Chapter 5: I escaped work but didn’t avoid school, I’m so lucky
Qiao'er applied the ointment thickly, then considerately brought out the food, took out chopsticks and started feeding her.
"Princess, please eat more. You haven't had any food or water during the day. Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince remembered and asked someone to ask me to prepare a meal, otherwise you would have starved until tomorrow."
Zhao Mingzhu took big mouthfuls of the crispy eight-treasure duck. She squinted her eyes in happiness, feeling the oily duck meat melting on her tongue.
She pointed to another dish of fish and mushroom stew and said, "I want to try it. Thank you, Your Highness."
Her attitude was quite indifferent, and Qiao'er didn't notice it at all. She was busy picking up food for her. In the end, Zhao Mingzhu only stopped eating when her belly was bulging.
Zhao Mingzhu looked at the moonlight outside the window, and suddenly she remembered to ask Qiao'er:
"Today, when I went to Shoukang Palace, I met a princess. What deep hatred did she have against me in the past?"
Zhao Mingzhu did not try to hide her forgetfulness at all, and Qiao'er automatically ignored the strangeness and said after thinking for a moment:
"To be honest, there's no deep hatred between the Crown Princess and Princess Zhaohua. It's actually because of that Miss Su."
Miss Su?
Zhao Mingzhu sat up straight instantly. Although she didn't know anything else, she still remembered the heroine in this book.
"Is it because of Su Lu?"
Qiao'er put away the food box and nodded, "Crown Princess, you don't like that Miss Su. You always have to argue with her when you meet.
A month ago, you met again. Princess Zhaohua passed by and defended her, but you pushed her into the lake in anger, and you were imprisoned by the Duke for that. That's how the feud began."
Zhao Mingzhu's expression was hard to read. She sighed that the original owner was really fierce and even dared to push the princess. No wonder his bad reputation was known to everyone.
"Princess Zhaohua always keeps to herself, so the Crown Princess should just stay away from her."
Zhao Mingzhu nodded, and suddenly remembered something. She asked tentatively:
"That academy? I'm already married, so I shouldn't..."
Without even turning her head, Qiao'er said something that broke her heart: "Don't worry, Crown Princess. You can go back to the academy the day after tomorrow."
Zhao Mingzhu: “…”
She is so lucky that she can get away with going to work but can still go to school.
The next day.
The maid from Shoukang Palace pushed the door open and woke up the sleeping Zhao Mingzhu, saying with a forced smile:
"Crown Princess, did you sleep well? I just don't know the scriptures that the Empress Dowager asked you to copy..."
Zhao Mingzhu woke up, yawned, went to the table, and handed a stack of scriptures to the nanny.
"Mingzhu is incompetent. I only finished half of the copying at three o'clock in the morning. Madam, please take me to apologize to the Empress Dowager."
The nanny flipped through the scripture in her hand and looked at the dark circles under her eyes. It turned out that she had copied it very honestly.
In fact, it was a collection of scriptures that the original owner, Zhao Mingzhu, was punished to copy in the past, and one of them happened to be the Heart Sutra.
She put the scripture away and said, "The Crown Princess can leave the palace now."
Zhao Mingzhu was surprised. The nanny continued, "The Empress Dowager said, but considering the Crown Prince's plea for mercy, you have already suffered the beating and copied the scriptures, so we will let it go. However, after leaving the palace, the Crown Princess must cultivate her mind and moral character."
Zhao Mingzhu nodded repeatedly after hearing this and said sincerely, "Mingzhu understands. I will remember the teachings of the Imperial Grandmother."
After the people from Shoukang Palace left, Changhe suddenly appeared again:
"Crown Princess, His Highness is waiting for you at the palace gate."
Today is the day to return home.
Zhao Mingzhu nodded, then followed Qinghe to Suzaku Gate, and then climbed onto the carriage using his hands and feet.
Then he saw Gu Qingheng sitting upright in the middle, his slender hands holding the spine of the book, his joints clearly defined, and his expression calm.
Zhao Mingzhu was not polite either. She walked in and sat down next to the other person. Since the other person didn't say anything, she pretended to be mute.
The carriage started moving slowly. Gu Qingheng put away the book and said:
"Are you angry at me for not helping others to the end, Princess?"
Zhao Mingzhu tilted her body twice and found the most comfortable angle:
"I know that Your Highness must have his own difficulties."
In fact, she was not angry at all. In her eyes, Gu Qingheng was her victim. He did not kick her when she was down, but helped her regardless of past grudges. That was enough.
So Zhao Mingzhu is quite open-minded.
But she can't admit it with her mouth, so I'll take advantage of her.
Gu Qingheng tapped his knee with his index finger, staring at Zhao Mingzhu's face:
"The Crown Princess is so considerate, she is really different from before."
Incense curled up from the carriage. Zhao Mingzhu closed her eyes and began to feel sleepy. She muttered:
“People change.”
Gu Qingheng suddenly came closer and examined Zhao Mingzhu from head to toe.
Then he raised his hand and touched Zhao Mingzhu's forehead, behind her ears, and chin, and finally withdrew his hand.
After a while, he picked up the teacup and poured it into the incense burner.
Zhao Mingzhu, who was sleeping soundly, was swimming in the pile of gold and silver. She held the gold brick and laughed non-stop, and bent down to take a bite to test whether it was real.
But suddenly the gold bricks disappeared, and Zhao Mingzhu woke up instantly. When she opened her eyes, she was shocked by the handsome face that was enlarged above her.
What a great face, slurp.
But she soon realized that the owner of this face was Gu Qingheng, and she instantly wilted. She hurriedly climbed up and sat back, saying awkwardly:
"Sorry, I was confused."
Then she muttered to herself, how come she could still fall asleep in a second today since she went to bed so early yesterday.
Gu Qingheng brushed off his clothes and said, "It's okay. We've arrived at the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, Crown Princess."
Zhao Mingzhu nodded and got off the carriage. There was a group of people standing in front of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion. When they saw the two of them, they knelt down and saluted.
"I bow to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Crown Princess. May you live a thousand years, a thousand thousand years!"
Gu Qingheng raised his hand: "No need to be polite."
Zhao Mingzhu quickly determined that the middle-aged man in the lead was her father, Zhao Qing.
As soon as his eyes fell on Zhao Mingzhu's face, he began to glare at her secretly, as if he was going to point at her nose and call her a rebellious girl!
Zhao Mingzhu touched her nose. Before coming here, she heard people around her say that Duke Zhenguo, Zhao Qing, should love her very much.
Zhao Qing welcomed the two into the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and then began to apologize:
"My daughter's entry into the palace this time has caused the Empress Dowager to be furious. It is all because of my failure to educate her properly. I hope Your Majesty will punish me."
Gu Qingheng helped him up and said, "Your Excellency, your words are too harsh. The Empress Dowager is not furious. She is merely giving a small punishment for an old matter."
"Besides, Mingzhu has been very well-behaved since entering the East Palace and hasn't caused any trouble. This shows that she has changed."
Gu Qingheng looked at Zhao Mingzhu with a smile, whose eyes were rolling around, and put the Duke of Zhenguo's mind at ease.
Although the Duke of Zhenguo didn't believe it, he understood that his daughter was already married and there was little room for him to take care of her.
He turned and glared at Zhao Mingzhu. He often wondered if this child had lost his brain when he was born.
Zhao Mingzhu was used to being glared at all the time, so she immediately responded with a playful smile.
Duke Zhenguo: “…”
Soon the table was full of food. Zhao Mingzhu listened to their conversations about government affairs. She didn't understand what they were saying, so she just buried her head in her food.
The Duke of Zhenguo coughed twice and said, "Mingzhu, pour His Highness a bowl of his favorite soup."
Zhao Mingzhu was suddenly called and looked up blankly. There were five kinds of soup on the table. Who knew which one Gu Qingheng liked?
Seeing this, the Duke of Zhenguo was furious and gritted his teeth to remind:
"Your Highness likes sweet dishes, so the braised chicken with ginkgo nuts will surely suit your taste."
After Zhao Mingzhu placed the soup bowl in front of Gu Qingheng, he said:
"The dishes in the mansion are simple, I hope Your Highness will do me the honor of trying them."
Gu Qingheng smiled faintly and drank it out of courtesy.
Zhao Mingzhu looked at Swen and muttered to herself that he didn't look like she liked him that much.
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