His Majesty once had four sons, but the four princes have all passed away. Two years ago, he adopted the second son of King Jiping and made him the crown prince.

Although His Majesty's brothers are not many, if you count carefully with your fingers, you can find a few brothers.

But although King Ping is the brother of His Majesty's mother and compatriots, the second son of King Ping has never heard of any advantages of him, except for his good looks, which cannot be better than his nephews.

All the veterans couldn't figure out why His Majesty wanted to adopt him, even Prince Ping's son, so when the news came out, a whole floor of ministers knelt in front of the Golden Luan Hall, begging His Majesty to take back his fame.

It's just that your Majesty is a willful one, insisting on this, some ministers were not good at that time, the second son of Prince Ping was mediocre, how could he afford the heir of a country.

But unexpectedly, after the second son of King Ping took the position of prince, he was sophisticated and thoughtful in handling government affairs, with vicious methods, and he had his own unique views on government affairs and military affairs.

The disputes between the ruling and opposition parties gradually subsided.

But even so, Jiayu knew in her heart that there were still several clan elders staring at the crown prince's throne, and his position was actually not very secure.

If people know that his life is not long, he may be dragged down in a few days, what will happen to the adoptive prince who is not the prince, Jiayu knows it will be very bad when he thinks about it.

For this reason, they can only do this kind of thing in secret, so that no one else can detect it.

She just temporarily dismissed Qingzhu by using the reason of coming to the teahouse to drink tea.

Now that everything is over, she straightened her dress and went outside.

Qingzhu was guarding the gate of the courtyard, when she saw Jiayu coming out, she hurriedly greeted her.But when she saw Jiayu for the first time, she was slightly taken aback.

The girl in her family is very beautiful, a kind of mixed beauty, because the girl's grandmother is a barbarian, and she has a barbarian blood with a high nose and deep eyes, so compared with the elegant da'an aristocrats nowadays, her girl has more eye socketsDeep, delicate eyebrows and eyes, charming and delicate.

But looking at her, you will not think of that aggressive beauty, because her eyes are always watery, and her lips are small, but not the kind of thin lips, but the kind of plump petal lips, and there is a shallow smile when she smiles.pear vortex.

Her facial features are more charming than Qingli, but because of her temperament, when you look at her, you will only think of the river water in spring, soft and gentle, making people feel sweet, and you just want to take a few bites.

Qingzhu looked at her, the girl's appearance was the same as that of an hour ago, but there was a difference.

She vaguely felt something was wrong.

Jiayu bit her lip, she told herself to be calm and rational, but she was obedient since she was a child, and never dared to go beyond anything.

It was the first time that we were separated.

This is the second time that she has completely crossed her bottom line again.

She can't act like nothing happens.

Just now she managed to get her emotions back together, but now that Qingzhu looked at her like this, she became flustered again, and couldn't control Qingzhu's scrutinizing eyes at all.

Only trying to maintain reason: "Let's go."

Qingzhu looked inside: "What about His Royal Highness?"

Miss came here to drink tea today, and then met His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness invited Miss to drink tea together.

Since my young lady reconciled with Prince Heping two years ago, she took his wife to the south of the Yangtze River to recuperate. She hasn't seen the second son for two years, but the emperor has no family affairs.

Two years ago, the only remaining prince passed away, and His Majesty adopted the second son of Prince Jiping and appointed him as His Royal Highness. Even though they were in the south of the Yangtze River, they had heard of it a little bit.

She was also worried that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would be angry with the Young Lady because of the girl's peace with the Crown Prince and his separation. Although His Royal Highness and the Young Lady had a good relationship in the past, there is a difference between closeness and closeness. The Crown Prince is His Royal Highness's elder brother, so Qing Zhu still felt uneasy when he ran into the Crown Prince just now.of.

But unexpectedly, His Royal Highness still treats the girl as tenderly as ever.

"His Royal Highness still has something to do, let's go first." Jiayu said in a low voice.

Qing Zhu believed it when she heard the words, now that the Second Young Master is His Highness the Crown Prince, with all the troubles involved, it is not easy to spend half an hour reminiscing with the girl.

When she returned to Shen's house, it was dusk, and Jiayu tried her best to restrain the order of the maid to prepare water for bathing now, it was not the time for her to take a bath.

She didn't want them to notice something was wrong.

She tried her best to endure the soreness and pain in her waist and legs, walked steadily, walked to the armchair made of sour branch pear wood, sat down, and asked people to serve tea.

Just after taking a sip of tea, Mother Chen, who was in charge, came in. She glanced at Jiayu several times, hesitated a few times before saying, "This is from Prince Ping's residence."

Compared with today's incident, Jiayu was half-distracted by the post from Prince Ping's Mansion, and she signaled Qingzhu to bring the post to her.

The post dyed with flower juice has a light red color, and when you smell it carefully, there is still a faint aftertaste.

Jiayu opened it with her slender fingers.

It was sent by Princess Ping. It will be her birthday in a few days, and she is invited to play in the palace. However, the post also said very intimately, if she doesn't want to go, it doesn't matter, as long as she is happy.

Jiayu squeezed the space between her eyebrows, she was very conflicted.

She knew the meaning of this post sent by her aunt, she wanted to show to the outside world that even if she was divorced, she was still her beloved niece, and the Shen family was not a desolate mansion that would be bullied.

Jiayu sighed.

Leaving aside the matter between her and Zuo Hengming, Princess Ping treated her very well.

She didn't resist going to see Princess Ping, but thinking of those gossiping women in the capital, Jiayu was very conflicted.

Are you going?

After thinking for a while, Jiayu still decided to go, firstly, she really missed Princess Ping, and it is said that Princess Ping's health is very bad now, and secondly, even if she didn't go, the group of gossips would still discuss it.

But can't go on Princess Ping's birthday, just find an inconspicuous day to visit cousin with mother.

After thinking about this matter, it was time for dinner, Jiayu took a few sips casually, and impatiently ordered Qingzhu to prepare water.

A faint white mist evaporates from the bath barrel of fragrant nanmu, and twelve screens embroidered with flowers and fruits stand upright, blocking the eyes of the outside world.

Qingzhu waited on Jiayu to undress as usual.

Seeing Jiayu, she trembled all over, shook her head and said, "You go out."

Qing Zhu was stunned when he heard this.

"I can think of something by myself, just wash it myself."

Qingzhu has been by Jiayu's side since she was a child, even though Jiayu treats others kindly, she strictly abides by her duty as a slave.Although it became more and more felt that the young lady was a little out of her mind when she came back from outside today, but after all, she bowed and retreated without asking any more questions.

Jiayu couldn't help taking a sneak peek, making sure that there was no one in the bathroom, so she lowered her head and untied the belt around her waist. The pink collared skirt slid off her shoulders and piled up between her thin white ankles.It is plain lining, unlined clothing.

This evening, she was only focused on being shy and fleeing, and didn't bother to check her body at all. At this time, she lowered her head, only to find that except for the blue color on her chest, the rest of it was as white as jade, and there was no abnormality. She let out a light breath.

She has a physique that is prone to leaving marks, no matter where on her body, as long as she uses a little more force, she can leave marks.

Even if today's matter was not what the two of them wished, Jiayu knew in her heart that she was beautiful, and her skin was as smooth as jade, and the nun who taught that before marriage once said that a man's desire and love are always separated.very open.

He is a man.

But seeing that there were marks all over her body except this one, Jiayu suddenly felt that her thoughts were dirty.

She grew up with him since she was a child, so she should know that he is a gentle and dignified gentleman, and now he did such a thing because of helplessness, how could he deliberately take advantage of her.

Moreover, he is Zuo Hengming's own younger brother. When she married him for half a year, he said that he only regarded her as his own younger sister, and never touched her from the beginning to the end.

The two of them have the same mother and compatriots, so how could they be the ones who take advantage of the opportunity.

Warm water wrapped her limbs, Jiayu took a breath, her white and tender arms rested on the edge of the bathtub carved with peony patterns, she looked around cautiously again.

After confirming that there was no one there, Jiayu blushed, stretched out her hands guilty of guilt, and washed away the remaining stickiness.

After a difficult bath and shampoo, she changed into soft and delicate obscene clothes, Qingzhu took out a towel to dry her hair in a fire cage, Jiayu was lying on the bed, she put down the milky white bed curtain hanging on the silver zucchini hook, bowed and retreated.

Two red candles as thick as forearms are lit on the copper Candlestick for Solitary Crane Watching the Moon. Through the bed curtain, the light falls in, adding a bit of hazy beauty.

Jiayu groped under the pillow and found the porcelain vase he handed over when they parted today. The porcelain vase was white porcelain with a narrow mouth and big belly, and there was a simple lotus on it, lifelike.The bottle alone is already rare, Jiayu thought about what the prince said secretly for a while, and finally gently removed the bottle.

A faint fragrance came out.

After looking at it for a while, she squeezed a little to her fingertips.

But in the end, the ointment still didn't go in.

Jiayu stuffed the jade bottle under the mattress, and tightly covered her head with the brocade quilt embroidered with magpies climbing plums.

Don't rub it, it shouldn't hurt tomorrow.

The cold moon rose higher and higher, and the bright white light sprinkled on the cornices and bucket arches. In the silent night, a black shadow that seemed to be misjudged flashed in front of the window edge.

Jiayu didn't like people watching the night in the house when she slept, so all the maids slept in the warm pavilion next to her.

When she was in a drowsy sleep, she seemed to be dreaming of something vaguely, as if a man was sitting on the head of her bed, staring at her without blinking. She made a vague sound, and the dream became deeper immediately.

"Cousin, are you satisfied with today's bridal chamber?" The man next to the bed pushed back the broken hair on her forehead with his knuckles, bent over and asked softly.On her fair face.

Of course, she couldn't wait for her response.

He smiled slowly, extended his palm all the way down, finally opened her obscene pants, and tried it with his fingers.

"As a husband, I know that you are disobedient and won't obediently take medicine."

While speaking, he took out a blue porcelain bottle from his arms again, and spread the milky white paste on his calloused fingertips, then he lifted the quilt.

After the matter was over, he looked at her sleepy eyes with lips and shallow breathing, smiled lowly, rubbed his nose against her cheek and said, "Did you see, today's quilt was chosen by me, the bright red oneThe pomegranate quilt and bed curtain are also red, embroidered with your favorite patterns, do you know how long I have been waiting for this day?"

While speaking, his hands went deep into the quilt, found her soft little hands, and entangled them tightly.

"Manman, are you satisfied with your husband's performance today?"

After finishing the words, he looked at her fixedly, and replied softly; "It should be dissatisfaction, after all, my whole body hurts from enduring it."

The moonlight is getting deeper and deeper, and the soft whispers in the house are accompanied by the long-lasting wind, which is far away.

The feeling of waking up is indescribable, the waist is no longer sore and limp, and the discomfort there has also been reduced by half, but the quilt is tightly clenched by the pale knuckles, and she looks at the empty and flat bed.

last night……

Nothing last night.

She rubbed the space between her brows, and told her mind to be obedient, not to think about things that shouldn't be thought, but to get down to business.

The real thing is, she didn't intend to go out today, but her body is fine, so she still went to check her shop in the capital.

Three years ago, when she got married, Prince Ping's Mansion prepared a generous dowry for her. Naturally, the betrothal mother and elder brother were all brought to the Palace as a dowry. Not only that, they also prepared a lot of dowry for her.

Later, she reconciled with Prince Ping's son, and not only brought back all the dowry, but also returned all the dowry to Prince Ping's mansion.

Jiayu didn't refuse either. Her soft heart doesn't mean she is stupid. Apart from power in the world, money is money. Although her elder brother is the Marquis of Weiyuan, the title of her family has descended for three generations.She is an earl, and looking at it now, although her elder brother treats her well, he is really not competent in government affairs.

With the title of Marquis of Weiyuan, now he only holds the official position of a sixth-rank city gatekeeper.

She married Prince Ping's son once, and behaved as the daughter-in-law of Prince Ping's mansion. It was Prince Ping's mansion who was sorry for her.

Nowadays, He Li is not so generous and doesn't want anything.

Her own dowry plus the dowry from the Marquis Mansion already constituted a very rich net worth, and after she divorced, her mother let her take care of it herself.

She went to Jiangnan for the past two years. Although the stewards would report the accounts every year, they were loyal old servants for many years, and Jiayu trusted them, but now that she is back, Jiayu still wants to go and see for herself.

While thinking about it, Qingzhu came over with a yellow skirt with small sleeves and high waist. Jiayu changed the skirt and went out after breakfast.

The streets in Kyoto are wide and wide, but due to the constant traffic of street vendors and tourists, the avenues that could accommodate eighteen horses in parallel have become narrow, and there are endless calls and conversations.

Jiayu spent half the morning looking at her five shops on the south side of the capital. After coming out of the last cloth shop, Jiayu was already a little tired. She was planning to call it a day. She just took two steps, noticed several huge gilt characters on the opposite street.

Nobile House.

Kyoto is famous for its exquisite jewelry hairpins and rings.

Jiayu is an ordinary girl, and she has no resistance to the girl's hairpin and ring jewelry. Thinking that she hasn't visited this shop for two and a half years, Jiayu's legs and feet are no longer sore, so she called Qingzhu and went straight to the opposite side.

Although the name of Jinchai Building is vulgar, the layout is low-key and elegant, and the jewels and jades inside live up to the reputation of Jinchai Building. Even the hairpin rings placed on the dark red flat table in the lobby are exquisite and beautiful.

Jiayu took a fancy to a red emerald drop bead phoenix-headed golden step Yao, the red emerald is clear and free of impurities, and the phoenix head is even more glittering and lifelike, holding the whole Buyao in his hand, it is that kind of irresistible brilliance everywhere.shoot.

She likes it very much.

Just as the shopkeeper was about to install the step shaker, a slightly hesitant voice suddenly came from behind: "Jiayu."

The man's voice was deep and restrained, Jiayu's hands froze slightly, and she turned her head.

He was wearing a blue brocade robe with a round neck after rain, with a straight back and resolute features.

The person is very familiar, she has lived for nineteen years, Prince Ping's son, ex-husband, eldest cousin, Zuo Hengming, these titles can be equated with the person in front of her.

"Jiayu, how have you been in the past two years?" He glanced at her, seeing her red lips, snow-skinned skin, and plump cheeks. As soon as he said this, he broke into a smile and said, "It seems that you have had a good time."good."

"It's pretty good." Jiayu nodded, agreeing.

"By the way, since you have returned to the capital, your aunt always misses you." At this point, Prince Ping paused for a while, "If it is convenient for you, go and see her."

Jiayu observed him and saw that he was not reluctant, and that the last bit of anxiety about going to the palace was gone, so she smiled at him and said, "I planned to visit my cousin in a few days."

Seeing this smile, Zuo Hengming subconsciously reached out and touched Jiayu's head: "In this way, your aunt will be very happy."

Jiayu wanted to leave with all her heart, but Zuo Hengming was three years older than her, and as a cousin, he took care of her as an elder brother since she was a child. This kind of behavior without any love was often done in the past, so she didn't take it to heart..

He is different from Qing An, Qing An is also her cousin, but he is only three months older than him, and Qing An was short and small when she was a child, she never treated her as an older brother, but a younger brother.

After all, she already has a lot of elder brothers, but she hasn't had a younger brother yet. At that time, she got along with Qing An, and more often she was more like a sister, taking him to read and practice calligraphy, and guarding him to practice martial arts.

Thinking of this, Jiayu also thought of the unspeakable relationship between her and the prince now, so she bit her lip quickly.

Although she didn't care, the next moment, Prince Ping looked at his hand that had somehow been placed on top of Jiayu's head, covered the astonishment in his eyes, and quickly put his left hand behind his back.

For a moment, Jiayu suddenly felt that he seemed a little strange, she turned her eyes around her body, but she didn't see anything, so she said softly: "Big cousin, I have chosen the hairpin, let's go first."

After saying that, Jiayu signaled Qingzhu to take the Buyao she had just chosen to pay the bill, but just as she handed the banknote to the shopkeeper, a big hand suddenly passed her and handed the shopkeeper a silver ticket first.

"What are you doing?" Seeing the shopkeeper looking at the two bank notes hesitantly, Jiayu turned her head and asked.

She has money and doesn't need him to give it.

Zuo Hengming glanced at her, and said in a dumb voice, "Jiayu, shouldn't the elder brother pay for the younger sister?"

Jiayu raised her head, her eyes were gloomy, he turned around and smiled at her, "Stop arguing with me."

As he said this, Jiayu silently took back her banknote.

"Thank you, big cousin." Since he is willing to pay, it's just a one-step walk, and it's not worthwhile to drag around in the street, lest others see it and it's even worse.

The shopkeeper packed it in a long box of carved nanmu, Qingzhu reached out to take it, Jiayu's slender fingers stroked the broken hair on her forehead, said goodbye to Prince Heping, went straight out, and returned to her carriage.

To be honest, she didn't really take the matter of He Li seriously in her heart, but anyway, Jiayu rubbed the space between her brows, and she felt that the atmosphere was a little awkward and inexplicable.

Qingzhu sat next to Jiayu, looking at her worriedly: "Girl, are you alright?"

"Ah, what's wrong with me?" Jiayu blinked her eyes when she heard this.

Qing Zhu swallowed the words of concern, Na Ping Wang Shizi didn't regard the girl as his wife at first, but the girl didn't seem to insist on him either.

"It's the servant who thinks too much."

When Jiayu heard this, she hummed indifferently. She opened the exquisitely crafted long box, took out the hairpin she had just bought, and took out the red jade drop bead and phoenix head golden step shaker. After studying for a long time, the hairpin she finally picked was really goodShe endured it, and asked Qingzhu to take off the hairpin she was wearing today and replace it with this one.

It was past lunch time, so Jiayu ate lunch in the restaurant outside before returning home.

She didn't take this unexpected encounter to heart, but she didn't know that someone lost her composure because of it, finally suppressed her anger, and was waiting for her to go back and settle the matter.

When Jiayu returned to Shen’s mansion, the sun was shining brightly. Although the current season carried a word of spring, the morning breeze was slightly cold. Qingzhu thought about her frailty, so she purposely chose a thicker dress for her to wear.It just so happened that at noon, the sun was shining fiercely, which made people feel hot.

Especially Jiayu is still a typical girl who is afraid of cold in winter and heat in summer, when she returned to Shen's residence, fine and fragrant sweat broke out from her forehead.

She wants to take a shower.

But as soon as she entered the mansion, the housekeeper came to her anxiously: "Girl, the prince is here."