I remained silent. My father carried me back to my seat from the side. I only heard an old minister in front of me praising the emperor, "The Third Prince's swordsmanship is as powerful as the wind and lightning. Although he is young, he has such accomplishments. I am amazed!"
The emperor in the hall laughed heartily, but I suddenly remembered that the woman had just mentioned "prince" and "displaying sword skills" and so on. Suddenly, my eyes lit up: The Third Prince, yes, his sword skills are like wind and lightning! So he is the Third Prince!
After the dinner, I specially confirmed it. I pinched my nose and shouted "Third Prince" in the crowd. Then I saw several princes turned around and our eyes met. Wasn't it the young man who killed the snake for me!
Before I could wave at him, my dad grabbed me and hugged me. He whispered, "Nonsense! Shut up!"
It was rare for my father to be so mean to me, so I immediately shut up, but my heart felt as sweet as honey.
But I didn't know that in the distance, the young man Song Yu, who turned around and patted the shoulder of the person in front of him, said: "Hey, brother! Just by dancing with a sword, some lady from a noble family will fall in love with you!"
Song Heng stopped and turned around and said, "Fifth brother, your swordsmanship is obviously very good, so why did you deliberately make a mistake in the hall?"
Song Yu touched his nose and said, "I'm happy to..."
*
The girl's thoughts are like the sprouts in the yard, growing day by day.
As I grow older, I will often think of the way he killed the snake for me, but I was in the palace and he was within the palace walls.
Was it just a fleeting glimpse and there is no connection anymore?
Until that day, I overheard my father and mother sighing, "With three palaces and six courtyards, Jiaojiao will definitely suffer injustice. I can't send her to the palace no matter what!"
"Yes, yes... Jiaojiao has been spoiled by us since she was little, but we never knew that people's hearts are so treacherous..."
I hesitated for a moment, then opened the door and looked at them and asked, "Why are you sending me to the palace?"
My father was stunned for a moment and quickly pulled me back: "Don't worry, Jiaojiao, I will definitely find a way to not send you in. But this time we are selecting wives and concubines for the Crown Prince, and His Majesty and the others are very concerned. Please let me think about it carefully..."
"Crown Prince..." I thought of the young man praised by the old minister in front of all the civil and military officials, and I felt a little excited: "Yes, is it the Third Prince?"
Dad looked at me in surprise and asked, "Jiaojiao knows?"
I immediately grabbed my father's hand and said, "Father! Father! My daughter is going to the palace! My daughter wants to go to the palace!"
*
Everyone said that the prince was as bright as a jade tree, and had both literary and military skills. The whole country of Songhua would be turned upside down in his hands in the future.
I certainly believed it. Seeing how easily and skillfully he carried the snake back then, I believed that he would be able to carry a bigger burden in the future.
I was extremely nervous the night he entered my room. I spent the whole day looking at my makeup and tidying up my clothes. I tried all the gold, silver, jade and gems, and asked the maid over and over again which one looked better.
When our eyes met, we were both speechless. Finally, he went to the study room on the pretext that he still had some documents to read, and just gently told me to go to bed early.
The room was filled with flickering candlelight and was extremely quiet.
The moment I saw him, I felt something empty inside me.
He is indeed handsome, indeed noble, but, but——
That doesn't look like the young man I've been thinking about day and night.
It turns out that time can really bring such big changes to people.
Or is it time that beautifies the boy in my heart?
The Three Palaces and Six Courtyards is definitely not a place I like.
One day, I was walking along the gravel road beside Taiqing Lake and saw a thin snake hissing and spitting out its tongue. The fear of childhood was deeply rooted, and I still screamed in fright.
Soon, a tree branch was seen easily clamping the thin snake, and then someone easily picked it up, and the thin snake fell into Taiqing Lake with a "plop".
The boy in my memory came alive again.
I looked at the man in front of me who was smiling with his eyebrows raised, and the empty space in my heart seemed to be filled with something in an instant.
"Greetings, Fifth Prince." The maid beside me bowed gently.
I was stunned, only to see him wave his hand and smile: "It's the emperor's sister-in-law, it's just a small snake, no need to panic."
Just like before, he turned around and left without saying anything more.
"Fifth Prince." I called out subconsciously.
He turned around and looked at me puzzledly: "What else does the emperor want?"
"Nothing, thank you."
Today is no longer the same as before. Even if I could call him, what else could I hold on to?
It was all a coincidence. It was my youthful ignorance that led to my life being ruined.
In the end, he only said:
"Royal sister-in-law."
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