Chapter 27 Chapter 27 Having a Child with Chen Qingchen
There was no wind in the courtyard, and the lush flowers and trees did not move at all.
Shen Qingchen's eyes fell on the incense beads on his wrist.
It was strung with vermilion silk thread, with scented beads and red jade rabbit beads in between, ninety-eight beads in total, wrapped around his wrist twice.
It is Fu Wang’s favorite color, scarlet, and Fu Wang’s zodiac sign is rabbit.
Double ninety-eight means long-lasting.
It was a scented ball she made herself, a bracelet to express her love.
Shen Qingchen shifted his gaze and stared at a cluster of beautiful Euphorbia milii blossoming beside him.
He had never realized that the thorns on the stems of the tiger thorn plum were so sharp. Although he didn't touch them at all, he still felt a dull pain.
"Master Fu and the princess have known each other for many years. It is appropriate for them to receive a festival gift after a long separation." After a moment, Shen Qingchen spoke, his voice cold and emotionless.
"Your Highness truly indulges the Princess." This calm reaction surprised Fu Wang. He raised an eyebrow, then shook his head regretfully. "I, Fu Menglang, still want to ask, does the Princess treat Your Highness sincerely?"
"After all, Your Highness's previous interactions with Hexue were only half a year in Liangzhou. How could he possibly understand her better than Fu?" Shen Qingchen didn't answer, and Fu Wang didn't intend to listen to his answer, and continued to talk to himself. "Hexue, on the other hand, is unrestrained, spoiled, and very refreshing."
"Her love for everything is shallow and short-lived. The more she can't get it, the more she likes it. But once she gets it, she quickly gets bored..."
What he said was sincere. Shen Qingchen did not refute it. She was even more tired of wasting words with him. She just felt that this person was too noisy.
He didn't care about what Fu Wang said, and he didn't want to have any grudge against her because of it.
He only cared about Jiang Hexue and how she treated Fu Wang.
"Master Fu, do you know?" Shen Qingchen said coldly after a while. "If you were not He Xue's close friend, what would be the situation this time?"
Fu Wangyu paused for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter.
"Your Highness is deeply in love with the Princess," he said impudently. "Then I, Fu, will no longer worry about Your Highness getting angry and having me killed."
Shen Qingchen seemed to raise her eyebrows very lightly.
"In my opinion," Fu Wang said, adding, "the princess's willingness to be close to His Highness is simply due to her natural fondness for beautiful things."
"If someone else is beautiful enough and suits her taste, she will get close to him - perhaps in her heart, you are just a pet who serves her with your beauty."
He laughed for a long time. The young man in front of him remained calm and composed, his fingers lightly twisting a petal of Euphorbia milii. It was unclear whether he heard him or not.
"Are you done?" Shen Qingchen asked after he stopped laughing.
Fu Wang couldn't think of any other hurtful words to say, so he could only nod slowly.
Shen Qingchen loosened his grip, and the bright red petals of the Euphorbia milii fluttered to the ground.
"First, the affairs between the prince and the princess do not require the intervention of anyone other than Master Fu." He spoke in a low, cold voice. "Master Fu has no right to judge."
After a pause, he slowly raised his eyes, his amber peach blossom eyes were as cold as an icy pond, without the slightest ripple.
"Secondly, I am not someone who abuses my imperial power." Shen Qingchen stared at him, his voice calm. "If I want your life, I have my own way to get you there legally, reasonably, and reasonably."
"I want your funeral to be grand and spectacular."
The coldness seeped into his bones from somewhere, freezing Fu Wang shivering one joint at a time.
He stumbled back a step and tried to escape.
"Zhaohua!" A sweet voice called him and stopped him.
Fu Wang turned around and saw Jiang Hexue at the corner.
"Fu Er, you are here too?" She walked towards them.
Before he could answer, he saw Shen Qingchen beside him slightly raise the corner of his lips and open his arms towards her.
The girl at the winding path looked to the side carefully, then without hesitation, she lifted her skirt, trotted, and threw herself into Shen Qingchen's arms like a young swallow flying into the forest, hugging him tightly.
The crimson court robes of the prince and princess overlapped and leaned against each other, and at this moment they were shockingly bright and dazzling.
Pianjiang Hexue even raised her head from Chen Qingchen's arms, grabbed his clothes, and said proudly, "Fu Er, this pair of court robes looks good, don't they?"
Fu Wang's legs went limp and he felt a burning pain on his cheeks.
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After hugging each other for a long time, Jiang Hexue was still afraid of being seen by others, so she reluctantly let go of Shen Qingchen and walked into the hall with him.
"Look at my new nail polish." She muttered to him as they walked, raising her hands to show him.
Shen Qingchen also looked down in cooperation.
Her hands were naturally fair and slender, with slender fingers. This time, the front edges of her nails were trimmed to be pointed, like plump sweet almonds.
The pale pink nails were dyed with pink marigold juice and inlaid with tiny white South China pearls, as gorgeous as ever.
"Very beautiful." He said softly under her expectant gaze.
The smile in Jiang Hexuefeng's eyes grew even wider: "I think so too."
After showing off the nail polish, you can hold hands.
Interlocking their fingers, she shook his hand from time to time: "What color should I change to next time?"
"How long does it take to change?" Shen Qingchen asked.
"Half a month?" Jiang Hexue tilted her head and thought for a moment. "It will fade, and I'll get tired of it any longer."
Shen Qingchen lowered his eyelashes and paused for a moment before saying, "I'll choose again then, maybe there will be a new look."
Jiang Hexue pressed the issue again, but he remained silent, only gently admonishing, "There's a grand New Year's Eve banquet, and high-ranking officials from various states are coming to Beijing. Besides the two foreign kingdoms of Donggui and Dianxi, there's also Qingyuan this year. There will be many people watching, so be careful what you do."
Jiang Hexue nodded in agreement: "Zhaohua, could the business you discussed with Young Master Jiang be related to Qingyuan?"
Shen Qingchen said “hmm” and added: “No matter what happens at the banquet, don’t panic.”
Jiang Hexue couldn't help but frown in worry: "How could there be such a big mistake at the palace banquet..."
Shen Qingchen raised his hand and gently rubbed her hair. His peach blossom eyes, which had been cold just now, were now clear and warm, as if nothing had happened: "I'm here."
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The lights were bright and the banquet spread from inside the hall to outside.
Men and women sat at separate tables, with the empress sitting to the lower right of Emperor Hengshun, and the princesses and queens sitting further out.
Jiang Hexue and Shen Qingchen greeted each other together. Just as they were about to reach their seats, they heard a crisp voice: "Grandmother, the Emperor's uncle!"
She lowered her eyes and saw a lovely little girl, no more than a child, with round blue eyes, blinking at her: "Grandun, I wish you a happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year." Jiang Hexue smiled, but while thinking about it, he felt a little confused and helpless in his heart.
She's not even 10 yet, how come she's already a "grandmother"...
"Lingzhao wants a hug!" The little girl opened her arms towards her.
"Ling Zhao, don't be rude." Before Jiang Hexue could bend down, a magnetic female voice sounded. Princess Changning, Shen Churong, walked over gracefully and curved her lips towards her: "Auntie, the new year is auspicious."
When she came of age, she married into the foreign kingdom of western Yunnan and became the queen of western Yunnan.
"Greetings, Princess. Have fun together." Jiang Hexue bowed politely, then half-knelt down and touched Princess Lingzhao Yunli's cheek.
Yun Li pushed herself further into her arms, poking her head out to look at Chen Churong triumphantly, only to see the latter's helpless eyes curved as she wished: "You."
Shen Chuning had not arrived yet. There were a total of five female members of the royal family, including the two of them, Princess Rouyang Shen Chutang, Princess Jin Xie Junyi, and Princess Ganle Ruan Yueyi.
"With Rongchang gone, Gan Le is the only one left who is still unmarried." Xie Junyi teased her.
Ruan Yueyi snorted, "I'm being urged to get married, and the Second Emperor's cousin-in-law is being urged to have children."
Xie Junyi stopped talking silently: "The matter of offspring should be left to nature. What do you think, Auntie?"
Jiang Hexue nodded nonchalantly, "Yes, there's no need to force it. When fate arrives, it will come naturally..."
She paused.
She didn't know when she stopped rejecting the idea of having children.
I just feel that it would be nice to be with Chen Qingchen.
She pinched Yunli's soft white cheeks again, looked into her azure eyes, and suddenly curved her lips, thinking -
If she and Shen Qingchen had a daughter, would she also have a pair of amber eyes like him, clear and bright in the light?
It will definitely be cute.
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"Announce, envoy Qingyuan enter the palace--" The dance and music paused, and the eunuch shouted loudly.
A group of envoys with wheat-colored skin and wearing red shirts with white fur collars strode into the hall. The girl in the center was surrounded by people. She had complicated skirts and a round fan in her hand, half covering her face. Only a pair of eyes were exposed. Her eyes were round and calm like a deep well without ripples.
"Greetings to the King of Longlin." The team stood still, the leading envoy shouted loudly, and everyone knelt on one knee in unison, performing the Qingyuan etiquette.
"Rise." Emperor Hengshun smiled graciously. "The Qingyuan envoys have come from afar to exchange resources with our neighbor, and I am pleased to see their success."
"I have long heard that Longlin is a country of peace and prosperity. Your servant Agulat has come here with Princess Has on the orders of the King of Qingyuan. We are willing to have an everlasting alliance with Longlin and enjoy peace together." said Agula, the leader.
Emperor Hengshun nodded and said, "I have also heard that Princess Has is virtuous and kind, a beauty without equal. If she could find a good husband among the dragon neighbors, it would be a joyous occasion for them to live in harmony with each other."
Agula smiled, revealing a row of white teeth. "I have heard that the son of His Royal Highness the King of Heng'an, a neighbor of Longlin, is as beautiful as jade and his divination skills are exquisite. I have long heard of your name. Would you mind?"
"This king has already established a family and a mansion." Shen Qingchen stood up, bowed, and looked at Jiang Hexue from afar with a smile in his eyes.
"It's a time of sweet love for newlyweds. Princess Has has come from afar and is worthy of being the principal wife of any of my princes. Lord Agula, have you heard of the reputation of others?" Emperor Hengshun stroked his chin and said with a smile.
Jiang Hexue looked at Agula's embarrassed expression, then looked at Princess Has's "it's none of my business" look, and had a vague guess in his mind.
Qingyuan was unwilling to choose other princes, probably because the crown prince had not yet been appointed and he did not dare to make a bet casually.
Among the Longlin royal family, Shen Qingchen's position is the most stable.
The fight for the crown prince position would certainly cause the brothers to turn against each other, let alone who would be the winner in the end. He was still the King of Heng'an, the national teacher second only to Long Lin and above everyone else.
"I am ignorant and know little. I only know that the king's six sons are all distinguished in appearance and character, possessing both talent and virtue. I have never heard of Lin'er's illustrious reputation," Agula said, then changed the subject. "But I have heard that Long Neighbor has a minister who is not only talented in both civil and military matters, but also possesses a keen eye and a knack for making money."
Jiang Hexue frowned instantly and looked at Ruan Yueyi, whose face was pale with shock, through Xie Junyi.
"Who is it?" Emperor Hengshun asked knowingly.
"Prime Minister Jiang's son, Young Master Jiang."
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