Consort Hui would visit the East Palace every few days.
And here she is again today.
He Jinran had originally planned to decline as usual.
But then he decided to meet with her.
It just so happens that he's been listening to his teacher spout classical Chinese all day, and his head is throbbing; he really wants to clear his head.
He wanted to see what Consort Hui was up to.
Thinking of His Majesty's past memories, his impression of Consort Hui was not very good.
Because Consort Hui was once an accomplice of Consort Gao, He Jinran harbored deep resentment towards her.
She gave false testimony to her father, so why was she allowed to live a peaceful life?
In other words,
Consort Hui's past mistakes have long been put on hold thanks to His Majesty's words.
Even though He Lin disregarded the King of Qin's reputation, he couldn't touch her because the Qin family held power.
Now, Consort Hui is dignified and virtuous, and He Lin cannot find any fault with her.
The moment Qiu Xu and Xuan Ying saw Consort Hui, they knew she was up to no good, and they both walked to He Jinran's side without prior arrangement.
He Jinran's gaze was fixed on Consort Hui's figure, which was moving with small, quick steps.
I watched as she entered the palace slowly, supported by her personal maid. She only slightly raised her eyelids before her gaze fell on the food box in the hands of Consort Hui's personal maid.
"There are so many concubines in the palace, but Consort Hui is the best. She always thinks of me. Consort Hui, you've come all this way, why did you bring a gift?"
Don't poison him.
"Of course." Consort Hui smiled at He Jinran, only sighing that time flies like water.
The babies she had seen a few times back then are now all grown up.
"Your Highness, this is just a small token of my appreciation. I hope you won't find it offensive." Consort Hui moved towards He Jinran, looking gently at his face and nodding slightly.
"Your Highness, Consort Hui, what are you saying?" He Jinran smiled at Consort Hui, and saw Qiu Xu take the food box from Consort Hui's personal maid and place it on the table.
Of course, Xuan Ying remained by He Jinran's side at all times.
That's right, Xuan Ying took over all of He Jinran's duties.
Now, he has even taken on the duties of a palace maid, just so he can stay by his young master's side at all times.
Consort Hui stood frozen, waiting and waiting, but He Jinran didn't invite her to sit down. Instead, she heard a sentence...
"Does Consort Hui have anything else to say?"
Consort Hui coughed dryly, and then said gently:
“Your Highness, there’s no need to be so formal with me. I married your father before he ascended the throne, so I’m more familiar with palace life than you are. I don’t mean anything by it, I just want to know if Your Highness is settling in well in the palace. If there’s anything I can do to help, please do so.”
"I'm used to it, of course I'm used to it." He Jinran chuckled, appearing approachable.
"However, it's too stuffy in this palace. Could Consort Hui please ask Father Emperor if I can leave the palace for some fresh air?"
Didn't she say she wanted to help? He Jinran spoke her mind.
Qiu Xu nodded in agreement.
He also wanted to leave the palace for some fresh air.
Upon hearing this, Xuan Ying became even more alert.
Your Highness, please don't cause him any more trouble.
Now that Xuanming is newly married, if His Highness makes any mistake, it will be his fault.
"Well... His Majesty was just thinking about it, hoping to get His Highness to settle down." Consort Hui thought to herself, "He really is a wild child raised in the countryside, untamed and difficult to control."
How can someone like that secure the position of Crown Prince?
"Your Highness, these pastries are quite good, please try some," Consort Hui said.
He stepped forward, opened the food box, took out one of the food items, and handed it to He Jinran.
“Since it was personally delivered by Consort Hui, it must taste delicious.” He Jinran had just brought the pastry to her lips when Xuan Ying grabbed her arm.
He Jinran smiled and shook his head. "Uncle Xuan Ying, it's just a woman. Why are you so nervous?"
He twirled his hand once, then withdrew it.
"But I don't like sweets."
Xuan Ying: To this day, their prince still loves peanut candy the most. He is never picky about food.
Qiu Xu knew that Xiao Ran wouldn't eat it, but Xuan Ying was overly nervous.
Xiao Ran can't live without sweets.
“Uh…” Consort Hui’s hand froze for a moment, then she awkwardly withdrew it.
That damned guard, how dare he!
Her gaze lingered on Xuan Ying for a moment, then softened into a gentle smile.
"What would Your Highness like to eat? I'll have the palace servants prepare it."
"I like... food, but forget it. I'm not interested in this kind of food." He Jinran didn't want to die young.
"Doesn't like good food?" Consort Hui thought to herself, could it be that her investigation was wrong? "Then what does Your Highness like? You can tell me."
He Jinran sneered inwardly. This Consort Hui was inquiring about these things to curry favor with him, but her real purpose was probably not to take his life.
He turned his gaze... Mother loves money the most.
He also knew that his mother had started busying herself with her business again these past few days.
Although he has never lacked food or clothing since childhood, he has never earned a single penny.
Shouldn't he help his mother raise some capital?
Thinking of this, he smiled at Consort Hui:
"Your Highness, I like money, and all kinds of gold and silver jewelry."
When He Jinran said this, his eyes were full of stars, and at first glance, people would think that he was a greedy person.
He secretly despised himself.
"You like... money?" Upon hearing this, Consort Hui managed to suppress the urge to roll her eyes.
That country bumpkin is probably terrified of poverty.
Is it because he's been pretending to be profound for months, and now he can't keep up the act anymore?
She had heard that the Crown Prince's adoptive mother, the General's wife, Qiu Yan, was a peasant girl.
During the years General Gu disappeared, he may have returned to Tianjin to take up his post because he ran out of money.
She scoffed inwardly, but maintained a gentle demeanor.
"Your Highness is being very kind. You are the Crown Prince and His Majesty's favorite. How much money you want is just a matter of a word."
Consort Hui's words caused He Jinran's face to fall.
What kind of darling is he? He Lin is forcing him to become successful. Does he have a choice?
He gets a terrible headache just thinking about the palace examination in half a month.
He Jinran: "Even the current crown prince can't just have whatever he wants."
For example, he wanted to go back to Baiyang and didn't want to be emperor.
That's what he thought, but unfortunately, he was He Lin's son and had no choice.
Consort Hui: "Your Highness is joking."
He Jinran shook his head and then approached Consort Hui.
"How about Consort Hui speaks to Father Emperor and asks him to send me some gold and silver treasures?"
Consort Hui... Your Highness the Crown Prince, you shouldn't be like this.
He's definitely a country bumpkin.
She was speechless when faced with such a prince.
However, it's a good thing that the crown prince is not scheming.
She tried her best to maintain a smile.
"If Your Highness is short of money, I happen to have some gold and silver jewelry. If you don't mind, I can give you some to sell. It should be worth quite a bit of silver."
"Then thank you very much, Consort Hui." He Jinran spoke quickly, afraid that if she spoke too late, Consort Hui would change her mind.
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