Haitang looked bewildered and asked, "How do you know I have something to say?"
Yu Rou rolled her eyes at her, too lazy to explain to her, "Just tell me."
"Just now I went out to watch the little girls trimming the flowers and plants, and suddenly a flying man appeared and scared me. He gave me this and said that the Prince of Guangcheng asked him to bring it to me and asked me to give it to you." Haitang took out an envelope and an exquisite jade token from her sleeve.
Yu Rou took it doubtfully, "Are you sure it's the Crown Prince of Guangcheng?"
"Well, I asked him again and again, but he told me not to tell anyone else." Haitang said a little nervously.
Yu Rou took the jade token and looked at it carefully. This piece of jade could be called a flawless piece of jade, with exquisite workmanship and unique shape. There was a word "tea" engraved on it.
She thought about it and tore open the seal on the envelope.
Haitang suddenly asked, "Miss, the prince sent these again. Does that mean he likes you?"
Yu Rou didn't answer, but took out the letter from the envelope.
There were only a few lines of words written on it, and there was no other meaning. It was just an invitation for her to attend the tea party he was hosting on Qingming Festival. By the way, he also expressed that he hadn't seen her in a few days and wanted to meet her very much.
If I have to say something special, it would be that his choice of words is a bit ambiguous.
Yu Rou held the jade token in her hand and fell into deep thought, hesitating whether she should go or not.
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The next day, news suddenly came from the palace that the emperor wanted to choose a study partner for Princess Hening.
The news came suddenly, and there were all kinds of rumors.
Some say that Princess He Ning will be getting married in two years, and the Emperor wants her to calm down and study hard for another two years. Worried that she won't be happy studying alone, he wants to find her a study partner.
Some said they wanted to select a princess for the eligible princes in the palace, and used this as an excuse to see which noble ladies were suitable in each family.
Others said something even more outrageous, saying that this was the Queen Mother's idea, and that she wanted to take this opportunity to select her niece from her mother's side to enter the palace. It just so happened that Yu Rou's engagement was about to be broken off, so she would let the princess accompany the prince in his studies and cultivate their relationship so that she could be appointed as the Crown Princess, thus strengthening the relationship between them.
But no matter what the reason was, the news made the wives of the powerful families in the capital city excited, and in just half a day, it spread throughout the aristocratic circles in the capital.
Whether it is really to be a companion to the princess or to be a candidate for the prince's consort, it is a good thing in the eyes of these noble ladies.
But before these ladies could figure out how to be chosen as the princess's study companions, news came out from the palace the next day.
Princess Hening personally selected the eldest lady of the Yu family to enter the palace as a study partner and asked her to come to the palace to accompany the princess to class tomorrow.
After this news came out, the rumor that Yu Rou was going to be broken off by the prince was self-defeating.
Although the Yu family is prominent, they have long been ignored by the powerful people in the court because their children practice martial arts but not literature and they have never produced a Jinshi. Before, the family was supported by the old man of the Yu family, but after the old man passed away, the Yu family was no longer ranked among the aristocratic families in the capital.
The prince's sudden engagement with the Yu family made the Yu family pay attention to again. Some famous families remembered that the Yu family was also very rich and powerful in the capital.
But how could Yu Rou become the princess's study companion? How did she meet the requirements for a study companion? Could it be because the prince was partial?
This is also illogical.
This happened so suddenly that not only other people found it strange, but everyone in the Yu family was also surprised.
It had been less than two days since she entered the palace last time, and now she had to enter the palace again. The frequency was so high that it made people nervous, and Wang's heart was always hanging.
As soon as the sky brightened in the morning, the sedan chair from the palace arrived to pick up Yu Rou and bring her into the palace.
Yu Rou first went to the Cining Palace to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager. Coincidentally, the Empress Dowager and other concubines were also there, so Yu Rou bowed and greeted them all, saving her from having to go to the Ciyuan Palace of the Empress Dowager again.
The Empress Dowager was just as kind and gentle as she had been the last time she'd met her at the Princess's coming-of-age ceremony, but her authority as a superior was impossible to ignore. Yu Rou had done her homework early on, knowing that the Empress Dowager favored well-behaved and sensible juniors, so she had always behaved very docilely and quietly in the Empress Dowager's palace. Sure enough, the Empress Dowager was quite pleased with her and had the maids around her give her quite a few gifts.
When she came out of the Empress Dowager's palace, she saw the palace maid who served Princess Hening coming to pick her up.
Princess He Ning lived in Liufang Palace, but they stopped halfway because they saw the fifth prince.
Yu Rou bowed to the Fifth Prince and was planning to wait until he left before leaving. However, when the Fifth Prince saw her, he had no intention of leaving at all.
"I heard that the Yu family's wife has become He Ning's study partner, and now she is going to Liufang Palace?"
Yu Rou nodded: "The Fifth Prince is right."
The fifth prince looked at her face with admiration, his eyes lingering on her face, never moving away.
What a rare beauty.
"Yu Jin will never forget Madam Yu's performance last time. I didn't expect to see Madam Yu again so soon."
"Fifth Prince, you are too kind. It was just a fluke." Yu Rou lowered her eyes and said lightly.
Yu Rou's calm and non-timid appearance attracted him even more, making him feel that this woman was indeed different from others. No wonder the prince fell in love with her. If he had discovered her earlier, he might have asked his father to marry her.
If only he had discovered it sooner.
"Madam Yu is too modest. Gold will always shine, and those who are destined to shine will never be forgotten by the crowd." The Fifth Prince looked at her bluntly, "Madam Yu has become the princess's study companion. I believe we will see her often in the future."
Yu Rou couldn't figure out what he meant and didn't respond.
"Madam Yu, it's getting late and the princess is still waiting." Princess Hening's maid seemed a little anxious.
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