Ximen Yourong looked at Dongling Yuanyong. Judging from his noble clothes and his facial features that were obviously similar to Dongling Yuanyong, it was not difficult for her to guess that he must be a member of the royal family!
Especially since he can swagger into the "Leng Yue Palace" where no one dares to approach, it shows that he also has privileges in the palace!
However, Ximen Yourong did not reveal what she had seen through. She just stood there and looked at Dongling Yuanhao's dirty clothes and said:
"Xiang Qing has rudely soiled the young master's fine clothes. I wonder if the young master is in serious trouble?"
Dongling Yuanhao lowered his head and looked at the hem of his clothes that were still dripping, and said indifferently:
"It's just a piece of clothing, just be dirty if it's dirty."
Ximen Yourong could feel that he really didn't care, so she stopped discussing it, but she took the initiative to ask:
"I wonder what you are doing here, young master?"
"I have nothing to do. It's just that my royal brother doesn't know how to show mercy to women. He sent you into the cold palace before this grand ceremony was held, so I came to "visit" you."
Dongling Yuanhao smiled openly and had a mischievous face, which made him not annoying even if his words were harsh.
Ximen Yourong felt this way at this moment, but the "imperial brother" in his mouth actually made Ximen Yourong guess his identity. She looked at Dongling Yuanhao and asked with a faint smile:
"How should I call you, Master?"
"I am Dongling Yuan Hao, the emperor's younger brother. They all call me Prince Hao."
Ximen Yourong smiled slightly, looking at Dongling Yuanhao's character like a big child, she could guess his purpose of being here.
He was probably curious about who she was, a person who should have been killed but was "lucky" to survive as a queen.
Regarding Dongling Yuanhao's thoughts, Ximen Yourong smiled and said nothing, but she invited without hesitation:
"Although this is a humble room, the visitor is a guest. If Prince Hao doesn't mind, please come in and have a cup of hot tea."
"OK."
Although he didn't know where the tea came from, Dongling Yuanhao still followed Ximen Yourong into the room with a smile. When he sat in front of the simple charcoal stove, he watched Ximen Yourong slowly lift the teapot on the stove and pour it for him.
While he was drinking a glass of hot water, he was still looking around.
Seeing that only the area where they were sitting had been roughly cleaned, looking around, it was just dirty and messy everywhere. He then looked at the baby lying next to Ximen Yourong, who was babbling from time to time.
He suddenly said sympathetically and bluntly:
"Sister-in-law, to be honest, the real cold palaces are much more "rich" than yours. I thought you were at best an "unlucky guy", but now it seems that "unlucky guy" is not suitable to describe your desolation."
From Dongling Yuanhao's point of view, it was miserable enough for Ximen Yourong, who was already a queen, to be settled in this desolate abandoned palace. As a result, she had to bring a baby who was waiting to be fed with nothing to eat or drink.
, no matter how you look at it, it will fend for itself.
Ximen Yourong listened to his tactless joke. She smiled and said nothing for a moment. On the other hand, Ximen Yourong, who was adding water to the teapot, curled her lips in dissatisfaction and couldn't help but interject:
"Prince Hao is really quick-tongued and speaks so openly that it makes people feel ashamed! You are here specifically to see my lady's jokes...!"
"Xiang Qing, don't be rude!" Ximen Yourong calmly stopped Xiang Qing from overstepping his bounds!
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. This girl is right. I was just here to watch the fun. However, I don't mean any harm, so don't worry."
Dongling Yuanhao smiled so much that he showed his white teeth. He naturally picked up the tea cup and took a sip of hot water. The taste turned out to be so sweet that he exclaimed:
"Hey, why is this water so sweet?"
Ximen Yourong raised his eyes and smiled:
"This is tea made from the pistils of fresh camellia flowers, so it has a sweet taste when you drink it."
"Fresh camellia?"
Dongling Yuanhao was surprised where the camellia came from in this abandoned palace covered with dead branches and hay, but he almost immediately thought of something. He looked at Ximen Yourong and guessed:
"Sister-in-law, are the camellias you mentioned picked from the apse?"
"That's right! Thanks to the camellias blooming on those tea trees, and relying on the nectar, not only did the two of us, the older one, and the younger one have a hard time, but we also have a surplus to entertain Prince Hao."
As Ximen Yourong said, she had already fed Ximen Ruozun a few spoonfuls of warm honey water.
Only then did Dongling Yuanhao figure out why the baby lying next to Ximen Yourong was so good. It turned out that he was full of nectar, otherwise he would have been so hungry that he would have cried loudly!
Thinking of all the arrangements that Dongling Yuanyong made to prevent Ximen Yourong from having an easy time, Ximen Yourong responded calmly and calmly, making it impossible for her to feel how miserable her situation was.
Dongling Yuanhao suddenly laughed out loud for a while and then said:
"Sister-in-law, do you know who planted the tea trees in the apse?"
"Of course I don't know."
"My imperial brother planted that when he was a child. I didn't expect that today he would try to embarrass you, but the tea tree he planted helped you. Isn't it interesting?"
Ximen Yourong was slightly surprised and said:
"At first glance, no one has set foot here for many years, and the place is secluded. Why would Your Majesty plant tea trees here?"
Dongling Yuanyong touched his chin and recalled:
"This place was originally called "Jade Tower Palace", and one of my imperial grandfather's concubines once lived here. We all called her Crazy Grandma, because she always seemed to be delirious. But she would wake up a lot as soon as she saw the emperor's brother, and she would be special
Happy. The emperor liked to eat the camellia cakes she made, so when I was young, he would take me here to play with the crazy grandma from time to time, and we would play for most of the day. Once, the crazy grandma was because of the old tree in her palace.
The tea trees were not going to live long and I was sad. So, the emperor personally planted those few tea trees in the back hall. But...!"
When Dongling Yuanhao said this, he paused unconsciously!
"Just what?"
Ximen Yourong subconsciously became curious. If when Dongling Yuanyong was a child, he could accompany a half-mad and half-sane old man with the dignity of a prince, and in order to appease the old man's sorrow, he personally planted tea trees for her, that would prove his character.
He is kind, he can see and tolerate the plight of others.
Dongling Yuanhao listened to Ximen Yourong's inquiry, his face became serious, and he said angrily:
"Just because of your father's cruelty, Queen Fuxuan was brutally killed, and the emperor's brother was forced to exile thousands of miles away. Because of this, the crazy grandma hanged herself here, so this palace has been abandoned for fifteen years."
Having said enough, Ximen Yourong remained silent. She actually wanted to say something, but she felt speechless!
For a moment, in addition to the crackling sound of the charcoal fire burning in the room, there was the sound of a baby amusing himself.
Dongling Yuanhao also frowned at the sudden awkward silence, then cleared his throat and said:
"Well, sister-in-law, don't blame my imperial brother for arranging for you to live here. To be honest, let alone my imperial brother, even I would like to kill you Ximen clan. If you Ximen clan hadn't been protected by our Dongling ancestors
, you and that child will lose their lives now, so even if you are "unlucky", it is still better than being dead."
I can't tell you what it feels like, but Dongling Yuanhao came to this "Leng Yue Palace" with the intention of watching jokes and having fun.
However, when he saw Ximen Yourong, he was not as disgusted with her as he imagined, and his disgust was not even that strong!
On the contrary, he quite liked Ximen Yourong's calm and quiet aura at this moment.