It is said that Miss Rong Er left the palace crying that evening.

But Mrs. Rong went back with a grim face.

…

That night, Kunning Palace.

After Xia Zhengqi returned from the Imperial Garden, he stayed in Kunning Palace.

Originally, Xia Zhengqi was in a very good mood after finally finishing several days of overtime marking papers. However, a small incident caused by Miss Rong in the Imperial Garden made him a little unhappy.

Dinner was also bland.

"Your Majesty, I want to discuss an important matter with you."

After dinner, the queen pulled Xia Zhengqi into the inner room.

Xia Zhengqi's eyes were deep: "You say."

The Queen was silent for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, if I tell you something, please don't react too strongly."

Xia Zhengqi was a little confused, but still nodded.

What the Queen wanted to talk about was the marriage between the Crown Prince and Rong Chuyue.

Originally, she planned to wait until the imperial examination was over and Xia Zhengqi was relaxed before discussing it with him.

But, just today, this incident happened to Miss Rong Er.

The Queen was very worried that this incident would seriously lower the Rong family's impression in Xia Zhengqi's mind, so that he would not agree to the marriage between the Crown Prince and Rong Chuyue.

Why not just tell him tonight?

"What I want to talk about is the prince's marriage."

When Xia Zhengqi heard that it was the prince's marriage, he stopped scraping the tea foam with the cup lid.

"Cheng Wan now has someone he likes. The girl comes from a good family. Cheng Wan intends to marry her as the Crown Princess." The Queen said gently.

"Which family is the girl from?" Xia Zhengqi asked.

"She is... Rongpin's niece, the eldest daughter of Lord Rong, the Minister of Rites." The Queen said slowly, her eyes fixed on Xia Zhengqi's.

The moment the words fell, Xia Zhengqi was shocked and angry: "What!"

However, just as he shouted these two words, he remembered that the queen had agreed with him in advance not to let him get excited, so he suppressed his anger and lowered his tone.

"You mean, the girl Cheng Wan likes is the elder sister of Miss Rong Er who spoke today?" Xia Zhengqi confirmed with the Queen.

"Yes, they are half-sisters with the same father. The eldest Miss Rong is the legitimate daughter, and the second Miss Rong is the illegitimate daughter." The queen softened her voice.

Xia Zhengqi sighed, "Although they are not born from the same mother, the younger sister is so scheming and dissolute, how can the older sister be any better?"

The queen glanced outside the door and saw that her daughter was not there, so she sat down next to Xia Zhengqi and whispered, "The reason why I care so much about Cheng Wan's marriage is because our Miao'er said that Miss Rong is Cheng Wan's true love."

The queen told Xia Zhengqi the story that Xia Miaoyuan told about Rong Chuyue and the prince in the book.

After hearing this, Xia Zhengqi's frown relaxed.

He pondered for a moment, but when he recalled the scene in the imperial garden today, he still felt hesitant.

"Miao'er! Come here to your father and mother!" The queen simply called Xia Miaoyuan over.

"Miao'er, your mother wants to ask you, have you seen the eldest daughter of the Rong family, Rong Chuyue? What is your impression of her?" The queen asked while holding Xia Miaoyuan in her arms.

[Hmm? You're asking me about Rong Chuyue in front of my father. Are you discussing my prince brother's marriage?]

Thinking of this, Xia Miaoyuan said softly, "Sister Rong is a very good person. She is beautiful and kind-hearted. Miao'er likes her very much."

[This princess must flatter Sister Rong, otherwise Daddy will definitely look down on me because of that Rong Er.]

【It would be bad if I opposed my brother and sister Rong's marriage because of this.】

[No matter what, I must facilitate the Prince's relationship and redeem the regrets in the book.]

Xia Zhengqi was quite moved when he heard his daughter's thoughts.

Since my daughter is trying so hard to make this marriage happen, the girl must be good, right?

The Queen then asked, "How does she compare to her sister?"

Xia Miaoyuan said seriously: "That Miss Rong Er is not good, Miao'er doesn't like her!"

"When we were at the temple fair that day, Miss Rong asked Sister Rong to buy some snacks. Then she told Brother Crown Prince that she loved him and wanted to marry him."

Upon hearing this, the Emperor and Empress were both shocked and said in unison, "Is there such a thing?!"

The prince told the queen about his brother and sister's visit to the temple fair with the two sisters of the Rong family, but he did not mention the part where Rong Er tried to steal his own sister's girlfriend.

"Yes!" Xia Miaoyuan blinked her big eyes.

Rong Xinyue, you're such a scheming woman! You're truly wicked. To marry into a wealthy family, you've stolen your sister's boyfriend and even backstabbed your aunt. You're truly unscrupulous.

【Today I will expose you completely.】

"Brother Crown Prince told her that he loves Sister Rong and asked her to behave herself!"

The emperor and empress looked at each other in surprise, and then showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

Now they understood that the second daughter of the Rong family originally wanted to be the Crown Princess, but was rejected by the Crown Prince, so she turned to Emperor Mingxi.

The eldest daughter of the Rong family is really unlucky to have met such a scheming sister.

Xia Miaoyuan observed the expressions of the Emperor and Empress and continued, "Sister Rong is completely different. She has a pure and kind heart."

"Sister Rong didn't know the Crown Prince's identity at first, but the two of them already had feelings for each other at that time."

"At that time, I asked her to be Miao'er's sister-in-law, and she was willing."

"She is ten thousand times better than her sister. One is like the clouds in the sky, and the other is like mud under your feet."

"Hahaha!" The emperor and empress couldn't help laughing when they heard Xia Miaoyuan's metaphor.

"Our Miao'er knows the difference between heaven and earth! It seems that she is quite knowledgeable!" Xia Zhengqi said with a smile.

"But don't separate them. Put them together and they're as different as heaven and earth."

After Xia Zhengqi finished speaking, he looked at the Queen and said, "It seems that we need to hurry up and find a teacher for Miao'er to help her learn."

The queen responded to Xia Zhengqi with her eyes and nodded with a smile.

Xia Miaoyuan looked confused. "What? Aren't you talking about the Rong sisters? Aren't you talking about the Crown Prince's marriage? Why are you talking about my schooling?"

[I'm not even two years old yet, not even old enough to go to kindergarten. You're really going too far!]

"Miao'er wants Sister Rong to be her sister-in-law. When will you arrange a wedding for the Crown Prince?" Xia Miaoyuan quickly changed the subject.

"Sister Rong is beautiful and kind-hearted, and is the most suitable person to be the Crown Princess."

Although Xia Zhengqi knew that his daughter was deliberately changing the subject, he had to respond.

"Well... let's do this. Father and your mother will go to the Rong family first and see Rong Chuyue with their own eyes." Xia Zhengqi said.

The Queen agreed, "Your Majesty, this is a very good suggestion."

"Alright, alright. You guys go visit the Rong family, learn more about their family traditions, and learn more about Rong Chuyue's personality. Then you'll naturally want to marry her as the Crown Princess."

Xia Miaoyuan thought to himself and said, "When you go, Miao'er should go with you."

…

Three days later, Xia Zhengqi, the queen, the prince, and Xia Miaoyuan changed into ordinary people's clothes, drove a carriage, and went to Rong's house.