"Your Highness, the night breeze is chilly, why are you out in your undergarments?" Shan Xing hurriedly helped him put on his clothes. "Where are you going? I'll take you there."
Li Zhaoxian was so drunk that he lost his sense of direction.
Shan Xing was shoved aside, and Li Zhaoxian, reeking of alcohol, staggered forward along the crooked path, shouting, "Get out of my way! Don't block my way. This is my Crown Prince's residence. I know how to get here!"
Li Zhaoxian walked to the front of Chang Le Palace. The palace doors were tightly closed, with only two red lanterns swaying gently in the night breeze, their tassels swaying slowly.
Li Zhaoxian took a step forward, lost his footing and fell forward. He braced himself against the door and pounded on it, shouting, "Song Tangxue, open the door!"
Inside the Chang Le Hall.
Song Tangxue had finished washing up and was ready to go to bed, so she took the ice out and threw it away. Delivering ice on a rainy day—Song Tangli really couldn't stand seeing her do well at all.
Hearing the noise outside, Song Tangxue sighed, "Tell them I'm asleep."
A moment later, the newly arrived palace maid, Biyu, entered the room: "Your Highness, His Highness the Crown Prince is outside the door."
Song Tangxue had already turned over and lay down on her side. Cuixi understood what she meant, turned around and adjusted the lamp wick: "Didn't you see that Her Majesty is asleep? Why are you shouting so loudly?"
Biyu didn't dare to look up, so she kept her mouth shut and followed Cuixi out the door.
Seeing that the lights inside the room had dimmed, Xiao Xizi opened the palace door. Li Zhaoxian, who was leaning against the door with all his might, lunged forward, but was caught by Shan Xing and the unsuspecting Xiao Xizi.
If this person gets seriously injured in the fall, he might lose his life.
"Song Tangxue!" Li Zhaoxian broke free from their embrace, shook his groggy head, and walked toward the door.
Xiao Xizi stopped her, her voice urgent: "The Crown Princess has already gone to sleep."
Shanxing gave him an unromantic look and said, "You're asleep, why are you waking me up?"
“The Crown Princess was in a bad mood after returning to her room today. She sobbed softly for a while and then fell asleep. Your Highness, please return home.” Cui Xi replied respectfully, curtsying.
Li Zhaoxian pondered the meaning behind those words for a moment, then simply waved his hand, saying, "You let her out."
Song Tangxue, who was inside the room, knew from his voice that he was drunk. Drunk people are the most unreasonable, and the arguments she had taught Cuixi could not make Li Zhaoxian give up.
Song Tangxue put on an outer robe, rubbed her red eyes, and opened the door. Cuixi was startled and turned around to support Song Tangxue: "Your Majesty, why did you come out?"
Upon seeing Song Tangxue, Li Zhaoxian's eyes lit up slightly. Song Tangxue was exceptionally beautiful, her porcelain-white face even whiter than the moonlight. With her eyes lowered, she stood silently at the doorway, watching Li Zhaoxian.
The room was pitch black, just like her eyes.
At that moment, even the wind seemed to stand still. Li Zhaoxian subconsciously took a step forward, but his steps were unsteady. Shan Xing carefully stood guard around him, saying, "Your Highness, please be careful."
“Your Highness, please return!” Song Tangxue took a step back and turned her head away. “Or go find my sister. She should be very happy to see Your Highness.”
These words lingered in her throat, sounding somewhat aggrieved. Li Zhaoxian stopped and murmured, "Ali... looking for Ali..."
Song Tangxue's face darkened, and Shan Xing inwardly groaned. Why was the Crown Princess still being called by her name when they were already here with the Crown Princess?
"Please help the Crown Prince to find the Crown Princess, Eunuch Shanxing. I'm tired, so I won't see you out!"
The door closed, and Cuixi followed her inside. Little Xizi had a smile on her face, but inwardly she was cursing, "My goodness, she actually dares to embarrass the Crown Prince!"
Shan Xing helped Li Zhaoxian leave. There was no need to look for the Crown Princess anymore. Li Zhaoxian returned to her palace and lay on the bed, letting her mind wander.
"Ah Li..." Why is my heart starting to ache?
Liuli brought over the hangover soup and gently called out, "Your Highness..."
Slender fingers slowly traced the contours of Li Zhaoxian's Adam's apple, blurring his vision as he vaguely heard a warm, gentle call: "Your Highness..."
It seemed that Song Tangxue would call him that, and the last thing he saw was a pair of beautiful, distant mountain-shaped eyebrows.
The distant mountains are shrouded in mist, and the peach blossoms seem to smile.
When Shan Xing woke him up the next day, Li Zhaoxian's head was throbbing so badly it felt like it was going to explode, and a pair of soft, boneless hands suddenly touched his temples.
Li Zhaoxian turned around in alarm, meeting Liuli's beautiful face and smile: "Does Your Highness have a headache? Shall I massage it for you?"
"No need." Li Zhaoxian pushed the woman's hand away. From his fragmented memories, he knew what absurd things he had done last night, and he slapped his forehead.
This wine is truly misleading.
He actually mistook someone else for Song Tangxue, and what angered him the most was that Song Tangxue actually rejected him.
"Get yourself dressed and don't think about things you shouldn't be thinking about!" Li Zhaoxian raised his hand and let Shan Xing dress him, coldly warning Liuli.
Liuli lowered her head and obediently agreed, her drooping eyebrows and eyes distant and aloof.
After the Crown Prince left, Shan Xing brought over a bowl of medicinal soup, which Liu Li drank without asking any questions.
Two masters have just been welcomed into the mansion. A palace maid who has climbed into bed with someone will naturally not have any rank. Liuli knew this very well.
Because today is the day for the Crown Prince to return to his parents' home, the Emperor has granted him special permission to leave after court today.
The Crown Prince's dazed attitude and irrelevant answers during the court session were not investigated.
The veins on Li Zhaoxian's forehead were throbbing with a tearing pain. He had been drinking and exposed to the wind, and his brain was about to shut down.
Once they returned to the residence, Shan Xing helped him change into casual clothes and asked, "Shall we go and inform the Crown Princess and the Crown Consort now?"
Li Zhaoxian opened his eyes, which had been feigning sleep: "Has there been any movement from Chang Le Palace today?"
Shan Xing pondered for a moment and then shook his head.
"Alright, just bring your principal wife on the homecoming." Li Zhaoxian gestured for Liuli to leave, and Liuli obediently retreated behind him. Her headache was relieved a lot under Liuli's massage.
"Yes." Although he didn't know why the Crown Prince had suddenly changed his mind, Shan Xing still accepted the order and went to inform the Crown Princess.
Li Zhaoxian didn't know what was wrong with him, but he absurdly wanted Song Tangxue to continue to be jealous. He had only brought Song Tangli back to his parents' home today, so she would definitely be jealous.
Thinking of Song Tangxue, who used to treat him like he was nothing or to be at odds with him, he now felt a different kind of satisfaction.
At least he was in her eyes.
Li Zhaoxian revealed a rather pleased smile. He was the current crown prince and now Song Tangxue's husband, her everything.
Song Tangli had already packed up and was eagerly waiting in the courtyard for Shan Xing to come and call her. Although there was a rift between her and the Crown Prince, it was only temporary. Her feelings of more than ten years could not collapse overnight.
It is even less likely that she will be replaced by that vile woman from Chang Le Palace.
After Yu'er brought news that Li Zhaoxian had returned to the manor, Song Tangli couldn't wait any longer and waited at the shop entrance. She was dressed in a pink dress, looking radiant and beautiful, just like a young girl.
Lianzhi held the gifts for her homecoming today, her smile barely reaching her eyes.
Upon seeing the approaching eunuch, Shanxing, from afar, Song Tangli tidied her appearance.
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