Concubine De has indeed restrained herself a lot since she was discovered by the emperor last time.
Today was the first day of the Lunar New Year. She called the second prince and Mu Xue over and wanted them to play cards with her, but they rejected her outright.
"Okay, if you don't beat me, let the palace guards accompany me."
Before taking out the leaf cards, Eunuch Cao walked in.
After seeing the ceremony, he said: "Your Majesty ordered your servant to come over and invite your Majesty and His Highness to have a meal at Zuihua Palace."
"Going to have a meal?" Concubine De looked at Mu Xue, "Xue'er, let's go too!"
The emperor has already sent people to invite him, so it would definitely be inappropriate not to go.
Mu Xue was a little hesitant. Her father saw her talking to the third prince last night and didn't know what he was thinking.
And if I give the third prince a prescription, will the third prince misunderstand me?
"Auntie, I still won't go."
Concubine De pulled her over and said, "Why don't you go and leave you here? Let's go together. If you don't want to drink, just push her away."
In fact, she never understood why her niece didn't drink.
…
When several people arrived at Zuihua Palace, Concubine Shu and the third and fourth princes had already arrived first.
The Zuihua Palace was bustling with excitement. The third prince and the fourth prince were playing with Yu Yiluo. Concubine Shu was chatting with Concubine Xian. The emperor and the prince didn't know what they were talking about. The scene looked very warm.
Seeing several people coming in, the emperor waived the courtesy and motioned for them to sit down.
[Ouch, it seems quite harmonious at first glance. De Fei can bring her own leaf cards over and form two tables directly without any problem. 】
[The heroine is also here, but why don’t you look at the Third Emperor Brother? If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. 】
[Brother Three Emperors won’t forcefully kiss the heroine, right? That shouldn’t be the case. Progress can’t be so fast. 】
The third prince: "..."
Luo'er is thinking about something all day long.
Several others glanced at the third prince secretly, feeling extremely surprised.
Concubine Xian saw that everyone was here, so she ordered the palace servants to bring all the dumplings.
Soon, the steaming dumplings were placed on the table.
"I don't know if you like spicy food. If you want chili, you can add it at the table."
Mu Xue sat next to Concubine De, opposite the third prince. Because she usually didn't talk much, Concubine De didn't notice anything strange about her.
"It's been a long time since I've had dumplings. Sister Xianfei is interested."
Concubine De picked up a dumpling. She thought it was the same as last night when she came to Zuihua Palace for dinner, but she didn't expect it to be a dumpling she hadn't eaten in a long time.
"As long as everyone likes it," Concubine Xian said, looking at the emperor, "If the emperor and the princes want to drink, I will ask someone to bring it over."
The emperor was in a good mood and agreed directly.
The palace servant brought the wine and filled it for everyone before stepping aside.
"Xue'er, if you can't drink, don't drink." Concubine De reminded Mu Xue, who was slowly eating dumplings with her head down.
[Why can’t the heroine drink? 】
Yu Yiluo racked her brains and thought for a while, but still couldn't figure out the reason.
"Come, let's have a drink," the emperor raised his glass and drank it down in one gulp.
Mu Xue was still distracted, and after hearing this, she subconsciously picked up the wine glass next to her.
Without waiting for the third prince to remind him, he drank it all in one gulp. Only when he drank it in his mouth did he realize that he had drank it wrong.
"Princess, you drank the wine, are you okay?" The third prince noticed her behavior and asked Concubine De.
[Ah, Brother Sanhuang actually cared so much about the heroine. He immediately discovered that the heroine had drunk the wrong thing. Progress was so fast. 】
[Damn, several of them have wives, but the Crown Prince and the Crown Prince don’t have wives. The Crown Prince and the Crown Prince are so pitiful. 】
"Are you okay?" Concubine De was not sure either.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Mu Xue suddenly stood up, her cheeks flushed and she raised her finger to point at the third prince, "Yu Jingchen, you liar."
[Hahaha, so this is the reason why the heroine doesn’t drink. It’s quite cute for a cool beauty to act like a drunkard. 】
"Your Majesty, I forgive you." Concubine De put down her chopsticks, "I will take the princess back first."
When Mu Xue heard that Concubine De was taking her back, she stood up and walked towards the third prince. She raised her hand and grabbed the third prince's hand.
"I don't want to go back, Yu Jingchen, you are a liar, I beg you..."
Before she finished speaking, she burped, raised the third prince's hand in confusion, and muttered to herself, "Why is it still so cold? Didn't I give you a prescription?"
"Xue'er, aunt will take you back first." Concubine De was afraid that Mu Xue would say something else, so she stepped forward to pull her away.
Mu Xue raised her hand to avoid it, looked at the third prince, and then giggled, "I want you to take me back."
[Brother Sanhuang, why are you standing there stupidly? Send him back quickly! 】
Concubine De looked embarrassed, Xueer was right not to drink, she was completely different before and after drinking.
"Third brother, send the princess back!"
The emperor was almost laughing in his heart. Qingyuan Marquis despised Lao San the most. Now it seemed that he had to recognize Lao San as his son-in-law or not.
After all, he couldn't stop his daughter Xinyue Laosan.
The third prince got up and sent Mu Xue back to Concubine De's Palace. When he came back, he kept thinking about what Mu Xue had not finished saying.
Mu Xue knew him very well, but he knew clearly that the two of them didn't have much contact.
Did he forget it?
…
Qi Mansion outside the palace.
There was silence in the fifth princess's courtyard, and the maids stood aside with their heads lowered, not daring to show their composure.
The prince-in-law is unhappy to find the princess again.
They have become accustomed to it. The prince-in-law shows great love for the princess outside, but in the palace, he attacks the princess from time to time.
At first, some of the maids couldn't stand it and would fight against the princess. However, the princess not only refused to thank those who fought for her, but also blamed them for being troublesome.
Over time, they just pretended to be invisible.
"You all, please stand down!" Qi Xuan waved away the maids and walked to the fifth princess, "The princess didn't say anything that shouldn't be said at the family dinner yesterday, right?"
The fifth princess shook her head, "Why is my husband so free to come here today?"
"I can't come to your yard?" Qi Xuan pinched her chin with a cold expression, "Why, you seem to be complaining about me not coming to your yard. If it weren't for your poor stomach, why would mother let you give me Taking a concubine.”
The fifth princess held back her pain and said, "I have been taking the medicine according to the prescription given by my mother. I am the one who failed to live up to my expectations. My husband wants to take a concubine. I can help you take it."
Qi Xuan let go of his hand, looked around her yard, walked to the side and sat down.
"I think your yard is relatively spacious. My cousin is pregnant now. The doctor recently said that the baby is not doing well. Why don't you let your cousin come live with you?"
"Don't worry, when her child is born, he will be raised under your legitimate mother's knees. Then the mother will no longer say that you have nothing to do."
The fifth princess was deeply moved.
Her husband still cares about her, otherwise he wouldn't worry about her being criticized.
He immediately agreed to change the main courtyard to cousin Qi Xuan.
Seeing how knowledgeable she was, it was rare for Qi Xuan not to take action against her.
"By the way, have you mentioned the things I asked you to mention?"
The fifth princess pursed her lips and said, "Yesterday was a family banquet, and the emperor's uncle was here again. No one talked about official matters, so I didn't mention it."
Qi Xuan rubbed his eyebrows. He had tried so hard to marry the fifth princess, thinking it would help his career, but it had no effect.
