Chapter 205 Bo Qiaohui 17
As soon as Dou Yifang entered the prince's bedroom, she couldn't help but frown: "The prince's palace is so chaotic, what are the palace people doing?"
Rong Er, standing by, smiled and advised, "Don't you know the Crown Prince's temper? He must not want the palace servants to touch his things."
"I can't see through this kid anymore." Dou Yifang sighed, reaching out to make the child's bed and tidy up the desk. "He always keeps to himself. Even when I want to get into his heart, I always feel like I'm missing something."
"Sometimes I don't know who is my biological child, Wu'er or him. I know what Wu'er wants just by looking at him, but Qi'er...nothing I do seems to make him happy."
Dou Yifang sighed. After seeing Liu Wu off, she always felt empty in her heart. She felt inexplicably uncomfortable being so polite to Qi'er.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still young. Once he gets married and has children, he will surely understand the Empress's painstaking efforts."
"I hope so..."
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
The palace maid's voice brought her back to her thoughts. Dou Yifang stood up and was about to greet him, but she saw Liu Qi bowing respectfully:
"Your son pays homage to your mother."
"Privately, we are just mother and son, not king and subject."
“Etiquette cannot be abolished.”
After Liu Qi finished speaking, he ignored Dou Yifang's reaction and just walked in blankly: "If you are alright, mother, I will rest now."
"Qi'er, your mother wants to talk to you about your lifelong event."
Liu Qi felt even more annoyed when he heard this. The women in the palace were all attracted to his power and status, just like Li Miaoren; and outside the palace... that woman outside the palace had probably already forgotten him and was probably now happily married to her new husband.
"Your royal grandmother's family has a niece named..."
"Marriage is a matter of great importance, and it's up to the parents to decide. I have no objection." Liu Qi interrupted Dou Yifang before she could finish, "I'm really tired and want to rest."
Dou Yifang saw him fall asleep straight away and could only pat his shoulder helplessly: "Then you should have a good rest. Mother will help you make all the arrangements."
After saying that, he left quietly with Rong'er.
It didn't take long for everyone in the palace to know the news. In the remote Beiyuan, Li Miaoren, who was dreaming, was probably the last one to know about it.
"I should have gone to the music hall earlier. At least it's much more relaxing than here."
Li Miaoren waved the broom in anger, "And that stinky eunuch, he said he liked me, but he just rejected me once and he actually stopped visiting me."
After working under the scorching sun for a day, Li Miaoren looked at the desolate Beiyuan and gritted his teeth.
No, I'm so beautiful, I can't spend my whole life here!
She regrouped and began to wander around the palace again, trying to get information about the Crown Prince's whereabouts from others. Perhaps fate really was the truth, as Liu Qi hadn't taken the initiative to come to Beiyuan to look for her in this life, but thanks to Li Miaoren's unremitting efforts, they still met by chance in the peach forest.
Li Miaoren was still trying to commit suicide, pretending not to know his identity as the crown prince and confessing her feelings to the "young eunuch". Liu Qi still believed her words, and the two of them seemed to be reconciled again after a few exchanges.
Just looking at the other person's smile, Liu Qi suddenly felt a little annoyed.
"I'm getting married tomorrow, so I can't arrange your status right now. If you're willing, how about you come to Taiji Palace and be a maid?"
Li Miaoren was extremely reluctant. She hadn't approached the Crown Prince just to be a maid. But seeing that Liu Qi had already frowned, she had to pretend to be affectionate and said, "I am already satisfied to be able to accompany His Highness."
"Well, don't worry, I won't let you down."
Anyway, he has even less feelings for the Crown Princess. He has to get married eventually, and at least this one is more pleasing to his eye, so let's go with her.
Liu Qi thought indifferently and pulled Li Miaoren back to Taiji Hall.
The prince's wedding ceremony lasted for a whole day. It was not until the night fell that he met the other host of the wedding holding a bright red scarf.
Liu Qi found it ridiculous. Everyone was smiling as if this was a huge happy event, but he didn't even know the name of the woman he was going to be with for the rest of his life.
The woman was wearing a bright red wedding gown, with long tassels hanging from her phoenix crown, covering her face.
However, Liu Qi was not interested in her appearance. He just lowered his head and looked at her nose and mouth, and let everyone manipulate them like puppets.
Kneeling on the bed, the lengthy speech finally finished. Liu Qi couldn't help laughing as soon as everyone left.
"Your Highness is happy?"
The girl's voice was like the sound of a clear spring, and it sounded strangely familiar. Liu Qi turned his head subconsciously, but all he saw was a beautiful profile beneath the gently swaying tassels.
"Oh... don't you think it's funny? Two strangers sitting here and enduring all these rules and etiquette, just to be laughed at by those people."
Liu Qi subconsciously turned his head back, but still said what was in his heart.
An awkward atmosphere gradually filled the air.
After a long silence, Liu Qi could feel the girl beside him turn her head. "Your Highness, do you think marrying me is a joke?"
"That's not what I meant. I've never been restrained before, so I'm a little uncomfortable."
Liu Qi still didn't look at her. After he finished speaking, he realized she hadn't moved. He waited a moment longer, and seeing she was still kneeling there motionless, he turned around and faced her with some impatience.
"You, you're crying?"
The big boy was suddenly at a loss. He lifted the tassels in front of Qiaohui's eyes and looked into her tearful eyes. The girl seemed to have suffered a great injustice and could no longer bear it. Tears rolled down her beautiful face like a string and dripped onto Liu Qi's hand that was fiddling with the tassels.
"I really didn't mean that. Stop crying. If people knew, they would think I bullied you."
"You're just bullying me. You're a heartless bastard!"
The girl no longer had the obedience she showed in front of her elders or the dignity she showed in front of her servants. She waved her sleeves and hit Liu Qi hard.
"Are you being reasonable?"
Liu Qixian didn't fight back yet. He was hurt by the beating and couldn't help but push her lightly. Qiaohui fell to the other side along his hand, and the wooden hairpin in her sleeve fell onto the bed.
Liu Qi's pupils trembled, and he quickly picked up the hairpin. It was the Biyi hairpin that he had painstakingly carved for more than two months when he was twelve years old.
"You, you are... you," Liu Qi was so excited that he couldn't speak. The huge ecstasy made him dizzy and his hands were shaking. "You are Aqiao! You are actually Aqiao! I, I married Aqiao?!"
He jumped up from the bed with joy, and walked around the bed for a long time before he could suppress his sudden surprise. Only then did he notice that Aqiao had not made a sound since then.
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