Wearing a book, hooking him up

Qiluan Palace.

"Master, His Highness is back. Someone is here to report that His Highness is on his way to Qiluan Palace."

Meixiang stood aside and reported to Ling Yue in a low voice.

When Ling Yue heard this, her body trembled slightly and a sad expression appeared on her face.

"Mei Xiang, I don't know how to face His Highness anymore."

As she spoke, her eyes were filled with tears. After returning to the East Palace this morning, her tears began to flow intermittently like beads from a broken string.

Whenever she thought of how intimate Jun Zechen and Su Jingyao were last night, her heart ached as if it were being stabbed by a knife.

Meixiang saw this and hurried forward to comfort him, "Master, you must be strong and never conflict with His Highness again. If you continue to argue with His Highness, won't that push His Highness further and further towards Concubine Su?"

Ling Yue bit her lip and frowned slightly.

"Mei Xiang, you are right. Aze still loves me. He must have come to explain to me what happened last night. I can't be angry with him anymore."

Ling Yue gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said with all her might.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived——"

The eunuch outside the palace saw the prince's figure from afar and immediately shouted loudly.

Jun Zechen walked into the hall with slightly heavy steps. At this moment, his heart was full of confusion and he didn't know how to face Ling Yue.

But some things have to be resolved and made clear.

Ling Yue looked up and saw Jun Zechen walking slowly towards her. She took a deep breath, stood up and walked forward.

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you." Her voice trembled slightly and her posture looked a little weak.

Jun Zechen looked at Ling Yue in front of him, and a strange feeling surged in his heart.

In fact, he had long ago exempted Ling Yue from private greetings and allowed her to call him by more intimate names in private. He was a little uncomfortable with her politeness today.

But he didn't say much. Jun Zechen now understood that some things should not be promised easily.

"Get up." His voice was as calm as water, without any emotion.

Ling Yue stood up and looked at him aggrievedly with red eyes. Jun Zechen sighed in his heart and gently embraced her in his arms.

Because of his gentle gesture, Ling Yue could no longer hold back her tears, which burst out like a flood.

"Woo woo, Aze, I thought you didn't like me anymore."

Her voice was filled with deep grievance and resentment, and her shoulders kept shaking.

Jun Zechen didn't say anything, but slowly stretched out his big hand and gently stroked her soft hair. His movements were extremely gentle, as if he was comforting a wounded little animal.

There was tenderness and love in his eyes, but also some complicated emotions. His dark pupils were as deep as a dark pool, making them hard to fathom.

Ling Yue cried for a long time, until her tears gradually stopped, and Jun Zechen finally spoke.

"Last night, the concubine accidentally drank the scented tea from Mofeng Tower that was spiked with ingredients, so I just drank it with her..."

Having said that, his voice paused slightly, and an imperceptible complex expression flashed across his brows.

What Jun Zechen didn't say was that the more important reason was that he himself couldn't control himself. In the ambiguous atmosphere last night, he couldn't resist Su Jingyao's temptation and even enjoyed it.

After hearing his explanation, Ling Yue felt a little relieved.

As long as Jun Zechen didn't deliberately violate the agreement between them, she could accept it.

However, she knew clearly in her heart that Jun Zechen had been attracted to Su Jingyao!

"Aze, as long as you have me in your heart, I don't care how many women you have. You will be the emperor of the country in the future, and the ministers will not allow their emperor to have few heirs."

There was a hint of helplessness and compromise in Ling Yue's voice, and her eyes were full of determination and persistence.

"I... I don't know why I haven't had any children yet, but as long as it's Aze's child, I'll love him very much. I just hope that I can grow old with Aze, and live and die together."

Her words revealed deep sorrow and expectation.

When Jun Zechen heard Ling Yue's words of enduring in silence, guilt suddenly surged in his heart.

He originally thought that he understood her well enough, but he never imagined that she would become so submissive for him.

He felt sorry for Ling Yue, who had become more mature after being in the harem, but he was powerless and could only hug her tightly and comfort her.

Only at this moment did Jun Zechen realize his selfishness.

He couldn't make a choice between Ling Yue and Su Jingyao. He was greedy for Ling Yue's affection, but couldn't resist Su Jingyao's temptation.

"Okay, Yue'er will always be my wife."

Jun Zechen's voice was deep and magnetic, as if it carried a kind of magic that rekindled a glimmer of hope in Ling Yue's broken heart.

When Ling Yue got his response, a bright smile suddenly bloomed on her face. She raised her face and embedded herself tightly in the man's arms, greedily absorbing the warmth and sense of security from him.

Xiyan Palace.

After Su Jingyao came back, she leisurely stepped into the bathtub filled with flower petals, and the warm water soothed her fatigue.

She soaked in the hot spring for a long time before slowly getting up and letting Miaoyun and the others gently wipe her skin with a soft towel.

Afterwards, she asked Miaoyun and the others to perform a complete set of meticulous full-body skin care and massage for her. Their techniques were skillful and gentle. Su Jingyao felt that the fatigue from being tormented by the bastard last night had dissipated a lot, and every inch of her skin was enjoying this care.

After everything was done, Su Jingyao lay limply on the beauty couch, like a lazy flower after blooming.

Her hair was slightly wet and scattered casually on the couch, adding a bit of charm.

Miaoyun sat on a low stool, holding a round fan gently in her hand, fanning Su Jingyao from time to time.

"Master, after His Highness came back today, he went to Qiluan Palace and never came out again. I heard that Anshun took all the memorials to Qiluan Palace, and then His Highness reviewed them in Qiluan Palace."

Su Jingyao heard this and chuckled.

"It seems that our Crown Princess has finally begun to know how to coax a man."

The corners of her mouth rose slightly, with a barely perceptible hint of teasing.

Su Jingyao didn't even need to think about it, Ling Yue must have been "showing weakness to the enemy". If she was still as reckless as she was last night, Jun Zechen would have rushed out of the door in anger.

"Then won't the master snatch His Highness away from us?" Miaoyun asked softly.

"Rob? Since I entered the Eastern Palace, I have never robbed anyone. Didn't Your Highness deliver it to me?"

There was a hint of laziness and confidence in Su Jingyao's tone. She slowly opened her eyes, and her bright eyes shone with wisdom.

"Miaoyun, you have to remember that even if you snatch something openly, it won't smell good."

After Su Jingyao finished speaking, she closed her eyes again, enjoying the rare comfort. She looked relaxed and at ease, as if the whole world had nothing to do with her.

Miaoyun nodded, not quite understanding what she was saying. Although she couldn't fully comprehend what her master said, she believed in her master from the bottom of her heart.

Just look at the present prince and you will know. Didn’t he swear in the beginning that he didn’t like the master and didn’t want to touch the master, but now isn’t he taking the initiative to approach the master?

In the past few days, Su Jingyao has been living a very comfortable and relaxed life in Xiyan Palace. She is either reading or writing, or playing the piano or painting. In short, when she is not trying to please men, she has to make herself feel comfortable.

On this day, Su Jingyao was sitting in her study, writing quietly. Her posture was dignified and elegant, and her expression was focused and peaceful.

Miaoxue, the most lively of the four maids, walked in quietly.

She came to the right rear of Su Jingyao and stood there hesitantly, with some hesitation in her eyes.

Miaoxue opened her mouth, wanting to speak but stopping herself, with a hint of timidity in her voice: "Master, Miaoyun, Miaoxia and Miaoyue don't dare to ask you..."

Su Jingyao paused for a moment, but she didn't look up. She just asked calmly, "What are you asking me? You've been with me for so many years, why are you still so impatient?"

Miaoxue pursed her lips slightly, mustered up the courage to say: "Master, the Crown Princess, as long as His Highness comes back to the East Palace in the next few days, I will immediately send someone to invite His Highness to the Qiluan Palace."

"It's fine that His Highness didn't come to our place these few days, but Miaoyue was made difficult when she went to the kitchen of the East Palace to get the ingredients. Is the Crown Princess deliberately making things difficult for us?"

Su Jingyao's daily meals are extremely exquisite, and are usually taken to Xiyan Palace's own small kitchen and carefully cooked by Miaoyue.

"Don't talk nonsense, how did the kitchen make things difficult for you?"

Su Jingyao's voice remained calm, and the pen in her hand continued to dance on the paper.

"Yesterday Miaoyue wanted to cook fish for you, but the kitchen said that all the fish were dead. However, there were still many fish in the water tank next to it. After Miaoyue asked, the chief eunuch in the kitchen said that those fish were cooked for the Crown Princess and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Miaoxue became more and more angry as she spoke, with a hint of grievance in her voice.

"And today, the fine salt in our Xiyan Palace's own small kitchen ran out, so I went to the big kitchen to ask for some, but the steward of the big kitchen ignored me the whole time. He only gave me the fine salt after dinner, and his expression was very unfriendly."

A hint of darkness flashed across Su Jingyao's eyes, and she frowned slightly.

It seems that the naive Crown Princess finally knows how to fight back, but her methods are still too immature.

Su Jingyao didn't want to waste time on these trivial matters.

As for Ling Yue asking Jun Zechen to go to her Qiluan Palace every day, Su Jingyao was just watching a show.

Ling Yue still has too high expectations of men. If she blocks Jun Zechen every day or two, Jun Zechen might go to Qiluan Palace to accompany and coax her because of the guilt and heartache he felt on the day of the Flower Festival.

But this has been going on for several days in a row. Jun Zechen not only has to deal with state affairs every day, but also has to coax women when he returns to the East Palace.

For Jun Zechen, it’s enough for a woman to coax him.

Because of the promise Jun Zechen made to her, Ling Yue has always placed herself and Jun Zechen at a similar level, and always felt that Jun Zechen would love her, coax her, and spoil her.

If they were truly equal, there would be nothing wrong with this kind of relationship.

But Jun Zechen's identity shows that he is extraordinary. It is not that he coaxes women, but that women have to always remain attractive to him.

Guilt, a useless emotion, can't keep Jun Zechen for long.

"Your Highness also went to Qiluan Palace today?"

Su Jingyao raised her head slightly, her face as calm as water, and asked in a faint voice.

"Not today. I heard that someone from Qiluan Palace went to invite His Highness, but His Highness said that he was busy with government affairs today and was tired, so he rested in Yude Palace."

There was a hint of gloating in Miaoxue's tone.

After hearing this, Su Jingyao raised the corners of her mouth slightly, revealing a barely perceptible sneer.

It’s pretty much what she thought.

Jun Zechen had already changed his mind, and his feelings for her were still fresh. Being guarded against and obstructed by Ling Yue like this, Jun Zechen must be feeling annoyed.

After all, if you don’t eat enough food, you will always miss it.

"It's dark today, and it might rain tonight."

Su Jingyao slowly raised her head and looked out the window. The inky sky seemed to be pressing down on her.

Miaoxue was a little confused and didn't understand why her master suddenly mentioned the weather.

"Master, it should rain today, but it should be just a drizzle. It rained this afternoon, too. There won't be thunder. Master, don't be afraid."