"Micui, come on!"
While making snowmen, Song Jinyu skipped towards Mingjin Courtyard.
Even though Niaoniao trotted, she still couldn't keep up with her. "Miss, slow down!"
Song Jinyu made dozens of little snowmen in a row. She was really enjoying herself. When she straightened up, she found that her hands were red from the snow.
However, the next moment, she couldn't believe her eyes.
There was a man holding an umbrella outside Mingjin Courtyard, smiling at her. There was a faint smile in his phoenix eyes. His shadow was cast on the smooth snow, showing all his elegance.
Micui pulled Niaoniao and ran away giggling, leaving Song Jinyu standing there stupidly alone.
When she came to her senses, she quickly ran over and said in surprise, "Why are you... " back so soon?
She couldn't say the rest of the words. She hugged his slender waist and felt his abnormal heartbeat.
Song Jinyu tried to pull her hands out of his embrace, but unfortunately...
"Your hands are too cold!"
Zhongli Mingye smiled. "It's okay. I'll warm them up for you."
Could he be any more gentle? She looked at him with bright eyes, as if there was only him around.
Suddenly, she realized that he must have traveled day and night to come back so soon. With the mountains blocked by heavy snow, how much he must have suffered. She couldn't help feeling sorry for him.
He was a noble prince, but he had to leave the capital and come back here.
Sure enough, Song Jinyu reached out to touch his face and hands.
Except for his warm embrace, his arms and face were cold. She didn't know how long he had been waiting for her at the door.
Suddenly, she pulled him and ran into Mingjin Courtyard. It was the first time she had taken the initiative to pull him like this.
"..."
Zhongli Mingye watched her bustling about with a smile.
First, she wrapped him in a quilt, then lit the stove and made it burn brightly.
Then she stuffed a cup of hot tea into Zhongli Mingye's hand and told Niaoniao to stew ginger soup.
"Phew..."
Watching her busy, he couldn't help pulling her to sit beside him. "Stop being so busy..." Seeing that she had been playing in the snow for a long time and her hands were still cold, Zhongli Mingye wrapped her in the quilt with him. "Ah..." Song Jinyu's face turned red again embarrassedly.
They were sharing a quilt!
When Niaoniao came in with the ginger soup, she saw the two beautiful people wrapped together. She couldn't help laughing. Before leaving, she kindly closed the door.
"When did you bribe them?" Song Jinyu complained about her maids for not coming to rescue her.
Zhongli Mingye smiled. "Your people are very sensible."
"Humph..."
In his warm embrace, feeling his strong heartbeat, Song Jinyu felt much more at ease. "Mingye..." She wanted to say that she missed him so much.
She rubbed her little head in his arms, which made Zhongli Mingye tense all over. "Don't make trouble..."
His voice was a little hoarse, but Song Jinyu didn't know what was wrong with him. She reached out to tickle him.
"Ha..."
In the laughter and play, the quilt fell to the ground.
Zhongli Mingye was really afraid of her little tricks. After struggling hard, he pushed Song Jinyu down on the couch.
"Um..."
Not wanting to listen to her teasing, he had to kiss her to shut her up, carefully depicting her beauty.
The candlewick crackled and fell.
The atmosphere in the room was charming. After a long time, Song Jinyu pushed him away with a red face.
Zhongli Mingye hugged her tightly, trying hard to calm the desire in his heart.
"You're really a little vixen."
He gritted his teeth, lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead.
Ming Ruyi didn't leave the capital. There were still some things he didn't understand. Why didn't Prince Duan'an take further action? Regarding the background of Prince Cheng,
did the emperor know about it at present?
Maybe he did, because just yesterday, Concubine Zhuang had disrespected the queen and was demoted in rank. Now she was just Concubine Zhuang.
Moreover, Prince Cheng was implicated and demoted to a county prince.
Suddenly, the court was in an uproar. No one could understand why Prince Cheng had been suddenly demoted because of something in the harem.
Ming Ruyi waved his fan and played with the snuff bottle in his hand. "If the emperor knew, he might just kill Prince Cheng directly."
He was only demoted to a county prince. The situation had been tense a few days ago. All the royal relatives of the Great Xia Dynasty knew that, but the emperor had created the illusion that a concubine in the harem had disrespected the queen and implicated Prince Cheng.
It was a bit interesting.
In the Mansion of Prince Cheng. No, it should be the Mansion of the County Prince Cheng now.
Zhongli Shuoyi had been sitting quietly in the study for several hours. Although Yu Duanya didn't love him, he was the father of their child.
When she knocked on the door of the study, "My lord..."
Not getting a response from inside, she gently pushed the door open. "I've cooked some tremella soup. Please have some." She learned from Zhongli Shuoyi's wet nurse that he liked sweet soup.
Looking up, Zhongli Shuoyi saw Yu Duanya's delicate and elegant little face, which was slightly swollen because of pregnancy. But it had a different charm.
"Do you know why I like sweet food?"
Yu Duanya honestly shook her head. "I also like to eat some sweet food on weekdays."
Zhongli Shuoyi pulled her over. "Because my heart is bitter."
People with bitter hearts have an abnormal love for sweet things. Including beautiful people and beautiful things. So when he saw Yu Duanya, he wanted to protect her goodness.
It was a pity that his true identity was so disgraceful. He was even less worthy of her heart.
"My lord, please have a taste..."
Yu Duanya gently scooped up some soup with a spoon, blew on it and then handed it to Zhongli Shuoyi's lips. The tenderness in her eyes almost melted him.
Yu Duanya had heard about what had happened a few days ago. Her father had left the capital, but he had lost his military power. And Concubine Cheng had offended the queen and was demoted to a concubine. With all these things happening one after another, how could Yu Duanya feel at ease?
However, she was helpless.
Zhongli Shuoyi looked at her in surprise. "What are you doing... " Why was she treating him like this?
"Princess, do you have any complaints against me?"
"I've never had any. This life was given to me by God's mercy. I dare not not cherish it."
She reached out her hand to smooth the wrinkles between Zhongli Shuoyi's eyebrows. "My lord, please be at ease."
"Whether you are a prince or a county prince doesn't matter to me." Yu Duanya looked at him gently. After hearing this, Zhongli Shuoyi's cold eyes were tinged with a little warmth.
He pulled her into his arms and their hands were placed on top of each other, feeling the surprise of the life in her belly.
It didn't matter whose the world was. What was important was peace, joy and everything going smoothly. Yu Duanya still remembered what that intelligent girl had said to her. One had to live one's own life.
On this day, the emperor was in a very good mood. The ambergris slowly rose from the delicate incense burner. He reached out and caught a wisp of the incense, put it in front of his nose and closed his eyes to feel the ethereal fragrance.
This game was as wonderful as this incense.
The emperor had started planning since the wedding of Prince Cheng.
For more than twenty years, Yu Huai, Yu Huai! The Yu Family Army? A terrible light flashed in the emperor's sinister eyes.
The military power had finally returned to his hands. Yu Huai was bound to die. Without using a single soldier, he just needed a game to make him obediently hand it over.
The emperor had not missed the vague news in the palace. However, the problem of Zhongli Shuoyi's bloodline was simply false news.
The royal bloodline could never be allowed to be confused. The princes of the Zhongli family were born with a mark, which would appear before the age of five. This secret was only known to the real heir to the throne.
If Zhongli Shuoyi was really not of the royal bloodline, he would never have lived to adulthood.
The matter between Concubine Cheng and Liao Zhengye really annoyed the emperor.
He had known about it a year ago. At that time, the Eastern Depot was very powerful. He wanted to balance the forces in the court, so he had to tolerate them again and again for a while.
However, now that he had the military power, the power of the Mansion of Prince Duan'an had been greatly weakened, and Liao Zhengye had been forced to commit suicide.
Concubine Cheng? She couldn't live anymore. The Cheng family would be temporarily retained to check and balance the crown prince for the time being.
And Ming Ruyi had too many small tricks. Why not let the empress dowager fall ill?
The emperor was very satisfied with the result.
It was just that the crown prince was really incompetent. Mingye was very scheming. He must have seen something fishy in it, which was why he had returned to Liuzhou City.
A smug smile appeared on his lips. Just as he was about to drink the cold tea in his cup, Eunuch Li hurriedly stepped forward to plead guilty, and then brought him a cup of hot tea.
His most ambitious son was now being obedient. It was an unexpected gain.