Chapter 264 Worry-free Powder
Luo Qinghan lowered his eyes and looked at her: "Do you think being forced to sleep and be intimate with someone you don't like at all is a kind of happiness?"
Xiao Xixi was stumped by the question.
Luo Qinghan's handsome face glowed with a faint cold white luster under the moonlight, like a flawless jade. It looked beautiful but felt cold to the touch.
"Do you know what the biggest difference between humans and animals is? Humans have emotions, but animals don't. Only animals don't care about emotions or who their partners are. As long as they are in heat, they will mate."
"If I mate with those women like an animal, I won't feel happy, I will only feel humiliated and disgusted."
"They want me to give birth to a child so they can better control me. I won't let them do what they want. My life is miserable enough already, and I will never let my child become a tool in the hands of others."
Xiao Xixi said: "Your Highness is still young, there is no need to rush into having children. It will not be too late to consider the issue of offspring after you ascend the throne."
"Do you think I still have a chance to ascend the throne?"
Xiao Xixi said without hesitation: "Of course!"
Luo Qinghan laughed at himself: "Even I don't have confidence, where do you get the confidence from?"
"Your Highness, have you forgotten that I am a fortune teller? I can predict that Your Highness will ascend the throne and become the emperor, and you will get what you wish for."
Luo Qinghan didn't know whether he believed her words or not.
He replied calmly, "Thank you for your good words."
Xiao Xixi looked into the prince's dark and deep eyes for a long time before speaking.
"If Your Highness really doesn't want to be the Crown Prince, I can take you away."
Luo Qinghan glanced at her and asked, "Where can you take me?"
"Let's go back to Xuanmen. That place is very remote and suitable for seclusion."
Luo Qinghan asked calmly: "If I go with you, I will no longer be the crown prince. Without the status of the crown prince, I will have nothing. Can you still look down on me?"
Xiao Xixi said as a matter of course: "Of course I like you. Your Highness is so beautiful. Even if you have nothing, I am willing to support you. Just looking at your handsome face every day can make me eat two more bowls of rice."
Luo Qinghan knew from a young age that his face was very popular with women, but no woman had ever dared to say such things to him in person.
He should have been angry, but he just couldn't.
He said with a wooden face, "Why are you so superficial? No matter how beautiful your appearance is, it will become old and ugly after a few decades."
Xiao Xixi shook her head and said, "No, Your Highness is so handsome. Even when you get old, you will still be a handsome old man. I will not dislike you."
Luo Qinghan wanted to say that this was not the point, but on second thought, he felt that arguing about this was meaningless.
There are too many open and secret struggles in the palace. It is hard to say whether he can live to see the day of old age. Why bother thinking so far ahead?
Xiao Xixi stood up and ran back into the house.
She took out the small bag with blue background and small floral patterns from the cupboard and took out a small and exquisite moon-white brocade bag.
She ran back to the prince with the brocade bag and said mysteriously.
"Your Highness, could you please extend your hand?"
Luo Qinghan stretched out his right hand.
His hands had distinct joints, and each of his fingers was white and slender, with a cool white luster on the fingertips, like a fine work of art.
Xiao Xixi put the sachet in his hand.
"I'll give this to you, Your Highness. It may be able to help you."
Luo Qinghan opened the brocade bag and took a look. It contained an odorless white powder.
He asked in confusion, "What is this?"
Xiao Xixi said proudly: "This is called Wuyou Powder, a kind of powder made by Master. Just take a little bit and you will fall asleep quickly and get everything you want in your dream."
Luo Qinghan had a complicated expression: "Why did your master refine this strange medicinal powder?"
"Because he was worried that I might suffer from insomnia, he said this medicine is especially suitable for people with insomnia, it is safe and has no side effects, and the effect is amazing!"
Luo Qinghan put the brocade bag into his sleeve, already having an idea of how to use it.
Xiao Xixi rubbed her hands and laughed, "Your Highness accepted my gift, shouldn't you return the favor and give me something as well?"
Luo Qinghan: "What do you want?"
"There is a bamboo forest at the backyard of Qingge Palace. Your Highness, can you include that bamboo forest in Qingge Palace?"
Luo Qinghan did not answer but asked: "What do you want the bamboo forest for? Do you want to dig bamboo shoots to eat?"
As it turned out, he still underestimated Xiao Xixi, this foodie.
She said with a smile: "I not only want to eat bamboo shoots, but also bamboo rice and bamboo rats."
Luo Qinghan thought he had heard wrongly and asked again.
"What else do you want to eat?"
Xiao Xixi blinked: "Bamboo tube rice."
"The one behind."
Xiao Xixi continued to blink: "Bamboo rat."
Luo Qinghan fell silent.
He had never seen a bamboo rat, but he was familiar with ancient books and knew that it was an animal that fed on bamboo and looked very much like a rat.
He could understand that Xiao Xixi ate pork, chicken, duck, fish and goose, but why did she even eat rat meat?
Rats are so dirty that it makes me sick just thinking about them. What if I eat one and get sick?
Seeing that he looked unhappy, Xiao Xixi asked curiously, "Your Highness, have you never eaten bamboo rat meat?"
Luo Qinghan said expressionlessly: "I have never eaten it, and I don't want to eat it."
Xiao Xixi tried her best to persuade him, "Don't be like that. Bamboo rat meat is delicious. I'll get you some later. Once you've tasted it, you'll know how delicious it is."
"It's getting late. I should leave now."
After the prince finished speaking, he stood up, no longer paying attention to Xiao Xixi, and walked away in big strides.
Xiao Xixi was heartbroken: "Since you are unwilling to include the bamboo forest in Qingge Palace, then return Wuyou Powder to me!"
When the prince heard this, he walked faster.
He returned to the Linde Hall quietly.
Just as he was about to push the door and return to his bedroom, he felt someone approaching from behind. Without even thinking, he slapped the person back!
Duan Liangdi was knocked flying backwards and fell to the ground in a mess.
Her face turned pale with pain and her expression was distorted.
Today is the first day that Duan Liangdi and Jing Concubine enter the palace. Everyone thought that the prince would choose one of them to sleep with him.
As a result, the prince didn't even look at them, let alone sleep with them.
Both were disappointed.
But Concubine Jing was proud of her status and hid her emotions very well, behaving dignified and generous.
Duan Liangdi couldn't do that.
She is the youngest daughter in the family and has been pampered since she was a child.
She was spoiled by her elders, and her older brothers and sisters were also very considerate of her. In addition, she was born cute and lovable, so she had a smooth life from childhood to adulthood and never encountered any setbacks.
She had become accustomed to this carefree life and thought that even if she entered the palace, she would still be loved by everyone as before.
Unexpectedly, on the first day she entered the palace, she discovered that the prince didn't seem to like her very much, which was hard for her to accept.
(End of this chapter)
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