Chapter 181 An Lingrong 122
"Yong'an is still angry?" The Third Prince held a sister in each hand, looking at the angry Yong'an with amusement. He picked a particularly warm and blooming crape myrtle and said with a smile, "Third brother gave you the most beautiful crape myrtle in the Empress Dowager's palace as an apology."
Yongan took the flowers and snorted at the Third Prince: "I'm not angry with you, Third Brother, so I don't need you to apologize."
"Third brother, you can't be partial. Longyue wants the pink one." Longyue took the opportunity to change the subject. When the third brother ran to pick another flower for her, she came over and held Yongan's hand. The two smiled at each other.
The selection had not yet ended, so the third prince had no choice but to wander around Jingren Palace with his two younger sisters to avoid being pulled away by the Empress Dowager to be alone with the girl named Qingying.
But in this life, without Concubine Ying, he had no woman he loved, and he lacked the courage to resist the Queen. In the end, he married Qingying as his concubine.
"Third brother must be feeling very bad, but Khan Father only made that beautiful girl his concubine. I'm afraid the Empress will also..." Hongli sighed pretentiously, then turned to Zhen Huan and said with a smile: "It's because Mother loves her son so much that she didn't find him such a powerful and fierce woman."
Zhen Huan's smile faltered after hearing this, but she still pointed out: "The Queen's idea failed to succeed, which just proves that your Khan father still values the Third Prince."
"...Yes, the concubine's family background is already so high, so the legitimate wife will naturally not be inferior." Hongli immediately understood the truth, and the sense of crisis in his heart became more serious.
Longyue looked at the two of them, clapped her hands and laughed, "Longyue also knows this. When we were selecting concubines before, my third brother told me that he liked gentle and quiet girls. Khan Ama will definitely choose a third sister-in-law like this."
"Longyue is right." Hongli touched the little girl's head, and his tense body slowly relaxed.
After getting married, he naturally became an adult. However, the Third Prince felt that he had been burdened with an extra mountain, which made him unable to breathe.
Qingying was a strong-willed person, and after their marriage she urged him to study hard every day. Whenever the Third Prince scolded her, she would report the matter to the Empress.
Half a month passed like this, and the Third Prince looked so emaciated that even the Emperor could not bear to say anything.
“Third brother, third brother!”
When the third prince came to his senses, he saw the worried look in his fourth brother's eyes.
"What's wrong with you, Third Brother? You almost bumped into a tree while walking."
The Third Prince looked and saw that there was indeed a big tree standing not far in front of him. If the Fourth Prince had not called him, he would have bumped into it.
"Thank you, fourth brother. Perhaps I'm a little tired lately." The third prince slumped his shoulders and looked like he had aged ten years.
When Hongli saw this, he even thought about whether to just let him be like this. He felt that he would not live long if he did not take action.
But just in case, he still worriedly grabbed his third brother's hand and said, "You can't go on like this. You should go see the imperial physician. Otherwise, it's the late emperor's anniversary in a month. How can I trust you with this matter when you're in such poor health?"
The Third Prince's face turned bitter when he heard this: "Fourth brother, now you are the only one who cares about my health. I'm not happy with what you said. Since we got married, I haven't been able to sleep well."
"Why is that?"
"Your third sister-in-law...Alas..." I don't know how much sadness this sounded.
Hongli's face was filled with sympathy when he heard this. "Third brother, it's not easy either. But hard work doesn't happen overnight. I was at school a few days ago and heard some of the kids talking about a place called Yunyan Teahouse."
"I asked about it, and they said it's a place where scholars and scholars go to relax. Third brother, staying locked up in your room all day studying is boring and draining. It would be better for you to go out and talk to people more. It might even be beneficial to your studies."
The Third Prince's eyes lit up when he heard this. Although he hadn't established a residence yet, it would be easier for him to leave the palace after he came of age. The most important thing was that he really didn't want to go back. Even if he could run away for a day, he could still breathe.
Seeing the Third Prince's obviously more energetic appearance, Hongli said quickly: "Brother, if you want to go out, don't tell her that I'm the place I said. If the Queen hears about it, I'm afraid she will blame me."
"Don't worry, Third Brother will definitely not betray you." The Third Prince patted his chest as he spoke and walked away with gratitude.
A few days later, when he looked at him again, he was indeed radiant. He saw Hongli hurriedly approaching and pulling him aside: "You, do you know what place you are talking about?"
"Ah? Isn't this a tea room?"
"Of course not!" The Third Prince couldn't say it out loud, so he could only hint with his eyes. Hongli, after all, was married to Fucha, so he naturally pretended to be suddenly enlightened, his face flushed. "This, this, I'm so sorry, brother, I didn't know it was such a place. It's all those dogs and slaves, I'm going to go and argue with them!"
"Hey! You can't go. If you go, what if there's a commotion? Then everyone will know, right?"
Hongli nodded repeatedly: "Third brother is right. Then I will treat you to a drink to apologize."
"That's not necessary, but you must keep your mouth shut about this matter. I won't go there again in the future." The Third Prince said this very firmly, but Hongli looked at his face, lowered his head and smiled, and when he raised his head again, he was the respectful and humble younger brother again:
"I'll follow Third Brother's instructions in everything." After hesitating for a moment, he said to the Third Brother, "Today is Eighth Uncle's birthday, so I went to the clan residence to visit him."
"How dare you go there?"
"If others ask me, I won't tell them, but Third Brother is different from others. I actually have an idea. Third Brother, please listen and give me some advice."
The Third Prince listened to the Fourth Prince's nonsense, but his eyes lit up the more he listened. When he heard that Hongli was going to bring up this matter on the birthday of the late Emperor, an idea immediately came to his mind.
Logically, it would be unfair for him to force himself to do this, but now there is a powerful deputy queen and a favored imperial concubine in the palace. Although the concubine he married has a prominent family background, she is of no use to him.
Especially recently, he has shown unprecedented confidence and ambition.
To Lingrong, she was just inflated. When someone praised her, she felt that she was good enough again.
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