Don't be tempted, sir

The autumn wind blows and the autumn leaves fall. Shen Yining sits listlessly in the pavilion in the garden, by the lake, or in the house all day long. Today is no exception. He didn't go back to the house until Xingyue said that the wind had started to blow and it was time to go home.

She was really bored and told her mother that she wanted to go find Qizhu. Only then did Shen's mother agree to go out. When she arrived at Qizhu's house and saw that she was also listless, she asked, "Sister Qizhu, what's wrong with you?"

Qizhu sighed and sat by the window: "Hey~Yining, you don't understand."

Shen Yining sat aside without asking, and the two of them looked out the window together until Qizhu spoke: "Yining, I like Yanshang very much, but there are too many red tapes in the palace, and I am a little uncomfortable with it."

"is it hard?"

"Well, I haven't felt happy after studying for several months."

"Did sister learn it?"

"Ah."

"So, sister, are you happy with the Crown Prince?"

"Yeah! He tolerates me and takes care of me! He always admits his mistakes and says it's all his fault. Of course I know it's not that he's wrong, but that he has a different identity."

"Sister, although I don't know what it feels like to marry a prince, I think if you like someone, you want to see him every day. Why don't you meet him and talk about your worries and concerns? Maybe it will be better if you talk about it."

Qizhu turned her head and said, "I am just annoyed by these things. I don't want to see him. I think he is as annoyed as these things!"

"Sister, please meet me! It's better than wanting to meet you but not being able to."

"Okay, I'll go find him tomorrow and talk it out to see what his attitude is."

"Uh-huh"

Shen Yining was still looking out the window. Qizhu saw that she was also in a bad mood and asked what was wrong. Shen Yining looked into the distance and told her everything that happened in Qiannan, and then finished telling her everything that happened in Beijing.

Qizhu was so shocked that her jaw dropped: "What! Are you sure you are not together?"

"What are you talking about, sister! I don't know why I am always so dependent on him, and he doesn't seem to hate me."

Qizhu was excited by gossip, and frowned at her appearance: "A man as gentle as jade! He keeps everyone at a distance, except you! Do you know about Princess Rong'an?"

Shen Yining frowned: "What's the matter?"

"Why did she get married earlier? Because not long ago, Lord Song was recuperating in the palace, and Rong An climbed into his bed! Lord Song left the palace overnight and did not stay overnight!"

"Ah! This..."

"So don't talk about saving you, protecting you, taking you out, living with you in a sea of ​​flowers, looking for you as soon as I come back, climbing over the wall to find you, giving you flowers, and making you happy... I'm speechless. Are you sure he is Song Xiaoyuan?"

"Yes, it's confirmed! He is Song Xiaoyuan!"

Qizhu gossiped: "Do you know why he is recuperating in the palace?"

"He said it was to make it easier for Doctor Liu to treat him."

"Tsk, that's true too, but it's also because he was seriously injured and vomited blood, so he couldn't even hold a pen with his right hand."

"Ah! Then he carried me up to the roof..."

"Tsk, you guys....do you like him, Yining?"

"I... I don't know, I just think it's fun to be with him, and I want to be with him all the time."

"Tsk, if it were me, I would also want to be with him. He would always appear when you need him. You are like an oil lamp, and he always comes to add oil to your lamp. Yining... do you like him in your heart?"

"Sister, I treat him differently from Changqing. Maybe I just rely on him, not like him!"

"Have you ever doubted that your dependence on Song Xiaoyuan is because you like him, and your love for Changqing is because you grew up together?"

Shen Yining did not reply, and silently wrapped the handkerchief in her hand.

Qizhu straightened her shoulders: "Do you want to see him?"

Yi Ning frowned at Qi Zhu's determined eyes: "But my mother won't let me see him...she said that there is too much age difference between him and me."

"Just tell me whether you want to see him or not, to be with him!"

"Ok!"

Qizhu pulled her out and got on the carriage. Shen Yining was puzzled: "Where are you going, sister?"

"Enter the palace."

"Ah! I, I, I have never been to the palace. That's not good!"

Qizhu got on the carriage and clapped her hands: "It's okay, I'm here!"

She followed the swaying carriage to the palace gate with trepidation. Qizhu took her out of the carriage, took out the token, and verified her identity.

"Ms. Zhao, please!"

Qizhu led her through the long corridor, through one palace door after another, and when they arrived at the door of the prince's study, Qizhu walked in generously.

Shen Yining went in afterwards and stopped when she saw him writing seriously under the window. [Do you like him, Yining?] The warm sunlight shone on the desk, and his beautiful face was serious and focused.

When the prince saw Qizhu, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, he was about to say hello but Qizhu gestured for him to be quiet. Before Shen Yining bowed and said hello, the prince gestured for her to be polite. The room was quiet and Song Xiaoyuan was too focused to notice the visitor.

Shen Yining was very happy to see the person he wanted to see right in front of him, and walked over to help grind the ink silently. When Song Xiaoyuan finished writing and dipped the ink, he found the person next to him, and his eyes were full of surprise: "Shen Yining!"

Shen Yining looked at him and agreed softly: "Well, are you tired?"

"It's fine. Have you been here for a long time?"

"Just arrived"

Song Xiaoyuan stood up and lifted a stool to signal her to sit down: "No need to study, just sit down and rest."

The prince was surprised, and Qizhu looked satisfied: "That's great!"

The prince smacked his lips and said, "Xiao Yuan, is this a miracle? This is the first time I've seen water in his dead eyes."

Song Xiaoyuan made her some tea and put some snacks on the table: "I'll take you out for a walk when I'm done."

Shen Yining sat aside and ate snacks obediently: "Well, okay!"

The prince frowned: "When will he be done? He won't abandon me again!"

Qizhu sat aside: "I'll accompany you!"

"Zhuzhu, you finally came to see me."

"Annotate well!"

The prince annotated Qizhu on grinding and eating the fruit plate, and when he got bored, he took a pen and scribbled on the side.

Song Xiaoyuan instructed Shen Yining to sit aside and have some snacks, and he would steal glances at him from time to time, and when he saw that the ink was almost gone, he would grind it for a while.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

"What's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Your Majesty, Queen, I delivered the bird's nest soup to the Crown Prince's study as the Queen instructed. I was afraid that I would be dazzled and I didn't dare to go in. The scene of the talented man and beautiful woman was so pleasing to the eyes."

Emperor Yan was puzzled: "Can you approve a memorial to show that the man is talented and the woman is beautiful?"

The queen smiled back, "But Qizhu is here?"

"My lady, yes! There is another girl."

Emperor Yan was a little unhappy: "Is it an approval or... Let's go and see."

The servant hurriedly explained that it was not like that. Now he was even more curious and came to the Prince's Palace. Emperor Yan and the Empress signaled the female officials to keep quiet. They looked at the scene in the room from the window and laughed: "Let's go back."

The Queen ordered: "Prepare some Kongming lanterns! And send four bowls of bird's nest."

The emperor laughed and said, "This Xiao Yuan, last time I asked him if he liked the youngest daughter of the Shen family, what did he say? Look at him now, he's still being stubborn!"