The Prince Consort's Beloved

The door of Chenghuan Garden was wide open, and the lock had been cut off by Ye Si who had just come over.

Butler Zhao deliberately stopped at the gate of Chenghuan Garden. Together with Ye Si, they looked at Li Yuanrou expectantly, wondering how she would react when she saw the words "Chenghuan Garden". However, Li Yuanrou was absent-minded and walked into the gate without even raising her head.

The two were stunned for a moment. Ye Si looked angry and started cursing in his heart again.

Qingluan glanced at Ye Si unhappily and followed him into the yard. She saw Li Yuanrou standing under the tree not far from the swing with her brows slightly furrowed. She must have noticed something strange in the yard.

Ye Si's eyes sparkled, and he felt that Li Yuanrou had begun to be moved. He moved closer to Butler Zhao and asked, "Why hasn't the prince come back yet? If he doesn't come back soon, he will miss it."

Butler Zhao replied quietly: "I have sent someone to invite him. He should be on his way back."

Daya glanced at the furnishings in the yard in surprise, and looked at Li Yuanrou with a worried look.

Li Yuanrou, however, had a calm expression on her face. She did not feel the sadness that Daya was worried about, nor did she cry as Ye Si had imagined.

It was not until she slowly walked into the house that subtle changes gradually appeared on her face.

The room was very large, and the furnishings were all arranged according to the palace where she had lived before. Except for the pile of large and small brocade boxes on the dressing table, everything was almost identical, just like a miniature version of the Zi Yang Palace.

In addition, the furnishings in the yard are almost the same as those in the Qingmei Garden, so it is obvious that this is the yard prepared for her.

Her eyes began to feel sore again, and her head felt stuffy from trying to hold back her tears, but with so many people around, she really didn't want to cry.

"Your Majesty..."

Butler Zhao's timid voice sounded at the door, and Prince Yun glanced at Ye Si with a sharp look.

Ye Si knew he was in the wrong for acting on his own initiative, so he lowered his head guiltily and walked out.

He took Butler Zhao a few steps away and asked in annoyance, "Why did the prince come back so quickly? He hasn't shown her the box yet."

Butler Zhao retorted, "Weren't you looking forward to the prince's return just now? Now you think it's too early for him to come back?"

Ye Si choked.

Daya was the last one to go out and closed the door.

Li Yuanrou's eyes were red and swollen when she woke up in the morning because she cried bitterly with Daya last night.

Prince Yun looked at Li Yuanrou's abnormally red eyes, but he did not feel as angry as last time.

His deep voice sounded helpless and distressed: "Let's go to another room. It's cold here."

Li Yuanrou pulled his cloak closer. It was indeed cold. How could it be warm without anyone living here?

She said in a low voice: "This yard...when did it happen?"

Prince Yun said sadly: "It's been a long time..."

Li Yuanrou asked: "How long?"

Prince Yun darkened his eyes and said, "When you were young, he once asked you if you wanted to stay with him for a while..."

When Li Yuanrou heard this, she felt like being pricked by a needle in the heart. She remembered that incident more than ten years ago, and she refused without even a second thought at the time.

But the tables and chairs in this room are clean and dust-free, which means they must be cleaned regularly. I wonder if they are waiting for her to move in.

And she had never been to Prince Yun's Palace once since she came of age.

She lowered her head slightly, her eyes were very red.

The servant brought in the charcoal brazier, put it down carefully, and left quietly.

The charcoal in the brazier was burning fiercely, flashing a hot and bright red.

King Yun sighed, "Let's go, this room won't be warm for a while."

Li Yuanrou nodded and followed Prince Yun out. When she reached the door, she turned back and glanced at the large and small boxes on the dressing table.

There were no extra things in the room except for the dressing table piled with boxes. She thought they were probably the hairpins and jewelry prepared for her by Prince Yun. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but one of the boxes inside looked quite familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it before.

Butler Zhao closed the door at the back. Li Yuanrou walked out of the yard slowly with her head slightly lowered. After taking two more steps, she turned back to look at the name of the yard as if possessed by a ghost.

Chenghuan Garden.

She was stunned for a moment, then recovered her composure, turned around and took two more steps.

An inexplicable urge to cry has been surging in my heart.

Prince Yun keenly heard two soft sobbing sounds. He turned around and saw Li Yuanrou standing still with a mist of grievance in her eyes.

He frowned: "What's wrong?"

Li Yuanrou's voice was choked with sobs, and she whispered softly: "Rou'er is cold, I want daddy to hold me."

Prince Yun's heart suddenly stopped and he was in a trance for a moment.

He froze and hugged his daughter, whom he hadn't thought about for many years.

Prince Yun's eyes were fixed on Li Yuanrou's bulging belly, and he couldn't help feeling a little sad. As a man who wielded swords and guns, he was used to being rough in his gestures. Even though he would be deliberately careful every time when facing Li Yuanrou, he was still not as delicate as a scholar. He was afraid that he would accidentally touch her belly.

Seeing that he didn't move or speak, Li Yuanrou felt even more aggrieved.

She lowered her head, tears falling to the ground one by one. The sadness piled up on her and made it difficult for her to breathe.

She lifted her feet, walked slowly to him, leaned her forehead forward, rested it on his chest, buried her face in his arms and sobbed.

As she expected, Prince Yun patted her head gently again, just like last time, with a hint of comfort and indulgence in his words.

Li Yuanrou's tears flowed more and more violently, and she cried out like a wronged child.

She had never been held in arms by her own mother since she was a child, but had been held many times by the man whom she had always regarded as her uncle.

Prince Yun sighed again and said helplessly: "Miss him?"

Li Yuanrou did not answer.

Prince Yun asked again: "Do you want to go to Shanyang City?"

Li Yuanrou said "hmm".

King Yun patted her head again.

Li Yuanrou didn't know what he meant, nor did she take it too seriously. She just thought he was comforting her.

She cried in a restrained manner, and her sobs were so dull and choking that King Yun felt a dull pain in his heart.

He looked down at her with a dark look in his eyes and a commanding tone in his voice: "Cry it out, don't hold it in."

Li Yuanrou choked up and said, "My eyes hurt."

Prince Yun sighed, his voice softened, full of doting and indulgence: "You can get treatment after you've finished crying. Daddy will find the best doctor for you."

As if she felt supported, Li Yuanrou's eyelids were taut and uncomfortable. She was also a person who was loved by her father, so she simply couldn't bear it anymore and burst into tears.

The faces of the people following from a distance all looked very gloomy. Butler Zhao had already quietly wiped away his tears. Even Ye Si, who had just felt complacent that he had finally completed an important task, had his eyes gloomy.

Ye Si thought to himself, it turns out that saying and doing are not the same thing. When he was young and went on his first mission, he returned empty-handed and cried sadly. How did the prince scold him?

"If crying worked, the world would be in chaos."

He was not allowed to cry at first, but when he came to Li Yuanrou, he not only cried, but also cried loudly.

Li Yuanrou was tired from crying, so she went to the guest room, closed her eyes and took a nap. Before she knew it, she fell asleep again and did not wake up until after noon.

Butler Zhao was waiting outside. When he saw that she had finally woken up, he came in with a smile and asked her to have lunch, saying that the prince had been waiting for her.

She sat at the same table with Prince Yun, who only ate a few bites and kept picking food for her.

Li Yuanrou had an indifferent expression and ate silently. The feeling of depression in her heart did not go away after she came to Prince Yun's mansion. She just felt less uncomfortable after being comforted by Prince Yun.

Prince Yun saw her obediently putting the food he picked up into her mouth one bite at a time, and his eyes were full of love and pampering.

Li Yuanrou glanced at Prince Yun, who had a smile on his face, and silently picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and gave it to him.

Butler Zhao behind him grinned from head to head, secretly admiring the fact that he had been able to hold the position of butler since Prince Yun established the palace and was still standing at this age. There was a reason for this. For example, now, he did not meddle in other people's business and serve food to his two masters.

Butler Zhao smiled flatteringly and reminded: "Princess, take more, otherwise the prince will not be full."

Li Yuanrou paused and picked up a few more pieces with chopsticks.

Butler Zhao was so delighted that he looked even happier than Prince Yun.

After lunch, Li Yuanrou was about to go back, but after walking a few steps, she suddenly remembered that she had not yet finished her important business. She stopped, took out a yellow triangle from her bosom and handed it to Prince Yun who was following her and seeing her out of the palace.

"Health charm, wear it with you, don't open it and don't get it wet..."

Prince Yun's eyes softened, and a warm feeling welled up in his heart.

He reached out and took it, putting it in his palm.

Li Yuanrou turned around and continued walking. Prince Yun suddenly called her: "Rou'er, can you ..."

Li Yuanrou looked back at him.

Prince Yun met Li Yuanrou's puzzled gaze and suddenly stopped talking.

Li Yuanrou's eyebrows suddenly relaxed, and she called out with a smile, "Daddy."

Prince Yun's dark eyes lit up and he quickly responded, feeling that his next decision was worth it.