"Still young? Qin Xiangning is about to have a child, and Prince Kang's child is already that big." Dongfang Ruoxue said the latter part with an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry about An Yanran's matter..."
"No need to say, I know you didn't mean it, so, judging from An Yanran's situation, maybe what your brother did was right."
"What if they're not here for that reason?"
"It must be because of this. Your brother is a very smart man, and he is also afraid that your sister-in-law will be in danger. For example, I have been married for such a long time, but I still don't have a child, right?"
"But you and the prince don't live separately."
"This..." An Qingran's face flushed. "Well, next time you go to the palace, bring your sister-in-law with you. I'll ask her secretly why. Then I'll give her some ideas. Sometimes, a man doesn't know what to do if he doesn't give her a push."
Dongfang Ruoxue breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this: "As long as Sister An is willing to help, they will definitely get back together soon."
"Why are you calling me Sister An?" An Qingran joked with a smile.
"I just feel that the word 'sister' is closer to me. When the Crown Prince is here, I will call you Crown Princess, okay?"
"That's fine, but I have to ask a question, why isn't your father in a hurry to find you a husband?"
As soon as An Qingran said this, Dongfang Ruoxue said something annoying and her face suddenly turned red: "I'm still young."
"You are only a few days away from reaching marriageable age, so how come you are younger now?"
"She's still young anyway."
"Okay, Xiao, you are the youngest, so you don't have to get married." An Qingran said with a smile.
Dongfang Ruoxue refused again and came forward to pull her hand and tickle her. The two of them soon burst into laughter. All the people outside could hear were bursts of silver bell-like laughter, which was very pleasant to the ears and the heart.
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Two days later, Dongfang Ruoxue really dragged Lou Wanyue here, and then Dongfang Ruoxue said she was going to see the Royal Grandmother, so she left Lou Wanyue here alone. After everyone left, An Qingran looked at Lou Wanyue and asked seriously, "You and Prince Dongfang haven't had your wedding night yet, right?"
Lou Wanyue didn't expect her to ask so directly. She froze and her face turned pale.
An Qingran understood what was going on and took her hand, saying in a soothing and gentle tone, "You should have told me earlier. You'll get sick if you keep things like this in your heart."
"How could I have told you about something like this earlier... By the way, is that girl Ruoxue meddling in other people's business?"
"This is not a trivial matter. Listen to me. It is easy to capture a man's heart, but it is also difficult. It seems like there is a huge distance between us. So, I will help you." An Qingran said this with a sly smile on her face. "I will teach you a few tricks. Listen carefully."
As he spoke, he whispered in Lou Wanyue's ear.
Lou Wanyue was startled at first, then her face became redder and redder, and finally it looked like she was covered in rouge, which made her look very shy and cute. After listening to An Qingran's words, a smile appeared in her eyes: "Will this work? Will he think I am?"
"How could it be? This is the law of nature, and human nature. Let me tell you, in addition to these moves, I'll give you some perfume powder to rub on your body. Once people smell it, they can't control themselves..."
"I can't drug him." Lou Wanyue lowered her head, a conflicted look on her face.
"Who said I drugged him? Aren't I drugging you?" An Qingran straightened her shoulders. "Look at me. He won't notice this. Besides, do you want to keep going like this?"
"I'm waiting for him to fall in love with me."
"Well, maybe after this, he will fall in love with you completely." An Qingran smiled and said, "Maybe he loves you very much now, but he doesn't know it, or this kind of relationship has become a habit. Someone has to break it first, otherwise it won't be good to keep getting used to it. Think about it again, doesn't Dongfang Run have done anything good for you?"
"That's not the case. He said before that we didn't know each other well, and we've been getting in touch with each other for a while. Once, when it was raining, he took off his coat to protect me from the wind and rain..." At this point, Lou Wanyue's face became red again, "I thought we could change after that time, but we went back to the way we were before. Recently, he's been coming to my room more often, but he's still reading."
"That's why I taught you to do that."
"But if he knew, would he hate me?"
"How can there be hatred between husband and wife? In addition, I will prepare two sets of clothes for you. Your clothes are too plain, which makes people feel distant. And this hairstyle, I will teach you a few new ones. I guarantee that Dongfang Run will be dumbfounded when he sees it. Summer is here, and you can't be as cold as in winter. You take the initiative to care about him, and then I will teach you some nourishing soup..."
An Qingran tried her best to come up with ideas for Lou Wanyue.
After listening to this, Lou Wanyue felt grateful and ashamed. She held An Qingran's hand and said, "Thank you..."
All the hatred she had for her disappeared in an instant. At that time, she pushed all the responsibility onto the Crown Princess. Now thinking about it, this was unfair to the Crown Princess because she might not know anything.
In fact, she didn't know that the Crown Princess knew everything.
After returning home, Lou Wanyue did as An Qingran said, combed her hair into a bun, and wore a bright red palace dress with dark patterns. The bright color made her usually pale face more lively. When she walked to Dongfang Run with a glass bowl, the pen in Dongfang Run's hand froze there, and a big ink spot appeared on the paper. The surprise in his eyes was not revealed at all, but was all taken in by Lou Wanyue. She smiled lightly: "I stewed lily and water chestnut rock sugar water. It's hot, you can cool down."
Dongfang Run took the small jade bowl she handed over, took a sip, and raised his eyebrows: "It's very light, you should drink some too."
"Okay." Lou Wanyue also served herself a small bowl, raised the spoon to her lips and took a sip. In fact, she had tasted it several times until the taste was just right before she passed it to him. However, she also felt that the syrup was particularly delicious today. The taste of the nectar was very light. She had never thought of adding osmanthus and wolfberry honey before. An Qingran was indeed good at research. How did she know so many things, and she was younger than her.
No wonder she was able to enter the palace and solve so many problems.
Thinking of this, she felt somewhat grateful to the talkative Dongfang Ruoxue.
Dongfang Run put down the jade bowl, glanced at her casually, and then said, "Please sit down."
"Will my status not affect the prince's studies?"
"It's noon now, it's okay... Did you go to the palace yesterday?"
"Well, I went to see the Crown Princess." Lou Wanyue directly told him the answer he wanted to know. She was very confused as to why she was so calm at this moment, and even had an urge to make everything clear.
Dongfang Run didn't have any special expression, he just said: "You can go to see the Crown Princess, but try not to see the Queen Mother."
Lou Wanyue didn't understand what was going on and there was a look of surprise and doubt in her eyes.
"Oh, what I mean is that the Empress Dowager is ill and needs to rest. I heard that she has refused all visitors. If she treats us specially, I am afraid it will arouse the jealousy of others."
He could talk so much to her, Lou Wanyue's heart started beating wildly, she was a little nervous, pulling her sleeve with one hand while secretly blaming herself for being so worldly-wise, he was so nice to her and she became like this, if he...
She didn't even dare to think about it, but An Qingran said she would research a kind of perfume powder for her and asked her to go back to the palace in two days.
"I understand."
"I'm glad I understand." Dongfang Run's voice was still as clear as before, and there was no excessive expression on his face. However, maybe it was a psychological effect, but Lou Wanyue felt that he had become special.
Night falls.
Lou Wanyue was waiting quietly in the room. The candles had been lit earlier. She sat at the table, picking the candle wick with a silver hairpin. The candle wick kept popping. She didn't know what this auspicious omen would mean, but her heart was pounding and she was very nervous. At this moment, she heard footsteps. They stopped at the door, but only for a moment. The door was pushed open and Dongfang Run, a handsome man in white, walked in with a book in his hand. Lou Wanyue stood up and walked forward. There was a small flame dancing in her eyes. Her voice was a little trembling: "My Lord, you are here..."
Dongfang Run nodded slightly: "I haven't had dinner yet..."
"Okay, I'll ask you to cook for me right now. What do you want to eat?" Lou Wanyue walked to the door and turned around. Although she was in the dark, her eyes were exceptionally bright and sparkling.
Dongfang Run was moved when he saw this: "You can arrange it."
Lou Wanyue nodded: "Okay, I'll have someone make some Jiangnan side dishes, which are light and refreshing..."
The figure flashed, and then floated out like a butterfly, with brisk steps without making any sound. Dongfang Run sat on the chair, looking at the direction where she disappeared, the corner of his mouth twitched, and his eyes were thoughtful...
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Wanquan Teahouse.
Seeing this special teahouse, An Qingran couldn't help but feel curious: "Who opened such an elegant and proud teahouse? The tea here is even better than the one in the palace. If the emperor knew about it, he would definitely close it down."
"Do you think our father is so stingy?" Dongfang Jin had a faint smile on his face. He sat there without a trace of evil, as if there was a kind of magic in this teahouse that could wash away all worldly thoughts and worldly airs from people.
An Qingran also smiled: "I did speak out of turn, but if I don't exaggerate, I won't be able to express my inner amazement."
"Well, this teahouse is just average. You're flattering me."
"Why are you so modest? You say that, as if you are the owner of this teahouse." An Qingran looked around with a smile, but found that this teahouse was really restrained. However, anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that the decoration of this room was definitely not simpler than any other in the imperial palace. Just the wooden table itself was probably made of thousand-year-old sunken wood. Although it was painted with gold lacquer, the wood grain could still be vaguely seen. What's more, there was no incense burning in the room, but the elegant and refreshing wood fragrance was everywhere, as if surrounding people.
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