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At that time, his hand loosened and the tray in his hand fell off.
When she raised her head and saw the Tenth Princess move one of her legs away from Jingjing's face, she became stunned. Then, she pulled out a finger from Li Yue's ear …
That scene was truly unimaginable.
After a while, the three slowly woke up.
They all stretched with great tacit understanding, and then the same drowsy look followed.
Turning her head, Jingjing was the first to react and asked Manqing, ”How come you're here so early? The sky does not seem to have brightened up yet! ”
”Young, young miss …” Manqing mumbled to herself for a long time before she finally said it.
”Th-that …” ”Your servant just brought in the clothes first. I was just about to bathe you in. In a while, you'll be wearing the formal attire of an imperial concubine, so I want you to bathe …”
”Elder sister, where are you going?”
The Tenth Princess rubbed her swollen eyes while sleeping, and looked at Jingjing as she asked.
Jing Jing looked at the little face which had some pillow patterns on it, and her heart couldn't help but soften. Looking at Jing, she said, ”My father is returning to the city today, Royal Father wants me to go greet him.”
”Big brother Yue, are you going as well?” The Tenth Princess turned to look at him. She didn't seem to reject him as much as before.
Li Yue nodded and said, ”I'm coming too!”
The Tenth Princess pondered for a moment. ”I want to go as well, is that possible?”
Jing Jing nodded and said, ”Of course you can, as long as you're not afraid of being bored.”
The Tenth Princess lowered her head in confusion for a while, and somewhat uncertainly asked Jingjing, ”At that time, will Royal Father allow me to bring me back to the palace?”
Jingjing couldn't help but laugh, stroking her messy hair, she probingly asked: ”Don't you want to go back? Don't you want to see Aunt Liu? ”
The Tenth Princess thought for a moment and said, ”I miss Aunt Liu, but I want to stay here with my sister.”
She suddenly leaned close to Jingjing's ear and whispered, ”I'll tell you in secret, your royal father is very long-winded …”
Hearing that she was more important than Aunt Liu in the heart of the Tenth Princess, Jing Jing couldn't help but feel a sense of joy.
When he heard her speak ill of the King of the Western Regions, he felt that she was very cute.
He could not help but pity her in his heart as he chuckled and said, ”You want to stay here and not go back to the palace, right?”
The Tenth Princess nodded obediently.
Jingjing imitated her and also said in a low voice, ”It's alright, you can follow me back to the Prince's Mansion. Furthermore … ”The royal father must be very busy today. He doesn't have time to care about you at all.”
The Tenth Princess thought for a moment, and felt that Jingjing's words made sense. She covered her mouth and laughed, then instructed Manqing, ”Invite my maidservant over. I want to change my clothes!”
Jingjing nodded to Manqing, who quickly walked over.
Not long later, the servant of the Tenth Princess arrived.
Jing Jing also stood up and said to Man Qing, ”Take a bath and change your clothes!”
Two hours later.
The sky gradually brightened.
Li Yue had already worn a royal blue robe and was waiting for Jingjing and the Tenth Princess.
After a while, two people dressed neatly and walked over.
A hint of surprise flashed through Li Yue's eyes, but he calmly said, ”Hurry up and leave, before it's too late!”
The few of them boarded the luxurious carriage and soon arrived at the area outside of the city to receive them.
Not long after they arrived, Jingjing, Li Yue, and the Tenth Princess saw that the Western Region King had also arrived.
The reason they had greeted each other so respectfully was that General Xiahou was about to return.
Or perhaps it was because the Tenth Princess was also here, the King of the Western Regions treated Jingjing with a particularly amiable attitude.
He looked at Jingjing and said with concern, ”General Xiahou came by later. Ninth Princess, you must take care of her. This trip will be very tiring.”
Jingjing thought with some disdain, since it's so arduous, why are you still hiding the news, and only telling me this now?
However, he remained calm and said with a smile, ”Don't worry, royal father. Even if I don't say anything, I will still take good care of my father.”
The King of the Western Regions acted like he didn't understand Jingjing's words as he asked the Tenth Princess, ”Qingyue, after leaving the palace for two days, you don't miss your royal father at all, right?”
The Tenth Princess held his hand and said with a smile, ”Royal father, Qingyue misses you.”
The King of the Western Regions laughed. His beard trembled as he said: ”Since you want your royal father, why didn't you ask your elder sister Ye Qian to come to the palace to visit Aunt Liu and also come to see your father?”
The smile on the Tenth Princess' face contained some embarrassment that had been exposed, but she quickly responded, ”Royal father tried to lie to me again. Aunt Liu was sick, Royal father was healthy, I was just asking if she was healthy or not.”
She thought for a moment and said, ”Every day when Qingyue gets up early, she prays like a Buddha, praying that her royal father is healthy.”
”Aunt Liu was the one who taught me all this, how come the king's father is jealous of Aunt!”
Seeing how mature the Tenth Princess looked, the King of the Western Regions couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh, ”My son is really sharp, smart, smart!”
Seeing the King of the Western Regions laughing so heartily, the people around them also echoed his words.
”Since that's the case, I'll have someone send the golden Buddha to the Ninth Prince's Mansion. I'll let you pray for his royal father, okay?” After laughing, the King of the Western Regions asked the Tenth Princess.
The Tenth Princess nodded and replied, ”Sure.”
Everyone was amazed and jealous upon hearing this, especially the princes.
Even the cold and detached Li Yue was stunned for a moment.
A golden Buddha was a priceless treasure, but because of a single sentence from the Tenth Princess, it was obtained.
The princes present all thought, if I had an imperial concubine like her that could obtain the favor of the Tenth Princess, how great would that be?
As long as the Tenth Princess lived somewhere, it would be a paradise. There would be endless rewards and favors!