Shang Chen raised his eyebrows and smiled, "My cousin has been away for several months, I miss him very much."

A faint smile appeared on Huangfu Lingao's cold face: "Cousin, you must be missing the fine wine under the plum tree in the Crown Prince's Mansion."

"Brother Prince...Brother Prince...you are finally back..." Huangfu Lingao and Shang Chen happened to meet Huangfu Lingmeng, Qiqing and Zhou Nian who were returning home at the gate of the Prince's Mansion.

"Cousin Chen..." Seeing Shang Chen looking at her with a smile on his face, Huangfu Lingmeng shyly hesitated for a few seconds, her cheeks flushed.

"Speak nicely. It's not like you to act like this." Huangfu Lingmeng stomped his feet in anger after being ruthlessly exposed by his brother, the emperor, and pounced on Huangfu Lingao, hitting him twice.

Then he thought of the people standing beside him, and felt even more embarrassed and angry.

"Zhou Nian greets His Highness Chen." Zhou Nian stepped forward and saluted Shang Chen.

"No need to be so polite. Zhou Nian, are you accompanying Meng'er out? This is..." Every time Huangfu Lingmeng couldn't catch Huangfu Lingao, he would drag Zhou Nian and Po Sha to accompany him.

But Posha Lengmo rarely agrees, so Zhou Nian accompanies him most of the time, so Shang Chen is not surprised at all.

I think the little princess heard that Huangfu Lingao had returned, so she went to the Prince's Mansion to block him, but missed him because Huangfu Lingao went into the palace, so she took Zhou Nian with her.

But... Shang Chen looked at the girl he had never seen before and asked in confusion.

"This is my Seven Emotions Imperial Sister-in-law..."

“Cough… cough…”

Huangfu Lingmeng spoke first, but the words were so startling that Shang Chen… oh? He looked at Huangfu Lingao playfully.

"Seven Emotions...Empress Sister-in-law...ah?"

The air around them seemed to freeze instantly, and Huangfu Lingao's eagle eyes, like blades, passed dangerously across Huangfu Lingao and fell on Zhou Nian.

Zhou Nian covered his face with one hand and took two steps back, rubbing against Po Sha's back. Po Sha narrowed his eyes and dodged directly. Zhou Nian had no choice but to bite the bullet and explain: "If I say this, Your Highness, will you believe it?"

"So, you didn't know anything about this Miss Qiqing and yet you brought her back to the Prince's Mansion?" Shang Chen said in surprise after hearing Huangfu Lingao's words.

Huangfu Lingao shrugged, as if he didn't care at all.

"Your Highness, in the evening, I asked Butler Zhou to take your name card and invite an imperial physician to check on Miss Qiqing. The imperial physician said that apart from being a little malnourished, there is nothing wrong with Miss Qiqing," Zhou Nian reported to Huangfu Lingao.

"Malnutrition?" Huangfu Lingao was a little confused. When he held Qiqing's hand, he could clearly see that her pulse was strong, which did not seem like malnutrition.

Shang Chen thought about the girl he had just seen at the gate of the Prince's Mansion. Her face was indeed a little too pale. He didn't know what she had experienced before that caused her to be malnourished.

Zhou Nian thought, no wonder Miss Qiqing can eat so much.

Shang Chen said: "It's better to ask the imperial physician to prescribe some supplements and slowly recuperate."

Zhou Nian looked at his own prince, and without any dissatisfaction, he replied: "Yes, it is indeed necessary to replenish it."

Shang Chen didn't dwell on Qi Qing's affairs, and asked with concern: "What do you think about the concubine selection ceremony? Have you thought about which girl to choose?"

A figure in red flashed through Huangfu Lingao's mind, and he said irritably, "No..."

Shang Chen shook his head and said nothing more. It was difficult for a royal family member, even one as noble as Huangfu Lingao, to do whatever he wanted.

Qiqing hugged herself and sat on the bed, staring blankly at the faint red light in the palm of her hand that appeared and disappeared from time to time.

"Sister-in-law Qiqing...are you awake yet?" Yesterday, due to Huangfu Lingmeng's insistence, Huangfu Lingao hadn't sent anyone back to the Princess's residence. Instead, she had stayed at the Crown Prince's residence. So, he came looking for Qiqing so early this morning.

"Hey, Empress Qiqing, are you up early? Or did you not sleep all night?"

Huangfu Lingmeng looked at Qiqing sitting on the bed with her arms around him. The bedding was not spread out, and asked curiously.

Qi Qing sat up, smiled at Huangfu Lingmeng and said, "I'm not sleepy."

Huangfu Lingmeng simply assumed Qiqing wasn't adapting to the new environment, and didn't dwell on the issue of sleep. He dragged Qiqing outside, saying, "Hurry up, wash up first. I'll wait for you outside. I'll have my brother take us to the largest restaurant in the imperial capital for breakfast."

Qi Qing nodded obediently and said, "Hmm..."

Huangfu Lingmeng had a fairy-like, pure appearance, but was incredibly well-behaved. Qiqingmeng's heart trembled, and he covered his chest and said, "Alas, Qiqing, why are you so well-behaved? I really like you so much. My brother is really lucky."

Qiqing didn't quite understand what Huangfu Lingmeng meant, but she could feel Huangfu Lingmeng's kindness, so she was willing to get close to him.

"Brother, let's go to Qingyu Tower for breakfast..."

When Huangfu Lingmeng came to the main hall holding Qiqing's hand, they happened to meet the three concubines Meng Shuixian, Du Shuangshuang, and Li Bingying in the hall, and of course Shang Chen who did not go home yesterday.

As soon as Huangfu Lingmeng saw the three concubines, especially Meng Shuixian, who was deliberately wearing seductive clothes today, he was furious and snorted, "Why are they here too?"

Shang Chen said with some amusement: "Meng'er, these three are the concubines chosen by His Majesty for my cousin."

Huangfu Lingmeng naturally knew this, but she only liked Qiqing to be her sister-in-law. Huangfu Lingmeng pulled Qiqing forward and said again, "Brother, please take Qiqing and me to Qingyu Tower for a meal. I haven't had breakfast yet!"

Qiqing also looked at Huangfu Lingao eagerly. Huangfu Lingao suddenly remembered what Zhou Nian reported yesterday, that the imperial physician said Qiqing was malnourished.

Before she could speak, Meng Shuixian said, "Your Highness, Shuangshuang, Bingying and I also want to go. Would you please take us with you?"

Meng Shuixian was originally extremely beautiful. Although she was different from Qiqing's pure and flawless beauty, she was also as beautiful as a lotus. Her deliberate cuteness was just right, making people feel pity for her.

Although Du Shuangshuang and Li Bingying didn't say anything, it was obvious that they wanted to go together.

Huangfu Lingao thought for a moment and said, "Let's all go together."

Meng Shuixian said happily and quickly: "Thank you, Your Highness"

Huangfu Lingmeng snorted in anger and said in a pretentious manner, "Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

This caused Shang Chen to laugh out loud, and Huangfu Lingmeng suddenly felt extremely embarrassed.

Meng Shuixian's pretty face darkened and she looked at Huangfu Lingao with some grievance, but unfortunately Huangfu Lingao didn't notice.

Du Shuangshuang and Li Bingying glanced at each other and bowed to Huangfu Lingao, saying, "Thank you, Your Highness."

Qiqing then said sweetly: "Thank you, Huangfu Lingao."