"Your Highness, you've just returned. I'll tell you about things later. I'll take my leave now."
He learned the palace rules so well that no one could guess he was a man.
Wan'er poured the water, and seeing that she still hadn't left, I thought something was wrong: "Wan'er, what's wrong?"
"I... I just heard that Xiren is gone, and I remembered the times when we used to laugh and talk together."
"She really disappeared mysteriously, and we don't know where she went."
It's surprising that Wan'er and Xiren became good friends so soon after meeting.
"If only she could come back."
I comforted her, telling her not to overthink it, that's how things are in the palace, and that doing one's duty is the most important thing.
Wan'er suddenly leaned closer. Luckily, she only leaned on my shoulder; if she had gotten close to my chest, I would have been exposed.
“Young master, it would be so nice if we were still in the manor. Before we entered the palace, we heard everyone say that everything in the palace was wonderful. Now that we're here, we feel that it's not as free and easy as it is outside.”
That's what I thought too, so I patted her head and tried to cheer her up.
I finally got to soak in the water, but I wonder how Yu'er is doing. I left in such a hurry that I didn't even get to see my mother and him. If only I had taken one of his little clothes, it would have been some comfort in this miserable palace.
I was completely submerged in water, looking at the petals on top.
Perhaps I was just delirious, because I actually saw Xie Yuancheng's face.
"Ying'er~"
It was his voice calling me; now I can even hallucinate his voice.
Just as I was about to surface, a hand lifted me up. I quickly grabbed the clothes next to me, and after seeing who it was, I threw the clothes at him.
What are you doing here?
I went back into the water and floated on the surface with a handkerchief. I didn't want to see him. He had already found a mistress while I was seriously injured.
"Ying'er, come out quickly."
I'm not going out. I learned to hold my breath when I was a kid, and I can stay underwater for half an hour without any problems.
"Let me go."
That bastard Xie Yuancheng pulled me out of the water, wrapped me in a dry silk cloth, and threw me onto the bed.
"Ying'er, I wasn't angry when you were hugging and cuddling with someone else just now."
"That's because you have a foreign mistress, so you can't control me anymore."
I tried to avoid him, but as soon as I leaned against the wall, the silk cloth fell off completely. I quickly wrapped myself in the blanket.
"Ying'er, time is of the essence, listen to me."
"don't want."
I'm going to just crawl inside; I don't want to listen to your nonsense, it only makes me angrier.
"Your Highness, would you like the water changed?"
It was Wan'er outside the door. I was about to speak when Xie Yuancheng covered my mouth. "You dare threaten me? I'm already being lenient by not divorcing you."
I kicked him. "No need, Wan'er, you should go back and rest."
All the blankets were taken from me, so I quickly pulled the bed curtains over myself.
Thank goodness Wan'er left, otherwise I would have been waiting for the news to be exposed.
"Ying'er~"
He wrapped me up in a silk cloth and said, "Alright, I'm done fooling around. Let's get down to business." Just as I was about to slip away, he pulled me into his arms and said, "You're always so naughty."
You're the naughty one, the kind of naughty kid who got scared by owls when he was little.
"Caiwei and I are not what you think."
How did he know? I had just told Lingwu, who was disguised as Granny Zhang.
When did you come to the palace?
“Not long ago, when I arrived, I saw you holding someone else’s hand and walking very fast. Just now, you were hugging her.”
What a cheapskate: "I'll keep it in the Imperial Garden."
Do you think I'd make a sound?
"Then who is he?"
"Ying'er, we're talking about my business now, why are you still concerned about others?"
"Me? Humph, you're going to find a foreign mistress anyway, stay away from me. I'll find a chance to take Yu'er and run away, away from you, you womanizing scoundrel."
"You dare!"
"I···"
He really wasn't afraid of anything. I rubbed my sore wrist and kicked him down.
"Ying'er, why don't we have another daughter? Didn't you want to have a son and a daughter to complete your family?"
Xie Yuancheng is shameless; he got up from the ground and continued to act inappropriately towards me.
"Pah, I won't have your baby."
Yu'er is so young, and I'm currently stuck in a quagmire. Even if I were to give birth, I would have to wait for the right time.
He shamelessly touched my stomach, and I quickly wrapped myself in the blanket. "Why don't you leave now?"
"Ying'er is so heartless, she's kicking me out so quickly."
Xie Yuancheng leaned against me with a grin, and when I moved a spot further in, he followed.
"Hurry up and put your clothes on."
He doesn't like to cover himself with a blanket, and I don't care if he catches a cold.
"Ying'er~" I can't stand Xie Yuancheng's coquettish tone anymore, I wonder where he learned it.
"Yu'er is still in the manor." I do want to see my son.
"You still remember your son? He was so young, yet you were willing to abandon him."
"I... I had no choice. It's better than you, you've already found someone else."
"You're not as good as me. You've even become a father, and you still have several beautiful women around you."
I reached out to hit him, but he pulled me into his arms: "I'm still very happy, at least you didn't throw me out."
"We've been through so much together, even if you're unhappy, I know you have your reasons."
When I saw him half-dead after being ambushed at Mu'an Mansion last time, I would rather he betrayed me than have him unable to open his eyes.
"My dear Ying'er~" I can't stand him. When he smiles, he looks like a child who has stolen candy. He won't tell me the reason for the marriage alliance with Chequ Kingdom. I've tried to get the reason out of him several times, but he always manages to dodge the question.
When Xie Yuancheng left, he changed my bedding and pillows, saying that they would easily cause rheumatism if they got wet. He sat by the bed and insisted on waiting until I fell asleep before leaving. He only left when I was half asleep.
The next day, at dawn, before it was even light, Wan'er came in. I was still half asleep.
"Your Highness, why are the bedspreads all damp?"
"I was so tired yesterday that I fell asleep, and woke up in the middle of the night to find something new."
Wan'er nodded: "Young master is too willful. I told you I wanted to change the water. I'll make you some soup to warm you up later."
I hugged the blanket and rolled back into the quilt to sleep. When I opened my eyes again, it was already dawn.
I remembered that this was Heqing Palace, so I quickly got up and dressed. If I hadn't seen the bite mark on my chest, I would have thought I was dreaming about Xie Yuancheng last night.
I went to see Li Zhaole as usual. She was in good spirits today and gave me a nine-linked rings game to play with.
"Princess, I need to report to the Imperial Secretariat."
"The Imperial Secretariat, what's so good about it? It's full of stinky men. We have plenty of fragrant young ladies here, yet the Prince Consort doesn't love them."
Since she got to know it, her imagination has been running wild.
"I want to too. The official order has been issued, and I have to go."
It's not too late to go now. I ignored Li Zhaole's nonsense, went back to my room, put on the official robes that had just been delivered, and went out.
As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the Ministry of Personnel, I saw the Crown Prince. That damned bastard, why is he here too?
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