After being told the gossip, Qingyin excitedly told Xie Yi about what she had heard that day.
Xie Yi frowned slightly upon hearing Consort Ru casually beating and scolding the palace maids.
This Consort Ru is becoming more and more outrageous. Recalling the Third Prince's ambition, Xie Yi dislikes Consort Ru even more.
After applying the eye drops, Qingyin secretly observed his expression and tentatively said sadly, "I heard that the palace maid also ruined her health and I'm afraid she won't be able to do anything in the future."
Xie Yi knew that the palace maid's miserable state reminded Qingyin of her own frail health.
He held Qingyin's hand, pulled her to sit on the soft couch, looked at her earnestly, and said, "If that palace maid's condition is so bad, I will have the imperial physician take a look at her. Yin'er, I will protect you. I won't let you end up like that palace maid."
"I believe in Your Majesty," Qingyin said, nestled in the man's arms, feigning emotion.
Xie Yi sighed inwardly. His little wife was still too kind-hearted; even a stranger being bullied as a maid evoked pity and sympathy in her. He stepped forward and hugged the girl. How could she survive in this deep palace if he didn't protect such a delicate child?
Holding Qingyin in his arms, Xie Yi inhaled the fragrance of his young wife's hair and lowered his eyes.
As for Jiang Chengxi, he also went to Beining, and he didn't plan to ask his young wife any more questions.
He believed that his charm would make Qingyin fall in love with him.
Qingyin saw the female lead again three months later.
At the victory banquet held by the royal family to celebrate Jiang Chengxi's victory.
Qingyin sat next to Emperor Jingchen, but everyone's gaze couldn't help but drift upwards, landing on the woman next to the bright yellow figure.
Sitting in the women's section, Bai Zhenzhu secretly glanced at her older sister, who had become a palace concubine, her thoughts extremely complicated.
After her elder sister became Consort Yu and left the Marquis of Weining's mansion, her life changed. Not only did her mother and father often quarrel, but they also made a fuss about her marrying Jiang Chengxi.
Bai Zhenzhu had no way to express her suffering. She had deliberately done frightening things like hunger strikes and hanging herself. Her mother was finally scared off and didn't push her any further, but her father still insisted that she marry Jiang Chengxi.
Bai Zhenzhu was in great pain. She couldn't help but tell her beloved Xie Chenwei about her troubles, and thus finally learned the true identity of her beloved.
However, looking at the incredibly beautiful girl on the stage under the palace lanterns, Bai Zhenzhu couldn't help but feel a sense of panic. She was worried that Chenwei would fall in love with her sister.
Bai Zhenzhu secretly glanced at Xie Chenwei's position and noticed that the man wasn't looking in her sister's direction. She breathed a slight sigh of relief, but what she didn't notice was that the man had been holding a glass of wine for a long time without drinking it.
Jiang Chengxi, with a new scar on his face, carefully examined the dazzling and beautiful girl above him out of the corner of his eye, his eyes filled with pain.
She looks great; His Majesty must treat her well now that she's in the palace.
Indeed, the young girl possesses the most beautiful face in the world; how could His Majesty not treat her well?
Feeling dejected, Jiang Chengxi couldn't help but down a few more glasses of wine.
Emperor Jingchen watched the scene below with varying expressions, his eyes revealing no emotion, only occasionally bringing Qingyin a few plates of her favorite snacks.
Looking at the dessert brought to her face, Qingyin gave the man a sweet smile.
"Your Majesty, you should eat too."
Xie Yi smiled indulgently, "It's alright, if I don't like it, Yin'er can use it herself."
Below the stage, watching the emperor and Consort Yu's tender and affectionate scene, the ministers subtly began to value the incomparably beautiful Consort Yu even more.
As dusk approached, Qingyin, having sat at the banquet for a while, also felt a bit sleepy and blinked her eyes drowsily.
Xie Yi, who had gotten used to taking care of Qingyin these past few days, keenly noticed that Qingyin was sleepy and came over to comfort her, saying, "If you're tired, go back to sleep first. I'll have Ning from Jiangzhou take you back first."
Qingyin glared at him angrily, "I don't need Eunuch Jiang to take me back. Just have the nannies and the others take me back."
Xie Yi wasn't angry at being glared at. In his eyes, that glare was less like a glare and more like a flirtatious glance from his wife.
It's incredibly alluring.
Xie Yi smiled gently: "Alright, be careful on the road."
Qingyin nodded and got up to leave.
Xie Mingwen watched Qingyin about to leave, and even felt a desire to chase after her.
But at today's banquet, how could he not know that he had mistaken the person for someone else? If the girl had married an ordinary man, he would still have a chance. But that man was his father, the emperor, who was above all others. How could he compete with the most powerful man in the world for a woman?
Xie Mingwen couldn't help but feel deflated.
Xie Yi glanced meaningfully at his sons, whose mood seemed inexplicably low, his eyes dark and unfathomable.
...
After the welcoming banquet, Qingyin heard news of the female lead again: she had been carried into the Third Prince's residence and become his concubine.
Without her background as the general's wife, Consort Ru was ultimately unwilling to let Bai Zhenzhu become her son's primary wife. However, she couldn't outlast the male lead, and in the end, the female lead still entered Xie Chenwei's household.
However, not as the principal wife.
Qingyin guessed that, given the willfulness and pride of the white pearl girl, her relationship with the male lead would probably have a long way to go.
However, Bai Zhenzhu's life was not going to be easy. Consort Ru was a controlling mother, and because of the Third Prince's favoritism, she disliked Bai Zhenzhu. In addition, there was a powerful primary wife who had married into the household at the same time, and Consort Ru had also deliberately selected several beautiful concubines...
Tsk tsk, these days are really tough.
Sure enough, when Qingyin saw Bai Zhenzhu again at the palace gate, Bai Zhenzhu was no longer as lively and cheerful as she was in the mansion. She had not only lost a lot of weight, but her eyes also revealed a sense of depression.
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