Chapter 872: Different Thoughts of One Person
“Mother, mother!”
Hearing the shouting coming from outside the door, the Crown Princess quickly put down the embroidery in her hands and looked up.
Then a little person wrapped in a bright yellow robe staggered into the dormitory. When he was still about ten feet away, he opened his arms and shouted, "Mom, hold me, mom, hold me!"
The one who came here was naturally the grandson "born" by Li - he had been raised by the Crown Princess since he was born.
The Crown Princess was a gentle and kind person. She also knew that she would never have children in this lifetime, so she treated him like her own son.
Seeing the little guy staggering forward, the Crown Princess hurriedly stood up and rushed over, picked him up from the ground, rubbed his rosy little face, and said lovingly: "Qi'er, why are you sweating all over again? You will stink when you go out at night, and your father will be unhappy."
Hearing the word "father", the little guy was obviously a little afraid, but soon he started giggling again, hugged the Crown Princess' neck, and shouted incoherently: "High, high, high!"
At first, the Crown Princess thought that he wanted her to lift him up high, but after lifting the little guy a few times, she found that this did not seem to be the case, so she had to ask for help from the wet nurse who was standing by with her hands free.
The nurse said hurriedly, "Your Highness, you are probably talking about the puppy you just ran into."
The Crown Princess smiled, and took the little guy in her arms with one hand, stroked his face with her finger and said, "That's a puppy, not a Gao Gao. Say it with your mother: puppy, puppy."
"High, high!"
"Dog."
"Gao...?"
"Dog."
“Hook…”
Happy times always pass by in a flash. The mother and son played for about half an hour, and the prince looked tired. The Crown Princess held him horizontally and coaxed him for a few words, and then he fell into a daze and fell asleep.
Seeing this, the wet nurse was about to step forward to take over.
The Crown Princess shook her head gently, took him to her bed, carefully took off his coat, shoes and socks, and covered him with bedding.
"My lady."
At this time, the nurse could not help but remind him awkwardly: "The prince has been very active recently, and he has not been able to get up to relieve himself several times. What if he soils your bed?"
The Crown Princess smiled and said, "Does this palace still need a change of mattress? You can go down and have a rest, and come in and serve Qi'er when she wakes up."
The nurse then bowed and walked out.
Suddenly, only the Crown Princess and the sleeping Prince were left in the bedroom.
Originally, the Crown Princess wanted to take this opportunity to continue completing the embroidery she had just done, but with the needle and thread in her hands, she couldn't calm down no matter what.
Helpless, he could only sigh and put it back into the bamboo dustpan with the silver hoop.
Considering that the prince was still in the room, she stood up again and put the dustpan up high, then sat down in front of the dressing table.
After combing her temples in front of the mercury mirror, the Crown Princess's young fingers lingered on the makeup box for a long time. In the end, she did not open it, but slid towards a few books not far away.
Move the topmost "Collection of Ci Poems by Jiaxuan" and "Collection of Li Bai" to another place, and a chapter-based storybook with a completely different style will come into view.
Looking at the book, the Crown Princess felt a little guilty for no reason. She subconsciously looked back at the prince on the bed. Seeing that he was still sleeping soundly, she stretched out her fingers and gently stroked the large words on the cover:
"The Blood-eyed Judge Solomon Conquers Huguang"
Obviously, this is a storybook describing how Sun Shaozong pacified the Wuxi barbarian rebellion.
Although the content is generally true, the specific details are absurd. Sun Shaozong is portrayed as a god who can defeat a thousand enemies with one horse and can also cast beans to create soldiers and summon thunder from the sky.
Once those bloody eyes opened, they slaughtered all the disobedient people.
With the Crown Princess's experience and intelligence, she could naturally see through the fabrications and far-fetched claims in the book - apart from anything else, the number of barbarians who died at the hands of Sun Shaozong in the book was at least hundreds of thousands.
But for some reason, after she accidentally got this storybook from her brother Sun Zhaolin, she seemed to be possessed by it and read it over and over again countless times.
As a result, the storybook gradually became bulky and thick, and finally had to be pressed down by several poetry collections to prevent people from noticing anything fishy.
Although the Crown Princess had not opened the book at this moment, every word of it emerged in her mind, especially the illustrations inside, which seemed to be imprinted into her heart with a branding iron, burning her heart, yet also giving rise to a sense of loneliness and coldness.
After a long time, the Crown Princess woke up from the extremes of ice and fire, but found that she had unknowingly put the script against her chest.
Looking at the opened script again, there was an embroidered picture of Sun Shaozong reining in a horse with one hand, standing up, holding a sword and looking around proudly, with the barbarians bowing their heads in submission.
The Crown Princess acted as if she was really scalded. She quickly put the storybook back to its place, and then randomly grabbed six or seven poetry collections and placed them on top.
But even though she could suppress the words, how could she control the demons in her heart?
My hands were still on the pile of books, but my heart had already flown to Wangjiang Tower...
…
at the same time.
In the piano room of Prince Beijing's mansion, Princess Wei Ying was filled with regret.
After the chance encounter at the Prince's Mansion that day, she vaguely realized that Sun Shaozong's promise that day might not be fulfilled at all.
But she didn't expect that just half a month later, she would have to meet the evil villain again!
If I had known this earlier, I would never have kneeled down in humiliation in front of Sun Shaozong that day and done such a lowly thing with Xia Jingui...
No!
If I had known this earlier, I would never have gone to see him that day!
However, no matter how much I regret now, it is too late.
Especially since the prince had just been informed of this matter not long ago, and now there was only an hour or so left before he could rush to Wangjiang Tower.
If I suddenly pretend to be sick at this time, wouldn't it seem too abrupt?
Besides, this time it was the Crown Prince who took the initiative to ask me to accompany the Crown Princess to watch the play. If I claim to be sick and don't go, who knows what the Crown Prince will think?
Wei Ying is not like those ordinary people out there who would be deceived by the prince's deliberate pretense of honesty in front of others - she has been in contact with the crown princess for many years and has long known that the prince is a moody person.
If it is really because of me that the prince offends the crown prince, wouldn't that be adding insult to injury?
In fact, a month ago, Wei Ying might not have been so conflicted.
But ever since the couple reunited, Shui Rong has been doting on her even more. Even though Wei Ying doesn't like the flashy things he gave her, she still feels the same way about his kindness.
She already felt guilty about losing her virginity to Sun Shaozong, and Wei Ruolan had hinted to her sister several times, both explicitly and implicitly, not to pursue the matter.
Thus, all the resentment that Wei Ying had towards her husband was gradually resolved.
For a while, the couple was as sweet as honey and even more loving than when they were first married.
Under such circumstances, how could she bear to ruin her husband's plan of having the best of both worlds because of herself?
only……
Wei Ying felt uneasy at the thought of having to face Sun Shaozong again - even if the Crown Princess would be by her side, she would still be nervous.
After all, the last time I was humiliated, it was in my own palace. Since even my own palace is not safe, anywhere else...
Just as I was feeling flustered, I suddenly felt a weight on my shoulder. It turned out that someone was holding my shoulder with his hand.
Could it be that the evil thief sneaked into the palace again? !
This thought flashed through Wei Ying's mind, and she subconsciously pushed back with her elbow.
However, after this elbow, Wei Ying regretted it again in her heart - Sun Shaozong was invited that time, but now without a reason, how could he easily sneak into the palace? Especially in such a deep backyard?
However, it was too late to stop now, and he could only try his best to reduce 60% to 70% of the force.
“Ouch!”
But even so, a familiar cry of pain was still heard from behind.
Wei Ying turned around , only to see Prince Beijing Shui Rong holding his chest and staggering backwards with his teeth bared.
"Your Majesty!"
She hurried forward and supported Shui Rong, and asked nervously, "Are you okay, my lord?"
"Don't worry, my dear."
Shui Rong first forced a smile, then couldn't help but take a deep breath and said, "My beloved concubine, I'm already used to your kung fu."
Then, he turned around to see that the maids were all outside the piano room, and then he said with a playful smile: "But my beloved concubine, can you try to use less force? Last time on the bed, I just wanted to change the position, and I almost had my neck broken by your legs..."
"Your Majesty!"
Wei Ying blushed as she scolded him. Besides feeling embarrassed, she also felt an indescribable sense of shame.
In fact, she suddenly overreacted at that time because the posture that Shui Rong intended to strike was very similar to the one when she was boating on the lake that day when she was molested by Sun Shaozong, and she couldn't control her strength for a moment.
Shui Rong had no idea what was going on. He just thought that she was too embarrassed to please him in other ways. However, he had no idea that Sun Shaozong had already mastered so many ways of pleasing him when they were on the lake.
After some joking and laughing, Shui Rong finally got down to business.
It turned out that he came here because he wanted Wei Ying to prepare earlier so that they could arrive at Wangjiang Tower half an hour earlier.
Wei Ying was already nervous, and when she heard that they had to go early again, she couldn't help but ask, "Why? Didn't we already make an appointment with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at twilight hour? A quarter of an hour earlier would be enough, so why do we have to go so early?"
Shui Rong smiled indifferently and said, "I have heard of Jiang Yuhan's name for a long time, but unfortunately I have never had the chance to make friends with him. Now is a good opportunity to go and see him first."
After a pause, he said seriously, "Besides, last time my cousin got angry and caused a misunderstanding, which made Sun Shaozong no longer willing to come to visit. This time I rushed over in advance so that I could apologize to him in person ."
Go and confess your crime to Sun Shaozong?
Wei Ying felt mixed emotions for a moment and didn't know how to respond, so a strange look inevitably appeared on her face.
Prince Beijing Shui Rong saw this and asked with concern, "What's wrong? Is my beloved concubine feeling unwell?"
Seeing Wei Ying subconsciously shaking her head, he suddenly remembered something and said, "Could it be that Tiankui has come? It's a few days later than usual..."
He had a lot more to say, but Wei Ying was not listening.
Only the two words "Tiankui" echoed in my mind like thunder...
