Faced with Zhao Yue'er's righteousness, Di Xin said with a smile but not a smile: "Even if I lied to you, so what? Do you think I need to explain to you?"
"Furthermore, your intrusion into the General's Mansion tonight is a capital crime. I think that by not pursuing you for what happened last time, you are already being merciful outside the law. If you want to test how good-tempered I am, you can try again unreasonably."
try?"
The vague arc at the corner of her mouth made Zhao Yue'er shiver, and the fear that had disappeared during the day surged out again.
She suddenly remembered that there were rumors that His Royal Highness Prince Yu's originally gentle temperament gradually became a little irritable because of the destruction of his foundation. According to the servants of the General's Mansion, there would be a sound of smashing in the study every now and then.
During the day, she was a little restrained because of Zhao Quanyou's presence. Now she quietly looked around and saw that the vases and porcelain seemed to be misplaced and revealed traces of the porcelain that had been stored for a long time.
Although Zhao Yue'er was a bit arrogant by nature, she was not a stupid person. After she felt that she had noticed the truth, she quietly took a step back and said in a low voice: "Gu... I have something else to do, I'll leave first."
At this time, Di Xin had some narrow-minded thoughts, and there was no chance that something unexpected would happen if he just let her go back, so he knocked on the table a few times, raised his eyebrows and said, "Did I let you go?"
A majestic emperor, even if he pretends to be serious, is not something a little girl can bear.
"Then...then what else can you do?"
After all, she is just a little girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, and she is still a spoiled kind. After losing the confidence to be arrogant and domineering, she revealed the original weakness of a little girl.
Seeing tears in Zhao Yue'er's eyes, Di Xin suddenly felt that he was tens of thousands of years old, and it seemed a bit too much to tease such a little girl who was less than twenty years old.
The joking intention that had just arisen was gone, and he said helplessly: "Okay, I'm teasing you. I won't kill you, and I won't hold you captive. You can leave later if you want!"
Perhaps she was really frightened just now, Zhao Yue'er sobbed slightly and asked: "Really?"
"Really, I lied to you like a puppy."
"puff……"
Seeing Di Xin say such coaxing words to a child in a serious manner, Zhao Yuer burst into tears and laughed.
Emperor Xin asked Zeng Hongshen to capture Zhao Yue'er because he originally wanted to know why she broke into the general's mansion at night. Now that he basically understood it clearly, there was no reason to keep her.
After waving his hands casually, Di Xin said: "Okay, you can leave."
Hearing this, Zhao Yue'er immediately walked out of the study room, but after taking only two steps, she turned around and asked with a hint of hope: "I...can I come play with you again in the future?"
Di Xin shook his head: "No."
Zhao Yue'er still refused to give up: "Why?"
Di Xin said: "I am the general of Yanque Pass. I am very busy and have no time to play."
"All right."
After Zhao Yue'er said something, she stopped asking any more questions.
Seeing Zhao Yue'er lingering for a long time, unable to reach the door of the study, Di Xin finally couldn't bear it and asked: "Don't you have any other playmates? Why do you have to find me?"
"there is none left."
Zhao Yue'er stopped, lowered her head and said, "When I was a child, my father wanted to train me to be a well-educated and sensible lady, and invited many gentlemen to come to my home to teach me."
Maybe she held it in for too long, or maybe she knew this was her only chance to talk, so she didn't stop once she started talking: "My mother died early, and I didn't want to disappoint my father, so I tried my best to learn those etiquettes.
Learn how to walk, learn how to talk..."
"Later, when the elders praised me, even though my father didn't say anything, he would always smile happily afterwards."
Zhao Yue'er's face revealed the memory of the past: "I grew up in the capital, and naturally I had a few good playmates. At the beginning, I learned etiquette at home, but when I was in front of them, I felt at ease. But once
, I don’t know how the news about me climbing a tree with some boys reached my father’s ears.”
"Daddy didn't punish me, but that night, I saw my father looking very sad and heartbroken in front of my mother's spiritual place."
"That was also the first time I saw my father sad, so after that, I never behaved like this in front of others. Even when facing my best playmates, I learned the etiquette taught by those teachers.
Walk, talk..."
…
Listening to Zhao Yue'er recounting the past events and seeing her expression of sadness, Di Xin's eyes flashed with distress.
She has had to suppress her true nature in front of everyone since she was a child, and she has been suppressing it for more than ten years. This is so pitiful for a little girl.
Compared with this kind of depression, what makes her more painful is that in the past ten years, there has been no one who can shoulder the burden with her, even just to listen to it.
No wonder, no wonder she kept looking for him even after they met him once and didn't even exchange a few words; no wonder she still took the risk and forced her way in after knowing that he was His Royal Highness Prince Yu, a person that her father wanted to fawn over.
General's Mansion; no wonder she just ran into a chance to talk and couldn't stop talking...
She was so lonely that even when she saw a straw that could easily be pinched, she regarded it as a life-saving thing.
Zhao Yue'er's voice slowly dropped.
She seemed to finally realize what she had said, raised her head suddenly and said, "Yes...I'm sorry, I've finished speaking, and I'll leave now."
This angry look is nothing like the arrogant and domineering aunt from before!
After Di Xin sighed, he said, "If you want, you can come and play with me in the future."
Zhao Yue'er was about to leave when she stopped and looked at Di Xin again, her eyes filled with disbelief: "Son... Your Highness, what you just said is..."
She repeated Di Xin's words: "...I can come and play with you in the future."
"Did I hear you correctly?"
Seeing Zhao Yue'er who looked worried that he was hallucinating, Di Xin nodded: "You heard me right, what I said is indeed..."
After a pause, he said word for word.
"You can come and play with me later."
However, before the joy appeared on Zhao Yue'er's face, Di Xin changed his subject and said: "Of course, this is conditional. I will make a three-part agreement with you. If you can do it, you can come to play with me in the future.
"
"If you can't do it, you won't come here anymore."