C82 (2/2)
”Famine is a natural disaster. It's good as long as it's solved.”
The Emperor glanced at her. ”Who do you think solved it?”
Xue Liuhua was startled. She had wanted to say Prince Jin at first, but she was afraid that he would suspect anything. She could only change her words, ”The crown prince's assistant should be the crown prince.”
”No,” the Emperor shook his head. ”It's the Prince Jin.”
”Prince Jin?” Xue Liuhua suppressed the joy in her heart. If it was the Prince Jin, then his road to becoming the direct descendant would be much smoother.
”He was the one who took care of mother's family.”
Xue Liuhua smiled, took a sip of tea, and said, ”Prince Jin's uncle, Kang Zhiming, is the richest man in the capital.
The hand holding the cup ruthlessly froze. ”…” Kang Zhiming is really powerful, Imperial Concubine Hua seems to be very familiar with the Prince Jin family. ”
Xue Liuhua was stunned, she started panicking and forced herself to appear calm, revealing a bright and beautiful smile, ”I only found out that chenqie came to the palace to accompany the Noble Consort Kang to admire the flowers.”
Imperial Concubine Hua's smile was really eye-catching. The Emperor paused for a moment, then laughed: ”Imperial Concubine Hua thinks, what about Prince Jin?”
Xue Liuhua hesitated before speaking, ”Prince Jin, he … ”He has an elegant demeanor and looks like a talented person. He is the dream lover of many of the capital's young ladies.”
”Many of our best friends,” the emperor laughed with his head lowered, a cold light flashing across his eyes. ”I wonder if Imperial Concubine Hua is one of them?”
Xue Liuhua took a deep breath. He was about to step on the most fatal wound. No, ”she shook her head vigorously, and said sternly,” As the direct daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, chenqie naturally has to enter the palace to serve Your Majesty. ”
”Is that so?” The emperor obviously didn't believe him. ”If it wasn't for that time at the Hall of Supreme Harmony, you would probably have married a certain prince and become the imperial concubine, right?”
Xue Liuhua said with a smile, ”If there wasn't a Supreme Harmony Hall, chenqie would have become the emperor's concubine as well. However, now that I think about it, it does have a bit of the feeling of fate.”
Perhaps it was because Xue Liuhua's acting was so realistic that even the Emperor had no choice but to believe in her. Mn, according to what loving consort said, then Prince Jin can become our matchmaker. ”
Xue Liuhua's heart ached even more, but she still said with a smile, ”Yes, chenqie wants to thank Prince Jin properly.” Her heart was already in turmoil, and she did not know if these words would be able to suppress the fact that he was suspicious of the Prince Jin.
The Emperor licked his lips and said, ”loving consort's kitchen is not bad. I'll come again for dinner.”
A light drizzle of rain floated in from outside the window, wetting Xue Ronghua's sleeves.
Since that quarrel, she had not seen Chu Zongge again. She heaved a long sigh. Now that Chu Zongge should be staying within the Xinyang Hall, pondering about how to solve the problem between the Prince Jin and the crown prince.
Was what Chu Zongge said the other day true? Could it be that she was truly bewitched by Prince Jin's righteous performance on the Tingxue Building because of her betrayal? Xue Ronghua felt her mind was in a mess, she really couldn't think of the reason, she didn't know who was in the right and who was in the wrong, and she couldn't decide if he should trust Prince Jin or not.
”Miss,” Little Zhui pulled her back to reality from her meditative state. ”Quickly don't stand outside the window, you are afraid of catching a cold.”
Xue Ronghua lowered her head and looked at the water droplets that were on her sleeves, then laughed: ”It's okay, my body is very good.”
”I can see that young miss is not in a good mood today,” Little Zhui said worriedly when she saw the gloomy look on her face.
”The spring rain is as precious as oil, how could I not like it?” Xue Ronghua sighed, then raised her head to look at the dark sky, ”It's just that the haze is pressing down on my mood.”
”If Miss is so stuffy in the manor, why don't you go out and take a walk?”
Xue Ronghua didn't know whether to laugh or cry, ”It's raining outside, where do you want me to go?”
”Does Miss know that there is a peach grove behind the river?”
”Peach Blossom?” In Xue Ronghua's memory, there really was no such place, ”Even if there is a peach forest, it would not be good for me to go there when it rains.”
Little Zhui laughed: ”Miss, I wonder, what do I look like if I have to be in the rain like this?”
”What reason is that?”
”It's spring now and all the peach trees are in bloom. If the pink petals and petals are mixed with the rain, then the beautiful scenery would be really mesmerizing.”
Xue Ronghua thought about it in her mind, ”Hmm, the pitter-patter of the rain and the fluttering petals sounds really good.”
As Little Zhui spoke, she had already brought the paper umbrella over. Coincidentally, there was a tree of peach blossoms on the surface of the umbrella.
Little Zhui's attitude of letting her go was extremely positive. Xue Ronghua took the umbrella and hesitated: ”Why haven't I seen Zhu Tong, why is she always busy?”
”Zhu Tong likes to cause trouble, so she went out for a while,” Little Zhui pushed her out of the door, ”Miss, please do not worry about Zhu Tong, go out.”
”Sigh,” Xue Ronghua felt suspicious, ”Are you trying to tease me with that girl Zhu Tong? You're in such a hurry to get me out of here.”
Little Zhui waved her hands in panic, ”No, no, Zhu Tong and I were just worried that Miss would be bored to death, so we let Miss go out.”
Seeing her dodging eyes, Xue Ronghua knew that they were playing some tricks, but she did not poke holes in her. Instead, he opened up an umbrella and went outside to see what tricks they were going to play.