Chapter 221 (1/2)

The palace maid forcibly picked up the little princess and coaxed her with some embarrassment: ”princess, the German imperial concubine will come back. If the empress knew you ran to Zhaoyun hall, she would punish the maidservant.”

Meng jou Chia was stunned. It seemed that she was still afraid of her mother and concubine. She bowed her head and said in frustration, ”my sister hasn't made a snowman yet. I don't want to go back.”

The maid of honor looked embarrassed. Xue ronghua sighed gently and reached out to touch her little face. She said softly, ”jou Chia, be good. If the empress knows that you have come here without permission, she won't allow you to come in the future.”

Meng jou Chia pouted. Reluctantly hummed, ”then I'd better go back.”

”The princess is so good,” Xue ronghua smiled. ”It doesn't matter if we don't make a good Snowman today. The heavy snow will fall for a long time. Shall we come out and play together later?”

”Well,” said Meng jou Chia with a smile on her sullen little face, ”that sister must come to me in the future.”

”When did I lose my word?” Xue ronghua winked at the palace maid. ”Take her back quickly. Don't let the German imperial concubine find out.”

The palace maid saluted and hurried away with the little princess in her arms.

Xie Yingmei, who just woke up from her sleep. Rubbing his bleary eyes, he went outside the door, yawned and asked, ”that's Princess jou chia of the German princess.”

Xue ronghua watched the princess go. Looking back, I saw her wearing a single coat. I couldn't help frowning and beating her back. ”You dress so thin. Be careful to catch a cold. How can you wake up. You don't sleep a little longer.”

”I don't sleep. When I sleep, I feel like my head has been pierced by a needle. I feel a sharp pain,” Xie Yingmei felt her forehead vaguely, ”but I can't find where the wound is when I wake up.”

Xue ronghua looked at her confused face and looked at her forehead. He didn't find any trace of needle pricking, so he smiled and said, ”you're dreaming that someone is pricking you.”

”No, it seems that someone is really stabbing me with a needle,” Xie Yingmei asked, looking at a short and fat little snowman standing on the snow in the courtyard. ”I didn't see you when I woke up. Are you playing snowman with the princess?”

Xue ronghua picked up the remaining carrots and gave her a look. ”The princess wanted to see the little prince. I told her that the emperor's brother fell asleep and waited until she woke up.”

”So it is,” Xie Yingmei lowered her eyes thoughtfully. ”Did the German imperial concubine let her see Yanyi?”

”The princess asked the palace man to take her out.”

Xie Yingmei bited her lips and said, ”the German imperial concubine hasn't seen me. I thought she sent the princess.”

Xue ronghua looked at her in a daze and comforted her in a soft language: ”don't think too much. The German imperial concubine has had a lot of things recently. She didn't come to visit you and the little prince, so the princess is coming. She's all interested in you.”

Xie Yingmei sighed faintly, and a sad smile appeared on her lips. ”Not only is the German imperial concubine so, but even the emperor won't come over. Can I be of no other use after I gave birth to Yanqi.”

Xue ronghua took her cold fingers and rubbed them in the palm of her hand. He said softly, ”don't think too much. The emperor originally had few children. Now you have given birth to a prince for him, but the great hero of the state of Qi, how can the emperor be indifferent to you, but you can't ignore government affairs because of the prince. There is a country and then a home.”

Xie Yingmei said stupidly, ”that's right. I'm afraid the emperor doesn't want me.”

Xue ronghua smiled softly. ”How could it be? The emperor doesn't know who you are. Why don't you?”

Xie Yingmei's eyes suddenly widened, her pale lips trembled slightly, but she couldn't say anything.

”I vaguely remember that this is the old plum planted by the mother imperial concubine in Penglai hall. I thought the emperor would cut it off, but I didn't expect to stay here.” Meng Yuanzhen gently sniffed the plum fragrance and seemed to find the taste in his memory. ”When I saw the plum blossom today, I thought of the mother imperial concubine again.”

The honey colored plum blossoms filled the whole garden, and the falling snow could not crush the slender and vigorous branches, which covered an area of one layer, setting off the warm and beautiful beauty of Huangmei. The calm and faint fragrance slowly came, and dipped into the breath of tourists one by one, like a pair of stirring jade hands.

Zhuang Youyi looked at his handsome side face. She was a little stunned and asked silently, ”I heard that concubine Jing was very beautiful.”

Meng Yuanzhen blinked and said with a smile, ”look at me and the emperor. If the mother imperial concubine is not beautiful, how can she give birth to our two brothers.”

Zhuang Youyi looked at his proud expression and said with a slight smile, ”you're not shy at all. You've never seen or heard praise and accepted it.”

”I'm so frank,” Meng Yuanzhen smiled. ”Have you told the emperor about marriage?”

Zhuang Youyi nodded and said, ”as I said, the emperor won't mention it again, but I don't know whether he will give you other women. You still have to find a way.”

Meng Yuanzhen pursed his lips and said with a smile, ”how can other women see prisoners like me? I'm just afraid you're sad...”