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

Unlike the front palace, the harem is a place where people live. There are palaces everywhere, and one palace can accommodate many people.

Some of these female guests brought to the harem were related to the concubines. As soon as they entered the harem, they were taken to their residences by the concubines. Being able to live with their natal family was a rare thing for the concubines.

The emperor currently has eleven concubines, which sounds like a lot, but it is not much compared to the previous emperors of the Xia Dynasty, so there are still more than half that need to be arranged.

Liu Rusi was naturally among them. She held her son's hand and stayed quietly in the crowd with Fang Qiu, waiting for Concubine De to come and assign them accommodation.

Defei had just received the seal of the empress, and she was trying her best to do things well and satisfy the emperor. She only hoped that she could always hold the seal of the empress in her hands!

Among the female guests, the most distinguished one was the lady. Concubine De asked first, "How about the lady and Princess Changning staying in Yunxuan Palace together?"

Princess Taihua paused with an indifferent expression. In fact, she didn't want to live in the palace. Although it was inexplicable to the world, she didn't want to come back as a guest... But tonight's matter was indeed serious, and her knot in her heart was insignificant compared to it...

But what Yunxuan Palace said...

Princess Taihua smiled at Concubine De and said, "Of course it's good. I lived there before I got married."

Yunxuan Palace is usually the palace where princesses live, but no princess lives there at the moment, because princesses live in the same palace with their mothers, in side rooms or side halls, and move out when they get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen.

"mother…"

Changning pulled at her mother's sleeve and glanced at Liu Rusi and Fang Qiu.

Taihua naturally knew what his daughter was thinking. He looked at her helplessly and indulgently, and then suggested to Concubine De that Liu, Fang Qiu and several other ladies who were on good terms with her live together in Yunxuan Palace.

Concubine De readily agreed. These people were basically the most critical people! This meant that most of the things were settled in one go!

Defei continued to assign accommodation to the remaining people, and then led Liu Rusi and the others to Yunxuan Palace.

Even though she hadn't been in the harem for nearly twenty years, everything in the palace was still so familiar to her...

*** also knew the reason. The late emperor, her father, was arrogant, extravagant, debauched and incompetent, so the palace became more and more gorgeous, while the treasury gradually became empty...

After her brother succeeded to the throne, he basically inherited a mess. However, he made major changes to foreign policy, lived a simple life at home, and only made necessary repairs to the palace. In just a few years, he brought Daxia back to its heyday, and now it is even more prosperous.

It was because the person sitting on the throne convinced her that her ambitions that had never seen the light of day were able to dissipate with time.

Therefore, she supported the emperor in not appointing a crown prince.

If he can't convince the people, what's the use of being a crown prince? ! If he's not the winner of a fight, how can he sit on the throne? !

"Liu, come and sit here for a while."

***Naturally she lived in the main hall of Yunxuan Palace. Originally, she wanted Changning to sleep in the same room with her, but Changning pulled Fang Qiu and Liu Rusi, wanting the three of them to sleep in the side hall together. The three of them had a great time chatting at night last time, and Changning still couldn't forget it~

Seeing that his mother was about to call Madam Liu over, Chang Ning couldn't help but ask, "Mother?"

"Don't worry, I'll just talk to her for a while. I won't eat her. I'll return her to you later." Taihua was also helpless. Her daughter was so nervous about Liu that she was almost as nervous as Chu Shiyu!

Liu Rusi took the initiative to walk to the side of the princess and asked in a gentle voice: "Princess, can you help me look after Qin Hao?"

"Okay, then let's not chat too late..." Changning said reluctantly, pulling the hand of a child beside her, indicating that she would take on the task of helping to look after the child.

Qin Hao received his mother's reassuring look, thought for a moment and chose to trust his mother's judgment, and followed Changning's footsteps to the side hall. As for his adoptive father's instructions, he would talk about it later.

Fang Qiu also left quietly. Although Prince Duan told her to always follow Madam Liu, after what happened when *** rescued her, she believed that *** had no ill will towards Madam Liu.

Taking everything into account, *** led Liu Rusi to the main hall and said sarcastically: "It seems that what you said is more effective than what I said."

"It just so happens that this is the case. In another situation, it would be more effective for Her Royal Highness the Princess to speak... just like in the guest house before."

*** sat down in the hall, Liu Rusi stood there and bowed deeply to express her gratitude: "I don't know how to repay your help, Your Highness."

"Hehe... this is quite interesting. It seems that in your opinion, kneeling is not a sign of respect, but bowing and stroking are?" *** sneered.

Liu Rusi replied softly: "It is the heart that determines whether one is respectful, not the posture. Bowing can be a false courtesy, and kneeling can also be respectful."

*** carefully looked at the beautiful woman in front of him, and after a long time, he slowly said: "Now I understand why Chu Shiyu is so obsessed with you... I was shallow to focus on your appearance before."

"After all, the most easily seen thing about a person is his appearance. I'm honored that Your Highness can take the time to notice something other than my appearance." Liu Rusi said sincerely.

"Heh, just because I understand doesn't mean I agree!"

*** said in a deep voice: "You saw Prince Duan's performance at the palace banquet today! Do you think it's appropriate for him to be so sentimental?"

Alas, Liu Rusi sighed helplessly, what she worried about would eventually happen, right? But she had said it, she had persuaded him, she had thought that in this Daxia where teachers are respected, he would listen to his teacher's words to some extent, but looking at his expression, it seems that he didn't care at all... She had used up all the tricks she could, what else could she do...

Seeing her expression, the empress glanced at her and said calmly, "If you know it's wrong, how about I help you leave? I'll take your son with me. If you have any other worries, you can tell me."

Liu Rusi was slightly stunned, her almond eyes flickering...

Unlike Fang Qiu, who was still an unmarried girl and relied on her family for support, *** was a truly capable and powerful person. If she came to help, the chances of success would probably be quite high... If this proposal had been made a month ago, she would have considered it, but now...

"I can't leave him yet." Liu Rusi shook her head slightly.

***'s eyes suddenly became stern! He scolded coldly: "Before you acted like you were in a hurry to get out of trouble, but now you refuse the opportunity right in front of you?! What's wrong? Are you really playing coquettish tricks, trying to resist but still welcoming?"

Liu Rusi was also somewhat embarrassed and ashamed, and said apologetically: "My mind has changed... His Royal Highness Prince Duan is indeed an excellent person."

*** glanced at her coldly. It goes without saying that Chu Shiyu was excellent, otherwise why would she feel it was a pity that he fell in love?

"Humph, it's obvious at a glance that Prince Duan is both talented and handsome. Didn't you notice it before?"

Liu Rusi paused and said softly, "More importantly... His Royal Highness Prince Duan just told me solemnly not long ago that even if I leave, he will not be able to return to the way he was before, and he will find ways to find me back."

"I don't dare underestimate his determination."