Jiaochu

Chapter 251
By the time Ye Lingxi came out and walked around, less than half a month had passed.

The sunshine in the Imperial Garden is bright, warm and comfortable, and the sky is high and clear, showing a translucent blue that is lighter and more translucent than the lake water.

Going out for a walk in such weather will make your mood lighter.

"Princess, look, there is a big butterfly there~" Ling Dang had sharp eyes and raised her hand to point. She saw a swallowtail butterfly fluttering among the golden osmanthus flowers of the tree in front of her. After the butterfly stopped on the flower branch, she moved lightly. He walked over, and as soon as he got close, he pounced forward with the handkerchief. He didn't pounce on the butterfly. Instead, he was startled by a pair of eyes behind the tree, and a figure moved out from behind the sweet-scented osmanthus tree.

"Your Highness, why is it you? Why are you hiding here? You scared this servant." Lingdang scolded, and Ye Lingxi and He He also came over.

Ye Xingye scratched his head in embarrassment and glanced at the little imperial sister's expression. He hesitated and asked cautiously: "Lingxi, are you okay?" He had been hiding behind the tree to peek, Just like a thief, he also heard about what happened in Weiyang Palace. On one side was his brother and on the other was his sister. As the saying goes, the palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh. He was caught in a dilemma.

"Third brother, why are you hiding from me? Are you afraid of me too?" Ye Lingxi asked. When she said she wanted to cut off someone's hand, she knew that some gossip would spread, and she could ignore the opinions of those who didn't matter. , but she will care about her father's opinion, worried that her father thinks she has "a vicious mind at a young age". She will also care about the opinion of her mother and concubine, the opinion of her eldest brother, and the opinion of her third brother in front of her. She would care if the gossip spread outside the palace. She had discovered her "true face" when she dreamed of Yan Fei and Su Shi a few days ago. They were cold and indifferent, and were not even willing to talk to her.

"Third brother must also be afraid of me, so he is avoiding me. The two little palace ladies just now were also afraid of me and walked away far away."

Ye Xingye quickly shook his head and waved his hand, "I'm not avoiding you, I'm just afraid that you'll be in a bad mood and don't want to talk to anyone."

"Third brother is still afraid of me." Ye Lingxi lowered his eyelashes aggrievedly, looking unhappy.

Ye Xingye hurriedly explained that he was not afraid, and his face turned red with anxiety. Ye Lingxi raised his head and blinked with a smile, not showing the depressed look he had before.Only then did Ye Xingye realize that he had been teased, but when he saw the little princess laughing, he laughed too and scratched the back of his head, as if he was a little embarrassed.

"What are the princess and your highness talking about? Why are you so happy?" Jingzhe pushed Murong Ze over, followed by Hongxing.Seeing Hongxing, Ye Xingye immediately looked away and stared at the sweet-scented osmanthus tree in front of him.

"Last time, my servant sprained my ankle. Thank you Your Highness and Princess for sending someone to take this servant back." Hongxing bowed.

Ye Xingye approached the osmanthus tree and studied it carefully. It was really embarrassing and uncomfortable for him to ignore others. He stood here and felt a little sweat on his forehead.

"Then be careful next time. If you sprain your foot again, you may not be able to meet such warm-hearted people as Third Brother and this princess." Ye Lingxi said.

"Thank you for the reminder, princess. Princess, please be careful and don't fall into the water again." Hongxing said.

"Third brother, let's go there, the scenery is beautiful there." Ye Lingxi said.Ye Xingye was relieved, but the next moment he heard Murong Ze's words and fell into an embarrassing situation.

"I heard that His Highness is coming back soon."

Ye Lingxi asked, "So what?"

Ye Xingzhi became nervous again, wondering if the little royal sister would fall out with her second brother...

"I thought the princess had a very good relationship with the Second Highness. For the sake of the Second Highness, she would not be incompatible with the imperial concubine. It seems that I was wrong." Murong Ze said playfully.

Ye Lingxi's expression turned cold, and without saying anything, she turned and left.

"Can you please stop talking nonsense? It doesn't help at all and only adds fuel to the fire." Before Ye Xingye finished his accusing words, Hongxing came over and said, "What the master said is the truth. If your highness doesn't believe it, , just ask the princess in person and you will know." After saying that, she smiled sweetly, her charming eyes made Ye Xingye's back shiver, and she immediately slipped away.

Here, Ye Lingxi walked forward in silence, and Ye Xingye hurriedly caught up from behind. He first quietly glanced at the expression on that little face, feeling that he was not in a good mood. After a while, he said, "The eldest brother loved reading when he was a child and didn't like to go out to play. The second brother didn't like to play either, so I would secretly climb on the wall to see what they were doing. The eldest brother liked to sit under the tree in the yard and read, and the second brother always liked to read. I was in the house, and I didn’t know what I was doing. One time, I saw no one in the yard, so I climbed over the wall and came in secretly. I hid under the window and took a look. I saw my second brother playing chess with me. I thought I hadn’t been caught. The second brother found out, and when he was about to sneak back, he called me in, which shocked me at the time. I thought I would be scolded by the second brother, but in the end, the second brother asked me to come in and play chess with him."

"Did the third brother win?" Ye Lingxi asked.

Ye Xingye waved his hand and said: "I am no match for my second brother. He can play chess with me. I didn't even understand the chess records at that time. I thought my second brother was a little weird. How could I play chess with me?" , I can't even tell the difference between winning and losing." After saying this, he looked up at the sky in the distance, his expression seemed a bit dazed, as if he was talking to himself, "Whether it is the eldest brother or the second brother, there is always He’s alone, and he doesn’t even have anyone to whom he can speak his mind.”

Ye Lingxi was silent for a moment and said: "The second brother has a mother and a concubine."

Ye Xingye glanced around quietly, as if he wanted to tell a little secret. After confirming the surrounding environment, he whispered, "Lingxi, let me tell you something. You must not tell anyone else." She nodded in agreement. , Ye Xingye called her to the pavilion in front, and after taking another look around, he continued in a low voice, "When I was a child, the imperial concubine seemed to be quite strict with her second brother. Once I climbed up the wall to peek at my second brother. What were you doing? When she saw the second brother kneeling in the yard, the imperial concubine asked him if he admitted his mistake. The second brother didn't say anything. The imperial concubine was very angry and hit the second brother on the back several times with a cane, which scared me away. I thought My mother-in-law was already very strict with me, but she never beat me. My second brother was also stubborn, so I just had to admit my mistake. Later, when it was getting dark, I secretly went to take a look, and my second brother was still kneeling in the yard. inside."

Ye Lingxi did not expect that Concubine Xiao was so harsh to her second brother in private. She would punish him by kneeling down and beating him with a cane, as if he was going to kill him. No wonder she always felt that the relationship between mother and son was not good. close.

(End of this chapter)