From then on, Xiao Lezi rarely saw Song Huaishu. Occasionally when he met Song Huaishu in the palace, he nodded politely, which was regarded as a greeting, and they never said a word to each other.
Xiao Lezi thought that the relationship between the original owner of this body and Song Huaishu had really come to an end, and I was afraid there would be no chance of any intersection in the future.
At this time, Eunuch Hua suddenly found a little fun and said concisely: "Your Majesty wants to see you."
Five words made Xiaolezi's legs weak immediately.
That's a living king of hell. Every time you meet him, nothing good will happen!
Xiao Lezi really wanted not to go, but she really couldn't bear the crime of resisting the imperial edict and being disrespectful. In the end, she could only compromise with tears and follow Eunuch Hua to the Jinhua Palace.
The emperor was still the same as before, like a charming and handsome uncle, wearing a crimson brocade suit, sitting cross-legged on a soft cushion.
Xiao Lezi saluted him and said hello, and he waved to her: "Come here and play chess with me."
Xiao Lezi glanced at the Go board with a troubled expression: "I don't know how to play chess."
She can play backgammon, chess, draughts and military chess, but she really doesn't know how to play Go. If she had known that she would play Go with the king, she should have found a Go club to get a good training before taking up the job!
But the emperor didn't seem to care: "Come here, I will teach you how to play chess."
Well, since the old man had already said this, Xiao Lezi stopped teasing Qiao, thanked him generously, then walked to the chessboard and knelt down.
The emperor told her step by step how to make moves, how to attack, how to defend, and how to calculate winning or losing...
As he got closer, Xiao Lezi discovered that the emperor's hair could already be faintly seen with white hair. Time is not forgiving. Even if he is a ninety-five-year-old man, he cannot erase the traces of wind and frost left by time.
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Xiao Lezi's chess skills are so bad, and what's even more disgusting is that she really likes to regret her moves. Whenever she sees the emperor trying to capture her own pieces after she makes a move, she immediately yells that she made the wrong move, wrong move.
, we must let her find her place again!
The emperor was so angry at her scoundrel style that he puffed his beard and glared: "Do you know what it means to play chess without regrets? Do you know what it means to play chess as a person? How can you regret playing chess!"
Xiao Lezi's face was already as thick as a city wall. At this moment, he brought his shamelessness to the extreme. He spread his hands in a very shameless manner: "I can't help it. Who is this slave to be a stinky chess basket? His majesty has superb chess skills. He must let his slaves do it."
Show your great mind!"
The emperor was speechless: "Do you dare to be more shameless?!"
Xiao Lezi covered his face shyly: "I hate it, my slave has lost his face a long time ago."
emperor:"……"
After practicing three games of chess, Xiao Yuezi lost miserably. The emperor finally couldn't bear it anymore and grabbed a handful of chess pieces and threw them at her: "You are so bad at your level. Go back and practice for a few days. You have exhausted all my patience."
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Xiao Lezi quickly dodged the flying chess pieces and said with a smile: "I must practice my best and live up to His Majesty's wishes."
The emperor grunted very dissatisfied, and asked Eunuch Hua to send someone to clean up the chessboard, and made a new pot of tea to bring it over. The emperor put his hands in each other's sleeves, and the old god was looking at her from the ground, waiting for all the attendants.
After retreating, he slowly asked: "You have been staying in the East Palace recently and are very close to the prince?"
Xiao Lezi was startled and suddenly broke into a cold sweat: "It is my duty to serve His Highness the Crown Prince, and it cannot be regarded as intimacy."
"Don't fool me with such rhetoric. Although I am old, I am not old-sighted. I can't say that I know very well what you little guys are thinking, but I know a little bit about it." The emperor paused slightly.
He glanced at her delicate face and asked casually, "The prince already knows that you are a woman?"
Xiaolezi: "!"
Her face turned pale for a moment, and her body trembled unconsciously. She was about to straighten up her upper body, but she saw him looking at her again, and subconsciously retracted her movements, freezing in place and not knowing what to do.
Ever since she got together with Xiao Feng, she had expected that the emperor would discover this matter. During these days, she had deliberately kept these worries deep in her heart, but now that the emperor had brought them out, she couldn't help but feel extremely panicked.
She was silent for a long time, and then she finally regained her breath, swallowed nervously, and replied in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, nothing in this world can be hidden from your eyes."
After saying this, she carefully raised her head and glanced at the emperor quietly. She saw that his expression did not change, his eyes were bottomless, and she had no idea what he was thinking.
Her heart became increasingly uncertain.
The emperor said: "Do you still remember the promise you made to me when I first summoned you?"
Xiao Lezi was frightened half to death by what happened that day, and he would never forget that feeling. He immediately nodded and replied: "I remember that I made a promise that day, that I would never take the initiative to reveal my identity, that I would never get married, and that I would focus on staying by the prince's side.
Serve him all your life.”
After saying this, she couldn't help but pause again, trying to regain her composure. She quietly wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, sorted out the words in her mind, cleared her thoughts, and then continued: "The slave did not take the initiative.
The fact that my identity was exposed was an accident and was beyond my control. But it is a fact that my identity has been exposed. I have broken my promise and committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. I am willing to accept any punishment from your majesty."
The emperor smiled inexplicably: "You girl, you are very straightforward in your speech. If I push you out of the Meridian Gate and behead you, are you willing to accept it?"
Xiao Lezi lowered his head: "To be honest, I feel that I am still young. If I want to die at this time, I must not be willing to do so. However, life and death are fate, and I don't want to accept my fate, but I can only compromise."
Hearing this, the emperor was slightly surprised. After thinking for a moment, he asked: "Then if I give you a chance to change your life, would you be willing to accept it?"
"This slave is willing to hear the details."
Seeing that she did not agree immediately, and still had doubts after thinking about it, the emperor smiled lightly and said: "You are a cautious little girl, so I will give you two choices now."
He paused, then picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea. Seeing that Xiao Lezi had raised her head, her eyes were puzzled, but her expression was still calm, and he thought highly of her.
The emperor explained slowly: "First of all, since you are already the prince's son, you should let nature take its course and obey the prince. However, because of your special status, we cannot give you a formal title for the time being. We can only wait until the prince succeeds to the throne in the future.
Let him reward you with the title of concubine. Before that, you must stay in the East Palace with peace of mind and serve the prince wholeheartedly. You must not have any second thoughts, otherwise... I will have my own way to make your life worse than death."
Xiao Lezi lowered his eyes and curled his fingers slightly: "What about the second way?"
"That's the second thing..." The emperor raised his lips slightly and smiled enigmatically, "I will grant you death, and then I will send you out of the palace and give you freedom."
Xiao Lezi was shocked, raised his head involuntarily, and murmured: "This..."
Is this to kill her to avoid future troubles? But it's wrong. Since everyone is dead, why bother to send her out of the palace? There are only corpses left, so let people handle her carefully in the palace. How can it be?
Don’t worry more!
Xiao Lezi thought about it, an idea flashed in his mind, and his eyes suddenly opened wide in disbelief: "Your Majesty, do you want this slave to die and survive?"
The emperor covered the tea bowl, and the lid collided lightly with the bowl body, making a slight sound: "Since I found out about your identity as a girl, I have made people pay more attention to you. I know that you have always been working hard to make money. Although you are so
Your business is not on the table, and you should have saved a lot of money over the years. If I guess correctly, the reason why you are saving money so hard is to live out of the palace one day. Even if you have become the prince's wife, your heart still remains
You yearn for a free life outside the palace. With your temperament, I am afraid that you will not be willing to stay in the palace and be a canary. Instead of forcing you to be restrained, it is better to let you choose for yourself, glory, wealth and freedom.
Think about it yourself and choose one."
After hearing these words, Xiao Lezi's mood was extremely surging. Her face turned red with excitement, her hands clenched into fists involuntarily, and she whispered: "If this slave chooses the second path, what should the Crown Prince explain to you?"
She was well aware of Xiao Feng's character, who was so stubborn that he was almost paranoid. If he knew about her escape from the golden cicada in the future, he would probably not let her go so easily. When he succeeds to the throne and becomes the emperor, the whole world will be ruled by the royal family. She is a little
Where can the little orphan girl escape to?!
The emperor looked at her and asked instead: "Since you know that the prince values you, why did you choose the second path?"
After all, he still felt sorry for his son. If Xiao Lezi was willing, he didn't want to forcefully break up the pair of little mandarin ducks. Unfortunately, this matter was ultimately the result of King Xiang's affectionate goddess' unintentional intention.
Xiao Lezi smiled helplessly: "I dare not deceive Your Majesty. I don't have any affection for Your Highness. If Your Highness is not a prince, but an ordinary person, even a farmer or a poor hunter, I will be willing to do so."
Follow him. Men farm and women weave. They have simple food and simple food. Even if they are a little poor, the slaves are happy with it."
The emperor was puzzled: "Since you two have feelings for each other, why do you still push and reject the prince?"
He was a little dissatisfied with Xiao Lezi, feeling that she was taking advantage of Qiao, and that her behavior was too pretentious.
Xiao Lezi could only explain in detail: "This slave has no other wish in this life. He only hopes to find a lover, and they will be together forever. However, His Highness's status is too noble, and he is not a good match for this slave.
The slave is also unwilling to share his husband with other women. Although this matter is regrettable, there is no choice but to give up."
The emperor was slightly stunned: "Then what if your husband wants to take a concubine in the future?"
Xiao Lezi replied without hesitation: "Then we can make peace with each other. If that doesn't work, I will ask myself to leave. I will never allow others to think about the person I sleep with. This is my bottom line."
These words were beyond the emperor's expectation. It was normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. Even ordinary families often had concubines around to serve them. Marrying a wife should be done for leisure, and it is also the wife's duty to have concubines for her husband.
If a wife seizes her husband for her own selfish desires and does not allow her husband to take concubines, then she has violated the seven rules of "jealousy" and is a jealous woman, which is despised by the world. (To be continued)