When Jiuzhu woke up, it was still dark. She was awakened by hunger. She glanced at Prince Chen who was still sleeping, and secretly got up from the bed.
"Where are you going?" Prince Chen opened his eyes and grabbed her hand: "It's not dawn yet."
"I'm hungry." Jiuzhu rubbed her stomach, remembering that they didn't even have dinner last night, and asked with a red face: "Your Highness, are you hungry?"
"Wait." Prince Chen got up from the bed, took off his outer robe and put it on Jiuzhu: "You sit on the bed and wait, I will ask the servants to do it for you."
When he walked past Jiuzhu, Prince Chen bent down and kissed her lightly on the cheek, pretending to be calm: "Be good and wait for me to come back."
If it weren't for his red ears that gave him away, he would have been a mature, stable, gentle and calm husband.
Putting his hands behind his back, trying to make his back look elegant, Prince Chen lifted the curtain and walked outside: "Someone come."
"Your Highness." The eunuch and the palace maid who were on night watch quickly stood up and walked up to Prince Chen.
"Go prepare breakfast." He glanced at the night view outside the window. It was indeed a bit early to have breakfast at this time.
"Your Highness, Miss Chunfen has already instructed the kitchen to prepare the food. I will bring it here right away." The maid bowed and left the room.
Prince Chen nodded with satisfaction. When it came to serving Jiuzhu, the servants of the Ming family knew more about it.
He sighed and missed those lackeys in Prince Chen's Mansion. At least they knew what he wanted as long as he raised his eyebrows.
After breakfast, Jiuzhu sat in front of the dressing table to do her makeup.
"Your Highness, are these jewels too extravagant?"
"You are going to meet four sisters-in-law today, so you must use the best fabrics and jewelry." The Prince of Chen painted the flower ornaments for her, bent down and whispered in her ear: "As a princess, if you dress too simply, they will praise you for your virtue, diligence and frugality on the surface, but secretly they will suspect that I don't value you."
"As a woman, I use my husband's favor as a weapon." Jiuzhu lowered her eyelids slightly, and the smile on her face gradually faded.
"The world is always a little unfair to women." Prince Chen picked up a pair of brocade swings and inserted them between Jiuzhu's hair. "Although I can't change everyone in the world, I will try my best to reduce the injustice you suffer."
When he was very young, his mother told him that most women in the world have a hard time, and when he grows up, he should not become a man who treats women harshly.
"I have always known that Your Highness is a rare good man in the world." Jiuzhu looked up and smiled at Prince Chen.
Prince Chen accepted this statement with peace of mind.
As the saying goes, a lover sees beauty in his eyes. Jiuzhu likes him and of course thinks he is a rare and extraordinary man in the world.
Nothing wrong.
As soon as it got light, the two set out from Qilin Palace and headed for Zhangliu Palace.
"Wouldn't it be rude if we didn't go yesterday?" The two of them sat on a double sedan chair. From time to time, palace maids holding lanterns passed by them. Jiuzhu looked at the endless palace and leaned towards Prince Chen.
"Do you really think they just want to meet us?" Prince Chen smiled faintly, "They have been holding a grudge against me for all these years, but they dare not express it. This time they finally have a legitimate reason to accept my gift, and they are looking forward to it very much."
Jiuzhu: “…”
The relationship between royal brothers is so complicated.
"When we get to Zhangliu Palace, leave everything to me." He held her hand in his palm and played with it: "I promise you won't suffer any loss."
"Yeah." Jiuzhu nodded.
Before entering the palace, her father told her about the temperaments and backgrounds of the five princes in the palace, as well as the struggles and disputes between them.
The eunuch who guarded the Zhangliu Palace heard a knock on the door. He yawned and straightened his wrinkled clothes. He was about to ask who was visiting when he heard someone outside say loudly, "Prince Chen and Princess Chen are here to visit the four princes. Please open the door."
Prince Chen and Princess Chen?
The eunuch who was guarding the gate scrambled to open the door, not daring to raise his head: "I have seen the prince and the princess before."
"Have my four brothers woken up?"
"Your Highness, the four princes are not awake yet."
Prince Chen led Jiuzhu into the courtyard and said, "No problem. Ask someone to bring some fruits and snacks. The prince and the princess will wait in the outer courtyard for a while. None of you can disturb the masters. Wait until they wake up."
The palace servants agreed verbally, but in reality, no one dared to let Prince Chen and Princess Chen do anything. While pouring tea for the two men, a palace servant quietly went to call the masters of each courtyard.
Prince Chen raised his eyebrows and glanced at the few palace maids who sneaked away, pretending that he saw nothing, and smiled at Jiuzhu: "I have lived here for a while, and I am still a little uncomfortable moving out."
Jiuzhu laughed softly, and when she turned around, she saw a few palace maids who looked familiar looking at her hesitantly. She waved at them and said, "Come."
"Princess." A maid took out a braided silk ribbon from her arms and said, "This is the silk ribbon pattern you asked for when you came to Zhangliu Palace last time. I made a new one for you."
"Princess, this is the flower rope I made for you, please take a look." Another palace maid also took out the flower rope.
Prince Chen: “…”
With the princess around, does he still have the dignity as a prince?
Prince Huai was sleeping when he heard someone calling him. He sat up impatiently and asked with a gloomy face, "What's the matter?"
Last night, thinking about Yun Duqing letting them go, he became angrier and angrier, and he didn't fall asleep until late at night. What big deal had to happen that required him to wake up?
"My Lord, Prince Chen is here with his wife."
"What?" Prince Huai opened his sleepy eyes, opened the window and looked outside the house, and was furious: "It's not even daybreak yet, what is he doing here?!"
Are you sick?
I waited for a whole day yesterday, but there was no sign of him. Now everyone was sleeping soundly, and he came to visit.
Yun Duqing would not do anything that has to do with people!
"Prince Chen said that there is no need to wake you up." Seeing that the prince's features were distorted with anger, the eunuch hurriedly said, "Your Highness, please sleep a little longer."
"Help me change my clothes." Prince Huai took a deep breath. Although he said so, he couldn't really let Yun Duqing sit and wait in the outer courtyard, not to mention that the daughter of the Ming family was there.
If he dared to let Yun Duqing wait for him in the outer courtyard now, the matter would reach his father's ears in an hour.
"Send someone to inform the princess, and ask her to wash up and come out to talk to the fifth brother's wife."
Yun Yanze and his wife came out of the courtyard before Prince Huai. Yun Yanze walked up to Prince Chen and said, "Fifth brother, fifth brother's wife, you are here so early."
"Fourth brother." Prince Chen smiled, "My princess has just come home, so of course I have to bring her here to greet my brothers."
"Little pig." He tapped the back of Jiuzhu's hand with his fingertips: "Come, call me Fourth Brother and Fourth Sister-in-law."
"Hello, Fourth Brother and Sister-in-law." Jiuzhu stood up and was about to greet them, but Sun Caiyao quickly stopped her and said, "Family members don't care about these things. Sit down and talk."
"Fourth sister-in-law is right." Prince Chen raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Jiuzhu, just sit still."
Sun Caiyao almost lost her smile. According to custom, brothers and sisters-in-law should give way to each other before greeting each other. She didn't expect that His Royal Highness Prince Chen would be so straightforward. He said he didn't care about etiquette and actually let Ming Jiuzhu sit down.
What's even more bizarre is that Ming Jiuzhu just did as the Prince said, without even any intention of advising him.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward, but fortunately Prince Huai appeared at this time and eased Sun Caiyao's embarrassment.
"Brother, are you up too?" Prince Chen seemed not to notice the green shadow in Prince Huai's eyes: "Early to bed and early to rise will make you energetic. Brother, please sit down and have a cup of tea with me."
The only one who can go to bed early with peace of mind is you, only you!
Prince Huai smiled wickedly. He walked over to Prince Chen and sat down. "Brother, why are you here so early today?"
"Last night, I thought for a long time and decided that I shouldn't have disturbed my four brothers at night." The Prince of Chen looked at the morning glow that was slowly rising in the sky. "But not being able to see my brothers kept me awake at night and made me lose my appetite. So this morning, I brought my princess to visit my brothers to show my sincerity."
fart.
Prince Huai didn't want to believe a single word Yun Duqing said.
From childhood to adulthood, when has Yun Duqing ever observed the moral code?
At the funeral hall of the late emperor, he even dared to secretly eat the beef jerky hidden in his sleeves. Although everyone who saw it had a share, and he later ate some as well, this incident was enough to prove that Yun Duqing was not a person who followed the rules.
Would he lose sleep and eat because of this?
Yun Duqing had the nerve to say this, but he was too embarrassed to believe it.
Even though he was scolded by others, he still smiled generously: "Fifth brother, you are too polite. Don't be like this next time."
If this happens a few more times, the brothers can bear it, but the hair on their heads cannot.
Prince An was the last to arrive. He adjusted his belt as he walked: "Fifth brother, you're here too early."
The Prince of Chen repeated what he had just said.
Prince An: “…”
This is outrageous. Who would believe it?
He turned to look at his fifth brother's wife and saw that she actually nodded vigorously, her eyes full of boundless trust in her fifth brother.
After all, there are all kinds of men and women in the world, and there is always a small group of people who are particularly compatible.
After all four brothers and their sisters-in-law had arrived, Prince Chen took Jiuzhu to pay their respects to them all.
"Among us sisters-in-law, you are the youngest and I am the oldest." Princess Huai handed the prepared gift to Jiuzhu and said, "There is no one else in the palace. Let's get to know each other more often."
"Thank you, sister-in-law." Jiuzhu thanked with a smile.
"This is the gift I prepared for my fifth brother's wife." Princess An had a gorgeous appearance and a clear and moving voice: "I usually like people with iconic looks. If you visit Qilin Palace in the future, my fifth brother's wife must not find me annoying."
Jiuzhu took the gift box that Princess An stuffed in front of her and looked at her face carefully: "Second sister-in-law is a stunning beauty."
Princess An laughed even more happily, took off the bracelet on her wrist and put it directly on Jiuzhu's wrist.
She likes women like Fifth Brother's wife who are sweet-talkers and have good taste.
Princess Jing seemed to be a rather silent person. After exchanging a few polite words with Jiuzhu, she stood behind her two sisters-in-law without saying a word.
"Ming...Fifth brother's sister-in-law." Sun Caiyao lowered her eyelids slightly. Almost every time she stood with Ming Jiuzhu, she didn't have the courage to look her in the eye.
Every time Ming Jiuzhu appears, she silently reminds her that she is a thief.
From childhood to adulthood, the upbringing she received from her family and her selfishness constantly tortured her.
"Fourth sister-in-law?" Jiuzhu looked at her with a smile: "What's wrong with you?"
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