"Oh, you're overthinking it. Miss Xie and I aren't familiar with each other. Miss Xie and I were chatting the other day, and she might have misunderstood that there was something going on between us, so she couldn't wait to come and claim her sovereignty. But I've explained it to her, and as for whether she believes it or not, I can't do anything about it."
Zhou Qiongyue explained calmly and shrugged indifferently after speaking.
After hearing what Zhou Qiongyue said, the Queen instantly had a bad impression of Miss Xie, but she still asked, "Is that really the case?"
"My cousin must have misunderstood." Li Jingchen was so sure of this that he almost got angry.
Zhou Qiongyue didn't exaggerate, but simply repeated what they had said that day, "The Second Prince told me that he treats you like his own sister. The Second Prince is so good to you, I'm so envious... Second cousin, am I exaggerating?"
The queen immediately turned her gaze to her son, and her meaning was very clear, she just wanted to ask if that was the case.
The second prince Li Jingchen could only nod helplessly. Originally, he and Prince Yuan didn't think anything of what he heard that day, but when he heard his cousin say this, he also felt something was a little strange.
But the Second Prince still explained: "Maybe Miss Xie didn't mean that."
The queen simply poked her son's head calmly and said, "As expected, beauty can lead to misleading people. You grew up in the palace, so you don't know what these words mean.
Fortunately, Yue'er has no interest in you, otherwise she would have cried her heart out. They're already declaring their sovereignty before the marriage is even granted. The Xuanping Marquis's Mansion is quite well-educated.
You really have no vision."
The queen really didn't expect that her smart son would fall for beauty.
"Mother, Miss Xie, maybe she just doesn't feel safe. After all, Yuan An has been spreading rumors that my cousin and I were childhood sweethearts. She really cares about me too much."
After Li Jingchen finished speaking, he was stunned. Such stupid words were indeed not something that a child who grew up in the palace could say.
"Puff!" The fifth prince Li Jingyu was the first to lose his patience. To him, it was extremely funny that his elder brother, whom he had admired since childhood, could say such silly words.
When the fifth prince started talking, the queen and Zhou Qiongyue also laughed.
At this time, the second prince Li Jingchen was extremely embarrassed, his ears were red, and he felt a little ashamed.
The Fifth Prince didn't give his brother a chance to calm down. Instead, he circled around Li Jingchen, sizing him up, making tut-tut sounds and continuing to stab him mercilessly. "Are you really my wise second brother? You haven't been replaced by someone else, have you?"
The only response to the Fifth Prince was the Second Prince's roar: "Li Jingyu!"
The fifth prince thought his second brother was going to beat him again, so he jumped away immediately, looking like someone who deserved a beating even though he couldn't be beaten.
The second prince didn't think much about it, and immediately he and his younger brother started chasing each other in the hall.
The Queen and Zhou Qiongyue also watched the brothers' fight with great interest. The Queen would sometimes cheer them on, for example, "Yu'er, run faster."
After the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince had enough of their fight, the two of them sat casually on the ground, not acting like princes at all.
Zhou Qiongyue was a little surprised at first, but she thought about the original owner's memory. In the original owner's memory, the three of them had always been very casual in front of the queen, so Zhou Qiongyue put it aside.
Although the Queen knew what kind of person her son was, she was also afraid that Li Jingchen might tempt Zhiyong, so she still warned him:
"I don't care what happens between you and Miss Xie. But you two should resolve your issues between yourselves. Don't involve Yue'er in this. If it affects Yue'er's future husband-hunting, I'll skin you alive."
When Zhou Qiongyue heard her aunt say this, she nodded hurriedly.
"Don't worry, mother. I know what to do." The second prince Li Jingchen quickly assured.
"You'd better know." The queen said this and didn't say anything else. If she talked too much about this kind of thing, it would inevitably affect the relationship between mother and son.
The Queen was not optimistic about Miss Xie becoming the principal wife at this time, but since her son liked her, she had to let her go, otherwise she would become her white moonlight, which would be even more difficult to deal with.
As for other things, the emperor is still in his prime, it is too early to talk about other things, just let his son jump on his own.
The fifth prince, Li Jingyu, who was watching the show nearby, saw his cousin's lively appearance and felt that his second brother's judgment of people was really poor. He was just waiting to see his second brother regret it later.
After that, Zhou Qiongyue lived in the palace for about ten days, and then left the palace and returned to Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion. The main reason was that Zhou Qiongyue lived in the palace, and the queen did not have a daughter, so she had no one to talk to.
When going out for a stroll, Zhou Qiongyue worried about running into other concubines or princes; she didn't want to cause trouble for her aunt. Her cousins were also very busy, studying and practicing martial arts, so they only saw her occasionally at dinner.
The Queen Aunt is also very busy every day, so it is usually Zhou Qiongyue who takes people to stroll around Kunyun Palace.
The most important thing is that if she stays in Kunyun Palace, it will be difficult for the emperor to visit her aunt. After all, she is older, and the emperor is afraid of misunderstandings.
So she stayed for about ten days, and then resolutely returned home with a bunch of good things given by the queen.
This time when Zhou Qiongyue entered the palace, she did not try every means to see the second prince like the original owner did, and she did not often try to make her presence felt in front of the second prince.
Originally, the second prince planned to play with his cousin for a while as an apology for Miss Xie's recklessness, but Miss Xie didn't care about him at all, and he felt quite lost.
People are like this. What is easy to get is not easy to cherish.
Fortunately, the Second Prince was busy and didn't have much time to think about these messy things. When he finally dealt with his father's many tests, he remembered that he hadn't visited Miss Xie for a long time.
So he just happened to be resting that day, and he couldn't wait to take his people out of the palace. Then he went straight to the teahouse where he met Miss Xie.
When he arrived, Miss Xie happened to be sitting alone in the place where they usually sat, listening to a book. He could feel his joy at seeing such a quiet Miss Xie.
The Second Prince immediately came forward with his men, "Excuse me, can we listen to the book together?"
It’s not that the Second Prince was being rude, it’s just that the place where Miss Xie was sitting was actually a private room. Normally, no one dared to go in and ask, and there were maids guarding the door.
They only let him in because he was the second prince. Not everyone can go in.
"Greetings to the Second Prince!" Xie Zixin performed this greeting very politely.
The Second Prince smiled and spoke to the woman in front of him: "Xin'er is so polite to me!"
As soon as the Second Prince Li Jingchen said this, Xie Zixin immediately stood up and sat back in her original seat. Anyone could see that she was very angry.
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