The Prince Consort's Beloved

This was the first time that Li Yuanrou and Xiao Luobai attended a banquet as a couple, and Li Yuanrou was a little excited.

She was holding a brocade box in the carriage, shaking it and listening carefully, but she heard no sound. She weighed it with her hand and asked in confusion, "What did you prepare for my elder sister? It's so light and there's no sound at all."

As she opened it, her mouth opened wide. It was full of large-denomination silver bills. She counted them immediately. One hundred thousand taels, a full one hundred thousand taels!

She was shocked, then sighed and gave Xiao Luobai a look that said, "You are really good at it."

Xiao Luobai laughed softly: "Your eldest sister loves this the most."

Li Yuanrou pursed her lips, wanting to say that she loved it too, and not only she loved it, but everyone in the world loved it.

In the end, I was too embarrassed to say it out loud.

When they arrived at the Princess's Mansion, many relatives of high-ranking officials had already arrived. As soon as the two of them got off the carriage, they became the focus of everyone.

Li Yuanrou knew that she had a bad reputation and the incident of stabbing the prince consort was known to everyone before. Today, she chose to keep a low profile and not seek attention. She accompanied Xiao Luobai throughout the whole process and wanted everyone to see that her relationship with the prince consort was very strong and there was no doubt about it.

One after another, people came over to greet Li Yuanrou, and some greeted Xiao Luobai. No matter who came, Li Yuanrou smiled back.

It would have been fine if he didn't laugh, but his laughter made several women who came over look terrified and quickly retreated away, as if they had seen some ferocious beast.

Li Yuanrou was totally confused. He was smiling so amiably, so what did it mean that those people looked so frightened?

Is she some kind of man-eating monster?

Xiao Luobai whispered in her ear: "It's better for you not to smile. Princess Shanyang used to be very serious, and she would definitely have bad intentions when she smiled. Now that you smile, people will think you are plotting against him."

After saying that, Xiao Luobai chuckled.

Li Yuanrou glanced at him reproachfully, then climbed up his neck on tiptoe, forcing him to slightly bend his back and lower his head. She whispered into his ear, "If I have any plans, it's going to be against you!"

Sooner or later, your money will be put into this princess' pocket.

Little did they know that this ear-biting scene was even more shocking to everyone than seeing Princess Shanyang smile.

Some people began to whisper, "What's going on? Didn't they say that Princess Shanyang hated Lord Xiao so much that she stabbed him? This doesn't seem to be the case. Are the rumors outside true?"

Another woman whispered, "It's true. My mother's distant cousin's old housekeeper's relative has a friend whose son works as a cleaner in the princess's mansion. He did see Lord Xiao returning from the second princess's mansion injured."

Another woman lamented, "What a pity! Princess Shanyang is moody and I heard she is very violent and often beats and scolds people. Lord Xiao is handsome and elegant, I don't know how he will be humiliated by Princess Shanyang."

The man from before spoke again: "The Princess and His Majesty both think highly of Lord Xiao, and they will not allow Princess Shanyang to do whatever she wants. Perhaps Lord Xiao will be free again soon."

A few people here were gossiping to each other, while over there a young woman was flirting with Xiao Luobai.

Who doesn’t love him who is handsome and rich?

Li Yuanrou was upset. She had originally come here with the principle that she would welcome praise from others but ignore other people's gossip and remain unchanged in the face of all changes. However, she underestimated the possessiveness of a woman in love.

She pulled her hand out and directly took Xiao Luobai's arm, straightened her back and raised her head, walked past the few people as if declaring her sovereignty, and her eyes quickly swept over the young women who were as beautiful as flowers. Her eyes gradually became fierce, as if she wanted to pull out the vixen who was staring at her husband.

Xiao Luobai was held by her arm, and seeing her walking with her head held high, tense as if facing a powerful enemy, he couldn't help but chuckle.

Li Yuanrou took Xiao Luobai's arm and walked to an empty corridor. She frowned and said, "Still laughing! You are not allowed to look at them!"

Xiao Luobai suppressed his laughter and shook his head: "I didn't see it."

Li Yuanrou glared: "Look, there is a girl in purple. I clearly saw you glance at her just now."

Xiao Luobai raised the corners of his lips slightly and defended himself: "I was looking at Master Zhang behind her. Didn't you notice that Master Zhang had been peeking at you just now?"

Li Yuanrou was skeptical: "Huh? Is there? I didn't find it."

Xiao Luobai suddenly lowered his head and pecked her lips lightly: "You didn't even bother to look at others just now, so of course you couldn't notice it."

Li Yuanrou was already embarrassed to reveal her feelings, and then he suddenly kissed her, her face flushed.

She lowered her head to look at her shrunken chest, then compared it to the girls just now. She felt a little discouraged and stammered, "Those girls are all pretty, and they have good figures, too. They all seem to like you."

Xiao Luobai laughed a little loudly, looking very happy. His heroic eyes and eyebrows were reflected in the warm winter sun. When he opened his mouth, his voice was full of laughter: "I have a small mind, and my eyes can only accommodate one person."

Xiao Luobai stretched out his long arms, pressed Li Yuanrou into his arms, and stroked her hair with his chin. After a while, he said, "Even thousands of stars in the evening cannot match the scorching moonlight."

Li Yuanrou was in a very good mood at the moment, her heart was beating fast, as he was saying sweet words to her.

She laughed in his arms so hard that her shoulders shook. "I love to hear it. Say it again."

Xiao Luobai's low laughter penetrated into Li Yuanrou's ears from his chest, stirring her heartstrings.

He kissed her forehead and lowered his eyes. Li Yuanrou raised her head with a charming look and looked at him. Xiao Luo's ink-black pupils were filled with bright lights, and his long eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings.

His face was full of doting and his eyebrows were smiling. He opened his thin lips slightly and said, "In this world, there are thousands of things, but I love three things. The sun is for the morning, the moon is for the evening, and you are for every morning and every evening. Since I have given you my partiality, I am willing to be generous for the rest of my life."

Li Yuanrou's face was as red as fire and her eyes were burning.

This can be considered a confession. Although I already knew his feelings, I knew that nothing could be as shocking as hearing it with my own ears.

Hehe, it feels pretty exciting.

She stood on tiptoe and kissed his chin. Her eyes moved slightly, then she stood on tiptoe, climbed up his neck with both hands and kissed him on the lips very quickly.

The atmosphere was wonderful for a moment, with pink bubbles all around.

As a tender child's voice came, the pink bubbles burst into pieces: "Hey ~ my aunt is so shameless, I'm going to get a stye."

A little head popped out from the corridor. A boy covered his eyes with his hands and peeked over with his fingers wide open. It was the eldest princess's only son, Li Youan.

Li Yuanrou was about to explode, and strode over to grab his ears and scold him, but she saw her eldest sister rushing over with her unique weapon, scolding: "An'er, you are rebellious. You dared to burn a hole in the dress that mother was going to wear today. No one can control you, right..."

Li Yuanrou curled her lips. Her elder sister always said this every time she beat someone.

As she spoke, the man had already walked in front of her, holding the ruler high. Li Youan ran away, saying, "Mother, I didn't mean it."

"You've always said this!" As the eldest princess spoke, the ruler fell heavily.

Li Youan was horrified and hid behind Li Yuanrou in panic, holding on to her tightly.

The ruler fell on Li Yuanrou again and again. Li Yuanrou jumped up and screamed: "Ah, elder sister, where are you hitting me? Please don't hit me."

Li Yuanrou ran, and Li Youan also ran, and it suddenly became very lively.

Li Youan chased Li Yuanrou and only wanted to hide behind his aunt to avoid being beaten. The eldest princess chased them like ducks.

Seeing that he was about to catch up, the ruler was raised high again. Li Yuanrou just thought that if the sky fell, someone taller would come to support it. She grabbed Xiao Luobai's clothes and shrank behind him. Li Youan hid behind Li Yuanrou. The ruler fell down, and Xiao Luobai opened his arms and caught them one by one with a smile.

The princess called back, "An'er, come out."

Li Yuanrou also clapped his hands: "Do you think you are playing Eagle Catches Chicken? Let go and get out quickly. Don't get me into trouble."

Li Youan held her tightly and said, "Li Yuanrou, how can you be so cold-blooded and not help someone who is dying?"

Li Yuanrou twisted his hands and said anxiously: "I would rather die than let my friend die. Let go, let go."

Li Youan's eyes rolled: "Uncle, save me!"