"Mother, what's wrong with you?" Xuanyuan Jue saw that Concubine Huangxian's expression was wrong, and wanted to help her sit down, but Concubine Huangxian waved her hand away.

"Is that person the maid next to Murong Xuanji, the maid named Baoqing?" Concubine Huangxian said the answer for Xuanyuan Jue, and when she saw his expression, she knew that she was right, and she felt like she had been betrayed.

"Mother, who told you this?" Xuanyuan Jue asked Huangxian Concubine with a serious face, he didn't plan to let Huangxian Concubine know so soon, and now seeing her appearance, Xuanyuan Jue's heart was also a little uneasy.

"You don't care how I know, how can you like that kind of person?" Concubine Huangxian endured the anger in her heart and persuaded Xuanyuan Jue, "You are a dignified prince, if it is known that you like a maid, do you know how the world will laugh at you?" ”

"I don't care!" Xuanyuan Jue blurted out, seeing the pale face of the Imperial Concubine, he sorted out his mood and said: "Originally, I didn't plan to let you know so soon, but now that you know, Mother, I really like Baoqing, I hope you can agree to be together." ”

"Impossible." Concubine Huangxian didn't want to open her mouth to refuse, looked at Xuanyuan Jue sternly and said, "I won't allow you to marry that kind of woman, she doesn't even have the qualifications to be your concubine." A man like you, what kind of good woman can't be found, you have to find a maid, and she is also a maid in the Nine Emperors' Mansion. ”

"I don't care about her identity, although she is just a maid, but I think that compared to those daughters, she stays at the door of the boudoir every day, does not step out of the second door, has no consciousness of her own, and will only blindly obey, I don't want such a woman." Xuanyuan Jue tried hard to convince Concubine Huangxian, but Concubine Huangxian couldn't listen to anything at this time.

"You don't have to say anything more, in addition to calling you today to ask about you and the maid, I also called Yan Qing, and after lunch, you will accompany others to walk around the imperial garden, I like this girl, I think it is also very suitable for you, I will ask the emperor for a decree, and get married for you as soon as possible." Concubine Huangxian seemed to have made up her mind and said.

"Mother!" Xuanyuan Jue excitedly wanted to object, but it happened that Mama walked in, followed by Yan Qing.

Concubine Huangxian's expression changed immediately, and she walked over with a smile, avoiding Yan Qing's greeting, and took her hand and walked to Xuanyuan Jue's side and said deliberately: "The Eighth Prince happens to be in the capital today, so I'll let him come and have lunch with me, don't you mind having one more person." ”

"No, it won't." Yan Qing peeked at Xuanyuan Jue and lowered her head shyly.

Concubine Huangxian looked at Yan Qing's reaction with satisfaction, but Xuanyuan Jue's expression became even more ugly.

"Qing'er, the eighth prince is busy with the things explained by the emperor during this time, and he is often not in the capital, and he may not be in a very good mood, so you have to be more considerate. A woman must know how to take care of a man. Concubine Huangxian hinted at Xuanyuan Jue several times, but he was always indifferent, and Concubine Huangxian was worried that Yan Qing would misunderstand other ideas, so she opened her mouth to explain to Xuanyuan Jue.

"Concubine Huangxian, please rest assured, since I was a child, my father and mother have asked the master to teach me the Four Books and Five Classics, and also told me that women should follow three virtues and teach me how to be a woman with a husband and children." Although she was very shy, Yan Qing still mustered up the courage to say a lot of good things for herself, and sure enough, she won the approving eyes of the imperial concubine.

"That's how a woman should be, what kind of body does she become when she shows her face all day long." Concubine Huangxian deliberately said it to Xuanyuan Jue, and sure enough, she frowned when she saw him dissatisfied.

"Qing'er, this palace likes you very much, are you willing to be the daughter-in-law of this palace? Although the Eighth Prince also has a lot of certainty, are you willing to marry him? Concubine Huangxian asked while the iron was hot, but both of them shouted at her in unison.

"Imperial Concubine, Mother Concubine!" Yan Qing and Xuanyuan Jue spoke at the same time, but their reactions were different. Yan Qing looked at Concubine Huangxian shyly, she was shy because of Concubine Huangxian's words, on the contrary, Xuanyuan Jue's face was even more ugly, and she wanted to open her mouth to refuse, but she was worried that her words would hurt Yan Qing, after all, Yan Qing was innocent.

"Mother, I still have something to do, and I may not be able to have lunch with you." Xuanyuan Jue made an excuse and wanted to leave, but Concubine Huangxian seemed to have already calculated that he would be like this, and immediately stopped him.

"Stop!" Concubine Huangxian let go of Yan Qing's hand and got up to block Xuanyuan Jue's departure, because her back was to Yan Qing, so she didn't see Concubine Huangxian waiting for Xuanyuan Jue with a very stern expression.

"Mother, I really have very important things to do, all of which have been explained by my father." Xuanyuan Jue moved out of the emperor to find an excuse.

It's a pity that Concubine Huangxian is not so easy to deal with, and immediately said: "If it is something that the emperor explained, then I will go to the emperor to ask for a favor, so that you can stay for a meal without delaying you for a long time." ”

"I-" Xuanyuan Jue saw the stubborn appearance of Concubine Huangxian, and knew that he couldn't avoid today's meal, so he had to reluctantly agree, "Okay, I'll stay for a meal today." ”

Seeing Xuanyuan Jue agree, Concubine Huangxian smiled with satisfaction, pulled Xuanyuan Jue to sit next to Yan Qing and said happily: "With the two of you dining with me today, I won't be lonely when I eat." If only you could eat with me often. ”

"If the Imperial Concubine doesn't dislike it, I will often come to the palace to accompany you." Yan Qing said with a smile and intimately, which made Concubine Huangxian like her even more.

Xuanyuan Jue has been silently accompanying Concubine Huangxian and Yan Qing to finish lunch, during which he rarely speaks, unless it is Concubine Huangxian or Yan Qing asks him, he will answer a few words like gold.

"Mother, this lunch is also over, I really have to leave." Xuanyuan Jue spoke again to leave.

"It's fine." This time, Concubine Huangxian didn't stop her, and when Xuanyuan Jue was a little puzzled that she had changed, Concubine Huangxian said again: "I'm also a little tired after lunch, so take a rest, and you can send Qing'er back to the house." ”

"No need, I'll let the carriage from the house pick me up." Yan Qing politely wanted to refuse.

"No, how could I let a girl go back alone? Anyway, the eighth prince is also going to go out of the palace and return home, so he happened to send you back with him. Concubine Huangxian touched Xuanyuan Jue's arm and explained, "You must send Qing'er back safely." ”

Xuanyuan Jue looked at Concubine Huangxian's unrefusable gaze, and then looked at Yan Qing and reluctantly nodded in agreement, "Okay, I know, I'll send her back to the house." ”

Concubine Huangxian watched the two leave with satisfaction, but the big stone in her heart did not completely fall. Today is just the beginning, but Xuanyuan Jue's indifference to Yan Qing made Concubine Huangxian worry, thinking about what way to make the relationship between the two more harmonious.

"Eighth Prince, if you still have something to do, you can leave first, I can go back myself." Walking out of the palace gate, seeing that Xuanyuan Jue had been silent, Yan Qing whispered behind him.

Xuanyuan Jue paused, turned to look at Yan Qing who was a few steps away from him, and found that he was immersed in his own thoughts and ignored her, and said with some embarrassment: "It's okay, I promised my mother to send you back, if she knew that I didn't send you back, she would definitely blame me." The carriage is here, you get on it. ”

Yan Qing looked at Xuanyuan Jue's expression, hesitated and walked a few steps forward to him, and asked a little uneasily, "Eighth Prince, do you hate me very much?" ”

"I, no, how could you think that?" Seeing Yan Qing's crying appearance, Xuanyuan Jue didn't know what to do for a while, and hurriedly explained, "You are very good, I don't hate you." ”

Hearing Xuanyuan Jue's words, Yan Qing stopped her tears, looked at Xuanyuan Jue with a pair of innocent eyes and asked, "I thought you hated me, so you didn't want to talk to me." ”

"No, I was just thinking about what my father explained, so I forgot about it all of a sudden." Xuanyuan Jue casually said a perfunctory reason: "Get in the carriage, I'll send you back." ”

Yan Qing didn't continue to worry about Xuanyuan Jue, and obediently got into the carriage, Xuanyuan Jue hesitated, took a deep breath, and then got into the carriage as well.

The two didn't speak again along the way, and Xuanyuan Jue's eyes kept looking out the window of the carriage, only to hear the horse neighing, and the carriage suddenly stopped.

"What's going on?" Xuanyuan Jue asked unhappily, thinking that his mission of sending Yan Qing back as soon as possible would be over, but he didn't expect the carriage to stop suddenly halfway.

"Master, it's a kid who suddenly ran out into the street." The groom pointed to the front with some grievances.

Looking in the direction pointed by the groom, Xuanyuan Jue saw a familiar figure and blurted out, "Baoqing." ”

Baoqing came out to run errands and was about to go home, when he suddenly saw a child running to the street in order to pick up the ball, and at this time the carriage was approaching quickly from far and near, seeing that the carriage was about to press the child, Baoqing immediately instinctively stepped forward to save the child, but he didn't expect that the person sitting in the carriage was Xuanyuan Jue, Baoqing just wanted to say hello to him, but unexpectedly saw that there was another person in the carriage.

"Eighth Prince, is something happening?" Yan Qing heard Xuanyuan Jue's figure, and poked her head out curiously, but found that Xuanyuan Jue's eyes were looking at a woman holding a child in front of the carriage for a moment, Yan Qing immediately looked at Baoqing a few more times.

"It's fine!" Xuanyuan Jue replied coldly, his eyes always looking at Baoqing and never leaving.

"The Eighth Prince is auspicious." Baoqing, who quickly came back to his senses, handed the child over to the child's mother, and then stepped forward to greet respectfully.

"Are you going home? I'll send you back. Xuanyuan Jue had forgotten that there was another person in the carriage, and said softly.

"No need. We should have taken a different path. Bao Qing looked at it in the carriage and refused coldly, "I still have something to do, so I'll leave first." Before Xuanyuan Jue could speak, Baoqing had already turned around and walked away.

Looking at the back of Baoqing leaving, Xuanyuan Jue could feel that she was angry, but he didn't know why she was angry, just when he was confused, he heard Yan Qing's voice.

"Eighth Prince, can we go?" Yan Qing looked at Xuanyuan Jue's thoughtful appearance, and felt in her heart that the woman just now might be her own obstacle, and she recorded Baoqing's appearance in her heart.

"Let's go." Xuanyuan Jue explained the carriage, and sat back in the carriage with Yan Qing, but his mind involuntarily drifted to Baoqing.

The feeling of being ignored made Yan Qing very unhappy, and she held back the unhappiness in her heart and asked, "Does the Eighth Prince know the girl just now?" I don't know which daughter of the house, I don't think I've ever seen it. ”

Yan Qing's voice recalled Xuanyuan Jue's thoughts, he glanced at Yan Qing, saw the curiosity in her eyes, and said without much thought: "Her name is Baoqing, she is not the daughter of the minister's family, she is a maid beside the Nine Emperor Princesses. ”

"It turned out to be someone from the side of the Nine Emperor Princesses!" Yan Qing thought thoughtfully, and an uncertain smile appeared on her face.