"Your Highness, I am just a woman in the harem. I shouldn't interfere with your affairs in the court or even outside. First, I can't interfere, and second, I have no right to interfere. I know that you are running around for His Royal Highness Prince Rong and handling affairs in the court. Your situation is not good. There is nothing wrong with trying harder. But you really don't need to tell me."

What's the point of talking to her?

Can she help him deal with his affairs in the court?

Besides, it’s not her turn to take care of it.

"Who said you can't control it? You can control everything that this king does..."

"Your Majesty, the harem doesn't even interfere in government affairs, let alone a woman like me in the inner chamber?

Yes, Your Majesty, you haven’t seen the four concubines that your mother gave you, right?

If you are not busy these days, how about I ask Manager Wang to arrange for them to serve tomorrow night, and then you can take a look and give them some names, how do you think?"

Shen Guidi's change of topic was very abrupt.

But it was a matter of time, so she didn't care. At least she could get the person away and stop him from buzzing around her.

He Qingchen seemed to be angry.

For a long time.

No words were said.

Shen Guiyi drew the outline of a piece of jewelry on the paper. Seeing that the person in front of him did not move, he looked up in surprise: "Prince?"

He Qingchen's face was gloomy, he glared at her with gnashing teeth, his tone was hoarse and gloomy: "A'yi, are you so eager to push me to someone else? We were so close just now, and you want to push me out after you get off the couch?"

Shen Guidi: “…”

Can you please stop talking about those things in bed?

Are you ashamed? !

"Your Highness, you are not someone who has never experienced anything. You also know what my mother meant by sending a few people to the mansion. It is true that I am a substitute bride, but from the moment I entered this door, I knew very well what I would face in the future.

You are just a prince, and you have no control over the affairs of the harem.

In the future, if you are lucky enough to sit in that position, there will be more women around you, not fewer. At that time, it will be very common for you to summon one to sleep with you today and go out with another one tomorrow.

There is nothing I cannot accept.

I believe that I have done my best to arrange your backyard and do everything that should be done and can be done as well as possible. This is the duty of a mistress of the house.

If you still cannot accept this, when the time is right, you can also choose a lady who is worthy of you.

By then, I will be the one to…"

"What do you want to be?" He Qingchen's mouth tightened, staring at her intently, "Learn from your mother and divorce? Or should you swallow your anger and let the rumors spread outside and also become a concubine?"

He suddenly grabbed her shoulders and said word by word: "A'yi, listen carefully, you are my princess, my wife, regardless of life or death. From now on, if anyone uses your background to make trouble, or if anyone tries to send someone to the mansion, if you are unhappy, just curse them back, if you don't like them, just refuse to let them go. Even if it's my mother, it's the same. As for the few people in the mansion, I will take care of them."

After saying that, he left.

Shen Guidi relaxed and fell on the stool. For a long while, he stared outside in a daze.

***

He Qingchen left Fuyun Courtyard with a grim face.

As soon as he left, someone in the mansion started gossiping in secret about the quarrel between him and Shen Guidi.

He Qingchen returned to the study angrily and sat at the desk for half a day.

Ye Feng had been guarding the door for most of the day and was really confused. What was his prince up to?

Or, has the princess done something earth-shattering again?

It's getting late.

Ye Feng went to the tea room to make some tea and then entered the study carefully.

He Qingchen's figure disappeared into the darkness.

Ye Feng brought the tea to the table in front of him and put it down, then asked tentatively: "Your Highness, you must be thirsty, have some tea."

He Qingchen glanced at him and didn't move.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Ye Feng continued to ask: "It's almost time for dinner, aren't you going to accompany the princess for dinner? Did you quarrel with the princess again? This shouldn't be the case. When you came back, weren't you still in love? Could it be that you did something to displease the princess again?"

He Qingchen stared at him, his eyes blazing with fire and an eagle-like gaze that made Ye Feng tremble.

Ye Feng: "..."

He Qingchen's tone was cold and his mood was extremely bad: "Go and call Wang Huan over."

Ye Feng didn't dare to delay and hurried to call for help.

Wang Huan came very quickly, and before he had finished bowing, He Qingchen called him back, "Forget it. Where are the four people sent by the Queen Mother?"

"Since you haven't decided on their status yet, I will follow the rules and temporarily arrange them in the Qingfeng Courtyard in the backyard and the Linfeng Courtyard next to it. Once you decide on their status, I will see where to arrange them. Do you want to summon them to sleep with you tonight?"

Wang Huan said the last sentence hesitantly.

He glanced at He Qingchen and thought, could it be that the prince really intends to summon them to sleep with him?

It shouldn’t be!

It wasn't in the afternoon that I met the princess...

It was a bit late at this hour, and the incident was too sudden, which made him feel a little embarrassed.

Normally, a concubine's first sleepover should be in the side room next to the Fufeng Courtyard, but before that, the princess lived in the Fufeng Courtyard. Afterwards, although the princess moved out, she never cleaned up the small courtyard carefully.

It would be inappropriate to hastily arrange for the prince to favor his concubine there.

But they were in Qingfeng Courtyard and Linfeng Courtyard, which were not independent small courtyards, so it was not appropriate.

Wang Huan thought for a moment and came up with a long list of ideas.

He Qingchen had a sullen face. He stood up suddenly, kicked a chair beside the table, and said angrily, "What are you sleeping with? The prince and the princess just got married. When did you say you wanted to take a concubine into the mansion?"

Wang Huan: “…”

Wang Huan looked at him in astonishment, completely dumbfounded.

He turned his head curiously and looked at Ye Feng, asking him what was going on. However, Ye Feng shrugged innocently, turned his head away and said nothing, pretending to know nothing.

Wang Huan cursed inwardly.

He Qingchen had already walked up to his side with big strides and said coldly, "Lead the way."

After saying that, he went out first.

Wang Huan was slightly stunned.

For a moment, I didn't understand what He Qingchen meant, and could only follow him out stupidly.

Ye Feng followed him and moved his arm suggestively, then lowered his voice and reminded him in a very low voice: "There was a quarrel."

Wang Huan understood.

Thinking back to what He Qingchen had said since he entered the study, he immediately understood that what He Qingchen meant by "lead the way" was to go to the backyard to find those girls. They had been back for a few days, so had the prince finally remembered to go and meet them?

Is this the reason why the princess quarreled with the prince?

He Qingchen had just led his men to Qingfeng Courtyard in a mighty manner when, turning back, Fuyun Courtyard received the news.

Chun Lan in Fuyun Courtyard saw that Shen Guidi and He Qingchen had another quarrel, and was worried, so she asked people to pay more attention to He Qingchen's movements. When she heard the news, she told Shen Guidi immediately.

At that time, Shen Guidi was drawing the pattern of a hairpin.

As soon as Chun Lan entered the house, she said, "Princess, the people in the front yard said that the prince just found the butler Wang and asked him to lead the way to Qingfeng Courtyard."

Shen Guidi paused, and a drop of black ink fell on the drawing paper.

A stain of ink suddenly appeared on the hairpin that was already half painted, ruining the entire design.

Shen Guiyi stared at the painting for a long time before turning to Chunlan and said, "Those in the backyard are all the prince's women. Just go. There is no need to tell me about his news. Also, don't ask about what's going on in the front yard. Don't do it again."

Her tone was very calm, but Chun Lan felt pressured for no reason.

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