I just want to rob you of your luck

A few days passed peacefully. During these days, Li Cheng still went to the morning court on time every morning and came back at noon to have lunch with Lin Jiuer.

Then he went to the study in the afternoon and came back at night to rest with Lin Jiuer.

However, now that Lin Jiuer is pregnant, it is not convenient for her to serve the emperor in bed, so Li Cheng can only take advantage of her a little.

Lin Jiuer was almost annoyed. She was now almost two months pregnant and wanted to have a good rest. Li Cheng came to check in every night.

She wanted to find a few women to serve him, but she felt that was not a good idea as it would destroy her image of admiring Li Cheng.

What exactly is Lin Yan'er planning? Why hasn't she started yet?

She now hopes to complete the mission as soon as possible, leave here and go to the next mission world, and then complete the mission as soon as possible and return to the real world.

She didn't know how many tasks she needed to complete before she could go back, and she didn't know how her grandmother was doing now.

She is old, and if she knew she had a terminal illness, she would definitely be sad.

Since Lin Jiuer became pregnant, her mood has been somewhat unstable and she often has wild thoughts.

In addition, the task progress has recently been stuck at 70%, and she is anxious.

One day, after Li Cheng left court, he changed his clothes and prepared to go to Furong Courtyard. When passing by a rockery, he saw a woman walking towards him from afar.

The woman was wearing a plain long dress and only a simple pearl hairpin on her head, but she walked gracefully and elegantly, which was quite pleasing to the eye.

She seemed to be holding something in her hand. Li Cheng was a little puzzled. When did such a woman appear in the palace?

When he got closer, Li Cheng recognized that the woman was Tinglan, the maidservant beside Lin Yan'er.

Tinglan was holding a bowl of soup in her hand, and her eyes lit up when she saw Li Cheng.

Just as I was about to speak, I heard someone talking behind the rockery.

"Have you heard? The princess is looking for a man for her maid Tinglan recently. I heard that she will give a generous dowry."

This is the voice of an old woman.

The other one also seemed to be a woman.

"Is it the Tinglan that the prince rescued from the water?"

"That's her. I saw with my own eyes that day that the prince carried her back to the princess's Moon Viewing Pavilion."

Tinglan's face looked a little ugly and slightly pale. She looked at Li Cheng with grievance and embarrassment.

Li Cheng's face darkened, but he stopped her from speaking. He wanted to hear what these people were gossiping about behind her back.

How dare you talk about him!

"It's a pity that there is no suitable man in my family, otherwise I could marry her and get a dowry."

"Yeah, I don't have any at home either, which is a pity. What do you think the prince means? If another man had such close contact with a woman, he would definitely be responsible for the physical contact."

"Hey, who said it wasn't true? Now that Tinglan's reputation has been ruined, the princess can only find someone for her to marry."

"Yes, the princess is also pitiful. She only has such a personal maid by her side. I guess she can't bear to see her being talked about by others."

"What kind of people are around the princess? I heard that Bai Zhi was also punished for climbing into bed, and then there was that seduced prince who didn't even go to the princess' place."

Hearing this, Li Cheng couldn't help it anymore.

"You bastard, you actually dared to talk about the master here, drag him away and give him thirty slaps on the face, and fine him half a year's salary!"

The two old maids had no idea that their secret gossip was overheard by the prince. They ran out in terror, peeing and pissing, and knelt down to beg for mercy.

Unfortunately, Li Cheng still watched them being dragged away and slapped with an expressionless face.

Tinglan was also frightened, and trembled as she said, "Your Highness, I brought you some nourishing soup. I wanted to thank you for saving my life that day, but I didn't expect to encounter something like this."

Li Cheng didn't have any bad feelings towards Tinglan, because she was honest and decent. In addition, what the two old women said just now made Li Cheng feel a little sympathy for Tinglan.

But he never thought about taking her as a concubine.

"Xiao Anzi, take the tonic soup and bring it to Furong Courtyard later. Tinglan, if there is a palace guard you like, I can arrange one for you. It's better than marrying those servants."

When Tinglan heard this, her face turned pale. She didn't expect that even after all the preparations had come to this, Li Cheng was still unwilling to take her as a concubine.

She shook her head stubbornly and looked at Li Cheng with some despair: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. The princess will make arrangements for me."

After saying that, Tinglan handed the tonic soup in her hand to Xiao Anzi, then turned around and left with staggering steps.

The back view was indescribably sad and miserable, as if it had suffered a great blow.

It’s a pity that Li Cheng didn’t understand her meaning and just sighed lightly.

"This maid is a very affectionate person."

Xiao Anzi was speechless, he could see that the maid had a special look in her eyes towards her master, but His Highness was not moved at all.

"Let's go and see how Jiu'er is doing?"

When he arrived at Furong Courtyard, Li Cheng saw Lin Jiuer walking in the small garden.

He quickly walked over and pulled Lin Jiuer to complain to her: "Jiuer, you don't know that I just met two gossipy women who dared to speak ill of the master behind her back."

Lin Jiuer asked curiously: "Really? What did they say?"

Li Cheng pulled Lin Jiuer to sit in the pavilion on the side.

Then he told Lin Jiuer everything he had just heard.

He also explained what happened to Tinglan. Lin Jiuer looked at the bowl of tonic soup on the stone table and felt a little amused.

In fact, Lin Yan'er and Tinglan are working towards the right direction, but it's a pity that Li Cheng is probably not attracted to Tinglan.

He didn't think in that direction at all, and even wanted to introduce a guard to Tinglan for marriage.

I guess it was a pretty bad blow to Tinglan.

She also didn't know if it was because the heroine Lin Yan'er's luck had become bad and her luck had improved.

Li Cheng seemed to be very loyal to her and it was difficult for him to be seduced by other women.

This made her feel a little bit amused and helpless.

The tonic soup was finally given to the servants as a reward.

Li Cheng accompanied Lin Jiuer for lunch and went to handle official business in the afternoon.

Recently, the prince personally led his troops to the border, and many official duties were handed over to him for handling.

In the evening, when Li Cheng finished his work and was about to return to Furongyuan, a little maid ran to the door of the study in panic and cried.

Li Cheng frowned: "Xiao Anzi, what's going on outside? Who is making a noise here?"

Xiao Anzi hurried out to check the situation.

After a while, Xiao Anzi came back and reported: "Your Highness, it was the maid in the princess's courtyard who said there was something urgent and asked you to come over and take a look."

Li Cheng was a little impatient, but thinking that Lin Yan'er had been much more obedient recently and hadn't caused any trouble, and not knowing what had happened, he still went to Wangyue Pavilion.

As soon as they entered the yard, a maid went to inform Lin Yan'er.

She was not in her main hall, but came out from a side hall.

Lin Yan'er's eyes were red, as if she had just cried.

She invited Li Cheng to sit in her main hall, and then asked the maid to serve tea.

This time it wasn't Tinglan who was serving.

"Why did the princess call me here?"