Chapter 316 (2/2)

Thin incense glared at her and raised a sneer, ”what's your hurry? It's the Queen's business that the imperial concubine can't get up. What's your little maid's mouth? Do you have your share to talk here?”

Butterfly shadow was stunned, so she had to soften her voice and begged: ”good sister, help my master talk to the queen. The empress is weak and pregnant. The emperor exempted her etiquette.”

Li xuser's eyes were covered with frost. ”Imperial concubine, do you think the emperor means it, so you don't even have to have etiquette?”

”Concubines don't dare,” Zhao Qingyao bit her lower lip, ”but concubines really don't feel well. Please raise your hand.”

”Let the palace lift your hand and let you go?” Li xuse twisted his handkerchief and snorted coldly, ”the palace doesn't want to embarrass you. Since you're unwell, get up quickly.”

Zhao Qingyao didn't dare to talk. She staggered to her feet. Butterfly shadow helped her to sit on the seat.

Li xuse looked at her gloomy face with a low eyebrow and said with a smile, ”the imperial concubine is pregnant for a while. I'm afraid it's inconvenient to see the bill. In the future, I'll put the bill in ward palace.”

”Yes,” Zhao Qingyao thought for a moment and added, ”but the food and clothing expenses at Yongle Palace...”

”They are better than others,” Li xuser looked at her coldly. ”This palace knows that you have three children in a row. Naturally, you are different from the concubines in other palaces. The cost of food and clothing is the best in the palace. This palace will make good calculations in the future. I'm afraid you can't live a good life.”

Zhao Qingyao broke his silver teeth. ”Concubines know and will pay attention in the future. They don't dare to rely on pet and pride anymore.”

”You know it very well. It's good to be spoiled and arrogant,” Li shuse knocked his armor on the table. ”After you have children, you should be more reserved. Don't always tie the emperor. You see, the emperor's face is getting worse day by day.”

Zhao Qingyao gritted his teeth and endured, ”concubines understand.”

Chu Chengxun smelled the dense moisture in the air, which was also mixed with the fragrance of lotus. He took a comfortable breath and couldn't help smiling on his lips.

Xue ronghua looked at the man in white in front of her and felt that she would always meet him from time to time, enjoy flowers in the garden and pick lotus roots in the lotus pond. Chu Zongge's words were still ringing in her ears, but she didn't want to listen to him at all.

”The princess to be is in good spirits,” Chu Chengxun smiled. ”Few people come to the lotus pond in such hot weather.”

”Although the weather is hot, it can't stand the lotus,” Xue ronghua turned his umbrella handle. ”Isn't the king also coming for the lotus?”

Chu Chengxun looked at her deeply, ”we are all the same people. What color of lotus does the prospective Princess like?”

Xue ronghua glanced at the graceful lotus among the green lotus leaves, thought about it and said, ”I like pink lotus. Where's the king?”

”I like them all.”

Chu Chengxun suddenly bent down, rolled up his trouser legs and planned to enter the lotus pool. Xue ronghua was so frightened that he stopped him. If the seemingly weak scholar prince fell into the lotus pool, it would be difficult for her to catch him up.

Chu Chengxun escaped her hand and stepped into the pool. His white clothes were particularly conspicuous in the green and pink pool, like an egret falling into a pool of blue water. He looked left and touched right, folded a budding pink lotus, and slowly returned to her side.

”What does this one look like?” Chu Chengxun's eyes were shining in the sun. ”The flowers can be folded and must be folded. Don't wait for the empty branches without flowers.”

Xue ronghua's eyes were not on the bud, but only on his slightly red cheeks. She was silent for a while and handed him the umbrella. ”Xiang Wang, why don't you take an umbrella out? Don't get yourself exposed to such a poisonous sun. It's bad in case of heatstroke.”

Chu Chengxun frowned and smiled, ”thank you for your umbrella, but girls still need to pay more attention to protecting their skin. You are more delicate. A man like me has nothing.”

Xue ronghua stood under the umbrella with him. The fragrance on his body was in his breath. She turned her face and looked at his smile. It was a face completely different from Chu Zongge's appearance. He was more like a relic and independent hermit. How could he be the person in Chu Zongge's mouth who was only rich and noble.

”Why does the prospective princess always look at me,” Chu Chengxun said with a faint smile, ”did Duanwang tell you everything, and you know my things?”

”Didn't I know about you long ago,” Xue ronghua said with a curved lip, ”but I'm surprised why you want prosperity. I really can't see that you want wealth.”

”If I had a beauty to accompany me, I wouldn't have to be rich and rich,” said Chu Chengxun in his eyes. ”But it's hard to find a confidant, and Duanwang can't help me find it. It's better to be alone and enjoy boundless wealth.”

”Isn't the king afraid of sitting and enjoying boundless solitude,” Xue ronghua said. For some reason, a trace of sadness came to his heart. ”I think I'll do the same in the future. Instead of looking for true love, it's better to pursue wealth and glory.”