Chapter 140

The two chatted for a while, and Fu Yuqing mentioned that she had recently invited some old scholars to compete in poetry, words and chess, but in the end, none of them beat the youngest Prince Bo.

Xia Xue was stunned for a moment, "Prince Bo is there too?"

"Yes, and he comes every day, no matter if he has classes or competitions. He arrives on time at a certain moment, just like a prime minister going to court in the morning." Fu Yuqing continued.

"It makes it impossible for people to have a good sleep." Fu Yuqing said again.

Xia Xue forced a faint smile, "Then why did you come here? A guest is a guest, why don't you greet him properly?"

"He was called to the palace by the Emperor early this morning, so I have a day off." Fu Yuqing snorted.

Xia Xue looked at Fu Yuqing's sparkling eyes, especially the look in her eyes when she mentioned Prince Bo, Xia Xue knew that Fu Yuqing was moved.

"The little girl is in love!" Xia Xue touched Fu Yuqing's nose.

"What? Who would like him?" Fu Yuqing's cheeks turned red.

"Why? Do you need me to ask for you as your in-laws?" Xia Xue teased.

"No way! I like men like you who are super manly, good at fighting and killing, and good at both housework and cooking." Fu Yuqing exaggerated.

"He can both work in the living room and in the kitchen!" Xia Xue laughed. For some reason, Xia Xue seemed to know what she meant by the word "manly".

Fu Yuqing pouted and said nothing.

After Xia Xue finished joking, she thought of a more important question.

The Prince Bo that Fu Yuqing just mentioned is the emperor's youngest cousin, the only son of the late Prince Baxian, and the youngest member of the royal bloodline so far.

During his lifetime, King Baekhyeon enjoyed great prestige among the people. Before the late emperor ascended the throne, the people called on King Baekhyeon to succeed him, but King Baekhyeon had no interest in power and only wanted to do good things for the people. Therefore, he never formed cliques for personal gain and always stayed away from all the ministers who extended olive branches to him. The late emperor was very satisfied with this, but he was also secretly on guard against King Baekhyeon.

Later, the late emperor succeeded to the throne smoothly, but his health failed after a few years. At that time, Prince Baxian was still in his prime, and many ministers in the court suggested that the emperor abdicate and let Prince Baxian take over. However, the emperor did not do so, and Prince Baxian accidentally fell off a cliff during a hunting trip and died young.

Later, the late emperor said he died because he was too sad, and the emperor succeeded to the throne.

That year, the government and the country were in turmoil. Fortunately, the Empress Dowager's mother's family was relatively powerful, and the Empress Dowager wholeheartedly supported the Emperor, which allowed the Emperor to stabilize the government within a few years.

This Prince Bo is one of the rare nobles in the royal family. In addition, Princess Xian's family has made great contributions for generations. Prince Bo is the only one. How can such a family accept Fu Yuqing who has no background at all?

"Yuqing, have you ever thought about your hometown?" Xia Xue suddenly said.

Fu Yuqing was stunned. When she first came, she always cried and said she wanted to go home. Her home had so many good things, including mobile phones, computers, cars, airplanes, and other things that Xia Xue didn't know about. But after coming here for a long time and staying here for a long time, she no longer had such a strong feeling as before. And thinking from another perspective, even if she wanted to, she couldn't go back.

"What's the point of thinking about it? It's better to live a good life here." Fu Yuqing sighed. Instead of complaining about everything every day, it's better to live every day happily.

Xia Xue envied Fu Yuqing's cheerful and open-minded attitude. If the next world she went to was really Fu Yuqing's world, should she learn some general life skills from her?

"Yuqing, the 'man' you just said must be another language, right? Can you teach me?" Xia Xue asked.

"You want to learn English?" Fu Yuqing was surprised.

"I just think it sounds good. Life like this every day is really boring, so I want to learn it." For some reason, Xia Xue knew that this was English.

"That's great. My mother is American and my English is the most authentic." Fu Yuqing assured him.

Xia Xue added, "Also, Xia Lu has taught me some techniques for embroidery before. Why don't we stay with Xia Lu for a while after the New Year? Or, why don't we bring Xia Lu out so that she can tell us more about it?"

Fu Yuqing actually thought of bringing the ideas of their time to this era, so why didn't she bring some skills from this era as well? Maybe it would be a good survival skill by then.

"Of course, I really miss Xia Lu, but I should be able to see her tonight." Fu Yuqing said.

"Tonight? You are going to the New Year's Eve banquet in the palace too?" Xia Xue asked in surprise.

"Yes, the Crown Prince invited them. The other children were picked up by the Crown Prince early in the morning." Fu Yuqing said.

Xia Xue nodded. This Chu Yun was really nice and considerate. If he could really succeed to the throne smoothly in the future, he would surely take good care of her and Chu Zhenxuan's children. However, to be on the safe side, she still gave Chu Yun a vaccination in advance.

But if we count the days, it will be the first day of the Lunar New Year in a few days. After offering sacrifices to the ancestors, Chu Yun's identity will be confirmed, and he should officially change his name to Yang Yun.

"Then don't go back after lunch. Let's go to the palace together."

Fu Yuqing nodded.

Just after lunch, the butler came to report that the Prime Minister was originally going to come back to pick her up, but suddenly something urgent happened, so he was waiting in the palace and asked his wife to leave quickly.

Xia Xue combed her hair into a simple flowing bun, put on some makeup, and asked Meng Ya to focus on dressing up Fu Yuqing.

"This is so weird, it doesn't fit my temperament at all!" Fu Yuqing pouted and looked at herself in the bronze mirror.

"You look beautiful, you are a beauty. You look good no matter how you dress up." Xia Xue praised sincerely.

"I still think the dress I sent over looks better!" Fu Yuqing was really not used to dressing so formally. Although she had the same figure as Xia Xue and all of Xia Xue's clothes fit her well, she still preferred a more casual look.

"You might meet an important person today, so you'd better dress more ladylike," Xia Xue teased.

"Even the emperor has seen it, so there is no other important person I haven't seen." Fu Yuqing didn't care.

Xia Xue smiled but said nothing. The big shot in her mind was naturally the noble Princess Xian. However, she was not going to say it now. If she said too much, Fu Yuqing would feel pressured.

The carriage had been waiting at the door for a long time. The two got in, chatting and laughing, and arrived in a short while.

The Imperial Palace is unusually lively today. Originally, the Little New Year is the day when the Goddess of the Towel returns to her parents' home, and usually the Imperial Palace is not very busy. However, this year Yang Junyi has issued a special order that not only will the Little New Year be celebrated in a big way, but the Big New Year will also be celebrated in a big way, and even the Lantern Festival will have a seven-day banquet.

On one side, the banquet was held by wealthy families to celebrate the harvest and give back to the blind dates. I don't know why Yang Junyi insisted on doing this this year. Thinking of what her father said before, Xia Xue began to wonder, could it be...

No matter what, as Fu Yuqing said, live every day to the fullest.