Princess is stubborn

When he received the imperial decree to accompany him, Xie Bai was hesitating whether to pretend to be sick or not.

However, the imperial decree came faster than her decision, so she had to continue to pretend if she didn't pretend to be ill.

Madam Xie turned pale with fright after hearing the imperial decree.

It would be fine if I accompanied Xu Yuyao to Suizhou alone, but even the queen is going, and she travels in modest clothes. They eat and live together every day, Xie Bai's secret may be hidden from Princess Yuyao, but how exquisite the queen is thought!

"Ziqing, why don't you just think that you are not well enough to travel far."

"Mother, this excuse cannot be dismissed." Xie Bai spread out the imperial decree and said, "It is because I am 'unwell' that His Majesty specially allowed me to accompany the empress and the princess on a trip together."

"Then what should I do if my feet are exposed during the trip!" Mrs. Xie felt that their family is really not functioning every day, and everything is not working properly.

Xie Bai looked at Mrs. Xie and sighed: "Mother, this is the end of the matter, this trip to Suizhou is a must. It's a blessing or a curse, but a disaster can't be avoided, as long as the child bites her to death and refuses to recognize her. In the marriage contract of the princess, no one can rush forward to pick up the child's clothes."

Although Xie Bai said it firmly, Mrs. Xie couldn't be at ease no matter what.

"Yes... shall we leave the day after tomorrow?"

Xie Bai nodded.

"Tomorrow, accompany me to burn incense in the temple outside the city." Mrs. Xie said.

Xie Bai really wanted to tell her mother that worshiping gods and Buddhas is useless in such things.After all, he was going to marry Princess Yuyao in one month, and at that time, the Buddha would not be able to change her gender to go to the bridal chamber.

The imperial decree in his hand seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and Xie Bai was almost out of breath.

Sometimes she couldn't help but want to ask her parents, why she had to disguise herself as a man, and couldn't inherit the title from the adoptive heir of Xie's collateral line?Even if she didn't expect that she would be called a son-in-law, she would not be able to marry a wife and have children if she disguised herself as a man. At that time, there would be no successors to the title, so what's the difference?

But Xie Bai has never been able to ask.Because she could probably guess what her parents would say to block her, but she would never admit that it was a stupid thing for her to disguise herself as a man.

It was night, Xie Bai was lying on the wooden bed in his bedroom, suffering from insomnia.

She thought of many possibilities for Princess Yuyao to expose her identity, but in the end, without exception, Xu Yuyao was furious and made the emperor order the Xie family's Changping Hou Mansion to be copied.

"Hey--"

The next day, when the servant girl came to ask Xie Bai to get up and leave the city to offer incense, Xie Bai had just closed his eyes and rested for a while.

The sleepless night made Xie Bai's eyes a little bit darker, and Mrs. Xie couldn't help but sighed again and again when she saw it.

Xie Bai glanced at her, lowered his eyelids, leaned against the wall of the carriage, and fell into a light sleep.

Seeing her like this, Mrs. Xie took her hand and asked, "Ziqing, are you blaming your parents?"

Xie Bai shook his head and said, "No wonder." There's nothing to be surprised about. As marquises, they want their titles to be inherited, which is reasonable; as parents, they let themselves disguise themselves as men to inherit the titles, so that they can enjoy a lifetime of glory and wealth, which is also a kindness. .

Only, it was this choice that encountered the most difficult path.

"Ziqing, if... if you really don't want to marry the princess, it's a big deal, a big deal..."

Madam Xie gritted her teeth a few times for the next words, but in the end she couldn't say anything.After all, she still wants to save face, even if her son is not a real son.

Xie Bai probably guessed it, shook his head and said: "If Niang wanted to use this reason earlier, she might be able to block this marriage, but now that the imperial decree to grant marriage has been issued for so long, using this excuse again shows that it is true To embarrass the princess and His Majesty."

"That can't be delayed until we get married..." Mrs. Xie didn't know what she wanted now.

Xie Bai shook his head: "Forget it, mother, the child is older, and the child will find a way to solve this matter."

Method?There is no way.Xie Bai smiled bitterly in his heart until the carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain where the temple was located.

Xie Bai got out of the carriage first, then turned around to help Mrs. Xie.

As soon as Mrs. Xie's hand touched Xie Bai's, she heard a familiar voice.

"Ziqing! Can you go out now?"

Xie Bai and Mrs. Xie, who had just stepped out of the carriage, turned their heads together, and saw Xu Yuyao in casual clothes, followed by several guards in casual clothes, walking towards this side.

Mrs. Xie didn't know for a while whether to play or retreat.

On the contrary, after Xu Yuyao came over, seeing her frozen there, he took the initiative to say: "Mrs. Xie, do you need my help?"

"I dare not bother the princess." Madam Xie got out of the carriage with Xie Bai's hand.

Seeing her coming down, Xu Yuyao turned to look at Xie Bai: "Ziqing, do you come to accompany Mrs. Xie to offer incense?"

"Back to the princess, yes."

"Coincidentally, I also came to offer incense for my mother. We are going on a trip tomorrow, and my mother said that before leaving, we should worship Buddha and ask him to bless us on our journey."

Xie Bai responded softly: "En."

Xu Yuyao didn't seem to notice her depression at all, and turned to the guards and said, "You guys, go protect Madam Xie and burn incense. I want to spend a while alone with Xie Bai."

"Miss, this is not appropriate. We are your bodyguards and we have to protect your safety."

"Are you Miss or am I Miss?" Xu Yuyao asked slightly raising her chin.

The guard quickly replied, "Of course it's you."

"Do you listen to the lady or the guard?"

The guard bypassed her pit and said: "...I listen to the master. Before leaving the door, the master told me to protect the safety of the young lady."

"Does my father listen to me on weekdays?"

The guards wanted to refute, but they couldn't.

"Why don't you go soon? It's just a waste of my time alone with Xie Bai." Xu Yuyao sent the guards away, then turned to look at Xie Bai, "Shall we go too?"

Before Xie Bai followed Xu Yuyao, he took a look at Mrs. Xie.The latter cast a worried look, and Xie Bai shook his head, signaling to her that he could solve it himself.

How to put it, he was Xu Yuyao's companion for three years.Xie Bai thought.

"Ziqing."

"The minister is here."

"Ziqing is not such a nonchalant person on weekdays." Seeing her lowered eyelids, Xu Yuyao was a little unhappy.

Xie Bai has never seen her like this in the three years that Xie Bai was his reading partner. Even if she teased Xie Bai mischievously when she was young, Xie Bai would always look up at her with his head up and give her a message in that slow voice. Read those rules and regulations.

But now...does she really not want to marry herself?

The two walked to a pavilion set up for pilgrims to rest their feet. Xu Yuyao didn't even look at it, but sat on a stone bench that he didn't know whether it was clean or not, raised his head and asked her: "Xie Bai, let me ask you, you Is that why you really don't want to marry me?"