Lin Luoling's heart suddenly trembled, and she raised her head abruptly to look at the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother put down the teacup and said earnestly:

"You are a gentle woman. Women who are too kind in the harem cannot survive. Kindness is not wrong, but the problem lies in the viciousness of human hearts. Don't always be lazy and idle in Jingtai Pavilion on weekdays. Otherwise, if a villain takes advantage of the opportunity, how can you know it in time?"

Lin Luoling knew that the Queen Mother's words were for her own good, so she bowed to her and said, "It is a blessing for me to receive your guidance, Queen Mother. I will be cautious in the future."

The Queen Mother was very satisfied when she heard this, and asked the palace maid to bring a brocade cushion to Lin Luoling, and then said: "Although you and Prince An have not yet had a wedding in the capital, you and Prince An have had a private wedding in Xuzhou, the capital. You and Prince An must acknowledge that marriage. If you don't admit it, how can you let others admit it?

Since you are married to Prince An, you are the Princess An. But if you keep calling yourself a commoner girl, aren't you at a disadvantage in terms of your status?

What? Are you afraid that His Majesty and I will blame you for being called Princess An? You are overthinking. As long as Prince An acknowledges you as Princess An and he protects you, why would I and His Majesty cause a rift between father and son, or between grandfather and grandson, because of a title like this? "

At this point, the Queen Mother looked into the distance, sighed, and said, "Princess An, you must remember that the relationship between the harem and the previous dynasty has always been complicated. It is not that you can sit firmly on the position of Princess An or the Crown Princess just because you are gentle and virtuous.

What is most abundant in the harem is intrigue, and what is most lacking in the harem is sincerity and true love.

As long as you are favored by Prince An, how can any woman not be jealous of you? Even if you are approachable, they will still want to skin you alive to vent their anger. Don't just focus on the harem, you should also pay attention to the movements of the previous dynasty, so that you can nip those dirty things in the bud."

"I am really old. I feel exhausted after just talking for a while. You can go back to Jingtai Pavilion and learn it slowly."

The Queen Mother rubbed her temples, stood up, and went down to the bedroom with the help of Shi Mi.

Seeing this, Princess July blinked her lively little deer eyes, pulled Lin Luoling and said, "Cousin, come sit in my palace for a while."

Lin Luoling bowed and took her leave towards the empress dowager's back, then left the main hall with Princess July.

Shi Mi, who had just entered the bedroom, suddenly laughed and said, "It seems that the Queen Mother really likes Princess An. I haven't seen the Queen Mother talk so much to any concubine in the harem for many years."

The Queen Mother sneered, "I just saw that Lin is the apple of Prince An's eye, and I don't want Prince An to live in pain like Your Majesty. Otherwise, why would I waste my breath on her when I have no connection with her?"

Shi Mi smiled and said, "With the guidance of the Queen Mother, Princess An will definitely avoid many detours in the harem, and maybe even save her life."

The Queen Mother said with a half-smile: "Let Suiyue read the ancient book that I didn't finish listening to yesterday to me."

Soon, the sound of Suiyue reading a book was heard from the Queen Mother's bedroom.

Princess July took Lin Luoling to her palace in Jingshou Palace. After looking around, Lin Luoling couldn't help but sigh that the Jingyue Pavilion where Princess July lived was more than three to five times better than the Jingtai Pavilion of His Royal Highness Prince An.

Princess July took Lin Luoling to the flower hall, dismissed all the palace maids, and said mysteriously: "Cousin, my cousin didn't come back to Jingtai Pavilion yesterday. Do you know what happened?"

Just now, the Queen Mother mentioned that Concubine Xian's niece was brought into the palace by General Zhenyuan and went boating on the lake with Prince An.

She thought, what kind of beautiful girls has Prince An not seen? Perhaps because of the status of General Zhenyuan, she couldn't refuse directly, so she had to go on a lake tour with the daughter of General Zhenyuan.

Prince An's personality was such that the more she forced him to do something, the less likely he would obey her. She firmly believed in the promise he made to her.

Therefore, even though the Queen Mother said that to her, Lin Luoling's breathing did stop for a moment when she first heard it. After thinking about it again, she thought that if Prince An and the daughter of General Zhenyuan were in love with each other, the Queen Mother would not have said those words to her today.

Instead, he would tell her that Prince An would marry the daughter of General Zhenyuan as his concubine.

Lin Luoling shook her head and said, "Your Highness Prince An did not return to Jingtai Pavilion last night. What happened?"

Princess July covered her mouth and smiled as she recounted what happened yesterday.

It turned out that after the morning court yesterday, General Zhenyuan brought his eldest daughter into the palace to pay a visit to Your Majesty. In front of Prince An, he told Your Majesty that his daughter was only fifteen years old and would be of marriageable age in eight months. He had heard his daughter mention His Royal Highness Prince An many times and learned that she loved His Royal Highness Prince An. So he wanted to ask Emperor Deshun to reward him and, in recognition of his beloved daughter's true love, allow her to be His Royal Highness Prince An's concubine.

Emperor Deshun looked at General Zhenyuan's daughter Liu Yu with an eagle-like sharp gaze and asked, "Prince An has been away from Xuzhou for more than three years. He has never attended a palace banquet before. You have never met him before. Why do you love him?"

Liu Yu raised her head slightly, her eyes only met with Emperor Deshun's for a short while, then she lowered her eyes in fear, took out a plain white handkerchief from her bosom and said:

“Your Majesty, when I entered the palace to pay my respects to my aunt eight years ago, my aunt took me to Jingshou Palace to pay my respects to the Queen Mother, and I had the honor of meeting His Royal Highness Prince An.

I saw His Royal Highness Prince An playing pot tossing with Princess July. Because of the cold weather, His Royal Highness Prince An had a cough. This handkerchief slipped from His Royal Highness Prince An's sleeve and fell at my feet. I have kept it close to my body ever since."

Emperor Deshun glanced at Prince An, who was drinking tea with an indifferent expression, and then took a closer look at the handkerchief. He realized that the handkerchief was not Prince An's personal item, but a handkerchief commonly used by the "fake Prince An".

Emperor Deshun smiled and said, "It's fate!"

He turned around and asked King An: "Do you still remember?"

Prince An saw Emperor Deshun raise his eyebrow and said, "I have some impression, but it was eight years ago, so I don't remember it clearly."

Emperor Deshun said, "Since General Zhenyuan has spoken, I cannot afford to offend him. You may take Liu Yu to the Imperial Garden to admire the flowers. If your personalities are compatible, I will choose a good day after you and Lin get married, and you will marry Liu Yu back to the palace as a concubine."

Prince An's eyebrows moved slightly, he stood up and bowed, saying: "Yes!"

"Yunxi, Prince An rarely walks around in the palace, so you should accompany him." Emperor Deshun ordered.

Yun Xi forced a stiff smile and made a gesture of invitation to Liu Xi.

Liu Yu took her leave to Emperor Deshun and happily followed Prince An to the imperial garden.

From a distance, you can see an extremely exquisite cruise ship.

Liu Yu pointed at the cruise ship and asked, "Has Your Highness Prince An ever been on a cruise ship?"

"Swimmed past..."

Liu Yu pointed to the octagonal pavilion by the lake and said, "How about we go sit in the pavilion for a while?"

Prince An looked in the direction of Liu Yu's finger and shook his head, saying, "It's too sunny."

Prince An could always refute what Liu Yu said. In the end, Liu Yu was at a loss for words. She looked at the exquisite cruise ship by the lake and said with emotion, "I seldom leave the palace, and I have never been on a cruise ship."

Prince An turned around and asked, "Do you want to sit?"

Liu Yu looked at Prince An's peerless appearance, somewhat obsessed, and nodded heavily.

Prince An then said to Yun Xi, "Let's go on a boat ride."

After boarding the boat, no matter what Liu Yu said, King An just kept his eyes closed. Liu Yu could not find any more words to say. When she turned around and saw the lotus flowers blooming in the middle of the lake, she could not help but sigh:

"The lotus flowers in the Imperial Garden are so beautiful. They are incomparable to any other place."

Prince An suddenly opened his eyes and asked, "Do you like it?"

Liu Yigang smiled and agreed, and Prince An said, "I will pick one for you to make you smile."

Liu Yi thought that Prince An would order the eunuch to row the boat over, but she never expected that Prince An would jump into the lake.

Then Yun Xi exclaimed, "Oh no! Prince An jumped into the lake! Someone come quickly! Prince An can't swim..."

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