The First Empress and Her Three Husbands and Four Concubines Chapter 22 Those Three Words

  I finished speaking, and Xiao Jiu looked at me with a hint of doubt. Then, he furrowed his brow in deep thought. After that, he shook his head: "I don't know." Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he lifted his face again, excitedly saying: "Could it be that I really don't know?"

  "Haha... no, it is..." I whispered in his ear again, and he was so surprised that his mouth opened wide. After finishing speaking, I patted him on the shoulder: "How about it? You guys don't often say it, but ordinary people do."

  Xiao Jiu lowered her eyelids, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly: "So... I was really wrong... the common people are..."

  "Little lord, are you done yet!" The strategist of the feathered tribe shouted loudly, "Are you afraid? Haha ha."

  "You're the ones who should be scared." I muttered under my breath, and gave them a disdainful look, but unfortunately it was blocked by Xiao Jiu's head, so they didn't catch it.

  Xiao Jiu turned around: "Here it comes!" He said and took big strides forward.

  I lifted my face and happened to see Yan Yu, he was looking at me, I smiled complacently, raised an eyebrow provocatively, overpowering him with momentum, a hint of worry flashed across his face, his gaze shifted to Xiao Jiu.

  She stood up, but it was a dizziness of golden stars. Having squatted for too long and lacking exercise, her brain temporarily suffered from insufficient blood supply, and her body swayed slightly before being firmly supported by someone. A familiar scent of sandalwood wafted into her nostrils: "Milady, be careful!"

  A familiar voice followed, and I immediately left his support, looking at Nan Gong Qiuyue in front of me. When did he come? Or has he been here all along? Then wasn't my conversation with Xiao Jiu...

  "Nangong Qiuye!" I lowered my face, and Nangong Qiuye seemed to realize that I was going to say something important, instantly becoming serious.

  "I'm asking you, did you hear my conversation with Xiao Jiu just now? Answer honestly!"

  Nangong Qiuyue's face showed confusion, then she shook her head seriously: "Qiuyue has been guarding her own duties and hasn't heard anything."

  "Who are you to question me? Are you also bringing filters?! If you want to listen, then listen; if not, then don't! My temper flared up instantly, "Be honest! Otherwise, go back and write a resignation letter!"

  Nangong Qiuyue's face sank: "Madam, I really didn't hear anything. At that time, I was still under the wall." He pointed with his hand, pointing to a row of guards standing ten meters behind the platform, under the palace wall. "I saw that you were unwell, Madam, so I came up."

  Ten meters... such a fast speed. That is to say, if he didn't intentionally eavesdrop, he really couldn't hear my conversation with Xiao Jiu. I looked at him suspiciously, and Nan Gong Qiuyue's expression turned solemn: "Madam no longer trusts Qiuyue, why?" He looked at me deeply, his eyes filled with a hint of urgency, as if there were thousands of words, but unable to enter my heart.

  "Don't think nonsense." I turned around, with my back to him, "I'm going to watch the game, we'll talk when I get home."

  Nangong Qiuyue, it's not that I don't trust you, but rather I can't trust you, because I am not Feng Qingya.

  Once, I was moved by your gentleness and composure, but you told me a cruel reality. You were just doing your duty, everything you did was to protect and take care of your master Feng Qingya. My own foolish emotions made me melancholic, and this melancholy could only be vented on you, Nan Gong Qiuye, bad luck for you.

  Xiao Jiu returned to his seat, raised the corner of his lips and said loudly: "May I ask Your Highness Wang Zi, what are the three words that are spoken the most in this world?"

  He paused for a moment, seemingly because this question was too simple and strange.

  Indeed, this topic is so simple, three words, and the answer is just three words.

  But his expression changed from strange to hesitant, this world has three words too many, which one is it? Hehe, cleverness was misled by cleverness, he must be unable to choose.

  He looked at me, and I continued to smile complacently. He furrowed his brow, suddenly, he smiled, still looking at me, because he saw me discussing with Xiao Jiu, must have guessed that this topic was mine.

  "This topic was raised by you, Madame Huguo." He stood with his hands behind him, standing in the sunlight, exceptionally handsome, and his deep eye sockets sparkled like a superstar on stage.

  I smiled and nodded, adjusting my sitting posture, propping up my cheek with one hand, and exchanging a flirtatious glance with him.

  "Those three words should be..." He deliberately paused, a gleam flashing in his eyes, "I, love, you."

  "Ah——" The girls among the common people all exclaimed in surprise, I changed from a smile to loud laughter, laughing so hard on my chair that I was bent forward and backward, with Niufei looking puzzled.

  "Hahaha... I suppose these three words are the most you've ever said, Your Highness?" As I watched him narrow his eyes, I continued to sit there nonchalantly, "I didn't think the prince would be so sentimental everywhere."

  "Pffft!" The civil and military officials all covered their faces with their sleeves and couldn't stop snickering.

  Xiao Jiu jumped off the chair: "Sorry!" He left a word in his mouth, otherwise according to his usual personality, he would definitely add two words "idiot".

  "Because of those three words, Yan Yu's eyes widened and he lowered his face: 'Madam, this answer is too far-fetched. How could Yan Yu not think that these are the most commonly spoken three words in the world? This emperor has never said them before.'"

  "Heh heh." I stopped smiling, "That's right, Your Highness has never said those three words 'I'm sorry', but the ones who say it the most are the common people. They are your farmers, your artisans, your soldiers, your servants, and so on. However, Your Highness, don't forget that in this land, who is it that lives here? It's the common people! They are everywhere, they are omnipresent! This world belongs to them, so naturally 'I'm sorry' becomes the three words most often spoken in this world, can you accept that?"

  The surroundings suddenly became silent, as if someone had stifled all breathing. "Tap." Jianyu took a step back, and the clear footsteps further accentuated the silence.

  I smiled faintly, the gentle breeze lifting my hair, and I said in a low voice: "It seems that victory has been decided, from today on, Sakoku will pay tribute to our dynasty for three years!"

  "Clang——" A bronze gong sounded on top of the imperial city.

  As I walked with Xiao Jiu on the way back to the palace, with no one else around, I couldn't help but tease: "This Xiao Jiu is really flirtatious."

  Xiao Jiu looked at me with confusion: "How did you know?"

  "Heh heh, all royal families are mostly not to be trifled with, or think they're above the world. Let alone saying 'sorry', how could 'I love you' be easily said? This Wei Yu can say it so easily, I suppose she usually says it to every girl she likes, what a flirt!"

  Xiao Jiu turned his head to the side, thought for a moment, and couldn't help but laugh: "You're right, I have over a hundred wives and concubines just like Niang Yu Guang."

  "My goodness!" Just as he wanted to continue talking about Yan Yu with Xiao Jiu, Xuan Yuan Yi Fei and Yan Yu's large group of people walked over in this direction.