Chapter 304 Feast 3 (Two chapters in one)

Princess Huixin took two steps back, her eyes full of love, her red lips slightly parted, wanting to speak but shyly.

Xiao Zhen's eyes fell on her and found that her hands were hidden behind her back.

"What are you holding in your hand?" Xiao Zhen stared at her with sharp eyes.

Princess Huixin shuddered, but she boldly met Xiao Zhen's gaze: "Cousin, do you really want to see it? Don't you regret it?"

Xiao Zhen's eyes were firm: "No regrets."

Princess Huixin smiled slightly and stretched out her hands. In her hands, she was holding a scroll!

Xiao Zhen glanced at her, took the scroll, unfolded it, took a look at it, and then looked at Princess Huixin in surprise.

The painting showed two girls and a little boy, who were Huixin, Huiming and young Zhao Yuan when they were little!

Xiao Zhen recognized at a glance that Zhao Yuan, who was brought into the mansion as a concubine, looked exactly like the one in the painting.

He also recognized the seal that signed the portrait; it was the private seal of Emperor Xiaokang.

This painting was created by Emperor Xiaokang!

Before Xiao Zhen could speak, Princess Huixin whispered, "When my father was painting, he already had an eye disease and his eyes were full of tears, but he insisted on finishing the painting. He said that only what he painted himself could be engraved in his heart. Before he became completely blind, he wanted to engrave his three children in his heart and never forget them."

Xiao Zhen asked in a deep voice: "When did you find out?"

He didn't say what he discovered, but he knew that Princess Huixin understood what he was asking.

Sure enough, Princess Huixin raised the corners of her mouth and revealed a faint smile.

"My cousin may not remember that you secretly ran away from the capital that year. After you were found, you fell ill. When I learned that Prince Jing was going to visit the Princess's residence, I asked him to take me with him.

Cousin, you know that I have been fond of you since I was a child."

Xiao Zhen remembered that when he was eight years old, he came back from Baifeng City. He had a bumpy journey and fell ill after returning to the capital.

At that time, Prince Jing (the former Crown Prince) did come to visit the mansion, but he no longer remembered whether Princess Huixin came with him.

"You were the one who met Xiao Yue in the mansion that time?" Xiao Zhen asked.

At that time, Xiao Yue had already entered the mansion, and it was after Xiao Zhen returned from Baifeng City that he learned that he had a younger brother.

Before this, he had dreamed that his younger brother blocked a knife for him. He always thought that the dream was not real, but unexpectedly, he actually had a younger brother.

Princess Huixin nodded and said, "Yes, when Prince Jing and I came out of your room, Prince Jing walked in front and I followed behind. Suddenly, I saw a child peeking at me from the wall. He didn't see me, but I saw him. I was shocked at that time because I saw Zhao Yuan!

I was so scared that I covered my mouth to prevent myself from screaming.

After returning to the palace, I heard about Prince Consort Xiao bringing back a concubine's child from outside. There was only a two or three-year-old child in the Princess's Mansion, and that child should be the concubine's child.

Over the years, I always think of this incident.

I believe in my eyes, I would never be wrong. The child I saw that day was Zhao Yuan.

I thought and thought for a long, long time, and finally figured it out.

The one who died was Zhao Ying, right?

The real Zhao Yuan was secretly entrusted to the eldest aunt by Queen Meng.

Xiao Yue is Zhao Yuan!

Cousin, I figured this out a long time ago, but for so many years, I kept it in my heart and didn't tell anyone, not even Huiming.

I didn't even tell anyone that my mother died at the hands of Queen Meng.

At that time, Queen Meng had my mother strangled to death. I saw it all.

I have never understood why Queen Meng wanted to kill my mother even though my father had already passed away. There was no need to compete for favor anymore, so why didn't she let my mother go?

Later, when I grew up, I gradually understood that Queen Meng wanted Zhao Ying to die instead of Zhao Yuan. Zhao Ying was my mother's godson. She was worried that my mother would find out, so she let my mother die first. She was so cruel, so cruel!

But I didn't tell anyone about these things.

Cousin, do you know why I hid it?

Because of you, cousin, I did so much, all for you!

If the current emperor knew that my aunt had hidden Zhao Yuan, he would definitely be angry with you, cousin. I don't want you to be implicated, so I buried this matter deep in my heart.

Even this painting that my father created himself was hidden by me."

Xiao Zhen looked at her, his expression becoming colder and colder.

"Then why do you want to talk about this again today?"

Princess Huixin smiled bitterly. "Right now, rumors are circulating in the capital that my aunt is seeking the hand of Princess Nanyang in marriage for you. Cousin, I know you have someone in your heart, and I don't mind, but you absolutely cannot marry Princess Nanyang. She's from the Liang Palace, and His Majesty dislikes the Liang Palace. Everyone in the world knows that. Although Princess Nanyang is a princess, she's actually a jinx. Not only is she unworthy of you, she'll also alienate His Majesty."

Xiao Zhen nodded: "I see, you really put a lot of thought into it."

Princess Huixin's voice became increasingly gentle. "Cousin, don't worry. As long as we get married, I will keep the fact that Zhao Yuan is Xiao Yue in my heart and never mention it again."

Xiao Zhen smiled and shook his head. The fat cat in his arms suddenly pricked up his ears. Cats' hearing and sense of smell are far superior to humans. The fat cat must have heard a sound.

Dapang had played in the bamboo forest for a long time and knew where the secret guards were hiding, so the person who came was not a secret guard.

If it’s not a secret guard, then who else could it be?

Xiao Zhen's voice was cold: "Wouldn't it be safer if I killed you?"

Princess Huixin was stunned, she almost took her heart out. She thought Xiao Zhen would be more or less moved, but she didn't expect that Xiao Zhen would say such cruel words!

She bit her lip and made up her mind: "Cousin, there are many people at the banquet. If we enter the elegant residence in the forest one after another, someone must have seen us. If I die here or disappear here, they will definitely suspect you.

Cousin, you must be reluctant to kill me, right? "

Xiao Zhen looked past her and towards the door. The noise outside was becoming more and more real. There were hurried footsteps and clothes rustling against bamboo leaves.

Xiao Zhen stopped talking and waited quietly.

The air in the room seemed to freeze, and Princess Huixin could hear her own heartbeat.

Before coming here, she thought Xiao Zhen was as hard as iron, but it was not until this moment that she realized that she had underestimated Xiao Zhen. Xiao Zhen was even more cold-blooded than she had imagined!

But so what?

The people brought by Nanny Ding have arrived!

"Princess, Princess, are you here?"

Following Madam Ding's voice, the half-closed door was pushed open from the outside. The visitors included not only Madam Ding, but also a eunuch from the Princess's Mansion, along with several unfamiliar mammies and maids. Behind these people, looking into the room with a smile on their faces, turned out to be the Third Prince's wife Feng Jiahe and Grandma Zhao.

Feng Jiahe came here by herself. She recognized that Madam Ding was Concubine Qiao's person, and when she saw Princess Huixin suddenly leave, she wanted to see what was going on.

In the past, Feng Jiahe would not have gotten involved in such a matter, but Fan Qiujun's matter made her very dissatisfied with her mother-in-law, Concubine Qiao.

Concubine Qiao did not have a powerful family, so the Third Prince could only rely on the Feng family. However, Concubine Qiao was not grateful at all and even wanted Fan Qiujun to give birth to that bastard. This showed that she did not take the Feng family seriously at all, and did not take her, the prince's consort, seriously.

So when she saw Nanny Ding today, she wanted to see what Concubine Qiao wanted to do next.

Nanny Ding came to Linzhong Yaju under the pretext of looking for Princess Huixin, and she didn't intend to hide it from others. The more people who came, the better, not to mention that Feng Jiahe had Grandma Zhao by her side.

At this moment, several pairs of eyes looked at the two people in the room.

Xiao Zhen and Princess Huixin, a single man and a single woman, are in the same room!

Aunt Ding cried out in surprise, "Princess, why are you here? Oh my God, what should I do?"

Grandma Zhao didn't know where Aunt Ding came from, and she was really surprised.

The last person caught having an affair with a man was Princess Huiming.

How are these two sisters alike? They are princesses, why don’t they do something else but have a secret meeting with someone?

"Hey, here, oops, my hairpin fell off, let me go look for it!"

Grandma Zhao turned around and was about to leave, but Feng Jiahe grabbed her sleeve and said, "Why are you leaving? If we leave, who will support Sister Huixin? Come, go and invite Princess Jiayi."

At this point, Feng Jiahe knew that Concubine Qiao obviously did not want Princess Nanyang to marry Xiao Zhen, so she threw Princess Huixin into the mix.

As to why this happened, Feng Jiahe didn't know.

But she knew that no matter how dissatisfied she was with Concubine Qiao, they were a family that shared honor and disgrace.

Their goal is the same, which is to let the third prince inherit the throne.

So now, Feng Jiahe and Nanny Ding are standing together, facing the outside world in unison. They must lock Xiao Zhen and Princess Huixin up again and again!

Hearing this, a maid ran quickly towards the entrance of the bamboo forest, but after only a few steps, she was stopped by two secret guards who appeared out of nowhere.

Feng Jiahe was surprised. There were secret guards here?

Not only Feng Jiahe was surprised, but also Aunt Ding. They clearly didn't see anyone when they just came in. What was going on?

Princess Huixin, who was in the house, was unaware of the changes outside. Seeing so many people coming, she breathed a sigh of relief.

She looked at Xiao Zhen with eyes full of affection.

Xiao Zhen was too lazy to look at her. By this time, Fan Qiujun should be here too.

Besides, if his mother came, it would definitely alarm Zhao Shiqing, and he didn't want Zhao Shiqing to know that he and Princess Huixin were "caught in an affair"!

The fat guy with gossip in his eyes...Me, and me, you forgot about me!

Zhao Shiqing came to the banquet without bringing the cat, and these two guys were unwilling to accept this, so they followed her quietly.

When the emperor entered the garden, he did so unnoticed, but he did not escape the eyes of the two cats.

Big Fat quite liked the Emperor, but Little Demon was annoyed with the old man, so the two cats had a falling out over the Emperor. Little Demon went out to play by himself, and Big Fat followed the Emperor to the bamboo forest.

Big Fat never dreamed that he would witness such a big show.

It’s still Xiao Zhen’s big show.

The cat's life is perfect. Just this one thing is enough to brag about for half a year.

Xiao Yao didn’t see it, Xiao Guai didn’t see it, and those two stinky dogs didn’t see it either.

Xiao Zhen never thought that he was holding a bomb now!

Xiao Zhen just wanted to make a quick decision. He was about to speak when Princess Huixin suddenly lowered her voice and said, "I didn't expect the Third Prince's wife and Grandma Zhao to be here too. Cousin, you don't want the Third Prince to know that Zhao Yuan has been living in the Princess's residence. Although some people say that Xiao Yue ran away due to debts, I think this is all a deception. How could Aunt Jiayi bear to let him go? Zhao Yuan must be hidden by you, right? If the Third Prince knew, it would quickly reach the ears of His Majesty. Cousin, Aunt Jiayi loves Zhao Yuan so much, she definitely wouldn't want that, right?"

Xiao Zhen looked at her with disdain, as if she were a poisonous snake: "Zhao Yuan is your biological brother, how can you bear to watch him die?"

Princess Huixin's cheek twitched, and her voice lowered even more. "A biological brother? My mother only gave birth to my sister and me. When we were little, she always scolded us, asking why we weren't male offspring. Zhao Yuan and my sister were both chosen from concubines, but Empress Meng treated him like her own son, cherishing him like a treasure. And as for me, Empress Meng won't even look at me. How can I feel sorry for such a biological brother?"

Two lines of tears burst out of her eyes, and Princess Huixin cried like a pear blossom in the rain.

Xiao Zhen remained unmoved. "Why doesn't Queen Meng like you? Have you forgotten how you pushed Concubine Lu? Concubine Lu was eight months pregnant at the time, but because of that push, the child died at birth. Don't you remember?"

After saying this, he stopped looking at Princess Huixin's tearful face and turned to look into the room inside, saying loudly, "Have you seen enough? Why don't you come out!"

Xiao Zhen's voice was so loud that Feng Jiahe also heard it. She couldn't help but stretch her neck. Is there someone else here?

Nanny Ding was also shocked. How could it be possible? It was clearly converted into Magnolia Pavilion this year, and this place was vacant.

But soon, they saw two people, a handsome boy rubbing his nose with an embarrassed look on his face, and an old man following behind with an annoyed look on his face.

The handsome young man was dressed like a nobleman, but the old man was wearing a coarse Taoist robe. I don't know which Taoist temple he was from.

Feng Jiahe was stunned. Who are these two people?

They seem familiar, especially that young man!

Such a beautiful boy...

She suddenly thought of someone!

Zhao Guanyue!

That day, the retired emperor came to Beijing, and she followed the third prince to the outside of the city to welcome him. Although they only met once, Zhao Guanyue's appearance was so outstanding that it was hard for her not to remember him.

Now that he recognized Zhao Guanyue, the poor old Taoist following behind Zhao Guanyue...

Clothes make the man, and the emperor who changed into a tattered Taoist robe is Zhao Xingzhou!

But once she recognized Zhao Guanyue, Feng Jiahe also recognized the emperor.

She lifted her skirt and knelt down: "Granddaughter-in-law pays homage to the Royal Grandfather, may the Royal Grandfather be blessed with good health and happiness!"

Grandma Zhao didn't know Zhao Guanyue, let alone the emperor. Her head was a mess. When she saw Feng Jiahe kneeling, she subconsciously knelt down as well.

But Princess Huixin in the room was frozen in place.

There was actually someone else in the room. It wasn't just her and Xiao Zhen in the room!

There are two living people inside, how can they be considered a single man and a single woman?

Wasn’t Nanny Ding sent by Concubine Qiao to help her?

How come you can't even do this little thing?

If she knew there was someone else in the room, she would never come in, let alone say those words to Xiao Zhen!