The little lady in the palace

Chapter 182 Calculation
Half a month later, an embarrassing love story spread throughout the capital, which shocked Meng Shijin.

He imagined all kinds of things Xi Yao might do, and seriously thought about the countermeasures one by one, but he never thought that she would play such a trick.

I heard this story was being told in the streets and in restaurants and teahouses, so much so that his cousins ​​couldn’t help being curious when they saw him when they came to the palace to say hello, and three or two of them asked him cautiously in a day: "Your Highness, are you and Miss Xie..."

This broke Meng Shiying a little.

He naturally understood that it was Xie Xiyao who did it, but he didn't want to send someone to ban the spread of this story
First of all, it is too late for the ban now, he can stop the storyteller from continuing, but he can't stop the people who have already heard the story from passing it on from mouth to mouth. "Word of mouth" is also the easiest way to spread various versions, so it's better to let everyone listen to which version Xi Yao wants them to know.

Second, the story was written with a sense of propriety.After listening to the general idea, he had to admit that it was all true, and as Xi Yao said, neither the Xie family was lost, nor the emperor's prestige was compromised—this kind of story was supposed to make the people feel that the superior was humane , Forcibly banned, wouldn't it be counterproductive?

So Meng Shijin didn't know what to do for a while, after thinking about it, he sent someone out first, found a complete script and came back to read it, and after reading it, he was so angry that he couldn't laugh or cry!
The story is so honestly written, it directly reveals the two people's love for each other without turning a corner.He also clearly stated that he was ill for many years and refused to drag her down, so he reluctantly gave up his love and refused to marry, but she was still waiting infatuatedly, not afraid of being a widow, and only felt that being able to stay with him for a day was a day and so on...

Meng Shiying could guess how the common people would react after reading this story without leaving the palace gate.

Right now, Jingli must be sighing that they are a pair of fateful mandarin ducks who like each other and are considerate but cannot achieve a happy marriage due to reality!

Meng Shiying walked around the East Side Hall a few times out of luck, and then calmed down.He thought for a while, Xiyao probably wanted to use the voice of the people in Beijing to put pressure on him by doing this, so he should bear the pressure and never let go to marry her.If he doesn't agree, the emperor will never make an order, and the people's voices are useless no matter how loud they are.

So he was so cold about this matter, ignoring how widely the story spread in Beijing, and he didn't care whether the clansmen who entered the palace were very curious, and let the onlookers be moved to tears by their stories.

The only thing he did related to this was to make a list of unmarried young men in Beijing, and then selected a few with clear personalities. Finally, he figured out Xi Yao's preferences and delineated a few. indivual.

Then he went to ask his father and asked him to write an imperial edict.Ruo Xiyao was still unwilling to give in, and as a last resort, he took out this imperial decree and married her directly.

She will be very angry, she will not like it, but it is better than marrying him.

No matter what, based on her background, even if she doesn't like her, her husband's family will still treat her well for the rest of her life, which is better than marrying him and then being a widow.Besides, there is another saying that love grows after a long time.

If she blames him for this, then let her hate him for the rest of her life.

The emperor was silent for a while after listening to his plea, and sighed: "Is this really the case? Most of the daughters that the Xie family taught are very good."

"Because it's very good, I don't want to miss her." Meng Shijin said.

In Qingyuan, after recovering from her illness, Xi Yao thought about being a "maid" for her uncle and aunt for a day, because she felt that she had caused too much trouble for them these days.

Especially after the story spread, her father came to the door almost every day to take her back, but every time it was always my uncle who was in front of her with her father, it was embarrassing.

Besides... she will have to cause them a little trouble later on!

So Yuyin watched in a daze as Xiyao came over early in the morning to help her change and wash her clothes, and then went to teach Ming Jing her homework after breakfast, and when Meng Junhuai finished her work and came over for lunch, she served it herself. Tea and water...

Yuyin was originally worried that she would get sick because of her unsatisfactory relationship, and she was very nervous when she saw that she was abnormal.So when Xi Yao rushed to prepare the tea for rinsing after meals before Hu Po, she tugged Meng Junhuai: "What's wrong with Xi Yao..."

Meng Junhuai was stretching out his chopsticks to pick up the winter bamboo shoots, but he didn't lift his eyes: "The child is sensible, very good."

"What's good! Don't be so big!" Yu Yin glared at him, "Have you ever seen her like this before? I think something is wrong!"

He said, "Then why don't you ask?"

"Will it make her more sad if I ask?" Yu Yin was a little hesitant, and Meng Junhuai laughed at her: "It's useless to worry if you don't ask."

Then the two looked at each other, and at the same time, with a thought, they looked at Ming Jing together.

Ming Jing who is drinking soup: "..."

"Don't look at me..." Ming Jing shrank back, "I've asked many questions for you guys recently..."

She is so wronged!She felt that her father, queen and concubine were just bullying her as a child!
Sometimes they would signal her to say something that was inconvenient for them to say, and counting forward... She remembered that when she was a child, her mother and concubine asked her to pretend to cry with her grandma, in order to get her father to come out and do something serious!
Brothers and sisters don't have to do this kind of thing, do they?Ming Jing felt it was unfair!
"Ming Jing..." Meng Junhuai patted his daughter's head with a smile on his face, "It's okay if you don't ask, then you see how good this is, after the nap, you take your cousin to play with your brothers."

Let her relax and she should feel better.

"Hmm...Okay!" Ming Jing hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement, and asked him again, "Then can we go out to play?"

"Okay, just bring all the people, don't make any trouble." Meng Junhuai called someone to make arrangements for them. Mingjing happily picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice and lotus root and fed it to the king as a token of gratitude. Yuyin and Meng Junhuai picked it at the same time. Raising eyebrows, I feel that this villain is getting better every year.

In the end, even this villain couldn't drag Xi Yao out to play. Yu Yin woke up from a nap and saw her waiting beside her.

Ask her why she didn't go out to play?She said she didn't want to go.

What about Mingjing and the others?They all jumped at the chance to have fun and hang out!

Meng Junhuai helped his forehead.

Yuyin sat in front of the dressing table and saw Xiyao coming to comb her hair, so she blocked her, turned around and took Xiyao's hand: "Tell aunt, what's the matter? You'd better go out to play if you're not happy. Don't look for work."

"...No." Xi Yao said sincerely, "Now everything is going according to my expectation, there is really nothing unpleasant."

Yu Yin said again: "Then if you need our help with anything else, just say so."

"Hmm..." Xi Yao hesitated for a moment, and felt that it would be better to speak directly now.

So she smiled and said to Yu Yin: "Auntie, can you help me get a line with the masters of Hualing Nunnery?"

"Ah?!" Yu Yin was startled, "What are you doing?!"

Therefore, Meng Shijin, who overcame the voice of the common people, never expected to hear that Xie Xiyao was going to become a monk suddenly.

The news came unexpectedly and in great detail.

The day and time to go to Hualing Nunnery to get a shave and receive precepts were clearly stated, so he counted... Isn't this tomorrow?

If this girl can't marry him, she simply escapes into Buddhism? !

Meng Shiying had to admit that he really couldn't figure out Xie Xiyao's way, and also couldn't figure out how cruel she was to him, whether it was deceiving him or really determined to become a monk.

Therefore, the only thing he can do is to go to Hualing Nunnery to meet him in person the next day.Of course, he will go with that decree.If she had to become a monk, he had no choice but to marry her like this, and she would not be able to resist the order.

The next day, Hua Ling Nunnery looked extraordinarily solemn.

Prince Yi's Mansion sent people to put the entire Hualing nunnery under strict control, and no one else could enter.

The eldest son of the emperor caused a little commotion when he arrived, and then the servant girl who was in charge of Prince Yi rushed out immediately and respectfully invited him in.

He was worried all the way, and he kept judging the severity in his heart.Not far from the main hall, Xi Yao was already kneeling in front of the Buddha statue, and there were several elderly nuns beside him, as well as several people from Prince Yi's residence watching the ceremony.

But there was no one from Xie's family, the eldest son of the emperor was not sure whether her family was angry and refused to come, or wanted to stop him but was blocked by Prince Yi's residence.

He couldn't help walking faster and faster in his anxiety, and when he stepped into the palace gate and stopped, he realized that his breath was a little unstable.

"Xi Yao." He called out, but the person kneeling in front of the Buddha didn't look back: "Your Highness will still come."

Meng Shiying's eyes froze slightly, and she immediately said: "Your Highness should have brought some other things... such as the decree that the courtier's daughter is not allowed to become a monk, or the decree to marry the courtier's daughter directly."

He frowned slightly: "You lied to me?"

"It doesn't count." Xi Yao looked at the Buddha statue and took a breath quietly, "Does Your Highness want to hear what is going on with this minister's plan?"

Meng Shiying didn't speak, restraining the feeling that he had already fallen behind.

"Does your Highness think that the story was spread in Beijing earlier to make the common people think that His Highness should marry me, so as to make His Highness slowly shake?" She sneered slightly, and her kneeling straight back trembled a little, " In fact, it is not. I just think that if such a story spreads, no one else in Beijing will dare to marry my daughter. And I know that His Highness will guess like that, so I just think that I can bear it, and there will be no What other action."

He was slightly startled, took a light breath, and the feeling of falling into the wind became stronger.

"The matter of becoming a monk today is not to deceive His Highness." Xi Yao said, stood up from the futon, and walked in front of him, "If it was just wishful thinking of my servant, I will not force Your Highness. But now it is Consensual wish...Your Highness, if you don't marry your minister's daughter, your minister's daughter will really become a monk, and she will never marry someone you don't like."

Meng Shiying kept calm and stared at her for a while, then picked up the scroll with the imperial decree written on it, and was about to open it.

"If you don't allow your minister's daughter to become a monk, your minister's daughter will also practice at home, and she would rather die than marry!"

She said so, but his hand to unfold the scroll still didn't stop.Xi Yao immediately guessed more accurately, and immediately said: "If you force the minister's daughter to marry someone else..."

His hand was slightly stagnant because he was guessed to plan.

She drew his gaze to look at the tray in Mammy Rui's hand not far away, with a blurred and elegant smile: "Your will has been prepared in advance, and my daughter's three-foot white silk is also prepared in advance. My daughter dare not Imagine what it would be like to spend your whole life with someone you don’t love, so I have to find a happy time.”

Meng Shiying was choking on the dazzling whiteness.

this girl...

He guessed wrong from her first step, and she guessed his every step unexpectedly.

"You threatened me..." He wanted to say this in a cold tone, but he couldn't stop the trembling in his words.

"Your Highness can not be threatened, I just rely on His Highness liking me." Xi Yao lowered her eyes as she spoke, her voice was a bit lonely, "I have never calculated others, this is the first time."

His gaze was fixed on her face, and he was speechless for a while.She raised her eyes and peeked at him, and said with a little grievance: "The first time you have to count the person you like...it's hard."

"Heh." He chuckled, and Xi Yao's heart, which had been trying to be calm, suddenly surged.

Calm is faking!Elegance is also pretending!From the moment he came in, she was so nervous!

She was afraid that he would rather watch her become a monk than marry her, and she was even more afraid that he would think that she was scheming and hated her, and when he said every word, his mind was numb, and now what he should say is almost the same After finishing speaking, she felt that she would pass out with weak legs and feet in the next moment!
Meng Shijin stared at her, feeling that there were still many things about this girl he liked very much that he didn't understand.

She can give him a little surprise every time, or a silly little preference, or a quirky little cleverness.

He actually wanted to know more about her.

After a long time, Xi Yao heard him let out a long breath.

"If you are forced to death, you will be scolded by the world; if you are allowed to become a monk, you will probably offend the Xie family." He shook his head as he said.

In the end, it was he who stretched out his hand on his own initiative, grabbed her hand that was so nervous that she had been tugging at her cuff, and laughed helplessly: "Let's go, let's find a quiet place and discuss when we will make you a widow."

(End of this chapter)