Shocked! After rebirth, my princess wants to remarry

No matter what the reason for the banquet in the palace, the general process is the same. It always starts with the emperor giving some high-sounding speeches, and then the ministers below echo him in unison. Finally, he looks forward to the coming year and lets everyone do as they please. Dancers and pianists also take the stage to perform one after another.

At today's banquet, the future Crown Princess was undoubtedly the focus of the crowd. It was said that the Crown Prince had an unpleasant argument with his mother because of this woman.

Concubine Li's attitude just now can be regarded as evidence of this rumor.

The palace maids working in the palace were talking about it as they came and went. It turned out that the girl the Crown Prince liked was like this. She was beautiful, and her manners were extraordinary. She was even more outstanding than those princesses of the same age.

However, she looked a little cold. The Crown Prince had just given her two glances, but the future Crown Princess didn't respond at all.

"She is like this just for the Crown Prince's sake of novelty. If she continues to be like this after a while, I'm afraid the Crown Prince will change his mind and bring two concubines into the Eastern Palace." A young eunuch whispered.

"How many men in the royal family are truly loyal and devoted? Even the current emperor is obsessed with the late queen, and the other concubines also have their favorites." Another said calmly, "It's normal for men to be fickle. We can't do that, and ordinary people can't do that even if they are poor."

"That makes some sense."

However, the discussions among the palace maids who were on good terms with each other were kept secret and generally would not reach the ears of the master.

At this moment, Xiao Jingheng looked at Gu Qinghe sitting upright. Other girls would have been tired and their postures would have changed, but she still had her back straight, like a pine or bamboo.

Han Desheng was waiting behind the prince. When he heard the prince sigh, he guessed that he might be worried about the third lady. However, when he looked carefully, the third lady's breathing was even and she didn't look tired at all.

"Your Highness, the banquet will be over soon, and you'll be able to relax a bit then." Han Desheng bent down and whispered, "Also, Zhang Wu once said that the third young lady does horse stance for a while every day. She's very diligent."

Han Desheng meant that the Crown Princess had a good foundation and would not be tired, but he did not expect the Crown Prince to say, "It must be very hard to learn these things since childhood."

Han Desheng looked at the prince like this, as if he wanted to go back ten years to Dengzhou to accompany the third girl, and he didn't say anything.

She cares about her fiancée, and as an outsider, whatever he says is nonsense.

*

Halfway through the banquet, Bai got up to change her clothes, and Gu Qinghe went out with her.

Concubine Li, who had been waiting to catch someone, saw Gu Qinghe disappear at the door of the palace, and asked Ping'er to help her out.

As the saying goes, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it. Seeing his mother stand up, Xiao Jingheng followed her out.

The Empress Dowager was watching from above, and she knew without a doubt that this was going to be a good show. She winked at Nanny Lin and said, "Call Concubine Li back."

She had to give Concubine Li a lesson. As the prince's biological mother, it would have been fine if she couldn't understand her son's hard work, but she even went out of her way to make things difficult for her son. It was really outrageous.

Nanny Lin agreed with a smile. It was true that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was confusing, but one thing was very clear: the mother-in-law's mother-in-law treated her grandson's wife better than her son's daughter-in-law. Of course, Concubine Li was not the Crown Princess's real mother-in-law.

Before Nanny Lin could catch up, she saw Concubine Li coming back with an unhappy look on her face. Then she saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince standing in the courtyard, seemingly waiting for someone.

Nanny Lin smiled and stood there, waiting for Concubine Li to come over.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right. You have been blinded. The Emperor has granted you a marriage. Who can say there is anything wrong with it? Yet you feel dissatisfied. Are you dissatisfied with the Emperor's decision?" Ping'er followed closely, persuading her all the time.

"I just wanted to say a few words to the Crown Princess his father had appointed for him. I'm just not satisfied." Concubine Li's face flushed with anger. "Didn't you see what my own son looked like just now? He wouldn't let me in at all. I'm afraid I'll eat the woman he likes, right?"

"Your Majesty, please slow down. It would be inappropriate if the Emperor saw it later." Ping'er had no choice but to continue persuading her.

"Okay, I'm the only one who's not decent. They're all very decent." Concubine Li raised her hand to adjust her hairpins and rings, and when she saw Nanny Lin standing under the dim palace lanterns, she quickly fell silent.

"Empress Li, the Empress Dowager couldn't find you in the palace just now, so she sent this old servant out to check." Nanny Lin seemed not to have heard what Empress Li had just said, and continued with her usual smile, "She has something to tell you."

"Yes, I came out to get some fresh air." Concubine Li smiled as she walked into the palace, not forgetting to ask, "Madam Lin, do you know why the Empress Dowager summoned me?"

"I don't know about this." Nanny Lin smiled faintly and shook her head, raised her arm, and invited Concubine Li to go in first.

Concubine Li walked in and snorted softly, "This old servant, why is he keeping us in suspense?"

*

In the courtyard, Xiao Jingheng originally wanted to take his mother back with him, but then he thought it would be better to wait here for a while and talk to Gu Qinghe about his mother.

Hearing the woman's laughing voice, Xiao Jingheng took two steps forward, then stepped back with his hands behind his back.

Gu Qinghe naturally saw it. The Dog Prince was standing in the middle of the courtyard like a pillar, and next to him was a lackey, Han Desheng, holding a lantern, which was very conspicuous in the night.

"Mom, let's go quickly. We've been out for a while." Gu Qinghe supported his mother's arm, lifted it up, and signaled her to leave quickly.

But Bai Shi could not turn a blind eye. Even though she was the prince's mother-in-law, he was also a respected person. The bad thing about marrying a daughter off to a wealthy family was that as the daughter's parents, their words did not carry much weight in front of their son-in-law.

"Your Highness." Bai was the first to bow, but she saw the prince slightly turn his body. "No need to be so polite."

"Mrs. Gu, Shao Ci wants to say a few words to the third young lady. Do you think it's convenient?" Xiao Jingheng asked.

Bai still couldn't refuse this question, "Qinghe, mother will go back to the palace first." After saying that, she glanced at Yingchun and left with Mother Liu.

Gu Qinghe let out a long sigh, "Your Highness, please speak."

Even in the darkness, Xiao Jingheng could see the alienation and indifference on Gu Qinghe's face. "I just had a few words with my mother here. I thought you would come out, so I waited for a while."

Did Concubine Li come out just now? Gu Qinghe thought of this and smiled softly, "Your Highness, you are not trying to stop your mother from meeting me, are you?"

Xiao Jingheng nodded, "I thought, before my mother's thoughts are corrected, I won't let her say anything unpleasant to you."

What does that mean? Are you going to protect her?