Since that day, Nangong Ye was no longer afraid and would appear in Yan Mansion from time to time. However, Nangong Xuan realized that the East Palace seemed a little deserted recently.
Apart from the staff, the people who came most often to the East Palace were his good friend Jian Yuyan and his younger brother Nangong Ye, followed by Yan Yiming.
Although he had never thought of marrying Yan Yiming into the Eastern Palace over the years, after getting used to a face like Yan Yiming, it was difficult for him to accept ordinary vulgar things. He also vowed to marry a princess he truly loved, so there had been no female relatives in the Eastern Palace.
Yan Yiming was born domineering and arrogant. When she was praised by her mother, she really thought she was the mistress of the East Palace and wanted to come to the East Palace every day. Later, Nangong Xuan became less and less patient with her, and Yan Yiming gradually became smarter. He learned to find excuses to come back every now and then so as not to annoy people.
He had told Jian Yuyan more than once that if Yan Yiming never set foot in the East Palace again, there would be peace and quiet here. Nangong Xuan was smiling when he said this, probably because he had never thought that Yan Yiming would really never set foot in the East Palace again one day.
Because he forgot when and where, he once heard Yan Yiming say that as long as she could marry him, it didn't matter if she was not the Crown Princess.
Nangong Xuan knew that Yan Yiming had chosen him since he could make the arrogant eldest daughter of Duke Dingguo say such words.
These days, Nangong Xuan naturally heard the news that Yan Yiming was bedridden, but Yan Yiming had pretended to be sick in order to get him to visit him many times before, and he knew best what happened that day, so Nangong Xuan didn't believe it at all and just thought that Yan Yiming was trying to trick him into going to the Yan Mansion again.
She clearly said that she was heartbroken and wanted to give up, but in the end she just continued to give in to him. Nangong Xuan didn't notice while he was mocking her, but after thinking about this clearly, the inexplicable irritability he had been feeling for the past two days was mostly gone.
Even Yan Yiming might not have thought that the Crown Prince was suddenly a little disappointed because he found that the East Palace was missing her noise. After the staff left, Nangong Xuan picked up the pen on the pen holder, and when dipping it in ink, his eyes fell on the dragon tail inkstone.
This inkstone... Nangong Xuan remembered that Yan Yiming personally brought this inkstone to him as if it were a treasure. It was a good inkstone that was rarely seen even in the royal family. No one knew where Yan Yiming got it from. Later, he heard that the old Duke Dingguo was furious because his granddaughter had thrown away a peerless inkstone.
Nangong Xuan didn't know what was wrong with him. He kept thinking of Yan Yiming these past two days. He thought of her face full of loss when she left that day, which had a breathtaking beauty. He thought of her eyes full of expectation when she tried to please him every day.
Nangong Xuan couldn't help but chuckle. Although he knew that Yan Yiming was pretending to be sick again to get him to visit him, he didn't seem to be as disgusted as before. Thinking of this, Nangong Xuan couldn't help but remember how Yan Yiming pretended to be sick before. He pretended to be sick for several days but still didn't wait for him. He could only pretend that nothing happened and go to Donggong again.
Now that I think about it, she was actually quite naive and cute. I might as well fulfill her wish in a few days and go to Yan's house.
Yan Yiming, who was doing nothing at the Yan residence after being reminded by the prince, asked someone to find a fishing rod and bait and went fishing on the pavilion in the middle of the lake. Suddenly, he heard Xiao Pingguo exclaim, "Nangong Xuan's favorability has increased by another 5%!"
Yan Yiming was startled by Xiao Pingguo's sudden voice. The fishing rod in his hand shook and the fish that was almost hooked just now swam away quickly. Yan Yiming held up the fishing rod and taught Xiao Pingguo an education in a frustrated tone, "You are the 100th generation of Xiao Pingguo after all. Why are you still so easily excited?"
Little Apple probably felt that her jumpy behavior was really embarrassing for the Apple family, and she whispered in shame, "I actually tried my best to control myself, but I still couldn't."
Yan Yiming picked up the fishhook that had lost its bait and put it aside, then smiled. "Well, if I can't control it, then I won't control it. You said Nangong Xuan's favorability increased by 5%? What's the reason?"
Little Apple shook her head to show that she was powerless. "I am a derivative system of the game. All the main plots are still centered around Jian Yuer as in the game. I can only find out who Jian Yuer interacts with. In the past two days, Jian Yuer's main target is Jian Yuyan. Since she has no interaction with Nangong Xuan, I don't know any news about Nangong Xuan."
Unable to watch Nangong Xuan, Yan Yiming reluctantly watched for a while how Jian Yuyan took meticulous care of his "sister". As a result, there were no exciting scenes from beginning to end, so he put away the game progress to check with boredom.
Among the four male protagonists, the relationship between the genius Prime Minister Jiang Yi and Jian Yuyan is the most subtle. Jiang Yi's relationship is due to his personality, while Jian Yuyan's relationship is limited by his status. As for Nangong Xuan, he does whatever he wants, and Shao Jingyu's action ability is off the charts and he takes action immediately when he thinks of something, so the relationship between these two people is always full of various physical contacts, and their relationship develops very smoothly.
"So people are all sensual animals. Men will have a desire to conquer because of physical conquest, and women will have a sense of belonging because of physical contact. When the senses are comfortable, the relationship progresses by leaps and bounds." Yan Yiming and Xiaopingguo discussed for a long time why the two people that Jian Yuer was most attracted to were Shao Jingyu and Nangong Xuan. "Do you know where the fastest love comes from?"
Little Apple asked humbly, "Where?"
"On the bed," Yan Yiming gritted his teeth and said, "Shao Jingyu kissed Jian Yuer goodbye before he went to the battlefield, and Jian Yuer fell in love with him and never forgot him... As for Nangong Xuan, I remember that when Jian Yuer fell into the water, they had physical contact, and maybe something happened. Even if Nangong Xuan has a low EQ, he is the son of the game, and he won at the starting line from the beginning, so,"
Xiao Pingguo felt that something was wrong and wanted to refute it, but after thinking for a long time, she still couldn't figure out what was wrong. She could only continue the topic that Yan Yiming had just talked about, "So what?"
After not catching any fish in the whole morning, Yan Yiming stood up from the beauty's side in disappointment. "So next time I travel through time, it would be better to give me an identity with more room to play. Although the background of this game is already very unrestrained and unscrupulous, a girl from a prominent family can only talk about Plato. Doesn't this increase the difficulty of the strategy?"
Little Apple: ...
It was obvious that it was worried that the host would not be satisfied with its carefully selected top-notch identity, but in the end it was rejected! I thought to myself that I would pick out a few exciting identities for the host later.
"Then host, where are we going now?"
Yan Yiming smiled, the red mole at the end of his eye burning his eyes and making them alluring, "Of course I'm dressing up to flirt with the little wolfdog."
Before Nangong Xuan had the time to visit Yan Yiming, he was called into Kunning Palace by his own mother, the Queen.
The current empress became the prince's consort when the current emperor was still a prince. Later, the emperor was able to successfully ascend the throne in large part because of the power of the empress's family. The Queen's family was a smart group of people. After the Emperor ascended the throne, they took the initiative to hand over their power, which moved the Emperor greatly. From then on, the Emperor made use of the Queen's family, which was a good move of advancing to retreat.
The Queen was gentle and intelligent. She had always treated the Emperor with respect over the years and had given birth to two princes and a princess. Her position as the Empress had been quite stable for many years. However, she could not help but feel anxious as she watched her two sons grow older without even a concubine.
Especially Nangong Xuan, who will have his coming-of-age ceremony at the end of this year.
Although there are many noble ladies in the capital, only a handful of them have strong enough foundations to help their sons. Among these ladies, Yan Yiming is one of them.
The Queen has always had a good impression of Yan Yiming. Although she has a bit of a hot temper, she is stunningly beautiful and comes from a scholarly family. She is smart and well-educated. The Duke Dingguo's Mansion has been deeply favored by the Queen for many years, and most importantly, the child is infatuated with her own son.
Although finding a daughter of an aristocratic family is a great help, it is also a big hidden danger if the daughter still favors the mother's family in everything after marriage. However, considering the kindness Yan Yiming has shown to the prince, it is easy for the prince to control Yan Yiming.
The only difficult thing is that the prince does not seem to be very fond of Miss Yan. The queen once asked the prince why, and the prince said that Yan Yiming was too jumpy and he preferred someone with a gentler temperament.
The queen loves her son and knows that although her son appears strong, he is actually kind-hearted. She has always wanted to reserve the position of Crown Princess for someone who is truly devoted to her, but that is not easy in the royal family. Although Nangong Xuan is the crown prince, he has the eldest prince above him. Although the eldest son is the heir to the throne, the current emperor was not the eldest son in the first place. No one knows what he is thinking.
Now that the Crown Prince is about to reach the age of twenty, it is better to decide on the Crown Princess as soon as possible.
Nangong Xuan understood this truth. When his mother mentioned Yan Yiming again, although he was not as disgusted as before, he still felt it was a pity. After hearing what his mother said, he waved his hand to let the people around him retreat and said, "What do you think of Prime Minister Jian's daughter?"
"Jian Yuer?" The queen was surprised. After seeing her son nod, she thought for a moment and remembered that Jian Yuer was indeed a gentle person. No wonder the prince liked her.
Jian Yuer's status is not much worse than Yan Yiming's. Although her appearance is not as good as Yan Yiming's, she is more well-behaved and gentle. When the prince ascends the throne in the future, Jian Yuer's temperament will be more suitable for the position of the master of the harem than Yan Yiming.
Although the Jian family did not say it explicitly, they had already stood on the side of the prince. Marrying the daughter of the Jian family would be a waste of the position of the crown princess.
But the prince likes...
The queen had never thought of Jian Yuer before, but now that the prince mentioned her, she suddenly felt that Jian Yuer was not bad. However, these two families would certainly not agree to let their legitimate daughter become a concubine. Even if she was the prince's concubine, the aristocratic families had always cared about the family's reputation. After thinking for a long time, I still couldn't figure out which one was better. In the end, I could only sigh. I really couldn't think of any good way to have the best of both worlds.
The mother and son talked for a long time before they skipped this matter and talked about their younger brother Nangong Ye. Yan Yiming had been pretending to be sick at home these past few days and had never come to the East Palace. He had always treated the East Palace as his own royal brother, and he had not been seen for these past few days.
The Queen laughed when she heard this. "Ye'er came to me yesterday and asked for the set of delicate green jade bracelets that your father gave me, but she didn't say what they were for."
Even if she didn't say it, how could the Queen, who was an experienced person, not see that her youngest son must have fallen in love with some girl and was trying every way to please the girl, even daring to covet her things.
Nangong Xuan laughed when he heard this, "No wonder I haven't seen this guy these days. It just so happens that I don't have anything important to do today, so I'll go to his house to see which lady has bewitched him."
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