The crown prince's favorite girl, she found another good match

Chapter 2 Seeing the old friend again
Li Baojia entered the palace under the leadership of Eunuch Huang.

The closer she got to the main hall, the faster her heart beat. After all, although she had decided not to provoke him again, the memories of her previous life still made her feel nervous.

She was afraid of him and disliked him, but she didn't hate him.

During the three years in the East Palace, although he didn't really love her, her food and clothing were undoubtedly the best, almost luxurious.

Princess Xinyue once had a South China Sea night pearl the size of a pigeon egg. She usually regarded it as a treasure and would not take it out to appreciate it.

But in the Zhilan Palace where she lived at that time, there were three such fist-sized pearls of the South China Sea, which made the hall look like day at night, so she often used them as candlelighters.

Even after she broke the relationship between him and Su Ruhui, he never abused her and still treated her as usual.

And when the Li family suffered a devastating disaster, without His Highness the Crown Prince's help, the entire Li family would have perished long ago.

What's more, she thought, he was the prince, one of the most noble people in the world. What could she do if she hated him?

Just pretend that she has no future, and she has only one goal in her life, which is to live well and live until her hair turns gray and she dies.

With her fists clenched and thoughts in her head, she walked up to him.

He was so engrossed in thinking that he stared at her for a while before she came back to her senses.

She only dared to glance at him hastily, and her eyes stopped on the cuffs of his purple double-breasted gown hooked with gold thread.

"Your Highness, please forgive me. I want to get back the purse that I gave you before. It was originally for my brother. I didn't want the girl underneath to make a mistake, so I sent it to the East Palace by accident. Wait for me. When I go back, I will give His Highness the Crown Prince two fine paintings and calligraphy as an apology."

Before he could speak, she lowered her head and sputtered a lot.

He looked very afraid of him.

Is he so scary?Zhao Yi turned the jade in his hand and raised the corners of his mouth.

I had seen her a few times before, and I just remembered that she was a well-behaved boudoir girl. She was not afraid that he would become like this, and she didn't even dare to raise her head.

He buttoned the table and took out the purse from the box next to him: "Send it to your brother? Send your brother a pair of mandarin ducks?"

Li Baojia bit her lip in annoyance, which was a habitual gesture of hers.

The snow-white teeth made a small mark on the delicate red lips, which made people extremely destructive.

I really want to see what she looks like when she cries.

Zhao Yi was startled by his own thoughts, but his face showed no signs of it.

Li Baojia stretched out his finger, pointed at the badly embroidered mandarin duck and said weakly: "Your Highness, this is actually a duck, it just looks a bit like a mandarin duck."

Zhao Yi didn't know whether to believe it or not, so he hooked his hand on the strap of his purse and played with it: "Really?"

This posture gradually overlapped with the evil smile he had in his previous life.

At that time, his favorite thing was to put her on his lap, pinch her fingers and play with them, while asking with a half-smile: "Really? Is this what Jiajia thinks?"

Li Baojia buried her head lower.

But I thought in my heart: "You don't like it anyway, I will give you that favorite one in the future, you don't care what pattern it is."

Zhao Yi raised his head: "How do you feel?"

Li Baojia was stunned: "Ah?"

Zhao Yi stared at her mouth, he could be sure that she didn't speak now.

But he heard the voice again: It scared me to death. Just now I thought I accidentally said what was in my heart, and suddenly I said something that was in my heart.

He smiled like a spring breeze: "I said that I like this purse very much and it is my favorite. You can make another one for your brother and keep this one here."

"what?"

Originally, he wanted to give her the purse when she came in, but for some reason, he suddenly didn't want to return it to her now.

Li Baojia was anxious: "Your Highness, you can't do this. You, this is mine."

Because of her anxiety, tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, and the ends of her eyes were slightly red.

This is crying?

Zhao Yi turned around and stared at her face, which was flushed with anxiety and her mouth was pursed tightly, as if she was a little angry.

It turns out that she is not without temper.

Like a rabbit, it is usually well-behaved and clever, but will bite when pushed hard.

Seeing that this man not only had no intention of paying her back, he also turned around and stared at her face with interest, as if waiting for her to cry.

Li Baojia choked suddenly, two tears hung in the corners of his eyes and would not fall.

Seeing that she stopped crying, he still felt a little inexplicable regret in his heart.

He suddenly felt that it would be good to let her be the princess. At least that way, he could make her cry openly.

Li Baojia slapped her twice more, and seeing no reaction from him, she had no choice but to give up. She stabbed him hard in her heart: Didn't she say before that she couldn't see me crying the most? Sure enough, this was also a lie to me, huh.

Zhao Yi:.? ?
She bowed and left. Zhao Yi then opened the booklet, but he thought about it a lot.

I made a mistake and didn't arrive.

Forget it, as long as she insists that it was the wrong delivery, and she doesn't argue with them this time, yes, nothing will happen, right?

It's a big deal. I'll find a chance to get it next time.

When they went out, Eunuch Huang had been waiting outside for a long time. Seeing her red eyes, he was secretly wondering: Your Highness has bullied someone into crying?

She felt sorry for Li Baojia again: "It seems that the position of Crown Princess is not destined for her after all."

When he went in to refill the tea, he was still thinking about it.

Suddenly, he heard a voice beside him: "I didn't bully her."

Eunuch Huang raised his head in fright, only to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince holding a scroll, which seemed to be nothing unusual.

Did he just hallucinate?

Eunuch Huang went down carrying the teapot with a look of fear on his face, and Zhao Yi stared at his back in deep thought.

Outside the temple
Seeing that she finally came out, Xiao Tao's eyes were red again, and she went up to help her anxiously: "Miss, why are you still crying? Your Highness"

Li Baojia stopped her words: "When we first came out, the wind and sand were so strong that my eyes were confused."

When Xiao Tao saw this, she didn't feel like saying anything more, so she just helped her get into the carriage.

When Li Baojia returned to the yard, she saw people standing outside the house, including Mother Lin beside her mother.

Seeing her coming, Mother Lin greeted her enthusiastically and said with a bit of joy, "Miss Sixth, you are finally here. Madam has been waiting for you in the house for a long time."

When Li Baojia went in, he saw his mother, whom he had not seen for many years, sitting at the table. She was several years younger than she remembered.

When Huang Ruer, the wife of the Taifu, saw her coming, she quickly stood up and came over to greet her.

She was wearing a brocade robe with four-year-old Ruyi cloud patterns, her hair was in the very popular women's bun, and she had a new haircut from Ruyi Pavilion. She asked with joy on her face: "Jia'er, my dear Jia'er. , but it’s done?”

Xu hadn't seen her mother for a long time, and suddenly her mother stood in front of her like this in a trance. All kinds of grievances suddenly flooded into her heart.

She rushed over and threw herself into Huang Ruer's arms. She buried her blushing face in her neck and said coquettishly with tears in her eyes: "Mother, mother, I miss you so much."

Huang Ru'er suddenly felt heartbroken. It was so pitiful that her daughter had suffered so much injustice outside. She even called out the names she used to call her when she was a child.

She held her daughter's crying red face and asked, "You are like this, but His Highness the Crown Prince rejected you today?"

Li Baojia just shook his head.

Huang Ruer was a little anxious: "Then you went to the East Palace today? I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince met you? What happened?"

Li Baojia had cried enough. When she heard her mother's anxious questions, she said tentatively: "Mother, is it okay if I don't enter the palace?"

Huang Ruer let go of her: "Why do you think so? What do you want to do if you don't enter the palace? Once you enter the palace, you will have the opportunity to honor the world as a mother. This is the most noble position in the world, and you don't want to fight for it. A fight?"

"Now you have an advantage. Your father is the prince's tutor, and he can be regarded as his teacher after all. You don't look at the monk's face but the Buddha's face. If you enter the palace, His Highness the prince will not treat you badly."

After thinking about it, she said with a little resentment: "What's more, mother only has you as a daughter, and she doesn't have a son. If you don't argue, how can your father and that bitch Qin Ke look down on me?"

Mother Lin sighed beside her.

The madam is very strong-willed. She has been married to the Li family for many years, but there is no movement in her stomach.

Three years later, the Li family no longer had any hope for her. Instead, Mrs. Qin gave birth to one child after another.

The eldest son and eldest daughter of the Li family are all from Mrs. Qin. The eldest daughter Li Rulan promised Guangpinghou to be his successor a few years ago, and married Guangpinghou as a concubine of Taifu's family. A proper marriage.

Even Mrs. Qin's status in the mansion has increased.

Mrs. Qin, who was originally a noble concubine, was directly promoted to an equal wife and became Mrs. Qin on an equal footing with his wife.

Mrs. Qin, who already had a high status in the mansion, is now even more proud.

And the wife had Li Baojia when she was over [-] years old. The wife died half of that birth, but it was a girl when she was born.

Even the imperial doctor had been invited to see her and concluded that she could not reproduce. She was not disappointed, but having a daughter was better than having nothing at all.

From then on, he devoted himself to cultivating Li Baojia and vowed to make his daughter the most noble woman in the world.

As time goes by, what was just an idea at the beginning has become an obsession.

Li Baojia stopped talking. It might take some time to convince her mother.

She stopped talking about this topic and just said that she was tired and wanted to rest.

Mrs. Huang didn't know that she didn't want to say anything anymore. When she was about to say something else, Mother Lin stopped her and shook her head.

Before leaving, Huang Ru'er reminded her persistently: "Then you go to bed early. I heard from Tao'er that you have been having nightmares in the past few days. I will take you to Lingyuan Temple tomorrow to burn incense. It just so happens that your cousin is also going. Let’s go together and ask for a peace charm.”

Li Baojia nodded casually to express his agreement, and was lost in thought.

On the way back to the courtyard, Mother Lin was quite worried: "Madam, since the young lady doesn't want to, we shouldn't push her too hard, lest mother and son become separated."

Huang Ruer hates that iron cannot be made into steel: "Li Rulan married the Marquis of Guangping. The Marquis of Guangping was very young. Qin Ke was not happy when he proposed the marriage. The prince is much more noble than the Marquis of Guangping, and he is very handsome. I just stayed away from him. I’ve seen it once, what kind of magical figure he is! Why doesn’t she want to do it?”

Mother Lin advised: "Maybe the young lady has her own ideas. Now the young lady doesn't understand the painstaking efforts of the madam. In the future, the young lady will understand when she grows up. She is still a child."

Huang Ruer sighed: "I hope so."

That night.

Li Baojia lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

When she had an argument with her mother just now, she suddenly thought of something.

A year later, Li Fuhui was implicated in the private production of official salt by his second uncle Suzhou Salt Transport Envoy. At that time, the emperor was so angry that he almost sat down.

It was the crown prince who saved the lineage of the eldest son of the Li family by himself.

This time, if she no longer enters the palace and becomes a princess, will he help the Li family again?
Thinking about it, Li Baojia's head got big.

She covered her head, her mind was in turmoil, and she decided not to think about this matter for the time being, but to think about how to solve the current problem first.

It was obvious that her mother wanted her to enter the palace. If I remember correctly, at this point in time, in less than a month, her father would ask the emperor to grant a marriage.

Once a marriage is granted, nothing can be changed.

She is actually quite timid, she doesn't want much, and she doesn't have any ambition to be a mother in the world. She just wants to live her own little life seriously.

When she didn't know that Zhao Yi treated her so well by using her as a shield, she was also slightly attracted to him.

She thought at that time that it would be great if he could be so kind to her all his life. It was really a fantasy.

Alas, if she hadn't stumbled and fallen into the water, I don't know what would be waiting for her later. She would probably be deposed or given a place in the palace to fend for herself.

Su Ruhui pretended to be very good, but in reality she was very small-minded. When she became the queen, she would no longer have the superficial favor. Just thinking about those days was difficult.

(End of this chapter)