosheng Longmen. To the south of Zuoshenglongmen is Xuande Tower. Looking south from Xuande Tower, you can overlook the entire Royal Street in Tokyo. After the early years of Qianyuan, the imperial street no longer restricted the people to walk.

The end of the year is the busiest month in the night market in Tokyo. Both sides of Imperial Street and the East Market and West Market are full of vendors, selling printed door gods and peach charms and other New Year posters, as well as various snacks and winter vegetables. .

In front of the Xuande Building are all bureaucratic institutions, so there are very few vendors. Standing on the tower and looking at the Tokyo city under the night, it is dazzling, the lights are dim, and there are no fewer cars and horses on the street than during the day.

The emperor sent away the guards on the left and right and on the tower, "Chen'er, do you think the night in Tokyo is beautiful?"

The little girl's eyes were filled with the lights of thousands of families, and she turned her head and smiled at the emperor, "It's beautiful, but the prosperous times recorded in the books are not as good as this."

The emperor looked at his eldest grandson who was about to grow up beside him, "How about Weng Weng giving all this to Chen'er?"

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——Kunning Hall——

Under the cold winter, only the red plum tree in the hall blooms alone. The crescent-colored clothes and beanies stand out against the bright red of the plum blossom. The servant stands quietly under the tree with a palace lantern. Only a floodlit copper stove rests on the table of the wooden couch.

"The lights in Funing Palace were turned off, and the palace people over there said that the official family went out with Princess Le'an in a shoulder chariot."

The extinguished lights in Funing Hall were just the lights of the cabinet, Xiao Youqing looked up, and the main hall in the south was still brightly lit.

Seeing the queen's lonely back, Zhao Ping said, "Is the saint just letting the officials go?"

"She understands, and she also knows that I understand, and she will say it herself in the end, but I..." Xiao Youqing lowered his hand in front of his belly, his bright eyes suddenly darkened, and a tear fell down the side of his face illuminated by the light , "I don't want her to say it."

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After the emperor's words were spoken, the little girl beside her was stunned for a moment, and immediately knelt down in fright, "My grandson's qualifications are mediocre, and I have never thought about Jiangshan Sheji. My grandson is afraid, and my grandson doesn't want to either." Eyes that seemed to be crying, "Grandson doesn't want to become like Daddy and Weng Weng."

"Weng Weng," Princess Le'an tugged at the emperor's clothes, "This will definitely bring turmoil to the country and the court, and it will also embarrass Weng Weng. Grandson doesn't want it, grandson... grandson doesn't want it."

The emperor bowed his waist to help his granddaughter up, and raised his hand to fiddle with her hair that had been blown a little messy by the wind, "Weng Weng will not force you."

"If," the emperor turned his head to look at the prosperous scene in front of him, there was a peddler next to the imperial street who was beating the monkey whose ankles were trapped by iron chains with a whip, and the beaten monkey was driven to an iron cage Inside, "If it is not helpless, who would be willing to enter this cage?"

A few gusts of wind blew towards the tower, Princess Le'an worriedly tugged at the corner of her clothes, "Weng Weng, it's windy on this tower."

The emperor turned around and patted the back of his granddaughter's hand, "Go back, it's getting late at night."

Princess Le'an leaned on the emperor's shoulder on the shoulders back to the inner court, with tears in his eyes, "The grandson just wants to stay by Weng Weng's side forever. The grandson doesn't want anything. The grandson has Weng Weng." , mother-in-law, father, mother, and there will be younger brothers and younger sisters in the future, this is enough."

Not everyone desires power, nor is everyone willing to be a trapped animal. The emperor patted the back of her hand again, then closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

The servant carried his shoulders to the Palace of Funing and was about to turn into the palace. Princess Le'an pulled the emperor's sleeve and said, "Weng Weng, let's go see my grandma. Today, Weng Weng ignored the snow in the back garden. After returning home, my grandma would say I have been worried for a long time, but my great-grandmother did not order the doctor to cook that bowl of soup." Princess Le'an lowered her head, "The grandson has deceived the king."

The servants looked at each other and then stopped at the gate of the palace. The emperor opened his eyes and thought for a long time before raising his head, "Go forward."

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——Kunning Hall——

The internal servants were guarding the door, and in the dormitory, there were several female officials from the Shangfu Bureau who were undressing Xiao Youqing. After washing, the female officials gently took off the hairpin, and the hair fell down the back of the shoulders. Over the years, the golden hairpin has faded, but His Highness has never been seen to have gorgeous hair, just like His Highness's eternal face."

Xiao Youqing looked at himself in the bronze mirror, and he was no longer in the prime of his life, "You are dying, but I will let the officials..."

Nü Shi was so startled that she took a few steps back and knelt down, "The villain is guilty, he shouldn't be talking nonsense."

Xiao Youqing shook his head lightly, "You all go down."

"Yes."

Immediately looking at a small Buddha statue standing next to the bronze mirror, if you don't get close, the smell of ambergris will not be smelled at all from a distance, Xiao Youqing raised his eyebrows, "Obviously you said it, unless I drive you away .”

The servant knocked lightly on the door of the dormitory, "Saint, the official is here."