Chu Jinyao was surprised and turned around hurriedly, trying to stand up: "Where are they? They didn't even tell me that His Highness was here. It's so rude."

Chu Jinyao turned around in a hurry, and because she hadn't had a good rest for two days, she felt dizzy when she stood up suddenly. Qin Yi quickly grabbed her and his face suddenly darkened: "What's wrong?"

Before Chu Jinyao could react, he picked her up and walked towards the inner hall while saying, "Call the imperial physician."

Chu Jinyao had just recovered from her dizziness when her body suddenly lost weight. She was startled and instinctively reached out to grab something in front of her that could support her. She had just recovered from the shock, and when she heard Qin Yi's words, Chu Jinyao hurriedly said, "No! Your Highness, I'm fine, I just didn't get enough rest, so I felt a little dizzy."

"Really?"

"Really!" After Chu Jinyao finished speaking, she found that her hands were clinging to Qin Yi's shoulders. Qin Yi looked thin, but unexpectedly, his muscles were slender and strong, his shoulders were tight, and the arm holding her was also quite powerful. He walked quickly all the way, and he didn't even shake at all.

Chu Jinyao quickly withdrew her hand, but without anything to hold on to, Chu Jinyao always felt that she was going to fall, so she had to say: "Your Highness, I'm really fine, put me down first."

"Are you really okay?" Qin Yi was very skeptical, "Your face turned pale just now."

Chu Jinyao covered her eyes embarrassedly and whispered: "I'll eat something and have a good sleep, and I'll be fine." She just didn't eat anything in the morning and was a little dizzy because of hunger!

Qin Yi was still skeptical. He leaned over and put Chu Jinyao on the couch. Chu Jinyao wanted to sit up immediately, but Qin Yi did not get up. He pressed her back in this position: "Lie down well, don't move."

Then he turned around and ordered the palace servants in the room: "Pass the order down, serve the meal."

When Linglong and the others saw the prince coming in, they were signaled by the prince to leave before they could say anything. They did not dare to disobey, so they had to retreat to the side and watched with their own eyes as the prince pinched Chu Jinyao's neck and held the princess consort to sit on the couch.

The palace servants in the palace blushed when they saw it, and the maids of Changxing Marquis's mansion were both shy and happy. They smiled and left, and went outside to serve Chu Jinyao.

Chu Jinyao waited until everyone had left before she had the nerve to sit up from the couch. She moved back a little bit, but the couch was only this big, and no matter how she moved, she still couldn't avoid Qin Yi.

When there was no one in the inner room, Chu Jinyao dared to ask softly, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

Qin Yi looked at Chu Jinyao, and after a moment, he raised his eyebrows, "You still haven't accepted my identity?"

"It's not that I haven't accepted it..." Chu Jinyao looked at Qin Yi and sighed slightly, "It's just that I still need to adapt for a while." It's not that

she had no doubts before, but the crown prince was supreme, and Chu Jinyao felt that she was blaspheming the royal family as long as she had the idea that the crown prince and Qi Ze might be the same person. However, Qin Yi did not refuse to spread this explosive news in front of her yesterday. Qi Ze and the prince have always been the same person.

This is too shocking. Last night was too chaotic. Chu Jinyao was kept busy until midnight and had no energy to think about this matter. When she saw Qin Yi today, she felt awkward everywhere.

"Speaking of which, it's my fault. I kept it a secret from you at the beginning." Qin Yi has grown up so big, and for the first time in his life, he took the initiative to admit his mistakes. "Actually, I didn't intend to reveal my identity at that time, and I didn't even intend to care about you."

Chu Jinyao can understand Qin Yi's concerns. The human heart is the most vulnerable to testing. If she knew that Qin Yi was the crown prince who was second only to the emperor, could she bear not to ask Qin Yi for something? Even if she could bear it, what about others?

Chu Jinyao nodded in understanding: "I understand, Your Highness is right to do this. I had just returned at that time and didn't know anything. If I knew Your Highness's identity, I would inevitably be greedy and ask for things from Your Highness."

Qin Yi laughed out loud after hearing this. Chu Jinyao knew that the person next to him was the prince, but she only thought about asking for things? It's really... naive and cute.

"Look at what you have accomplished. You should have been thinking about asking me for an official position and connections instead of some useless things. If you were braver, you could have asked for a bigger one by taking advantage of the fact that I needed the jade pendant to heal my injuries." Qin Yi hinted at something. If it was not Chu Jinyao at that time, but some other sharp and ambitious girl from an official family, she might have thought about becoming a royal concubine... Qin Yi suddenly felt something was wrong when he thought of this. Chu Jinyao was so stupid that she didn't notice anything, and in the end he still gave the position of Crown Princess to her.

Qin Yi's eyes were very strange. Chu Jinyao did not notice what Qin Yi was thinking. She put herself in his shoes and thought about it. If she knew that Qin Yi was the prince at that time... Chu Jinyao looked at Qin Yi and said with great emotion: "If you said you were the prince, I would not dare to keep you at that time. I would definitely throw away the jade pendant with you."

Originally, this was an extremely treasonous statement, but Qin Yi did not get angry after hearing it. Instead, he smiled and couldn't help but said: "Yes, you can do such a thing. So, I saved my life by doing that?"

"You can't say that." Chu Jinyao was embarrassed by the laughter. She waited for Qin Yi to finish laughing, looked into his eyes seriously, and asked, "Your Highness, you just said that you were recovering from an injury?"

Qin Yi hummed, and touched his chin indifferently: "I just said it?"

"So, you appeared there because you were injured?" Chu Jinyao slowly understood why Qin Yi could appear in two places. It was probably because Qin Yi was injured at the time, and the border blocked the news, so they knew nothing. When the news was filtered through layers and passed to Chu Jinyao, she was even more confused. That's why she didn't match the time when Qi Ze appeared with the prince's coma.

How serious must the injury be to make a person's soul appear thousands of miles away and take two or three months to recover? Chu Jinyao was more and more shocked. She asked softly, "Your Highness, are you healed from that injury now?"

Qin Yi laughed and couldn't help wanting to touch Chu Jinyao's head again: "Of course, it's fine. You listened carefully."

Such an indifferent attitude again. Chu Jinyao wanted to say something, but felt that it was in the past. Talking about it now would be hindsight and seem like false concern. She was depressed, thinking that she would be able to watch Qin Yi often in the future, so she should be careful in private, so she skipped the topic and said gloomily: "Not only did I listen carefully, I also remember that His Highness just said that he didn't intend to care about me."

Qin Yi couldn't help it anymore and laughed. When Chu Jinyao said this, she was obviously very aggrieved, but she pretended not to care, pitiful, and wanted people to continue to bully her. Qin Yi thought so, and really reached out to grab Chu Jinyao: "In the end, I couldn't help but care about you. You dare not say anything else, but it's really annoying when you cry."

Chu Jinyao thought that she was the Crown Princess and must be dignified, but today she was blocked on the couch by Qin Yi, and now he even came to tease her bun. Chu Jinmiao wanted to hide, but Qin Yi noticed her move. Qin Yi grabbed both of her hands with one hand and pulled them to his side.

Chu Jinyao said angrily, "Your Highness, be more dignified!"

"This is my own palace, I can do whatever I want." Qin Yi pulled her over and looked into her eyes carefully. "Fortunately, your eyes are not swollen today after crying for so long yesterday." After saying that, Qin Yi patted Chu Jinyao on the head and said, "You kind of feel that you are the Crown Princess." Qin

Yi's tone clearly meant something else. After Chu Jinyao understood, her face suddenly flushed: "Why are you like this!"

Chu Jinyao said this every time she was angry, and it really had no killing power to Qin Yi. Qin Yi looked at Chu Jinyao's angry face and eyes, and suddenly said with nostalgia: "Since I returned to the throne, I haven't seen anyone stare at me like this for a long time. After a long time, I actually miss it."

Chu Jinyao's heart skipped a beat. She almost forgot that this was the prince. Chu Jinyao immediately sat up straight and apologized to Qin Yi: "Your Highness, I..."

"Look, you're here again." Qin Yi was very unhappy. Chu Jinyao almost subconsciously avoided him and sat up straight to apologize. Without waiting for Chu Jinyao to finish, Qin Yi reached out and forcibly pulled Chu Jinyao to his side. Chu Jinyao staggered and fell on the couch, and accidentally bumped into Qin Yi's chest.

Chu Jinyao's face turned red. She leaned against Qin Yi's chest and tried to sit up, but Qin Yi's hand covered Chu Jinyao's shoulder blade and stopped her movement. Chu Jinyao's whole body was stiff, one hand between herself and Qin Yi's body, and the other hand was awkwardly supporting the couch. Chu Jinyao's

refreshing and thick bun just rested on Qin Yi's shoulder. He only needed to lower his head slightly to see her black waterfall-like hair and Chu Jinyao's snow-white and slender neck.

A woman's hair is really a magical thing. Qin Yi was slightly itchy by Chu Jinyao's hair, and his heart softened inexplicably. He said to Chu Jinyao in a rare gentle voice: "Other people are very timid to me, but you don't have to be like this in front of me."

If you don't have to do this, then what should you do? Qin Yi didn't know. He took the initiative to ask the emperor for permission to grant him a marriage. On the one hand, he was disgusted by the actions of the Huailing County Prince's Mansion, but more importantly, he felt that things in his territory were violated, and his possessiveness was overflowing, which made him extremely unhappy. It seems that it is hard to say how deep his feelings for Chu Jinyao are, such as that he can only wait for her.

Chu Jinyao kept this action stiffly. She had no support on her body. If she put her whole body weight on Qin Yi, it would be like leaning on his arms. Chu Jinyao didn't dare to do so, but if she didn't borrow strength from Qin Yi, her waist would be a little weak.

She was in a dilemma, and heard Qin Yi say, "You don't have to do this." When he said this, his chest shook slightly, and Chu Jinyao's hands were still supporting him in front of him, so she naturally felt it clearly. Such an action inexplicably makes people feel particularly close, closer than last night...

Chu Jinyao's body gradually softened. During this period, she heard about Qin Yi from other people. When Qin Yi was five years old, Empress Wenxiao found her husband and sister having an affair in front of her sickbed. She was furious and died due to worsening illness. During that time, as the only son of Empress Wenxiao, did Qin Yi need to take care of her every day? Chu

Jinyao guessed that he probably did. Only two months after Empress Wenxiao passed away, Empress Qi was brought into the palace to be the successor, completely replacing Empress Wenxiao's palace, status, identity, and husband. At the end of November, the third prince was born. Calculating the time, it is obvious that before Empress Wenxiao fell ill, Empress Xiaoqi had already secretly conceived a child. It is unknown how long ago that she had an affair with the emperor.

It is said that Qin Yi liked to be close to Empress Xiaoqi when he was a child, but since the matter was exposed, Qin Yi and his former aunt became enemies and never looked at her again. Afterwards, the five-year-old eldest prince had no one to take care of him. Empress Xiaoqi should have been the most suitable candidate, but after this incident, no one could let Empress Xiaoqi take care of Qin Yi. At that time, the emperor had already intended to establish a crown prince. Qin Yi was the eldest son, smart and alert. Whether in terms of etiquette or talent, he was the best choice.

The emperor's plan was also highly approved by the elders in the palace. Therefore, Qin Yi spent most of his time alone in the Wenhua Palace from the age of five, reading, reciting scriptures, and learning characters. As soon as one class was over, the next tutor arrived.

At the age of ten, Qin Yi held a ceremony of coming of age, was named the crown prince, and officially entered the East Palace. For the next six years, he lived alone in the Ciqing Palace, studying classics, history, and family and country, and learning the power of the emperor. When he was sixteen, he offended Xiao Qi in a very high-profile manner and was mercilessly exiled to the frontier. At the frontier where the north wind was as sharp as a knife, he was seriously injured, his soul left his body, and he almost got into trouble, but no one knew about all this except his confidants.

The Crown Prince was able to lead his army to a complete victory and turn the tide of the war before he was even twenty, but how could this be achieved so easily? How much damage had Qin Yi suffered in a place where no one could see?

Chu Jinyao's body slowly softened, and she gradually stopped resisting and leaned on Qin Yi. She said softly, "Your Highness, sometimes I feel like you are Qi Ze, and sometimes I feel like you are the Crown Prince. In fact, I think of you as the Crown Prince more often."

Chu Jinyao felt Qin Yi smile very lightly, and his chest shook slightly. Chu Jinyao also knew that it was stupid for her to say this. How could she not see what kind of person Qin Yi was? But Chu Jinyao was still very serious and wanted to have a good talk with Qin Yi: "You told me before that your name is Qin Yi. In fact, I should have thought of it earlier, but I didn't find out everything until last night. In the future, I will try my best to treat you as Qin Yi. You are both Qi Ze and the prince."

Qin Yi was actually a little surprised when he heard this, just like Chu Jinyao didn't know his name for a long time. In fact, for most people in the world, who he is is irrelevant. People only know that there is a prince, as for what the prince's name is, what he likes, and what kind of personality he has, it is actually not important.

Everyone in the palace called him the prince, the ministers in the court called him His Highness in a flowery way, the servants around him called him the master, and the only one who was qualified to call him by his name, the emperor, called him... oh, the emperor usually didn't meet him, and even if he had to meet him, he would refer to him with the impolite word "you".

Few, or no one, could say to him in a serious and sincere tone: "In the future, I will try to treat you as Qin Yi."

Qin Yi was used to being high and mighty and giving orders, and he was not used to such an intimate tone for a while. He was the prince, and no one dared to have close physical contact with him, not to mention verbal contact. Qin Yi also disdainfully thought that he didn't need it. Today he kept playing with Chu Jinyao, actually because he had come into contact with women for the first time yesterday. Young people are full of blood and it's hard for them to control themselves.

Besides, this is his Crown Princess.

But after hearing what Chu Jinyao said, Qin Yi's disdainful and arrogant heart softened for a moment. Even though this moment of emotion was fleeting, it was a groundbreaking first for Qin Yi.

Qin Yi suddenly felt that it was not bad to have such a harmless goofball by his side. If she is willing to suffer, then let her suffer. Chu Jinyao

waited quietly for a while. Although Qin Yi did not answer, she felt satisfied. She had already made the worst plan, staying alone in an empty room, having no favor after marriage, being an empty-shell Crown Princess, etc. She had imagined it many times. Now that she unexpectedly learned that Qin Yi was Qi Ze, she was already very satisfied. Qi Ze was her benefactor,

and so was the prince, so she had to be even better to him. Qin Yi didn't like the people in the room being respectful to him like subjects, so she would try to change. As for how to strike the right balance between offense and intimacy... that would depend on Chu Jinyao to learn by herself.

Chu Jinyao thought, anyway, she had a lot to learn, so one more wouldn't hurt.

The two of them hugged each other quietly for a while, neither of them wanted to leave the gentle atmosphere at the moment. However, they had to eat, and the servants and maids had already put the meal on the table. However, seeing that the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess seemed to be quite close, they were afraid of seeing something they shouldn't see, so they didn't dare to disturb them and waited outside obediently.

Qin Yi took the initiative to stand up, leaned over and hugged Chu Jinyao again: "Let's go, have dinner first. There is a palace banquet tonight, and you still have to wear a dress, which will probably take a long time."

Chu Jinyao didn't have time to sigh that there were still things to do in the evening, so she quickly grabbed Qin Yi's hand and said righteously: "Your Highness, you should be dignified outside, you can't do this." "

This is not outside, this is our own palace."

"That won't work either." Chu Jinyao slipped down from the couch while Qin Yi was not paying attention, straightened her waist dignifiedly, "There are so many servants in the East Palace, I am the Crown Princess, how can I lose my manners."

All right. Qin Yi withdrew his hand with tolerance and took Chu Jinyao to the outer room for dinner. After dinner, the two of them entered the inner room. Qin Yi waved his hand to signal the waiters to go down, and then he picked up Chu Jinyao.

Chu Jinyao cried out in surprise. Just as she was about to struggle, she saw Qin Yi lower his head, staring at her intently and saying, "Be obedient."

His voice was clear, and when he spoke in a low voice, it sounded like the sound of gold and jade hitting each other, which was extremely pleasant to hear. Even these two slightly strong words became affectionate.

Chu Jinyao's eyes sparkled, and she was tempted by the beauty for a moment, and actually agreed obediently. She gave up her principles like this, and let Qin Yi carry her into the room without any struggle, and then put her on the bed.

The moment her back touched the quilt, Chu Jinyao suddenly woke up and raised her upper body in a hurry: "Your Highness..."

After Qin Yi put her down, he took off his boots and got on the bed. He calmly put his hands on Chu Jinyao's waist, and with a little force, he hugged her in his arms: "You didn't rest well yesterday. Take advantage of the time this afternoon to sleep a little longer." It

's just a nap... Chu Jinyao buried her face in the quilt silently, and said "hmm" in shame and anger.

How could Chu Jinyao's little actions and thoughts be hidden from Qin Yi? He took advantage of Chu Jinyao not being able to see, and his eyes were full of wanton smiles, and he said in a particularly gentlemanly way: "Don't think about it, sleep well."

Who is thinking about it! Chu Jinyao buried herself in the soft quilt, and cursed inwardly in anger. If it weren't for his very suggestive movements and his hands... how could she have thought of going to this place!

Chu Jinyao was angry, but she had been able to eat and sleep since she was a child. She thought about the palace banquet she would attend as the Crown Princess in the evening, the return visit tomorrow, the temple visit the day after tomorrow, and the celebration ceremony the day after tomorrow... She thought about all sorts of things and soon fell asleep.

When Chu Jinyao woke up, it was already an hour and a half later.

Linglong and a few others were waiting outside. When they heard the sound, they immediately opened the curtain and walked in quietly: "Crown Princess, are you awake?"

"Yeah." Chu Jinyao responded in a daze, and slowly climbed out of the quilt, "Where is His Highness?"

"His Highness went to the front to meet with foreign ministers an hour ago." "

The crown prince naturally has a wedding leave for his wedding, but for Qin Yi, this wedding leave only means that he does not need to go to court, and other things cannot be delayed.

Chu Jinyao finally slept the only full sleep in a few days, and the strings in her head were relaxed a lot. She got up from the bed lazily, yawned lightly with her hand covering her mouth, and asked: "Why didn't you call me when His Highness went out? It was so rude that His Highness got up while I was still asleep. "

It was the Crown Prince who forbade us to disturb the Crown Princess." Linglong came over and considerately helped Chu Jinyao to stand up. She whispered in Chu Jinyao's ear, "Crown Princess, several old men from the East Palace wanted to see you, but the Crown Prince stopped them outside. They said they can only come in after you wake up. Crown Princess, you see..."

"They've been waiting for so long?" Chu Jinyao was startled and said quickly, "Please come in. "

As the palace of the crown prince, Ciqing Palace has fifty or sixty servants and managers, not counting the dowry brought by Chu Jinyao. Even so, the East Palace is considered to be short-staffed. I heard that there are more than a hundred people in Kunning Palace just to serve the empress.

The emperor indulges in love affairs, and the harem is really full of beauties, not to mention the servants who serve the beauties. Empress Qi is the most powerful in the harem. She was arrogant and outstanding before she left the palace. Now that she has become the empress, she is naturally more willing to compromise herself.

Ciqing Palace is one of the largest palaces in the Forbidden City . There are palaces in the east, except for the Qianqing Palace and Kunning Palace, and then the Ciqing Palace. If you count the place in front of the Ciqing Palace where "foreign affairs" are discussed, even the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace is not as big as this one. The

Ciqing Palace is just like the Forbidden City, with the layout of the front court and the back palace. In the front is where the prince receives foreign ministers, and in the back are the residences of the prince and his wives and concubines. Now there is only Chu Jinyao in the East Palace, and it is quiet.

Chu Jinyao walked to the main hall of the inner palace, and the courtyard outside the hall was already full of people. Before Qin Yi got married, he didn't stay in the inner palace for a long time. Therefore, the backyard of Ciqing Palace was entirely managed by the housekeeper aunt and Madam Huo. Madam Huo was an old lady. As early as when Empress Wenxiao was still alive, she was ordered to serve Qin Yi. It has been nearly twenty years now.

The internal affairs of Ciqing Palace were concentrated in the hands of Aunt Ziyan. Ziyan had seniority and was highly valued because she was fair, smart and capable. However, Ziyan had limited energy. She was in charge of the overall situation, and there were four senior palace maids who were actually in charge. There were also countless people who worked and cleaned the house. Madam Huo and Ziyan brought everyone to kowtow to Chu Jinyao. Chu Jinyao scolded them a little, then asked Linglong to give them bonus money.

Chu Jinyao is a newcomer now, and her position as the Crown Princess is not yet secure, so she is not in a hurry to get involved in things and seize power. It is better to let Ciqing Palace remain as it is for the time being. On the contrary, it is important for her to take advantage of the first month of marriage when she is not allowed to stay overnight outside to lay a good foundation for her relationship with Qin Yi.

Chu Jinyao had something else to do in the evening, so after the palace people kowtowed, she let everyone go. Chu Jinyao returned to the inner hall, and Linglong came quietly to Chu Jinyao and said, "Crown Princess, when you were taking a nap today, it was Erhua who came in to serve you. "

Chu Jinyao suddenly became alert. Erhua was one of the four maids given to her by the Queen. She was still taking a nap. It was obvious what Erhua was rushing in for. Chu Jinyao shook her head and said, "She is too anxious. "

Linglong felt the same way. There were so many people in the East Palace. To be frank, how many of them had their own plans? But today was only the second day after Chu Jinyao got married. Erhua was so greedy.

The four people sent by the empress were named Erfeng, Erhua, Erxue, and Eryue. From these names, Chu Jinyao could feel the "good intentions" of the empress.

What a romantic scene.

These four people would have to be dealt with sooner or later. No matter what they did, Chu Jinyao was mentally prepared. She was more concerned about another point: "What about His Highness? What does His Highness say?"