Ding Xueling was both happy and surprised: "Brother Rui Wang, isn't he in bad health? Why did he come out?"
"You little girl, who said you should stay at home if you are not in good health? If you are not in good health, you should go out for a walk more often. It is good for your health. Isn't it Mrs. Ding's birthday today? The prince went to your house to visit Ding.
Madam, I stopped by to pick you up, but I didn’t ask for the time. The prince has been waiting here for a long time, so hurry up and leave.”
Ding Xueling puffed up her little chest proudly, looked back at the stunned friends, and climbed onto the carriage like a little peacock with its tail spread.
"It turns out to be Prince Rui. I didn't expect Prince Rui to have such a good relationship with the Ding family."
"Didn't King Rui just come here? How are they doing?"
"Who knows, don't be like the last governor and just be thankful."
Ding Xueling could vaguely hear the discussions outside while sitting in the dumplings, and Prince Rui must have heard them more clearly. Although she had always known that he was the prince, knowing that was the same thing, she had never felt that he was still related to her.
They are different from those outside.
King Rui found it amusing to hear that the normally talkative Ding Xueling suddenly became quiet today. He opened his eyes and looked at her. She lowered her head and looked frustrated.
"I came here specifically today to help you build up your reputation and prestige. Why aren't you happy?"
"No, I'm very happy. By the way, brother Rui Wang, how do you know my mother's birthday?" Ding Xueling put away her downcast expression and looked curious.
King Rui took out an invitation from the side and showed it to her. Ding Xueling couldn't help but feel happy when she saw words like "Your Majesty, your Majesty" and "Waiting for your arrival" written in her father's familiar handwriting.
It was also that night when her mother was changing her clothes and found that the little girl had been in a daze.
"What's going on? Our little girl is worried too?" Mrs. Ding joked.
Ding Xueling kicked her short legs and said, "Brother Rui Wang went to pick me up today. My classmates were so scared that they looked at me with envy. Brother Rui Wang even bought me an ordinary place."
You can’t eat sweets and snacks, Brother Rui Wang is so good.”
Mrs. Ding was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Prince Rui is very smart at a young age, and he will be a good prince who will benefit the people in the future."
"Can I play with brother Rui Wang from now on?" Ding Xueling asked her mother, holding the corner of her clothes. "He is not in good health. Our family has so much money and dad knows so many people. Let's treat him.
OK?"
Mrs. Ding folded her clothes and said, "You have to go to Prince Rui's Mansion for half the day now. Doesn't that count as playing with Prince Rui every day? But you are getting older. If you are always like this in the future, it will be easy for others to gossip.
"
"Tch, I don't care what they say, mom, why can you and dad always live together without going back to your own home?"
"Because mother and your father are husband and wife, of course the husband and wife must live together."
"Then I also want to be husband and wife with Brother Rui Wang. From now on, I can see him every day and others won't gossip."
Mrs. Ding did not take the child's words seriously: "Xiao Ling wants to be Princess Rui, so you have to work hard. You must learn to make your own clothes in the future, and you can't skip school and fool around. The princess will not do these things.
"
"Princess...Princess Rui..." Ding Xueling made a wish on the stars and fell asleep happily. Even Mrs. Ding and Master Ding did not expect that from then on, she would really hold herself to the standards of Princess Rui.
, do your best in everything.
Even for clothes, you have to first find out which tailor King Rui has made and what style, and then make a women's set yourself, which is actually just a bit smaller.
Mrs. Ding was very worried. She could no longer regard these words as a child's joke. Her daughter's determination made her very worried. If it were an ordinary young master, that would be fine, but he was a prince.
Not to mention that they have no interest in their daughter at all. Even if they end up marrying her because of their family connections or being moved by their daughter, she will have a very hard life in the future.
They have just such a daughter. They have raised her like a treasure since she was a child. They are not willing to let her suffer a little injustice. How can they be willing to let her marry into someone else's family and suffer injustice now?
Master Ding is not as worried as his wife. What happened to the prince? He is also an ordinary person who eats whole grains, or he is someone they watched grow up.
"With our family's financial resources in Hanzhong, even if Ling'er becomes Princess Rui, she can't be considered a high achiever. There's nothing about Ling'er that's not worthy of Hao'er. As long as the two of them ask me to do it, we won't get involved in this matter.
.”
Mrs. Ding sighed: "It would be better if it was really you who asked me to do it, but I'm afraid that Ling'er is the only one who will fall deeper and deeper, and she won't be the only one who gets hurt in the end."
When Ding Xueling was a child, she had always been a person who took things day by day. Her family was rich and powerful, and her parents loved her very much. It can be said that she lived a carefree life since she was a child.
Her biggest dream at that time was to marry the person she loved, and to take care of him and accompany him forever, without ever having to separate. Unfortunately, her only dream was not realized in the end.
It was like she had a very gorgeous dream. In the dream, she was the happiest person in the world. She could easily get anything she wanted. She was so lucky that people envied her.
But her dream suddenly woke up, and her luck ran out. She suddenly became the most miserable person in the world. She saw her parents die tragically in front of her, and what drove them to death was exactly what she had done since childhood.
dream.
She didn’t know what kind of mood she had when she finished arranging the funeral arrangements for her parents. She also couldn’t remember how she felt when she burned the things she had worked so hard to collect one by one, and she had always regarded them as treasures.
soft white clothes.
"Can you tell me why things are like this between us? Why did you force my parents to death in the first place? Tell me."
"Actually, it's good that you burned all those white clothes. White is not suitable for you. You look good in red." King Rui answered the question. Although he had been listening carefully to the other party's words, he really didn't have the energy to answer.
"You were with King Huai, didn't you hear what you wanted to hear?" King Rui laughed at himself.
Of course she heard it, but that was not what she wanted to hear. She wanted to hear King Rui tell her the truth of the matter in person. No matter what it was, as long as it was told by him personally, she was willing to believe it.
King Rui pursed his lips and hid a little of his smile: "What's the use of having a bare face become more beautiful? After all these years, my brain has stayed at the same point without any change."