The Prince Consort's Beloved

The food was served, and Xiao Luobai asked Li Yuanrou to eat first while talking.

Xiao Luobai explained as he picked up some food for her: "This dragon-shaped jade pendant is a token of the crown prince of the Helian royal family. My biological mother was the former queen of Beiluo. My maternal family was a civil official and had no real power. The Emperor of Beiluo, who is also my biological father, had a favorite concubine, who is now the Concubine Xian of Beiluo. Her mother's family is a military family and has made many contributions. My father was also a little afraid of them. I was less than two years old that year, and Concubine Xian gave birth to a son. Concubine Xian and her party wanted to support Concubine Xian's son to be the crown prince, so they listed trumped-up charges to frame my maternal family and wanted my father to execute my mother together..."

Li Yuanrou swallowed the food in her mouth and interrupted him: "Wait, I remember that the concubine of Master Zhao is your mother."

Xiao Luobai smiled bitterly and explained to her: "You are talking about Xiao Cuizhu. She was my mother's personal maid. My mother and my father were childhood sweethearts. They were young couples and loved each other very much. My father couldn't bear to execute my mother, but he was also afraid of the power of Concubine Xian's family. In the end, he locked my mother and I in the cold palace. My father used his confidant to replace me with another boy. That boy was Cuizhu's son... Cuizhu replaced me with her own son. That child...died in a fire in the cold palace with my mother. It was Concubine Xian who did it...I didn't know all this at first..."

The Xianfei clan was more powerful than the emperor. The Emperor of Beiluo loved his wife and children but was powerless. He gave the jade pendant symbolizing the crown prince to his younger sister Helian Yueli, and he didn't trust anyone else. He ordered Helian Yueli to escape with her son and come back after he completely eradicated the Xianfei clan...

The amount of information was too much, and Li Yuanrou felt that she couldn't take it all in. "Then aren't you the Crown Prince of Beiluo?"

Xiao Luobai lowered his head and sighed, "In fact, I only found out in the past two years. Sister Hua is my biological aunt - Helian Yueli. I always thought that I was picked up by Master casually like Qingfeng and the others..."

He raised his head and assured anxiously: "But don't worry, I have never thought of returning to Beiluo, nor do I want to be a prince to fight for power. I just want to be Xiao Luobai."

A touch of tenderness suddenly spread across his brows, and he stared at Li Yuanrou with clear eyes and slowly said: "The three thousand worlds are all fleeting. In the long years, I only wish to accompany you, and never leave you..."

Li Yuanrou did not doubt the truth of his words at all. She even smiled and asked teasingly, "Love beauty? Not the country?"

Li Yuanrou put down her chopsticks and glanced at the box in the corner: "This is not the only thing you've hidden from me, right?"

Xiao Luobai followed her gaze and frowned: "Did you see it?"

Li Yuanrou stood up and walked over, squatted down to open the box, picked up the top scroll and opened it, turned around to look at Xiao Luobai, waiting for his explanation.

Before Xiao Luobai could speak, Xiaotian hurriedly opened the door with a cane in one hand and a medicine box in the other, and just shouted, "Brother..."

He saw Li Yuanrou squatting in front of the box holding the scroll. The words he wanted to say got stuck in his throat. He put down the things in his hands and went to grab the scroll from Li Yuanrou's hand, shouting, "I told you not to touch these..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a "squeak" sound...

The painting was torn during the pulling and was about to break.

Xiaotian looked up in horror and met Xiao Luobai's angry eyes. He suddenly let go of the scroll in his hand and sat down on the ground. One end of the painting fell down, and with another "crackling" sound, it broke directly.

He shouted nervously with a trembling voice: "Brother..."

Li Yuanrou, who was standing next to her, was stunned for a moment before quickly coming back to her senses. She put the damaged painting back into the box, turned her head to glance at the unhappy Xiao Luobai, and shrugged nonchalantly: "It's in two halves."

Xiao Luobai looked at her, and immediately relaxed his brows. He smiled at Li Yuanrou and said softly, "No problem."

He waved at Li Yuanrou, his tone full of doting and tenderness: "Come here."

Li Yuanrou stood up and walked towards Xiao Luobai leisurely.

Xiaotian was extremely shocked when he saw the scene in front of him. He stared with his eyes wide open and said quickly: "Brother, this woman is a married woman!"

Xiao Luo glanced at him calmly: "I know."

Xiaotian was surprised, his eyes widened like bells, and he said excitedly: "You know? Then you still..."

Li Yuanrou smiled and looked at Xiao Luobai: "Why does your brother look a little silly? He still doesn't know who I am after such a long time."

Xiao Luobai looked at her happy face and smiled, "Yes, a little bit. He broke his head when he first came here and doesn't remember anything. At that time, he was already several years old and still wet the bed."

Xiaotian's face flushed red as he looked at the two people in front of him who were chatting and laughing as if they were just going about their daily business. His fear of tearing the scroll faded away and was replaced by a look of anger.

His face turned red, and he raised his voice and shouted, "What's wrong with me wetting the bed? What's wrong with me wetting the bed? Didn't you wet the bed when you were a child?"

Li Yuanrou laughed out loud, she covered her lips and said, "Why don't you sing it out loud?"

Xiaotian glared at her, then turned to look at Xiao Luobai who was looking at Li Yuanrou lovingly. He was furious: "Brother, how can you expose my past in front of outsiders!"

Xiao Luobai said nonchalantly: "As long as your sister-in-law is happy."

Li Yuanrou also shrugged and spread his hands: "I'm not an outsider~"

Xiaotian felt embarrassed and annoyed. Seeing the two of them casually singing the same tune, he was so angry that he couldn't speak: "You...you...you guys..."

Xiao Luobai frowned and looked at him, his expression turning from warm to cold: "I haven't settled the score with you for locking up your sister-in-law yet."

Li Yuanrou's almond-shaped eyes were full of smiles. She said to Xiao Luobai, "Okay, okay, stop teasing him. Let him check your injuries first."

As she spoke, she stood up and pulled Xiaotian who was still sitting on the ground: "Go and check on your brother, his wound has split open."

When Xiaotian heard this, he no longer worried about the embarrassment just now. He immediately stood up and took the medicine box to check Xiao Luobai's wound.

Blood was oozing out of the legs and waist. While applying medicine and bandaging the wound, Xiaotian slightly tilted his head to glance at Li Yuanrou. Seeing that Li Yuanrou frowned and looked very worried, he quietly raised his eyes to glance at Xiao Luobai, and saw that Xiao Luobai had gentle brows and a smile on his lips as he looked at the nervous Li Yuanrou.

Li Yuanrou noticed Xiaotian's gaze and said with a smile: "I forgot to tell you, my name is Li Yuanrou."

Xiaotian paused while bandaging his hand and looked at her in surprise: "Are you Princess Shanyang?"

Li Yuanrou smiled and nodded: "I told you to call me sister-in-law a long time ago, but you didn't listen."

Xiaotian lowered his head and quickly bandaged it, mumbling, "Don't walk around or it will split again. Don't do strenuous exercise either. It's best to stay in bed and rest."

After he said that, he picked up the medicine box and prepared to flee.

He had not yet recovered from the shock of learning the truth. Qingfeng had said before that Princess Shanyang had a very bad attitude towards his brother, but now it seemed that was not the case at all. The two of them were very affectionate.

He had to go back and sort things out as his brain wasn't working for the moment.

Li Yuanrou stretched out her arm to block him and said teasingly: "Hey? Don't be in a hurry to leave. You haven't even called me sister-in-law yet."

Xiaotian's face flushed, and he stammered, "Sister-in-law...Sister-in-law..."

After calling sister-in-law, Xiaotian lowered his head and ran out quickly.

Li Yuanrou looked at Xiaotian who was fleeing in panic, then turned to look at Xiao Luobai, with a bright smile on her face.

She thought it was quite amusing. No wonder Xiao Luobai always teased her on purpose in bed and asked her to call him husband.

Seeing her smug look, Xiao Luobai shook his head and smiled helplessly.