in2ebook Chapter 441 Princess 1 All is Well
Chapter 441 Princess 1 All is Well
The Zhou Xiang incident has been dealt with, so there is really no need to stay any longer.
Gu Jianchu pulled Xie Ci'an up and said, "Since the matter has been dealt with and there is someone in this room, Your Majesty, let's go back first, so as not to keep the court officials waiting for too long."
Xie Ci'an did not refute Gu Jianchu. Anyway, he was just accompanying Gu Jianchu to eat melon. Since the melon was finished, there was really no need to stay any longer.
Gu Jianchu took Xie Ci'an two steps and looked back at Xie Qingzhi who was still sitting on the armchair.
Xie Qingzhi is sometimes perceptive, and sometimes not at all.
Gu Jianchu coughed lightly and said, "Eldest sister should be sober now. If not, I asked Zhuxi to prepare some sobering soup in the east hall. You can go and have a bowl."
Xie Qingzhi was about to retort when she realized what Gu Jianchu meant. She glanced at Xie Qingrou and Prince Dongli and immediately stood up. "He's awake, of course he's awake."
"Let's go." Xie Qingzhi and his follower Gu Jianchu immediately left the room.
After they left, only Prince Dongli and Xie Qingrou were left in the room, looking at each other in bewilderment.
In the past, the two of them only met often outside the palace, but rarely interacted inside the palace. Especially after knowing the thoughts of King Dongli and her special feelings for him, she couldn't help feeling embarrassed.
Xie Qingrou pretended to stroll leisurely to the armchair and sat down calmly.
King Dongli looked at Xie Qingrou and felt the words rolling in her throat, but she didn't know how to say them.
Finally, he only said, "How are you, Princess?"
Xie Qingrou stroked the teacup with her fingers, then slowly lifted the teapot from the small stove. She poured two cups of tea and pushed one of them towards King Dongli. "It's been great. I've traveled extensively, seen beautiful mountains and rivers, and witnessed scenery I've never seen before. This is a blessing for me."
"Have a cup of tea." Xie Qingrou said gently.
"Thank you." Prince Dongli took the teacup handed to him by Xie Qingrou, "I'm glad you're well."
"I only heard about you after returning to the palace. No matter how I dealt with it, it was too late. Later, I heard that you had left the palace. No one knows where you went. You do send a letter to the palace every month to let everyone know that you are safe. I thought I would never have the chance to see you again, but I didn't expect to hear that you returned to the capital and meet you here again."
"But you've lost a lot of weight compared to before. I'm afraid you haven't eaten or slept well because you've been traveling all day." After asking this question, King Dongli suddenly felt that he had talked too much and lowered his head embarrassedly.
"When I first learned the truth, I couldn't bear it. I couldn't eat or sleep well, so I lost weight. Later, I went out to travel and saw more scenery. My mood became much calmer. As for my complexion, it hasn't recovered. Let's not talk about me. I haven't congratulated the king on his ascension to the throne yet." Xie Qingrou brought up the past very naturally, and congratulated King Dongli very naturally.
Compared to the hopeless eldest prince, the second prince's ascension to the throne is a real blessing for the people.
The eldest prince is a hopeless case, but the second prince is a truly talented person.
At that time, the Supreme King only thought about enthroning the eldest son as the heir, but never considered whether the eldest son could shoulder the responsibility. Compared with the second prince, the eldest son might only be suitable to be an idle prince, taking the salary he deserves every month, doing nothing but enjoying the title.
"I am honored to receive the princess' congratulations in this life." King Dongli felt sweet in his heart.
To him, congratulations from anyone were just compliments, but it was different for Xie Qingrou.
When he met Xie Qingrou, King Dongli always called her princess and never called her sister-in-law again.
King Dongli's gaze naturally fell on Xie Qingrou's thin profile. He held the teacup, seemingly tasting tea, but in fact all his attention was on Xie Qingrou. Xie Qingrou stroked the teacup, as if in a daze. Ever since she experienced that incident, Xie Qingrou seemed to have lost all her brilliance. Although she was still the same as before, she was not as unrestrained and shining as she was in Dongli Kingdom.
Prince Dongli cleared his throat and spoke again, "I heard that the princess has been back in the capital for some time."
Xie Qingrou regained her composure after hearing Prince Dongli's voice and nodded seriously. "No need to hear that. I have indeed returned to the capital for some time and have been drinking all day. But the king is also a pitiful man and a victim of that incident. However, the king is open-minded and has forgotten those past events."
"How could I forget? I just don't want to think about it. After all, it wasn't a glorious thing, and it caused the greatest harm to the princess." King Dongli couldn't help but sigh when he talked about those things in the past.
Xie Qingrou gently waved her hand and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about those things in the past anymore. There is no point in mentioning them again."
"Your Majesty, you still need to change your clothes. I won't disturb you any more." With that, Xie Qingrou stood up and left the side hall.
King Dongli wanted to stop her, but found that there was no reason to stop her. He could only watch Xie Qingrou's back getting farther and farther away.
He couldn't help but sigh.
Not everything is bad.
At the very least, what happened with Zhou Xiang proved that Xie Qingrou did not completely forget him in her heart. When Zhou Xiang held him hostage, Xie Qingrou was really worried about her. Even when he was almost killed by Zhou Xiang, Xie Qingrou wanted to rush over to save her personally. No matter what the reason was, this action alone was enough to move him.
The young eunuch came late and brought the clothes over.
After changing his clothes, King Dongli returned to the palace banquet.
The ministers were not as enthusiastic as before when they came over to toast.
He looked through the crowd at the seat opposite, but found that Xie Qingrou's seat was empty. He didn't know when Xie Qingrou left, or whether she left the side hall and went straight out of the palace, never returning to the banquet.
With mixed feelings, he persevered through the welcome banquet specially hosted for him by the Emperor of Jin.
By the time the banquet was over, it was completely dark.
The moonlight fell on the earth, illuminating the entire palace and every path.
Unfortunately the weather started snowing.
At first, it was just a light snow like salt particles. Everyone stayed in front of the Qingliang Palace for a while, and then heavy snow began to fall outside. Large snow flakes fell from the sky like feathers. The snow fell very densely, and soon the whole path was covered in white. The palace servants walked by, leaving a long trail of footprints.
When entering the palace, the ministers did not expect snow and did not prepare umbrellas, cloaks or other items to protect themselves from the snow.
Zhuxi, on the other hand, acted quickly. He immediately arranged for someone to prepare umbrellas and sent someone to personally deliver them to the ministers who had left the palace.
The emperor and empress did not go with the ministers, but went to the back hall together.
Before I even walked out of the temple, I saw the ground covered with white snow, and the snow was about to fall heavier.