The Virtuous Concubine

Malu smiled and nodded, praising him: "It is said that Your Highness is a rare talent, but I didn't expect that he could be so considerate to sparrows. The poem says 'I already know the vastness of the universe, and I pity the green grass and trees', which is probably referring to Your Highness."

She really felt that the prince and she were very compatible in this regard. She couldn't stand the rules in the deep palace, and he also wanted to escape from the shadow of his father.

In this respect, they were the same. They walked side by side, with an inexplicable tacit understanding and emotion in their hearts.

Chen Xin, who was following far behind, heard a word or two of these words and couldn't help but shudder.

Imperial Concubine De Zhao... Are you serious? You have never seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince whip someone with a whip, with blood and flesh flying everywhere!

The prince was obviously a little embarrassed, his ears were red. He just habitually showed his best side to Malu, but she misunderstood, which was also good.

Who doesn’t want the person they like to think that everything about them is good when they look at them?

The two walked quietly for a while. Malu tilted her head slightly, looking at the handsome face of the prince, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, it's no wonder that Kangxi was partial.

If it were me, if I didn’t have my own children, I would probably feel the most sorry for him.

The prince seemed to notice Malu's gaze and turned his head. Their eyes met, and in an instant, an indescribable feeling spread in the air.

The thin, numb feeling was like a faint silk thread, gently wrapping around the prince's heart.

Malu was also a little embarrassed. It was really awkward to be caught peeking at others.

She was the first to look away and coughed lightly, breaking the delicate atmosphere. The prince also came back to his senses and cleared his throat awkwardly. In order to ease the embarrassment, he casually found a topic: "On the way here, I ran into Lao Ba."

Malu was slightly startled, then smiled in understanding.

It is estimated that the fourth brother led the prince to encounter it at this time.

"That's a coincidence."

The prince frowned, thinking that the woman in front of him was not very shrewd at all: "How can there be so many coincidences? Has the Eighth Elder come to Yonghe Palace often recently?"

Malu smiled and stood on tiptoe, reaching for a red and white rose on the flower wall, wanting to pick it.

Seeing that she couldn't quite reach it, the prince reached behind her and helped her press down the flower branches.

She picked the flowers and fiddled with them gently before she replied casually, "Yes, you said you came to thank me, but I don't know what to thank you for."

The prince's face became increasingly gloomy, and he felt an inexplicable irritation in his heart. "This kind of hypocrite, on the surface, is as gentle as jade, but in fact he has evil intentions. You must stay away from him in the future."

Malu heard him scolding the Eighth Prince mercilessly, and her little mouth seemed to be filled with poison. She couldn't help but chuckle, "Your Highness, you are too suspicious. The Eighth Prince may really just be polite."

The prince felt the flames of jealousy burning in his heart, causing his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys to ache. But he himself did not understand why he was so jealous. Was it just because the Eighth Prince wanted to follow his path and had the same type as him?

"The palace affairs are handled by the other three concubines and Wen Xian. Hui Fei also took care of him. Why didn't he thank Hui Fei, Rong Fei, and Yi Fei? Why didn't he talk to Wen Xian and pay his respects to him every day?"

Malu looked at the prince's angry look and felt both angry and amused. "Your Highness, what nonsense are you talking about! If Wen Xian and you quarrel, who will I comfort?"

The prince was slightly stunned when he heard this, then turned his head away in embarrassment: "Who asked you to coax me? I think he has ulterior motives. I told you, but you still don't believe it. You don't know how to appreciate a good person."

Malu shook his head helplessly, and looking at the prince's stubborn appearance, he couldn't help but soften his heart.

"Okay, Your Highness, I will be careful and try to stay away from the Eighth Prince."

The prince's expression instantly turned from gloomy to bright and he nodded.

The roses in Yonghe Palace have been planted for many years, and they are lush and green, with a look of "dense leaves and heavy green tents, and pus flowers and red brocade". The dense branches and leaves and huge and numerous flowers are winding around the walls and fences of the back garden of Yonghe Palace, which is a small scenic spot.

It was Rong Ji who suggested planting this flower. The fragrance and volatile oils emitted by the rose can help us sleep and have a significant bactericidal effect, which is good for the human body.

The prince's eyes accidentally fell on the rose, and his heart suddenly moved. Seeing the prince looking at the rose in her hand, Malu felt a little embarrassed and wanted to hide the flower.

The flower had lost many petals due to her manipulation, and was half-broken. It was really not a good thing to look at closely. However, the prince reached out and gently stopped her movements, but this movement caused their wrists to accidentally overlap.

"This is really beautiful." The prince said softly, with a barely perceptible tenderness in his voice.

Malu was a little confused, and couldn't tell whether he was talking about flowers or people. Although she knew the identities of the two people very well, her heart beat faster involuntarily.

The prince looked at Malu's gorgeous attire today, his lips curled up slightly, his eyes full of tenderness.

Normally she always appears in plain clothes when meeting me, and any less makeup would be considered impolite and disrespectful. But today, she is angry with me and has dressed up.

They just stood quietly under the flower wall, the lush vines and beautiful flowers, as well as the two people's positions, cleverly covering everything. It seemed that at this moment, they were in a world that belonged only to them.

After a while, Malu came to his senses and casually placed the rose in the prince's hand, but then quickly pulled his hand back as if it was burned by fire. "Your Highness, you are too kind. Rose means wall, and Wei also refers to small plants. I don't deserve your favor." Malu said softly, his voice trembling.

She's not stupid!

His action just now clearly revealed what the prince felt towards her.

She fled without even saying goodbye to the prince.

Chen Xin, Bai Xia and others in the distance saw the imperial concubine leaving in a hurry, while the prince still stood there, staring at her departing back, feeling a little strange.

However, there were so many flowers and trees, so many shadows, and the distance was quite far, so they could not see the prince's expression clearly. They just thought that the prince's stubborn temper had flared up again, and he had made the imperial concubine unhappy.

This happened often in the past, but in the end the two of them were back to normal after a few days, so the servants didn't take it seriously.

Only the prince knew, she knew.

Later, when Bai Xia told Bai Fu what happened today as a joke, Bai Fu also knew it. She knew it.

Bai Fu quietly observed her master and found that her master's diet and daily life were normal and her expression was the same as before she discovered this incident.

Although Malu seemed normal, her occasional dazed look and unintentional contemplation revealed that she was not at peace at all.