After the eldest princess Yongzhao killed Xue Zhenjiang with her own hands, she naturally began to live a widowed life.
She never thought that she would get married for the rest of her life. Although she didn't say anything about Xue Zhenjiang's incident, it still had a big impact on her.
She could not imagine that a person who had been her bed partner for many years could hide such terrible thoughts.
So much so that Princess Yongzhao never dared to trust others after that.
Until her daughter Xue Keyin, the princess of Qingyuan County, went to Qi State to get married, the life of the eldest princess Yongzhao suddenly became empty.
She didn't feel it before, but once her daughter left, she really felt uncomfortable.
She didn't go out of her way to find marriage, but marriage came to her unexpectedly.
The eldest princess Yongzhao was enjoying the cool air under the flower stand in her residence. Suddenly, a feather shuttlecock fell straight in front of her eyes.
The moment she saw the shuttlecock, Princess Yongzhao was slightly stunned, and then asked her maid to check who was outside.
He thought that the person who could marry the eldest princess would at least be a man who was outstanding in talent, learning and character. He never thought that that person would be Xue Zhenjiang, who was excellent in every aspect.
She thought she would find out that Xiang Jingxing had a habit of cutting sleeves, but unexpectedly discovered that after she and Xue Zhenjiang arranged to get married, Xiang Jingxing had been hungover at home for many days.
After Xiang Jingxing thought quickly, he said: "I just acted on a whim and accidentally offended Her Highness the Princess. It is my fault. Please punish Her Highness the Princess."
Xiang Jingxing saluted the eldest princess Yongzhao, took the shuttlecock from the hand of the maid, and was led away by the maid.
Princess Yongzhao was stunned for a moment before tentatively asking: "Xiang Jingxing?"
Not long after, the maid brought back a middle-aged man in purple official uniform, who walked towards her with his head bowed.
The two of them never met again.
To him, the eldest princess was the only moon in the sky that people could look up to. For many years, he only dared to look at her from a distance and never dared to get close to her.
Now that they have reunited after many years, Princess Yongzhao actually feels that Xiang Jingxing's eyes are no different from those of more than 20 years ago, they are still as clear and clean.
Xiang Jingxing regretted it and felt sad. At that time, he was thinking that if Xue Zhenjiang could do it, could he do it too?
But it was just a one-time relationship when we were young, and we barely exchanged a few words with each other. It would be ridiculous if Xiang Jingxing could still miss her like this.
Seeing that the other party had no intention of raising his head, Princess Yongzhao said in an unfriendly tone: "Raise your head."
After being hungover for many days, he finally figured out after he sobered up that emotional matters could not be easily compared. Perhaps the deep love between the eldest princess and Xue Zhenjiang was beyond his imagination.
Out of curiosity, Princess Yongzhao continued to send people to investigate further.
Although they didn't exchange a few words, after this meeting, Princess Yongzhao did start to pay attention to Xiang Jingxing's affairs, consciously or unconsciously.
The eldest princess Yongzhao, who was sitting on the recliner, glanced over and judged from the color that the official position of the other party was high, but she could not recognize who it was at first glance.
Who would have thought that he used too much force and accidentally kicked him into the house.
Xiang Jingxing's heart was pounding, but he couldn't lie in front of the princess. He nodded and said, "It is true that many years ago, this shuttlecock was awarded to me by the princess."
The man in purple clothes slowly raised his head, and what came into view was a familiar but slightly old face.
After all, she was not familiar with people in the officialdom.
"I am currently in the Hanlin Academy." Xiang Jingxing answered cautiously, fearing that he might accidentally make Princess Yongzhao unhappy.
Xiang Jingxing rubbed his nose awkwardly. In fact, he had wandered outside many times, and every time he recalled the scene of playing shuttlecock with the princess when he was a child, but he had never thought about playing shuttlecock.
Later, after she married Xue Zhenjiang, she never paid attention to Xiang Jingxing, and only occasionally heard his name from her father.
So he sorted out his mood and continued to go to and from the office every day, as if nothing had happened.
Princess Yongzhao said tentatively: "This shuttlecock seems to be very old."
Xiang Jingxing has been in the Hanlin Academy since he passed the Jinshi examination. His official position is not low, but he has never gotten married.
Except for his parents, no one knew what he thought about the eldest princess.
After the news about Xue Zhenjiang came back to the capital, Xiang Jingxing was most worried about the condition of the eldest princess.
Before leaving, she gave the shuttlecock in her hand to the boy who was playing shuttlecock with her at the time.
Then he waved his hand to the maid to take him away.
The eldest princess Yongzhao actually didn't care about Xiang Jingxing. She just asked casually. After hearing this, she just nodded lightly, "Not bad."
Princess Yongzhao sounded kinder and asked: "Why are you playing shuttlecock outside the princess's residence?"
She was young at that time, and it was just an unintentional act, so she almost forgot about it.
Dusty memories quickly flooded into my mind.
But today, on a whim, he kicked the shuttlecock out of his hand.
The maid deliberately said something scary. Xiang Jingxing thought that she had almost hurt the princess, so she lowered her head and did not dare to raise her head.
How many times had he silently gazed at the brilliance of the eldest princess in an inconspicuous corner.
Therefore, Princess Yongzhao did not take this speculation to heart, but she would pay attention to Xiang Jingxing's actions from time to time.
The eldest princess Yongzhao was surprised by this. The Xiang family was also a wealthy family. As the eldest son, Xiang Jingxing was not married and had no concubine or concubine. This was very unreasonable.
Just when he was thinking about how to take out the shuttlecock, he was discovered by the maid, and he realized that he had kicked it right in front of the princess.
Princess Yongzhao recovered her thoughts and asked casually: "Where do you work now?"
"It's you, sir." He bowed slightly to Jing Xing.
Only later, she heard that the boy named Xiang Jingxing who played shuttlecock with her had passed the Jinshi examination and became an official.
Could it be that he didn't get married because of her?
After having this speculation, Princess Yongzhao herself found it funny.
Since they were old acquaintances, she had no intention of pursuing the matter of him almost hitting her. Even so, she felt that Xiang Jingxing would never come back to kick the shuttlecock outside her wall, so there would be no chance of such a thing happening again.
possible.
Princess Yongzhao recalled that more than twenty years ago, when she was young, she pretended to leave the palace, but was discovered by the guards sent by her father and took her back to the palace.
The face-to-face conversation with the eldest princess that day made Xiang Jingxing unable to calm down for a long time.
When the eldest princess returned to Beijing, he put on inconspicuous clothes to greet her silently.
After that, he would wander around the princess's mansion from time to time, pretending to be very close to the princess.
Seeing the princess again, Xiang Jingxing felt that she was still the same as she had been for more than 20 years, and even her manners and temperament were even more unmatched.
He felt that as long as he could have close contact with the princess, he would be willing to do anything.
