Tonight, the paddock was bustling with activity, and the Sixth Prince also hurried there after handling official duties in the evening, thinking of having a meal with Emperor Tianwu and then rushing back early tomorrow morning.
Unexpectedly, something strange happened in the palace. Xu Mao was the first to discover the clues, but he had no way to seek help. There was no other master in the palace except Concubine Li, who was locked up in Jingsi Palace, so the palace issued a key to him.
He couldn't get out, so he could only stay in this four-dimensional world and worry.
He rethought the circumstances of meeting those two people countless times. It wasn't until the next morning, when the first ray of sunshine showed up, which meant the palace gate was open, that he firmly believed that there was definitely something wrong with those two people.
So Xu Mao immediately left the palace, hired a carriage and drove directly to the royal paddock.
At this time, after half a night of drinking, no one in the royal paddock had gotten up yet. Even Emperor Tianwu and Yao Xian were drunk, and the two of them had just fallen asleep. They fell on the bed together in a mess.
No matter the emperor or the common people, in short, they are good brothers who show loyalty and talk nonsense while sleeping.
Zhang Yuan waited on the two of them to change clothes and take off their shoes, but he was very happy in his heart. How long had it been since Emperor Tianwu was so happy? He thought that if he got the chance, he would tell Feng Yuheng and let Yao Xian go to the palace more often to accompany the old emperor.
, even if the two of them drink every day, it’s okay! At this age, let’s do whatever we want!
In fact, Zhang Yuan thought so too. He also sympathized with Emperor Tianwu, feeling that this man was envied by everyone sitting in a high position, but who knew the misery of being alone? He was also greedy for wine, and at the moment before falling asleep,
I am still thinking in my mind that I will go to the palace more often to have a drink with the old emperor. At worst, he will treat me if I drink too much and get sick. They are both at this age, how many days do they have left to live?
This night, I think I slept with Feng Fendai. I went to bed earlier and woke up earlier naturally.
When Fendai woke up, she glanced at Xiangrong on the bed next to her. She was still a little dazed for a while. It took her a while to react, but she looked at Xiangrong and said, "We slept together when we were kids, right?
"
Xiangrong nodded, "We were closer at that time than we are now. We slept on the same bed. It's just that you didn't sleep well, so you kicked me under the bed at night." She laughed as she said it, and then she remembered it.
When they were five years old, the two girls didn't have much scheming, and they didn't understand the intrigues in the house. Because they were the same age, they played together all day long, and even couldn't bear to separate at night. Their relationship was really better than it had been in a few years. But slowly, I don't know.
Why, the relationship between childhood playmates gradually became distant as they grew older, and their feelings gradually faded away. In the end, not to say they were enemies, they were almost like enemies.
Fendai also remembered many things from her childhood. She said to Xiangrong: "It seems that we gradually became estranged from the time when Mrs. Yao was kicked out as mistress, right? I remember that everything was fine before that. Yao
Although my wife is my aunt, she really loves us. She always shares the delicious food with us and will not let the second sister enjoy it for herself. Later, when the Shen family came to the throne, everything changed. My aunt did not
Your aunt is so capable. After all, you have a dowry shop and you have some profit. You can buy whatever you want. But I am different. Although my father has doted on Aunt Han for many years, he has never been so stingy that he refused to give an extra penny.
, we are the poorest in our yard. In order to have good food and good clothes, I had to try my best to curry favor with Mr. Shen and Feng Chenyu. Now that I think about it, it’s really disgusting.”
The two of them just sat on their respective beds, talking about the past, laughing together as they talked, and sighing as they talked. Finally, Fendai told Xiangrong: "To that Feng family,
There is hatred and nostalgia. But if I could live my life over again, I don’t want to be sisters with you."
Xiangrong was stunned for a moment. When she was just joking, she thought that Fendai was different from before and had let go of many things. But just this sentence brought her back to her original shape. So she understood that many things had already happened in the heart of this fourth sister.
No matter how the world changes, she cannot uproot those roots, she can only let them take root and sprout again. This is Fendai's hatefulness and Fendai's tragedy.
The two of them stopped talking about the past, and both got up and were washed by their respective maids. Fendai washed and washed and asked again: "I heard that you live in Prince Chun's Mansion, but His Highness Seventh Prince, who is the same as the god, has something different.
progress?"
Xiangrong heard a sour tone in her words, so he shook his head and said: "You said that His Highness the Seventh Prince is a god, how could you allow us mortals to blaspheme him."
"That's right." Fendai nodded, "Unlike the fifth prince in our family, he is very down-to-earth, but sometimes he can be annoying. I've been a little bored of him recently. Everyone is motivated, but he doesn't even go to court early in the morning.
I don't even bother to go up, I just stay in the house all day, and I don't even look like a man."
While she was talking about her disappointment with the fifth prince, a child's voice suddenly rose outside the tent, calling her: "Sister, are you awake? Xiaobao misses you."
Fendai paused in wiping her face, then threw the cloth to Dongying, pointed to the door and said: "Look, I said he didn't look like a man, and he really didn't. Xiaobao slept with him last night
Yes, the princes were chatting around the bonfire, and even His Highness Sixth Prince came, but he took a child back to the tent to rest early, saying that Xiaobao was sleepy. If the child is sleepy, just leave it to the servants.
As for the dignified prince going to accompany him in person? If you are not making progress, you are not making progress."
As she spoke, she walked out of the tent. When she reached the door, before the maid could lift the curtain, Xiaobao outside could not wait any longer and rushed in, right on top of her.
Fendai's face showed boredom, she pulled the child away and said calmly: "There are no rules and regulations. Where have you learned the etiquette I usually teach you?"
Xiaobao pursed his lips and wanted to cry, but when he saw Fendai's eyes again, he was scared away from tears. Then he tried hard to recall the rules that the servants had taught him in daily life, and then looked at Fendai's model.
After bowing politely, he said like an adult: "Xiaobao has met my sister."
At this time, the servants had already opened the curtains, and the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone in, making Xiangrong subconsciously raise her hands to block her eyes.
The fifth prince Xuan Tianyan, who was following Xiaobao, frowned. After Xiaobao saluted, he reached out and gave the child a hand, pulled the child back to him, and then said to Fendai: "What are you doing? He
How old are you?"
"You see old age at the age of three." Fendai answered him seriously, "In the past, children in Feng Mansion began to learn the rules as soon as they could walk, and they were often beaten and punished when they were young. Of course, I know my etiquette.
It's not good enough. That's because I am a concubine and my aunt was raised from Fengyue Alley, so my discipline is naturally looser. But because of this, I can't let this child continue to go my way.
Lao Lu. Your Highness, Fifth Prince, are you right?"
Xuan Tianyan was speechless by her words. Indeed, Fendai wanted to discipline her younger brother, but he had no right to interrupt. Thinking about it again, hadn't he been disciplined and learned all kinds of things since he was a child?
Are there any rules? He felt that he was too sensitive. He always felt that Fendai was not good to Xiaobao, and he was afraid that the only remaining family affection in the world would be diluted by Fendai, and he would become cold-blooded and ruthless from then on.
"It's fine if you're teaching rules." Xuan Tianyan sighed and said, "But the child is still too young, so don't be too harsh." After saying that, before Fendai could answer again, her eyes turned to Xiangrong and she took the initiative to speak.
He greeted: "Miss Feng San."
Xiangrong quickly leaned over and saluted: "Xiangrong has met His Highness the Fifth Prince."
"You don't have to be so polite." Xuan Tianyan supported her and said, "When Fendai and I get married next year, we will be considered relatives."
Xiangrong said with a smile: "Your Highness the Fifth Prince is married to His Highness the Ninth Prince. Our second sister has already married His Highness the Ninth Prince. If you think about it this way, we have already been relatives."
Xuan Tianyan was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Yes! We have been relatives for a long time." It is a pity that Fendai and Feng Yuheng are not close. If Fendai could be as gentle as Xiangrong and have a harmonious relationship with her sisters, she would have
How good. He sighed secretly in his heart, but stopped talking to Xiangrong, and said to Fendai: "The people in the imperial kitchen got up before dawn and prepared breakfast. They have just put it on the table now. There are some new things in the palace."
It’s delicious. It’s delicious while it’s hot. Let’s go now!”
He was kind-hearted and took Fendai to eat, but unfortunately, Fendai didn't appreciate it and only told him: "Just take Xiaobao with you. I'm not hungry. The air is good in the morning. I want to walk by myself."
"Then I'll accompany you." Xuan Tianyan quickly made his choice, "It doesn't matter if you eat your breakfast a little late, it's still early."
"No need." Fendai flatly refused, "You go ahead. I don't need anyone to accompany me for a walk. I just need a maid. Don't you love this child very much? Then don't let him be hungry and eat quickly.
Come find me again after you finish eating."
Xuan Tianyan originally wanted to fight for it again, but then he thought that Fendai was probably afraid that Xiaobao would be hungry. She was also stubborn and embarrassed to show her concern, so she refused his company so bluntly. So she stopped insisting and pulled
He took Xiaobao's hand and said to her: "Don't go too far, let alone go into the mountains. Be careful. We'll go look for you after breakfast." After saying that, he nodded to Xiangrong again, and then pulled him.
Xiaobao leaves.
Xiangrong felt that the fifth prince was really aggrieved to be with Fendai. With Fendai's temper, even women, let alone men, couldn't stand it, right? But he didn't expect that the dignified prince could indulge her to such an extent.
She was thinking wildly when she suddenly heard Fendai next to her ask: "Do you think there has been any change in Xiaobao?"
Xiang Rong was puzzled: "Change? What do you mean?"
Fendai said: "Change is change, for example... appearance."
Xiangrong couldn't help but start to recall the child she had just seen, thinking about this meeting, and then thinking about Xiaobao's childhood. After a long while, she finally said: "It seems better and fairer than before." She remembered the child.
Bao was born very dark when he was a child. Feng Jinyuan became suspicious because of Xiao Bao's skin color. And Xiao Bao's biological father was a dark-skinned actor. Although his features were extremely handsome, if he didn't rely on the paint on his face to hide his dark skin,
, I am afraid that no one would want to listen to him singing. "Maybe I have taken good care of myself after living with you! Children always become faster." She said casually, not noticing anything strange in Fendai's eyes.
But Fendai still felt a little secretly resentful about Rong's words "fair", and her doubts about who Xiaobao's father was became more and more serious.
On the way from the capital to the paddock, Xu Mao's carriage drove for more than an hour before meeting the Sixth Prince's carriage at an intersection...