Chapter 483: Enjoy Yourself While You're Here

Xu Xinshu whispered, "What are you standing there for? Sit down."

"Do you think you can make the prince like you by standing there? It will only make more people laugh at you!"

As Cheng Hui, who had already been betrothed, it would have been fine for her to not care about the prince's favoritism towards someone else, but she just acted like this.

Xu Chengxuan was pulled to sit down, looking listless, lowering his head and muttering, "Obviously, I also work in the East Palace, and I often see her."

"I thought she liked me, why does she like someone else now?"

Seeing how deeply in love her son was, Xu Lanqi could only comfort him, "Maybe... it's not that he doesn't like you anymore."

Xu Chengzhen raised his head.

Seeing that this was effective, Xu Lanqi continued, "The prince should still like you, but he also likes someone else at the same time."

The young boy didn't understand how he could like two people at the same time and looked confused.

Xu Lanqi had no choice but to explain: "Just like your father likes your mother, and also likes your aunt."

Mrs. Xu said from behind: "Oh, is that so?"

Xu Lanqi turned around and winked at her.

Seeing that his son looked thoughtful, he seemed better than when he was distracted just now.

Mrs. Xu swallowed her words and glared at Xu Lanqi.

I'll settle the score with you when I get back!

Xu Lanqi felt a tingling sensation on her back.

He just wanted to comfort the jerk boy, what did he do wrong!

Compared to Xu Lanqi who was solely focused on her son, Xu Xinshu's mood was much more complicated.

She propped her face up with her arms and stared at Bei Jingchu on the platform without blinking.

In recent years, she has been studying agriculture in various parts of Vietnam. When she rarely comes to Beijing to visit her family, she finds that the current situation has changed dramatically.

That child...had also turned into a playboy, which she disliked.

After the banquet, Bei Hua showed the gift lists from each family and exclaimed in admiration.

"When you were in power, these people would think of giving you gifts during every festival."

"The valuable ones are just ordinary ones. They have to be exquisite and rare, and there are only a few of them in the world."

"Now, gifts like this golden bowl with a double-winged lotus pattern and this box of oriental pearls are so ordinary."

Bei Jingchu held the golden bowl that Bei Huan had rejected and mumbled, "I...I think it's pretty good."

“Does it matter if it’s unique or not? As long as it’s worth the money.”

Bei Hua: “…Vague!”

"Yeah, I'm tacky."

Bei Jingchu stretched out his finger and casually flicked the golden bowl, leaving a hole.

Bei Hua: "...Just go away, don't get in the way."

Alas, my cousin is getting more and more irritable.

But after thinking about the workload she had given her, Bei Jingchu decided to forgive her and left with her little golden bowl.

Seeing her good temper, she is simply the best boss in the world!

The next day, Wuyuan welcomed a guest, Xu Xinshu, who had just returned from the border.

This was the agricultural tycoon originally recognized by the system.

She must have been exposed to the sun too much. Not only is her face darker, but the wrinkles and freckles on her face also make her look much older than other ladies of the same age.

But Xu Xinshu didn't care. She was even too lazy to put on makeup. She even kept her hair simple, just casually tied with a wooden hairpin.

As soon as she came in, Bei Jingchu knelt down in front of her and said, "No need to be polite," and smiled, "Sister Xu just came back and she came to celebrate my birthday. She sent me a letter to visit later, and I agreed to welcome you today."

"Sister Xu has loved me since I was a child, so I think she won't mind."

At this point, Bei Jingchu remembered something, and the smile on her lips became more genuine.

"Logically speaking, Ah-Zhun will be my successor from now on, so calling you sister would mess up the generations."

"But I've been used to calling him that since I was a kid, and I'm too lazy to change it. Who called him Ah Zhuan later?"

Xu Xinshu sat down, somewhat surprised.

"Your Highness, do you still remember what happened when you were a child?"

She was away from home all year round and seldom came back to Beijing. After a few years, Bei Jingchu had grown so much that she could hardly recognize him and felt unfamiliar with him.

Now she says she still remembers things from her childhood, and that sense of alienation has faded a lot.

Bei Jingchu nodded, "Remember, when Sister Xu was in the palace, I even asked for your red envelopes during the New Year."

Recalling the prince's plump and white appearance back then, she could still hear what was in her heart at that time.

The little baby's mind never stops, he is a chatterbox.

Unlike now...through the controlled mask, she could no longer guess what she was thinking.

The other child, on the other hand, had everything written all over his face.

Xu Xinshu probed, "I heard from my brother that Ah Zhuan is deeply in love with you. I wonder what Your Highness thinks of him."

"I have also been betrayed before, and I have never married and have no children. I don't want my nephew to become a heartbroken person as well."

Bei Jingchu paused while twirling the beads with her fingers, and replied: "Of course it is the Chenghui given by His Majesty, what can you think?"

There is no need to ask anymore. It is difficult to disobey the imperial edict. I can only say that Zhao'er has given his true love to the wrong person in this life.

But Xu Xinshu had not finished what she wanted to say. She paused and spoke before Bei Jingchu was about to continue the greeting.

"Your Highness, I have watched you grow up since you were a child."

"I know I am not qualified to preach to Your Highness, but I really don't want to see the child I once held and gave him money to go astray."

"Why did I hear you no longer care about state affairs this time when I returned to Beijing? You are living a life of drunkenness and indulge in decadence?"

Bei Jingchu opened her mouth, but the desire to explain was instantly suppressed.

The mask was torn a little bit, but it was closed again in an instant, and the corners of his lips showed a frivolous and uninhibited smile again.

She collapsed, leaning against the armrest like a boneless person, and replied, "Of course, the vanity is becoming more and more dazzling. I am just an ordinary person after all. I have worked so hard in the past that it is rare for me to take a break. I don't want to leave this place of beauty and luxury anymore."

She even advised: "Sister Xu, don't work too hard. You have been busy for so many years. It's time for you to enjoy yourself. Why don't you try to live a happy life with me?"

With this look, and a few dark circles under his eyes, he was almost no different from those playboys Xu Xinshu had met before.

She was angry and said, "But Your Highness has worked so hard in the past, is it going to be ruined just for a moment of pleasure?"

Bei Jingchu shrugged, "Just work hard, there's no end to your efforts."

"Even if I work myself to death, will I be done with it?"

She looked stubborn and called out, "Changyan, bring some good wine and food, and call some actors and dancers."

"Sister Xu, life is short, so enjoy it while you can~"

"Sister Xu, you have never seen a man striptease, right? The people here are very familiar with this dance."

Xu Xinshu was so angry that she left.

Thinking of her last words before she left: "Your Highness, if you are still so unmotivated, you can't blame His Majesty for preferring the King of Qin now."

Bei Jingchu rested her legs on the table, her eyes blank and without any image.

The beads in his hand were twisted one by one, and he gradually meditated.

Today is nothing, there is still a long way to go.