The little lady in the palace

Chapter 179 Disgust
Although Xi Yao didn't see him many times before, every time he saw him, he was gentle and refined.

Seeing him suddenly get angry now frightened Xi Yao.

"I..." She froze, and suddenly felt that everything around her was illusory, only his anger was real, and she didn't know how to deal with it.

And even after a moment of stagnation and forcing herself to calm down, she still didn't know how to deal with it, because she didn't even know why he was so angry.

This helplessness made her feel like crying, her arms subconsciously struggled again, and he let her go.

Xi Yao stood with her hands tied, pinching and pinching each other, and finally she gave an uninspiring answer: "After listening to His Majesty's selection of the concubine, I happen to be at the age of marriage, so I told my family..."

"What does it have to do with you that I choose the princess and concubine!" The eldest son of the emperor seemed more angry than before, "There are so many girls waiting to be married in Beijing, when did I say that I would marry you?"

"But..." Xi Yao was at a loss for words.

She was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he meant when he said that - he never said that he wanted to marry her, but isn't choosing a concubine just to pick one from the crowd?

She never thought that she would definitely be able to marry him, she just wanted to give it a try because she liked it in her heart.

"Don't think that I have something in mind for you just because I said a few words to you." His voice suddenly became cold, so cold that he was thousands of miles away, as cold as the high-ranking Jiu Wu she imagined. The feeling of honor.

Then, he did say something hurtful to her in that condescending tone: "If you weren't a girl from the Xie family, would you treat me as willing to talk to you? I wouldn't marry anyone if I married you, you Are you rushing into the palace by yourself? Get lost!"

In the last word, there is even a hint of gnashing of teeth.

Xi Yao was startled, her thin lips trembled slightly and wanted to speak, but she was choked by his words and couldn't speak a word.In her daze, he just turned around and left, and said to the female officer in charge with lingering anger: "Let's go."

A group of noble ladies who were silent under his anger followed him quietly and continued. Xi Yao's original place was quickly filled by the people behind, and then they gradually disappeared from her sight together. go.

In Kunning Palace, the Empress was a little overjoyed to see that Meng Shiying had come with the ladies.

"Your father has urged you several times, and you finally have time to go and see?" After everyone was seated, the queen said.

The eldest son of the emperor nodded and smiled, and said that he wanted to go and see it a long time ago, but there were too many things to do a few days ago, and he really didn't have time.

Afterwards, there is no need for their mother and son to spend much time talking, and the noble ladies with their own clever minds will show their courtesy and find trouble.For a moment, the Kunning Palace was happy like a family, and the smiles concealed all the careful calculations.

Many of them felt that this was a really gratifying day, whether it was the arrival of the eldest son of the emperor or the departure of Xie Xiyao.

Among the nearly 20 people, few of them can compare with Xie's family background, and those with much lower backgrounds even went to Qiandong No. [-] Institute and felt that they had no hope when they heard that there was a girl from Xie's family.But now this girl from the Xie family was scolded away, and she was scolded away by the eldest son of the emperor himself, the heavens really have eyes!
"Your Majesty." The noble lady stood up with a smile and gave her a blessing, "I always like to study tea art when I have nothing to do at home, this time it is rare to enter the palace, and I want to offer a cup of tea to my empress, I don't know if it is in accordance with the rules. "

She had a humble face and didn't mention the eldest son of the emperor at all, but her eyes were all on him.

For a while, some people sneered, and some people secretly annoyed why they didn't think of this move.As for the queen, of course she was happy to help her build a bridge, so she smiled and said: "It's good that you have this kind of heart, don't just think about this palace, I will also offer one to the eldest son of the emperor."

The noble girl immediately showed joy, but then she heard the eldest son of the emperor say: "No need."

No matter how much he restrained himself, he was still very confused by what happened just now.After being quiet, he finally bowed to the queen and said: "My son, Xu Shi, caught cold when he came here, and now he feels a little dizzy, I want to go back and rest first."

"Ah..." The queen was worried, and immediately responded, "Go quickly, let them prepare a sedan chair to take you back, and I will ask the imperial doctor to take a look, so that you don't cause any serious illness."

"There is a queen mother, and my son will leave." Meng Shijin got up and bowed, and then he was not in the mood to pay any more attention to the ladies, and turned to leave.

Back in Qianqing Palace, the eldest son of the emperor did nothing for almost a whole day, which was very rare for him.

——If in normal times, probably because he knows that he will not live for too long, he always wants to seize the time to do more things. He often helps his father with the affairs of the court, reads the memorials to give ideas, or reads more It is also good to read some books.

But this day, no matter whether it was a memorial or a casual book, he couldn't even read a word, and sat in front of the case until nightfall.

He didn't expect Xie Xiyao to be there, not at all.

Thinking about it now, it was very rude for him to drag her out in public and then throw her down.But at that time, there was only a buzzing in his head in shock, which made him unable to do any thinking, and could only act on impulse.

He never did this when he heard that his illness might not be cured, or it can be said that he never did.

There was also about a moment when he was briefly delighted by her appearance, but this joy could only last for such a short moment, and all that was left to him after that was panic.

Why is Xie Xiyao here?Did the family force her, or did she want to come here on her own?

If it was the former, Meng Shijin felt that the Xie family would not do such a thing.The Xie family has no shortage of life wives, no matter whether it is a concubine or a queen, there have been a few during the prosperous years of the Xie family, there is no need for them to rely on sending their daughters to him to support their appearance.Moreover, the Xie family has always been somewhat... unspeakably stubborn in such matters. They seem to disdain to use marriage to stabilize their status, whether it is with the royal family or with other families, whether it is with daughters or daughters. son.

The fact that the Xie family has always been unshakable in the court probably has something to do with it.Every inch of their status has been solidly won by their real skills, so there is no need to flatter or submit.As for the wives in the family, they were conferred by the emperor's initiative.

But if the Xie family didn't want her to enter the palace, did she really want to come?
With this thought, Meng Shiying's heart became even more confused.

He really liked her, but he never thought she liked him too.Besides, he didn't want her to like him either.

Marrying him has no future, no beauty of "grow old forever", and even no children.

Otherwise, why did he insist on pushing her away from afar, and would rather force himself to forget her than marry her?

Sure, it hurts to have someone in your heart and not be with her, but short-term pain is better than long-term pain.

"Come here." Meng Shiying said in a low voice, and an eunuch immediately stepped forward to obey.

He raised his eyes: "Go and tell Gan Dongwu that Mrs. Xie should be let out of the palace tomorrow morning. If the father, the queen, and the queen ask, there is no need to say anything else, just say that I don't like her."

After giving the order, he sat silently in front of the case for a while, then got up and walked out.

He planned to go to the Gandong No. [-] Institute again, just to take a look at her quietly.After that, he would never see her again, and when she got married, she would soon forget him.

Gandong five.

Xi Yao couldn't remember how she came back, but felt that she was in a daze for the whole day after that.

The other ladies came back after noon. It is said that the empress left them for dinner in Kunning Palace. Although the eldest son of the emperor left early because of his illness, some of them seemed to be in line with the empress's wishes. He was overjoyed when he came back.

But she didn't care to listen to them happily recalling the scene of Kunning Palace, and she was full of loss in her heart, so lost that she seemed to have lost her soul.

And before dinner, the eunuch in charge found her, squeezed his throat and told her that the eldest son of the emperor was not in good health, most likely because of her anger, and asked her to figure it out.

Xi Yao was so distraught that she didn't recover for a moment, the whisk in his hand hit her in the hollow of her knee, and she knelt down, and then knelt down until now.

She knew that the eunuch in charge was a very snobbish person, and she could see it from many small things.In the past few days, he has been very polite to her, maybe because of her surname Xie, or maybe because of Prince Yi's residence.But now she upset the eldest son of the emperor, who is one of the masters of the Forbidden City, no one can offend him, so it is not surprising that the eunuch immediately changed his face.

So Xi Yao didn't feel sad at all.She was just sad that the eldest son of the emperor hated her so much, she was very sad.

She thought that even if he didn't like her, he still didn't hate her, and she could try her best to make him like her.

But the result turned out to be like this—he told her so personally that if her surname wasn't Xie, he wouldn't bother to talk to her at all, and he wouldn't marry her if he married anyone.

It seemed that her liking for him was a complete joke, so ridiculous that he dismissed it.

The moonlight was hazy, and the pain in the knee became more and more violent.Xi Yao couldn't feel it when she was immersed in sadness, but when the footsteps interrupted her mood, the pain suddenly doubled.

She turned around and saw the eunuch in charge of Qiandong No. [-] Institute and another eunuch walking over together.

"Miss Xie." The eunuch in charge bowed beside her, "His Royal Highness the eldest son ordered you to leave the palace early tomorrow morning. Do you think I will inform Xie's family to pick you up, or send me a message?" Prince Yi's Mansion?"

"What..." Xi Yao was stunned, looked at him for a long time, but still couldn't accept it, "Your Highness, he..."

He is going to drive her away?In fact, she was working in the fifth institute on weekdays. As long as he didn't want to, she couldn't meet him at all, but he didn't even want her to stay in the palace for a few more days?

Does she annoy him so much?
In an instant, the pain in her knees and the grievances in her heart surged up together, like a cloud choking on Xi Yao's chest, she felt uncontrollable pain all of a sudden, and burst into tears with a "wow"...

He doesn't like her!He also hates her!
She wanted to cry out this blow together with her trembling, sour and sweet secret liking for many months. She cried completely, and she didn't care about it for a while. drawn out.

"Hey... don't cry!" The eunuch in charge frowned next to him, "What's the use of crying? Today and then, I can tell that there is something hidden—how did you offend the eldest son of the emperor in the past? Think about it for yourself, don't waste your time here, no one will see you when you are blind from crying!"

Then he waved his hand and beckoned his subordinates to come and take her back to the house to pack her luggage.Xi Yao had been kneeling all afternoon, and when they lifted her body suddenly, she suddenly felt that her legs were so painful that she was about to fail, her whole body convulsed uncontrollably, and her crying became more intense due to the severe pain.

Her eyes turned white, and her ears suddenly became flustered.

For a moment, the sound of footsteps, shouts, and scolding came to her ears, and then an unknown number of hands stretched out to help her. She saw that they seemed to be all female officials or court ladies, and called her anxiously, "Thank you!" girl".

They scrambled to stabilize her and put her into a comfortable position as much as possible.But she finally couldn't hold it anymore, another layer of cold sweat broke out and her whole body became cold, her eyes darkened again, and she fell down.

"Miss Xie? Miss Xie!" The maids in the court who came forward to help turned pale with shock, Meng Shijin was suffocating even for breathing outside the Moon Gate, which was two feet away.

"Xi Yao!" Although the voice was broken, but it still sounded familiar, Xi Yao really wanted to open her eyes to see who it was.But she still couldn't open her brows tightly after struggling for a long time, and finally gave up and let herself fall into a deep sleep.

(End of this chapter)