At 2:15 PM, the Crown Princess's exclusive carriage pulled by Xiangyun Ma returned to the East Palace.

The emperor Nalan Yunzhi's decree to confer titles on Hua Qingcheng's husbands has been conveyed to the East Palace today.

Mu Lige was conferred the title of the first-rank princess and lived in Lingkunyuan.

Situ Xuanye was granted the title of the third-rank princess consort and lived in Yuntai.

Han Yichen, Yu Xiaotian and Si Chengfeng were conferred as concubines of the fourth-rank princess, and lived in Bingquanxuan, Fanyin Pavilion and Yixiayuan respectively.

When Hua Qingcheng brought Situ Ye back to her bedroom, her husband and concubines were all gathered in the hall waiting for her.

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to Her Highness the Crown Princess. May Your Highness live a thousand years! A thousand years! A thousand thousand years!"

As soon as she stepped into the hall, Hua Qingcheng saw her husbands bowing to her. Hua Qingcheng hurried forward and helped them up one by one.

"Brother Li, Achen, Xiaotian, Afeng, why are you so polite to me?"

This scene made Hua Qingcheng suddenly feel that the husbands in front of her had become strangers. She still preferred the time when she was in Huaqiao Village, when every time she came back from going out, her husbands would surround her intimately.

"You guys step back first!"

"Yes, Masaru-kun."

Mu Lige waved away the palace maids around him and asked Shan You to guard the door of the hall.

"Brother Li, what happened?"

Hua Qingcheng pulled Mu Lige and let him sit at the top seat in the hall.

"Your Highness, your status is no longer the same as it was before. You can no longer behave as casually as you did in Huaqiao Village." Mu Lige suppressed his helplessness and spoke earnestly.

"Brother Li, is it possible that even you want to become estranged from me?" Hua Qingcheng let go of Mu Lige's hand and looked at him with a little hurt.

"Qingqing~"

"The Emperor has issued his decree today, conferring upon the five of us our titles. From now on, we will each reside in a separate courtyard. If...if you wish for someone to sleep with you, you may send for them, or simply go directly to the courtyard where you wish to stay."

"Brother Li~"

Hua Qingcheng brought a chair and sat directly in front of Mu Lige, holding his hands and looking into his eyes.

"Brother Li, I suddenly don't want to be a princess anymore." Hua Qingcheng smiled bitterly.

"Qingqing, I know you're used to a free and unfettered life, and you're not used to the constraints of life in the palace. It's just that there are many things we can't choose, such as our birth."

Mu Lige also felt sorry for Hua Qingcheng, but there was nothing he could do about it.

"Qingqing, from now on, you can no longer call yourself 'I' when talking to people of lower status than you. You must say 'this palace' or 'I'. And also..."

"Brother, Qingcheng just had a day of school and is already tired. Why don't you let her have dinner first and we can talk about the rest later?"

Thinking back to the East Palace, Hua Qingcheng seemed to be in a bad mood. Seeing that Mu Lige wanted to continue talking, Situ Ye spoke in time.

"Yes, big brother, Xiao Qingcheng should be hungry, let's go eat first."

Han Yichen's words immediately drew nods of agreement from Yu Xiaotian and Si Chengfeng.

"Forget it, let's have dinner first!" Mu Lige softened his heart a little.

It's not that he wants to be long-winded, but the harem is a treacherous place and there is no room for any wrong step.

Hua Qingcheng had just become the crown princess. No matter in the former court or the harem, countless eyes were staring at her, waiting to find her fault so that she could be brought to an irretrievable state.

As the Crown Princess's legitimate son, Mu Lige had the responsibility to support his wife. He had to protect the entire Eastern Palace, as they shared the same fate. Especially since he had just arrived, he didn't know if the palace servants were real or fake, or if they were spies or spies planted by someone else...

Everyone felt a little depressed during today's dinner.

At four o'clock in the evening, Hua Qingcheng, after bathing, went to the study to finish the homework assigned by the teacher. She finished the astrology homework in a few strokes and was now working on the character "德" (virtue) that Wen Siyin had punished her with.

"Qingcheng, are you still busy?"

Hua Qingcheng had just written the five characters "德" (virtue) when Situ Ye walked in.

"Xiao Qingcheng, did you have fun in the Imperial College today?" Situ Ye had just stepped in when Han Yichen climbed in from the window.

"The wife."

"Qingcheng."

Yu Xiaotian and Si Chengfeng also came to the study afterwards.

"Although I am a little tired now, if each of you kisses me, I will definitely be full of energy."

Hua Qingcheng glanced at the four handsome men and smiled slightly.

As she finished speaking, four kisses were placed on her left and right cheeks, forehead, and lips.

"Xiao Qingcheng, you are so pitiful! The teacher actually punished you to write 500 characters of 'virtue'. I will beat her up tomorrow!" Han Yichen waved his two fists seriously.

"Achen, stop making trouble. Tutor Wen came to teach me on the orders of our mother, the Queen. If you beat her, I'm afraid you will be in trouble too!" Hua Qingcheng scratched Han Yichen's nose, fearing that he would really go find Wen Siyin to put him in a sack.

"Qingcheng, if you keep writing like this, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep at night. Otherwise... the four of us will help you write together, so it will be faster." Situ Ye rubbed his chin and thought for a moment.

"Okay. But we have to imitate Qingcheng's handwriting more closely." Si Chengfeng's fox eyes rolled around.

"If my brother finds out, will he..." Yu Xiaotian said with a little worry.

"If you don't tell me, I won't tell you, my second brother and the fifth brother won't tell you, and Qingcheng won't tell you, then my eldest brother won't know." Han Yichen put his arm around Yu Xiaotian's shoulder and winked at him.

So, Situ Ye, Han Yichen, Yu Xiaotian and Si Chengfeng began to help Hua Qingcheng write. In order to prevent the teacher from recognizing it, they imitated the handwriting so well that even Hua Qingcheng herself could not tell the difference.

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