"Brother, how are you?"
The girl was wearing a red tight-fitting outfit, smiling brightly, and looked very graceful.
Xiao Huaiyu talked to her with a smile. When he heard her teasing him about how he had grown taller and more handsome, he scolded her with a smile, "You have no respect for your elders." However, his hands behind his back were clenched so tightly that they turned white and trembled slightly.
Meng Xi had been away from home for many years, so her return to Beijing naturally meant to be with her parents and show her filial piety. She spent her lunch break with the old lady and grandmother, and in the afternoon she stayed by her mother's side, recounting the interesting stories she had seen in the frontier region over the years.
The lonely smoke in the desert, the camel caravan, the ruins of the ancient dynasty... The girl's eyes are bright, which shows that she really likes him.
Xiao Huaiyu often came to the Prime Minister's Mansion. In recent days, he rushed here without stopping after finishing court affairs. Whenever the girl talked about what she had seen and heard outside in these years, he looked at her profile with a smile and handed her a cup of tea from time to time.
When Xihe saw this, he shook his head and said: It's over, it's over, there's no hope.
However, there were too many things to do in the court, and even if Xiao Huaiyu sped up, he would always be busy until late at night.
Everything was quiet, except for the night watchmen and patrolling guards. All the princes, nobles and common people in the capital had fallen asleep. No matter how helpless he was, he could not go into the Prime Minister's Mansion to disturb Meng Xi.
However, as an emperor, he is not the kind of person who would put himself in a difficult position.
Xihe had just breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he had been so busy that he hadn't come to the mansion for the past few days. But the next day, she saw him deceiving Meng Xi at the pavilion in the middle of the lake.
The spring breeze brought warmth. She had good eyesight and hearing, and from afar she saw the emperor's brows and eyes filled with sorrow: "In this huge palace, I am the only one who is alone. It is really lonely and cold."
He is usually a serious and solemn person, but today he plays a pitiful role.
Xihe sneered in his heart, you little brat, are you coming to your senses and planning to take action?
"Ah! Brother, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Meng Xi screamed when she heard this.
Xiao Huaiyu was delighted, thinking that the little girl had guessed his thoughts.
"Father and mother have been worried about big brother's marriage for a long time. They have seen countless young ladies in Beijing. If we had known big brother was so anxious, we would have asked the Ministry of Rites to arrange your marriage long ago!" He stood up and pulled big brother up, "Come on, let's talk to mother!"
Xiao Huaiyu: ???
Xihe was stunned for a moment, then almost laughed out loud.
Is this what they call "one thing conquers another"? Even if the little rebel is scheming, he will be helpless against someone as stupid as Meng Xi.
Seeing that the two were talking in a chitchat manner and unable to communicate, Xihe was afraid that she would laugh out loud, so she hurriedly took the maid away from the lake. However, she didn't know what Xiao Huaiyu said to Meng Xi afterwards. After dinner, the little maid said that she would go to the palace to stay for a few days.
Xihe: “…”
He put down his chopsticks and looked at the tall young man who looked like a teenager.
Xiao Huaiyu's eyes curved and his face became kind and friendly: "Don't worry, mother, your son will take good care of Xian'er." As he spoke, he spontaneously picked up a piece of the little girl's favorite chicken wing with the chopsticks in his hand, with a natural expression.
Meng Xi didn't even raise her head and ate more happily.
Seeing this scene, Xihe's teeth ached, and he hurriedly said, "Go, go." Don't be an eyesore in front of him.
The eunuch was very efficient. As soon as dinner was over, Meng Xi had already packed up her things. As soon as they finished eating, the group drove away in a carriage.
According to Meng Xi, her elder brother still had memorials to read and couldn't delay too late.
Xihe looked at her husband, and they stared at each other in silence.
As soon as Meng Xing entered the palace, she felt the care of her elder brother. She could eat silks, delicious delicacies, and out-of-season fruits that others could hardly afford at a fortune. Her elder brother even opened a private storehouse for her to use.
She slept until she woke up naturally every day, and the palace maids found different ways to make her happy, and everything went to her satisfaction.
Every day after attending court, her eldest brother would come back to have dinner with her. If he was reviewing memorials, she could watch from the side, or she could take the palace maids to stroll around the imperial garden or the various palaces.
But in the entire palace, apart from the empress dowager and several unmarried princesses, there was only one master, Xiao Huaiyu.
She wandered around and found that some palaces were overgrown with grass. It was indeed as her elder brother had said, very desolate. Thinking of this, she felt more and more that she should find a sister-in-law for her elder brother.
"go back!"
She stopped wandering around and hurried back to the palace, holding up her skirt.
It was afternoon, and Xiao Huaiyu would usually be reading some books in the imperial study. Meng Ying excitedly went there, and before she even entered, she called out, "Brother, I have something to tell you..."
As soon as he stepped into the hall, he saw a woman lying on the bed beside his eldest brother, her clothes in disarray.
Meng Xian's eyes bulged out of her head in shock, and she instinctively turned and ran. At that moment, the emperor woke up and saw the little girl running away. He opened his mouth and shouted, "Xian..."
Suddenly he felt something was wrong and looked up at the shy and blushing face of the woman beside the couch.
Xiao Huaiyu's face darkened, and he kicked the man away, then turned over and chased after him.
The palace maids and eunuchs suddenly saw Miss Meng running out with her face covered. They were about to shout, but their own Majesty hurriedly chased after her: "Xi'er!"
The two of them were walking one in front and one behind, and judging from the direction they were heading, it should be Miss Meng's bedroom.
They were just debating whether to give chase when they heard a woman's cry of pain from the hall. When they went in, they saw that it was a disheveled palace maid.
Everyone's expression changed: Something terrible is happening!!
Meng Xian ran back to the hall, ignoring the nanny's surprised look, closed the door and crawled into the quilt.
She covered her face, her ears red as blood, wondering how she could be so unlucky to have encountered such a thing. Just as she was thinking this, she heard her eldest brother's voice coming from outside the door.
"Xier, are you in there? I have something to tell you."
Meng Xi was anxious: "I don't want it, go back!"
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