The Prince Consort's Beloved

The word "uncle" pleased Xiao Luobai. He turned his head and looked back, then said slowly, "Next time before you do something bad, remember to make up a flawless excuse."

Although he said this, his arms were still open, tightly protecting the person behind him.

At this moment, there were hurried footsteps and a deep male voice came from far away: "The princess is so angry. What happened?"

The man was eight feet tall, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a broad face and a heavy chin. He had an awe-inspiring air. He slightly frowned and glanced at the child behind Xiao Luobai and Li Yuanrou, with a trace of worry and uneasiness on his face.

Li Yuanrou also knew the visitor, a military general from the Dai Viet Kingdom who had returned victoriously not long ago, the elder brother of the peacock He Wenting, General He Wenzhen.

The two men bowed as a greeting. Li Yuanrou glanced at them suspiciously and felt that the two seemed to be quite familiar with each other.

He Wenzhen greeted the princess again, and the princess nodded with a calm expression.

When Li Youan saw the newcomer, he immediately put away his playful expression and turned gloomy. His eyes revealed a hint of displeasure. He frowned and said in a cold voice, "What are you doing here? Did I invite you? Why are you rushing to send a concubine to my mother again?"

Li Yuanrou came out from behind Xiao Luobai, looked at her elder sister and then at He Wenzheng, and asked in confusion: "Hmm?"

Li Youan straightened his back and strode out like a little adult. He walked to the side of the eldest princess, grabbed her mother's hand and said loudly, "Mother, let's go!"

The eldest princess looked back, with an expression that showed no joy or anger. No one knew who she was looking at, and she was actually led away by the little guy Li Youan.

Li Yuanrou stared at He Wenzheng, whose eyes were empty, and asked coldly, "You put a man in my eldest sister's house again?"

She remembered it clearly. When she went missing, her elder sister left the palace and set up her own household. He Wenzhen directly offered four concubines to her. Within two years, her elder sister gave birth to a child. To this day, no one knows who An'er's biological father is.

Poor little child, I wonder how much he has been ridiculed by his peers. No wonder An'er hates He Wenzheng so much. She feels very distressed when she thinks about how much pain a seven or eight-year-old child must have endured.

Li Yuanrou's eyes gradually became sharper, and her voice was full of sharpness and tension: "I heard that more than half of those lovers were sent by you. What on earth do you want to do by harming my eldest sister like this!"

He Wenzheng came back to his senses, his eyebrows twitched, and he forced a bitter smile. He turned his eyes and looked at Xiao Luobai with a playful expression, with a malicious smile on the corner of his mouth.

Seeing that he was about to speak, Xiao Luobai quickly took the lead and said, "Rou'er and I have something else to do. General He, please do as you please. Goodbye!"

Without waiting for the other party to express his opinion, he bowed and hurriedly walked away with Li Yuanrou in his arm.

Yes, clamped.

Li Yuanrou kept slapping his arms: "Hey, hey, let go, you're holding the little chicken!"

Xiao Luobai put her down, touched his nose, and now his mood had calmed down.

He was really too nervous just now. If she knew that the lover in her sister's house was also sent by him, it would be disastrous. Everything would be lost. In a panic, he just took her away.

Li Yuanrou looked annoyed: "Why are you running? I haven't finished talking to that He guy yet."

Xiao Luobai's eyes dodged very quickly, and he said, "I suddenly remembered that I had an appointment with Lord Chang, the Internal History of Zhisu, to discuss important matters at today's banquet. He should be waiting for me in the front hall."

Li Yuanrou said, "Oh," frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "I'm worried. I have to go see my elder sister and An'er."

She raised her eyes to look at him: "Go and do your thing first, I'll come find you later."

Xiao Luobai agreed.

Li Yuanrou hurriedly ran to the main courtyard and searched her eldest sister's yard but couldn't find anyone. She drank a lot of cold air and returned dejectedly to look for Xiao Luobai.

Little did they know that the eldest princess did not return to the main courtyard at all, but was dragged to Hanlu Garden by the furious Li Youan.

Including the fourteen new male favorites who have arrived recently, they all live here. This is the courtyard closest to the eldest princess's Frost Garden.

Hearing the footsteps, the fourteen concubines came out from their rooms and stood in three rows.

Li Youan let go of the princess, pointed at these people and said to her angrily: "Mother, look, this courtyard is almost full. How many more people are you going to gather? Don't you know why I don't go to the academy? I don't even know who my biological father is. Everyone laughs at me and says I'm a fatherless bastard!"

The princess's eyes turned red with tears, but she only called out in a trembling voice: "An'er..."

Cheng Feng, the leader of the fourteen, stepped forward and said, "Young Master, you can't speak to the princess like that."

Li Youan turned around and glared at him with bloodshot eyes: "Get lost!"

Chengfeng's words got stuck in his throat and he didn't say them out loud. Their identities were just male lovers, so they had no position or qualifications to persuade him.

The princess covered her face with her hands and shed tears silently. Tears fell from her fingers like pearls falling off a string. After a while, she said in a trembling voice, "It's mother who has let you down."

Li Youan's eyes also turned red. How could he be so impulsive and say such words? He wondered how upset his mother must be.

He tried hard to hold back his tears and choked up, "Mom, I'm sorry."

This scene moved more than a dozen heads of state. They followed the eldest princess day and night. Some of them had been with Li Youan since he was born and watched him grow up. It would be a lie to say that they had no feelings for him at all.

But they cannot let anyone know that they are top killers recruited by He Wenzhen and Xiao Luobai from all over the place. All of them are highly skilled in martial arts and have unique skills. They disguise themselves as concubines to protect the princess and Li Youan day and night. They cannot tell anyone, including Li Youan, their true identities.

In order to conceal their tracks, usually the favorite who looks effeminate would follow the princess. A sissy like Luoxing who puts on makeup all day long could follow the princess openly to protect her, while a man with a masculine character like Chengfeng would mostly follow in secret.

There is no need to be afraid even if everyone shows up together. At most, people will say that the eldest princess has all kinds of lovers, which will only damage the eldest princess's reputation even more.

But their identities were not to be seen in public, even though they had been with the princess for many years. There were some things they could not do anything about, such as the princess's feelings, such as now, they could not intervene.

Over there, Li Yuanrou hurried back to the front hall with a huff, and saw Xiao Luobai at a glance. He said he was discussing important matters with Lord Chang, but he was obviously talking to a woman. Although he had a blank expression and even a cold look, that was not acceptable!

Looking at the woman again, her eyes were full of autumn water, almost silky. It was obvious that she was pretending to have ulterior motives.

Li Yuanrou was getting angry and moved her short legs quickly, fearing that Xiao Luobai would catch the glance in the woman's eyes.

She grabbed Xiao Luobai and stood in front of him, like an old hen protecting her chicks, with a cold look on her face, and she looked down at the woman in front of her with a domineering aura. She spoke to the woman in a very contemptuous tone, "Are you coveting my husband?"

Xiao Luobai behind him raised his eyebrows slightly and curled the corners of his lips.

The woman was frightened by the sudden appearance of Li Yuanrou and took a step back. She looked at Xiao Luobai behind Li Yuanrou with wet eyes, hoping that Xiao Luobai would say something to help her out.

However, Xiao Luobai turned a blind eye to this, showing no sympathy for the hen at all. He just lowered his eyes and looked at his mother hen with a smile.

Li Yuanrou's voice became even colder, and she gritted her teeth as she spoke each word: "Look at me again, and I will dig out your eyes."

The woman was so frightened that she quickly bowed and took a step back, her voice trembling with fear: "Princess, please forgive me."

Li Yuanrou frowned coldly: "I will forgive you for now, so as not to spoil the mood of my elder sister's birthday party. Stay away from this princess' husband in the future! Why don't you leave!"

The woman bowed again and acknowledged her identity as if she had been pardoned, then fled in embarrassment.

Li Yuanrou turned around and glared at Xiao Luobai, but Xiao Luobai looked normal and even had a faint smile on his face. He held Li Yuanrou's hands in his palms and wrapped them up. The warmth from his palms was transferred to Li Yuanrou's cold hands. He smiled and asked, "What did you call me just now?"

There was some commotion in the crowd at this time. The eldest princess came with Li Youan. Li Yuanrou replied to Xiao Luobai: "I call you Sixth Brother!" and walked quickly towards the eldest princess.

Xiao Luobai was stunned for a moment, thinking about what this Laoliu meant. It should be some kind of nickname, but it didn't sound like a good word at first glance.

Lord Chang, the Internal History of Grain, dared to approach again only after seeing Li Yuanrou leave. He shook his head and sighed, "Princess Shanyang is still as arrogant as ever. She even pulled out my beard in the past. Lord Xiao should control her."

Xiao Luobai said: "I can't control it. I am henpecked."

Lord Chang's face was wrinkled, and the wrinkles on his face were distorted: "Lord Xiao's behavior is too damaging to our dignity as men. We must restore the authority of husbands."

Xiao Luobai's eyebrows relaxed and he said with a smile: "Master Chang, have you forgotten that I did not marry the princess, but the princess took me into the princess's mansion. The princess is the monarch and I am the minister. To discipline the princess is to commit insubordination. Master Chang, please don't harm me."