Princess is stubborn

The old bustard never imagined that in his life, he would be able to sit and drink tea with the princess and future son-in-law in his Fengya Pavilion.

Although there is a powdery smell in it, which is the same as what Xie Bai tainted back last night, but at this moment Xu Yuyao feels that it is not pungent at all, it smells faint and pleasant.

"Princess, what do you think of this tea?" Jing Zhe was always grinning, even facing the notoriously savage Princess Yuyao, she didn't seem to be afraid at all.

Xu Yuyao tasted it hard, shook her head and said, "It can only be considered average at best. Why do you think of inviting me to sit here?"

"Why are you thinking of inviting the princess back to the brothel?" the old bustard called Xiaoxue to a distance, and asked with a face full of surprise.

Xiaoxue said with a smile: "Sister Jingzhe thinks the princess is really interesting, so she tried to invite her, but she didn't expect the princess to be really interesting, so she agreed."

The old bustard wished to pry open the heads of the two girls and take a good look at what was going on inside: "That's the princess! You are not afraid that the princess will drag you down and chop you off once you open your mouth?"

"If mom had listened to what the princess said just now at the archway, she wouldn't think so."

"Oh? What did the princess say just now?" the old bustard asked curiously.

Xiaoxue repeated Xu Yuyao's famous words: "It is rumored that the princess is unruly and willful, but according to my daughter, this princess is a strange person!"

"The princess really said that?" The old bustard was full of disbelief.

"Yes, everyone who went today heard it."

"Forget it, you go out and serve the princess well, I'll tell other people not to come out as much as possible." After calming down, the old bustard said, "Anyway, she's still a princess! You try to let the princess leave as soon as possible, so that you won't be there later. The guests come and bump into the princess again. At that time, our Feng Ya Ge will be beheaded, and we will not be able to bear the responsibility!"

"I know~"

As soon as Xiaoxue returned to the lobby, she heard Jing Zhe saying: "Men, that's how they are. On the one hand, they hope that their wives will be chaste women, but on the other hand, they are fascinated by us watery sluts. In the eyes of men, There are only two kinds of women in the world——zhenlie and sluts."

Princess Yu Yao listened seriously, and asked: "Why? Since they want their wife to be Zhenlie, doesn't that mean they like Zhenlie more? Why are you so fascinated by you?"

"Naturally, Zhen Lie can't let it go, but we can let it go." Jing Zhe said, "Men's wives always look for women from good families. Which women from good families don't come here after reading "Women's Commandments" and "Women's Virtue". When it comes to the matter of the boudoir, everyone is extremely reserved, men will soon get annoyed when they face such a woman every day, and even... can't do it anymore. "

As she said that, Jing Zhe burst out laughing.

Xu Yuyao grasped the point: "So, let me just say, it's wrong to just ask women to talk about their fame! If the fame is destroyed just because of this, then three wives and four concubines, looking for flowers and asking willows Which man is not famous?"

Jing Zhe felt that it was really the right thing to invite her back for a sit down.

For a moment, Jing Zhe became a little worried about the marriage of the princess in front of her.Such a strange person shouldn't have lived an ordinary life.

"Speaking of which, Young Master, if the guards didn't come to look for you last night, would you come in with our sisters in the end?"

Xie Bai, who had been quietly listening to the two chatting, did not expect the topic to suddenly turn to him, and immediately looked at Xu Yuyao.

Xu Yuyao was also very interested in the answer to this question, so she stared at her together with Jing Zhe.

A little embarrassed, Xie Bai said: "Even if no guards were found last night, I will not come in."

"Oh?" Jing Zhe looked at her with great interest, and then at Xu Yuyao, "However, if there was such a strange person as the princess by my side, if it were me, I wouldn't come looking for these ordinary flowers. Young Master, I really hope that you can be different from the men in the world."

Regarding Jingzhe's words, Xu Yuyao felt a little bored after hearing Jingzhe's words: "Miss Jingzhe, if I redeem your body for you, would you be willing?"

"Why does the princess want to redeem the body of a prostitute from my slave's family?" Jing Zhe didn't expect her to say such a sentence suddenly.

Xie Bai was also taken aback.After being stunned for a while, an indescribable emotion suddenly grew in my heart.

"You are all poor people."

"Yeah, we are all pitiful people." Jing Zhe smiled, unlike before, there seemed to be some emotions called "self-deprecating" in this smile, "But women in the world, who is not a pitiful person? Princess Kindness, I appreciate it. It's not that I don't have money to redeem my body, but where can I go after my body is redeemed?"

"The world is so big, where can't I go?" Xu Yuyao was puzzled.

"The slave family was sold by parents for three taels of silver." Jing Zhe was a little sad, but then restrained his emotions and said, "The slave family does not intend to marry in this life."

"Do you have to marry someone after redeeming yourself?"

"The princess doesn't know something." Jing Zhe smiled at Yan Yan, but there was an indescribable sadness, "Even if a prostitute like Nujia is a good person, in the eyes of those men, she is still a bitch who can do everything she can. ||Son. Unless you find someone who can protect you and stay behind closed doors, no matter how big the world is, there will be no room for our sisters."

"I can give you a place to stay." Xu Yuyao said.

"Pfft..." Jing Zhe looked at her, eyes full of envy, "Princess, I thank you on behalf of my sisters, it's just a princess of your country, taking in us prostitutes, what is that like? Besides, the world is like me There are so many women like this, how many people can the princess take in? In the end, the princess wants to take us in, and the young master will be jealous."

Xu Yuyao was a little depressed.Considering that she is the princess of Daqi, but she can't even save a few poor people, what is the meaning of this princess in front of her?

Jing Zhe glanced at the sky outside, got up and said: "It's getting late, Feng Ya Pavilion is about to welcome guests, princess, please go back."

"You... really don't want to leave?" Xu Yuyao walked to the door and turned around to ask.

"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't." Jing Zhe saluted Xu Yuyao, "But it's a blessing that Jing Zhe can see the princess in this life."

Seeing their princess finally come out of the brothel, all the guards heaved a sigh of relief.

"Your Highness, the carriage is already waiting at the entrance of the alley."

"En." Xu Yuyao nodded absently.

After getting into the carriage, Xie Bai saw that Xu Yuyao was still in a daze, and asked, "Your Highness, are you still thinking about Miss Jingzhe's words?"

"Xie Bai, tell me, is it really my fault?" Xu Yuyao raised her head to look at her, eyes full of bewilderment.

"Why did the princess say that?"

"Everyone thinks that a woman's reputation is greater than the sky, and a woman should die as one," Xu Yuyao said, "whether it is in the capital or this Suizhou; whether it is a man or a woman. It seems that only I have the same opinion as them no the same……"

"That's not the case." Even though he knew that Xu Yuyao's words were a refutation of the history books and classics he had read, Xie Bai still said, "I think that what Miss Jingzhe said today just confirms the princess's thoughts are correct."

Xu Yuyao blinked at her.

Xie Bai suddenly felt that he was being loved, expected, and yearned for by her.

Averting his eyes uncomfortably, Xie Bai said: "Because men want their wives to be faithful to themselves, they hope that all good women can become chaste and strong women; but men are not satisfied with being 'dignified' all day long but' "Worthless" wives, so they go to the brothel to have fun all day long. They are afraid that their wives will be unfaithful, but they hope that there are prodigal women who can satisfy their own desires..."

I don't know why, these words today are not so hard to say.

Xie Bai continued: "There is only an alley between the nightly singing and overcrowded brothel and the local chastity archway, which is enough to explain the absurdity of these men. But in the end, it is the one who pays for the absurdity of the men. Still a poor woman."

Xu Yuyao looked at her intently: "Are you trying to please me, or do you really think so?"

"Of course I really think so." Xie Bai originally wanted to say that he would never deliberately please her if he didn't follow her, but he didn't know if this sentence would offend her again, so he simply put it in his heart and didn't say it.

"Since I'm not wrong, then...what can I do to change this ridiculous situation?" Xu Yuyao already had the attitude of throwing all questions to Xie Bai.

Xie Bai was a little helpless, but he had been disturbed by these recent incidents and Xu Yuyao's words in his heart for a long time, so he really thought about this issue.

Xu Yuyao suddenly said: "Since they will erect archways for women who commit suicide for fame, we can also erect archways for women who dare to sue officials! Let's see who erects more archways!"

Xie Bai pondered for a moment and said, "Princess's idea is feasible, but since ancient times, almost all the archways have been bound to Zhenlie. Perhaps, the princess can change the way."

Hearing this, Xu Yuyao's eyes suddenly filled with light: "Then tell me, what should I do differently? How about I ask Father to give them a title?"

"Perhaps His Highness can consider setting up a stele for them, expressing his appreciation and rewarding them with some property." Xie Bai said, "Please seal this kind of thing, your Majesty will probably not agree. I just set up a stele and engrave the name, and I want to come according to His Majesty As far as His Highness's favor is concerned, I will definitely not object."

"I will think about it again." Xu Yuyao thought for a while, "But the Chastity Archway has existed for hundreds of years, can the erection of monuments and rewards alone change their minds?"

Xie Bai originally wanted to say that it was difficult, but on second thought, the crown prince had already asked someone to "sue the official", so he could only bite the bullet and say: "Maybe? Your Highness can try, after all, His Highness just said those words, there are people Going to report to the police."

Xie Bai felt that his attitude towards this matter had changed really quickly.Not long ago, he was thinking of waiting to return to Beijing to discuss with the prince, but it didn't take long before he made a plan for Xu Yuyao.

Perhaps it was also thanks to what Jing Zhe said today.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of the inn. After Xie Bai got off the carriage, Xu Yuyao still sat on the carriage, refusing to move.

Xie Bai turned around and asked, "What's wrong, Your Highness?"

"I don't want to go in." Xu Yuyao said, "My mother doesn't understand me either."

"Your Highness doesn't talk to Your Majesty more, how do you know that Your Majesty must not understand His Highness?"

Xu Yuyao glanced at Xie Bai quietly: "Is this really true?"

"True or false, Your Highness will know if you try it?" Since Xie Bai said those words in front of the queen last night, Xie Bai lost a little fear when facing Xu Yuyao, and his speech returned to the time when he was still reading with him. so natural.

Xu Yuyao got out of the car with a little hesitation.

Seeing her coming back, Bell who was waiting at the door immediately ran over: "Your Highness, this servant is so worried!"

"The queen mother... is it okay?" Although Xu Yuyao said that he didn't want to see the queen, Xu Yuyao still cared about the queen first.

Ling Dang said: "Your Majesty locked herself in the room after she came back, maybe...it's not very good."

Xu Yuyao curled her lips and turned to look at Xie Bai.

Xie Bai nodded at her.

"Then I... go up to see the queen mother." Xu Yuyao looked away hesitantly.

Xie Bai said: "Your Highness, why don't you go to the back kitchen first, ask someone to cook something, and then go up with the food."

Hearing this, Ling Dang glanced at Xie Bai, then turned back quickly, and said to Xu Yuyao: "Your Highness, the back kitchen is cooking bird's nest right now, it should be almost done, servant girl go and have a look."

"kindness."

Finding a chair in the lobby and sitting down, Xu Yuyao squeezed her fingers, looked at Xie Bai, and hesitated to speak.

"Your Highness is still worried that your empress won't understand?"

"No." Xu Yuyao shook her head, "I was just thinking, when I was in the carriage, I only thought about how to get someone to stand up and sue the officials, but I forgot one thing."

"What's the matter?"

"It's not enough just to ask the girl to come out and report to the police," Xu Yu said, "We should do something more to deter those culprits so that they don't dare to commit crimes!"

Xie Bai didn't expect that she had already thought of this level at this moment, and he looked at her with admiration: "Then what did the princess think of?"

"Not yet." Xu Yuyao regretted for the first time that she didn't study hard. After returning to Beijing, she must look up Daqi's laws and see if there is any way to deter these prostitutes|thieves!

"Your Highness, the stewed bird's nest is ready!" Bell came out with a tray.

"I'll go up and see the queen mother first."

Xie Bai looked at the back of Xu Yuyao going upstairs and fell into deep thought.

"Mother, is your daughter coming in?" With the tray on the bell, Xu Yuyao could only knock on the door by herself.

The door was very quiet, Xu Yuyao knew that this was not refusing, so he opened the door directly.

Going around the screen, the queen was lying on the bed with her back facing outwards, beside the bed stood two court ladies, fanning gently.

"The kitchen has stewed bird's nest, the queen got up to eat some?" Xu Yuyao leaned over and sat by the bed, tentatively watching the queen's expression.

I saw that the queen had her eyes closed, and she didn't know if she was asleep or awake.

"Mother's queen?" Xu Yuyao called again tentatively, but the queen still didn't move, maybe she was asleep.

Xu Yuyao had no choice but to get up, signaled to Bell to put the bird's nest on the table, and went downstairs with Bell herself.

As soon as Xu Yuyao left, the queen sat up.

The maid at the side asked, "Why doesn't your empress ignore Your Highness?"

Why?The queen sighed inwardly.She didn't know how to face Xu Yuyao.She couldn't give an answer to Xu Yuyao's question.

Facing the disappointed eyes of her precious daughter, the queen felt very uncomfortable.So, subconsciously, she didn't want to face Xu Yuyao, let alone face up to Xu Yuyao's problems.

Seeing Xu Yuyao coming down the stairs quickly, Xie Bai was a little puzzled: "But His Highness is still worried, didn't you mention it?"

"No...the queen mother has fallen asleep." Xu Yuyao was a little hungry, and asked the kitchen to bring up food, "You should be hungry too, let's eat together."

Xie Bai was indeed hungry.It's late now, and they haven't had lunch yet.

Probably because of something on his mind, Xie Bai found that Xu Yuyao's appetite was significantly reduced: "Your Highness, why not put everything down and concentrate on finishing this meal first."

"En?" Xu Yuyao looked at the food in front of her and put down her chopsticks, "I can't eat anymore."

Seeing this, Ling Dang also felt that her princess was a little serious this time, even more serious than when she was worried about marrying Xie Bai before.In the past, I have never seen a princess so concerned about one thing.

Xie Bai saw that her complexion was also not very good. After thinking about it, imitating her behavior in the morning, he picked up the bowl of porridge in front of her and said, "Well, Your Highness should drink this bowl of porridge anyway."

Xu Yuyao looked down at the porridge, then at the hand holding the porridge: "Then feed me."

Xie Bai suffocated slightly when he moved forward to deliver the bowl, but in the next moment, he held the bowl with one hand and the spoon with the other, scooped up the porridge in the bowl, and handed it to Xu Yuyao's mouth.

Xu Yuyao was also taken aback for a moment, making sure that Xie Bai really fed her, so she opened her mouth and drank the porridge in the bowl mouthful.

Looking at the empty bowl, the two of them had their own thoughts.

Xie Bai thought, maybe only from Xu Yuyao's perspective can he understand why she treats him like this.That's why she decided to do to her what Xu Yuyao did to her.

Xu Yuyao thought: She doesn't like me at all, does she?

As soon as lunch was withdrawn, someone came from outside the inn, saying that the county magistrate had caught the criminal, and asked the princess if she wanted to go and have a look.

As soon as Xu Yuyao heard it, he immediately dragged Xie Bai up, asked the guards to drive into the carriage, and went straight to the Suizhou county government office.

The county government office in Suizhou is very grand, even more magnificent than the ones in the capital city. After Xu Yuyao got off the car, she lifted her skirt and walked into the hall of the county government office familiarly. .

"Your Majesty sees Her Royal Highness, Your Highness is thousand years old!"

"Get up," Xu Yuyao didn't look at the magistrate, but looked straight at the people kneeling in the hall, "Is this the criminal?"

"Back to Your Highness, yes."

Xu Yuyao always felt that this criminal looked familiar.

Xie Bai at the side leaned close to her ear and whispered, "When the archway was erected, this person was among the crowd watching."

"You're so brave!" Xu Yuyao sneered, "You've forced someone to death, and you still have the face to watch the excitement!"

The man knelt on the ground, neither raised his head nor refuted, as if... as if all of this had nothing to do with him.

The magistrate raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and said, "Your Highness, you have also seen the prisoner, are you satisfied?"

"No." Xu Yu said, "This kind of treacherous person, if you don't cut it down, it won't be enough to comfort the spirit of the woman in heaven. I don't think you need to interrogate it, just cut it down."