The fact that Concubine Yu likes to steal things is a long story.
After listening to Xia Houshu's words, Qingrong immediately thought of Concubine Yu's tendency to follow others' influence, her cowardly face, and a look of disdain on her face.
She tried hard to suppress this disdain and tried her best to calmly narrate this past incident. Fang said: "After the death of Prince Zhaocheng, Empress Dowager Yang lingered on the bed for more than a year. She didn't even have the mind to manage the harem, and she often fought like crazy.
Cursing the palace people. After all, the late emperor was a man. Although he felt pain in his heart, he still had to think about the world. Especially when he saw the look of Empress Dowager Yang, he gradually became discouraged and favored Empress Dowager Yao. And Yao
The Queen Mother was also very lucky, and soon became pregnant with Princess Pingkang. At that time, there were rumors in the palace that the late emperor intended to depose the queen. Yu was worried that if the rumors came true, she would disappear into the palace clouds, so she took advantage of the late emperor's drunkenness to crawl away.
After getting on the dragon bed, Princess Jingyi was born."
"Empress Dowager Yang's condition went up and down. When she found out about this, she became furious and even vomited blood in her anger. But I don't know what I told her after that. Empress Dowager Yang not only saved their mother and daughter, but also made an exception.
She took the title of the Yu family and later personally raised Princess Jingyi." Qingrong continued, "However, the Yu family is not a contented person. She was afraid that Empress Dowager Yang would hold a grudge and leave her mother to keep her son, so she pretended to be Empress Dowager Yao's.
The late emperor went to see the late emperor in a pretentious manner, hoping to regain his favor and give birth to a prince to consolidate his position. So he thought that he had done a perfect job, but he was unexpectedly bumped into by the Empress Dowager Yao and scolded him bloodyly. After the late emperor found out the truth
Ye Longyan was furious and ordered her to be thrown into the cold palace. It was Empress Dowager Yao who stepped in to save her. After that, the Yu family stopped, and has been serving the Empress Dowager Yao as a lowly servant, never daring to come out to see anyone."
Xia Houshu finally understood. Princess Pingkang said that Concubine Yu liked to steal things. She didn't really steal anything, but she liked to steal people. However, this was a private matter between elders after all, so they couldn't say it directly.
, so I had to say that Concubine Yu had stolen something.
Qingrong thought for a while and then said: "Originally I didn't plan to tell you these palace secrets, but I was worried that you would get involved in the fight between the two princesses, so I told you. I also wanted to warn you.
Be sure to remember.”
Xia Houshu quickly nodded to show that he remembered.
Then Qingrong took her out of the kitchen and sent her to the Waguang Gate before going back.
For the next few days, Princess Jingyi claimed to be sick and did not come to school. Princess Pingkang did not continue to cause trouble for her after seeing Queen Mother Yao punish Xia Houshu. However, Princess Pingkang did not like reading very much.
She even pretended to be sick when it came to studying, pretended to have a stomachache, pretended to have a headache, and even used the excuse of toothache. Instead, her eyes lit up when she saw the sword in the hands of the guards, and she had to force them to lend her the sword in their hands.
Practice your hands.
The guards did not dare to offend her because she was the emperor's biological sister, so they had no choice but to comply.
Princess Pingkang held the long sword with both hands and swung it clumsily a few times, almost throwing the sword away, which frightened all the followers, but they did not dare to hide too far away.
This funny scene made Xia Houshu burst out laughing.
Princess Pingkang suppressed her blush, walked up to Xia Houshu angrily, and said angrily: "Why are you laughing! Is it possible that you can also dance a sword?"
Xia Houshu cleared his throat and finally suppressed his laughter before saying proudly: "Of course, don't forget that I am the daughter of the Duke of Yue! Do you know my family background?"
Princess Pingkang was not convinced, so she put the sword in her hand and ordered: "Then dance for me! If it's fake, you will look better!"
Xia Houshu looked at the sword in his hand. Although he didn't like the tone of her words, he had not touched the sword since he entered the palace. At this time, he was really a little nervous. She swung the sword a few times and was shocked.
Princess Kang was stunned and clapped her hands repeatedly.
Dancing a sword in front of Princess Pingkang was not a shameless thing. Xia Houshu soon found it boring and immediately put away the sword and returned it to the guard. He warned: "The sword has no eyes, so be careful when handling it."
If it hurts the eldest princess, she will definitely be blamed for her death."
The guard quickly put away his sword and thanked him with gratitude and admiration.
Just as Xiahou Shu was about to leave, he saw Princess Pingkang looking at her with admiration.
"I never thought you could dance with a sword!" Princess Pingkang was excited and admired. "It's simply superb. You are so amazing! It's a pity that you should accompany me to study with me!"
Xia Houshu shook his head, disapproving.
As the saying goes, there are people outside the world, and there is a world outside the world. Her martial arts skills are only average, and she can swing a sword a few times. However, what she said next is very suitable for her. Let her have a martial arts practitioner to study with her.
It is indeed a waste of talent.
But Xiahou Shu didn't expect that Princess Pingkang would invite her to dinner that afternoon.
Xia Houshu looked at the table full of game delicacies in disbelief, and then looked at Princess Pingkang. She had not eaten such good food for more than a month since she entered the palace, and she had been hungry more often.
Quite a few. What was Princess Pingkang’s intention in making this arrangement?
"Did you poison the food?" Xia Houshu asked suspiciously, "Tell me, do you want to poison me to death, or do you want to die with me?"
Princess Pingkang was looking at Xiahou Shu with a flattering look on her face. She couldn't help but pout when she heard this, and called out in a delicate voice, "Shur, why do you miss me so much?"
Xia Houshu felt a chill all over his body. No one had ever called her such an intimate name except a close relative. Hearing Princess Pingkang's name suddenly felt a bit overwhelming.
Xia Houshu stared at Princess Pingkang suspiciously, wondering if this proud princess had already found a way to deal with him? She knew that a head-on confrontation would not work, so she adopted a soft policy? Treating herself with such big fish and meat, isn't this the Hongmen Banquet?
"What tricks do you want to play again?" Xia Houshu said coldly.
Princess Pingkang personally sat down Xia Houshu, changed her face and said with infinite tenderness: "Look where you are thinking, how can I be such a narrow-minded person? Look, this is made by the best royal chef in the palace.
." Then he used chopsticks to put some vegetables into the white jade bowl in front of Xia Houshu, "You have a taste."
Xia Houshu still looked at Princess Pingkang suspiciously. What was her purpose? Did she think that inviting her to a meal would make her obediently submit?
She, Xia Houshu, is not such a spineless person!
Seeing that Xiahou Shu was unhappy, Princess Pingkang said hesitantly: "Shu'er, you have a broad mind and you will definitely not argue with me, right?"
Broad-minded? Xia Houshu looked at her chest and didn't think so. But if she wanted to apologize, she could consider it.
"Shu'er, you are very good at swordsmanship, please teach me too." Princess Pingkang turned around after saying this. For fear of losing her noble status as a princess, she said coyly, "Of course, if you don't agree, I will I won't blame you." But his ears stood up like a rabbit.
She finally gave in!
A sense of victory came over him, and Xia Houshu suddenly wanted to tease her, so he said: "Princess, I only said that I would accompany the princess to study, but I didn't say that I would teach you how to practice swordsmanship."
Princess Pingkang said: "Brother Huang asked you to come to the palace to study with me. Naturally, he wanted you to assist me. If you teach me martial arts, you are also helping me. Why do you need to be so clear-cut?"
Xia Houshu stared at her, secretly pondering her true plan.
Princess Pingkang thought she was hesitating, and then said: "If you are willing to teach me martial arts, I can give you all my favorite things." Then she pointed to her palace garden to show her sincerity, He continued, "Look at what you like in Yaoxueyuan, you can take it."
Xia Houshu also took a look inside the room. Such a magnificent palace was indeed a privilege for the people in the palace, but for someone like her who wanted to leave the palace, there was nothing special about it. And it was not like he hadn't seen it before. People who live in the world will sell themselves for a mere treasure.
"Princess, it's better to hire someone else." Xia Houshu said coldly.
"Humph! I know you are a petty person!" Princess Pingkang inherited her mother's unique skills and is also a master of face-changing. "It's a shame that I, the princess, entertain you so kindly!"
Xia Houshu quickly put down the chopsticks in his hands, thinking that it was a good thing that he didn't eat a bite of her food, otherwise he would have been too soft-spoken and short-handed.
Seeing her put down her chopsticks, Princess Pingkang looked even more sad and said, "You really don't want to teach me?"
Xia Houshu didn't want to make the newly eased relationship too tense, so he smiled and said: "Princess is of noble birth, it doesn't matter what kind of person you want as your master, right? I just learned some boxing and kicking skills from my master since I was a child. , I’m afraid I’m not qualified to teach the princess, so the princess should hire someone else.”
"Hypocrisy!" Princess Pingkang said angrily, "I hate hypocritical people like you the most! I don't want you to teach me!"
Xia Houshu was not afraid of her anger at all and went back to the side hall alone. He happened to see the maid from the dining room coming over with a food box. She took the food box and thanked her, then quickly opened it and took a look, although it was not as good as Ping Kang's. The dishes at the eldest princess's banquet were sumptuous, but after all, it felt more at ease to eat your own.
Probably for this reason, Princess Pingkang once again regarded Xiahou Shu as her enemy from that day on. She always put on a bad face every time she saw her. Even in front of Master Chen, she was too lazy to pretend. The next time she encountered provocation, Mr. Chen had a head as big as an ox, but he did not dare to stand up for justice, so he could only shake his head and sigh.
Xiahou Shu had no intention of competing with her. He only went to the palace to study with the princess. Since she didn't like studying, he had no choice but to chatter to her like Master Chen.
She was happy to entertain herself by saying as much as she could in the palace.
After school that day, she did not go to Yao Xueyuan as usual, but carried her bookcase out of the Waguang Gate. I heard that the begonias and camellias in the Imperial Garden were in bloom, and she wanted to take a breather. Otherwise, she would be there every day. Looking at Princess Pingkang's face, she couldn't be happy either.