When the second prince heard this, he was slightly startled at first, and the next moment his face showed genuine joy.
He stood up suddenly and asked quickly: "Where is the imperial sister now?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a lake-green figure walked in, with a pearl hairpin on his head, looking pretty and decent.
"Second brother!"
The visitor is none other than the eldest princess Shen Yuanxian!
"Sister Huang, why are you here!"
The second prince walked around the long desk and walked in front of the eldest princess. His slightly curved eyebrows made his already charming face look even brighter.
The eldest princess looked him up and down and couldn't help but her eyes were slightly red.
"Second brother, you have lost so much weight."
The second prince waved his hand nonchalantly, "Now that the weather is hot, people have become thinner. It doesn't matter."
"It's just Princess Huang. This is the clan's mansion after all. You shouldn't come. This is...not good for you."
The clan mansion is a place where clan members are punished and everyone avoids it. The second prince did not expect that the eldest princess would actually come to see him in person.
In his memory, this sister who was only three years older than him had always taken good care of him.
When he was a child, he often gave him delicious pastries. When the cakes got older, some powerful palace servants would secretly stumble him, and the imperial sister would not hesitate to help him seek justice.
Later, he slowly started to think about it and began to plan to bury the truth, so that no one could bully him anymore.
However, the imperial sister's care and love for him remained undiminished, and she would occasionally visit Chonghua Palace to chat with him.
To be honest, in the huge palace, the imperial sister gave him the greatest kindness, and he has always kept it in his heart.
The eldest princess turned around and took the food box from the palace maid's hand, and said with a smile: "What's wrong? Second brother, you can stay with someone as beautiful as a jade, so what's wrong with me just sitting there for a while?"
"I brought you some pastries, which are not available in this family. I'm afraid you might be greedy!"
The eldest princess' eyebrows were curved, and she walked up to the case. When she saw the "Book of Filial Piety" on it, she paused slightly.
"Sister Huang, I'm coming."
The second prince followed up and helped take out all the pastries from the food box.
The eldest princess turned to the others and said, "Go down, I want to have a nice talk with my second brother."
When they were the only two people left in the palace, the eldest princess looked at the "Book of Filial Piety" with red eyes.
"How could your father be so cruel——"
"Sister Huang! Stop saying these words."
The second prince stopped the eldest princess in time.
Seeing this, the eldest princess said nothing and held the small plate containing the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in front of the second prince.
"Second brother, don't worry about your favorite sweet-scented osmanthus cake. I know you don't like it too sweet, so I've asked the chef to put less sugar in it."
The second prince felt warm in his heart, raised his hand, picked up a piece and put it into his mouth.
"Thank you, Sister Huang. I know it's definitely not easy for you to come here."
The eldest princess smiled and shook her head, "It's nothing, I'm just asking for a favor from my father."
Under the gaze of the eldest princess, the second prince couldn't bear to brush her off and ate a few more pieces.
When he raised his head, he saw the eldest princess looking at the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in front of her in a trance, looking at her with deep thoughts.
The second prince frowned and asked with concern: "Sister Huang, have you encountered any difficulties? But where did you get angry?"
The eldest princess was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then laughed.
"Silly second brother, who can make this big princess like me feel angry? I just...well, there is nothing I can't tell you."
The eldest princess spoke casually: "Father is going to choose my consort."
The second prince suddenly relaxed his brows when he heard this, "Sister Huang, this is a good thing, why aren't you happy?"
The eldest princess sighed softly, "I have never met those people. I can't say whether they are happy or not. It's just up to my father to make the decision."
The second prince subconsciously knocked on the long case. He was now used to the rough touch.
"Sister Huang, do you have someone you like?"
The eldest princess blushed slightly when she heard this, and then shook her head.
"Second brother, to tell you the truth, I thought the Qiao family's eldest son was good at first. He was suitable in all aspects."
"My father actually had this intention at that time, but the eldest son of the Qiao family made it known at that time that he would not consider marriage in a short time."
"I'm also a proud person, so naturally I can't rush to find a consort, so I gave up."
When the second prince heard this, he was stunned.
It was his negligence that he didn't see the emperor's sister's intentions. Otherwise, if he had planned for the emperor early, there would be a way for the emperor to get what he wanted.
"My father mentioned a few people to my mother and concubine, and I watched..."
When the eldest princess said this, she shook her head sadly.
The next moment, she suddenly raised her head again and smiled.
"Don't talk about whether these are available or not. How is my second brother doing lately?"
When the second prince saw the eldest princess's smile, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
Looking at the entire capital, among so many young talents, the Qiao family's son is indeed the best.
But now that the marriage has been decided and the wedding date is approaching, it's too late to say anything.
"Sister Huang, this is not a matter of having something or not, this is related to Sister Huang's life."
"If the imperial sister doesn't mind, could you tell your second brother some of the candidates proposed by your father?"
When the eldest princess saw that the second prince cared so much about her, her heart warmed, and she immediately told the names of those people.
The second prince knew the forces in the capital very well. Hearing the names of these people, he could always find faults, big and small, in his mind, so he shook his head.
"Sister Huang, none of these people can do it."
The eldest princess lowered her head in disappointment after hearing this, and then smiled in relief for a long time.
"Second brother, as the eldest princess, my father must have considered the choice of his consort. I cannot be picky and picky. I have long accepted my fate."
When the second prince heard this, his brows furrowed tightly, and he was sifting through suitable candidates in his heart.
After a while, his eyes suddenly brightened.
"Sister Huang, I do have an excellent candidate in mind!"
The eldest princess was suddenly startled, "Who?"
The second prince raised his lips slightly, "The new champion, Tan Hanchi!"
The eldest princess's heart skipped a beat when she heard this, and a glimmer of light flashed in her lowered eyes.
In fact, a few days ago, when she was delivering health soup to her father on behalf of her mother-in-law, she saw a young man coming out of the imperial study.
When he passed by her, he bowed and saluted, wearing his official robes meticulously, and his voice was warm and clear.
She glanced briefly and vaguely saw a very handsome face.
The maid next to her quickly reminded her in a low voice: "Princess, this is Tan Xiuzuan."
She suddenly realized that it was said that this year's new top scholar was awarded the post of editor in the Hanlin Academy, which was extremely useful in front of her father.
"Sister Huang, this Tan Hanchi is from Zhuozhou, with outstanding literary talent and excellent reputation."
"He has no foundation in the capital, but now he is highly valued by his father. If he is recruited as his consort, he will definitely rely on the emperor's sister."
"In this way, he is much better than the arrogant young masters of other aristocratic families."
"Sister Huang, what do you think?"
