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Chapter 215 Habits
Now they couldn't feel at ease. As soon as the emperor came, Kang Quan was immediately under strict guard. They were not allowed to move around, come in and out at will, and even let people pick whatever fruit they wanted.The fourth princess had already invited several close and close wives as companions, but now they can't come either.

Xiaodong thought not very kindly, maybe the atmosphere in the palace has always been serious and heavy, and the emperor also needs to come out to breathe?

How to put it, Queen Li is also the first wife of the emperor.The Li family has helped the emperor a lot over the years. The queen gave birth to three children, and only the third prince survived and grew up healthy.

Xiaodong followed the servant through the long corridor, and the stone steps went up one after another.

"Go in, princess, the emperor is inside."

Xiaodong nodded slightly towards him, and as soon as she stepped into the door, the gauze curtain behind her fell.

Xiaodong paused slightly, and continued to walk forward.The silk shoes stepped lightly on the floor without making a sound, but the emperor still noticed her coming.

"Xiaodong? Come here?"

The emperor probably had just soaked in the hot springs, and his hair was still dry, with a hosta pin on top, and loose hair on the bottom, and he didn't wear a crown.After saluting, Xiaodong stood up, and inadvertently discovered that there were silver threads mixed into the emperor's temples at some point——

Before she knew it, she had grown up and the emperor was also old.

"Sit down for a while, there are books on the shelf over there, look through them, and talk to you after I finish reading them."

Xiaodong responded, and the emperor lowered his head to read the scriptures. It can be seen that although people are out on vacation, their hearts still can't rest with them.

There was no palace attendant in the house, the emperor reached for the cup, but it was already empty.Xiaodong picked up the pot to refill the cup.When she accompanied Wang An and Zhao Lu to read books, she was very used to doing these things smoothly.

When she handed over the tea, the emperor didn't reach out to take it.

The candlelight reflected on Xiaodong's face, she had lost her childishness long ago, with elegant eyebrows and eyes, a calm demeanor, and a gentle smile on her lips, as if she was the person he had been thinking about all the time.

"emperor?"

The emperor came back to his senses and took the teacup, as if to divert his attention, he asked, "Are you seventeen this year?"

"I'll be eighteen by the end of the year."

The emperor was slightly dazed.Since he didn't speak, Xiaodong followed suit.

"time flies."

Well, many people have this sigh.Keep going, there is so much to do.When you finally stop and want to take a breath, you turn around and find that you have missed a lot of scenery.Things like time are always not cherished at the time, and it is too late to regret later.

Because people often work hard to achieve a result, and when they really get it, they find that they have ignored the tortuous and wonderful process.

And the result is sometimes not as important as the process.

Because life is just a process.From birth, it is doomed that only death is the inevitable result.And what is different about each person is that they have different processes.

If it wasn't for Xiaodong's second life, he wouldn't be able to understand this feeling.

She didn't know what the emperor had called her here for.

Although in terms of blood relationship, the emperor is her uncle.But in terms of closeness, they didn't have much interaction, even—it seemed that they talked alone like this only once or twice.

"How much do you remember about your childhood?"

Xiaodong was taken aback.

Does the emperor want to remember Yao Qingyuan?

Xiaodong lowered his eyes and said softly, "I don't remember much. Things before entering school are all vague."

The emperor didn't let her slip past like this, and asked more clearly: "Do you still remember what your mother looked like?"

remember.

Xiaodong remembered that year, that period of time.Yao Qingyuan's room is always airtight, and every time Mrs. Hu takes Xiaodong to see her, it doesn't take long.One day, Xiaodong remembered that she was terrified and did not dare to look Yao Qingyuan directly in the eyes, so she lowered her head and kept looking at the table beside the bed.There was a plate containing yellow pears that are rare in winter.The smell of the fruit was very fragrant, diluting the medicine in the room.Yao Qingyuan probably thought she wanted to eat, so she asked someone to bring the plate and handed the pears to her.

Her hands were already very thin at that time.

"I don't remember much."

The emperor didn't seem very disappointed: "Yes, you were still young at that time."

This topic is really hard for Xiaodong to deal with.Talk to the emperor about your mother?I wonder if the emperor will say anything else next?If he recalled the love history of the two of them, Xiaodong would not be so bold and open-minded to persevere.

In her mind, there is only one father.

King An.

And the mother, of course, is the father's wife.

What about the emperor... Cough, at most he is an ex-boyfriend.

King An didn't like to mention these things about Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds, so why did the emperor bring it up?
If he is really a tragic male protagonist who is hard to meet in this world, Xiaodong is still interested in sympathizing with him.But the emperor is not pitiful, besides the empress, how many women have he had around him, it is too many to count, right?I'm afraid the emperor may not remember how many women he has in total.Whether it's Ming Guifei, Song Shufei, or even younger Jieyu beauties... There is a huge team of beauties in the Yeting Palace. You can choose from the ring, the fat, the swallow, the thin, as young as you want, as clever as you want. New skill.

It is worthy of respect for a dedicated man to recall his first love.

But this matter rests with the emperor - well, Xiaodong's face is also very respectful.

"...When I entered, she was dancing the lotus flower, wearing a snow-white dress..." The emperor shook his head, "It's just like yesterday."

Xiaodong muttered in his stomach, according to this calculation, you watched her dance yesterday, and today you are married to the Sixth Court of Sangong, you are really fast.

I don't know if some god just heard Xiaodong's prayer request, and the person who rescued her finally came.

The high female officer saluted and reported: "The imperial physician has already seen it, the fourth prince just had diarrhea after eating some cold melons and fruits, and there is nothing serious about it."

The emperor nodded, and Xiaodong couldn't help but ask, "The fourth prince is feeling unwell?"

The emperor brought him too?

Ordinarily not surprising.The adult son has to take responsibility, the youngest one is still babbling, the fourth prince is now a well-behaved and obedient age, it is suitable to take it out and play together.

"Well, you also hit it off with him, so go and see him. By the way, tell him what I said. If it happens again, I won't bring him out next time."

Xiaodong responded in a low voice, and came out with the high female official.

"The fourth prince is placed in Chenxiang Pavilion, shall I send the Princess there?"

"Sister Gao has a lot of things to do, so you don't need to accompany me." Just kidding, can you finally breathe a sigh of relief, and be with this serious female official again?Isn't this asking for trouble?

The Chenxiang Pavilion where the fourth prince lived was not far away, the fourth prince lazily leaned against the head of the bed, fiddling with the tassels on the curtain.

"You haven't slept yet?"

He turned his head and took a look, then turned over and sat up all of a sudden: "Sister Xiaodong?"

"Don't get up, I heard you're not feeling well, come and see you."

"It's nothing..." The fourth prince was a little coy: "It's just a stomachache. What I said is nothing, the people around me are not making a fuss, and even invited the imperial doctor..."

"Don't be careless, the weather is still cold at the moment, if you really get sick, you will be in big trouble."

"Sister Xiaodong, when did you come? Is your brother-in-law here too?"

"I came one day earlier than you, and I came with the sixth princess."

"This is the first time for me to come to the Hot Spring Palace. I thought it was the same as the palace, with square pools. But when I came here, I realized that it was completely different."

"There are also built-in pools, and there are spring pools outside built along with the mountains." Xiaodong said: "One year we came here in winter, and it was snowing, and the pools were filled with mist. Taichi Pavilion is completely covered by snow and fog, and the world is so quiet that it seems that there is only this pool of water left, and you are the only one."

The fourth prince was fascinated leisurely: "It's a pity that it doesn't snow now."

Xiaodong smiled and said, "You can come back in winter."

"Well, I must come." The fourth prince said: "Call my brother-in-law together when the time comes. He has been to many places, met many people, and knows a lot of things that others don't. Last time..."

The fourth prince seemed to have something to say, but he hesitated again and again, and didn't speak. Although Xiaodong was a little puzzled, he didn't ask him.

Xiaodong relayed the emperor's words to the fourth prince, and the fourth prince stood up and listened solemnly, before asking: "Sister, did you come from the emperor?"

"Well, the emperor asked me to talk for a while."

It was late at night, and Xiaodong didn't sit for long.When she comes out, the fourth prince must see her off.

He took the lantern from the palace man: "Sister Xiaodong, come on, I'll go ahead."

The climate of Kangquan is warm and humid, and the four seasons are like spring.When the fourth prince arrived here, his temper also seemed lively, he was jumping up and down on the stone steps with a lantern in his hand, it was not at all obvious that he had just had a stomachache for a long time.Afraid that he would trip and fall, Xiaodong followed closely behind, sweating all over.

"Sitting in the viewing pavilion..." The fourth prince held up a lantern and read out the words on the plaque: "Does my sister live here?"

"Yes. Come in and sit down?"

"No, it's getting late, I'll talk to my sister tomorrow."

"Okay, you go to bed early too, and be careful on the road, don't fall."

The fourth prince smiled: "I know."

Xiaodong untied her hair, washed and went to bed.

She was a little puzzled, what did the emperor want to say when he asked her to go tonight?If the senior female officer hadn't interrupted later, what would he have said next?
No matter what Yao Qingyuan said, she was married to King An and became the emperor's sister-in-law.What's the point of recalling the events of the past?
Xiaodong shook his head, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.When she first got married, she wasn't used to having one more person beside her, but now she felt that her side was empty, and it was uncomfortable to lie on her back, and it was also uncomfortable to lie on her side——

People are really adaptable, and their habits are really scary.

She is not used to sleeping alone now.

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Yesterday I was bitten by mosquitoes several times~~~

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