Priceless: A widow with a baby asks the prince to marry again

"Go and call Madam Liu."

Chu Shiyu leaned against the head of the bed with an expressionless face, and his cold eyes put tremendous pressure on Mei Hong.

Mei Hong said tremblingly: "Madam Liu said that she was planting radishes in the garden today, her hands were sore and she was tired, so she asked the prince to stop making trouble..."

After a moment of embarrassment, Chu Shiyu turned and said shamelessly: "Tell Madam Liu that she won't be...tired, but if she doesn't come, I won't drink the medicine!"

Why is the prince acting like a child?! Mei Hong complained in her heart, but she responded respectfully and hurriedly ran to be the mouthpiece.

As dusk fell, Liu Rusi walked into the left room silently, leaned against the inner door with her arms folded, and asked unhappily, "What do you want to do now?"

Chu Shiyu blinked and said in a coquettish tone: "I want you to feed me medicine..."

Liu Rusi took a deep breath and said with a fake smile: "If you use a trick too many times, it will become ineffective."

Will it be ineffective? She was being deliberately gentle, and he clearly never got tired of seeing her... He muttered to himself, and then he changed his attitude and said seriously, "I also want you to feel your pulse and see how your condition is."

Liu Rusi had no intention of defeating him, so she walked over and handed over the medicine bowl.

"Feed me." Chu Shiyu said seriously.

"Drink it yourself!" Liu Rusi was really angry!

"Oh..." She responded submissively, but he still came forward and drank the medicine from her hand.

Putting her anger back under control, Liu Rusi put down the empty bowl, reached out to feel his pulse carefully, and said with relief: "You are recovering very quickly. If you have a good rest tonight, you should be fully recovered tomorrow."

"Oh…"

...

The next morning.

A long-lost figure appeared at the breakfast table...

"Aren't you going to court?" Liu Rusi looked at him with scrutiny.

"Someone has been asked to report for illness." Chu Shiyu sat down leisurely.

"Are you ready now?"

Seeing his energetic appearance, Liu Rusi frowned and reached out to feel his pulse.

Chu Shiyu let her touch him and just smiled and said, "I didn't want to go in the first place, but I really can't find any good solution. It's rare for me to get sick, so I'll take a few more days off."

Liu Rusi took back her hand, speechless. He was skipping the morning court on the pretext of illness?! He was hopeless, wasn't he? The parent's mentality came out! It was like watching a child pretending to be sick and not going to school!

He is an adult, so he has to give some face in front of everyone! If Qin Hao...

Looking at her son, Liu Rusi secretly sighed, Qin Hao would just want to immerse himself in books every day! What she wants to prevent is that her son will get sick one day and pretend to be fine!

The rule of not talking while eating still applies.

It was almost a quarter after breakfast when Yue Ziqian and Lin Qingzhi came in.

As usual, Yue Ziqian took Qin Hao to the study to study, but Liu Rusi saw Chu Shiyu's nonchalant look and said to Lin Qingzhi, "Madam Lin, why don't you go to the female doctor's office to teach Mei Hong and the others first? If there are any patients coming, let the little girl come to the garden to find me?"

"Okay." A cold voice responded.

Lin Qingzhi went to the women's clinic with three girls who were scheduled to study today.

"Will you accompany me to grow vegetables?" Liu Rusi invited Chu Shiyu.

"Okay~"

With joy in his eyes, Chu Shiyu stood up briskly, naturally took Liu Rusi's hand, and strolled leisurely with her to the East Garden.

Nowadays, growing vegetables is really just a leisurely hobby. Among the twelve planting frames, three are still empty. The cabbages that were planted first have now grown two or three inch sprouts.

Having planted together before, there was a tacit understanding between the two of them, one was digging holes, the other was sowing seeds...

"What vegetables are you growing now?" Chu Shiyu asked curiously.

"White radish."

"There really were some radishes yesterday..." Chu Shiyu whispered in a mysterious tone that she could hear...

Liu Rusi glanced at him sideways. Why is this guy's head full of crap?

She continued seriously, "If we plant them now, we can harvest them at the beginning of winter. They may not grow too big, but we can eat them in time. If we have nothing to do today, we can finish planting the three frames."

However, someone didn't know when to stop. His fair and handsome face blushed slightly, and he leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Can it grow...bigger than me?"

Liu Rusi was immediately filled with shame and anger, and kicked him! Before she met Chu Shiyu, she always thought she was a calm person!

Chu Shiyu pretended to be in pain, but said in a mean and aggrieved way: "I just want to ask how big these radishes can grow..."

Liu Rusi calmed down and tried to use a serious tone to turn this into a boring topic. She said more seriously: "It will grow to about the same size. If it grows a little bigger, the radish will be mature."

He was obviously not satisfied with this answer. He still did not restrain himself and asked vaguely in her ear: "Then I... and... Qin Lie..."

“Ah…”

The embroidered shoes stomped hard on the gold-painted black boots, and rolled over them several times!

Seeing that she was really angry, Chu Shiyu quickly corrected his attitude, returned to his original position, and muttered: "Plant radishes, plant radishes... Let's plant them quickly and try to finish them today."

"Humph…"

Absolutely! How can there be such an annoying man?! He looks respectable on the outside, but he is full of petty minds on the inside!

Regulate your breathing, calm your mind...

She sprinkled two or three radish seeds in each hole and then covered them shallowly. The fragrance of the soil made her adjust her mindset quickly...

In order to prevent him from thinking about random things again, she took the initiative to bring up normal topics: "I never asked you before, as a prince, why did you take the imperial examination? And you also challenged... General Wei Yu to a duel."

She finally took the initiative to understand his thoughts. Chu Shiyu was naturally happy. He calmed down his worldly thoughts and began to tell her about his past.

"You should understand that the order of the heirs to the throne of Daxia is divided into male and female... Up to now, my father's bloodline has eleven princesses and nine princes."

She nodded slightly and asked interactively: "So, is the competition fierce?"

"It's not intense, but full of danger. The closer you are to the front, the more likely you are to die if you don't make a sound."

Chu Shiyu didn't hesitate to tell those secret things he had heard: "In the common people, people lack medical care and medicine, and it is normal for one in ten children to die. But rich families have no shortage of medicine. At least, when they were in the Ning Wang Mansion, from the eldest brother to the fourth brother, several boys were fine."

"But after entering the capital, the fourth child, who had grown up healthy to the age of two, became increasingly sickly, and died of a cold when he was five years old."

Liu Rusi felt a little nervous and asked quietly, "So, someone deliberately murdered your fourth brother?"

"There is still no conclusion. I was only six years old at the time. Later, when I was able to do so, I tried to investigate, but I found nothing."

Chu Shiyu sneered and said, "But it shows that there is something wrong. Even if he really died of illness, there should be detailed records of diagnosis, treatment, medication, etc. And the murder of the royal heir must have been done carefully and all clues would be cleared up afterwards."

"Do you feel sad and angry?" Liu Rusi asked softly.

Rui Feng lowered his eyes slightly and shook his head. In fact, he felt that the dream was more than just a dream because there were things in it that he didn’t know and didn’t expect. However, what he did was consistent with his personality...

"Even if the fourth prince survives, there is no guarantee that he won't want to kill me..." The unspoken words were very clear. Perhaps Chu Shiyu would also kill the fourth prince simply because he was a strong competitor.

Liu Rusi was silent. No matter how terrible the struggles in the palace fighting dramas were, they seemed reasonable because they always felt fake. However, being in the situation and having close people around her participate in it made her feel a little creepy...

Seeing her expression, Chu Shiyu changed his narrative style: "Remember before, I said that the monarch in the Snow White story was like a decoration?"

"Hmm..." Liu Rusi guessed what he meant and asked quietly, "But didn't that person intend to... let you fight? Otherwise, why didn't he appoint a crown prince?"

The gentle eyes smiled at her. She was really perceptive. There were still ministers in the court who hadn't figured out the key point...

He went on to say, “When I was young, I also felt that my father was completely permissive. But as I gained more control over the things I was able to control, I discovered that my father did have boundaries.”

"My second brother became obsessed with beauty after leaving the palace. When he was sixteen, he was frightened during sex... and became ill. Later, he tried all kinds of medical treatments and took the wrong medicine, but he became mentally retarded."

Liu Rusi commented with a strange look on her face: "Too absurd."

"But this murder is much more clever than taking someone's life directly, isn't it? Everything is reasonable and logical, and we can even say that the Second Prince is reaping the fruits of his own actions." Chu Shiyu commented indifferently.

"Did someone harm him?" Liu Rusi thought it was very reasonable for a moment.

"I was fourteen at the time, suppressed by Consort Xian in the palace, and as dim as dust. The fourth brother died early, the oldest was fifty, and the others were even younger... and on the eve of the incident, the eighteen-year-old eldest brother was in charge of the army in the north, and defeated the Tatar enemy army."

"So... it's King Kang?" Liu Rusi asked in a very low voice.

"There is no conclusion yet, but the court officials all know that it was the work of the late queen. As for whether the eldest brother was involved, it is unknown. The second brother met with the accident before the eldest brother returned to the court."

Chu Shiyu spoke without any scruples: "After my eldest brother returned to the capital, the calls for a crown prince reached their peak. Including me, we all thought it was time to decide. After all, the others were not mature enough, and my eldest brother had made such a great contribution, which was enough to show his talent."

"But she still didn't establish him, and the queen became the former queen..." Liu Rusi sighed softly, and immediately looked at Chu Shiyu's expression. Fortunately... he didn't seem to care that she sighed for others...

"It was then that Yue Qianzhang volunteered to be the target of a spear. After my father said that the issue of appointing a crown prince would be discussed later and found a reason to imprison the late queen, Yue Qianzhang still repeatedly denounced him in the court and finally threatened to commit suicide, which finally angered my father."

Chu Shiyu looked at her meaningfully...

His eyes froze for a moment, and then he was speechless! This guy still cares more about the Yue family's father and son! This is a mockery of Yue Qianzhang's stupidity and pedantry!

"So, what is the boundary?" Liu Rusi got back to the topic.

Chu Shiyu also followed her wishes and directly concluded: "The youngest son in the palace cannot be moved. The competition among the princes cannot be entirely based on the mother's family. In addition, meritorious service itself is useless."

Liu Rusi was puzzled: "How can you tell... Isn't he the Fourth Prince?"

"It should have been set up after the fourth brother died. After that, the heirs in the palace have never been in trouble, and I have benefited from it." Chu Shiyu said, but he remembered the horrified look on his father's face as he held his eldest brother in his dream...

Then he sneered again: "However, it is just about safety. Even if the brothers fight directly, this may not be the case."

Seeing his expression, Liu Rusi said softly: "Fortunately, you are good enough. Those days of keeping a low profile are over."

Hearing the gentle voice, Chu Shiyu was immediately moved. He turned sideways and kissed her tender red lips, eagerly asking for...

But there was mud on his hands, so he didn't hug her this time, so she reacted and immediately dodged.

"Can you please not do this in broad daylight?!"

Her cheeks were slightly red as she looked towards the stable at the other end of the passage. There were some illiterate guards brought by Chu Shiyu, and they were learning from Xue Fei together with the guards.

Chu Shiyu restrained himself and went back to work, but he started to talk nonsense again: "We haven't been close since yesterday, so you have to let me satisfy my craving..."

"Not close?" Her almond eyes glared, but her blush became even deeper.

The chatterbox also had red ears, and he argued: "Well... it's different, the mouth can satisfy the craving, that's called venting heat..."

"do not talk!"

Liu Rusi was once again gritting her teeth. Seeing that he was about to continue talking about private matters, she quickly returned to the point: "You still haven't told me why you took the imperial examination!"

"Well, let me continue." Since she asked, shouldn't Chu Shiyu explain the whole story to her?

"I said before that my father set a limit, but in fact, my father never made it clear or hinted at it. When I was in the palace, I knew nothing about it..."

Chu Shiyu's face was cold: "Since the birth of the Eighth Prince, my situation has plummeted, because I am under the name of Consort Xian, living in Jinren Palace, and all my food, clothing and expenses are from her."

"The food portions were reduced and the taste was changed. My belongings could be taken away by the servants at will. Apart from the clothes and ornaments required of a prince, I had almost nothing. In winter, let alone charcoal fire, I didn't even have a thick blanket."

Liu Rusi said distressedly: "Why is she so cruel and unscrupulous?"

"Perhaps because I felt that I had someone to rely on to do something unscrupulous. I didn't realize until I was in my teens that the only person who would take care of me was Xiao Jizi, who was arranged by my father. He blocked many killing moves for me, and my father taught Concubine Xian some lessons, which made her dare not kill me directly again."

Liu Rusi frowned and asked, "Why not just change your environment? You are so young, aren't you afraid that you can't stand the harsh treatment..."

"Because Father wanted more than just a living son... and that's exactly what he wanted."

Chu Shiyu said absentmindedly: "It was in that year that I suddenly got rid of my ignorance. First, I understood a truth. People always say that a mother is honored by her son, but in fact, a son is honored by his mother... I had the idea of ​​leaving Concubine Xian and returning to my biological mother."

"But that was not something I could do at my age, especially in the first two years. I had to focus on dealing with the harsh environment... In the Wenben Hall where the prince studied, there were refreshments and no shortage of charcoal in winter."

"In order to stay in Wenxun Hall, I spent a lot of time studying, so that after school, I would have many questions to ask the teacher... I am able to have the talent I have today, partly because of that time."

Listening to his story, Liu Rusi couldn't help but feel a sense of sympathy. Wasn't she once like this...

Because she was bullied by her classmates, she often went to the office. In order to stay in the office, she asked a lot of questions. The more she asked, the better her grades were. As a result, some teachers liked her and paid more attention to her...

This positive cycle continued, and with the temptations of rewards and scholarships, she eventually couldn't tell whether she really liked studying or not.