医师说小六的腿最快一个月好，可实际上十来天，小六已经可以拄着拐杖慢慢地走了。

The physicians said that Xiaoliu’s legs will heal in a month at the quickest, but Xiaoliu can already walk around in crutches after 10 days or so.

长相思第22章 眉间心上，无计相回避(1)

俊帝并不经常召见小六，三四日才见一次，每次见面话也非常少：“可喜欢饮酒？”“喜欢什么颜色？”“喜欢什么花草？”“喜欢……”

可是在华音殿内，他的旨意无处不在，只要小六说过喜欢的，必定会出现。有一次俊帝问小六“最喜欢什么”，小六无耻地回答“最喜欢钱，最好每天能躺在钱山上打滚”。第二日，小六起来时，就看到庭院内有一座钱山，不是珠宝，也不是玉石，就是实打实一枚枚的钱，堆积得像山一样高。

King of Haoling did not summon Xiaoliu often, once every 3-4 days, every time they meet, they don’t talk much either “Do you like to drink?” “What color do you like?” “What plants do you like?” “Like…”

But within the palace, the King’s edicts are everywhere. As long as Xiaoliu mentioned she liked it, they are bound to appear. There was once the King asked Xiaoliu ” What do you like best”, Xiaoliu shamelessly said ” I love money the most and if only I can tumble around on a mountain of money”
The next morning when she got up, there is a mountain of money, not gems, not jade, just piles of coins, piled like a mountain.

长相思第22章 眉间心上，无计相回避(1)

她喜欢太阳快落山时，拄着拐杖，在阳光下走，直到走出一身汗，她才会停下。

    十七会慢慢地跟在她身旁。

    小六继续她的絮叨：“男人们都喜欢美人无汗，可实际上无汗的美人最好不要娶。生活总会充满乱七八糟的事情，免不了气闷心烦，不愉快全都堵在了身体里。如果在明媚的阳光下，好好地快走一圈，美美地出上一通汗，那些堵在身体里的不愉快就都随着汗水发泄出来。身体通畅的女人才会心胸开阔，不会斤斤计较。就比如说我，我最近很心烦，可这么走了一通，心情就好了很多。”

    十七瞅了小六一眼，微笑着不说话。

Xiaoliu likes to walk around on crutches during evenings, walking about in the sunlight, only stopping after she sweat it all out.
Shiqi will follow her slowly by her side.

Xiaoliu continued her chattering : “Men like beauties to have no sweat, but actually its best not to marry beautiful women who don’t sweat at all. There is bound to be messy things in life, pent up frustrations are unavoidable, all the unhappiness are blocked in the body. Under the beautiful sunlight, walk a quick round, sweat all over, all the unhappiness will vent out with the sweat. A healthy woman will be open-minded and not be petty. Take me for example, I am very vexed lately, but after walking like this, I feel so much better now.”

Shiqi glanced at Xiaoliu, smiled without saying anything.

长相思第22章 眉间心上，无计相回避(1)

小六笑不出来了，心神全放在婢女刚才的话上。看似随意的一句话，实际透漏的信息很多。颛顼小小年纪被黄帝送到高辛，都说他是质子，黄帝以此向俊帝承诺，不会进攻高辛。两百多年来，他从没有回过轩辕，在众人眼中，看上去有轩辕王子的名头，可实际不过是寄人篱下的弃子。

Xiaoliu can’t smile anymore, she was focused on the words of the handmaiden. It seemed like a passing remark, but was very revealing. Cang Xuan had been sent to Haoling by the King of Xiyan at a young age, everyone called him a hostage and the King of Xiyan promised not to attack Haoling. For the past 200 over years, he has never returned to Xiyan, in everyone’s eyes, he is only a Xiyan Prince in name, in reality merely an abandoned child staying under another’s roof.

长相思第23章 眉间心上，无计相回避(2)

小六一直低着头，任凭侍女抽打，此时听到阿念的叫声，她身子轻轻地颤了一下，想抬头看，却又不敢看。这个女人虽不是王后，却是俊帝唯一的女人，整个天下几乎没有人见过她，都只是传闻俊帝藏娇，得她一人足矣。

Xiaoliu had her head lowered, allowing the maids to hit her without resistance; she heard Nian calling her mother and shuddered a little, torn between wanting to lift her head to have a look, yet she didn’t dare to. This woman may not be the Queen, but she is the King of Haoling’s only woman, almost nobody have ever seen her, and there were just rumors that the King was hiding a beauty, that she alone was enough.

长相思第23章 眉间心上，无计相回避(2)

阿念茫然又恐惧，隐约中预感到她的世界要不一样了，可又不明白为什么…

Nian is horrified and at a loss, she had a vague feeling that her world was about to change, but she can’t understand why…

长相思第23章 眉间心上，无计相回避(2)

俊帝先开了口：“你故意激阿念重责你，不就是想让我出现吗？我来了，你怎么不说话了？”

    小六故意激怒阿念，让阿念重重责打她，的确是想让俊帝来看到一切。小六怀着一种微妙复杂的心思，想看看俊帝的反应，看他究竟会帮谁，甚至她都准备好了嘲笑戏弄一切。可是，静安王妃的出现打乱了她的计划。

    这个曾经让小六一想起就伤心得吃不下饭的女人，小六曾想象了无数次她究竟哪里比娘好，可怎么也没有想到她竟然长得那么像娘，偏偏又穿了一袭青衣，猛然看去，完全就是娘。那些隐秘的愤愤不平和伤心难过都消失不见了，甚至她觉得愧疚不安。

The King spoke first “You deliberately angered Nian so she would punish you severely so that I will appear right? I am here, why won’t you speak now?”

Xiaoliu did provoke Nian on purpose, to get her to punish her, so that the King will see everything when he arrived. Xiaoliu had a convoluted idea, to see his reaction, to see who he will side with, she was even prepared to make fun of the entire situation. However, the arrival of consort Jing An upset her plan.

The woman who had once taken Xiaoliu’s appetite away every time she thought of her, who made Xiaoliu wonder countless times, just how she was better than her mother, but she never expected she would resemble her mother to this extent; dressed in green, that at a glance, it was exactly her mother. Those indignant feelings and hurt all disappeared, she even felt guilty and uneasy.

长相思第23章 眉间心上，无计相回避(2)

小六抱歉地看着十七，“我、我……”想解释，却又不知道如何开口。

    俊帝摇摇头，道：“他是涂山狐狸家的人，心眼比你多，就算刚开始没想到，后来也早猜到你的身份了。”

    小六苦笑，也是，俊帝和颛顼都不是好脾气的人，能让他们一再忍让，整个大荒也不过寥寥几个人。

Xiaoliu looked apologetically over at Shiqi ” I…..I….” she tried to explain but didn’t know how to begin.

Haoling King shook his head and said ” He is from the Tushan family, with a keener mind than you, even if he didn’t think of it at first, he has already guessed your identity later on.”

Xiaoliu gave a wry smile, that’s true, the King of Haoling and Cang Xuan are not good tempered people, there are very few in Da huang who can make both of them give in again and again.

长相思第23章 眉间心上，无计相回避(2)

俊帝慢悠悠地说：“我记得你和防风小怪的女儿有婚约，是我记错了吗？”

    十七额头冒汗，僵硬地回道：“没、有。”

    “是你没有婚约，还是我没有记错？”

    “是、是陛下没、没记错。”

    小六看不下去了，低声叫道：“爹！”

The King of Haoling said slowly “I remember you are engaged to Fangfeng Xiaoguai’s daughter, did I remember that wrong?”

Shiqi started sweating on his forehead, he stiffly replied ” N-no..”

“Do you mean you have no engagement or I didn’t remember that wrong?”

“Your Highness… did not remember that wrong.”

Xiaoliu can’t stand it any longer, she said in a low voice ” Father…”

长相思第23章 眉间心上，无计相回避(2)

十七沉默地坐下，也没生气，只是有些心事重重的样子。

Shiqi sat down in silence, not angry, just looking like he had alot on his mind.

长相思第23章 眉间心上，无计相回避(2)

隔了三百多年的漫长光阴，可也许因为血缘的奇妙，也许因为都把对方珍藏在心中，两人之间没有丝毫隔阂，依旧能毫不顾忌地开玩笑。

Seperated by a long time of 300 over years, but perhaps its the wonder of blood ties, or perhaps both had treasured each other in their hearts, there is no rift between them, and they can still joke without misgivings.

长相思第24章 眉间心上，无计相回避(3)

十七一直沉默，小六时不时看十七一眼。

    ……

    小六知道即使十七已经猜到她的身份，可猜到和亲眼证实是截然不同的，小六也明白十七并不希望她是俊帝的女儿、黄帝的外孙女，就如她也不希望他是四世家涂山氏的公子。可是，人唯独不能选择的就是自己的出生。

    小六对十七说：“你要有什么话想问就问，有什么话想说就说。”

    十七低声道：“其实，我知道不管你是谁，你都是你，可有些事情毕竟越来越复杂了。”

    小六挑眉，睨着十七，“怎么？你怕了？”

    十七微微笑着，“我一直都怕，有了念想自然会生忧虑，有了喜爱自然会生恐惧，如果不怕倒不正常。”

    晕黄灯光下的十七温暖、清透、平和，小六的心也温暖。

小六笑嗔：“听不懂你说什么。”

Shiqi has been very quiet. Xiaoliu glanced at him every now and then.

Xiaoliu knew that even if he had guessed her identity, but guessing and witnessing it is not the same. Xiaoliu understood that Shiqi did not wish that she is the daughter of the King of Haoling, the grand-daughter of the King of Xiyan, just like how she hoped he wasn’t the young master from the Tushan family. However, the only thing people can’t choose, is who they are born to.

Xiaoliu told Shiqi: ” If you have any questions or things to say, just go ahead and say it.”

Shiqi said in a low voice “I know no matter who you are now, you are still you. But things have become very complicated now.”

Xiaoliu asked with a raised brow ” Why? Are you scared now?”

Shiqi replied with a slight smile ” I have always been very scared. When affections arise, fears will naturally follow. Its not normal if there is no fear.”

Under the yellow lighting, Shiqi’s warmth, clarity and calmness, Xiaoliu’s heart also felt warm.

Xiaoliu said ” I don’t get it.”

长相思第24章 眉间心上，无计相回避(3)

十七心里想，只怕小夭小时候的容貌就是假的，如果她从一出生就是假的容貌，俊帝或者轩辕王姬必定用了大神通，或者借助某件神器，才能让完全没有灵气的婴儿有假容貌，还不被任何人识破，可是为什么呢？异常举动背后必定有秘密，他们应该是想保护小夭。

十七慢慢地说：“我也不知道，应该去问俊帝陛下，也许他知道。”

Shiqi thought to himself, perhaps Xiaoyao’s appearance at birth is already fake, if she was born with fake appearance, the Haoling King or the Xiyan Princess must have used some divine spell or artifact, in order to let a baby without any spiritual power to have fake appearance, and still remain undetected by others, but to what end? Such abnormal behavior is bound to be linked to secrets, their intention must be to protect Xiaoyao.

Shiqi said slowly ” I don’t know either. Should ask the King of Haoling, perhaps he would know.”

长相思第24章 眉间心上，无计相回避(3)

俊帝的手指点在桃花形状的胎记上，桃花胎记浮现出绯红的光芒，这是用两个人的血封印，也必须要两个人解开，“目前，我没有办法帮你取出。但爹和你保证，一定会帮你恢复真容。”

小六虽然迫不及待地想恢复真容，可也知道能让俊帝为难的事情必有原因，她反过来安慰俊帝，“没有关系，反正都这么多年了，再等等也没什么。”

    俊帝凝视了一会儿小六额间的桃花胎记，眼中有隐隐的哀伤。他展手抚过，把胎记隐去。

The King pointed his finger at the Peach Blossom birthmark, and it glowed with red light. This was a blood seal by two people, and needed both to undo it “Right now, I can’t help you take it out. However, I promise you, I’ll restore your true appearance.”

Xiaoliu maybe eager to regain her real appearance, but she also understood that the King must have his difficulties if he can’t do it right away. She in turn comforted him ” It’s alright, I’ve waited so many years anyway, I can wait a little longer.”

The King gazed a little longer at the birthmark, with sadness in his eyes. He hid the mark with a wave of his hand.

长相思第25章 惆怅有谁知(1)