Quick Wear: The paranoid beauty grabs the waist and spoils her

Facing the Queen's gaze, Xiao Mingyu turned his eyes away: "It is... a gift from my handsome brother for you."

The more he spoke, the softer Xiao Mingyu's voice became, and it was obvious that he was lacking in confidence.

But after saying this, he still raised his little face and looked at Queen Ji proudly.

Queen Ji smiled slightly, stared at him with cold eyes without saying a word.

Xiao Mingyu felt as if his little thoughts had been exposed, and he went from being righteous to feeling guilty.

But he thought about the allusion he had read in the book, "A marriage is made in heaven through a thread," and he suddenly felt justified when he thought about finding an aunt for his uncle.

The beautiful sister is so beautiful, what's wrong with him finding an aunt for himself?

Xiao Mingyu, who had convinced himself again, knew in his heart that Empress Ji had already seen through him but just didn't point it out, but his heart was sincere.

So he put the red rope in Empress Ji's hand and was about to bow and say goodbye when Empress Ji stopped him.

"Yuer, use characters."

Xiao Mingyu stopped walking and touched his nose when he heard this. He quickly understood what Queen Ji meant and blurted out, "If you want to use someone, you must ask for it. If you don't ask, it's stealing."

After saying this, the young boy blushed and lowered his head in shame: "Mother, I was wrong."

Empress Ji nodded calmly and continued, "The Analects of Confucius says: 'Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you.' What does this mean?"

Xiao Mingyu replied: "If you want peace for yourself, you also want others to be at peace. If you hate hardship, why would you let others suffer? Therefore, don't impose on others what you don't want others to do to you."

Empress Ji nodded and smiled, stroking the red string in her hand gently: "Go back and copy the "Standards for Being a Good Pupil and Child" five times, and the "Analects" three times and write the meaning of it once. Do you have any objections?"

Xiao Mingyu cupped his hands like a little adult and said, "No. I will copy it carefully."

After Xiao Mingyu finished his greeting, he continued, "I will immediately apologize to Xiao Nanzi..."

After saying this, he stole a glance at Empress Ji, and seeing that she was not angry, he breathed a sigh of relief:

"I wonder if the Queen Mother has any return gift?"

Empress Ji glanced at Xiao Mingyu and said unhappily, "Is this the kind of person your mother is in Yu'er's heart?"

Xiao Mingyu: "Of course not."

Empress Ji rubbed her brows and waved her hand: "Go back. Mother knows what's going on."

After hearing what Queen Ji said, Xiao Mingyu was relieved and bowed, "Yes."

Then he turned and left the main hall.

As Xiao Mingyu walked, he reviewed what Queen Ji had just said to him, feeling both distressed and happy.

Empress Ji was strict with him, and he was also strict with himself. Although he was only five years old, the most outrageous and rebellious thing he had ever done was to leave the palace maids behind and sneak out to the Begonia Garden in the Imperial Garden last time, and this time he took the red rope without Nan Xiang's consent.

He felt a little distressed when he thought about his prince's baggage being torn to pieces at Nan Xiang's place.

Being scolded by my mother and punished to copy is nothing, but at my beautiful sister's place...

Forget it, let’s seek forgiveness first.

However, his mother left the red rope behind, and his premonition turned out to be correct.

When he thought of this, Xiao Mingyu's annoyance and distress disappeared, and his usually dignified and self-possessed steps became a little lighter.

Empress Ji and Nan Xiang were unaware of all this.

Nan Xiang was thinking about finding an opportunity to cling to the Queen's thigh and live a good life in the deep palace, but after a long time she never found a suitable opportunity.

Although Empress Ji immediately used the full moon banquet as an excuse to reward Concubine Wen for falling into the water.

But looking at the rewards including gold leaves, Nan Xiang was a little confused.

That’s a bit too much.

It was not until she heard Xiao Mingyu coming to apologize that Nan Xiang finally understood Queen Ji's intention.

"Pretty brother, I'm sorry, I was wrong."

The young boy lowered his head, his usual cold and arrogant expression now only had a hint of grievance and guilt, just like a spoiled little kitten who turned over his belly and pitifully sought caress and comfort.

"I shouldn't have taken the red rope without your consent."

Nan Xiang opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but Xiao Mingyu continued, "Although I just want to help you, my beautiful sister, give a gift to our mother, but you shouldn't mind, right? Our mother likes it very much."

When Xiao Mingyu said this, his face remained calm and his heart was not beating. He just blinked his eyes and looked quite righteous.

Nan Xiang laughed and shook her head. She looked at the boy's pale and soft face and pinched it with her hand.

"I don't mind. But this... is too expensive."

Nan Xiang felt a little embarrassed when looking at the rewards on the table.

Xiao Mingyu shook his head quickly, "It's not expensive. My beautiful sister deserves it. This is a return gift from my mother."

Because there were no outsiders around, Xiao Mingyu knew what was going on and would not reveal the identity of the Nanxiang woman casually.

"Pretty sister, please don't be so polite and accept it. If you really feel bad about it, it won't be too late to repay you later."

Seeing that Nan Xiang's expression eased a little and did not refute, Xiao Mingyu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Alas, he really worries about his uncle's happiness.

These days I talk more to my beautiful sister than to anyone else.

He had already dropped his burden as a prince to his beautiful sister, so he was free to do whatever he wanted.

Nan Xiang didn't know what the boy in front of her was thinking, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that what the boy said was right, so she agreed.

I just remembered the Queen's kindness in my heart.

As expected, the Queen was gentle and generous. Before she could hug the thigh, the thigh came closer.

The bright red pomegranate flowers outside the window bloomed and slowly withered, and soon another month passed and it was early June.

The weather was already very hot, and Emperor Chengming and the Empress had already finalized the list of people who would accompany them to the palace, and were waiting to set off in three days.

The list of entourage naturally included Emperor Chengming's favorite concubines such as Concubine Xu, Concubine Wan, and Concubine Wen.

Concubine Xian and Shu Xiuyi were naturally also on the list, but Liu Xiuyuan was not on the list because the Fifth Prince was born not long ago and a hundred-day banquet was held a few days ago.

The queen did not go either, but stayed in the palace to take charge of the situation.

Although Concubine Wen had failed to attend the Fifth Prince's full-moon banquet two months ago and she had thought that Emperor Chengming would dislike her, she unexpectedly still received a bit more favor. This made all the concubines who had only been there to laugh at her extremely angry, especially Concubine Li, who was not on the accompanying list.

In previous years, Concubine Li was on the list of those who went to the palace to escape the summer heat, but this year was different. However, she also cared about her reputation, so when the news reached the other palaces, she had already fallen ill and was recuperating in Yuqing Palace.

As to whether they received the news in advance, that depends on one's own opinion.

And all this has nothing to do with Nan Xiang. She just needs to do her job well in the palace every day.

Since entering the palace, she has never been to the temporary palace. Although she is somewhat yearning to go there, to be more precise, she wants to go outside and enjoy the shade, but she does not have to be on the list of palace attendants.

The season of Sophora japonica has arrived, the spring flowers have faded, and the summer flowers are in full bloom. The gradually getting hotter palace has a unique flavor, and the imperial garden is still full of flowers.

Nan Xiang hurried through the palaces, holding the gifts from various palaces in his hands.

Not far away, the six-year-old Third Prince was playing chuiwan with the palace maids. The Third Prince was born chubby and was spoiled by the virtuous concubine to the point of lawlessness. He was a well-known devil in the palace.

Just as they were having fun, the Third Prince swung his club hard, and the ball flew towards Nan Xiang like a meteor. Nan Xiang was caught off guard, tripped, and fell to the ground, with the portion in his hand scattered all over the floor.

Nan Xiang quickly stood up, ignoring the pain, and bowed properly to the Third Prince, thinking about packing up quickly and leaving.

But the Third Prince was not happy. He put his hands on his hips, his chubby face full of arrogance:

"You little eunuch, you walk without paying attention and you scared this prince's balls!"

Nan Xiang apologized with a smile, "Your Highness, it was my fault. I will pack up and leave now."

The Third Prince refused to give in and kicked over the documents. "Humph, you're leaving just like that? You've soiled my place, and you want to let it go?"

The eunuchs and palace maids who were accompanying them were so frightened that they all knelt on the ground.

Nan Xiang was angry, but she didn't dare to get angry, so she could only swallow her anger and continue to clean up. Seeing this, the third prince became even more arrogant and reached out to grab Nan Xiang's hat.

Nan Xiang couldn't help it, so she moved aside and whispered:

"Your Highness, everything must be done reasonably."

"How dare you talk back!"

The third prince screamed, his face turning red.

He sat down on the ground, kicked his legs and cried loudly, then got up and ran angrily towards the palace of Concubine Xian, shouting as he ran:

"Mother, the little eunuch bullied me!"