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"You didn't invite the Crown Princess in previous years. Why do you suddenly want her to come this year? Besides, the Crown Princess has to take care of the Imperial Concubine during this period of time, so she is too busy to come. Forget it. When the day comes, I will accompany you for a day." The prince thought she was just throwing a tantrum and didn't think much about it.

However, Concubine Guo said timidly, "Your Highness, this is not something I thought of suddenly. I have also considered it. During this period, I have done some things poorly and there are some misunderstandings between me and the Crown Princess. In fact, I have always wanted to talk to the Crown Princess in person to clear up the misunderstandings, but I never had the chance and the Crown Princess was unwilling to see me alone. So I came up with this solution, which is not a solution. I would like to ask Your Highness to mediate. What do you think?" As she spoke, she shed a few tears, and she looked very sincere.

"Don't cry yet, this is not a big deal. The Crown Princess has always been generous. If you want to get along well with her, I think she will naturally be willing. Okay, I will talk to her later and try my best to get her to come."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Concubine Guo immediately smiled happily.

"Alright, alright, that's just a small matter, sit down and enjoy your meal."

After the meal, the prince went back to handle official business, and did not come to the Crown Princess until it was dark.

"Your Majesty, His Highness is on the way." The Crown Princess was already preparing to settle down and had just taken off her outer clothes. Upon hearing this, she immediately asked someone to put them on for her. However, it was too late to dress up, so she could only go out to greet him.

Sure enough, after a while, I heard the announcement outside: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived."

The Crown Princess hurried out.

"See Your Highness."

The prince helped her up and saw that her face and head were clean. "Are you preparing to settle down?" The prince did come here suddenly today without informing anyone in advance. However, according to the palace rules, concubines usually wait until around 11 p.m. to go to bed and rest. It was only dark that day, and the prince couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable.

"I've been busy these days and I'm a little tired. I just wanted to rest early and didn't want to come here, Your Highness. Please forgive me." The Crown Princess had already thought of an excuse.

"You have indeed worked hard during this period." When the prince heard her say this, the discomfort he had just felt immediately disappeared and he cursed in his heart.

A quarter of an hour later, the couple lay on the bed together. The Crown Princess did not lie, she was indeed very sleepy and closed her eyes as soon as she touched the pillow.

The prince suddenly remembered Concubine Guo, and when he turned around, he found that the person next to him had fallen asleep.

I thought to myself: I am really tired, never mind, let’s talk about it tomorrow.

At daybreak, the Crown Princess helped the Crown Prince to get up. The Crown Prince finally told her what he had been thinking about all night: "Guo's birthday is in a few days. This year, you and I will go to celebrate her birthday together."

Hearing this, the Crown Princess stopped buttoning his shirt and said, "Your Highness, just go. What am I going to do?"

"It's just that Guo wants to reconcile with you. All the things that happened before were due to her ignorance. You should be magnanimous and bear more responsibility. Just give me some face this time, and you can live in peace in the future," the prince pleaded.

"Did she ask Your Highness to come and tell me this?" The Crown Princess finally tidied up the clothes for the Crown Prince.

"Yes, she just asked me to be the middleman."

"If she really wanted to reconcile or something, why didn't she wait until my birthday to congratulate me? Instead, I went to congratulate her. This is not in accordance with the rules, right?"

"Your birthday still has to wait for half a year. Besides, if you go, it means you are magnanimous and don't get angry with her."

"Your Highness, if I don't go, I'd be petty."

The Crown Princess also wanted to see what she was up to, so she finally agreed to go.