Chapter 661 Just Let It Go
The next day, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came back for dinner as usual.
Shen Chuliu looked at him, feeling very upset: "Your Highness, you are already the crown prince, and I have to pay my respects to you. Can't you afford a meal by yourself?"
"Mom, shall we eat fish today?" The Crown Prince slumped on the couch outside without any image...
"Aren't you afraid that people will say you haven't been weaned?" Shen Chuliu said angrily.
“If my father doesn’t say it, my mother doesn’t say it, and my grandmother doesn’t say it, who else dares to say it? Those in the harem say that my mother will take care of it, and those in the previous dynasty say that I will take care of it!” said His Royal Highness the Crown Prince domineeringly.
Shen Chuliu was speechless and covered his chest as the red and blue beads fell off.
"Mom, why are you so fussing about this? Aren't you happy eating with me?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince started to act cute.
Shen Chuliu took a deep breath and asked, "How was your viewing yesterday? Did you find anything you liked?"
"Mom is making a fuss again, so I don't dare to blindly like her. She has to be suitable, right? But the girl from the Ye family is pretty." Qi Yan smiled.
"...Okay, I support your own choice, but you... forget it, you won't have more than one in the future. Let your father choose the legitimate wife." Shen Chuliu waved his hand, saying unhappily.
"By the way, cousin Pei, if I didn't choose her, would you choose her? What do you think of Song Yunze? The two of them can definitely get along well."
"You haven't made up your mind yet, and you want to be a matchmaker for someone else?" Shen Chuliu glared at him: "Go away, go away."
The mother and daughter were laughing and giggling, and soon, the meal was served with fish.
Shen Chuliu pointed at the broken red and fresh green and shook his head speechlessly.
The two girls stuck out their tongues and laughed.
I thought that the master did it on purpose because she loved the Crown Prince the most.
Today, the Fourth Prince and the Eleventh Prince also had their meals in Concubine Li De's palace.
It is a rule here not to talk or sleep, so the atmosphere was dull during the meal.
After they finished, Concubine Li De sent the Eleventh Prince to rest, and then she sat down to talk with the Fourth Prince.
"How was yesterday?" asked Princess Reed.
"Very good." The Fourth Prince didn't know what to say.
Princess Li De was also stunned for a moment, and the mother and son fell silent.
After a while, Concubine Li De sighed: "Don't be so depressed... In the future..."
"Mother, being a crown prince or an emperor is just like that." The fourth prince took a deep breath and said, "I am not convinced, but there is only one crown prince. How can I snatch it away? Should I kill my brothers?"
Princess Reed said nothing.
The fourth prince added, "Mother, it has not been easy for you to get to where you are today. Look at the harem, how many people have ended up like that because of fighting. Even Zhen Chongyi, the niece of the Queen Mother, could not escape. I know that you have not done much, so... don't do anything. I don't have to be the Crown Prince, and you can live a good life, and you don't have to go to Cheng'an Temple in the future."
"You..." Princess Li De didn't know what to say.
“Mother, while there is still a chance to turn back… Look around the harem, apart from Concubine Qian Shu, who else can do bad things and get away with it?” The Fourth Prince sighed.
Concubine Qianshu is different.
No matter what, my father cannot forget the kindness of Empress Dowager Feng.
So, Concubine Qian Shu is still Concubine Qian Shu.
But what if my mother did something terribly wrong? Would my father show mercy? What if my mother harmed the crown prince and his mother? "There is only one crown prince, giving it up is nothing. Isn't it good for me, you, and my eleventh brother to live well?" The fourth prince looked at Concubine Li De pleadingly.
"Mother is fighting because she's afraid that you can't live well!" Concubine Li De's eyes were red.
"Father has more than a dozen princes. Could it be that he has chosen a crown prince and ignored the others? Mother, don't worry." said the Fourth Prince.
Princess Reed nodded and said nothing more.
Over the years, she has rarely experienced failure.
The biggest crisis was the stillbirth.
She was doing well, but she was always unwilling to give up.
From the very beginning, she had been restraining Shen Chuliu and Feng Shi for more than ten years.
There is no need for her to hold him back now.
She was getting old, and the emperor came less and less often, and when he did, he would not stay overnight.
But thinking about it carefully, Lang'er was right. How could the emperor really not know whether those who have come to this point in the harem are clean or not? "Okay, I know. You go back and take your brother back with you." Concubine Li De wiped her tears and shook her head.
The Fourth Prince said nothing more and stood up to call the Eleventh Prince.
After the two princes left, Concubine Li De sat there for a long time.
Yu Tao poured her some tea: "Master, the Fourth Prince also cares about you."
"My son is smart. In fact, I can see through him too. I am just unwilling to accept it." Princess Li De smiled bitterly.
"Ever since I entered the palace, I have been rude to the Feng family. Because I know that the Feng family is not going to work out, and the emperor doesn't like the marriage between the Wu family and the Feng family. Because of this rudeness, because I have a good family background, and because I can restrain the Shen family, I have been promoted step by step."
"I'm pregnant, so my position is secure. You know, Yutao, it wasn't until I was crowned as a concubine that the emperor really looked at me as a person. Before that, I was just a foil for him. What don't I understand?"
"Master, there are some things that I shouldn't say, but I can't help it. How happy were you when you were young? Over the years, you've been thinking about it so much that you've lost that carefree attitude. So what if our Highness doesn't want to be the crown prince? Isn't it good to be a favored prince? Is the world so easy to sit on?"
"As the Fourth Prince said, you don't have to go to Cheng'an Temple. You are still the high-ranking Consort Li De now. Even if you become the Consort in the future... you have two princes. No matter who takes that position, won't they treat you well? Why are you so stubborn?"
Princess Li De laughed: "You are right. When I was young, I was also bold and didn't care about anything. It's me who made a mistake. Once a person starts to look ahead and behind, he will not be able to live well. In the past few years, I have bound myself."
"So, my master, you have to be open-minded. Great favor will not stay on one person. You said this to me." Yutao said.
Concubine Li De laughed again: "I said it. There is no need to support Mei Baolin in the future. If the emperor comes, he will come. If he doesn't come, forget it. I am not the only one in the harem who can't wait for the emperor to come."
When she said this, Princess Reed was smiling.
It's just that his eyes are red, and everyone can see the sadness in them.
Yutao knew that her master was not completely without affection for the emperor. It was a pity that what she did not get when she was young, she still did not get it now.
But...what's the point of forcing something that you can't get?
This is true for the emperor's favor and the position of crown prince.
"Set up a good table for me tonight. I want to drink some wine. Please drink with me." Princess Li De wiped away the tears that accidentally fell and smiled.
Yutao agreed.
She thought her master was feeling unwell and thought it would be good for him to drink some wine to relieve the pain.
Just look at it in a positive way.
There is nothing that cannot be overcome. You have to overcome it even if you can't. Obsession can sometimes really kill people.
(End of this chapter)
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