The nine princesses of the East Palace

Shi En is the closest servant of His Royal Highness, and all the maids and eunuchs in the palace envy him.But when it comes to His Highness the Crown Prince, the first word that comes to Shi En's mind is "crazy".This is not because he is guilty of scolding the prince, but because the prince is indeed ill, and the illness is not serious.

The prince's illness started when he woke up after falling into the water at the age of nine.At that time, he was not the prince, but the fifth prince in the palace, and Shi En followed him since he was a child.

Before falling into the water, the fifth prince was still likable. He was very serious in everything he did, and always wanted to do everything to the best of his ability, so as to be praised by the queen and recognized by the emperor.After falling into the water, the fifth prince seemed to have a wrong nerve, his personality changed drastically, as if he had changed his soul, his face was always as dark as a coffin board, and he couldn't smile once a year.

But it was this cold-looking fifth prince who actually had a soft spot for sugar people, and asked Shi En to sneak out of the palace to buy them every now and then.At first, Shi En thought that the fifth prince's taste had changed and he began to like sweet things, but after a period of observation, Shi En found that the fifth prince never ate the sugar figurines he bought, and put them beside the desk. Let them melt away little by little.

Your Highness, can we not be reckless?Every time Shi En received an order, she shouted in her heart.Moreover, it was very difficult for him to sneak out of the palace once. If he was caught, not to mention the monthly payment, he would probably be beaten to death.

However, although he was protesting in his heart and was very unwilling to run errands to buy those candy figurines, Shi En admitted that he was timid and did not dare to mention this matter in front of the fifth prince, otherwise, he was afraid that he would not be able to eat and walk around.

Just accepted the job of buying sugar, the Fifth Prince's side has a new request, asking him to make two bright red lanterns.

Shi En was secretly happy at first, thinking that this job is easy, just find anyone who sells lanterns and do it well.But, several times in a row, the Fifth Prince was dissatisfied, either because the lanterns were too small, or because they were not bright enough or red enough.The grievance in Shi En's heart.

Don't you feel dazzled, Your Highness?Can you sleep with such a bright big lantern hanging in front of the bedroom?Every time he sees the two lanterns under the eaves of the fifth prince, Shi En can't stop muttering in his heart.

However, his worry was unnecessary. With these two lanterns hung up, the fifth prince could really fall asleep, and he slept very well.On the contrary, if the lantern was broken, he would really not be able to sleep, and would lose his temper and ask Shi En to get a new one.

The fifth prince also has a very unimaginable hobby, that is, he likes to collect some small things that only girls like, and from time to time he asks Shi En to go out of the palace to buy them.

Shi En thought to himself at the time, this is a good thing!Knowing how to buy things to please the girl's family means that he has someone he likes, and if he has someone he likes, it should be easier to talk to, right?

But the fifth prince just packed the things he bought back in a box, filled several boxes in a row, and he didn't see him send out any of them.As for the girl he liked, she disappeared without a trace.He didn't talk to the other girls at all, he was as fierce as a little wolf cub.

Shi En felt pitiful for the girl from the Zhao family.

The Zhao family is a small and powerful family in Shangjing. Although their status is not as high as the Gao family of the prime minister's line, they are still respectable people. The ladies in the palace have to give a little face when they see it. Even the emperor respects that man Master Zhao.

And during the holidays, there is a tradition in the palace, which is to call the children of the family into the palace to play with the princes and princesses. As the daughter of the Zhao family, this Zhao family girl Zhao Sesel is naturally among them.

The girl from the Zhao family met the fifth prince for the first time in the imperial garden.At that time, the Zhao family girl was ten years old, and the fifth prince was 11 years old.

On that day, Shi En happened to be there, the Zhao family girl stepped on the hem of her skirt while walking and fell, and the Fifth Prince happened to pass by.

Miss Zhao probably hurt from the fall, and when she saw the fifth prince, she started to cry, crying like a pear blossom with rain, although Shi En was only half a man, she was a little moved by seeing it, he thought to himself, such a delicate Little girl, the fifth prince should help, right?

But the facts proved that he overestimated the fifth prince. The fifth prince took a look at the girl from the Zhao family, but immediately after that, he left without moving his eyes...

Shi En bowed down, Your Highness, can we not be so cold-blooded and ruthless?Anyway, she's a little girl, so what if we help?

But Shi En only dared to say these words in his heart.Although he sympathized with the girl from the Zhao family who fell down, he cared more about his own life.So, he also walked away unmoved and without squinting.

Later, Shi En followed the fifth prince and met this Zhao family girl several times in the palace.When she saw the fifth prince, her cheeks flushed, probably because she was moved.Shi En felt that she was quite pitiful, if it was other princes, it would be fine, but she fell in love with the hard-hearted fifth prince, no matter how much tenderness she had, she would not be able to melt away his vajra heart, destined to be Luohua Intentionally, the flowing water is merciless.

When the fifth prince was 12 years old, he suddenly fell in love with cooking.Thus, Shi En had a new job to do, which was to spare no effort to find ingredients for him to practice.

In terms of cooking, the fifth prince can be said to have no talent at all. In the beginning, the things he made could eat the dead, which left a big shadow on Shi En.Because, Shi En not only shoulders the heavy responsibility of finding ingredients, but also gives the fifth prince a taste... Shi En feels that there is nothing more terrible than this.

Every time he eats his stomach badly, and when he vomits and diarrhea, he prays in his heart: Your Highness, can we stop cooking?There are many royal chefs in the palace, and the craftsmanship is better than the other.

Of course, the fifth prince couldn't hear his heartfelt voice, and continued on. After half a month, he seemed to have found the knack, and he could cook things well, usually half-cooked or burnt.After another half month, his craftsmanship has improved amazingly, and the food he made is even more delicious than that made by the imperial chef. Shi En is often so greedy that he drools.

But after his skills improved, the fifth prince's insanity reappeared. He often refused to eat roasted food, and he no longer asked Shi En to eat it. He just left it until it spoiled.

Once, the Fifth Prince suddenly asked Shi En: "Are there many fireflies in Shangjing? Where are the most?"

How can Shi En answer it, what he hates the most are small flying insects, and when he sees them, he wants to hide away.

The Fifth Prince waited impatiently and asked again.Shi En had no choice but to say: "Your Highness, please let the slaves go and inquire about it."

"Then you go quickly." The fifth prince said coldly.

Shi En didn't dare to neglect, and went immediately.After asking no less than twenty people in a row, everyone shook their heads and said they didn't know.Shi En had no choice but to go back and answer the Fifth Prince, saying, "Your Highness, there are no fireflies in Shangjing."

"Isn't there?" The fifth prince's face was very ugly, "I remember there were some in the past."

Shi En hung his head, not daring to speak.How dare he say that he didn't really look for it at all.

After Shi En said that there were no fireflies in Shangjing, the Fifth Prince sat alone in front of the desk in a daze and didn't even eat lunch.Shi En really doesn't understand what's worth seeing about those little flying insects, even if they can shine, they are just bugs at best.

I thought so, but Shi En still felt that he would sneak out to look for it at night, so that the fifth prince would not be so depressed all the time.However, before he went out to look for it, the fifth prince disappeared.

Shi En was so frightened that he almost lost his breath.But he didn't dare to speak out, so he had to ask for help from General Pei's Xiaolangjun Pei Zhao. Pei Zhao was the fifth prince's companion, and he had a good friendship with the fifth prince. When he heard about this, he immediately agreed to help find someone.

It was July, and the weather was very hot, and it still didn't cool down a bit at night.Shi En ran around looking for people, sweating profusely, but he never saw the fifth prince's shadow.

Just as he was going to wash his face by the river, he suddenly saw stars glowing on the water surface, and those stars were flying towards the aquatic plants on the bank... This... This is a firefly!Shi En's mind suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and he immediately walked along the shore, wherever there were many fireflies, he would go there.

He didn't call for anyone, but subconsciously thought that the fifth prince was here.

As he was walking, he saw Pei Zhao standing in front of him. Just as Shi En wanted to speak, Pei Zhao gestured to him to silence him.Shi En had no choice but to step forward lightly.

Looking around, the reeds in front of him fell down, and there was a boy in gray clothes sitting on it. He had a handsome face and a coldness all over his body. He looked lonely. Isn't it the fifth prince that Shi En and Pei Zhao had been looking for for a long time?

He was not sitting very straight, with one hand propped on the ground, his body slightly tilted, a reed grass dangling from his mouth, and he was watching the fireflies flying around without blinking.

Suddenly, he stretched out his left hand forward, the palm was hanging in the air, he didn’t move, a firefly landed on it, he watched intently, after watching for a long time, the firefly didn’t fly away, he watched, The corners of his mouth were slightly curved... and he smiled.

Since falling into the water, Shi En has hardly seen the fifth prince smile, even if he did, it was not from the heart, it just made people feel that he could no longer laugh.But at this moment, he smiled so purely and cleanly, like an unworldly child.And his gaze was as gentle as water, looking at the glowing firefly that landed on his palm, as if looking at a long-lost masked lover.

Neither Shi En nor Pei Zhao could bear to disturb him, so they just stood aside and blew the wind for half an hour.

It was late at night, and the wooden boats in the middle of the river had docked one after another. If they didn't return to the palace, there would be a curfew.

Pei Zhao first said kindly, "Wulang, it's time to go back to the palace." Because the Fifth Prince was ranked fifth among the princes, Pei Zhao often called him "Wulang".

The fifth prince turned his head slowly, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, as if he woke up suddenly from a dream, and said calmly: "Azhao, you are here."

Pei Zhao nodded, "Shi En said you disappeared. I'm very anxious."

The fifth prince didn't explain anything, he just stood up from the reeds and said, "I'm fine, go back."

The three returned to the palace.As for why His Highness came out and smiled at Liu Ying, no one knew why.

Although the fifth prince behaved a little strangely, but he was intelligent, hardworking, deep in thought, ruthless in action, knew how to judge the situation, and never hesitated. Therefore, he sat fairly securely where the first two princes were not stable.

Although Shi En doesn't understand such things as fighting for power and fighting openly and secretly, he also knows that the power of His Royal Highness is not as simple as it seems.He has countless aides, and many ministers who oppose him on the surface support him secretly.

With such a cold-hearted, cruel and ruthless Crown Prince, Shi En felt that he should die alone instead of harming other girls.But when he was about 15 years old, the emperor issued an imperial decree asking him to go to Xizhou to marry the nine princesses of Xizhou.

When Shi En learned about this, he thought, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is probably going to lose his nerve again, and he has to hide far away to avoid being affected by disaster.

But after the imperial decree was issued for half a day, His Highness did not move at all.Shi En felt it was incredible, so he quietly went to Lizheng Hall to have a look.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was sitting upright in front of the desk, drawing something with a brush.Shi En didn't dare to come forward to disturb her, and was about to leave, but His Highness called him, "Shi En, come and help me see, does she look like this? It's been too long, I don't remember clearly .”

There was only one thought in Shi En's mind, that is, His Highness, he fell ill again, this time it seemed to be very ill, and he started talking nonsense.Although the woman in red in his painting is cute and smiling, she is beautiful, but Shi En has never seen her before.

Shi En thought gossipingly: Your Highness, are you Sichun?But, you ask me, who do I ask?

But who is this girl?He is also very curious.Her smile is so bright that it seems to be enough to melt everything in the world.His Highness never paints figures, let alone women.

"Shien..." Seeing that he hadn't answered for a long time, His Highness urged.

Shi En didn't know what to say, so he could only boast with all his strength, "This girl looks bright and generous, with a graceful figure, and her eyes are especially charming, like stars in the night sky. In China, she is heroic and glamorous, very different from our Central Plains girls."

While boasting, Shi En observed His Highness's expression, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it, on the contrary, he looked a little complacent.It seems that there is a situation!good phenomenon.So, Shi En couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart at all, and asked, "But, Your Highness, who is she?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, His Highness's expression froze, and he looked full of thoughts, and smiled wryly: "I'm confused, how do you know what she looks like? Forget it, you go out."

Shi En had no choice but to leave the palace gate.

The day to leave for Xizhou is getting closer, and His Royal Highness is getting more and more strange. He seems to be particularly disturbed, always having nightmares, and even the big red lantern hanging on the palace door doesn't work anymore.

Shi En wanted to see the imperial physician for him, but he refused, so Shi En had no choice but to give up.

On the night before departure, His Highness drank a lot of wine and got very drunk.Shi En hurriedly called the maids to take care of him, but he threw all the maids out of the palace.

Shi En had no choice but to bite the bullet and go into battle in person.

After His Highness was drunk, he was quite obedient, and he didn't go crazy with alcohol, or even if he was drunk, his mind was clear, but he talked a little more than usual.

"Shi En, tell me, does she still remember me? I treated her so badly before, does she not want to see me anymore?"

Shi En thought to himself: Yes, Your Highness, you are too right, you are too self-aware, no woman in the world likes you, it is as cold as a piece of ice, and you will not be frozen to death if you get close.

Of course, Shi En didn't dare to say these words, he just listened silently, and His Highness didn't seem to need him to answer, so he said to himself, "If she doesn't remember me, will she already Is there someone I admire? Will she like me again? If she doesn't want to marry me, what should I do?"

Shi En couldn't understand His Highness's nonsense, but he was inexplicably sad when he heard it. For the first time, he knew that His Royal Highness, who turned out to be cold-hearted and cold-faced, also had emotions and desires, and would not get what he wanted.

"Should I pretend that I don't remember her?" His Highness babbled again, "But I miss her so much, I can't pretend."

Shi En didn't speak, just listened quietly.His Highness really talked too much tonight, and Shi En was sobbing with tears. He thought, if she was the woman His Highness was talking about, he would definitely agree to him without hesitation and stay with him for the rest of his life.But he wasn't, and he didn't know where this girl, whom His Highness could never forget, was so tender, and where she was.

The next morning, His Highness set off. He seemed to be in good spirits, but his face was expressionless, and he returned to his previous serious appearance, as if the person who was depressed and worried about gains and losses last night was not him.

During the trip to Xizhou, Shi En did not follow him.His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went away for more than half a year, and when he came back, he was a different person again. He looked radiant, and his temper was much softer. When he returned to the East Palace, he seemed to smile a little, but Shi En was frightened. I thought he was going crazy.

"Your Highness, did you encounter any happy event?" Shi En asked like a drum in his heart.

"No." His Highness gave a concise answer.

But what does it mean when you smile brightly?Shi En asked in his heart.

Of course His Royal Highness didn't understand Shi En's thoughts, and didn't bother to look at him, but just asked him to bring the money, and then sneaked out of the palace.

Shi En followed him nervously. It stands to reason that as a crown prince, it would be inappropriate to sneak out of the palace as soon as he came back. If someone finds out, he might make a fuss about it. Go to Honglu Temple.

When he arrived at Honglu Temple, he immediately turned cold when he learned that the Ninth Princess of Xizhou was not there.

Shi En finally figured out that His Royal Highness, who was like a psychopath, had a deep-rooted affection for the nine princesses and was truly moved.However, didn't he still miss the woman in the painting half a year ago?Sure enough, men are unreliable, and after a while, they changed their minds.

Shi En followed His Highness the Crown Prince all the way to find the nine princesses, but where could he find someone?Fortunately, I met the friend of the Ninth Princess, and then I learned the exact location of the Ninth Princess. It turned out that her purse was stolen, and she couldn't pay the bill for food, so she was deducted. Her Highness was very anxious when she heard that, and strode forward. rushed over.

Shi En heard that most of the women in this barbaric land are very cruel and have a bad temper, who dares to bully her!Your Highness, there is absolutely no need to worry.

But after meeting the Ninth Princess, Shi En realized that the Ninth Princess was so young, she was not tall enough to reach His Highness's shoulders, her palm-sized face was tender and childish, her eyes were big and round, Gu Pan Shenghui is exactly the woman His Highness drew that day, and her facial features are exactly the same.She is not cruel and irritable, sometimes a little confused, but she is very courageous, dare to act and speak out, she seems not afraid of His Highness at all, and even dares to call him by his name.

His Highness always smiled unconsciously when he saw her.She likes to eat, so he takes her to eat everywhere. He hates noise the most on weekdays, but he is willing to shuttle through the downtown with her.

Shi En has never seen His Highness get along with a woman, and he has never seen him so comfortable. He holds her, looks at her, and shows her all kinds of things that he usually dismisses but she finds strange and fun. ...

It seemed that he had been waiting for her all his life, just waiting for her to come, and when she finally came, he tried his best to coax her, pamper her, and wish her a lifetime of prosperity and well-being.

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