Chapter 125 You are so picky, it will be hard to find your soulmate in the future
Qiu Yueying understood that if she could successfully enter the Regent's Palace, she would only be a concubine. The real master was right in front of her, so it was not her turn to feel jealous.
No matter how noble her status is, it is no more noble than a princess of a country, not to mention that she is a lucky star sent by heaven and born with a phoenix fate.
So she didn't show any bitterness, and bowed respectfully to Tian Bao again: "Greetings, Princess Yongle."
"No need for formalities." Tian Bao looked at her unscrupulously, and soon nodded with satisfaction. He turned his head and whispered to Qin Huo, "I think she's very good. She passed the test. Brother Prince, please treat her well."
Qin Huo's heart ached. He took two deep breaths before smiling and saying, "Are you just so perfunctory? This is irresponsible of me. If it were your third brother, would you also be so strict?"
Tian Bao was stunned: "That won't happen. Third brother is very independent and he doesn't need me to check his own affairs."
"This is insulting me for not having my own opinion." Qin Huo pretended to be angry.
Tian Bao helplessly counted on her fingers and began to speak: "First, you see she is beautiful. I've heard of her reputation. She is the most talented and beautiful woman in Daqi. Prince brother is so outstanding, so naturally only the best is worthy of you. She meets this requirement. Secondly, she is well-educated and well-mannered. You see she observes the rules and etiquette very well. It is obvious that she has been learning since she was a child. After entering the Regent's Palace, she will definitely be able to take care of the trivial matters in the harem..."
Tianbao mentioned five or six points in one breath, and even praised Qiu Yueying for not being petty at all.
Qin Huo once thought that Tianbao was a matchmaker, and her eloquent tongue almost moved him.
But when he glanced sideways at Qiu Yueying's indifferent face, he felt as if he was facing a lifeless wooden man, and he couldn't stand the sight of her at all.
He knew that this was not Qiu Yueying's problem. After all, all the noble ladies of Daqi were like this. It was his problem. He was too arrogant.
Turning his head to look at Tianbao's fair face, Qin Huo's heart moved slightly, and he actually had an absurd idea: it would be great if the person he was going to marry was really Tianbao. Not only was he not opposed to it, he seemed to have a faint expectation.
Qiu Yueying was left out in the cold wind, and she was wearing so little that she couldn't help sneezing.
She looked at Qin Huo embarrassedly and apologized with a red face: "I didn't mean it."
Tian Bao quickly elbowed Qin Huo and whispered, "Brother Prince, why don't you ask someone to bring her your cloak? You really don't know how to be gentle with women."
Qin Huo smiled faintly: "She wants to wear it like this, so she won't be cold."
Tianbao shook her head in disappointment and was about to say a few words to Qiu Yueying when she turned around and heard cheers. She hurriedly looked at the dragon boats that were racing. The dragon boat team she had just cheered for lost.
She sighed dejectedly, "I actually forgot to watch the game. If I had kept cheering, maybe we could have won."
She had bet some money on the dragon boat team and now she lost it all.
Qin Huo rubbed her head and said, "Do you like watching dragon boat races so much? I'll hold one for you in two days."
"Really?" The little girl's eyes sparkled. She licked her wind-dried lips and cautiously asked, "Can I join in? I want to row too..."
I learned from Xu Laiqing that there is no limit to how much I can spoil my sweet baby.
So Qin Huo nodded without hesitation: "Okay."
Although Daqi had never had a woman rowing a dragon boat, there was no explicit rule that women were not allowed to row. If she wanted to row, he would expand the scope of the dragon boat race, with one race for men and one for women, so that she could have a good time.
Tian Bao was so excited that she turned around and praised Qiu Yueying, "You have a good eye! Brother Prince is a rare good man!"
Qiu Yueying was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Qin Huo embarrassedly, a blush visibly appearing on her face.
She thought she had no hope, but from what Princess Yongle said, it was obvious that she agreed to let her follow Qin Huo.
A flood of complex emotions came over him, and Qin Huo froze his smile in displeasure, but he didn't want to lose his temper in front of Tianbao, so he could only hold it in.
The more he held it back, the more deliberate the fake smile on his face became, and the colder his eyes became.
Qiu Yueying was so frightened that her face turned pale, and all the servants serving on the boat dared not even breathe.
"Your Highness, lunch... lunch is ready." Amidst the silent awkwardness, another voice broke the silence.
Tianbao originally didn't want to stay here and be a light bulb, but the Fifth Prince's cruise ship had already sailed away and she couldn't fly to the shore, so she had to stay and have dinner together.
Qiu Yueying sat at the bottom with mixed feelings, and dared not make a sound while eating.
On the other hand, although Tianbao's eating habits are not rough, they are not elegant either.
When she eats chicken legs, she will bite them in big mouthfuls, chewing with her cheeks bulging, but she will purse her rosy lips and not make any sound.
There were several fish dishes on the table. Qin Huo picked the bones from the fish himself and put them in Tianbao's bowl. Tianbao thanked him and ate them as a matter of course. At most, he helped him pick up some dishes as a courtesy.
Having dined together so many times, she couldn't be too polite, otherwise Qin Huo would nag in her ear again.
Tian Bao couldn't ignore the two sour looks from the side. She paused, quietly tugged at Qin Huo's sleeve, and whispered, "Brother Prince, please pick some food for her too. Don't make her too embarrassed."
Qin Huo shook his head and leaned in to whisper, "It's not suitable. I'll turn it down later."
Tian Bao frowned: "You don't even like such a good person? You are so picky, it will be difficult for you to find your true love in the future. You can't live alone for the rest of your life. How can you know that we are not suitable without getting along with each other?"
Qin Huo felt more and more depressed, with a feeling of frustration running rampant in his heart, making him not want to talk to Tianbao anymore.
But he couldn't bear to show his displeasure to her, so he forced himself to finish the meal with a pleasant expression, and then quickly asked someone to drive the boat back to the shore.
Qin Huo didn't even see Qiu Yueying off. After sending Tianbao back to the palace, he started looking for the inflator.
The first person to bear the brunt of the consequences was the Fifth Brother. He secretly had someone recruit the Fifth Brother's cronies and take him on a life of debauchery, and then turned around and sent someone to inform the Fifth Brother's concubine. Everyone knew that the concubine was jealous, and the daughter of another elder was coaxed into becoming the concubine by the Fifth Brother's sweet words. His intentions were obvious.
The second one is naturally Qin’s self-reflection.
He had already ordered the arrest of the two men, and after a little torture, they confessed one by one...
That night, the Fifth Prince's harem was in turmoil all night long. The sobbing and wailing of women continued intermittently for half the night, interspersed with occasional screams of men.
The next day, the embarrassing incidents of the prince of the Duke's Mansion, such as robbing women, occupying good farmland, and causing deaths, were reported to the emperor. Several important officials impeached Duke Qin Zisheng, accusing him of improper discipline, stealing and selling public land, selling official positions, forming cliques for personal gain, and other crimes!
Qin Huo even wrote a secret letter personally, detailing the accident that almost happened on Tianbao's coming-of-age day.
The tyrant was furious and left Qin Zisheng and Qin Huo alone after retiring from court.
Qin Zisheng laughed wildly, "Brother Emperor, do you want to discuss his marriage with me? But I heard that after seeing the Sixth Brother yesterday, the daughter of Lord Qiu went back and burst into tears."
Qin Huo was smiling, with the lower half of his face facing the sun and the upper half shrouded in shadow, his eyes gloomy and cold.
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