"No, this brat has become too opinionated and independent. Has he ever cared about an old lady like me?" The Queen Mother got angry and even wanted Hongyu to go out and chase him away.
But Hongyu had only walked halfway when the prince rushed in.
"Grandmother, why don't you want to see me?" Xia Qixuan hurried in, and stopped when he saw Bai Zhirou.
"So Mingzhu is here too."
Bai Zhirou stood up and saluted him, "Your Highness, please be patient. The Queen Mother is just comforting me."
As for what to comfort, everyone knows it.
The empress dowager glared at him without saying anything, which made Xia Qixuan feel a little uneasy.
Xia Qixuan gritted his teeth and said a lot of flattering words, but the empress dowager became impatient and drove him out.
Seeing him leave pitifully, Bai Zhirou pursed her lips.
She knew that this man was not worthy of sympathy. Perhaps he had great talents and ambitions, but he was tripped up by his emotions, so he was a loser.
"Empress Dowager, I'll go and see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince off." Bai Zhirou bowed.
The starry sky was bright, the moon was overhead, and only the prince's figure looked somewhat lonely.
Bai Zhirou chased after him, "Your Highness, I have something to say."
When the prince saw Bai Zhirou chasing after him, he waved his hand to send his attendants away.
The moonlight made their figures look taller, and Bai Zhirou's eyebrows looked as cold as frost.
"Your Highness, do you know why Xia Yuning wants to marry you?" Bai Zhirou asked, looking at the stars in the sky.
"Of course you love me, Mingzhu. You and A Zhao are a match made in heaven. Why can't you bear to see me and Yuning being a couple?" The prince lost his temper and asked directly.
Bai Zhirou was speechless about this love-brained prince.
"I originally thought we had experienced the flood in Jiangnan together and were close friends, but I didn't expect His Highness to treat me like this!"
"If I hadn't been lucky, I would have died at the hands of the assassin long ago." Bai Zhirou's eyes were slightly red. She felt that this was very unfair to her!
"Mingzhu, I will compensate you for some things. Yu Ning has a gentle personality and she must have harmed you because of the slander of the treacherous people. This was not her intention at all." The prince said softly.
The tone was like coaxing a child.
Bai Zhirou couldn't help but sigh at Xia Yuning's good tactics, using a beauty trap to subdue the prince.
The two of them parted ways on bad terms.
The prince thought Bai Zhirou was too stubborn and would not listen to his advice.
Bai Zhirou thinks that the prince is crazy and likes a femme fatale.
Three days later, Xia Yuning was named the Crown Prince's Consort, and the imperial edict was passed down to send her to the Eastern Palace after her coming-of-age ceremony.
When the news came out, people were shocked, and some people who did not know the truth even thought that the two people had violated human ethics.
Three days before the coming-of-age ceremony, Princess Rong specially came to invite Bai Zhirou to return to the Rong Palace for the ceremony.
"No matter what, you are still my daughter. How can I let you celebrate your coming-of-age ceremony alone in the princess's residence?" She didn't want people in the capital to poke her in the back and say that she was so bad to her biological daughter but so good to her adopted daughter.
She just wanted Bai Zhirou to catch a glimpse of Xia Yuning's charm.
"Since the princess has invited me so warmly, I will not refuse. Next month, I will be getting married to A Zhao. Has the princess prepared the dowry?" Bai Zhirou asked, with a hint of sarcasm in her eyes.
"Of course. How can Princess Rong marry her daughter without preparing a dowry?" After saying this, Princess Rong hurried back to Prince Rong's Mansion.
Every conversation with Bai Zhirou was a provocation to her, but she endured it for Yu Ning.
But as soon as he returned to the palace, he learned that Concubine Li had unbearable abdominal pain after eating bird's nest, and it was like a fire was burning in his heart!
She arrived at Concubine Li's yard without even taking a breath, and before she entered the house, she heard Prince Rong's soft voice comforting Concubine Li.
She was almost suffocated by the anger in her heart!
"Mother, don't be angry!" Xia Yuning grabbed her wrist in time and signaled to her with her eyes.
The slight coolness of her palms gradually calmed Princess Rong's anger.
Princess Rong then remembered what Xia Yuning had said before, that Concubine Li would bring her a devastating disaster!
She must remain calm!
After calming down at the door, Princess Rong slowly walked in.
"Have you asked a doctor to come and see you?" She frowned slightly. "It's not that I forbid you from eating bird's nest, but you have to control the amount. I won't deprive you of your food."
Concubine Li, who was lying on the bed with a pale face, was choked by her words and turned to look at Prince Rong with tears in her eyes.
"I'm sorry for making Prince Rong and His Majesty the Princess worry. It's my fault. I ate too much bird's nest today and got bloated. The doctor has already checked it out, and it's nothing serious."
Concubine Li said everything one by one. Apart from feeling a little weak, her mental state was fine.
Prince Rong kissed the back of her hand lovingly and said, "Don't talk too much. You need to rest well. The baby in your belly also needs to rest."
Princess Rong was almost embarrassed when she heard this, and Xia Yuning pinched her wrist hard again.
She then said a few words of comfort, displaying the princess's magnanimity to the fullest.
Princess Rong took the person away on the pretext of discussing the coming-of-age ceremony with Prince Rong.
Concubine Li's bedroom was empty again. The weakness on her face disappeared, replaced by a look of resentment.
She thought that by pretending to have a stomachache, she could keep Prince Rong by her side.
Unexpectedly, she was called away, and she felt very upset.
There are not many days left before Bai Zhirou and Shen Zhao get married, and the Queen Mother is worried that Prince Rong's Mansion will not take this matter seriously, and that a joke will happen and Bai Zhirou will be embarrassed in public.
She did her best to do everything and sent Nanny Hongyu to bring more makeup.
It is called additional dowry, but in fact it is not much different from the dowry.
There were a total of ten boxes of jewelry, cloth, brocade, as well as some precious coral ornaments and head jewelry, which almost occupied Bai Zhirou's entire yard.
Hongyu and Nanny Ruan started chatting again as soon as they met. They were sisters and served Empress Dowager Duo Niang together, so naturally they had endless topics to talk about.
Bai Zhirou's eyes turned red as she looked at so many things.
"Why are you still crying?" Hongyu asked softly.
"The Empress Dowager has been so kind to me that I have no way to repay her." Bai Zhirou replied in a muffled voice.
It can be said that the Queen Mother and she were just a chance acquaintance. Even though she helped the Queen Mother several times, she had already received all the rewards she deserved.
Now these are completely the Queen Mother's own wishes.
She ignored Hongyu and Nanny Ruan's attempts to stop her, and knelt down and kowtowed three times towards the direction of the imperial palace.
Hongyu and Nanny Ruan smiled at each other.
The Queen Mother would not show favoritism and also gave Xia Yuning a copy, but hers was not too expensive in comparison.
"These are all within the regulations. Miss Yuning can only be considered the adopted daughter of Prince Rong. If she uses anything beyond the regulations, it will be detrimental to Prince Rong."
Hongyu explained everything to Xia Yuning and then went back to report.
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