When she was accused of mistaking someone, the Sixth Princess, whose acting skills were not good enough, changed her expression on the spot. She was embarrassed and at a loss as to what to do. Even the palace maids around her were extremely embarrassed.
The Sixth Princess clenched her fists, looked at the Fifth Princess and the Fourth Princess who helped her up, and then looked at Yan Cheng and the Seventh Prince who were standing beside the Fifth Princess.
Turning around to look at the palace maids beside him who didn't even dare to raise their heads, he felt more and more isolated and helpless.
Deep down, she felt a little timid. Under Concubine Yin De's teachings, she believed that princesses and princes were different, and that princesses were naturally inferior to princes.
Seeing that Yan Cheng and the Seventh Prince were about to help the Fifth Princess, she snorted softly, glared at the Fifth Princess, and ran away holding up her skirt.
Yan Cheng: “…”
Yan Cheng tightly grasped the lantern he had taken back from the Seventh Prince, questioning his life: "Did I say something excessive? Why does it feel like she's about to cry?"
The Seventh Prince didn't understand either. He wasn't familiar with the Sixth Princess. "No, you're just telling the truth. You're her eighth brother, and I'm her seventh brother. No problem."
"Don't worry about her. She's just like that. She's not likable at all. None of the sisters like to play with her."
The fourth princess rolled her eyes at the sixth princess's back.
The palace maids around her had a splitting headache when they saw this, and thought to themselves that it was a good thing the governess was not there, otherwise the princess would have been furious with her.
"What started the fight?"
Since they met, Yan Cheng asked a question.
The fourth princess pulled the fifth princess aside and chatted for a while, then looked left and right, and after sending everyone in the palace aside, she whispered, "I heard that the emperor wants to marry her to the Nanyou Kingdom."
"She also heard about this. She was upset, but she couldn't do anything to me, so she took it out on Xiaowu! Luckily, I ran into her this time, otherwise Xiaowu wouldn't know how badly she would have bullied him."
The fourth princess poked the fifth princess in frustration and said, "You too, she's a princess, and you're a princess too, what are you afraid of her doing?"
The fifth princess curled her lips. How could a real princess and a fake princess be the same?
The Fourth Princess knew what she was thinking and became even more angry: "Father has already said that you are still the Fifth Princess. Why do you always think so much?"
"Forget it, I won't talk to you anymore. The more I talk, the angrier I get. Anyway, I'm still in the palace now, so I can protect you for a few days."
The Fifth Princess looked at her gratefully, then glanced at Yan Cheng secretly. Seeing that he did not feel disgusted by what the Fourth Princess said, she breathed a sigh of relief.
The fourth princess held the fifth princess's hand and expressed her sisterly love for a long time before she remembered that she had two younger brothers beside her. She also glanced at them secretly.
Seeing that they didn't seem unhappy about being ignored, the embarrassment on his face was slightly concealed.
Yan Cheng had already noticed the two girls' little tricks. Seeing that the Fourth Princess finally remembered them, he continued the previous topic without changing his expression: "Where did Fourth Sister hear the news?"
The fourth princess then remembered that she was telling them some gossip.
"My mother's place."
She betrayed her own mother in an instant. Seeing Yan Cheng's expression as if it didn't matter, she calmly waved her hand and said, "Almost all the ladies in the palace know about this."
Yan Cheng and the Seventh Prince looked at each other.
The queens knew about it, and the princes and princesses also learned about it from their mothers, so are those who have no mothers to love them the only ones who don’t know about it?
"My Queen Mother said that although it was Nanyou who took the initiative to propose ending the war, if the Nanyou Emperor had not suddenly passed away, the final victory of the war might not have been certain."
The queen was a illegitimate princess of Nanyou. She had a crush on a man in Nanyou, but after being forced to marry him, she developed resentment towards the Nanyou royal family.
She was not on Nanyou's side, so she had no qualms about talking about Nanyou to her daughter.
"After the new emperor ascended the throne in Nanyou, he said that as a token of friendship between the two countries, he would send a princess and a hostage after the new year. Father felt that Daxia couldn't fail to show his appreciation, so he also wanted to send a princess."
Seventh Prince: "...Is it necessary?"
"If Father thinks it is necessary, then it is necessary. This is something we cannot influence."
Yan Cheng shrugged nonchalantly. The person who was going to marry was not someone he cared about, so why should he care about her?
"The Sixth Princess is only twelve years old, right?" Yan Cheng suddenly remembered this.
"Well, I'll be thirteen soon."
Speaking of age, the fourth princess felt a little complicated.
"Actually, if it's a marriage alliance, my age is the most suitable, but my mother doesn't want me to marry into Nanyou, so she went to tell my father that he has found a prince consort for me."
"They also said that I already have the blood of Nanyou, and compared to other princesses, marrying Nanyou would bring less benefits to Daxia."
"Besides, my father is quite fond of me, and he also thinks that the prince consort chosen by my mother is indeed a good one, so he agreed not to let me become a princess in marriage."
The fifth princess also said: "I am older than the sixth princess, but my status is awkward, and I will be known as perfunctory. Father will not let me be a princess of marriage."
The Fourth Princess said: "Xiao Qi is seven years old this year, and will only be eight after the New Year. She is even younger, so the only one who can marry is Qu Ya."
Yan Cheng originally thought that the Sixth Princess was arrogant and domineering, always liked to bully others, and was an unpopular villain.
However, knowing that she might have to marry into a foreign country at such a young age, I feel sorry for her.
The dim light could not illuminate the dark night. The snow fell heavier and heavier, and the snow on the brim of the hat became thicker and thicker. Yan Cheng was in no mood to pay attention. He once again felt that his body was firmly pressed by an invisible burden.
In this feudal dynasty, princes had to be hostages and princesses had to be married off to foreign countries. Who could escape the feeling of being "forced to do something against one's will"?
When the four of them separated, Yan Cheng suddenly remembered something the dead princess said when he first met her, and called the fourth princess again.
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