Concubine Ren came over and looked at Yueyue while smiling: "Princess Yueyue always has a smile on her face when she sleeps. It's so rare to see her like that."

"The Emperor and Concubine Ren will surely have their wish come true and give birth to a princess a thousand times better than Yueyue."

Only then did Ye Youlan understand the emperor's intention. He did not want Concubine Ren to give birth to a son, but how could a woman decide whether to give birth to a boy or a girl?

The emperor gestured to Ye Youlan to sit down and talk, and asked her if she had visited her mother.

"I just came from there. Mother likes Yueyue very much."

There was a faint smile on the emperor's cold and majestic face. If the queen mother really liked him, she would not have left without even waiting for an incense stick of time.

The Emperor looked at Concubine Ren, who immediately spoke, "I heard that Your Majesty likes Sudoku, and I want to play it too. There's a question I can't solve recently. Could you please help me?"

Ye Youlan agreed, saying she hadn't played for a long time and they could discuss it together. She thought Concubine Ren was trying to please the Emperor, so it wouldn't be a big deal if she helped her.

Two palace servants carried over a shelf with a large piece of paper on it. There was a nine-square grid drawn on it, and some blank spaces needed to be filled in with appropriate numbers.

So Ye Youlan began to explain, and Concubine Ren said a few words. The emperor held Yueyue in one hand and pointed to the blank space with the other hand and said how many numbers could be filled in here.

Slowly, Ren Yue stopped talking. She stood aside and listened quietly. She saw Ye Youlan and the emperor discussing something, and they seemed to have forgotten the existence of others.

She started out smiling, then slowly frowned, and Xiaomei, who was standing by, saw this scene. She wanted to warn the princess, but this was the imperial palace, and the emperor was in front of her. If she wasn't careful, she would lose her head.

She thought it was a good thing the prince wasn't here, otherwise she would have been so angry that she would have vomited blood after seeing this scene. The emperor was in his prime, with a majestic figure. Although he was not as good as the Seventh Prince, the emperor's nobility and domineering aura also added a lot of charm to him. Just look at Concubine Ren's eyes and you will know.

Our silly princess, look how devoted she is. She is so focused on explaining that she doesn't even notice the emperor's eyes? Even a little girl like me can see it.

Xiaomei prayed in her heart that the prince would come quickly, but also hoped that the prince would not come.

The palace servant brought tea over, and the emperor picked up a cup and handed it to Ye Youlan. Ye Youlan took it and drank it. After finishing, she returned the cup to the emperor and said casually, "Thank you."

Everyone present was stunned. The princess treated the emperor as a servant, but the emperor smiled and didn't seem to mind.

After finally filling in the last blank, Ye Youlan turned to look at Concubine Ren with a smile: "You'll get the hang of it after playing it a few times. This game is very useful for killing time and is also very educational."

Ye Youlan asked the emperor if he must be tired after holding the child for such a long time. When she reached out to take the child, she suddenly realized that this made her seem too close to the emperor, so she called the wet nurse to hold Yueyue.

When the Empress Dowager heard that Ye Youlan and her child stayed with the Emperor for a long time before leaving, a sneer suddenly flashed across her gloomy face, and she asked the palace maid to call Concubine Ren.

After hearing Ren Yue's description, the vague answer in her mind seemed to become clearer, and she felt it was becoming more and more interesting. Should she remind that stupid prince?

The emperor rewarded Yueyue with a large box of things. After returning to the palace, Ye Youlan asked Xiaomei to pick out some toys for boys and send them to the Yong'an Palace and the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Xiaomei asked Dingxiang to pick it. She went into the house and closed the door. She wanted to have a good talk with the princess.

Ye Youlan saw Xiaomei and asked her mysteriously what was going on?

Xiaomei looked worried, and sadness was written all over her pretty face.

"Princess, don't you think the emperor is being too nice to you?"

Ye Youlan looked at Xiaomei in surprise: "When has he ever been nice to me? Don't talk nonsense, that's a crime of treason."

"Princess, think about it carefully. Don't you feel that the emperor favors you? He treats you better than those concubines. Just now in the palace, he even served you tea. He is the emperor."

Ye Youlan thought for a moment and said, "Maybe I was too immersed in the discussion at that time."

"You know what? The Emperor was holding Princess Yueyue, standing next to you. If anyone didn't know, they would have thought you were a family of three. I was so scared that the Prince would have seen it. He would have been furious if he had seen it. And Concubine Ren, she had a smile on her face at first, but gradually she stopped smiling. I was so scared at the time."

"The emperor is old enough to be my father, don't talk nonsense. He treats me well, firstly because my father is the prime minister and my brother is a general, and secondly because my husband is a prince. The emperor has so many women in his harem, it's too perverted to say that he likes his brother's wife."

"How can an emperor like his own daughter-in-law? He is the emperor and no one dares to say no to anything he does. Anyway, Princess, you must be careful. You must go to the palace with the prince in the future."

Ye Youlan was unhappy: "Why should I be more careful? If anyone should be blamed, it should be the emperor. First, I didn't take the initiative to meet him, second, I didn't flirt with him, and third, I'm not self-indulgent and think that all men in the world love me."

The door opened, and the Seventh Prince walked in with a smile as bright as spring breeze on his face: "What are you talking about in broad daylight with the door closed?"

Xiaomei looked at Ye Youlan guiltily, and seeing that Ye Youlan's eyes were also avoiding, she quickly retreated.

Ye Youlan stood up and wanted to help him change his outer clothes, but the Seventh Prince grabbed her wrist and said, "You are being too attentive for no reason. Your behavior is suspicious."

"You want to listen to Xiaomei and I talking about some private things? Are you a pervert?"

The Seventh Prince sat down and took her into his arms: "I am indeed a pervert. I want to hear what you have to say. I will ask Li Yi to ask Xiaomei to see if your statements are consistent."

Ye Youlan put away the smile on her face and looked at the Seventh Prince. Although the smile was still there, the coldness in his eyes became more solemn.

"Did you eavesdrop? That's just Xiaomei's nonsense, don't take it seriously."

"If you don't tell me, how can I know whether to take it seriously?"

The Seventh Prince's voice was low and cold, chilling him to the bone: "If she's talking nonsense, she shouldn't stay in the palace anymore."

Ye Youlan froze. "She's not talking nonsense. She's just worried. She means well. Don't chase her out."

"Say it!"

Looking at the Seventh Prince's deep and bottomless eyes, Ye Youlan felt a little flustered: "I told you not to be angry, don't look at me like that, it's scary."

Ye Youlan then recounted the situation of entering the palace, and then emphasized: "Xiaomei has already reminded me, I will definitely pay attention next time. Without you by my side, I will not enter the palace alone again, even if it means disobeying the emperor's order."

The Seventh Prince's face was gloomy and his eyes dim. He stood up and said, "You should rest first. I'll go take care of some things."

Ye Youlan hugged him from behind: "What are you going to do? You can't chase Xiaomei away."

"I've been out and about all day and have some things to sort out."

Ye Youlan loosened her hands and looked at the back of the Seventh Prince as he left. She sat down weakly. He seemed angry, no, he was really angry.

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