When Jiuzhu woke up, it was still dark. She was awakened by hunger. She glanced at the still sleeping Prince Chen 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: "Sit on the bed and wait, I'll ask the servants to do it for you."
When he passed by Jiuzhu, Prince Chen bent down, kissed her lightly on the cheek, and pretended to be calm: "Be good and wait for me to come back."
If it weren't for his red ears betraying him, he would be a mature, steady, gentle and calm husband.
Putting his hands behind his back, trying to make his back look elegant, Prince Chen lifted the curtain and walked out: "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 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, somewhat missing the lackeys in Prince Chen's Mansion. At least they knew what he wanted when he just raised his eyebrows.
After breakfast, Jiuzhu sat in front of the dressing table and put on 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." Prince Chen finished drawing the flowers for her, bent down and whispered in her ear: "As a princess, if you dress too simply, they will praise you for being virtuous and thrifty 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 a pair of hairpins and inserted them between Jiuzhu's hair. "Although I can't change everyone in the world, I will try my best to make sure you suffer less injustice."
When he was very young, his mother told him that life was not easy for most women in the world, and that when he grew up, he should not become a man who treated 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, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. 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 servants 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, "Over the years, they have been brooding over me, but they dare not show it. This time, they finally have a legitimate reason to accept my gift, and they are looking forward to it."
Jiuzhu: “…”
The relationship between the royal brothers is really complicated.
"When we get to Zhangliu Palace, leave everything to me." He held her hand in his palm and played with it: "I promise I won't let you suffer any loss."
"Yeah." Jiuzhu nodded.
Before entering the palace, her father had 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 was guarding the Zhangliu Palace listened to the knock on the door. He yawned and straightened his wrinkled clothes. Just as he was about to ask who was visiting, he heard someone outside say loudly, "Prince Chen and Princess Chen are visiting the four princes. Please open the door."
Prince Chen and Princess Chen?
The eunuch guarding the door tumbled and crawled to open the door, not daring to raise his head: "I greet the prince and the princess."
"Have my four brothers woken up?"
"Your Highness, the four princes are not awake yet."
Prince Chen led Jiuzhu into the courtyard and said, "It's okay. 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, who dared to let Prince Chen and Princess Chen go? So, while pouring tea for the two of them, a palace servant quietly went to call the masters of each courtyard.
Prince Chen raised his eyebrows and glanced at the few palace servants 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 here."
"Princess." A palace maid took out a braided silk cord from her bosom and said, "This is the silk cord style you asked me 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 any dignity as a prince?
King Huai was sleeping when he heard someone calling him. He sat up impatiently and asked gloomily, "What's the matter?"
Last night, thinking about Yun Duqing standing them up, he became angrier and angrier, and he tossed and turned until late at night before falling asleep. What big deal could have happened that required him to wake up?
"Your Majesty, Prince Chen and his wife are here to visit."
“What?” King 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 one in sight. Everyone was sleeping soundly at this moment, and he came to visit.
Yun Duqing would never 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." King 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 freshen up a bit and come out to talk to the fifth brother's wife."
Yun Yanze and his wife left 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 and said, "My princess just came home, so of course I have to bring her here to greet you 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, but was quickly stopped by Sun Caiyao: "Family members don't care about these things. Sit down and talk, sister."
"Fourth sister-in-law is right." Prince Chen raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Jiuzhu, just sit still."
The smile on Sun Caiyao's face almost disappeared. According to convention, brothers and sisters-in-law should give way to each other before starting the formalities. She didn't expect that His Royal Highness Prince Chen was so straightforward. He said that etiquette was not important and really let Ming Jiuju sit down.
What's even more bizarre is that Ming Jiuju just did as the Prince of Chen said, without even any attempt to persuade him.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward, but fortunately King Huai appeared at this time and eased the embarrassment in Sun Caiyao's heart.
"Brother is up too?" Prince Chen seemed not to notice the 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!
King Huai smiled grimly. He walked over to King Chen and sat down. "Brother, why are you here so early today?"
"Last night, I thought for a long time that I shouldn't have disturbed my four brothers at night." Prince Chen looked at the morning glow that was slowly struggling to emerge in the sky, "But not being able to see my brothers made me sleepless and lose my appetite. So this morning, I brought the princess to visit my brothers to show my sincerity."
fart.
King Huai didn't want to believe a single word Yun Duqing said.
From childhood to adulthood, when has Yun Duqing ever observed moral ethics?
Back then, at the late emperor's mourning hall, he even dared to secretly eat the beef jerky hidden in his sleeves. Although anyone who saw it could have a share, he later ate it too, but this incident was enough to prove that Yun Duqing was not a man who followed the rules.
Would he lose sleep at night and eat because of something like this?
Yun Duqing had the nerve to say this, but he was too embarrassed to believe it.
Even though he was disgusted, he still smiled magnanimously: "Fifth brother, you are too polite. Don't do this next time."
If this happens a few more times, the brothers can bear it, but the hair on their heads can't.
Prince An was the last to arrive. He adjusted his belt as he walked: "Fifth brother, you're here too early."
Prince Chen repeated what he had just said.
Prince An: “…”
This is outrageous, who would believe this?
He turned to look at his fifth brother's wife and saw that she kept nodding her head, her eyes full of unlimited trust in her fifth brother.
Well, there are all kinds of men and women in the world, but 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 and saluted them all.
"Among us sisters-in-law, you are the youngest and I am the oldest." Princess Huai handed the prepared gift to Jiuzhu: "There is no one else in the palace, so we should visit each other more often on weekdays."
"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 appearances the most. If you visit Qilin Palace in the future, fifth brother's wife must not find me annoying."
Jiuzhu took the gift box that Princess An stuffed in 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.
The upbringing she received from her family since she was a child, as well as 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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