The emperor and Chu Jinglin stayed in Fengyi Palace until night before returning.
The young master was so sleepy that he was yawning, but he still held Chu Jinglin's hand tightly and asked him if he could stay.
Fengyi Palace is very big, and there is always a room for Chu Jinglin to sleep in. Chu Jinglin touched the young master's head and shook his head.
Seeing that the emperor was already unhappy, if he stayed at this time, he was afraid that his father would cause trouble for him.
"Be good, I'll come see you tomorrow."
The young master blinked and said dejectedly: "Okay, then brother, can you come to my house often in the future?"
"Sure, I'll go when I'm done..."
The emperor felt sad when he heard this. The young master had never been so reluctant to leave him.
"Well...Ruanruan, I can also go out of the palace to see you..." The emperor raised his head and said carefully to the young master.
The young master leaned on Han Xiao's body and tilted his head: "But, father, aren't you very busy? Can I leave the palace at will?"
The emperor was unconsciously choked by the young master. He said awkwardly, "I am the emperor. I can leave the palace whenever I want."
Chu Jinglin was drinking tea and almost spit out a mouthful of tea when he heard the emperor say that.
His father was trying too hard to compete for his favor. If the ministers of the previous dynasty heard such words, they would impeach him again.
The emperor glanced at Chu Jinglin sideways, then said gently to the young master, "Don't worry, Ruanruan. If you miss your father in the future, you can go directly to the palace. No one dares to stop you."
The young master thought of the dragon-patterned jade pendant given by the emperor and nodded ignorantly, but he didn't miss the emperor very much.
However, the young master did not dare to say these words in his heart, for he was afraid that the emperor would cry after he said them.
Seeing that the moon had quietly climbed up the branches, the emperor stood up and said, "It's getting late. You should all get some rest. If you need anything, please let the palace maid know."
"Your Majesty, don't worry." Han Xiao said with a bow.
"Well, then you guys take a rest. Jinglin, let's go." The emperor was still afraid that the young master would keep Chu Jinglin.
Chu Jinglin followed the emperor out speechlessly.
Han Xiao sent them to the palace gate, and the young master took Chaochao back to coax him to sleep.
Only after the emperor and Chu Jinglin had gone far away did Han Xiao prepare to go back.
"Han Xiao..."
Suddenly a voice called Han Xiao.
Han Xiao frowned. Why did the voice sound like that of the troublesome Fourth Princess?
The palace guards at the gate also stared with wide eyes at the fourth princess who walked out of the darkness.
The Fourth Princess did not bring any palace maids or ladies-in-waiting with her, she was the only one there, and it looked like she had been waiting here since she came directly from the palace banquet.
Han Xiaoyi was in an extremely complicated mood. He never thought that he would have such a romantic disaster.
The palace servant looked at Han Xiao and then at the Fourth Princess. He couldn't afford to offend any of them. What he was more afraid of was that if he discovered what had happened between the two of them, they would kill him to silence him.
Thinking of this, the palace maids' legs began to tremble.
"Greetings...Greetings to the Fourth Princess." The palace maid hesitated for a moment, then knelt carefully on the ground, not daring to look up again.
The Fourth Princess didn't even look at the palace servant, she walked past him and came in front of Han Xiao.
Han Xiao narrowed his eyes and took a step back, putting some distance between himself and the Fourth Princess.
A trace of hurt flashed in the fourth princess's eyes. Does Han Xiao hate her so much?
"Han Xiao, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you okay?" The Fourth Princess looked at Han Xiao's face greedily. She was now completely obsessed with Han Xiao.
Han Xiao felt uncomfortable being stared at by the Fourth Princess. He said coldly, "I wonder what brings you here so late at night, Fourth Princess? If there's nothing else, I'll go back first."
Hearing Han Xiao's cold words, the Fourth Princess' expression also changed. Apart from Han Xiao, no one had ever dared to speak to her so coldly.
"I've been waiting for you here for a long time, why do you have to be so cold? I don't believe you don't know how I feel." As she said this, the Fourth Princess wanted to step forward and hold Han Xiao's hand.
The palace maid who was still kneeling on the ground almost fainted after hearing the Fourth Princess's bold words.
Han Xiao pushed the Fourth Princess away with an expression of disgust and shouted, "Fourth Princess, please respect yourself..."
The fourth princess was startled by Han Xiao's scolding and stood there pursing her lips.
"You hate me so much. What's so good about Ruan Zhu? Is it just because he gave birth to your child? Then I can do the same. I can even bring you power and status. Why can't you just look at me..."
As the Fourth Princess spoke, tears kept flowing down her face. Han Xiao had no experience with women crying.
He was extremely fed up with the Fourth Princess's pestering. Han Xiao took a deep breath, unable to bear it any longer. "Fourth Princess, I want to make one thing clear to you. There's no way we can be together. Ruanruan is the one I love the most. I won't marry anyone else except him. Fourth Princess, please don't waste your affection on me. Farewell."
Without giving the Fourth Princess a chance to respond, Han Xiao turned and left.
The palace maid who was still lying on the ground immediately kowtowed again when she saw Han Xiao had left, and trotted after Han Xiao.
When leaving, the palace servant was still thinking desperately, hoping that the Fourth Princess had not seen his face clearly, otherwise he would be in real danger this time.
Han Xiao's expression relaxed only after he signaled the palace servants to close the palace gate.
"I'm sorry for causing trouble to the eunuch just now." Han Xiao stuffed a silver ingot into the palace servant's hand.
Han Xiao also knew that his unintentional discovery of this matter would definitely have an impact on the eunuch. Otherwise, when Chu Jinglin came tomorrow, he should tell him to transfer this palace maid out of Fengyi Palace.
The palace servant didn't expect Han Xiao to actually give him money. He immediately knelt on the ground and said sincerely, "Don't worry, sir. I won't tell anyone a single word of what I said today."
"Get up quickly." Han Xiaogang helped his father-in-law up and prepared to let him go back to rest.
Then he heard the young master standing outside the door holding Chao Chao and asking doubtfully, "Husband, what are you doing?"
Han Xiao's expression froze. He didn't want the young master to know that the fourth princess had just been there.
"Ahem, nothing much. I just saw a wild cat outside the door. This eunuch chased it away, right, eunuch?"
The eunuch didn't expect that Shura Field would appear one after another, and nodded with sweat on his forehead: "Yes, yes, that's it."
"Okay, then my husband, please come back quickly. Chaochao has been crying." The young master handed Chaochao to Han Xiao with a wronged look.
Seeing the young master so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead, Han Xiao picked up the still crying Chao Chao with heartache: "It's okay, let me see, what's wrong with our little Chao Chao?"
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