Chapter 88: The Love Story of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess
"Your Highness, I'm here. How are you?" Ji Yingying peeked inside, looking quite happy.
"Young Master Ji has arrived, please come in quickly."
The Crown Princess waved to her warmly, urging her to come in quickly.
"This is my younger sister. You can call her Sister Yun. She'll come and visit my son in the next few days."
"Hello, Sister Yun." Ji Yingying greeted her, and then heard Sister Yun say, "Young Master Ji, you are truly beautiful, with delicate features and a charming smile!"
"Thank you for the compliment, Sister Yun! You're beautiful too!"
[Host, couldn't you have used a more elegant way of praising me? You're supposed to be a Chinese Language and Literature major, after all.]
[Hehe, no way, I'm too lazy to think about it. Besides, so many years have passed, I've long forgotten those things. Practice makes perfect, but I can't even get past that level of proficiency.]
After looking down on Xiangxiang, Ji Yingying turned to the Crown Princess with a smile on her face. Every time she came to the East Palace, no matter how difficult the question was, Ji Yingying was always smiling, as if nothing could overwhelm her.
"Your Highness, what brings you here?" After the morning court session, the Crown Prince suddenly came to her and said that the Crown Princess wanted to see her. Since she had nothing to do, she came over.
"It is like this, my mother has selected many fine young men for my younger sister, and my younger sister has come to help me, so I would like to ask Lord Ji to take a look."
After saying that, she ordered the palace servants to open all the portraits. Ji Yingying looked at the portraits and thought they were really well drawn, each one lifelike, as if she were seeing the real people.
"Young Master Ji, which one do you think would be suitable for my younger sister?"
Actually, I just wanted to take advantage of Xiangxiang's enthusiasm for gossiping and get Ji Yingying to give me some advice.
"This one's handsome." Ji Yingying pointed to one at random. Anyway, since it was chosen by the Crown Princess, he shouldn't be too bad.
Before she could finish speaking, Xiangxiang interrupted: "Host, no, he doesn't like women, oh~ he doesn't like men either. He wants to live forever, and he's been taking elixirs."
Oh dear, I'm doomed. Looks like I'm not going to make it.
The Crown Princess and Sister Yun's eyes dimmed instantly. The princess that Ji Yingying was referring to was the second son of the Vice Minister of Rites. They had heard that she was learned, capable, and had a clean backyard. So that's what cleanliness meant.
"Hehe, if Your Majesty can't choose this one, then let's choose this one."
【This one won't do either. He has venereal disease. He's the only son of Prince Rong, spoiled since childhood, and has a heterosexual nature. He especially frequents brothels, where he doesn't treat women like human beings. It's no wonder he got venereal disease.】
"Goodness, this one won't do either, how about this one?" Ji Yingying pointed to another one, and then Xiangxiang added, "[He's even worse. He likes men, and if the Crown Princess marries him, she'll be a lesbian wife. Besides, his mother is a wicked mother-in-law.]"
[The kind of mother-in-law who's absolutely awful.]
[Huh? Are there no good people among these portraits?]
[And then there's that guy with the typical "manly tea" vibe, who outwardly appears simple and straightforward, but is actually more cunning than a "green tea" girl, using the guise of brotherhood to engage in all sorts of ambiguous relationships.]
Ah~ that Sister Yun chose him and married him, it was truly unbearable, like a fishbone stuck in my throat.
[That person already has many female confidantes, so he's not suitable. Let your sister Yun choose again.]
Then, Ji Yingying smiled at the Crown Princess and Sister Yun: "These people aren't very good. Why don't we go back and choose again?"
"Okay, we'll listen to you, we all believe you."
These two are so great, they both trust me. If one of them is good, who knows...
[Wait, host, you actually have a good one hidden deep inside. Take it out and let me see.]
【Good】Ji Yingying immediately took out the bottom portrait. It has to be said that the person is good-looking, but the clothes are not very nice.
[This man is a suitable match. Five years ago, he went to the capital to take the imperial examination, and your sister Yun saved him. He has always remembered this. When he heard that your sister Yun wanted to arrange a marriage, he even had someone send over his portrait. It's a pity that his official position is not high; he is currently only the assistant director of the library. He has parents, and his sister got married recently. Although his parents are farmers, they are sensible people, and they also know that he is in love with sister Yun.]
[If Sister Yun marries into that family, things won't be too bad, but I can't predict the future.]
"This person is alright in character, but his family background isn't very good. Sister Yun, you can send someone to investigate him."
"Okay, I understand. Thank you for your hard work today, Sister Ji. Sister Yun has a bracelet here that would suit you very well." She then put it on her wrist.
Ji Yingying raised her hand and looked at it; it was really good.
[Sister Yun is so kind; she gave me such a beautiful bracelet.]
It's really good.
Ji Yingying sat in the East Palace for quite a while before leaving, still gnawing on the chicken leg in her hand as she departed.
"Young Master Ji, the Crown Princess said that I should escort you out." A young eunuch suddenly approached and said. Ji Yingying was puzzled. In the past, she always came and went to the East Palace by herself. Occasionally, the Crown Prince would escort her. Other eunuchs didn't really care, since they didn't give any orders.
Why is someone seeing me off today?
[Host, agree to his request; let's go eat some melon seeds.]
What do you know?
Hehe, he wants to take you to the Cold Palace. His older sister has been banished there, and he wants you to rescue her. He became a eunuch in the palace specifically for this sister.
Is this concubine the Emperor's concubine or the Crown Prince's concubine?
[What are you thinking? Of course it's the Emperor's concubine. The Crown Prince is very loyal to his wife; he actually schemed to marry her.]
This sounds like gossip, tell us about it!
Ji Yingying became interested. She'd followed so much gossip about the Crown Prince, but she'd never heard of this kind of juicy tidbit. She couldn't help but tease him, "Xiangxiang, you're not very helpful! You didn't even dig this out for me."
[Hehe, a love story.]
[Speak quickly, or I'll make you hit me!]
[It was during the time after the late Empress Yinxian died when the Crown Prince was young that the Crown Princess stayed by his side. Moreover, it was she who saved the Crown Prince, so he married her when he grew up. However, before marrying the Crown Princess, she had a fiancé.]
What? The crown prince stole a minister's wife?!
[Host, please don't speak so harshly. No, it's just that the Crown Princess's fiancé isn't a good person. He appears to be a gentleman on the outside, but he's utterly wicked inside. He bought a house in the suburbs and not only abducts women, but he also kills any who refuse to go with him. The Crown Prince couldn't bear to see his beloved marry such a man, so he devised a plan to bring down the fiancé and marry the Crown Princess. The Crown Prince's love for the Crown Princess is so intense, even I'm envious. He truly remained chaste for her. Now that he's married her, even when a mistress tried to sabotage them, the Crown Prince dealt with her without causing her any trouble.]
Wow, what a great guy! Not bad at all.
As they were talking, Ji Yingying had already followed the little eunuch to the Cold Palace.
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