Zu An glanced at Bi Linglong, then at the Bai Fei she had mentioned, and thought to herself, "Each of the plum blossoms, orchids, bamboo, and chrysanthemums has its own unique charm."
However, while the Crown Princess is beautiful, she is a bit too fierce. The Consort Bai beside her is gentle and dignified, making her much more likable at first glance.
However, the two seemed to be at odds with each other, and sparks could be faintly felt flying in the air.
The prince, standing to the side, grinned foolishly: "Sister Bai, you're here too."
The young noblewoman bowed gracefully, her manner as gentle as water: "Your Highness, please do not address me as such. Just call me Rouxue."
Her name was Bai Rouxue.
Wait, Your Majesty?
Zu An suddenly realized that this young noblewoman must be the protagonist in the story Chu Chuyan mentioned earlier, where the emperor bestowed one of his concubines upon the crown prince, and she then bore him a son.
No wonder the Crown Princess was so displeased when she called her "sister" but could only suppress her anger and feign compliance.
Bai Rouxue looked a few years older than Bi Linglong. The Crown Princess sometimes looked like a young girl, but this woman looked more like a young woman, a fully mature young woman.
His gaze involuntarily fell on her full breasts, and he remembered that Chu Chuyan had mentioned that she had given birth to a son. Was she still breastfeeding?
Seemingly noticing his gaze, Bai Rouxue blushed slightly, but said nothing. Instead, she looked at the Crown Princess beside her and said, "I heard Linglong's voice from afar, so I came to see who made Linglong angry."
Bi Linglong was secretly annoyed. Was she mocking her loud voice?
She said calmly, "I was just teaching a fool a lesson, I didn't expect to alarm Bai Fei."
The other person kept calling her "little sister" because he was a few years older than her and had a special status, so there wasn't much of a problem with him calling her that.
But she absolutely refused to call the other woman "elder sister," since she was the Crown Prince's principal wife and how could she possibly call a concubine "elder sister"?
"Oh? Could this be that blind guy?" Bai Rouxue looked curiously at Zu An beside her.
Zu An's expression was strange. What was going on? He felt like he had been caught in the vortex of this power struggle between the two.
He glanced at Zhao Ruizhi beside him. This fat man was quite lucky with the women; both of them were extremely beautiful, and each had a completely different temperament.
However, Zhao Ruizhi just stood there with that silly grin typical of someone with intellectual disabilities, which was quite heartbreaking to watch.
Bai Rouxue sized him up: "Judging from your attire, you don't seem to be from the palace. How did you get in?"
Bi Linglong, standing to the side, was startled. This was indeed a suspicious point. She had actually forgotten about this most crucial issue. It was all because this guy was too audacious, which made her furious and caused her to lose her composure compared to usual.
Zu An replied, "Zhu Xie Chixin brought me into the palace, and later it was Eunuch Li who brought me to this area."
Bi Linglong's expression changed slightly. She finally remembered where she had heard this name before. It turned out to be that guy who had been making headlines recently for his supposed immortality technique.
Bai Rouxue, who was standing next to him, also looked at him in surprise, clearly realizing that she had also realized Zu An's identity.
Bi Linglong snorted and said directly to Zhao Ruizhi beside her, "Your Highness, let's go back. We haven't finished our morning lessons yet."
Zhao Ruizhi got anxious: "I still want to play with Zu'an, he knows so many fun things..."
At this moment, Bi Linglong glared at him, startling him so much that he swallowed back what he was about to say.
Bai Rouxue, standing to the side, smiled and said, "Little Linglong, you're leaving in such a hurry?"
Bi Linglong replied indifferently, "I still need to supervise the Crown Prince's studies and dare not neglect them."
Hmph, that guy Zu'an is someone the emperor specifically requested to see. I just said I would beat him to death. If that gets back to the emperor, who knows what he'll think of her or her family.
She knew she couldn't deal with Zuan anymore, so why stay here and become a laughingstock?
She gave the maid a look, and the maid named Rong Mo hurriedly called the eunuch next to her to help the crown prince back. The group left in a hurry, only Zhao Ruizhi kept turning back reluctantly, it was not known whether he was reluctant to part with his gentle sister Bai or with Zu An.
After they left, Zu'an cupped his hands in thanks to the noblewoman beside him, saying, "Thank you, Consort Bai, for speaking up for me just now, which saved me a lot of trouble."
Bai Rouxue nodded slightly, a faint smile appearing on her face. She did not answer, then turned and drifted away.
Zuan looked annoyed. Were all the women in the palace so aloof?
The beautiful Crown Princess initially didn't bother to talk to him and let the maids do the talking. Later, she couldn't help but say a few words to him.
Now, this seemingly gentle and kind Consort Bai is just like the arrogant Crown Princess, not saying a word to him anymore.
By making yourself out to be a sex offender, who are you trying to protect yourself from?
Of course, he also knew that, let alone these imperial concubines, even the wives of ordinary families had no right to talk to men outside their families. In their eyes, men outside their families were called "outside men," and if they were not careful, they would be accused of having secret meetings with outside men, which would be a devastating blow to a woman's reputation.
Previously, Mingyue City had a more open atmosphere in all aspects due to its business focus, while other cities paid more attention to this.
Logically speaking, a big city like Beijing shouldn't have such a conservative atmosphere.
He suddenly realized that the Crown Prince must be mentally challenged, and as his concubines, they should naturally pay more attention to these matters to avoid any suspicious situations.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, "This crown prince may be a bit foolish, but he's really lucky."
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