"The help I asked you to do is very simple. I don't need you to explain everything. I just need you to nod." Xiao Feng smiled softly, with stars shining in his eyes. His smile was so sincere and harmless that he almost blinded Xiao Feng.
Xiao Shen subconsciously touched the goosebumps on his arms, feeling very uneasy.
Xiao Feng patted his shoulder cautiously: "You should marry Princess Nishang."
Xiao Shen: "..."
After a while, Xiao Shen finally came to his senses and opened his eyes wide in disbelief: "What did you say?!"
"I told you to marry Mr. Nishang..."
"No!" Xiao Shen interrupted him without hesitation, with a very firm expression, leaving no room for negotiation, "I absolutely cannot marry her, not even to the death!"
"I haven't finished speaking yet, why are you in such a hurry to object?" Xiao Feng paused, as if he thought of something, and narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at him thoughtfully, "Could it be that in your heart?
Is there someone already there?”
Xiao Shen, who prided himself on being suave and romantic, actually became flustered when he said that. Although he tried his best to hide it, who Xiao Feng was? With just a small action from Xiao Shen, he could possibly get the closest to the truth.
in conclusion.
Seeing his uncomfortable look, Xiao Feng raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "It seems that I guessed it right. Tell me, which rich lady can make our 'Girl Killer' fall in love with her?"
Xiao Shen turned his head and turned his back to him: "I won't tell you, so as not to be laughed at by you."
Xiao Feng didn't force him, and said nonchalantly: "Well, since you don't want to, I won't force you. I will go to my father now and tell him that you want to marry Princess Nishang and ask for help for the two of you.
Granted marriage."
"Hey, wait!" Xiao Shen quickly grabbed him, as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, sweating all over his body, "My good second brother, please don't mess with the rules. If you really
If you do this, I will be tortured to death by that girl! For the sake of my lifelong happiness, please let me go. I am very grateful to you and will repay you by working hard in my next life!"
"Looking at your virtue, are you really moved?"
Xiao Shen coughed twice, hesitated for a moment, nodded slightly, and then said: "You must keep this matter a secret for me, and don't tell it, otherwise I will really be talked about by my mother and concubine to death!
"
Xiao Feng put his hands behind his back and looked at him calmly: "A woman who can make your mother-in-law disagree must have something she doesn't like. Let me think about it, what does your mother-in-law care about most... Oh, yes
She comes from a well-established family, and her requirements for her family background are quite high. If the woman you are interested in is not a lady from a well-known family, I advise you to give up the idea as soon as possible, otherwise your mother and concubine will definitely not agree. "
"But I...but I really like her! We really love each other!"
Xiao Feng raised his eyebrows slightly: "Really love each other? Are you sure she loves you too?"
"Although she didn't say it directly, I could tell from her eyes that she was also interested in me, otherwise she wouldn't be jealous of me because of Princess Nishang." At this point, Xiao Shen thought of the time when she was jealous.
With such a small appearance, he couldn't help but giggle.
Seeing his stupid look, Xiao Feng felt a little sour in his heart. Although Xiao Lezi was often angry with him, she never became jealous because of him, as if she didn't care no matter what woman he was with.
She didn't care about him... As soon as he thought about this, Xiao Feng felt that his heart was filled with tightness and an inexplicable soreness with nowhere to vent.
The furthest distance in the world is not that the person he loves doesn't love him back, but that she knows his love but still doesn't care.
Xiao Shen was still immersed in his own world and was having fun. Xiao Feng looked at him and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, what a blessing it is that the person he likes also likes him.
Xiao Feng said: "Then what are you going to do? You can hide it for a while, but you can't hide it forever. You have seen your mother-in-law's methods. She also has many informants in this palace. Sooner or later, she will know what you are doing. Know."
Hearing this, Xiao Shen couldn't laugh anymore, and suddenly became depressed: "I know, I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I couldn't come up with a good idea, so I can only put it off like this. I even thought about it. , just keep delaying it until you ascend the throne, and then with your help making the decision, maybe she and I can..."
"Let alone the fact that my father is still in good health, even if I really ascend to that position, I will still have the royal grandmother watching over me in the future, and your mother and concubine will definitely be watching too... They will not let me do whatever I want. What's more, I can't have conflicts with my elders because of some personal matters, that would be unfilial."
Hearing that the last glimmer of hope had been extinguished, Xiao Shen's face turned pale: "Is there really no possibility for me and Cabbage..."
Xiao Feng paused and was slightly surprised: "The woman you like is Cabbage?"
Xiao Shen was so heartbroken now that he didn't care at all whether he had spilled the beans or not. He fell weakly on the chair. It seemed that the truth was lifeless.
Xiao Feng couldn't help but smile lightly: "Can't you see that you are still an infatuated person? Don't blame me for not reminding you. If you have this attitude when you have a showdown with your mother and concubine, she will definitely try her best to get you. Dead cabbage, completely cut off your thoughts."
Xiao Shen was stunned and couldn't believe it: "That's not true... Although the mother-in-law is a bit stronger, she has always been very good to me. She shouldn't really kill someone, right?"
Seeing his expression of not wanting to believe it, Xiao Feng did not argue, but simply mentioned a past event: "Do you still remember that little palace maid who was with you before? When her body was fished out from the bottom of the well, We both saw it with our own eyes."
Hearing this, Xiao Shen's mind flashed to the deformed body of the little palace maid soaked in well water, and he shuddered involuntarily. This little palace maid was originally the person next to him. She was very beautiful and smart. , took good care of Xiao Shen very well, and even developed some kind of subtle feelings. At that time, Xiao Shen was only twelve or thirteen years old, which was the most ignorant period for young people, so he unknowingly had a little affection for her. Good impression.
Unfortunately, Concubine Duan discovered this incident. In front of Xiao Shen, she sent someone to forcibly drag the little palace maid away, beat her up forty times, ruined her appearance, and demoted her to the Clothing Bureau. Handyman.
The little palace maid couldn't bear the torture and eventually committed suicide by jumping into a well. She was only fifteen years old at that time.
He could no longer remember the name of this little palace maid, but her pleading eyes before she was dragged away have always remained in his memory, like a brand that will never be forgotten.
It was from that time that Xiao Shen understood one thing. No matter when or where he was, he could not be tempted by a woman whose status was not up to standard. That would be very dangerous and would hurt people's lives. He gradually became unruly and unrestrained. As if to vent his dissatisfaction, he flirts with women everywhere, and likes to tease beautiful palace maids when he sees them. But he strictly maintains a certain degree, and must not go too far, lest those girls will be hurt again because of him. .
But until he met Cabbage, that fool who always likes to talk what he means, he couldn't help but get closer again and again, until the boundaries that were set at the beginning were broken, and he tried to retreat and return to the original position. But it was too late, he only had to wait a few seconds
When he doesn't see her every day, he feels like a cat's claws scratching his heart, which makes his heart, liver, skin, lungs and kidneys feel uncomfortable.
In the end, he couldn't help missing her and approached Cabbage again. As long as he could see her smile and hear her voice, he would be overwhelmed with happiness.
He felt that he was really possessed by a demon and there was no way he could be saved.
In the past, in order to escape reality, he could ignore the existence of his mother and concubine, but now that he heard Xiao Feng put this matter on the table, he knew that there was no possibility of escaping from this matter.
Xiao Shen lowered his head dejectedly: "I am really useless, I can't even protect the woman I love."
Seeing him like this, Xiao Shen couldn't bear it. He thought for a moment and said in a low voice: "I shouldn't tell you this matter, but because we are brothers, I still want to mention it.
Let me give you a few words... The last time the war with Tianxu Yanye came to an end, my father has not awarded rewards until now. I guess he plans to wait until Uncle Nine Emperors and his fifth brother come back from the border before issuing rewards.
"
It turned out that the emperor had been suppressing the reward matter. Xiao Shen was still puzzled about this. After hearing Xiao Feng's words, he immediately understood the emperor's intention. He frowned: "I followed the Nine Emperors Uncle on the battlefield this time.
The only people we have are the eldest brother, you and the fifth brother. Even if you want to give a reward when the time comes, it will still be your business. What's the use of telling me this?"
Xiao Fengqu raised his fingers and knocked on his head, saying, "You have become more and more stupid recently. Why do you want to hold on to the reward? Isn't it just to wait for Uncle Nine Emperors and Five Emperors?"
Come back, brother, and then confer kings and titles to all the princes of the right age?!"
Xiao Shen was stunned for a moment, then realized: "What you mean is that after my father gives me the throne, I can leave the palace and live outside the palace. When the sky is high and the emperor is far away, my mother and concubine will also be in charge.
If you don't care about me, there will be hope for me and Cabbage!"
"Well, you're not too stupid..."
According to convention, all princes, except the prince, can be crowned kings when they reach the age of fifteen, and get independent residences outside the palace. They only need to enter the palace on time every month to pay respects to the emperor and their mothers and concubines. Wait until
After the crown prince succeeded to the throne, most of these princes went to their respective fiefdoms. Without the new emperor's handwriting, all the princes could no longer set foot in Wushuang City.
Xiao Shen is already sixteen years old this year and has reached the age to be crowned king. If nothing unexpected happens, he should be included in the imperial edict to be crowned king this time.
His eyes shone with excitement, and he was obviously very happy. Seeing him like this, Xiao Feng poured cold water on him again: "Although it will not be difficult for you to take a maid from me to leave the palace to serve you, but Cabbage's identity
Put it there, even if you want to marry her as your concubine, you must get the permission of your father and your mother. This is the ancestral code, and no one can violate it, otherwise you know the consequences."
Sure enough, Xiao Shen calmed down instantly when he heard this. He frowned and thought for a while: "Then what should I do?" (To be continued)