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Chapter 9 Light and Shadow

As the prince's daughter, how should I live my life?

Delicate slaves and maidservants, well-clothed and well-fed, shouting three times and drinking four times... Is it okay to go to the streets with a dog to moles a boy from a good family?
Cough... Xiaodong hugged the quilt in a daze.

Even if she has the heart, she doesn't have the strength yet.Xiaodong raised his hand and looked at it. He was fat and short, and it would take at least another ten years to realize such a grand goal plan.

what about now?Trying to grow?Trying to get used to everything here?
Xiaodong thought of his previous life, his mother who abandoned home in the early years, his father who never came back once a year or two, his grandmother who died early... the loneliness and hardships of living alone.She may have been looking forward to, an unrealistic fantasy.

There is a complete family, with those who love her, and a stable life without scarcity——

Then, like a ray of light, fate is refracted on the mirror surface and turns a big corner.Her wish was realized, but in such a strange way.

Well, according to Prince An, it seems that she will go to school when she grows up a bit?

Yesterday, I heard from the four princesses that they want to go to the inner school in the palace. It seems that the students there include princesses, princesses and county masters, and each of them can choose to take an official lady as a companion——

Moreover, it seems that the masters in the school are still very strict?

Xiaodong scratched his head, unable to understand.

Anyway, it's still early, let's talk about it later.

She turned over, and outside the tent, Hu asked in a low voice, "Is the princess asleep?"

Xiaodong lay still and closed his eyes.

Hu lifts up the curtain to look at it, then shrinks back.

She probably never imagined that a three-year-old would pretend to be asleep.

Mrs. Hu took the lamp out of the screen and brought the needlework basket, and the two big maids, Hongying and Hongling, helped to wind the thread.

Mrs. Hu asked softly, "Why didn't you see Concubine Ming at the Empress Dowager's place today?"

Hong Ying, who entered the palace together, said in a low voice: "You just came from the village and didn't know—Ming Guifei had a miscarriage."

"What day?"

"What happened last month."

Hu's hand paused, and he pinched the thread and thought for a while: "These two years...is this the second time?"

"Exactly." Hongying said, "Mrs. Ming in our house has been looking bad for several days."

"It's no wonder she's good-looking." Mrs. Hu said lightly, "It's no wonder she's so silent this time when we're back. I thought she had finally changed her gender."

Hong Ling's voice was low: "My lord went to Nanling all summer, and she dressed up like a fairy when she just came back, but my lord didn't stop at all. When I came back in the morning, I set out to accompany the emperor to Jianling in the afternoon. Yue. I heard that she was so angry that she threw all the porcelain and household items in the house."

It turns out that Concubine Ming and this Mrs. Ming in their residence are relatives?The network of relationships in the capital is really intricate. Maybe you bump into someone on the street. This person’s cousin’s cousin’s brother-in-law’s second aunt may be the nanny of a certain big family. family relatives.

It seems that Wang An didn't take Mrs. Ming seriously - not only did he not take it to heart, but he seemed very indifferent.

Ordinarily, no one doesn't like beautiful women, especially Mrs. Ming is not only beautiful, but also charming.

Maybe there are other reasons for this.

Xiaodong pulled the lotus leaf beside the pillow, and listened to Mrs. Hu tell them something about the palace.

The wind picked up outside, and there was some whining, like blowing a conch horn.But the room is warm and comfortable, and there is no wind blowing in.

Xiaodong is holding a small jade fish in her hand, which Zhao Lusai gave her to play with.This fish is exquisitely carved, with warm tentacles, only a little longer than Xiaodong's longest middle finger, and its green color is very cute.She lifted the fish up with a ribbon, and the little fish swayed in front of her eyes as if alive, and the smooth luster on the fish was like water.

Fortunately, the personnel in the palace is simple. Apart from Mrs. Ming, King An seems to have no other concubines, and the only children are Zhao Lu and her. The population is extremely simple.If you also give her a sister like the five princesses and the sixth princess, who is a mess of chicken feathers and duck blood all day long, then it will be a lot of fun.

After the light snow, it will be heavy snow. Before the winter solstice, guests came to Prince An's Mansion.

As Zhao Lu once said, the cousins ​​of the Shen family have arrived.

Xiaodong now walks very steadily, and walks twice in his yard every day.One is to get familiar with the feeling of this body, and second, it is always good to exercise more, and maybe it can make you grow taller.Mrs. Hu followed behind, seeing her staggeringly walking, and always wanted to reach out to help her, for fear that she would fall.

After walking around twice, Xiaodong's forehead was dripping with sweat, Hu hurriedly wiped her sweat, and poured tea for her to drink.Hongying came in from the outside and said with a smile: "Princess, the young master and girl of the Shen family have arrived, and now they are at the front. Those two girls look like the beauties in the paintings. People always say that there are beauties in the east of the river. I'm only seeing you now. Is the princess going to see it?"

When Xiaodong was mentioned by her, she was very excited.

Hongying is not a little girl who has never seen the world, since she is said to be a beauty, she must be an out-and-out beauty, absolutely waterless.

"Hey, princess, slow down, slow down...don't fall."

Xiaodong has short legs, and within a few steps, Hu catches up and hugs him.

From a distance, she saw people sitting in the hall, Xiaodong only wanted to see the beauty, as soon as Mrs. Hu put her down, she ran into the room on her calves.

Leng might as well stretch out one hand diagonally, blocking her way.

Xiaodong raised his head.

This day is a rare good weather, the weather is clear and the sun is blazing.

Xiaodong squinted her eyes, only looking at the person in front of her, whose whole body was covered with a layer of golden rims by the sun, shining brightly.

"Little princess?"

This person really sounds good, like a clear spring, um, but warmer and softer than that.

It's not inferior to Prince An's beautiful voice at all.

Xiaodong asked, "Who are you?"

The man knelt down and said softly, "I am Shen Jing."

Behind him, Mrs. Hu seemed to be saying "So it's Mr. Shen San", but the voice seemed very far away, drifting past the ears like a breeze.

Xiaodong was a little confused. She felt that she should have seen this person somewhere—his tone, eyes, and movements all seemed to come from a distance in a light fog, and gradually became clearer and clearer.

But she had obviously never seen this person.

Perhaps it is the relationship between light and shadow intertwined, Xiaodong feels that this person is only composed of two colors, light and dark. His smell, voice, and outline are all bright, but his face is completely hidden in the dark. unimportant.

This impression remained in Xiaodong's heart for a long time, so that for a long time afterwards, she often thought of Shen Jing, but she couldn't remember his appearance.His face was always hidden in the fog, but the impression he left in her heart was so deep and clear.

(End of this chapter)