Princess is stubborn

Coming out of the queen's room, Xie Bai thought that Xu Yuyao would definitely pull him, and excitedly celebrate that the marriage would not be resolved.

But unexpectedly, after Xu Yuyao came out, he just glanced at her indifferently, turned around and went back to his room.

Xie Bai wanted to say something, but she didn't understand what she was thinking, so she could only watch Xu Yuyao enter the room.

Before the bell closed the door, Xie Bai gave Xie Bai a hard look: "What are you looking at, don't hurry up!"

As the door closed, Xie Bai went downstairs.

Xie Bai didn't go back to the room directly, but went to the back kitchen to ask the inn staff for a bucket of hot water. It's been so long, and the strong and pungent fragrance of makeup seems to still stick to her body.

Speaking of which, Xu Yuyao always has a faint fragrance on her body, presumably the clothes she wears every day will be used for incense.But Xie Bai didn't dislike the powdery smell on Xu Yuyao's body at all, and even thought it smelled nice.

After locking the doors and windows, Xie Bai took off his clothes and walked into the barrel.

Soaking in the warm water, Xie Bai relaxed for a moment, but it was fleeting.Raising his hand, Xie Bai looked at his wrist, which seemed to be a little thinner than Xu Yuyao; lowering his head, Xie Bai looked at the position where he was about to bulge a small bag, and stretched out his hand to measure it. The arc of Xu Yuyao, and then sighed.

Whether looking at himself as a man or as a woman, Xie Bai couldn't figure out what Xu Yuyao liked about him.

When going out, Xie Bai didn't dare to soak for a long time, and when the smell of makeup and powder on his body dissipated, he got out of the water and changed into new obscene clothes.

When putting on his belt, Xie Bai couldn't help but glanced at his chest and the distinct ribs underneath - he was indeed very thin.Especially after putting on a coat, some loose coats make her thin and thin.

What does Xu Yuyao like about herself?Sitting in front of the bronze mirror, Xie Bai tied up his hair, which was cut as long as a man's.

Xie Bai looked at his face in the mirror, the bronze mirror blurred the outline, it was clearly a delicate but not outstanding woman's face.The ladies in Beijing are even more beautiful than the young men in Beijing.

The daughter of Liu Shilang’s family is elegant and dignified like a peony; the granddaughter of Zhu Shizhong’s family is beautiful and has excellent piano skills; the granddaughter of Sun Taishi’s poetry and painting has been praised by the masters of Gyeonggi University...

Xie Bai is the most inconspicuous one no matter whether she is among men or among women—of course, if she is too short to be considered conspicuous, then she is quite conspicuous among men.

Lying on the bed, Xie Bai looked at the somewhat yellowed bed curtain and lost sleep.

Xie Bai was awakened by the eager knocking of the bell on the door.

"Miss Bell, what's the matter?"

Seeing his sleepy eyes, Bell was very dissatisfied: "What time is it, I can't afford it! Madam and Miss are going to swim in the lake!"

"Here we come." Xie Bai felt as if he had just fallen asleep, how could it be daylight?

After going back to wash up, Xie Bai changed into a coat before going downstairs.

The queen and Xu Yuyao were already sitting there, having breakfast.

Xie Bai secretly looked at the expressions of the two of them, they were still the same as usual, as if what happened last night didn't happen at all.

"Add a pair of bowls and chopsticks." The queen said without raising her head.

Immediately, a court lady took a new bowl and chopsticks and put them on the opposite side.

Xie Bai said thank you, and sat down to eat together, but after two mouthfuls, the queen put down the chopsticks: "Let's go."

Xu Yuyao glanced at Xie Bai, hesitated and said, "Mother, my daughter is not full yet."

The queen looked at Xie Bai.

Xie Bai put down the bowl and chopsticks: "I'm done eating."

Frowning, Xu Yuyao said: "A bird would eat more than you! Eat more!"

As she said that, Xu Yuyao directly picked up a bun with her hand and handed it to Xie Bai's mouth.

Xie Bai looked at the bun in front of him, his internal organs were clamoring to "eat it", but he couldn't open his mouth when he met the Queen's gaze.

Xu Yuyao didn't care about her, and passed the bun forward again, sticking it to her lips: "Open your mouth."

There was no other way, Xie Bai had no choice but to open his mouth and bite the bun.

However, Xu Yuyao didn't let it go: "Eat, what are you doing with it in your mouth?"

Under the queen's unfriendly gaze, Xie Bai bit the bullet, took one bite at a time, and ate the whole bun with just Xu Yuyao's hands.

Xu Yuyao was still not satisfied, so she took another bun and wanted to continue feeding it.

The queen at the side couldn't stand it any longer, coughed twice and said, "I'll go back to my room to rest for a while, call someone to call me after you finish eating."

"Okay, mother." As soon as the queen left, Xu Yuyao sat next to Xie Bai and continued to feed her.

Xie Bai looked at the back of the queen going upstairs, heaved a sigh of relief, and reached out to take the bun from Xu Yuyao: "I'll do it myself."

However, Xu Yuyao shook her head, refusing to let go of the steamed stuffed bun: "No way."

Xie Bai couldn't grab her, so he could only let her feed him two more.

Seeing that Xu Yuyao still wanted to feed, Xie Bai hurriedly waved his hands and shook his head: "I'm full, I'm really full."

"The steamed stuffed buns in Suizhou are so small, you only need to eat three to be full?" Xu Yuyao looked around at the things on the table and said, "Then don't eat steamed stuffed buns, let's drink this bowl of porridge."

The porridge was not too thick, Xie Bai took a look at it, picked it up and drank it slowly.

"I am full?"

Xie Bai nodded: "I'm really full."

Xu Yuyao looked at her, reached out and touched her stomach.

Xie Bai was so startled that he almost couldn't sit still and fell off the bench.

But Xu Yuyao didn't do anything else, but after touching his stomach a few times, he took his hand away and said, "My salary is better than that of the prince, so there is no need to save me money on food."

Xie Bai really wanted to say that he didn't save her money, but what he said sounded inexplicably ambiguous, so he simply didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Xu Yuyao called Ling Dang over: "Go, please come down, let's go swimming in the lake."

Suizhou can be said to be built on the lake.Not to mention the large and small criss-crossing rivers in Suizhou City, there are two famous lakes alone.

Xu Yuyao has no interest in swimming in the lake. There are also lakes in the capital, but they are all about the same.However, on the lake tour boats in Suizhou, there will always be people singing ditties.

Qu'er in Suizhou is very different from the one in Beijing. The song is slow and melodious, like a dumpling made of glutinous rice, sticky and sweet.

Xu Yuyao leaned on the back of the chair, watching the people coming and going on both sides of the lake, listening to the song, tapped and clicked on the armrest.

Xie Bai didn't care to watch the scenery, let alone listen to the music, he just went to secretly look at Xu Yuyao from time to time, and they were all in peace.

The boat sailed around the lake, and soon Xu Yuyao was attracted by the sound of gongs and drums coming from the shore.

"Boatman, what are you doing so lively on the shore?" Xu Yuyao tried her best to look at the shore, but the distance was still a bit far away and she couldn't see clearly.

Seeing that they were interested, the boatman asked, "Miss Madam, would you like to go over and see the excitement?"

"Want to watch Yao'er?"

Xu Yuyao nodded: "Let's go."

"Okay!" The boatman slowly drove the boat closer to the shore.

Xie Bai saw the somewhat familiar red plaque in a certain box on the shore, and immediately turned around in shame and indignation.

Xu Yuyao didn't pay attention to her unnaturalness, her eyes all fell on the gate building on the shore.

"How can we build a gatehouse here? It's so strange."

"Miss, I don't know anything," the boatman said with a smile, "This is the chastity archway. Last month, a widow who lived near here was defiled. This widow was also a chaste person, and she committed suicide. This city After a big family in the village heard about it, they paid the county magistrate to set up this memorial archway to record this incident, and to praise this woman for maintaining her reputation."

"What about the man who defiled her?"

The boatman thought for a while, but he really didn't listen to the book, so he said, "Haven't you caught him yet? But usually you can't catch people for this kind of thing."

"It's unreasonable!" Xu Yuyao slapped the small table beside her with one hand, making the cups on it jingle.

The boatman didn't expect that the young lady would lose her temper like this, and the oar in his hand also shook twice: "This...why is the young lady angry?"

Xie Bai naturally knew what Xu Yuyao was angry about, and immediately said: "Miss, don't worry, this chastity archway has existed since ancient times, and it is not unique to the locals."

It's just that Xie Bai also felt a little mocking.

Last night she lost her way and strayed into Fireworks Alley, which was full of people, from teenage sons to decades-old fat masters; With a smile, linger there.

And this fireworks alley is in the alley next to the Chastity Archway.The alley was very quiet at this time, and at night, it became a place where countless men in Suizhou City had fun.

"It's been around since ancient times, right?"

"Yaoer," the queen didn't expect Xu Yuyao to be furious suddenly, "what's the matter?"

"The evildoers go unpunished, but the victims commit suicide for the sake of reputation. What's the reason? The local people and the county magistrate are not ashamed, but proud. They even say that this matter is engraved on the archway, and it has been standing here for generations? In my Daqi country, there is such a shameful thing!"

"Yao'er, a woman's reputation is as important as a mountain. What the county magistrate did was also a tribute to this chaste woman."

"Mother, even you think so?" Xu Yuyao looked at the queen in surprise, "Why?!"

The queen didn't know how to answer for a while.Why?Yes, why?But it has been like this in all dynasties, so what is the need for it?

But Xu Yuyao insisted on breaking the casserole and asking the bottom line, the queen naturally couldn't answer.

Seeing that the Queen didn't speak, Xu Yuyao felt that no one in the world understood him, so he was very dissatisfied immediately: "I want to get off the boat, I want to go back to the capital!"

The boatman didn't know what to do at this moment, so he had to turn his eyes to the queen: "Ma'am, what do you think?"

"Just press the button to stop the boat." The queen's eyes signaled the maid to settle the money with the singer and the boatman.

As soon as the boat docked, Xu Yuyao staggered off the boat and ran towards the archway.

The guards waiting on the shore quickly followed, Xie Bai also ran over when seeing this.It's a pity that Xie Bai, who only loves to read, was almost thrown off by Xu Yuyao, let alone catching up with Xu Yuyao.

Fortunately, on the way back last night, she deliberately memorized the way, hurriedly and slowly, and finally caught up.

Although the guards followed Xu Yuyao closely, what they had to do was to protect Xu Yuyao from getting hurt, so they had no right to stop what Xu Yuyao did or said.

When Xie Bai arrived, he saw the guards protecting Xu Yuyao behind him, and a group of local people in front glared at Xu Yuyao.

"Outsiders don't judge our affairs!"

"We Suizhou girls are famous for being chaste and fierce. A girl who is worried and kind-hearted wants to destroy the reputation of our Suizhou girls!"

Those people talked to each other, hearing Xu Yuyao wished he could draw the sword of the guards on the spot and see what kind of bullshit archway!

"The county magistrate is here! Your lord is here! Let's all give way!"

The crowd of people made way, and a middle-aged man with a big belly came out in an official robe with a shiny face: "Who? Who is making trouble?"

"Are you the county magistrate?" Seeing the magistrate's slick face and radiant spirit, Xu Yu Yao didn't get angry at all. "The prisoner was caught, and he did these useless things here!"

"Where did the little girl come from, dare to talk like that to the adults?!" The person next to the county magistrate was very dog-legged, "Aren't you taking down the troublemaker?"

"Bold!" The guard looked at the servant who stepped forward, and the swords around his waist were all unsheathed.

"Dare to resist? Anyone who dares to resist will be killed on the spot!" the man said again.

The county magistrate didn't expect that the other party would dare to show his weapon first, and his anger also came up, so he didn't stop him.

The guards looked back at Xu Yuyao, and after seeing her nod, they showed their badges: "The imperial guards are here, who dares to act presumptuously!"

Imperial Guards?The county magistrate almost didn't react immediately.

When he recovered, the county magistrate immediately bowed his knees and stepped forward: "Excuse me, why is the Imperial Guard here? The lady at the back is..."

The county magistrate turned a few guesses in his mind, and finally came to a conclusion: something bad happened!Although it wasn't me who ordered the killing just now, but I didn't stop it, which is obviously a big dereliction of duty!

"Princess Yuyao is here, hurry up and pay my respects!"

Hearing this, everyone in front of them knelt down together.

Xu Yuyao originally didn't like to see people kneeling, but the group of people in front of her made her very unhappy, so she didn't mention anything about getting them up.

Seeing that Xu Yuyao didn't speak, the guard said again: "Princess Yuyao asks you questions, answer honestly!"

really!The county magistrate suddenly became nervous.Who is Princess Yuyao?That is the only and most beloved princess of the Holy Majesty today!

"Back... back to the princess, I don't know which prisoner the princess is asking."

"I don't know which prisoner, but he knows how to set up an archway for the woman who was forced to die? Well, this county magistrate is really light enough."

"Returning to His Highness, I... I know." Regarding the reputation of Princess Yuyao, even in Suizhou, they have already heard about it. "The criminal will be arrested and brought to justice as soon as possible."

Xu Yuyao looked down at him with her chest folded, and said with a sneer, "Then go catch it."

"what?"

"Ah what! Shouldn't you be arrested and brought to justice as soon as possible? If you don't go now, how can you do it sooner?" Xu Yu said, "Or, what you said just now is just fooling me!"

"I don't dare, I don't dare!" The magistrate tremblingly said, "I'm going to arrest people now!"

After the county magistrate finished speaking, he hurriedly scrambled and led the people away.

As soon as the county magistrate left, Xu Yuyao looked more and more at the group of people kneeling here, and said, "What are you still doing here?"

Hearing this, a group of people quickly got up and dispersed.

However, the crowd dispersed, but there were still two women standing there.

Seeing the two of them, Xie Bai's expression changed.

"This handsome young man, we meet again." The woman seemed not to be afraid of the guards at all, and greeted her with a smile.

Xu Yuyao frowned, quickly figured out who these two were, and turned to look at Xie Bai: "Didn't go in?"

Xie Bai sighed, and said to the two of them: "You two girls, be careful with your words."

The two looked at each other and smiled: "Since they are by the princess's side, the son must be the son-in-law--thank you, the young master. The young master is really determined. Rao, we sisters can't invite us in no matter what. "

"Look at you, you can't even compare to the princess's expression, the young master looks at such a beauty as the princess every day, so naturally he doesn't look down on you and me!"

Xu Yuyao was still a little angry at first, but after hearing the conversation between the two, her anger subsided a bit, and she just thought the two were really interesting: "What's your name?"

"My slave's waking insects."

"Nujia Xiaoxue."

Jing Zhe giggled: "Princess, would you like to sit in our Fengyage Pavilion?"

The guards were all startled by the words of the prostitute in front of them, and immediately said: "Bold! What kind of status is the princess, how dare..."

"Is it far?" Xu Yuyao interrupted the guards and asked Jing Zhe.

"It's not far, it's right here." Jing Zhe said, turning her head and pointing to the alley next to her, "Do you want to come together? Feng Ya Ge also runs a teahouse during the day."

"Princess, this..." Seeing that Xu Yuyao was about to take Xie Bai with him, the guards were a bit difficult to handle.

My own princess went to the brothel, if word got out, what would it be like!

"Master Xie, please persuade Your Highness."

But Xie Bai said: "The two girls also said that Feng Ya Pavilion also runs a teahouse during the day, since the princess wants to go, I will go with the princess."

The guards had no choice but to follow the two into the alley.

It was obviously daytime, and the whole alley was very quiet. From Xu Yuyao's eyes, every plaque was almost a brothel.

The red plaque of Fengyage is not conspicuous at all in this row.

As soon as I entered the gate of Fengyage, I heard a middle-aged woman ask: "Have you finished watching the excitement? How is the archway standing?"

"Look, mom, who did we bring back?"

The middle-aged woman came out from behind and saw the two of them: "Hey, isn't this the young master from last night? The one next to him is..."

"This one is the most favored princess of Yuyao today!"

After hearing this, the bustard didn't know what expression to make.

Jing Zhe smiled and said: "Mom, hurry up and bring out some good tea, and treat the princess and the young master well."

The old bustard: "...?" She felt that she might not have woken up, otherwise how could she have heard, her own girl said, let herself entertain... the princess?