Yun Yanze woke up from his sleep, he opened his eyes and looked at the quiet house: "Someone come."
"Your Highness." The eunuch walked to the bedside: "Are you awake?"
"Where's the princess?" He held the eunuch's hand and got off the bed. Every step he took was painful, but his upbringing did not allow him to do anything indecent, and he was not even allowed to frown.
"The princess..." The young eunuch hesitated and did not dare to speak.
"What's wrong?" Yun Yanze put on his outer robe: "Did someone make things difficult for her?"
"No." The eunuch explained, "Someone from Lanxu Palace just said a few words to the Princess. After she heard it, she looked unhappy and went to find His Royal Highness the Prince."
The people around her mother were looking for Cai Yao, why did she go to find Yun Duqing?
"I'll go and take a look."
"Your Highness, your injury has not healed yet, so you should not move around too much."
Yun Yanze coughed a few times and said, "It's okay. Fifth brother has a bad temper and I'm afraid Caiyao will be unhappy if she quarrels with him."
The young eunuch quickly helped him put on his clothes, and together with another eunuch, helped His Highness out of the courtyard. As soon as they reached the outside of Prince Chen's courtyard, they heard the voice of the Princess of the County.
"I won't leave until my fifth brother comes to see me."
The eunuchs lowered their heads hastily, not daring to look at Prince Qi's expression.
Yun Yanze looked at Sun Caiyao's back calmly and coughed slightly, "Caiyao."
"Your Highness?" Hearing Yun Yanze's voice, Sun Caiyao quickly came back to her senses, looking a little flustered: "Why are you here?"
Yun Yanze smiled slightly: "I woke up and saw that you were not in the room. I was worried that you were wronged, so I came out to check."
Sun Caiyao felt sad. His Highness came to see her specially because he was afraid that she might be wronged outside.
Although the Palace Ministry did not dare to deduct the prince's food and clothing expenses, after he was demoted from a prince to a prince, the palace servants always looked at him strangely. She was afraid that the prince would feel uncomfortable, so she always concealed it well.
"You are the prince, and I am the prince's consort. Who dares to let me suffer injustice?" Sun Caiyao walked to Yun Yanze's side and said softly, "Your wound has not healed yet, so you can't be exposed to the wind. Let's go back."
"Don't you want to see your fifth brother?" Yun Yanze pulled her up and said, "I'll take you there."
"It's okay. No need." Sun Caiyao shook her head, worried that His Highness would get anxious and angry after knowing about Concubine Ning, which would worsen the wound that hadn't healed yet: "Nothing is more important than Your Highness's rest."
"Really?" Yun Yanze smiled slightly: "Cai Yao is so nice to me."
"I am your highness's wife. If I don't treat you well, who should I treat well?" Sun Caiyao intertwined her fingers with Yun Yanze's, her eyes full of tenderness.
"Then let's go back." Yun Yanze glanced at the gate and saw a lamp swaying on the treetops. He stopped and asked, "What is that?"
"I heard from my fifth brother that it was a shark-shaped lantern." Sun Caiyao lowered her eyelids, "I heard that he prepared it specially for the Lord of Ming County."
"Cai Yao likes it too?" Yun Yanze looked at her.
"It's a waste of money, and it's useless except for looking good." Sun Caiyao took a look at the lamp and said, "I don't like it."
Yun Yanze smiled and said nothing.
"Your Highness, you are still smiling."
"I am laughing at you, but there is no smile on my face."
"I'm really getting angry and don't want to play with you."
"Hey, don't go." Prince Chen caught up with Jiuzhu who was walking out with her skirt lifted up: "Jiao Sha Deng, you don't want it anymore?"
Jiuzhu stopped and turned to look at the mermaid lamp in Prince Chen's hand without saying a word.
"Hmph!" She turned her head and looked at the sky.
"You are a little girl, why are you getting more and more irritable?" Prince Chen walked up to her, spread her palms, and put the lamp handle in her palms: "Hold it well, I will definitely not tease you again."
No wonder people always say that girls cannot be coaxed, the more you coax them, the worse their tempers become.
"I didn't." Jiuzhu held the lamp and lowered her head guiltily.
"Nothing?" Prince Chen asked her.
No... my temper is getting worse and worse.
It should be... no, right?
Jiuzhu carefully recalled the details of her interactions with His Highness, her head lowered lower, and she couldn't believe that she actually got angry over such a small matter.
No wonder the masters said that the capital city has bad feng shui. It seems to be true. Even her temper has become bad.
"Are you not angry anymore?" Prince Chen poked the little girl who lowered her head.
"I'm not angry." Jiuzhu kicked the ground lightly with her toes to hide her guilt.
"If you are not angry, smile at me. Otherwise, I won't believe it." Prince Chen bent down and looked Jiuzhu in the eye: "Come on, smile."
Jiuzhu looked at His Royal Highness Prince Chen who suddenly approached her, looking into his deep and beautiful eyes, with only one thought in her mind.
Your Highness has beautiful eyes and a beautiful nose. It seems like everything about him is beautiful.
"Ming Xiaozhu?"
"Um?"
"Are you in a daze again?" Prince Chen stretched out his finger and gently poked her forehead with it: "Come on, smile."
Jiuzhu raised the corners of her mouth and smiled obediently.
Prince Chen turned his head suddenly and said, "Oh my God, how could the Ming family raise such a stupid girl?"
It's so stupid that the only way to make people feel at ease is to put it in your pocket and keep it safe.
He took a deep breath and felt in his pocket: "Open your mouth."
Jiuzhu opened her mouth obediently, and there was a mint candy in her mouth.
"Mint is cool and will feel more comfortable if you hold it in your mouth." Prince Chen looked at Jiuzhu's hair with some regret. The flying fairy bun she had combed today was too delicate. It would not look good if it was messed up. Otherwise, he would like to rub her head.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Jiuzhu was happy again.
Prince Chen smiled secretly in his heart, knowing that this little girl was easy to coax.
He turned his head to look at the courtyard gate and frowned. How long has Yun Yanze been standing here?
What's wrong with him? He already has a princess, so why is he standing at the gate of his yard, peeking at what he is doing with his fiancée?
"Fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law." Prince Chen took a step forward and hid Jiuzhu behind him: "You two are standing here... enjoying the view?"
"Fifth brother, the scenery in your yard is pleasant. I accidentally looked at it a few more times. Please forgive me." Yun Yanze clenched his hands into empty fists, put them between his lips and coughed lightly.
He glanced at the bamboo-green corner of Yun Duqing's clothes that was exposed behind him, put down his hands, and chuckled softly.
Ever since Yun Duqing got engaged to Ming Jiuzhu, his reputation among the civil officials has not been so bad, and even his luck seems to have improved a lot.
The stories about overbearing princes circulating in the capital made many ordinary people believe them to be true. When they mentioned Prince Chen, they thought he was just like in the stories, with a generous personality, good at both civil and military affairs, and a beautiful girl who was infatuated with him.
"It's okay. I also think that the scenery of my yard is very nice." Prince Chen raised his eyebrows: "But Fourth Brother's wound has not healed yet, so it's better for you to go back early. After you recover from your injury, it won't be too late to enjoy it slowly."
"Thank you for your reminder, Fifth Brother. I will definitely take good care of my body." Yun Yanze smiled faintly: "Ming County Lord, when did you enter the palace?"
Sun Caiyao glanced sideways at Yun Yanze. Even though Ming Jiuzhu was different from what she had in her dream and was not with His Highness, His Highness always seemed to notice her.
"Your Highness, I entered the palace today." Jiuzhu leaned half of her body out from behind Prince Chen, bowed to Yun Yanze, and then retracted her body.
"Fourth brother." Prince Chen smiled but said, "You should go back to your own courtyard to recuperate."
"Goodbye." Yun Yanze held Sun Caiyao's hand and said, "Caiyao, let's go."
Sun Caiyao glanced at Prince Chen, then at Yun Yanze, but in the end she said nothing and left with Yun Yanze.
"Does Princess have anything to say?"
"It's not important to explain what is not said." Prince Chen looked at Jiuzhu's hand, moved his fingers, and finally put them back into his sleeve obediently.
"I asked the kitchen to prepare a dinner that is neither spicy nor hot. After dinner, I will take you back to Mingyue Palace." He handed the small bottle of medicine to Jiuzhu: "Don't forget to put a pill in your mouth before going to bed. The wound in your mouth will be healed tomorrow morning."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Jiuzhu held the medicine bottle, feeling more and more guilty.
Ming Jiuzhu, Ming Jiuzhu, His Royal Highness Prince Chen has even thought about what she will eat in the evening, and you are still angry with such a little fairy. Don’t you feel guilty?
After dinner at Zhangliu Palace, night had already fallen. Jiuzhu walked out the door and saw the lights on in the yard. She opened her mouth and exclaimed, "How beautiful."
"Let's go and take a look at the outer courtyard." Prince Chen helped Jiuzhu hold her mermaid lantern and took her to the bluestone road in the outer courtyard.
The dim lights, the floating lanterns on the winding water, and the palace maids standing in neat rows holding glass lanterns, everything is so beautiful that it seems like you have accidentally entered a fairyland.
Jiuzhu was reluctant to blink and didn't know where to look.
Prince Chen looked at Ming Jiuzhu under the candlelight in the night and stood patiently beside her to accompany her.
She gave him all the money she had saved, and he could only give her a bright future.
"Does it look good?" he asked.
"It looks good." Jiuzhu nodded slowly. She pulled his sleeve and said, "Did Your Highness prepare this specially for me?"
The Prince was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Hmm"
"Thank you, Your Highness." Jiuzhu looked up at the lights on the treetops: "This is the most beautiful light I have ever seen."
"Is this the most beautiful one?" Prince Chen smiled and said, "In the future, I will give you a better-looking lamp."
Jiuzhu looked at him and smiled, and all the stars in the galaxy jumped into her eyes.
Prince Chen watched with her for a long time, until the night wind gradually grew stronger, he spoke: "Let's go, I'll take you back."
Jiuzhu hurriedly followed behind him.
Although the lights were bright, she followed him without hesitation.
Sun Caiyao stood in the dark, waiting for Prince Chen and Ming Jiuzhu to leave before she walked under the lamp and said to the palace maid behind her: "Let's go."
No matter what the reason, as a daughter-in-law, she had to go to Mingyue Palace to plead for her mother.
The palace was quiet, but not scary, instead there was an indescribable tranquility. The palace lights stretched the shadow of the King of Chen long, Jiuzhu stepped on his shadow, as if there was a little tail behind him.
Suddenly, the Prince stopped and turned to look at Jiuzhu: "The road ahead is dark, hold my sleeve."
"Oh." She reached out and gently grabbed his sleeve.
The shadows of the two people were stretched out together, and finally merged into a black mass on the palace wall, making it impossible to tell who was you and who was me.
Arriving at the gate of Mingyue Palace, Jiuzhu let go of her hand and pulled at her wrinkled sleeves: "Your Highness, I'm here."
"Yes." Prince Chen put his hands behind his back and said, "You go in."
As soon as Jiuzhu stepped into the door, she heard Aunt Xiangshen say, "It's been so many years, I don't know if I can find the little girl from that year."
Jiuzhu turned her head and looked behind her. His Royal Highness Prince Chen had not left yet. She suddenly turned around, walked to his side, and grabbed his sleeve again.
"Aunt Xiangshen, who are you looking for?" She grabbed Prince Chen's sleeve with her right hand, held onto the door frame with her left hand, and leaned over to ask Xiangshen.
"The county lord is back?" Xiang Jin walked in front of Jiuzhu and saw His Royal Highness Prince Chen standing behind her. She bowed to the two of them and whispered, "Eight years ago, His Royal Highness rescued a drowning girl in Lingzhou. Your Majesty wants to find her."
"Is it important for the Queen and His Highness to find her?"
Xiang Xian nodded: "Her Majesty has already asked His Majesty to let the Dragon Guard go to Lingzhou to find her. I hope Her Majesty can get what she wants."
But the world is so big, and I don’t know when I will find that little girl.
Jiuzhu tightened and loosened her grip on Prince Chen's sleeve, then tightened and loosened it again: "Actually, there's no need to look for it."
Prince Chen turned his head to look at her, and held her slightly trembling hand through her sleeve, holding it in his palm.
"I know where she is."
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