"Miss..."
Niaoniao gently woke up Song Jinyu. "Concubine Jia in the palace has sent a lot of gifts."
Micui brought over the toiletries and served her to get up. "His Highness the Prince said that he wants you to take a look."
The eunuch in charge from Concubine Jia's palace came to deliver the gifts. He specifically pointed out that one of the embroideries was for Cheng Song, a guard in the prince's mansion, to reward him for bravely saving the princess.
Song Jinyu asked in a daze, "When did my man become a guard in the prince's mansion?"
"Miss, the key is that this embroidery is actually a picture of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl." Niaoniao held the embroidery and pouted.
Cheng Song didn't dare to say a word. When Zhongli Mingye came in and saw the three of them discussing, he said directly, "Although Heyi is young, her embroidery skills are excellent." The implication was that someone couldn't even make an embroidered pouch and was not as good as a child.
"Why did Heyi send this?" Song Jinyu didn't understand. Seeing her looking blank, Zhongli Mingye had no choice but to explain helplessly, "It's to thank Cheng Song for saving her that day."
"What about my gift? I'm the one who planned everything that day, okay?" She pouted unhappily and sat down huffily on one side.
Seeing that she was unhappy, Micui smiled and said, "I'm afraid Princess Heyi has fallen in love."
"What?" Song Jinyu was shocked.
Cheng Song wished he could slip out of the main hall at this moment. With his status, he couldn't even dream of the princess.
Zhongli Mingye frowned and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't damage the princess's reputation. Don't spread this matter again!"
As soon as Song Jinyu heard this, she immediately got anxious. "What do you mean by damaging the princess's reputation? Our Cheng Song is very good!"
Niaoniao and Micui glanced at each other. Alas! Their young lady was being serious again!
"Cough... cough..." Zhongli Mingye just smiled and said nothing, looking at Song Jinyu with doting eyes.
"You all can leave!"
Song Jinyu stood up. "Cheng Song, wait a moment..."
Cheng Song had no choice but to stop. "I'm asking you, do you like Princess Heyi?" As soon as this question was asked, the flustered Cheng Song's face suddenly turned red. He stammered, "This subordinate doesn't dare to have such thoughts about the princess!" He really didn't dare, after all, the gap between them was too big.
Zhongli Mingye looked at her helplessly. "Stop being naughty..."
"Naughty? Cheng Song is excellent in martial arts, good-looking, and has great character. Why isn't he good enough for the princess?" Isn't he much better than those princes from the Nanhai Wo Kingdom?
She gently pulled Cheng Song and said seriously, "If you like her, I'll let you go to the border to gain experience. Anyway, the princess is only twelve years old this year."
After hearing what she said, Zhongli Mingye couldn't help but smile. She understood that the gap in status between the two was too big. To help them, Song Jinyu was willing to give up her most loyal guard. Letting Cheng Song go to the border to gain experience for a few years, make military achievements, and get a title, then marrying the princess would be no problem.
Cheng Song bowed to her. "Miss, this subordinate has no feelings for the princess."
This was strange. Why didn't he have feelings for the princess? Song Jinyu waited until Cheng Song left, but she still couldn't figure out the reason.
"You! Stop matchmaking..."
"Cheng Song is very good, but the gap in their status is too big. Cutting off the princess's thoughts is also a kind of help and protection." Zhongli Mingye could see more clearly than Song Jinyu. Royal marriages were always just an exchange of interests.
Song Jinyu sighed and just said, "Poor Heyi..."
Princess Heyi, who was being talked about by her, was sitting restlessly waiting for a reply from the Prince Yu's Mansion. When she was carried on that person's back and running forward, she had already had feelings for him. That person drew his sword and didn't allow others to insult her. How heroic he was. But unfortunately, he was just a guard of Song Jinyu.
That embroidery was made by her overnight just to repay him for saving her life.
I wonder if he knows? Heyi couldn't leave the palace, and Song Jinyu couldn't enter the palace.
Later, the Prince Yu sent someone into the palace to give Heyi a lot of small things and returned the embroidery. When Heyi saw that he didn't accept it, she immediately understood his feelings. For a moment, she felt a mixture of emotions and was extremely bitter in her heart. Although she knew that he might reject her, she just didn't expect it to be so soon.
When Cheng Song came out of the main hall of the prince's mansion, he was in a restless mood. As soon as he thought of Heyi's pale little face scared that day, a feeling of protection welled up in his heart. When that prince from the Wo Kingdom insulted her with vulgar words, his sword was out of control.
For a long time, he thought that his sword was only drawn for Song Jinyu, but on that day, he actually had other thoughts. But unfortunately, they were like the clouds and the mud, with a huge gap between them.
"Is Ming Ruyi leaving?" Song Jinyu was a little unaccustomed to this news. "Isn't the capital his home?"
Zhongli Mingye said in a deep voice, "His home has never been in the capital."
As the saying goes, one mountain can't accommodate two tigers. The emperor could tolerate Ming Ruyi's existence just to silence the historians. These princes and nobles were just pawns in the game of power. Once they entered the game, they might be crushed to pieces if they weren't careful.
Father and son in the royal family were born enemies.
Song Jinyu said, "When is he leaving? I'll go and see him off..."
Looking deeply at Song Jinyu, Zhongli Mingye thought thoughtfully, "He probably won't leave until he causes some trouble." His uncle was never an easy person. Not only Ming Ruyi, but which one of the royal family was simple?
In the secret room of the Zhongzhou Prince's Mansion.
Ming Ruyi had just burned the secret letter, and the room was immediately filled with a smell of burning.
"This subordinate failed to protect Your Highness well and let Your Highness get injured. This subordinate deserves to die!"
Under the high seat, the person kneeling kowtowed like a pounding garlic.
On the high seat, the person sitting was deep in thought and silent.
After a stick of incense burned out, that person sneered. "It's okay. After I leave the capital, you can start this plan. My blood can't be shed in vain."
"Yes!"
Zhongli Hongye (the emperor), I'll make your throne more comfortable. What kind of feeling will it be for you to watch the crown prince you raised with your own hands betray you little by little?
Making concessions step by step only leads to being pressed harder and harder.
This time, Ming Ruyi's fan had a picture of the vast mountains and rivers.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince! Please calm down. The Crown Princess is still ill!" The people of the Crown Princess tried to stop the crown prince from entering the Crown Princess's room.
"Get out of the way..." The crown prince kicked over a servant angrily.
"Did you kill Shen Yingyun? Your people from the Grand Tutor's Mansion are too arrogant!" The crown prince lifted the Crown Princess's quilt. How dare they execute his concubine right under his nose.
The Crown Princess had just coughed up blood and had only rested for a short time. She watched helplessly as Zhongli Chengze came in, but it was to ask about her younger sister's cause of death.
Good, very good! The Crown Princess stared at Zhongli Chengze with desperate eyes. They had been husband and wife for a day, but he didn't even care about her illness at all if he had a bit of affection for her!
"If she didn't die, it would damage the reputation of the entire Crown Prince's Mansion!"