Chapter 165 The Wind Rises
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Chuxiu Palace.
Defei looked at her daughter who was going to get married tomorrow, tears in her eyes as she looked at her pretty little face, wearing a bright red phoenix coronet and bridal gown. She was happy for her from the bottom of her heart, "Yan'er, your mother has raised you for more than ten years, and in the blink of an eye you are going to get married. In the future, you must remember that the most important thing is to hold on to your fourth brother and his wife, and then give birth to a child as soon as possible. Even if your relationship with your husband fades in the future, you will not be alone." She could not be a legal wife in this life, but her daughter could get married wearing a phoenix coronet and bridal gown. In fact, Defei did not regret it. Love was not important to her, she did it for the family.
Her beloved daughter is weak and not very smart, and the tenth prince is still young. She is in the harem, and the only ones who can take care of the fifth princess Rong Ruoyan are His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan and his wife.
Parents love their children and plan for their future. They added: "Your fourth brother doesn't like outsiders to disturb their relationship, so Yan'er, you can choose the afternoons when he is on duty and occasionally go to chat with your fourth sister-in-law. Don't make her annoyed, understand?" It is well known to the people in the capital that His Royal Highness Prince Yan is a love-sick person. He doesn't like others to disturb him and his princess, but when he is not around, he hopes someone will chat with her.
The fifth princess Rong Ruoyan's eyes were filled with tears. She buried her head in Concubine De's arms and said, "Mother, I know. I often exchange letters with my fourth sister-in-law. After I get married, I can go and play with her first. Anyway, my fourth brother and sister-in-law are not in the capital for the past two years." Although she was not smart, she was obedient.
Concubine De patted the Fifth Princess' back with relief and said, "After you get married, you can also write a letter to your Fourth Sister-in-law once a month, telling her about interesting things and sending her some local gifts." Don't let her innocent daughter be forgotten. The Fifth Princess nodded and said, "I will listen to you, mother." She didn't really have any feelings for her husband. She knew that as a less favored princess, the best she could do was to cling to her Fourth Sister-in-law and make friends with the most favored princes and princesses. Her husband would not dare to favor his concubine over his wife.
Who made His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan stay with one person for the rest of his life?
Concubine De looked at the dark sky outside the window and sighed in her heart. She didn't dare to covet the throne. The tenth prince had no advantage at all. She only hoped that the three of them, mother and son, would be safe and sound.
The weather in the capital has been changing since His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan left the capital.
East Palace.
Caixia, the Crown Princess's confidant palace maid, reported cautiously: "Your Highness the Crown Prince said that Su Liangdi is pregnant, so she will not come for dinner today. She will rest here at night." Originally, the Crown Prince had said that he would have dinner with the Crown Princess today.
Crown Princess Luo Muxue was silent for a moment, then said, "I understand." While the Crown Prince respected her as his first wife and valued his legitimate son, he also had his own beloved concubines. She had previously intended to have her fourth sister-in-law dampen the eldest sister's prestige, but the Crown Prince had treated her coldly for a whole month. It was only with great difficulty that she finally managed to get his grudge against her overturned.
At this moment, she couldn't help but envy Su Zhenzhen. She knew what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted, but she really couldn't do it. It was already painful for her to give His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to another woman. If she really regarded him as her husband, how could she be a virtuous Crown Princess?
Her Royal Highness the Crown Prince envied her fourth brother's wife's undivided devotion to him and her eyes were full of admiration, but didn't she also envy her fourth brother and his wife for being a couple for the rest of their lives?
Her feelings towards her fourth brother's wife were actually very complicated. On the one hand, she was jealous of her and wanted to find some harmless little obstacles for her; on the other hand, she couldn't help but want to protect her. Perhaps when a person lacked something, he wanted to see her happy and successful in the person who had the same feelings, as if he had seen that impossible future. He couldn't help but feel jealous, but he couldn't be unconscious.
In the final analysis, she chose wealth and glory over true love, although for men, the fourth brother is the kind of love-brained person who can only be found once in the entire Qin Dynasty.
She recalled the day when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said to her: "Muxue, I want to have a daughter with you, like my fourth brother's wife, so she will be very cute." The Crown Princess was speechless. Although my fourth brother's wife was indeed very cute, why did she want to have a daughter who looked like her? Why couldn't her daughter look like herself?
The Crown Princess pursed her lips and looked at His Royal Highness, "Your Highness, that's my fourth brother's wife." She's not your daughter. His Royal Highness Rong Jinyou was silent for a moment, "But don't you really think my fourth brother's wife has a cute personality?" He wanted a son like his fourth brother and a daughter like his fourth brother's wife.
The Crown Princess was speechless, "Your Highness, are you really not afraid that I will be jealous?" If she didn't know that His Highness the Crown Prince was the most well-behaved person, she would have accused him of coveting his brother's wife. How could she discuss his brother's wife with his wife?
A flash of surprise appeared in the eyes of Crown Prince Rong Jinyou, "Will my Crown Princess be jealous too?" His wife was jealous for him. Do you know how long he had been waiting for this day? He couldn't wait to hold her hand, looking into the Crown Princess's eyes with burning eyes. She lowered her eyes and looked at their clasped hands. She inadvertently recalled the gesture of her fourth brother and his wife interlocking their fingers. It was indeed different. "Your Highness, the Crown Prince said this. I am the Crown Princess." What could she do if she was jealous? His Highness, the Crown Prince had more than one woman, and he had more than one child with other women. She just wanted to be the mother of the country.
Crown Prince Rong Jinyou looked at the two people's folded hands with disappointment, but he also understood that he had forced it.
After the Crown Princess had bathed and changed her clothes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came back. He looked at the Crown Princess and said, "Why did you bathe and change your clothes so early? Didn't I tell you to wait for me?" He kept his word.
The Crown Princess removed her makeup and hairpins, a faint smile on her peony-like face. "I have to attend the Fifth Princess's wedding banquet tomorrow, so I need to get some rest today." She added with a smile, "I haven't yet congratulated His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on becoming a father again."
Crown Prince Rong Jinyou allowed his maid to help him change his clothes. He was only wearing white pajamas. The faint scent of agarwood burning in the room was very elegant, and the silver charcoal burning in the copper stove was warm. His eyes darkened, and his smile did not reach his eyes. "Is that so?" Then he went to the bathroom to take a shower and change his clothes.
The Crown Princess's expression was dim in the candlelight. What else could she say? She wasn't her mother.
Not long after, after taking a bath, Crown Prince Rong Jinyou sat on the rosewood bed. The Crown Princess was already wrapped in her own quilt. They always had their own bed.
Rong Jinyou listened to the breathing of the two people. He hugged the Crown Princess and looked down at her sideways. "Crown Princess, our Xun'er is three years old. Have another child with me." Crown Princess Luo Muxue's eyelashes trembled. What happened to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today?
Rong Jinyou felt that since Achen left the capital, Prince Jin Rong Jinyu's popularity had been growing day by day. Why did his father suddenly tend to favor Prince Jin?
Without Achen to ease the tension between him, the Crown Prince, and his father, it was as if they had returned to the years before Achen returned to the capital...
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