Changping's smile darkened for a moment, but soon disappeared. She smiled bitterly and said, "Why should I make fun of you? Anyway, neither of us has the chance to be the main wife..." She raised her lips and said, "Compared to Wang Qingluo being the main wife, I would rather you, the fourth young lady, at least you are well-educated and can make sense of things. But Wang Qingluo is just like the second Shen Qingqiu, and the two of them have such a good relationship."
At this point, Princess Changping smiled coldly, "How can the prince have a good life in the future if he marries such a woman?"
Princess Changping deliberately said bad things about Wang Qingluo in front of Gu Yanran. As expected, she clenched the handkerchief in her hand more and more tightly, and the expression on her face became more and more ugly.
After adding fuel to the fire, Princess Changping left.
Gu Yanran stood alone by the imperial garden, thinking about Shen Qingqiu and Wang Qingluo. It was her again. How come all the people she hated in the world were gathered together?
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Soon it was the prince's birthday, but this year it happened that the Queen Mother's birthday banquet was held a few days after his birthday, and the Queen Mother was also celebrating her sixtieth birthday, so the time was too close. Although he was the crown prince, he still had to follow the rules of filial piety, so this year the prince's birthday was not celebrated in a big way, but just a small celebration in the palace.
Shen Qingqiu didn't have much contact with the prince in the palace. The prince was over twenty years old, and although he still lived in the East Palace, he had to run around to handle things on weekdays. Besides, the age difference was too big, so he couldn't play with them.
However, since this day was the Crown Prince's birthday, it was natural for them, the companions in the palace, to follow the Ninth Princess to take a look.
"This time, the Crown Prince and the Queen Mother's birthdays are on the same day. I'm almost exhausted just thinking about birthday gifts!" The Ninth Princess sighed and took out a night-shining pearl. "The Queen Mother is turning 60, and my mother told me to think more carefully. But the Crown Prince is very good to me, so I can't just give him a perfunctory answer."
Shen Qingqiu looked at the night-shining pearl in her hand. This was the night-shining pearl that the emperor gave to the Ninth Princess on her last birthday, and it was also her favorite night-shining pearl.
"If you think about it this way, after this birthday, my cousin the Crown Prince will get married!" Princess Changhe could always get a handful of snacks in her pocket. She said, "After getting married, you will have an imperial sister-in-law. Think about it, in the past, on your birthday, only the Crown Prince gave you a birthday gift in the Eastern Palace, but after you get married, the Eastern Palace will have two gifts! If the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess have another child in the future, you can get three-thirds of the gift!"
The Ninth Princess' eyes lit up, "That's true."
Shen Qingqiu: …She also never expected that these two people would set their sights on giving birthday gifts to a child who is not even remotely related to her.
"Come on, the banquet is about to start, let's go eat." Princess Changhe said, and was about to pull the two of them inside when a voice suddenly came.
"Qiu'er!"
Someone called her, Shen Qingqiu turned around, and saw Wang Qingluo waving a handkerchief and looking at her. Shen Qingqiu smiled, said a few words to Changhe County Master and Ninth Princess, and hurried over.
She and Wang Qingluo had not seen each other for almost a year. Now that they had met again after such a long separation, Shen Qingqiu was very happy. However, Wang Qingluo gently pinched her arm and said, "You are so ungrateful. You never contacted me again after entering the palace! Why do you forget your old love when you have a new one? You don't want me, your old friend anymore when you have other friends?"
Shen Qingqiu repeatedly said no, and begged for mercy, saying that she would visit the Prime Minister's Mansion more often in the future. Only then did Wang Qingluo forgive her.
Wang Qingluo had heard about what was happening in the palace during this period of time. Naturally, Shen Qingqiu had no time to play with him during this period of time. Thinking of this, she sighed, "Go to the Prime Minister's Mansion often. Even if you go there often in the future, I'm afraid you won't be able to see me."
Shen Qingqiu then remembered the birthday ceremony for the future Crown Princess that the Ninth Princess and Princess Changhe had planned just now - wasn't the Crown Princess the person in front of him?
It is said that the wedding will be held one month after the prince’s birthday.
Shen Qingqiu said, "Aren't you and His Royal Highness going to get married next month?" She had forgotten about it, and even forgot to prepare the gift. Now that she was in a hurry, she couldn't prepare anything good, so she scratched her head and asked directly, "Do you want any wedding gift?"
"Don't talk about this anymore." When talking about the marriage with the prince, Wang Qingluo's face fell, and it was obvious that she was not very satisfied with the marriage.
At this moment, Shen Qingqiu raised his head slightly, and found Princess Changping looking at this place with a gloomy expression not far away.
If you say Gu Yanran is a fool, at least she was a normal fool before. Ever since she got in touch with the Queen's lineage and met Princess Changping, her brain has become abnormal. Princess Changping has never had a good impression on Shen Qingqiu. In two words, she is a lunatic.
Shen Qingqiu thought for a moment and reminded Wang Qingluo, "No matter what you think, the marriage has been put on the agenda. Try not to go out during this period of time. Many people are watching your marriage with the prince, so as to avoid encountering bad things." As she spoke, she looked in the direction of Changping.
Wang Qingluo followed her gaze. She and Changping usually fought like a pair of chicken eyes, but now that they were getting married, she had no interest in it. She sighed, "Bad things, I'm afraid there is nothing worse than getting married."
As soon as she finished speaking, a deep male voice came over, "Why, does marrying me make you so sad?"
Wang Qingluo was stunned for a moment. She turned her head and saw that the prince was right beside her. She looked a little ugly. She had just said something bad about someone and was caught by someone - and caught right in front of her. Who could stand this? "Qiu'er, my stomach hurts a little...ah, it hurts, it hurts..." She suddenly covered her stomach, "I can't take it anymore, Qiu'er, I'm leaving first." She saluted the prince who had just arrived, "Your Highness, I suddenly feel unwell and will not accompany you for long." After saying this, she threw her handkerchief and ran away quickly.
Shen Qingqiu couldn't help but shook his head as he looked at Wang Qingluo, who was holding her stomach with an exaggerated and pretentious expression. Who could he expect to fool with such acting skills?
The prince standing aside looked at the direction Wang Qingluo went, and a smile gradually appeared in his eyes.
"Your Highness?" Shen Qingqiu tilted his head and looked at him.
The prince also smiled back at her, "Kangle Xiangjun." After entering the palace for such a long time, he had not yet had any interaction with Kangle Xiangjun, who had recently become the most popular lady in the palace. "I thought you were a very capable girl, but now it seems that you are no different from an ordinary girl."
"Oh?" Shen Qingqiu just said.
He continued, "She is much prettier than the average little girl."
Shen Qingqiu looked at the prince's increasingly handsome face hidden under the palace lanterns, and he understood why Wang Qingluo was becoming less and less happy as her marriage got closer. Who could be happy with such a powerful, handsome, and affectionate husband?
However, the prince had a neutral look, and although he looked romantic, there was no lust in his eyes. And as far as she knew, although the prince had a reputation for being romantic, he did not even have a concubine in his backyard.
I'm afraid that this reputation of being a playboy is mostly due to this unreliable mouth. "Your Highness, are you like this to every girl?"
The prince was stunned for a moment, "What?"
Shen Qingqiu said: "The future Crown Princess, Wang Qingluo, the daughter of Prime Minister Wang, is a good friend of mine."
The prince was stunned for a moment, and his smile faded a little. He had seen Wang Qingluo chatting happily with the girl in front of him, so he came over to talk to her. He said, "This marriage was decided by my father, and it cannot be changed anyway. I don't know why she doesn't want to marry me. Since you are her good friend, why don't you ask her for me?"
The prince said, "Marriage is inevitable. It's better to be a harmonious couple than a couple of resentful people, isn't it?"
Shen Qingqiu couldn't help laughing when he heard this. The smile on the prince's face paused, "Kangle Xiangjun, what are you laughing at?"
Of course she was laughing at him. What a royal prince! He wanted her to help him find out his future wife's likes and dislikes, and he even said it so nicely, as if he was doing it for her.
"Your Highness, I know how to make the future Crown Princess and you a harmonious couple," Shen Qingqiu said; "But if you don't want to be a pair of resentful couples with her, you should smile less at other girls."
After saying this, he looked at Princess Changping who was standing beside him, "After all, some people have suffered a lot because of your smile."
The prince followed Shen Qingqiu's gaze and saw Changping. But now Princess Changping's face was no longer full of resentment, and she smiled innocently at the prince. The prince withdrew his gaze, his heart full of disgust, and looked at Shen Qingqiu again, "Kangle Xiangjun, I know."
But there are some things he can't do just because he wants to. Even if he is the crown prince, how can he disobey the will of his mother?
Not long after the prince left, Wang Qingluo sneaked out from the side and asked, "He's gone?"
Seeing Wang Qingluo looking around, Shen Qingqiu couldn't help but shake his head, "If you keep hiding from him now, what will you do when you get married and have to face him every day?"
Wang Qingluo didn't care at all, "We'll talk about getting married later." But when she turned around, she saw Princess Changping again, "Forget it, I'd like to have a few more days and nights before getting married. I'll go back home first." Anyway, she had just pretended to have a stomachache, so she might as well just pretend it to the end.
Wang Qingluo left, and Princess Changhe and Princess Nine also had their fill. They came to find Shen Qingqiu, "Qiu'er, let's go. I've already given my gift to my brother, the Crown Prince."
Shen Qingqiu nodded, and they left together.
Since the Crown Prince's birthday was a small one, the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet would naturally be even grander in scale.
A few days later, the Queen Mother's Thousand Years Banquet was held.
The current Empress Dowager is the Emperor's biological mother. She is a brave, resourceful and intelligent woman.
In the past, she trained the emperor from an ordinary and inconspicuous prince into a candidate for the crown prince. When the emperor first ascended the throne, she played the role of a villain, eliminating evil and establishing new laws for the emperor.
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