He Qingchen kept his body tense throughout the entire palace banquet.

He was wary of everyone.

Always keep Shen Guidi firmly by your side.

The shadow cast by the palace banquet that year was so great that he could not relax throughout the entire banquet and did not dare to drink any alcohol.

Shen Guidi was led out of the palace by him, got on the carriage, and returned to the prince's mansion.

It was not until she returned to the mansion and her yard that He Qingchen felt a little relieved.

This night.

The two of them were holding hands and sleeping soundly.

Miss Lang could not bear the gap and ran to the outside of Prince Yan's mansion crying. Finally, she was carried away by the guards arranged by Lord Lang and sent directly to the temple on the mountain.

The two of them knew nothing about these things.

A few days later.

He Qingchen and Shen Guidi lived their own lives behind closed doors.

Every day, He Qingchen accompanied Shen Guidi in reading, playing chess, planting grass, and raising flowers... The two of them lived a very comfortable life.

This day.

Chunlan hurried in from outside with a few notes in her hand.

Shen Guidi raised her eyebrows slightly: "Chun Lan, what's in your hand?"

"Replying to Princess, this is the invitation for the birthday banquet of the old lady of Duke Gu's mansion in half a month, the invitation for the flower viewing banquet of the eldest princess, the invitation for the wedding of His Royal Highness Prince Rong and Princess Shuangluo sent by Princess Rong, and another one is a visiting card from a lady in Liu Zhongshu's mansion. She is waiting outside the mansion now and said she wants to see you, Princess. Do you want to meet her?"

Shen Guidi didn't react much to the previous post.

The decision that Prince Rong would marry his concubine was made at a palace banquet.

He Qingchen was his biological brother, and they had a deep brotherly love, so it made sense for him and his wife to be absent.

Duke Gu's Mansion is the maternal home of Prince Yan and Prince Rong.

This isn't the first time they've posted.

Logically, Shen Guidi should be more respectful to them.

But every time the Duke Gu's Mansion sent someone, they were in an arrogant manner and looked down on Shen Guicui. They almost said that they wanted her to go to the Duke Gu's Mansion to learn the rules and receive a lesson.

What's more, He Qingchen's attitude towards Duke Gu's Mansion was somewhat cold.

Therefore, she ignored him before. Firstly, it was because He Qingchen’s attitude towards the Gu family was unclear, and his relationship with herself was even more weird. Secondly, it was because the other party obviously had bad intentions.

Now, the post for the birthday party has been moved out.

You have to go even if you don’t want to.

As for the invitation from the Princess's Mansion, she had no interest in it.

Although the story between her and Princess Qingyao in Guyue Pavilion was not widely spread, everyone in the aristocratic families in the capital who should know about it knew about it.

If she stood in the Princess's Mansion, I'm afraid even Princess Qingyao would go crazy.

Besides, everyone in the capital looked down on her status. The eldest princess was of noble birth and was favored by His Majesty, so there was really no need for her to bow down to her.

I took the initiative to post today, maybe it’s because of the person who is now clinging to me?

Shen Guidi thought about it and slowly glanced at He Qingchen.

He Qingchen didn't understand what her look meant.

He suddenly shuddered, sat up straight, and said seriously: "Well, Ah Yi, if you don't want to see Madam Liu, then don't meet her. You don't know her anyway. I just used the Lang family to intimidate those people who don't do their work all day, and Madam Liu came. She is definitely not a good person."

He Qingchen explained with a strong desire to survive.

I was afraid that the so-called lady was a person without good taste and was planning to bring her daughter to my house.

Shen Guidi: “…”

She knew why Madam Liu wanted to see her.

However, Shen Guidi never thought about meeting her, let alone letting her get involved in these matters.

After being interrupted by He Qingchen, she changed her mind.

"Forget it, let her in." She sighed softly and said to Chunlan.

He Qingchen's eyes flickered slightly.

"A'di, why do you want to see her? What if she brings her daughter here and causes this and that? What should I do?" He Qingchen spoke frankly, looking aggrieved as if asking for protection.

Shen Guidi paused.

She glanced at He Qingchen and immediately had some thoughts of teasing him: "If Madam Liu ignored the tense situation in the capital and didn't care about your shock to the Lang family at the palace banquet, it can only mean that either the Liu family is doing things with a clear conscience and you can't find any fault with them and can't vent your anger on them, or the daughter of the Liu family really can't live without you."

"Then, what does that have to do with me?"

He Qingchen narrowed his eyes, feeling that her words had some other meaning, and he explained in a panic.

"If Madam Liu wants to lower herself and ask for a small concubine position for the sake of her daughter who has no future, Your Majesty, considering her infatuation and her insistence on you, would you be moved and want to marry her?"

"No, I don't want to, and I won't accept it." He Qingchen said very quickly without any hesitation.

Shen Guidi's smile deepened.

She asked again: "What if she really couldn't survive without you, and you could save her life by marrying her? Would you hesitate? Would you think that since you don't need her in the mansion anyway, you can still support her?"

"..."

He Qingchen never thought that Shen Guidi would ask such a hypothetical question.

If she couldn't survive, and he just wanted to fulfill her wish, take her in, and settle her down, with her only having the false title of a concubine... Would he agree to such a situation?

He Qingchen was rarely silent.

He didn't know what the answer to such a question should be.

He had never thought about or encountered such a problem.

Shen Guidi looked at him, and a hint of loss and disappointment couldn't help but emerge in her eyes.

She looked away and suppressed the strange emotions in her heart.

"My Lord, why don't you answer?"

"This king..."

"Let me ask you two more questions."

He Qingchen was silent.

She was afraid that Shen Guicui would ask some shocking questions again, and she was also afraid that he would hesitate and disappoint her.

"If you and I are a loving couple, but His Majesty has ordered you to go back to the battlefield in the southern border to fight the enemy, or to suppress bandits, or to provide disaster relief, and in the process of doing these things, your close deputy generals or subordinates die to save you, and before they die, they ask you to help take care of his sister or widow, will you bring that sister or widow back to the palace? If they are pleased with you and are willing to be your concubines, will you agree?"

Shen Guidi didn't know why he suddenly asked these questions when he was fine.

I just suddenly had an inspiration and thought of the storybooks I had read before, and I said it out loud inadvertently.

After asking this question, both of them were silent.

For a long time.

Shen Guidi then added: "Forget it, you don't have to answer, I just thought of it and asked casually."

He Qingchen pursed his lips: "Really, just asking casually?"

"Yeah, just asking."

Shen Guidi looked very serious, as if she had asked the question because she had suddenly thought of it, but He Qingchen knew that she was not.

She was very serious and wanted to know how he would answer.

at this time.

Chunlan led Madam Liu into the yard.

When they heard footsteps, they looked up in tacit understanding.

When He Qingchen saw that beside Madam Liu, in addition to a few maids, there was also a woman dressed like a lady from an aristocratic family, who was obviously of marriageable age, his face suddenly darkened, and the depression in his heart suddenly surged up.

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