The Prince Consort's Beloved

The next day, the rosy sunlight shone through the gauze curtains, casting warm spots of light.

Xiao Luobai woke up on time as usual. The person in his arms moved outward. He gently exerted force with his hands and held the dishonest man tighter against his chest.

There was a gentle knock on the door outside: "Master, the housekeeper just came to look for the princess, but was turned away by the subordinates. Now He Lin is here in person."

Xiao Luobai's voice was slightly hoarse: "Tell him to wait in the study."

Li Yuanrou moved again and half-opened her eyes hazily: "Who's here?"

Xiao Luobai patted her and whispered, "It's okay, you continue to sleep, I'll go check on you."

As he spoke, he gently stroked Li Yuanrou's head and then gave her a gentle kiss between her eyebrows.

Li Yuanrou hummed and closed her eyes tiredly.

When the sky brightened, Li Yuanrou woke up because of hunger.

I glanced around and found nothing around me.

She sat up and called out to the outside: "Daya."

Daya came in in response.

Li Yuanrou asked her, "Where is the prince consort?"

Daya replied: "The Prince Consort is in the study."

Li Yuanrou nodded, and Daya added, "He Lin is also in the study."

Li Yuanrou asked in confusion: "Hmm?"

Daya said, "I don't know what the two of them are talking about. They have been inside for more than an hour."

Li Yuanrou was even more confused. He Lin had been reporting to her about the developments outside. When did he hook up with Xiao Luobai again?

She became curious and after washing up, she took Daya and sneaked to the study without eating, hiding outside and eavesdropping.

She just heard He Lin say, "That's great. I would like to thank Brother Xiao."

Li Yuanrou curled her lips. Brother Xiao? How come she didn't know when these two hooked up?

There was suddenly no sound of talking in the room.

Li Yuanrou was wondering when the door opened from the inside. She raised her head and met Xiao Luobai's smiling eyes.

He Lin walked out from behind Xiao Luobai and asked in confusion: "Princess, why are you here?"

Li Yuanrou straightened her spine and raised her head with a guilty conscience: "This is my residence, what's wrong with me being here?"

Xiao Luobai looked at her with a smile, his eyes full of doting.

He Lin nodded gentlemanly, and bowed to Xiao Luobai with a smile: "I'm sorry to trouble you, Brother Xiao. Thank you again."

Xiao Luobai nodded slightly, and He Lin left.

Li Yuanrou opened her mouth in shock. He Lin was so polite to Xiao Luobai, but he left without greeting her. All his efforts to help her for so many days were wasted?

Li Yuanrou looked at Xiao Luobai, who was smiling, and immediately frowned and asked, "Tell me, when did you become so familiar with him?"

Xiao Luo replied calmly, "Just now."

Li Yuanrou's eyebrows tightened, and she asked again: "You two seem to be talking happily, there must be an affair. Tell me, what did you talk about?"

Xiao Luobai raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "So what did you talk about with him the past few days?"

Li Yuanrou hurriedly explained: "Don't let your imagination run wild. He and I are innocent. I'm just helping him find someone."

Xiao Luobai smiled calmly and said, "Me too, I promised to help him find someone."

Li Yuanrou asked with a suspicious look on her face: "That's it?"

Xiao Luobai said as a matter of course: "Yes."

Li Yuanrou looked at him suspiciously: "You guys stopped chatting when I just arrived. Did you do that on purpose? I know you can hear the breath of the person outside the door."

Xiao Luobai smiled, did not answer her, and walked straight towards the green plum garden.

Li Yuanrou chased after him, jogging and shouting, "Hey, say something. You two have been talking for so long it's impossible that you were just talking about finding someone."

Xiao Luobai stopped and waited for her, then smiled and said, "We talked about some other things. Madam, do you want to know?"

He leaned down slightly and teased, "Kiss me and I'll tell you."

Li Yuanrou looked at him with disdain, but her gossipy heart forced her to become soft-hearted.

She reached out and climbed onto Xiao Luobai's neck, giving his thin lips a light kiss.

Just as they were about to separate, Xiao Luobai grabbed the back of her head again and deepened the kiss.

The blending of their breaths made her heart beat faster and faster, and finally when she felt she was about to suffocate, Xiao Luobai was kind enough to let her go.

Li Yuanrou wiped her mouth, glared at Xiao Luobai angrily, and said in a harsh voice: "Speak!"

Xiao Luobai chuckled, and naturally took Li Yuanrou's hand and held it in his palm, saying as they walked: "Your brother is preparing to establish a queen."

Li Yuanrou was surprised: "What? Has Yuanqi finally figured it out? Which girl has he taken a fancy to?"

Xiao Luobai said casually: "Chang Si's granddaughter."

The sun shone down, and the two shadows standing close together on the ground moved farther and farther away. A surprised woman's voice came from the two figures moving away: "Grandpa Chang's granddaughter? That Chang Xinyi?"

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Xiaotian entered the green plum garden with great interest: "Brother-in-law, you are looking for me."

Xiao Luobai threw He Lin's jade pendant to him and asked in a horrified tone, "Is it yours?"

The smile on Xiaotian's face disappeared, he lowered his eyes and said "hmm".

Li Yuanrou couldn't sit still anymore, and stepped forward to question, "Hey? Xiaotian? I asked you before, didn't you say it wasn't yours? Is this pendant yours?"

Xiaotian lowered his head and said "hmm" again.

Li Yuanrou was anxious: "Hey? Why are you treating us differently? I asked you and you didn't tell me, but when your brother asked you, you confessed immediately!"

Xiaotian raised his head with a wronged look on his face: "If I lie to him, he will beat me."

Li Yuanrou laughed angrily: "Bully the weak and fear the strong."

Xiaotian looked at Li Yuanrou aggrievedly: "If he really hits me, I'm really afraid of him..."

Seeing how pitiful he looked, Li Yuanrou guessed that he was really scared by Xiao Luobai's beating, so she didn't bother with him. She asked Xiaotian: "It's yours, why don't you admit it?"

Xiaotian muttered, "I've already pawned it. It's not mine anymore."

Li Yuanrou was puzzled: "This is something that proves your identity. Can you just take it as an official?"

Xiaotian stammered, "I wanted to give Xiaoya two gold hairpins, but I didn't have enough silver, so I pawned them."

Li Yuanrou was speechless for a moment, and Xiao Luobai didn't speak again after asking those two words.

Li Yuanrou turned and looked at Xiao Luobai: "How do you know this pendant belongs to Xiaotian?"

Xiao Luobai said casually: "I guessed."

Li Yuanrou: "That's it? You guessed it just by blindly guessing?"

Xiao Luobai smiled and said, "It's not a blind guess. The age and surname match. Xiaotian was indeed lost that year. I just asked him casually. If he is, then he is. If not, then we can look for him again."

Li Yuanrou was speechless for a moment.

The door was pushed open, and He Lin, who was arranged by Xiao Luobai to listen outside, strode in. He walked forward excitedly and looked at Xiaotian.

Xiaotian was frightened by his staring eyes and asked suspiciously, "What are you doing?"

He Lin suddenly grabbed Xiao Tian's clothes from the front, and Xiao Tian quickly covered his clothes and shouted, "What are you doing, in broad daylight..."