After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

Changle Palace.

"It's time to lock the palace gates. Go back and say hello to my brother on my behalf."

"Okay, aunt, nephew remembers it."

Shangguan Zhu came out of Changle Palace. He entered the palace under the pretext of meeting his aunt. Concubine Rong was the old Duke's biological sister. After meeting Concubine Rong, he sneaked into Zhongcui Palace. This way, no one could say anything.

Half a cup of tea later, he entered Zhongcui Palace through a side door, saw the seriously injured Princess Huaian, and also visited his ill-fated nephew.

Shangguan Zhu didn't plan to stay long. He put the medicine down, said a few greetings and was about to leave, but was stopped by Zhao Yao.

Zhao Yao looked at him with a somewhat apprehensive look in her eyes, "Tingzhi, have you noticed any difference in Runlang recently?"

Shangguan Zhu thought deeply for a while and shook his head, "There is no difference..."

Zhao Yao shook her head, obviously not believing it. She frowned and said, "I always feel that... Runlang treats me..."

"Could it be that he and his sister have been together for a long time and have developed feelings for each other?"

"Or..." She touched her face. Perhaps she remembered that she had no hair and ears now. Her eyes instantly turned red. "Or does Runlang dislike me for my current appearance?"

Shangguan Zhu was surprised and asked, "Princess, why do you say that?"

Zhao Yao sniffled, "My sister made a big mistake in front of the palace today, but Runlang not only didn't blame her, but he took the punishment for her..."

Shangguan Zhu's eyes froze for a moment, then he smiled faintly and consoled him, "Don't worry, Your Highness. Before great things are accomplished, we must do some superficial work. I know your brother's true heart best. From beginning to end, there is only Your Highness in your heart!"

After listening to Shangguan Zhu's words, Zhao Yao's uneasy mood calmed down a little.

The pale face looked better too.

Zhao Yao hid the hidden light in her eyes, smiled, and said to Shangguan Zhu: "Then I feel relieved... Me and him... I never want him to give me anything. As long as he cares about the three of us, I will be satisfied."

Shangguan Zhu suddenly remembered that not long ago, his elder brother abandoned Zhao Ziyin for Zhao Ying. If Princess Huai'an knew about this, she would be heartbroken.

Shangguan Zhu sighed in his heart, but never said it out loud.

He then took his leave, "Your Highness, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave."

"I'll send it to you!"

Zhao Yao sent Shangguan Zhu to the yard where the side door was located, then stood on the steps and watched Shangguan Zhu's leaving.

The night is hazy and the moonlight is like dust.

Zhao Yao looked up at the bright moon in the sky and suddenly sneered.

According to the nanny who had watched her grow up, on her full moon day, the great master of Lingyin Temple said that she was as precious as the bright moon in the sky, and her mother was overjoyed to hear that, and her father also treated her differently, until...

Queen Xiaomin came in holding the one-year-old Zhao Ying.

The great wizard exclaimed in amazement when he saw Zhao Ying, praising her as the rising sun, shining brightly... Then he heaped all the good words in his mind on her. Her father smiled from ear to ear, and she no longer existed in his eyes.

She knew since she was a child that her sister was the blazing sun and she was just the waning moon.

This realization becomes more apparent as I get older.

Zhao Ying is prettier and smarter than her. She can master the same knowledge after reading it once and can apply it to other situations, but she can't do that.

Her father often asked, "Why is Ying'er not a boy?" Almost everyone knew how much her father wanted to entrust the throne to her. What a great favor this would be... She dared not even imagine it!

In the end, even her mother was disgusted with her for not being as good as Zhao Ying and not having the favor of her father.

Her mother cursed Queen Xiaomin secretly, and she cursed Zhao Ying.

This hatred was innate and grew day by day, especially after she tried to get rid of her many times without success.

She pushed her into the water, and when she was watching her struggle from the shore, a big fat goldfish lifted her up...

She gave her rat poison, but suddenly a big bird came and snatched the cake from her hand...

She was extremely devastated. Could it be true, as the wizard said, that Zhao Ying was really so blessed?

She doesn't believe it!

Sure enough, everything took a turn for the better when she was six years old.

Zhao Ying’s seventh birthday was another joyous banquet held throughout the palace!

She heard Emperor Jianxi secretly promise Zhao Ying that when she reached the age of 15, he would grant amnesty to the entire country to celebrate her birthday.

She was so jealous that she was about to cry. She ran out of the palace and bumped into a boy in her panic.

The boy looked to be two or three years older than her. He was cool and handsome, with a very good appearance. Judging from his clothes and appearance, he must be the son of a noble family.

The boy was not angry at being bumped into. Instead, he helped her up, cupped his hands and saluted politely, "Greetings to Princess Huai'an!"

His voice is also very nice.

She looked at him secretly, forgetting her sadness, and asked, "How do you know I am Princess Huai'an?"

The boy smiled shyly and said, "I know."

That smile was clear and pure, like flowing water in a mountain stream.

After the boy finished speaking, he walked into the palace, and she was also carried by the nanny to change clothes and wash her face.

On the way back, she heard someone crying through the flowers and trees.

The voice is familiar.

She secretly ran over to take a look and found that it was the boy again.

The boy's face was pressed against an adult man's robe, and he was crying unjustly.

"Daddy, doesn't Princess Chengqian like my gift? Why doesn't she wear it? She will definitely look good wearing that hairpin."

The man soothed her gently, "The princess has so many gifts that she must not have noticed yours. We'll give you something special next time... Can daddy help you ask the princess what she likes?"

"it is good!"

The boy burst into laughter after hearing this.

Afterwards, the man took the boy away.

And she almost had a cardiac arrest.

Hatred grows like a vine...

She finally understood what the boy meant. He didn't know her, he knew Zhao Ying and liked Zhao Ying. There were only two princesses in the palace, and apart from Zhao Ying, whom he loved, the other one was her.

It's really abominable!

Why do everyone like Zhao Ying but not her?

She was going crazy with jealousy!

That night, she had nightmares one after another. She dreamed that the boy had grown up to be handsome and had a deep love with Zhao Ying, making others envious...

She suddenly woke up from the nightmare.

Suddenly, there was a "ding" sound.

[Congratulations on binding the cannon fodder to capture the male protagonist system. Your capture time is thirty years. The system can assist you in capturing the male protagonist five times. If after thirty years you still cannot make the male protagonist's heartbeat value reach 100, you will be eliminated by the system! ]

[Male lead: Shangguan Shu]

[Identity: The Prince of Zhenguo]

[Initial heart rate value: 0]

[Heartbeat value for the heroine: 100]

She didn't know what the system was, but she knew that this was her only chance to defeat Zhao Ying.

So at the next palace banquet, she dressed up and attended. She found an opportunity when Shangguan Shu was alone, approached him on purpose, patted him on the back, and then said in surprise and annoyance with what she thought was a clumsy and cute expression, "Sorry! I recognized the wrong person!"

She stamped her feet and frowned, "I thought it was the prince..."

Then he turned and ran away.

She thought he would like her cuteness, so on the way back, she called out the system, but the system answered her, "Sorry host, the hero thinks you look stupid. The prince wears a yellow robe and he wears a red robe. The colors are so different, but you can still make a mistake. You are either stupid or color blind..."

[The hero's current heartbeat value for you -10]

It turns out there are negative values!