Chapter Seventy-Four: Affection
Li Zhi came a little suddenly, at least at this time, he should not have appeared in the East Palace.
His steps were a little hurried, and there was a little smell of dust on his face, as if he had come from somewhere.
Seeing the crown prince, the crown princess was obviously stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect the prince to come back and appear in front of her at this moment, and she was surprised for a while.
And Ye Nianchen didn't know the prince's whereabouts today, so he didn't think there was anything special.
"Your Highness, why are you coming back?" After the crown princess greeted her, she asked with concern, and her tone was extremely gentle: "Didn't you say that you were going to the suburbs of Beijing to do business today?" ”
"Something happened temporarily, so I went back to the palace first." The prince answered, but his eyes had already fallen on Ye Nianchen's body, and he asked usually: "Why did Miss Nianchen have time to come to the East Palace today, and how long has she been here?" ”
"Back to the prince's words, today Nianchen was invited by the princess to participate in the flower viewing party in the East Palace, and was loved by the crown princess. Ye Nianchen stepped forward and bowed and replied calmly.
For the crown prince Li Zhi, Ye Nianchen is not too familiar, but he is not a stranger to some extent, and even the few times he met in person, the two of them helped each other.
The prince raised his hand and signaled Ye Nianchen not to be polite: "I see, I didn't know that the crown princess actually held a flower viewing party today." Just sit down and talk, and there are no outsiders here anyway who don't need to be restrained. ”
Ye Nianchen thanked himself, and after the prince and princess sat down first, they also sat down.
"The crown princess is so elegant. This is a good time to enjoy the flowers. The crown prince looked at the crown princess on the side and asked, "If I remember correctly, Miss Nianchen and you should have met for the first time, and when you came from afar, you seemed to have a good conversation, I don't know what you talked about?" ”
didn't ask Ye Nianchen, Li Zhi asked the crown princess directly, her face was as light as usual, so that people couldn't see the emotion.
Hearing this, the crown princess was secretly a little surprised.
It's normal for others to see nothing, but she knows the prince very well. The prince who knew about this was really normal. Nothing out of the ordinary.
You know, the prince has never asked the woman about these things, and he doesn't care who she chats with. If you usually meet a noble lady or noble girl in the garden, she will not stop to say hello at all. Not to mention sitting down directly and taking the initiative to ask.
Now. The prince's expression seemed to be calm and indifferent, no different from usual. But it's actually quite different. And such a difference should be related to Ye Nianchen.
The crown princess is a woman, and she is also an extremely sensitive and intelligent woman. For such things, intuition is extremely accurate.
However, she didn't show anything, just took the initiative to explain with a gentle smile: "Your Highness doesn't know, this matter is really a bit twists and turns today, but fortunately, in the end, the concubine and Miss Nianchen not only resolved all the misunderstandings, but also became friends." was able to become friends with Nianchen, and the concubine was happy from the bottom of her heart. ”
"Misunderstanding? What kind of misunderstanding? The prince's focus seemed to be locked on the word "misunderstanding" all of a sudden, and after asking rhetorically, he subconsciously looked at Ye Nianchen.
Regarding the words of the crown princess, Li Zhi obviously still retains a certain amount of doubt.
Seeing this, Ye Nianchen could only explain aloud: "Prince, in fact, there was some friction between Nianchen and his life during the flower viewing party, thanks to the crown princess who made the decision for Nianchen, and now there is nothing to do." ”
Seeing that Ye Nianchen didn't plan to elaborate, Li Zhi nodded and didn't ask anything more.
According to his understanding of Ye Nianchen, this girl should not suffer easily, since she said that she was fine, it was really nothing.
When he knew that the crown princess had invited Ye Nianchen into the East Palace today, he felt a little abnormal, and he didn't know what he was worried about, so he rushed back as soon as possible.
In fact, he also knew that logically speaking, the crown princess was not the kind of person who messed around, but he was still a little uneasy.
Seeing that Ye Nianchen was intact, he didn't seem to have suffered any losses, but he didn't worry about it anymore.
"The crown princess doesn't have any friends to talk about in the East Palace on weekdays, and it is rare to fall in love with Miss Nianchen, and if Miss Nianchen is free in the future, she will come to the East Palace to walk around."
Li Zhizhi directly sent an invitation to Ye Nianchen on behalf of the crown princess, and when he spoke, a faint smile appeared on his face.
The crown princess felt a little sour in her heart, but she quickly adjusted her mentality, as if she hadn't noticed anything, and said enthusiastically: "Your Highness is right, the concubine also thinks like this, and I hope that Miss Nianchen will not be troublesome to enter and leave this East Palace, and come and go more when she is free." ”
"The crown princess is serious, and the trouble is not to be talked about, but entering the palace is definitely not as convenient as going to the street." Ye Nianchen responded with a smile, joking that there was no restraint: "It's rare for the princess to be so loving, when Nianchen is suitable in the future, he will definitely enter the East Palace to talk and chat with the princess." ”
"With this, it will be as convenient as you go to the street on weekdays to enter and exit the East Palace." Li Zhi directly ripped off a portable jade pendant from his waist and asked people to take it to Ye Nianchen.
"Your Highness, Nian Chen is just a joke, this jade pendant is your belongings, or you don't need it." Ye Nianchen got up and refused, and did not go to pick up the jade pendant presented to her by Li Zhi's attendants.
Seeing this, the crown princess did not squeak and watched silently.
With this jade pendant, Ye Nianchen Mo said that he could enter and exit the East Palace freely, even if it was the gate of the entire palace, it would not be a problem, it was not an ordinary portable jade, it was a symbol of the prince's identity, and naturally it could not be easily given.
Ye Nianchen didn't know the particularity of this piece of jade, and only regarded it as Li Zhi's belongings, so he didn't want to accept it at will. But I didn't know that even the crown princess had never had such an opportunity to receive such an important object from the prince.
"It's okay, it's just a jade pendant, Miss Nianchen won't think that this prince's belongings are just that, right?" Li Zhi was not surprised that Ye Nianchen would refuse, so he said half-jokingly, and even downplayed the role of the jade pendant: "The role of this thing is nothing more than the same as the entry and exit of the palace, but you are not a person in the palace." Therefore, it is not appropriate to give you the entrance and exit card of the palace, so I will replace it with my portable jade pendant. ”
"Yes, Miss Nianchen will accept it, I really hope that I can often get together and chat with Miss Nianchen, with the jade pendant in and out, it won't be so troublesome, Nianchen doesn't want to play with my friend at all?"
The crown princess smiled and said out loud, but the two sentences cut off the back road of Ye Nianchen's refusal.
In this way, Ye Nianchen no longer shirked, took the jade pendant and thanked the prince and the princess again.
Seeing that Ye Nianchen finally accepted the jade pendant, Li Zhi's face finally became a little softer. When his eyes swept over the crown princess, there was also a hint of warmth.
He spoke for a moment. Ye Nianchen got up and said goodbye.
She had already spent a lot of time in the East Palace today, and now that things had been figured out, there was naturally no need to stay for a long time.
Not to mention that the prince is back, it is inconvenient for her to disturb here, and more importantly. It's going to be a kung fu. Outside the palace, the unequaled county lord was still waiting for her there. If you don't go out again, I'm afraid that girl won't know what to worry about.
Seeing that Ye Nianchen was leaving, the crown princess kept her voice behind. said that he asked the palace people to prepare meals, and it was not too late for Ye Nianchen to come back after finishing the meal.
The crown prince didn't speak again, and the princess was in charge of everything.
He knew that Ye Nianchen should not stay for dinner, and sure enough, soon the girl left calmly on the grounds that the Wushuang County Lord was still waiting for her outside the palace, and she disappeared after a while.
After Ye Nianchen walked away, the crown prince retracted his gaze and asked the crown princess, "What happened today?" ”
asked again, but unlike before, Li Zhi's face was very serious, obviously to let the crown princess report the details truthfully.
Seeing this, the crown princess naturally did not hide it, and told the prince about the matter from beginning to end, and even she arranged for the Jiang family's sister-in-law to deliberately come forward to embarrass Ye Nianchen in public, but she did not deliberately avoid or vaguely avoid it, but she just said her true intentions and purpose more and more carefully.
The crown princess knew that the starting point of everything she did was all about the prince, so no matter what, the prince could not blame her.
Not to mention, in the end, she also successfully approached her relationship with Ye Nianchen, building a bridge between the prince and Liu Zitong, and made the best paving.
The crown princess expected that she had a good idea, and after listening to everything, Li Zhi did not have any dissatisfaction with the princess's approach, and even nodded and praised her.
"It's good that you can think about the big picture and act in a measured way." Li Zhi finally said: "It's just that the crown prince still has to remind the crown princess of two things. ”
"Please give advice to Your Highness, and the concubines must keep it in mind." Without Ye Nianchen, the crown princess paid more and more attention to etiquette and rules, and she was not careless.
Because she knows it in her heart, even if she is the crown princess, she is not the person who can show her true self in front of the prince after all.
"First, the concubine needs to remember that if there is such a thing in the future, you need to explain it to the prince first. After all, this kind of thing is not big or small, and the stakes involved are not just what you think. ”
When Li Zhi said this, he paused slightly, and then continued: "Second, the matter between this prince and Ye Nianchen, this prince will handle it himself, and the crown princess does not need to be offside, understand?" ”
The latter sentence is the point!
Li Zhi naturally heard the meaning of the crown princess's words that she intended to bring herself closer to Ye Nianchen, and he didn't want anyone to meddle in this.
"Your Highness's words, the concubines must take them to heart." Of course, the crown princess did not object, she responded very respectfully, looked at Li Zhi and explained more: "Please don't misunderstand, Your Highness, the concubine has no other thoughts, but I think Nianchen is a very good girl, if the prince is interested in her, the concubine is very willing to ......"
Before she finished speaking, the crown princess was interrupted by the prince waving her hand directly.
"The crown princess has thought too much, this prince has said about me and Ye Nianchen, this prince will handle it himself, and the princess only needs to do her part."
Li Zhi's expression was a little unhappy in an instant, and his tone towards the crown princess became more and more cold.
As if thinking of something, he finally said: "The crown princess should still remember that some time ago, someone in the East Palace worked on the ingredients and wanted to be unfavorable to the prince. ”
"I remember, why did Your Highness suddenly mention this matter again? Could things have changed again? When the crown princess heard this, she was immediately full of worry, and looked at Li Zhi's eyes nervously.
Such a look is not pretended at all, for the crown prince, the crown princess is sincerely nervous and admired, for her, nothing is more important than the safety and health of the prince.
"That's not it, the crown princess doesn't need to worry so much." Li Zhi's face softened slightly, and he told him directly: "This prince doesn't hide it from you, the reason why he was able to detect the abnormality of his body in time and find out the problem was thanks to Ye Nianchen, otherwise, things might have gone in a bad direction." ”
"Is that her?" At this moment, the crown princess was really surprised, she also heard that Ye Nianchen was proficient in medical skills, and it seemed that she had some free clinics or something like that on a regular basis, but she never thought that this woman would actually save the prince.
According to the time when that incident happened, it should be that Ye Nianchen had just returned to Beijing, that is to say, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is likely to meet Ye Nianchen by chance because of this incident, not the later royal garden lake.
In this way, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is quite different from Ye Nianchen, but it is reasonable!
Thinking of this, the crown princess subconsciously sighed, but she became more and more aware that her guess had come true.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince chose to inform her of this matter at this time, obviously worried that she was really thinking about something and secretly doing something bad to Ye Nianchen, so this was not only to dispel some of her doubts, but also a direct warning.
Perhaps, the prince himself didn't realize that the girl named Ye Nianchen had a lot of weight in his heart, but the crown princess had already seen it clearly.
A woman's instincts are inherently terrifying, especially when this threat to her feelings is threatened.
The crown princess could also see that Ye Nianchen was really calm, because the girl was afraid that she hadn't realized this aspect at all, and she didn't have any thoughts about the prince.
But the prince really thinks about Ye Nianchen, and this is the key.
"Your Highness, rest assured, the concubine understands what she should do and what she should not do." After a while, she put away the emotion in her heart and responded solemnly.
Ye Nianchen didn't know about this conversation between the crown prince and the crown princess.
At this time, she had already left the palace, got into the carriage of the unequaled county lord, and headed in the direction of the return home.
"Sister Nianchen, the crown princess didn't embarrass you, right?" As soon as he got in the car, the Wushuang County Lord couldn't wait to pull Ye Nianchen and asked: "But I'm worried, if you don't come out again, I'll go to the East Palace to find her directly!" ”
Who doesn't know the relationship between the Jiang family and the crown princess, so the Wushuang county lord was worried that the princess would be inconvenient and selfish in public, but he left Ye Nianchen alone to be embarrassed.
PS: The big chapter is one, everyone kisses good night~~ (to be continued......)