Upon entering, one should kowtow, bow, and offer blessings.
Staring at that slender figure, Ji Rong froze, suppressed emotions surging and clamoring in her heart. Her eyes reddened slightly, and she restrained herself, lowering her gaze and not daring to look any longer.
Yuzhi bowed down along with her mother. She vaguely remembered her memories after the age of three, and knew that her mother was the gentlest person in the world, so she was not afraid.
The silence was broken by a soft, sweet child's voice—
"Sister Yu, raise your head and let me see you."
These words were directed at Yu Zhi, who suddenly felt a pang of panic and involuntarily looked in the direction of the sound—
It's His Highness.
She looks so well-behaved...so pretty.
Yu Zhi blinked and unconsciously smiled at her.
As she saw the person clearly, Changyang also saw her clearly, especially that smile, which made her unable to sit still any longer and jump down from her seat.
"The ground is cold, Sister Zhizhi, get up quickly."
So Your Highness knows my name.
Yuzhi was helped up and sat down with her mother on the right side below the Empress.
Princess Changyang sat properly beside her mother, her eyes constantly glancing at her friends. She was looking at Yuzhi when she suddenly noticed that her older sister Zhizhi was also secretly looking at her, so she immediately straightened her back even more.
She sat up straight, and Yu Zhi looked down at her own posture and slowly adjusted it as well.
The children, both big and small, all had perfectly straight backs. Yan Xiu happened to see this and marveled at their childlike innocence.
It seems that Xi Xi really likes this Sister Zhizhi.
She felt relieved.
Meanwhile, Liu Boyan, ever since meeting Princess Yunzhang, seemed to answer the Empress's questions without error, but inwardly she felt utterly helpless and didn't know what to do.
After her husband passed away, she had been running away from him, but the last thing he did was break through the barrier between them, unlocking the deepest secrets and confusion in her heart.
So it turns out it was because she liked him.
It refers to liking between men and women.
She dared not look at the eldest princess.
The unspoken tensions between adults are beyond the children's comprehension. After finally getting through the ordeal and being allowed to leave by his mother, Ji Pingxi, holding the little wooden figure in one arm and clutching his friend's clothes in the other, found a spot by the window to whisper secrets.
"Do you remember this little wooden figure? You gave it to me!"
She looked intently into Yuzhi's eyes.
She discovered that her eyes were very beautiful.
It is curved, like a slender willow leaf.
At that time, Princess Changyang did not yet know what seduction was, and the girl Yuzhi had not yet grown into a mature "Jinghe Willow". Their innocent conversation unfolded in the spring breeze.
Yu Zhi nodded solemnly: "I remember!"
The little princess's eyes darted around, and she leaned closer to her in a sticky, affectionate way: "People usually call me 'Your Highness' or 'Changyang,' but I'll call you 'Sister Zhizhi,' and you can call me 'Xixi,' how about that?"
She had a babyish air about her.
Yu Zhi's eyebrows curved slightly: "Okay, Xi Xi."
Children's friendships always come quickly; they meet today and stroll hand in hand in the Imperial Garden tomorrow.
"Sister Zhizhi, I'm giving you my goat milk to drink. Drinking the milk will help you grow stronger!"
Her eyes were bright black, and the porcelain bowl she used to hold goat milk was carved with a lifelike white rabbit.
Unable to refuse the warm invitation, Yu Zhi accompanied her mother out for the first time to "socialize," used someone else's bowl for the first time, and drank goat's milk, which was only for children. Having been called "elder sister" by the little princess, she considered herself five years older than the princess and couldn't help but act with a bit of an elder sister's air.
Seeing her hesitate and refuse to drink, Ji Pingxi sadly lowered her eyes and asked, "You dislike me?"
"No!"
Yu Zhi finished drinking the fresh goat milk in the porcelain bowl in front of her. The goat milk had honey added and had been specially processed by the imperial chef to remove the goaty smell, so it tasted mellow and sweet.
"Is it delicious?" Princess Changyang asked with a beaming smile.
Yu Zhi smiled and put down the rabbit bowl: "Mmm!"
A friendship was forged over a bowl of milk.
Compared to the comfortable and warm atmosphere between the two of them, Liu Boyan was far less happy than her daughter.
You can't hide your feelings.
It is painful to hide your love for someone.
She sat there in agony, as fate issued an ultimatum, finally refusing to give her any more chance to escape.
Ji Rong mustered her courage and greeted her with a smile.
Liu Boyan opened her mouth.
"Sister Rong..."
...
The Empress became a great matchmaker for adults and children, but the Empress saw through it all and kept it to herself, concealing her merits and fame.
Princess Changyang now has an inseparable playmate. Yuzhi is five years older than her and has a gentle nature. After several years of ups and downs, she discovered that while others may speak sweetly to her, they secretly despise her for being a child without a father. Only when she is with the princess can she find a moment of freedom.
As a result, their relationship became even closer.
Spring goes and autumn comes, time flies like an arrow.
That year, Yu Zhi was ten years old, and Ji Pingxi was five years old.
Princess Changyang, who was showered with love and affection, was unsurprisingly spoiled by the Empress, and entered the mischievous age of being "hated by cats and dogs" ahead of time.
Chapter 106 Green Plum 5
"Your Highness! Your Highness, come down quickly! It's too dangerous!"
The maids and nannies of Yangchun Palace looked up at the little princess sitting in the tree, and in September, they were so anxious that their foreheads were covered in cold sweat.
On the thickest branch of the locust tree, which was as tall as five or six adults, Princess Changyang looked down at the people, saying nonchalantly, "Don't bother me, I want to enjoy the breeze and the scenery."
What kind of wind is blowing and what kind of scenery are you admiring? If you don't get down, you'll fall and hurt yourself!
The palace servants were sweating for her. The burly guards standing under the tree wanted to leap down and bring her down, but the little princess was stubborn and refused to move until she had enjoyed the view enough.
As the saying goes, "The higher you stand, the farther you can see." Taking advantage of the height of the tree, Ji Pingxi's two short legs swung leisurely. Her clear and bright eyes looked at Sister Zhizhi, who was carrying books and walking towards them not far away. With a thought, she looked at the palace servants who were anxiously pacing around below and said, "I'm going down now, catch me."
The head imperial guard stepped forward, and the others held their breath in unison.
This was the emperor and empress's beloved daughter. If anything were to happen to her, even the loss of everyone in Yangchun Palace would not be enough to quell the emperor's rage.
His Highness is five years old. He has changed from being well-behaved a few years ago to acting unpredictably and erratically. Not to mention, even the cats in the Empress's palace in Ganning Palace would avoid the little prince.
Half a month ago, His Highness finally caught the Empress's cat, but after only half a day in her hands, the orange cat's head was plucked bald!
They both loved and felt helpless towards the young prince.
The Empress is spoiling her child to the point of being overindulgent. Just look at his audacity! His Highness's audacity is simply beyond measure!
As soon as Ji Pingxi finished speaking, he jumped down from the tree, which was about six people tall. The head guard lifted himself off the ground and smoothly carried him back down.
Serving the young prince for so long really takes a lot of heart. Even now, Granny Song's heart is still pounding.
Fortunately, it took less than half a quarter of an hour from climbing the tree to coming down from the small hall before the news reached the ears of the Empress of Ganning Palace. Ji Pingxi was already standing firmly on this yellow earth.
Yan Xiu was so startled that she dropped the chess piece from her hand onto the board: "Why is she up there again?"
The maid who came to deliver the message looked distressed: "It was my fault for not watching carefully. His Highness went up there in the blink of an eye. Your Highness, please go and check on him!"
Before she could finish speaking, Yan Xiu got up and walked towards the palace gate.
"Oh dear, Your Highness!" Granny Song clutched her chest and checked Princess Changyang from head to toe to see if she had been scratched by the tree branches.
Ji Pingxi started learning martial arts at the age of three. Although she was young, she had a strong sense that a martial artist should not be spoiled. After enduring it for a while, she pushed away the nanny's hands that were rummaging through her body and said, "I'm fine."
You're alright, we were terrified! It's early September, if this happens a few more times we'll be meeting our maker sooner than expected!
"It's not as serious as you all make it out to be." She thought for a moment, then looked at Granny Song's pale face again and again, feeling a little guilty: "Alright, I won't climb trees anymore."
The people below were extremely grateful, almost to the point of calling him "ancestor".
Yu Zhi never expected that while the little princess was ordering her to fetch the books, she would climb the old locust tree again. When she found out, the innocent little princess smiled at her happily: "Sister Zhizhi, let's not talk about those annoying things anymore, how about we go fishing?"
fishing?
Yu Zhi glanced at her silently, thinking to herself, "You're not fishing, you're feeding the fish."
"Sister Zhizhi?"
Yu Zhi bent down to straighten her slightly disheveled collar, a trace of worry appearing between her brows: "Going to the water again, what if you fall in again?"
Last time, she was so scared she almost lost her life. She's timid and can't handle such intense stimulation.
"No, that was an accident last time. This time I've learned how to swim."
"no."
"I've really learned how to swim! Don't believe me? I'll show you!"
Seeing that she was heading towards Guangming Lake, Yu Zhi quickly grabbed her, showing the demeanor of an older sister: "It's autumn, you're still young, how can you easily get into the water?"
You don't believe me?
"It's not that I don't believe it..."
Ji Pingxi, suppressing his annoyance, said, "I'm sure I can swim better than you!"
That's not necessarily true.
Yu Zhi didn't say it aloud, but thought to herself: No matter how smart you are, you're still five years younger than me. You're as small as a bean sprout, but you have quite the big mouth.
"Anyway, you're just underestimating me." The little princess struggled awkwardly for a moment, but couldn't break free, and glared at her angrily.
Yu Zhi has always been gentle by nature. People with fiery tempers feel as if they're punching cotton when they meet someone like her.