In the East Palace, the prince is processing the memorial sent by the emperor in the study.
"Brother Imperial~" Lin Sui poked her head in from outside the study door.
"Is the imperial sister willing to come back?" the prince said without raising his head.
"Hey, brother, look at it, Mingzhu brought delicious cakes to brother!" Lin Sui put the cakes on the desk, directly occupying the place where the prince was reading the memorial.
The prince reluctantly put away the memorial.
"Thank you so much Mingzhu. When you go out to play, you still remember to bring food to the emperor. It's a great honor."
"Hehe, that's right."
"Brother Imperial, my father has given you so many memorials again. Brother Imperial is so pitiful. He has to deal with so many memorials every day and has no time to go out with me!" Lin Sui looked at the thick memorials on the table and sympathized. .
"What nonsense are you talking about? This is a test for my brother. It's my honor. Also, your last sentence is the key point." The prince knocked on her forehead angrily.
"Oh, that's right. Brother Huang hasn't gone out to play with Mingzhu for more than a month." Lin Sui pouted and said unhappily.
"This is no reason for you to sneak out of the palace. How dangerous it is for you, a little girl, to leave the palace on your own..."
"Don't listen, don't listen. Brother Huang is reciting sutras!" Lin Sui covered her ears and shook her head violently.
"Hey, you little girl!" The prince stood up and prepared to educate his sister.
Lin Sui sensed something was wrong and immediately turned around and ran away.
"Brother Huang, Mingzhu is sleepy, go back and rest first, and come back to play with Brother Huang another day~"
After that, he ran away and disappeared.
The prince sat down helplessly and continued to review the memorial.
"Humph, why does the emperor love chanting so much at such a young age!" Lin Sui muttered on the way back to Kunning Palace.
"Princess, His Highness the Crown Prince is doing this for your own good." Nian Xia comforted her from the side.
"I know that Brother Huang is doing it for my own good, but you don't know that I can't stand Brother Huang's chanting. He's only eighteen years old but he acts like an eighty-year-old man."
Nian Xia listened to her princess's complaints to His Royal Highness.
"Princess, you are finally back~" As soon as Lin Sui entered her palace, three young and beautiful maids surrounded her.
"Xichun, Lianqiu, Fudong, I haven't seen you for half a day, I miss you so much~" Lin Sui pinched each person's face, as if they were both wet with rain and dew.
"The princess will say she wants to be a slave, but when she goes out to play, she only takes Nianxia with her." Fodong pouted.
"Hey, who's pretty girl is jealous? Don't worry, I'll take you next time. Everyone has a share~" Lin Sui entered the palace with the help of four beautiful maids.
Gu Mansion, Gu Jing is in the study thinking about how to ask the emperor for marriage in a logical way.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
"Master, madam is here." Yuan Le opened the door and came in to announce.
"Jing'er." Mother Gu's voice came.
Gu Jing stood up quickly, "Mom, why are you here?"
"Are you reviewing your homework again?" Gu's mother looked at the open book on the desk.
Gu Jing looked at the book she had opened casually, and said without changing her expression, "Well, what do you want me to do?"
"You are eighteen now. Your eldest brother has Qi'er at your age. Mom's close friend, your Aunt Xu's little daughter just turned sixteen this year. It would be better if she did it tomorrow..."
"Mom, my son just wants to get fame now." Before Gu's mother finished speaking, Gu Jing interrupted.
"Tsk, there is no conflict between getting fame and marrying a wife. You can meet me tomorrow. If you don't like my mother, I won't force you." Gu's mother didn't accept his trick.
Gu Jing had no choice but to confess, "Mom, I already have a girl I like."
"You have a girl you like?!"
"Which family is it from? What's your name? Do you know Mom?" Gu's mother asked excitedly.
"Oh, you are talking, you brat, tell me which lady you are from, so that you can prepare a betrothal gift and come to propose marriage!" Seeing that Gu Jing didn't speak, Gu's mother patted his arm anxiously.
Gu Jing was a little hesitant and didn't know if telling the truth would scare Gu's mother.
"Mom, don't worry..."
"Mom, why don't you worry? You are already eighteen. If you wait any longer, if your girl is snatched away by someone else, let's see how you cry!"
"Speak quickly. If you don't tell me, I will ask your elder brother to ask you."
The original owner was not afraid of anyone but his eldest brother, who was five years older than him. When the original owner was a child, the Gu family's business was booming. Gu's father was often on the road, and Gu's father was a wife slave and could not stay away from his wife for too long. Fortunately, they went out together. , the task of taking care of the little original owner was given to Brother Gu.
Therefore, the original owner respected Brother Gu very much. If Brother Gu came to ask questions, Gu Jing would have to tell the truth.
When Gu's mother said this, Gu Jing had no choice but to tell the truth.
"It's Princess Pearl."
"Oh, Princess Pearl."
"What! Ming, Princess Mingzhu? The most beloved Princess Mingzhu of the Emperor and Queen? Princess Mingzhu, the younger sister of His Highness the Crown Prince?"
Seeing Gu Jing nodding, Gu's mother covered her chest and took a deep breath.
"You, you brat, it's not good for you to like someone. If you like Princess Pearl, how can our family be so high up on her?"
"That's not right, why did you suddenly fall in love with Princess Pearl?" Mother Gu looked at Gu Jing doubtfully.
"I took Yuyu out to buy pastries today, and met the princess at the pastry shop. The princess and Yuyu hit it off and became close friends, and then we had lunch together." Gu Jing said innocently.
"Then how do you know she is Princess Pearl?" The princess shouldn't know her family name.
"As for the maid next to the princess, my son had met once before at a palace banquet. At that time, the maid claimed to be Princess Pearl's maid. The princess also said that her name was Chen Sui. The queen's maiden family was Chen Guogong, and the princess's real name was Lin Sui. The son then guessed Come out." Fortunately, Gu Jing suddenly remembered that the original owner actually met Nian Xia at the palace banquet during this year's festival, and then she found the reason.
Gu's mother nodded and believed Gu Jing's words. After all, her son had always had a photographic memory and was extremely intelligent.
"Well, even if the one you like is the legitimate daughter of a high-ranking official, my mother will have some confidence. After all, your father's business is getting bigger and bigger and he is an imperial businessman. Others will give your father some face."
"But you brat actually likes the princess, the most favored princess." Gu's mother poked Gu Jing's forehead angrily.
Gu Jing obediently leaned over and let Gu's mother poke her.
"Hey, I'm going to ask your father to help you find a solution now." Gu's mother turned around and left in a hurry.
My son likes it. What else can a parent do except work hard?
Gu Jing stood up straight, looked at the direction where Gu's mother was leaving, and curled her lips.
"Master, if you don't like it, then you don't like it. Once you like it, you're a princess. What do you mean by not complaining?" Yuan Le scratched his head at the side.
"If you call it silent, it will become a blockbuster." Yuanyasu said speechlessly.
"Yes, yes, Yuanyasu is right, hehe." Yuanle said with a silly smile.
"I told you to study more and you refused." Yuanyasu patted the back of Yuanle's head, hating that iron cannot make steel.
"Master, you like a princess. Can this master handle it?" Yuanyasu asked worriedly.
