Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 15 How could he disobey me?
In the carriage, Zhao Qi'an lowered the curtain.

His coming to the market today was a small surprise for Li Yulu.

However, he was not too concerned about Li Yulu and regarded him as a spare piece.

There are so many talented people in this world, but only a few can truly succeed.

After all, Li Yulu was not cultivated by himself, and at his age, it is hard to say what his future achievements will be. Zhao Qian'an is willing to give him a chance, but whether he can grasp it in the end depends on his own luck.

……

When Zhao Qi'an left the west market, it was already two quarters past noon.

The time spent in the market town was longer than he had expected. After leaving the market town, he had no time to return to the princess's mansion, so he simply went directly to the palace.

The Daqian Palace has five main gates and sixteen small gates.

Among them, the Yuqian Gate is located on the west side of the imperial palace, connecting to the deep palace backyard. It is also the gate that royal relatives often pass through when visiting relatives in the palace.

When Zhao Qi'an's carriage arrived in front of Yuqian Gate, Princess Yuzhen's sedan chair had been waiting there for a long time.

Compared to the low-key Prince Consort Zhao Qi'an who only brought one servant and one horse, Princess Yuzhen was much more high-profile. There were four strong horses responsible for pulling the carriage alone. Each horse had pure white hair, and they were all tall and strong in size and height.

In addition, there were eight maids following the carriage in front and behind. They were all of the same height, weight and shape, and all were standard beauties.

When Zhao Qian'an got off the carriage, the curtain of the carriage opposite was rolled up.

Princess Yuzhen sat on the cushions in the carriage, wearing a luxurious red robe. Her chest-length skirt revealed her fair and tender flesh. She had cloud-like hair, a beautiful face, and golden hairpins. Two jade hairpins hung with tassels. Her skin was as white as cream and her eyebrows were as black as ink.

Judging from appearance alone, Yuzhen is extremely beautiful.

She is also proud of her beauty. Which man would not be attracted by her?

But when she saw Zhao Qi'an's expressionless face, she couldn't help but get angry.

With the help of Luan Nu, Yu Zhen got off the sedan chair and walked towards Zhao Qi'an, frowning and saying, "Why are you so slow? I have to wait for you."

Zhao Qi'an looked at the sky and said calmly, "It's not even 3 p.m. yet."

Yu Zhen was even more displeased when she saw this behavior.

Who are you putting on airs for?

However, when she saw the deaf-mute old servant behind Zhao Qi'an carrying out large boxes from the carriage, her expression improved and she decided not to bother with Zhao Qi'an.

"Luannu, go call some servants out and move these gifts to Fuyan Palace."

Princess Yuzhen gave an order, and Luannu responded softly.

After saying that, she walked leisurely towards the Yuqian Gate without saying a word to Zhao Qian.

Zhao Qi'an didn't care and followed Princess Yuzhen into the palace through the Yuqian Gate.

……

Inside the Fuyan Palace, lights were on.

Concubine Zhen had not arrived yet, and there were only a few serving palace maids left in the palace. They led Zhao Qian'an and Yu Zhen to sit down and served them fruits and tea.

Although the couple lived under the same roof, it had been a long time since they had sat together and drank tea like this.

They were silent and sat down to drink tea.

After a long silence, Princess Yuzhen spoke first: "When you see mother later, you should know what to say and what not to say."

Zhao Qi'an said calmly: "What's the point of saying it or not?" There are many old people from Fuyan Palace in the princess's mansion. Would Concubine Zhen not know that Princess Yuzhen is playing with little girls?

I know it roughly, but I don’t think it’s a big deal.

There were many nobles in the Daqian Dynasty who indulged in more extravagant things than this.

Princess Yuzhen was very satisfied with his attitude and said, "Your idea saves me a lot of trouble. There is another small matter..."

She pretended to bring it up casually and said, "When I went to the palace to see my mother a few days ago, I heard her complain about the deserted Fuyan Palace, so I thought of sending some people to the palace to accompany her. Didn't your Zhao family open a health center in the capital and take in a lot of orphans? I will send someone to the Zhao family health center to select some children in a few days..."

Before she could finish her words, Princess Yuzhen suddenly felt a chill for no reason and her neck felt cold.

She looked at Zhao Qi'an in doubt, but found that Zhao Qi'an looked normal and there was nothing unusual about him.

Is it an illusion?
As Princess Yuzhen looked around suspiciously, Zhao Qi'an put down his teacup and asked, "There are government offices in the capital that have adopted even more orphans. Why don't you go to the government offices to select people to enter the palace?"

Princess Yuzhen was speechless for a moment, and said arrogantly: "What do I have to say to you? Just do it!"

"I'm sorry to have to obey."

When these four words came out of Zhao Qi'an's mouth, Princess Yuzhen immediately stared at him, her mind was unable to wrap around for a moment.

This guy... rejected me?!
Princess Yuzhen had become accustomed to Zhao Qi'an's usual consent and approval. No matter how expensive the jewelry was or how much money was spent, he would never say "no".

He had made such a small request today, and it didn't cost him a penny, so what right did he have to refuse?
Princess Yuzhen was furious and slammed the table, asking, "What did you say?"

Facing the enraged Princess Yuzhen, Zhao Qi'an remained calm, lowering his eyes and playing with his teacup: "The Zhao family opened a health hall, not for charity. The children in the hall are all good seedlings selected by the Zhao family. They are taught the way of business from a young age and will become the backbone of the business in the future. The Zhao family has invested a lot of effort in cultivating each child, so why send them to the palace?"

Sophistry! All sophistry!
He must be feeling unhappy because he had caught me and Gong Xinying yesterday.

Is he expressing his dissatisfaction to me?
Princess Yuzhen slammed the table and stood up: "Zhao Qi'an, are you going to disobey my wishes?"

It was not until then that Zhao Qi'an turned his gaze towards Princess Yuzhen.

Yuzhen...is really spoiled.

As the daughter of the current emperor and the youngest child, she has been favored in the palace since she was young. No one around her dared to disobey her wishes, which led to her developing a arrogant and domineering character.

If not for this, he would not have done the absurd act of having a maid marry on his wedding day.

Over the years, with Zhao Qi'an's deliberate connivance, Princess Yuzhen's temperament became more and more perverse.

But her life was smooth sailing. She had never been involved in intrigue with anyone, her emotions were clearly shown in her words, and she was completely unpretentious.

So in Zhao Qi'an's eyes, Yu Zhen was just a fool with beautiful looks but no value for him to spend any attention on her.

Whatever she wants, just satisfy her. This kind of woman is actually easy to deal with.

If it weren't for Gong Xinying of unknown origin, he wouldn't mind indulging Yu Zhen all the time.

Ignorance is sometimes a kind of bliss.

Princess Yuzhen was originally furious, but when Zhao Qi'an stared at her like that, her heart suddenly tightened for no reason.

She actually felt a slight sense of oppression.

She had only felt this feeling from her father.

For a moment, her expression froze, and then she said in a timid tone:
"Why are you looking at me like that?"

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the hall.

(End of this chapter)