He was simply too adorable when he acted cute!
GongYimo couldn't help but want to laugh. She couldn't even hold it in. After a while, she managed to hold it in and protect the Royal Sister's authority. She snorted coldly and pouted.
"If there's a next time, I'll really ignore you!"
"There won't be a next time, I swear!"
Seeing Gong Dai's serious expression and his handsome face tense, GongYimo couldn't help but laugh. Although there were still tears in her eyes, Gong Dai was smart enough not to mention this.
The two of them made up again. This quarrel really came and went quickly …
When Gong Dai came out of GongYimo's room, he was slightly relieved. He didn't know why he couldn't control himself just now and showed that side of himself to the Royal Sister. He clearly … had always controlled himself very well, but now, he seemed to have lost control. Especially when he saw the Royal Sister being nice to others, he couldn't help it …
It was already so late. Gong Dai didn't expect that the old Princess Consort was still awake. When she saw him come out, she faintly leaned against the door and looked at him.
In order to hide GongYimo's identity, she had always said to others that she was the niece of the old Princess Consort's maternal family, so she was staying in her wing. Gong Dai was slightly stunned and smiled.
"Grandmother, it's so late. Why aren't you sleeping?"
Princess Consort Li Rushi forced a smile and glanced at GongYimo's room.
"I'm old and sleep less. When I heard some noise, I came out to take a look …"
Gong Dai saw that she didn't have a servant girl by her side, so he naturally wouldn't expose her lie. He smiled faintly and said, "Grandmother, do you have something to say to me?"
The princess consort hesitated for a while before nodding. "The snow tonight is beautiful. Your Highness wouldn't mind accompanying this old one for a walk in the plum garden behind the courtyard, right?"
Gong Dai narrowed his eyes and sized her up. He smiled faintly. "Allow grandson to get an umbrella."
Wang Fei nodded. She looked at Gong Dai's back as he calmly left and sighed.
After Gong Dai ordered someone to guard GongYimo, he took out an umbrella. His intuition told him that what his grandmother wanted to say could not be heard by GongYimo, so he asked someone to guard her.
Grandmother and granddaughter walked quietly like this. All the way to the Plum Garden, Wang Fei did not speak. Or rather, she was deep in thought about what to say.
She looked at her grandson, who was already much taller than her. On one hand, she was amazed by how outstanding he was. If her daughter was in heaven and saw such an outstanding son, she would be very gratified.
But on the other hand, he was worried.
She had long heard that her grandson was raised single-handedly by the princess. However, the princess had never been a mother and was the same age as His Highness. In the end … there were still some things that she had not noticed …
"What plans does Your Highness have for the future?" She opened her mouth and asked a seemingly unrelated question.
Gong Dai smiled. "Back to the capital."
Wang Fei was slightly surprised. "You're coming back?"
Gong Jue shook his head. "I'm afraid she won't be back for a while. I've made a meritorious service, and now I'm back alive. Previously, I was delayed because of Sister Gong's injury. Now that she's recovered, I think she'll return to the capital soon."
In fact, Gong Dai's original plan was to return to the capital after reporting on the completion of the mission. But GongYimo's injury changed his mind once again.
Wang Fei thought for a while. Her face was tense, revealing the wrinkles at the side of her mouth.
"In that case … why don't we let the princess stay in the West Province?"
As soon as her words fell, Gong Jue's eyes turned to look at her, causing the rest of her words to be stuck in her throat!
Seeing that he seemed to have frightened her, Gong Dai smiled again, but his smile was full of determination.
"Wherever I am, she will be there."
His words caused the woman to stop. She stood in the snow with a grave expression.
"In a few days, Your Highness will be thirteen years old, right?"
Gong Dai nodded. He hated himself for growing up too slowly.
Wang Fei paused, looked at him, and asked softly, "Then does Your Highness know that Dai Yu state's ancient teachings say that when a man is thirteen years old, he has to find a woman from an official's family and get married at fifteen?"
The smile on Gong Dai's face froze for a moment. He carefully looked at his grandmother, who had a grave expression on her face, and his heart trembled.
"That requires a mother …" Gong Dai smiled bitterly. "Moreover, it's not always like that. The Crown Prince … is almost eighteen years old now."
Thinking of the Crown Prince's awkward situation, Wang Fei shook her head. "His Highness was delayed before, but this time, the merit of building the canal is enough to secure his position in the Eastern Palace. Now that Her Majesty has been released, it won't be long before the Crown Prince gets married … and Your Highness …"
She was a little embarrassed, but she still said it.
"Now that your mother has passed away, this old bag of bones must find a woman for you. I wonder what kind of woman Your Highness likes?"
What kind of woman does he like?
Gong Dai immediately thought of GongYimo's various quick-witted looks and smiled slowly.
"Grandmother, you don't have to worry. A man's ambition is to travel far. Now that I'm not settled, I don't dare to marry someone else."
Not only did Wang Fei's words not comfort her, but she also frowned and said seriously.
"Your Highness must have read a lot of books and have a long-term vision. You don't care about these mundane things. Unfortunately, your grandmother's vision is shallow. I only read the necessary ethics, the Book of Poetry, the Three Principles, the Five Virtues, and the Precepts for Women …" Her words were very clear.
"So Your Highness, please go ahead with your career. Let this old one worry about the trivial matters of the inner courtyard for you …"
Did she already see through his love for Gong Yi Mo? Was this a violation of the moral code? Was this a violation of basic ethics?
Gong Dai narrowed his eyes. The coldness in his eyes was colder than the snowflakes. Wang Fei felt extremely uncomfortable under his gaze. She was even a little scared, but she still stood there resolutely.
Was it against morals? Unfortunately, what to do … It was too late …
Gong Dai smiled bitterly and shook his head. He retracted his cold aura and looked up at the sky. At this moment, he was dressed in black and stood in the snow. Beside him were plum blossoms. He really looked like a handsome young man who stood aloof from the world.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Wang Fei was nervous, but she didn't dare to rush him.
"Grandmother, do you know what books I read when I was enlightened?"
After a long time, he finally spoke. Wang Fei frowned. She didn't really want to discuss books with him. After thinking for a while, she still replied.
"But … the Thousand Character Classic? Wisdom and Wisdom? "
Gong Dai couldn't help but laugh and shake his head.
His Royal Sister didn't read those things. Not only did she not read those, she didn't even read the Precepts for Women, the Precepts for Women, and the Analects of Women. She did read them, but they were all relatively obscure books.
He looked behind Wang Fei and seemed to be able to see the lively girl sleeping soundly. The corners of his mouth curled up again. The inadvertent gentleness in his eyes was enough to melt the winter snow.
"The first book I read was the Book of Changes. It was profound and difficult to understand, but Royal Sister didn't know. She even helped me find some books that she thought were useful for me to learn by myself. If I didn't know the words, I would ask her. She didn't know how to teach children. Later on, she always said that … it was all thanks to my talent and intelligence …"
Speaking of this, he smiled faintly. His eyes were cold, but for some reason, they made people feel sweet. "Later on, I read a lot of books, including Han Feizi, Zhou Yu, Suanjing, Etiquette, and so on …"
His eyes suddenly locked onto the Princess Consort. That sudden look in his eyes was so sharp that it made the fifty-something-year-old Princess Consort's heart tremble.
"So, when I started to learn about ethics and saw Chang Tong, I was already eleven. But at that time …"
His smile was like a blooming plum blossom.
"But at that time, it was already too late."
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