The Prince Consort's Beloved

After returning safely to the princess's mansion, Li Yuanrou acted quickly that day. She set aside a large courtyard for Daya and Qingfeng and let them live in Qingyun Garden. She also gave Daya a dowry, which moved Daya to tears. She swore to the heavens and the earth that she would defend Li Yuanrou: "I will be on duty today. If the prince consort tries to do anything bad to you, just shout. I will not let him torture you again even if I have to risk my life."

As Daya spoke, she picked up the scissors she used for embroidery from the table. Her eyes were determined and it seemed as if she had really given up.

Xiao Luobai stood in the yard and moved his ears imperceptibly. He glanced at Qingfeng with a gloomy face: "Keep an eye on your people and don't get in my way."

Li Yuanrou was both moved and helpless, and finally persuaded Daya to go back.

Because Li Yuanrou paid a heavy price for calling Xiao Luobai "Sixth Brother" that day, Li Yuanrou failed to get out of bed in time the next day. As soon as Daya entered the Green Plum Garden, she grabbed Li Yuanrou's hand and blamed herself with red eyes: "Princess, the prince consort tortured you again last night, right? You are so good to me, but I can't protect you. I am useless..."

Daya was in tears and she covered her face with her hands and cried. Li Yuanrou was at a loss as to what to do and could only look at Xiao Luobai in the distance with an embarrassed look on her face.

That day, Xiao Luobai threw two small yellow books at Qingfeng with a sullen face, asked him to study them all night for two days and then return them. He also scolded him severely and said that he didn't care about the discord between Qingfeng and Li Yuanrou, but he should not affect him and Li Yuanrou again, otherwise he would drive Qingfeng out of the house.

Qingfeng left with the booklet in his hand, looking worried. Two days later, he went into Qingmei Garden with the booklet in his hand to return it, looking worried again. He wanted to cry but had no tears, saying that a good cook cannot cook without rice. Daya wouldn't let him get close to her at all. Xiao Luobai scolded him for being useless and told him to get out.

Qingfeng rolled away again with a sad face.

Xiaotian was allocated a separate large yard, which was planted with medicinal herbs. Even the back garden of the princess's mansion had a large open space for Xiaotian to plant medicinal herbs. Xiaotian enjoyed himself by spending every day with the herbs.

The only maid in the mansion who is the same age as him is Xiao Ya. They are both thirteen years old. The older maids often tease Xiao Tian when they see him, but Xiao Ya doesn't. The two of them get along quite well. Ever since Xiao Luobai and Li Yuanrou started fooling around together, Xiao Ya has basically had nothing to do. Not to mention Xiao Ya, Er Ya was squeezed out early on, and even Big Sister Da Ya is in danger of being expelled.

When she had nothing to do, Xiao Ya would run to Xiaotian's yard to help him take care of the flowers and plants. Xiaotian was also willing to chat with her. Over time, Xiao Ya actually learned some basic pharmacology and would run to Xiaotian's yard every day when she got up.

Since Xiao Luobai came back, he has been busy every day again, leaving home early and returning late.

The entire princess mansion began to operate as before.

During this period, Li Yuanrou went to the Princess's Mansion and found that it was heavily guarded. After asking, she learned that during the time she was in Guanyun Village, there had been more than ten assassinations in the Princess's Mansion.

She asked Chengfeng if he knew who the other person was, but Chengfeng remained silent. She then asked Luoxing, who also remained silent. Qingzhou at the side said, "We suspect it is..."

Before Qingzhou could finish his words, someone next to him covered his mouth.

Seeing that she could not get any results from them, Li Yuanrou went to find the eldest princess, who said it was Prince Yun.

Li Yuanrou did not doubt him. After all, Xiao Luobai also said that Prince Yun would attack his eldest sister, and the arrow that shot Prince Yun to death was shot by Qingzhou.

Li Yuanrou is a person with a really shallow mind sometimes. Until she left the princess's mansion, she had never thought about the fact that Prince Yun sent people to assassinate the eldest princess. There was nothing for the concubines to hide.

When Li Yuanrou returned to the princess's mansion, she learned that Xiao Luobai had been summoned to the palace, so she rushed to the palace in a hurry. In fact, Li Yuanqi had summoned her twice in the few days since she came back, but she did not go. She knew that Li Yuanqi was generally very tolerant of him, so she was not afraid of disobeying the order.

At this moment, thinking that Xiao Luobai's legs had not yet fully recovered, if he kneeled for too long like last time, he would definitely be in great pain, so she rushed to the Hall of Eternal Life without thinking.

Fu Lai stopped her outside the Changsheng Palace and said anxiously: "Princess, you must not barge in rashly."

Li Yuanrou looked anxious: "Okay, let's not rush. Go in and report it."

Fu Lai looked at her in embarrassment.

Li Yuanrou held her twitching left eyelid and asked, "What does Yuanqi want to see the prince consort about?"

Li Yuanrou comforted herself in her heart, thinking that if the left eye twitched, it would bring good luck, and if the right eye twitched, it would bring disaster. Since it was the left eye that twitched, it should not be a bad thing.

Before he could answer, Xiao Luobai walked out of the hall. Seeing his solemn expression, Li Yuanrou's heart skipped a beat and she hurried forward to hold his arm and asked anxiously, "What did you say? Did Yuanqi embarrass you? Did he punish you to kneel? Does your leg hurt..."

Before she finished asking a series of questions, Xiao Luobai stopped and looked at her, frowning and looking worried: "It's nothing serious, but it may not be good news for you..."

Li Yuanrou stared at him without blinking, her mind racing: Judging from his nonchalant tone, this shouldn't be a bad thing, and my left eyelid has been twitching just now...

Li Yuanrou silently chanted in her heart: Left eye twitching for luck, left eye twitching for luck, left eye twitching for luck, twitching for luck, twitching for luck…

Xiao Luobai suddenly smiled, put his forehead against hers and whispered, "Your husband has no money."

Li Yuanrou was struck by a bolt from the blue and her eyes widened.

The two words "跳财" that I silently recited in my heart suddenly stopped...

Okay, the money jump is gone...

Li Yuanrou suddenly covered her chest and stumbled back a step: "You gave him money again? He asked you for money again?"

Xiao Luobai just said "hmm" nonchalantly.

Li Yuanrou turned to him and said with a sad face: "Why do you always ask you for money? Can you refuse him next time and let him talk to me? Why do you give it to him whenever he asks for it? The emperor can't take people's money by force..."

Xiao Luobai actually smiled amiably: "It's not forced, I gave it voluntarily."

He paused and added, "It's just taking what I have and exchanging it for what I want."

Li Yuanrou was so angry that he was about to lose his mind. His voice was raised to a higher pitch: "What do you want?"

Xiao Luobai turned his head calmly, looked at her with a smile on his face, and said as a matter of course: "You."

Li Yuanrou was not moved. Nothing was more important than money at this moment. The little property in her princess mansion had long been handed over to Xiao Luobai to manage. It did not make much money at all. It was only with Xiao Luobai's generosity that the princess was able to maintain her dignity.

What did Xiao Luobai say just now? Is he poor too?

Li Yuanrou looked blankly towards the Hall of Eternal Life, where a money-eating ghost lived. She kept repeating in order: "Money-eating ghost, money-eating ghost, money-eating ghost..."

Li Yuanrou said this as she walked slowly towards the Hall of Eternal Life. As she walked, she suddenly started to run. Xiao Luobai caught up with her from behind and hugged her around the waist. He persuaded her to stop with just two words.

"Low key!"

Li Yuanrou rubbed his temples helplessly and said "OK" three times in a row before starting to hypnotize himself, chanting a spell to paralyze himself: "Dear brother, dear brother, dear, dear..."

Xiao Luobai didn't expect Li Yuanrou to react so strongly. He hugged her, resting his chin on her shoulder and shaking with laughter. He confessed, "It's not as serious as spending all the family wealth. I promised him when I married you. This is the last time."

Although Xiao Luobai clarified that he was just teasing Li Yuanrou and admitted that he had given away some money this time but the princess's mansion to support her was no problem, Li Yuanrou still felt bad about the huge amount of money that was given away. She immediately decided to take Xiao Luobai to the Dabei Temple to worship the God of Wealth again.