Upon arriving in Fujian, He Xue received a letter from the Crown Prince, and she happily replied to him.
But later, every few days she would receive a letter from the Crown Prince, and it would always be just a few words: take care of yourself, don't forget him, and don't be fooled by others! So Xue became too lazy to reply to the Crown Prince.
To make it easier for He Xue to write letters, the Crown Prince specially trained a carrier pigeon. He Xue noticed that the pigeon had gotten thinner from delivering letters to her and the Crown Prince so frequently!
After the Crown Prince received no reply from He Xue twice, he urged Qing Dai to make sure that He Xue wrote back to him.
That day, Xue received a letter from the Crown Prince. It contained the same few sentences, and yes, it also included the question, "Why didn't you reply to him?"
Seeing that He Xue showed no intention of replying, Qingdai asked, "Princess, aren't you going to reply to His Highness the Crown Prince?"
"I'll reply in a few days!" Xue said casually. She always replied to letters, and she didn't know what to say to the Crown Prince!
"Princess, you should still write back to His Highness the Crown Prince!" Qingdai advised. She didn't want to receive a letter from the Crown Prince. The letter he sent her only had one meaning: urging Hexue to reply to him. But he filled an entire page with just that one sentence.
"Did the Crown Prince write you a letter?" He Xue asked Qing Dai.
"Yes, Princess!" Qingdai immediately knelt before Hexue. "Princess, His Highness the Crown Prince only asked me to tell you to reply to him. I haven't replied to His Highness at all!"
Qingdai was afraid that Hexue would misunderstand her, thinking that she was sent by the Crown Prince to monitor Hexue.
"Get up, don't kneel so easily!" He Xue said, "You were sent by the Crown Prince. Whether you are loyal to the Crown Prince or me doesn't matter, the Crown Prince won't harm me anyway!"
"Your Highness, do you trust His Highness the Crown Prince very much?" Qingdai asked.
Without hesitation, He Xue replied, "Yes! Just like believing in yourself!"
"Qingdai, if you receive any more letters from the Crown Prince, you can reply if you want, or ignore them if you don't! Anyway, the Crown Prince is too far away to influence either you or me!"
"Yes, thank you, Princess!" Qingdai replied with a smile.
He Xue finished writing her reply to the Crown Prince and handed it to Qing Dai, saying, "Alright, send it back to my brother the Crown Prince!"
Qingdai looked at Hexue's reply and asked, "Princess, is this alright?"
"Okay, go quickly!" He Xue urged.
Qingdai braced herself and sent Hexue's reply back to the Crown Prince. In order not to make the Crown Prince too angry, Qingdai told him what Hexue had said to her!
The Crown Prince finally received He Xue's reply, which he eagerly opened. However, he found that the letter he had written to He Xue was actually his own, except that it had a large "read" written on it.
The Crown Prince looked at the words and couldn't help but smile, his eyes filled with doting affection. "He Xue, is it because your Crown Prince brother writes to you too often? But what if your Crown Prince brother is worried that someone else will take you away?"
"I shouldn't have let you leave your brother, the Crown Prince, in the first place!"
The Crown Prince discovered that time would not diminish his longing for He Xue, but would only make his feelings for her more unforgettable!
The Crown Prince discovered another letter, from Qingdai. Could something have happened with Xue? The Crown Prince nervously opened the letter, and the more he read, the wider his smile became.
Did He Xue have some different feelings for him? It's just that He Xue herself didn't know it!
The Crown Prince is really looking forward to the day when Xue returns to the capital.
Besides the Crown Prince, who was also looking forward to He Xue's return, even Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Suo'etu were eagerly anticipating her return.
The selection process, held every three years, failed to bring in any new members for Yuqing Palace.
Emperor Kangxi's official explanation was that it was not appropriate for the Crown Prince to marry too early, and that the Crown Princess was already secretly raising him. This explanation temporarily dispelled everyone's doubts.
Seeing that there wasn't a single woman around the Crown Prince, Suo'etu wished that all the flowers in Yuqing Palace would bloom but never bear fruit. Although he only doubted the Crown Prince's claims, the Crown Prince was determined to marry Hexue, and he now just hoped that the Crown Prince could get married soon. The eldest prince was already married, and the eldest grandson had to come from Yuqing Palace.
But with Xue in Fujian, who would the Crown Prince marry? Soetu specifically approached Kangxi, saying that the Crown Prince should get married.
Emperor Kangxi also specifically urged Su Hetai that He Xue should return to the capital to participate in the imperial concubine selection.
Su Hetai told Kangxi directly that he wanted to keep Hexue until she was sixteen before she could participate in the imperial concubine selection.
Kangxi could only sulk in silence. If he told Suhetai that he wanted Hexue to marry the Crown Prince, Suhetai would definitely tell him immediately that Hexue was already engaged. This was something Suhetai would definitely do.
To prevent such a thing from happening, Kangxi dared not urge Suhetai.
But instead of urging Suhetai, someone else was urging Kangxi!
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