Ask the Nine Ministers

Chapter 92 Delicious
Xue Sui had a complicated expression as he looked at Xue Yuechen's face which was full of tension.

"First, the East Palace was showing off its power in the palace today, and the princess suddenly fell ill. The prince was busy dealing with it. I think he was exhausted and had no time to relax..."

"Secondly, the prince is more wary of me than he likes me."

"Third, even if the prince comes, I will find a way to make him leave."

Xue Yuechen was slightly stunned.

Seeing the smile on her lips, I felt dizzy and my thoughts were completely messed up.

"Even if the prince has concerns today and has not come yet, he will come sooner or later. Why do you not want to serve the prince?"

After a pause, she asked nervously, "Are you still thinking about that Gu Jie?"

Xue Sui shook his head slightly.

"What virtue and ability does Gu Jie have to deserve my concern?"

"Sixth sister, you are going to confuse me."

If possible, Xue Yuechen didn't want to push her husband to someone else.

But the words of Master Jingkong are still fresh in my mind.

Apart from letting Xue Liu sleep with her and give birth to a child, what else could she think of?
If Yuan Qingzhu gave birth to the prince's eldest son first, how could she have a place in the eyes of Concubine Xiao and the prince? Completely losing power would undoubtedly be a disaster like the collapse of heaven and earth for her. I'm afraid she would not even have the courage to live.

Xue Yuechen was so anxious that his eyes turned red and he almost cried.

"You're going to drive me crazy. Come on, tell me why."

Xue Sui did not say anything. He slowly took Xue Yuechen's hand, walked around the festive brocade screen, and smiled slightly.

"Sister, please look."

She used to always call Xue Yuechen "Princess", respectfully but also politely and distantly.

But this "sister" was called in a very intimate way.

After she slowly took off her coat and untied the belt around her waist, Xue Yuechen saw with his own eyes the shocking scars on her body.

The expression on her face seemed to be frozen, fading away little by little, and her face was as stiff as a puppet.

Slowly, with shock, his eyes turned red and finally tears fell.

"Sixth sister, I didn't know you had suffered so much..."

Xue Sui smiled slightly and calmly put on his clothes.

"It's all in the past, sister, don't worry about it. But now, with a broken body, how can I serve His Royal Highness Prince Duan's noble body?"

Xue Yuechen didn't expect that she would have so many scars on her body.

And ten years have passed, it has not dissipated.

But it was just surprise, not accident.

"I have the scar-healing ointment made by the palace. I'll send someone to deliver it to you later... Or when the prince comes, I'll turn off the lights and only leave a small night light..."

"Sister." Xue Sui looked at her with a smile and said softly, "The prince is not an ignorant young man. How can you hide it from him? If you anger the prince because of this, it will be more trouble than gain."

"What should we do?"

Xue Yuechen was angry and annoyed.

I was angry that I didn't realize it beforehand and didn't think of this.

She was even more angry that Xue Liu knowingly committed the crime and did not tell her the truth earlier.

"Sister, if you don't want to serve the prince, why do you want to marry into the palace?"

Hearing the annoyance in her tone, Xue Sui couldn't help but chuckle.

"For you, big sister..."

Xue Yuechen was filled with anxiety and paced back and forth in the room.

I couldn't listen to a word she said.

"What should I do? Sixth sister, you are going to kill me..."

Xue Sui seemed unable to read her expression, and said softly: "In the Xue Mansion, only sister treats me well sincerely, and others have never taken me seriously. This time, sister is trying to bring me back from the old mausoleum swamp to save me from suffering. Don't worry, sister, I will not covet my brother-in-law, and I will not embarrass you. I am here to take care of you..."

She spoke with real emotion.

Xue Yuechen's eyes turned red when he heard this.

"I know you've had a hard time these years..."

She turned back to look at Xue Sui, her throat almost choking with sobs: "Originally, you are so considerate, I should be relieved. But if you don't give birth to a child for the prince, how can you and I stand firm in the mansion?"

Xue Sui asked back: "Sister, you have been married for more than ten years. How did you stay married?"

Xue Yuechen was stunned, not knowing why she asked this.

"Your Majesty is considerate, and the relationship between husband and wife still exists."

Xue Sui smiled: "Sister, don't you understand? What you rely on is not only the offspring, but also the prince's heart. If you are loved by the prince, he will treat you well, whether you have offspring or not. If you are not loved by the prince, even if you give birth to ten or eight sons, you may not be able to keep the prince's heart."

Xue Yuechen naturally knew that a man's love was of vital importance.

But due to Li Huan's cold and indifferent personality, there was some estrangement between them, if not just in appearance.

At least Li Huan would never open his heart to her. Apart from the daily chores in the mansion, they had never had a heart-to-heart talk.

Without a son, will she have to rely on charity when she gets old?

Xue Yuechen felt like he was in a state of confusion and for a moment he had no idea what to do.

She glanced at Xue Sui's young and pretty face and felt a little more at ease.

"Since my sister has entered the mansion, please stay here first. We will think of a way to deal with the prince later. My sister is so pretty, I don't believe that the prince will not like her..."

Xue Sui raised the corners of his lips slightly, and suddenly tightened Xue Yuechen's hand.

"How can a son born to someone else be as good as one's own son?"

Xue Yuechen's face froze.

Then I heard her say, "Sister, do you know that I know some folk remedies for women to have children? Sister, come over early tomorrow morning and I will examine you carefully, okay?"

Xue Yuechen's pupils trembled slightly, "Sister actually has such a skill? Is that folk remedy credible?"

She has tried countless folk remedies over the years, but there is still no news of pregnancy.

After a long time, this will give up...

Xue Sui knew everything about her and smiled slightly when he heard this.

"Since I'm here, I'll naturally lend a helping hand to my sister. If this remedy doesn't work, I have other remedies that can always help my sister solve her problems... When the time comes, my sister will surely be honored and favored by the prince, and I will be honored to serve by her side..."

Xue Yuechen's mind became active after hearing this, and his expression instantly warmed up.

How could she not desire to give birth to Prince Duan's legitimate son and be loved by her husband?
But for Xue Yuechen, who has been married for ten years, this is just an unattainable dream...

Even in her dreams, she hadn't looked forward to it for a long time.

Xue Liu said, can you help her?
Xue Yuechen was half-believing and half-doubting.

Unexpectedly, things turned out to be just as Xue Liu said, Li Huan did not go to Tan Qiuyuan.

The light in his study stayed on until three o'clock in the morning.

The servant said that the prince did not go to sleep anywhere else...

Xue Yue felt a breath of air in his heart sinking slowly.

I don’t know whether I should be happy or sad.
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Xue Yuechen was not the only one who had trouble sleeping that night.

After Xue Sui sent the guests away, he asked Ruyi to prepare pen and ink, and sat by the window, rolling up his sleeves and writing.

Xiao Zhao was grinding ink on the side. Seeing the girl's calm expression, he had many doubts in his mind.

"Girl, do you think the princess will wake up and no longer like her husband?"

The girl said she wanted to be peaceful and was deserted by her friends and relatives.

But the princess is high up in the sky and may not be able to fulfill the girl's wish.

"She is the most favored princess in the world. Why not just change her consort? She doesn't care, so it won't hurt her..."

Xue Sui didn't look up, and answered her casually without stopping the pen in his hand.

"Pingle will only adore the prince consort even more and be completely devoted to him."

"Why?"

"It is because the princess owns the world that she is so concerned about the man she cannot have. If Lu Youan had not asked three times and refused three times, Pingle might not have regarded him as so precious and insisted on having him."

Xiao Zhao nodded, then shook her head vigorously again. "No, no, no, no, that's terrible, terrible, terrible! I don't want to do that. I'm only good to people who are good to me. For example, girls..."

As she spoke, she suddenly stretched out her arms and hugged him. Xue Sui's hand holding the pen trembled slightly, and the ink smudged the paper.

She smiled helplessly at Xiao Zhao.

"That may not be the case. People's hearts are all the same. They will always regard the unwilling, humiliating, and unattainable things as their greatest love... and then cling to them and get stuck in the quagmire."

Xiao Zhao curled her lips, "They are just fools! I only want people who love me."

Xue Sui smiled slightly, put down the pen, picked up the written paper, and blew it dry gently.

"How easy is it to get someone to fall in love with you? Countless people pursue this throughout their lives, but still cannot get it - so, if someone does everything you want, you should be careful, because he may have other intentions."

Xiao Zhao seemed to understand but didn't quite understand, but leaned against her obediently.

"I don't love anyone else, I just love girls. I always listen to girls and won't be fooled!"

Xue Sui smiled with curved eyebrows.

She doesn't believe in love, but she cherishes the people around her.

Xiao Zhao, Ruyi, Jinshu, the three masters far away in the old mausoleum, and the brothers and sisters who were truly kind to her...
-
The night is quiet.

The two Eastern Palace spies were lying on the roof of an unused side room in Prince Duan's mansion, not moving at all, their arms and legs so numb that they were almost losing feeling, and they were sighing.

"She's already married, why should we keep guarding her?"

"I'm afraid no one will believe it if I tell you this. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince actually sent us to protect Prince Duan's woman!"

"When will this unfortunate job end?"

In order to avoid being discovered by the guards of Prince Duan's Mansion, they avoided Yingyue Lake and stood guard on the dark tiles at the side room of Tanqiu Courtyard, their bodies almost stiff as stone.

Putting aside other things, compared with the time when he was monitoring Miss Xue Liu in the Xue Mansion, the current working environment is getting worse.

"brother!"

Suddenly, one of the spies grabbed his companion's arm tightly.

"I found something unusual!"

He was shaking with excitement.

Another spy came over, suppressing his joy, staring with his bright eyes at the small courtyard in the inky night.

"Where? Why didn't I see it?"

"I saw a wild man enter Sixth Miss's Tanqiu Courtyard!"

When the spy heard this, he gasped.

"Quick, report to His Highness."

"No, no, no -"

Another spy pulled his arm hard.

Then he lowered his voice, and said in a low voice with some uncertainty: "That wild man, looks like... seems like... probably... seems like... our Crown Prince?"

"Ah! Are they similar?"

"A bit like!"

"What if it's not?"

"What if it is?"

The two spies were as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

You look at me, I look at you, and finally we grit our teeth, stretch out our hands and play "Rock, Paper, Scissors", and unanimously decide to bravely move closer, take a closer look, and then make a final decision.
-
Everything is quiet and the night breeze is cool.

The chirping of insects not far away seemed particularly abrupt in the night.

The gauze curtains beside the window moved, swaying gently in the breeze.

Xue Sui paused for a moment with the wolf hair in his hand and looked up at Xiao Zhao.

"You can go down and rest first."

Xiao Zhao didn't ask any more questions and just bowed slightly.

"Yes, girl."

When she went out, she closed the door considerately.

The room suddenly became quiet and no one was around.

Ling Yu sensed something and paced back and forth on Xue Sui's wooden desk, making low gurgling sounds, seeming to be irritated, but also excited.

Xue Sui patted the pigeon's head, turned off the light, walked over and pushed open the latch of the wooden window.

With a light laugh, a figure leaped in from the window.

"I came to see how Miss Xue Liu, the married woman, is now the same as before?"

Xue Sui couldn't help but laugh at his anger.

The prince's courage is beyond imagination.

There is no one better than him throughout history.

Not to mention that Li Huan is her brother, today is also her first night of marriage. According to folk sayings, this is the wedding night...

But he came.

He dares.

He is really not afraid of big trouble.

"I saw it. Is Your Highness satisfied?"

Li Zhao looked her up and down, a smile on his lips, and picked up the paper she had written on with interest.

All I saw were papers covered with densely written words.

Everything is neat and symmetrical, just like her.

"A building a hundred feet high can collapse due to a tiny gap."

"A long embankment of thousands of miles collapsed in an ant nest."

"A forest of thousands of acres was burned by a spark."

"..."

"If you want to make someone fail, first help him to be extravagant."

"If you want to make someone fall, first induce him to be greedy."

"If you want to bring disaster to others, first make them impatient."

"If you want to humiliate someone, first make him arrogant."

"If you want to kill someone, make him crazy first."

Li Zhao pursed his lips, his black eyes smiling.

"Every word from Miss Xue Liu is full of pearls, which is exactly what I want."

Xue Sui looked at him quietly.

This Tanqiuyuan was specially arranged by Xue Yuechen.

It’s close to Yingyue Lake and not far from Li Huan’s residence…

"Your Highness, it's late at night and the dew is heavy. I also need to rest. Please go back."

If it hadn't been late at night and the dew hadn't been heavy, Li Zhao might not have come.

He straightened the paper on the wooden table, rolled it up and put it in his arms.

"After you've used me, you want to drive me away. Lady Xue, who taught you to act this way?"

Seeing that she did not respond, Li Zhao curled the corners of his lips indifferently. Not only did he not leave, but he looked at her bridal chamber with great interest.

He was tall and straight, and there were a lot of clutter in the room, which he had not had time to clean up. The room seemed crowded as soon as Li Zhao walked around.

Xue Sui frowned, but Li Zhao was still not aware of it. He glanced here, touched there, and finally simply lifted his robe and sat on the wedding couch, spreading out a pile of peanuts, dates, and longans.

Then he smiled, picked up a date from the quilt and put it into his mouth.

"good to eat."

Xue Sui: This guy is so shameless...

Li Zhao: Nothing tastes better than dates. Please give me the next sentence...