Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

"Haha, are you serious?"

"Of course it's true. I dare not lie to my mother~"

When Xiao Zuochen just stepped into Yunyuan, he heard laughter coming from inside and couldn't help but be surprised. These three women actually get along so well?

Qian'er, who was guarding the door, saw Xiao Zuochen and hurried forward to salute.

"Congratulations, Your Highness, on having two concubines!"

Xiao Zuochen raised his eyebrows and shook his head.

"Who did you learn this smooth talk from? It's not acceptable."

Qian'er smiled and did not refute His Royal Highness Prince Yun's words, leading him into the house. When the three people in the house saw him come in, they all restrained their smiles on their faces. For a moment, Xiao Zuochen felt that he was the superfluous person.

"Why, do you need me to leave?"

Xiao Zuochen joked, which made Concubine Yun cover her mouth and laugh.

"How could that be? You are also the protagonist today."

"What did mother and concubine talk about that made them so happy? I heard the laughter from outside the courtyard."

Xiao Zuochen sat down next to Concubine Yun, and Qian'er brought him a cup of tea. Concubine Yun reached out and took Xiao Zuochen's hand, patting it.

"Nothing much, it's just that I haven't interacted with anyone in the past twenty years, and I didn't know there were so many interesting things out there."

"Oh? What's the funny thing?"

Xiao Zuochen was curious about what Zuo Xin had said to his mother, but when Concubine Yun heard him ask this, she rolled her eyes at him.

"We are just chatting about interesting things among women, why are you interfering?"

Well, I still feel like I’m redundant.

Xiao Zuochen pursed his lips and smiled awkwardly, then stood up and bowed to Concubine Yun.

"Then I will take my leave first?"

"Pfft~"

Concubine Yun was amused by her son and laughed, and the two concubines next to her also covered their mouths and laughed.

"Alright, alright, why are you still being so rude?"

Having said that, he looked at the two concubines again.

"You guys go out first. I have something to say to Prince Yun."

Wei Changmei and Zuo Xin bowed politely and left.

At this time, Concubine Yun turned around and looked at Xiao Zuochen with a reproachful look on her face.

"Why? You want to become a monk?"

Xiao Zuochen, who had just picked up the tea to moisten his throat, almost choked when he heard his mother say this. He reached out and brushed off the tea stains on his clothes. Although he was puzzled, he still replied seriously.

"Why do you say that, mother? My son still has some attachment to this world."

"So do you really treat your two concubines as mere decorations?"

Xiao Zuochen was stunned for a moment, then he understood what his mother meant.

"My son doesn't like them, and they don't like my son either. Since they don't like each other, there's no need to make it real. I'll find a reason to divorce them in the future, and each of us will pursue our own happiness. But... why did they tell you, mother, about this?"

Concubine Yun let out a breath, with no expression on her face.

"Do they need to tell me? I asked you directly whose room you went to last night, and both of you kept silent. How could I not understand? You are nothing like your father in this respect. Whatever, whatever, your mother naturally doesn't want to interfere with how you live your life. But you have to know that the status of women in Tai'an has never been high. If you really want to divorce, you must be fully prepared to avoid others pointing fingers at them."

"Don't worry, mother. I will take care of it. Besides, they are not utilitarian people. I will protect them well."

"Well, go out now. Don't let the two beauties outside get burned by the sun."

Xiao Zuochen retreated, Wei Changmei and Zuo Xin were standing at the gate waiting for him. Xiao Zuochen looked at them, they were talking and laughing about something. Seeing this harmonious scene, Xiao Zuochen couldn't help but sigh.

At first, he was worried that one of them was too weak and the other was too utilitarian, and he was afraid that there would be a fight between the inner houses. In the end, the two of them got along well, and it was Xiao Zuochen who suddenly felt like he had no place to use his energy.

"Your Majesty, can we go to the East Market after we leave the palace? I was not allowed to move around freely at home before, and I have never been to the market properly!"

Xiao Zuochen watched Zuo Xin tilt her head and count the shops she wanted to visit. Wei Changmei would occasionally talk with her about which shop had reasonable prices and good service, praising the boss of that shop for being handsome and rich. Then he would say that which shop was expensive and of poor quality, and the boss was a black-hearted person. The two of them would speak ill of the bosses together.

Xiao Zuochen just listened quietly at first, but until the three of them reached the palace gate, the two of them became more and more excited as they talked.

Yun You, who was waiting outside the palace gate, found her master silent and gloomy when she saw him, and thought it was Zuo Xin who was playing tricks. Just as she took a step forward to ask her master what was wrong, she saw Zuo Concubine and Wei Concubine walking out arm in arm, talking and laughing.

"this..."

Yunyou was also shocked.

Xiao Zuochen got into the car with an expressionless face. When he passed by Yunyou, he patted her shoulder and sighed.

"Hey~"

Because the concubines wanted to go shopping, the three women agreed that for the sake of the prince's safety, they would first send him home, and then Yunyou would go shopping with them. The three women gathered together, and Yunyou could chat with the two of them through the curtains. Xiao Zuochen was really overwhelmed.

Even when Xiao Zuochen got off the car, none of the three of them greeted him. They just left and did not come back until almost dinner time.

......

"Hey~"

Xiao Zuochen lay on the roof and sighed.

"What's wrong with you today? You went to the palace, and why are you sighing when you come back?"

Chu Yao, who was standing nearby, sat with one hand on his knee, gnawing on a large chicken leg while asking.

"Is this king so unattractive?"

Xiao Zuochen finally asked the question in his mind. He remembered that there were many rumors about his "romantic stories" in the capital before. At that time, the ladies seemed to like him very much. Why are his two concubines not moved by his beauty at all?

Although Chu Yao was not very smart in serious matters, he was most interested in this kind of "strange stories". He could hear what was going on from Xiao Zuochen's tone.

"What's wrong? Are you being ignored? Are you feeling unbalanced?"

Xiao Zuochen rolled his eyes at him and looked at the sky without saying anything.

"You don't like them, why do you care about them~"

"Hey~ That's what I said, but you said that Zuo Xin had a clear purpose before to please me, and I just told her that there are other ways to help her mother besides clinging to power, but she immediately left me aside and became close to Wei Changmei, even like sisters. It really makes me feel as if I have no charm at all except my identity as a prince."

Chu Yao listened to what Xiao Zuochen said seriously, so he stood up and looked at Xiao Zuochen seriously.

"What did you see?"

Xiao Zuochen asked.

"Well, worse than me~"

"roll!"