Changle Palace.
"It's time to lock the palace gates. Go back and give my best wishes to my brother."
"Okay, aunt, nephew remembers it."
Shangguan Zhu came out of Changle Palace. He entered the palace under the pretext of meeting his aunt. Concubine Rong was the old Duke's sister. After meeting Concubine Rong, he sneaked into Zhongcui Palace. In this way, no one could say anything.
Half a cup of tea later, he entered Zhongcui Palace through a side door and saw the seriously injured Princess Huaian. He also took the opportunity to visit his ill-fated nephew.
Shangguan Zhu didn't plan to stay long. He put the medicine down, said a few greetings and was about to leave, but was stopped by Zhao Yao.
Zhao Yao looked at him with a somewhat uneasy look in her eyes. "Tingzhi, have you noticed any difference in Runlang recently?"
Shangguan Zhu pondered for a while and shook his head, "There's no difference..."
Zhao Yao shook her head, clearly unconvinced. She frowned and said, "I always feel... Runlang treats me..."
"Could it be that he and my sister have been together for a long time and have developed feelings for each other?"
"Or..." She touched her face. Perhaps remembering that she had no hair or ears now, her eyes instantly turned red. "Or is it that Runlang dislikes me because of my current appearance?"
Shangguan Zhu was surprised and asked, "Princess, why do you say that?"
Zhao Yao sniffled, "My sister made a serious mistake in front of the palace today, but Runlang not only didn't blame her, but he took the punishment for her..."
Shangguan Zhu's eyes froze for a moment, then he smiled faintly and comforted him, "Don't worry, Your Highness. Before something big is accomplished, you must put in some superficial efforts. I know your elder brother's true feelings best. From the beginning to the end, there is only Your Highness in your heart!"
After hearing Shangguan Zhu's words, Zhao Yao's uneasy mood calmed down a little.
Canqing's face looked better.
Zhao Yao concealed the dark light in her eyes, smiled, and said to Shangguan Zhu, "Then I'm relieved... Between him and me... I never asked him for anything. As long as he cares about the three of us, I'm content."
Shangguan Zhu suddenly remembered that not long ago, his elder brother abandoned Zhao Ziyin for Zhao Ying. If Princess Huaian knew about this, she would be heartbroken.
Shangguan Zhu sighed in his heart, but never said it out loud.
He then took his leave, "Your Highness, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave."
"I'll take you there!"
Zhao Yao sent Shangguan Zhu to the yard where the side door was located, then stood on the steps and watched Shangguan Zhu's back as he left.
The night is hazy and the moonlight is like dust.
Zhao Yao looked up at the bright moon in the sky and suddenly sneered.
According to the nanny who had watched her grow up, on her full moon day, the great master of Lingyin Temple said that she was as precious as the bright moon in the sky. Her mother was overjoyed to hear this, and her father also treated her differently, until...
Queen Xiaomin came in holding the one-year-old Zhao Ying.
The great wizard exclaimed in amazement when he saw Zhao Ying, praising her as the rising sun, radiant and brilliant... Then he heaped all the good words in his mind on her. Her father smiled so hard that he couldn't stop looking at her, and she no longer existed in his eyes.
She knew since she was a child that her sister was the blazing sun and she was just the waning moon.
This realization becomes more apparent as I get older.
Zhao Ying is prettier and smarter than her. She can easily grasp the same knowledge after reading it once and can apply it to other situations, but she can't do that.
The emperor's father often asked, "Why isn't Ying'er a boy?" Almost everyone knew how much the emperor wanted to entrust the throne to her. What a doting favor this would be... She couldn't even imagine it!
Later, even her mother hated her for not being as good as Zhao Ying and not having the favor of her father.
Her mother cursed Queen Xiaomin secretly, and she cursed Zhao Ying.
This hatred was innate and grew day by day, especially after she tried to get rid of her many times without success.
She pushed her into the water, and as she struggled on the shore, a big fat goldfish lifted her out...
She gave her rat poison, but suddenly a big bird came and snatched the cake from her hand...
She was extremely devastated. Could it be true that as the wizard said, Zhao Ying was really so blessed?
She doesn't believe it!
Sure enough, everything took a turn for the better when she was six years old.
Zhao Ying’s seventh birthday was another joyous banquet for the entire palace!
She heard Emperor Jianxi secretly promise Zhao Ying that when she reached the age of 15, he would grant amnesty to the entire country to celebrate her birthday.
She was so jealous that she was about to cry. She ran out of the palace and bumped into a boy in her panic.
The boy looked two or three years older than her. He was cool and handsome, with a very good appearance. Judging from his clothes, he must be the son of a noble family.
The boy was not angry even though he was bumped into. Instead, he helped her up, cupped his hands and saluted politely, "Greetings to Princess Huai'an!"
His voice is also very nice.
She looked at him secretly, forgetting her sadness, and asked, "How do you know I am Princess Huai'an?"
The boy smiled shyly and said, "I know."
That smile was clear and pure, like flowing water in a mountain stream.
After the boy finished speaking, he walked into the palace, and she was also carried by the nanny to change clothes and wash her face.
On the way back, she heard someone crying through a layer of flowers and trees.
The voice is very familiar.
She secretly ran over to take a look and found that it was the boy again.
The boy's face was pressed against an adult man's robe, and he was crying unjustly.
"Daddy, doesn't Princess Chengqian like my gift? Why doesn't she wear it? She will definitely look good in that hairpin."
The man soothed her gently, "The princess has so many gifts that she must have missed yours. Next time we'll give her something special... Can daddy help you ask the princess what she likes?"
"good!"
The boy burst into laughter after hearing this.
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