Harue Kagetsu

Xiao Yongjia could see clearly, her daughter's beautiful face, which was as fresh as a flower, suddenly faded from blood, her lips were white, and a faint layer of moisture was clearly permeating the bottom of her eyes. , but she was still forcibly holding back, refusing to let the tears fall from her eyes.

Xiao Yongjia's heart was tightly twisted into a ball.

Her daughter, this piece of meat that fell from her body, how has she ever been so frightened by thunder in the past 16 years? How have you ever been so humiliated and wronged?

After coming down from Fuzhou Mountain, all the anger accumulated in my heart has reached its peak at this moment.

Even if there is little hope, but as a mother, she just recognizes this absurd marriage and lets a warrior who doesn't know which mud pond she rolls in before ruining her delicate daughter like this, how can she agree?

Xiao Yongjia suppressed all the emotions in his heart, exhaled a long breath, turned to Aju and said, "Send Ami back to the house! I'll go somewhere!"

She let go of her daughter's hand, turned and left.

"Auntie, where are you going?"

Luo Shen chased after him and asked.

"A-niang, come when you go! Don't think too much, go back to the house first!"

Xiao Yongjia hurried away without looking back.

"Auntie! I know, you're going to find Uncle. But this is what happened today, can Uncle still help us?"

Luo Shen's voice was full of hesitation.

She knew that her uncle was very kind to her. I heard that in the second year after she was born, soon after her uncle became emperor, she was going to be named the princess. It's just that Aye tried his best to resign at that time, and this was done.

Over the years, my uncle often took her into the palace, and she must be the first to have any new and ingenious things in the palace. During the festivals, she did not forget to reward her with all kinds of rare and precious treasures.

But this time, Aye has publicly tested that Li Mu and the Lu family eldest brother.

Luoshen knew that Aye would never act so rashly if the matter had not reached the point where it could not be resolved privately, involving his own marriage.

It can be seen that Aye has been forced to do nothing.

Although Luoshen didn't see the scene with his own eyes this morning, he could imagine how many people up and down Fuzhou Mountain, from the royal family, the nobility, to the common people, witnessed the exam with their own eyes.

Now that the result is out, Li Mu won in front of everyone's eyes.

Even if Uncle is the emperor, no matter how good he is to him, can he still help himself to go back on his regrets in front of the world?

Xiao Yongjia stopped, turned his head, saw the sparkle of water in his daughter's eyes, and his heart was cut like a knife.

"Aju, you accompany Ami!"

She raised her voice and turned away.

…

Li Mu defeated the son of Lu's family in today's exam in Zhoushan. According to the previous agreement, Gao Xianggong will marry his daughter to him.

This news, like a whirlwind, blew into the city not long after the overturned Zhoushan exam school was over.

It's going crazy everywhere. Near the well, at the entrance of the alleys, the traders and pawns, and the carts to sell pulp, almost everyone is talking about it.

On the way Xiao Yongjia rushed to Taicheng, people were sitting in the bullock cart. On the way, the voices of this kind of discussion from the side of the road kept floating in his ears, almost gnashing his silver teeth. After arriving at Taicheng, he passed through the Great Sima Gate, entered the imperial palace, and went to Chang'an Palace, where Emperor Xingping usually lived.

Zhongling Sun Chong, who was in charge of the palace guards and officials, escorted the emperor back to the palace. He saw the eldest princess approaching from a distance with a bad face, and hurriedly greeted her and led her into the outer hall.

Xiao Yongjia wanted to see the emperor.

Sun Chong accompanied him with a smile and said, "Eldest Princess, please wait here. Your Majesty has just returned to the palace and is still changing clothes. Rong Chen will go to report first."

Emperor Xingping has not been in good health for the past two years. After returning from Fuzhou Mountain, when his spirit relaxed, he felt fatigued, and he held his back. He was thinking about what was on his mind when he heard the eldest princess coming, and immediately guessed her purpose, feeling a little guilty for a while. After hesitating for a while, he instructed: "I said that I was blown by the wind and had a headache. I took the medicine and just fell asleep. Tell A-sister to go back first, and I will tell her when I wake up."

Sun Chong knew that the emperor did not dare to see the eldest princess, so he came out and repeated the words.

Xiao Yongjia held back his anger: "I have nothing to do at home, so I won't go back, wait here for His Majesty to wake up!"

The eldest princess didn't leave by herself, and gave Sun Chong ten more courage. He didn't dare to forcibly shove people, so he had to smile, and guarded by himself.

Xiao Yongjia pretended not to see it, got on the couch, straightened his back, faced the door leading to the inner hall, and waited for the emperor to come out.

However, while a cup of tea was being done, there was a sound of footsteps. But it was not the emperor who came out from inside, but the current Empress Xu, who entered from outside the palace, accompanied by the palace servants.

The relationship between Xiao Yongjia and Queen Xu has been cold for many years. The queen came, and the nearby Sun Chong and the palace servants greeted him, but Xiao Yongjia just nodded.

A trace of resentment flashed across Empress Xu's eyes, but with a smile on her face, she took the initiative to go up and sit opposite: "Eldest Princess, I haven't seen you in the palace in the past two years. I heard that you have been living on Bailuzhou by yourself. Going back to the city, it must be for Ami’s marriage, right? I just heard that the son of Lu’s family lost to Li Mu, so I think, Gao Xianggong must keep his promise and marry Ami, right?”

She sighed, a look of sympathy on her face.

"That Li Mu, from a humble background, is really not worthy of Ami. Ami is wronged by this marriage. But this is the end of the matter, you can only think about it. After all, Li Mu sacrificed his life to save Liu Lang. I heard that it was also the same day. The promise made by the husband himself. Today's matter is considered God's will! Besides, this Li Mu, I have heard that he is talented in martial arts, and he is considered to be top-notch. Gao Xianggong and His Majesty are guarding, who dares to say a bad word..."

"Bah! God's will of the bullshit!"

Xiao Yongjia, who had been silent all the time, raised his eyebrows upside-down, suddenly slapped the table and scolded slang words.

"Xu Shi, do you think I don't know? If it wasn't for your Xu family to fan the flames, it would be like this today? You heard it all the time, but where did you hear it? I didn't go to find your bad luck, It's already a face for you, how dare you come to me and betray you?"

She glanced at Empress Xu's face and sneered: "The face is like a pot. No wonder! What a big face!"

During these years, the relationship between the two has been cold, but Xiao Yongjia was so angry and scolded and satirized Xu in public, but he still turned his back.

Empress Xu's round face quickly turned red, she also stood up and pointed at Xiao Yongjia: "Princess, what do you mean? I came here specially because I was afraid that you would be sad, and I kindly advised you a few words. You are better. , lose your temper at me? What does this have to do with my Xu family?"

She also sneered: "Your Majesty is afraid that he doesn't want to see you, so you should go back!"

Xiao Yongjia snorted in his nostrils: "His Majesty doesn't want to see me, and I am his eldest sister! There is no place in the palace that Xiao Yongjia can't enter!"

She pushed away the palace servant in front of her, and with the sound of footsteps, she stepped into the inner hall, but the emperor was nowhere to be seen.

The servant trembled: "Your Majesty... just went out..."

Xiao Yongjia looked around, came to a bunch of tents hanging on the side of the column, and pulled it away suddenly.

Emperor Xingping was hiding behind him, covering his face with his sleeves. Seeing that he was found, he had to put down his sleeves and slowly turned his face back with an embarrassed smile: "Sis, when did you come? It's all to blame for those people! Let me know in time and tell my sister to wait for a long time..."

Xiao Yongjia was originally full of anger, and stared at the emperor for a moment, but the circles of his eyes slowly turned red, and he suddenly burst into tears.

"Ahu!" She called the emperor's nickname, her voice trembling.

"I know you don't want to see me, but Ami is your niece. Do you really have the heart to marry her into the concubine, so that she will be ridiculed and unable to lift her head forever?"

When Emperor Xingping saw Xiao Yongjia weeping, he panicked immediately, hurriedly supported her with both hands, put her on the couch, and apologized repeatedly: "Sister, you don't care, how could I want to marry her? It was the same day. , this matter has come before me, and I have nothing to do. Besides, you are here today, and you have seen the result. Even if I have the will, I am powerless—"

He sighed.

Xiao Yongjia wiped away his tears and stared at the emperor for a long while without saying a word.

Seeing her, the emperor gradually became furious, and coughed slightly: "Elder Sister, why do you look at me like this?"

"Your Majesty, I know that you have been very jealous of Ami's father in the past few years. I am afraid that you will be embarrassed, and I will not come to the palace. Today, as a daughter, I have the thick skin and entered the palace again. Now that I have come, I have something to say. I'll tell you straight. I don't know if someone said something in your ear, or what you thought. But what kind of person Ami's father is, I can't know better! When he was young, he was bent on expedition to the north and wanted to make I regained the two capitals in Dayu, but I did not follow people's wishes, and the success was close to failure. Over the years, I know that he has always regretted his heart, but he still tried his best to assist His Majesty. A buffer place. I dare not say that he has no selfishness at all, but he is loyal to His Majesty and the Great Yu, and has fulfilled his duty as a minister! Over the years, there has never been a day when he was not walking on thin ice and facing the abyss. I'm afraid one of them is not good, which will attract His Majesty's suspicion. The public morality is like this, and the private morality is even more worthy of the house. A piece of clothes in the house is still wearing for four or five years! How can I ask the current court, who can achieve his level? The tree is big and attracts the wind. The Gao family is the first of the nobility, and now he has added new achievements. Not only does it lead to the jealousy of other families, but it is also human nature to have your Majesty’s thoughts. Adding fuel to the flames and having the heart to trap my daughter like this? If she is unfortunate in her life, what is the difference between killing me?"

Xiao Yongjia said, and burst into tears again, kneeling on both knees, facing the emperor opposite, and kowtow.

Emperor Xingping blushed and wanted to help her up, but Xiao Yongjia couldn't afford it. Emperor Xingping had no choice but to kneel down at the side of his servant and Empress Xu, and said with tears, "Sister, it's my fault! I didn't stop me at that time, just Now that the boat is done, everyone in the world knows that I am the emperor, and I am afraid that there is nothing I can do!"

"Your Majesty, my sister knows that you are in a dilemma, but I don't want you to forcibly break the contract. Over the years, my sister has not asked you anything. This time, for the sake of her daughter, please, Your Majesty, don't listen to anyone's instigation and urge Ami to get married. She suddenly knew about it, I was already heartbroken, and if I was forced to get married again, I'm afraid... I'm afraid she'll be unable to think about it for a while..."

Xiao Yongjia burst into tears.

The emperor was sweating profusely: "Okay, okay, I promise you! I won't urge marriage! Sister, get up first!"

"Your Majesty, Gao Xianggong asks to see-"

Outside the palace, the palace people suddenly shouted loudly.

"Hurry up!"

The emperor heard the savior and rushed in.

…

Gao Qiao finally got rid of the person, and went home with a heavy heart. When he learned that Xiao Yongjia had entered the palace, he was afraid that she would make trouble, so he didn't care to comfort his daughter, so he hurried over first.

When he entered, he saw his wife standing there, her eyelids were red and puffy, as if she had just cried, but her expression was extremely cold, and she hadn't even looked at him since he came in.

On the contrary, the emperor, sweating all over, seemed relieved to see himself coming. I didn't know what had just happened for a while, I saw the emperor and the empress Xu who barely smiled, hesitated, and looked at Xiao Yongjia, who was on the side: "I heard from the family that the eldest princess entered the palace and came to pick her up on purpose. …”

"Thank you Your Majesty for making the promise. Qinghe thanked Ami on behalf of Ami! I'll retire first."

The eldest princess suddenly interrupted Gao Qiao, said goodbye to the emperor, turned around and walked out.

Emperor Xingping left Empress Xu, who was blue-faced, and sent her out in person.

Gao Qiao was a little confused, so he had to follow first.

After leaving Chang'an Palace, Emperor Xingping ordered Sun Chong to send the two to the city on his behalf.

Xiao Yongjia turned around and went.

Gao Qiao silently followed his peers.

Xiao Yongjia walked quickly, without looking sideways, walked outside the gate of Taicheng, and was already breathing slightly.

When Gao Qi, who was waiting there, saw the owner of the house coming out, he hurriedly urged the car to greet him.

Gao Qiao stretched out his hand and wanted to help Xiao Yongjia up.

With a cold face, Xiao Yongjia avoided his hand, and without the help of his entourage, he boarded the ox cart and bent over to get in. With a sound of "Peng", the door closed.

Gao Qi secretly glanced at the owner of the house and urged people to go first.

Gao Qiao stood there, watching Xiao Yongjia's car go away, frowning tightly, suppressing the confusion in his heart, and followed.