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◎If others see her as a threat, doesn’t that mean…◎

Qin Bing was a man with a very bad temper. He dared not disobey anything except his father's words. He would get annoyed if anyone else nagged him for too long.

With his personality, Princess Deng of Prince Yong would not bother him unless necessary, and Qin Bing rarely had the opportunity to confront Aunt Wang. But today he and Meng Yao came to visit his third brother's nephew, but as soon as Aunt Wang arrived, the whole room was filled with Aunt Wang's excited and spitting voice, as if she were telling a story.

Okay, Aunt Wang is praising my sister, and my sister is really great, so he won’t come to spoil the fun.

When the third brother and his wife, and Meng Yao wanted to talk about something else, Aunt Wang was still talking non-stop, not giving others a chance to speak. Qin Bing continued to endure it for a while, thinking that after Aunt Wang finished speaking, she would finally shut up, right?

Then Meng Yao pinched his arm hard.

Qin Bing felt pain and stared at Meng Yao in disbelief. Love is love, but you can't pinch someone, right?

Meng Yao raised her left hand, pretending to hold a hairpin. As she turned sideways, she quietly winked at Deng and said in a voice only Qin Bing could hear, "Please take care of this. It's giving me a headache."

Qin Bing was already annoyed with Deng, and now that he knew his wife was also annoyed with her, he felt no need to endure it any longer. He interrupted Deng with a loud voice: "Alright, alright, Aunt Wang, have some tea to moisten your throat. I've been listening to you talk all day, and you didn't say you were tired. My ears are about to get calluses."

Prince Yong, who was standing by the living room window admiring the flowers with his hands behind his back, looked back and said self-deprecatingly, "Who said it wasn't true? My hearing hasn't been working well lately. I guess it's all because of your aunt's torture."

Deng said, "Just forget it. You usually leave early and come back late, and you don't know which concubine you're staying with. Today, thanks to Rui Ge'er, I've been able to see you a few more times. What does your deafness have to do with me?"

Prince Yong immediately went to see the flowers displayed by his third nephew.

Qin Liang tried to persuade his mother helplessly.

Yan Zhenzhen took the opportunity to wink at Qin Ren.

Qin Ren immediately called out to Uncle Wang, his elder and second brothers, and the others, "The feast is about to begin. Let's go to the front and entertain the guests."

There are many guests, both male and female, today, and now only the uncles and nephews are spending some time together alone.

Prince Yong smiled and put his arm around Qin Bing's shoulders: "Good nephew, go drink with your uncle!"

When it comes to drinking, Qin Bing can indeed drink with Uncle Wang.

Fu Ming and Zheng Ge'er also wanted to go to the men's side. Yongkang habitually told Fu Ming: "Zheng Ge'er is still young, so you should take care of him during the banquet. Don't let the children drink alcohol."

Twelve-year-old Fu Ming responded perfunctorily.

After the men left, the place became quiet. Deng saw that Yongkang's face was already ugly enough, and Lu Wenrong was forcing a smile. Both sisters-in-law Meng Yao and Yan Zhenzhen looked a little cautious. Only the little princess was playing with Rui'er's little hand in the cradle as if nothing had happened. Deng thought that the little princess was in high spirits recently and must like to hear her praise. How could she notice the embarrassment of the prince and his wife?

"Okay, let's go to the banquet too." Yan Zhenzhen handed the child to the wet nurse and made the decision.

The garden was full of flowers, and the banquet for the female guests was set there.

When the female guests gathered together, they always liked to talk about fashionable things. After congratulating the little one in Prince Xian's Mansion, the topic naturally fell on the little princess who was in the limelight without Deng's deliberate guidance. Due to their status, the female guests who came to the banquet either had books given by the emperor or had grabbed books from the bookstore early because of their well-informedness, so when they praised the books, they would also mention the good words and sentences in the travel notes.

Whether it was genuine praise, compliments, or simply using the travelogue to start a conversation, given the current atmosphere, Qingyang couldn't abruptly stop them.

Qingyang's mind was no longer on the banquet and social events.

She was thinking about the long-standing discord between Deng and her eldest sister, the insinuations that Deng made towards her eldest sister and even her eldest brother through her, the embarrassment of her eldest brother and sister-in-law, and the resentful look in Zheng'er's eyes.

resentment……

This seemed to be the first time that Qingyang was looked at with resentment.

As the emperor's daughter, the palace maids and eunuchs always looked at her with respect. Her three brothers always treated her like a younger sister. Even the second brother, who had the worst temper, would occasionally argue with her, but he would only get angry and never blame or hate her. The eldest sister had the shortest time with her, and while she might have envied her and felt jealous, she definitely didn't hate her.

The ministers would not hate her at all, and usually treated her with respect. Yan Xizheng and Nie Ao would at most oppose her entering and leaving the former court, but those were all official matters, and there was no personal grudge between them.

Two years ago, her nephew Fu Ming scolded her and glared at her, but Qingyang only saw childish arrogance and unreasonableness in Fu Ming's eyes. On the contrary, Zheng Ge'er, who was only six years old, went from disliking his aunt to resenting her.

Qingyang is a precocious child in the eyes of others. She will not take Zheng'er's hatred lightly just because he is young.

As an aunt, she could not help but care about Zheng Ge'er's hatred. As a court official, she could not ignore the hatred of the emperor's eldest grandson who was very likely to become the next crown prince.

Hate her for stealing big brother's limelight?

What about the eldest brother? Does he really not mind her current talent and reputation?

Before today, Qingyang had never thought about this problem, because she received too much brotherly love from her elder brother. Whenever her father praised her in the past, her elder brother was genuinely happy for her. Before the "Southern Tour Travels" was circulated among the people, her elder brother went to Jiuhua Palace to chat with her for more than half an hour, and all they talked about was the travel notes.

But she forgot that she and her elder brother were not only siblings, but also prince and princess.

History has proven that when a crown prince's reputation in the court and among the people is overshadowed by other princes, it is a danger in itself, whether he realizes it or not.

Perhaps, if she was not a princess, but a prince who was born to be one of the candidates for heir to the throne, my eldest brother or the people around him would have been wary of her a long time ago?

Qingyang picked up the tea bowl and looked at her face reflected in the small circle of water.

Because she had never coveted that position, she did not foresee in advance the threat that publishing the book might bring to her elder brother and the danger it might bring to herself?

So, if others see her as a threat, does that mean that she...

The tea swayed slightly, and the blurry face on the water turned into the father she was most familiar with.

She lacked experience and neglected these things. Did her father really not expect this, or...

"Hey, there's a small fly in your Highness's tea bowl. I'll go and change it for you."

Noticing that her little princess had been holding the tea bowl for too long and some people were looking at her, Fu Liu, who was accompanying her, took two steps forward in time and boldly took the tea bowl from the little princess's hand.

Qingyang came back to her senses. Before she even looked up, she smiled and said to her third sister-in-law who was looking at her, "It's okay, just change it."

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After the full moon banquet, Qingyang had no intention of staying in his brother and sister-in-law's house any longer, so he walked towards the main courtyard with Aunt Wang Deng, eldest sister Yongkang and second sister-in-law Meng Yao.

In the short time she spent out of the house, Qingyang watched Uncle Wang, Aunt Wang, eldest sister Fu Kui, and second brother Meng Yao get on the carriages of their respective houses. After she was helped into the carriage by Zhang Su who was guarding the carriage, when she turned around to say goodbye, Qingyang saw her third brother and sister-in-law standing side by side.

After she sat down in the carriage, it set off.

Fu Liu then got into the car and placed a silk pillow at one corner so that the little princess could lean on it comfortably.

Qingyang leaned forward subconsciously, and the reactions of his eldest sister and the three pairs of brothers and sisters-in-law when Deng provoked him reappeared in his mind.

The eldest sister has always regarded the eldest brother as the most important person, so naturally she would not be happy that the eldest brother was suppressed by her.

The second brother was simple-minded and probably didn't notice the undercurrent at the time. Meng Yao, like the third brother and his wife, was worried that a rift would appear between her and the eldest brother.

The third brother and his wife were cooperating with each other, the second sister-in-law also persuaded the second brother to cooperate, and the eldest sister-in-law was embarrassed with the eldest brother. As for the eldest sister, although Fu Kui did not come with her, the nephew and niece were guarding the eldest sister on both sides.

For the first time, Qingyang realized so clearly that his five brothers and sisters had really grown up and had their own families.

Qingyang suddenly lifted a corner of the curtain.

As soon as she saw Zhang Su riding a horse beside her to escort her back to the palace, Zhang Su turned his head to look at her.

Their eyes met, Qingyang didn't say anything, nor did he lower the curtain.

Zhang Su rode closer, his gaze lingering on the little princess's cheeks, which were still rosy as when he arrived, and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, are you feeling unwell?"

Qingyang smiled: "Why do you think so?"

Zhang Su saw unhappiness in the little princess' smile at this moment.

Before he could think of how to speak, he saw the little princess put away her insincere smile, lowered her eyelashes, and asked, "It is said that my reputation is well-known in the streets and alleys. What do you think about this?"

Zhang Su suddenly thought of the unnatural expressions of the Crown Prince, Crown Princess, the eldest princess and others when they came out, and he guessed what the little princess might have experienced during the banquet.

But that had nothing to do with his answer. Zhang Su said truthfully, "Your Highness cares about the people, so you deserve this honor."

During the nine months of the southern tour, the emperor took Concubine Li to travel around the mountains and rivers. Every day, the little princess was either dealing with officials or thinking about how to govern the mountains and rivers of Da Qi to benefit the people everywhere. Only in the morning and evening or on rainy days would she take advantage of the officials' rest to indulge in her own travel.

If one is virtuous, he will naturally attract fame; it is only a matter of time.

Qingyang smiled again, looked at him and said, "Now that we're engaged, you've become even better at coaxing people."

Zhang Su then lowered his eyes and said, "I speak from the bottom of my heart."

Qingyang could tell the difference and simply warned, "Sometimes when you become famous, you can get into a lot of trouble for no reason. You and your family should be careful recently."

Zhang Su: "Father has already taught you that Your Highness should take care of yourself and not worry about us."

Qingyang looked at the future prince consort on horseback and remembered that he was a general who had returned from the battlefield of Pyu State with military merits, and his father was the only famous general among the surrendered ministers who was granted the title of Duke. This really saved him a lot of worries.

Just as Qingyang was about to end this conversation, Zhang Su held up the curtain that was about to fall, looked at the surprised little princess and asked, "On your highness's birthday next month, can I bring a gift to the palace alone in my name?"

In previous years, he would ask the Third Prince to deliver the gifts. Now that the Third Prince has started a family, and he has the status of a future prince consort, he is qualified to give gifts to the princess.

Qingyang had been so busy lately that he almost forgot his birthday. He smiled and said, "Of course."

We have arrived at the palace gate.

When Zhang Su helped the little princess get off the car, the prince and his family of three also got off the car one after another.

Qingyang smiled at Zhang Su, turned around and walked to her brother and sister-in-law who were standing waiting for her.

Qin Hong really wanted to smile as naturally as his sister, but he was not sure if his sister would believe that he really didn't mind.

Lu Wenrong held Zheng Ge'er's shoulders and wanted him to walk between her and the little princess, but the six-year-old boy actually used all his strength to resist her.

【Author’s words】

Here they come, 100 little red envelopes, see you around 11pm for the second update~

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