Huilan looked at her and Li Chengze's mood dropped. She took the initiative to lean into his arms and talk to him with a soft and gentle voice.

"Life is helpless. Whatever you gain, you must lose something. Just like me, I chose wealth and glory. My parents would bend down and salute when they saw me. The price that came with it was that I couldn't see my parents and couldn't do anything.

Now the wife.

Zelang, don't be sad, no matter how sad you are, life will go on.

Now I can gradually understand that my mother had no choice but to raise her concubine's child at first. She obviously had her own biological child, but she still had to raise her concubine's child.

When she grows up, she still has to think that it is her responsibility to supplement the dowry for a good marriage, how innocent and helpless it is.

But this is the price of a legal wife. Ordinary people also have wives and concubines. Some of them are not necessarily needed by the master, but they are just a last resort.

After all, we official girls who come through the draft are always the daughters of good families, and they are promised to you innocently. Some girls may not be willing to enter the palace, so don't you accept it too.

No matter what, we are all members of the East Palace. We should support each other and go forward together. At least we should be consistent in being consistent with the outside world.

Besides, if you want that position, having many children is a great advantage."

Jealousy does not exist for the current Huilan. It is normal to have groups of wives and concubines. Her father also has many concubines and has many children. This is very normal.

Li Chengze glanced at her with complicated eyes and sighed helplessly. This girl didn't understand. Forget it. She's too young to force herself. She always has me in her heart.

"You are right, you are always forced to marry a woman you don't like. In fact, as princes, we are helpless. Even my father is not exempt from this."

"Yes, the emperor may not necessarily like all the beauties who pay tribute. You and I are both mortals, how can we not have troubles? If you don't like it, you can go less than twice and come to me more often, wouldn't it be better?"

Huilan realized she had found a great trick and shook her head proudly.

Li Chengze smiled again, "You, why don't you get jealous if Rang Gu says something good about you?"

"Wouldn't you like to marry her back if you are jealous or not? Besides, the Crown Princess has the right to be jealous. How can I, a concubine, have the right to ask you not to touch other women?"

Huilan laughed. I really want to dote on you, but you can't do it now.

"If you can't play, you can't win."

He threw down the chess pieces angrily, snorting like a child who couldn't get any candy.

I feel a little suffocated in my heart, and I don’t know where to start. Anyway, I feel very suffocated.

Huilan looked at him in confusion and blinked, not understanding what was wrong with him.

Li Chengze saw that her eyes were full of ignorance and confusion, he sighed helplessly and lowered his shoulders, "It's okay, I want to drink."

"Okay, let me drink the fruit wine I made for you."

Huilan thought about it and nodded with a smile.

"That's what women drink."

Li Chengze lay on her lap with his legs crossed, acting coquettishly in her arms like a big child.

"If you make sure you don't drink it, don't regret it."

Huilan pursed her lips and asked, with a sly smile in her eyes.

"Drink, why don't you drink."

Li Chengze raised his eyes and stared at her, rolled his eyes, and happily changed his tune.

"No, you can choose something else."

"No, just the fruit bar, it's up to you."

Li Chengze glanced at her, his expression clearly saying, don't try to trick me, I know there must be something fishy about you.

"Oh! Our prince is so resourceful."

Li Chengze curled his lips in disgust, with an arrogant look on his face, "It's not for this, it's really..."

Huilan lowered her head and kissed his forehead, giggling.

For dinner in the afternoon, we had half a roast leg of lamb, plus several exquisite dishes.

Huilan asked someone to bring a jar of fruit wine, which was specially served in a glass cup. It was the spirit fruit wine she brewed herself and secretly transferred out. She would also have a few drinks when she had nothing to do.

"Well, it smells like fruit. It smells very good."

Li Chengze smelled the rich fruit aroma in the wine, and it tasted fresh and pleasant, which was very good.

"Come and eat the food first, and drink the wine slowly."

Li Chengze took a knife and sliced ​​the mutton and put it on her small plate for her convenience.

After eating the meat, I took a sip of the fruit wine. It tasted fresh and slightly sweet, soft in the mouth, and warm current flowed into the Dantian.

It had the same effect as medicinal wine, which surprised Li Chengze.

"Good wine, I didn't expect you to be so good at it."

"Of course, I am a very talented girl."

Huilan snorted arrogantly, making him laugh.

The two drank a pot of spiritual wine and ate half of the lamb leg. The atmosphere of the meal was very pleasant.

After drinking the spiritual wine, Li Chengze naturally refused to let Huilan go. He had to go through a lot of trouble and asked for water twice before he let her go.

He went to court in high spirits early the next morning, and told his servants not to wake Huilan up, and to let her sleep until she woke up naturally.

The draft has been busy in the palace for nearly half a month, and it is finally over.

The Crown Princess and Ma's daughter were summoned by the Queen and the Queen Mother respectively and were rewarded with jewelry.

The Crown Princess behaved very dignifiedly and received unanimous praise from everyone.

The Queen Mother personally inspected the beautiful women and filled the East Palace with two more women, the fifth-rank Liangyuan family, the sixth-rank Chenghui Zhang family, plus Yu Chenghui, who had been demoted before, there were three people, and according to regulations, there could be ten.

The status of the Qian family and the girls of the Ma family are the same. They are both good ladies of the fifth rank. Qian's father is a third-rank border official. This is the person specially chosen by the Queen Mother for the prince, with the purpose of suppressing the Ma family and the queen.

Zhang's father was an official of the fourth rank and was a powerful official. He was a man of great ability and was highly valued by the emperor. He was a sixth-rank inheritor and was of the same rank as the Yu family.

In this way, the scope of influence of the East Palace has been expanded, but it is not certain whether it can be stable, but it will not be dominated by the Ma family and the Queen's family.

However, this situation is not easy for the Crown Princess. There are more than one official daughter from a good family, which is a great threat and pressure to her, which is somewhat embarrassing.

The person has been selected and the wedding process has begun. The nanny has gone to Zhou's house to start teaching the Crown Princess the etiquette in the palace and the procedures required for the wedding.

The Qian family, the Ma family, and the Zhang family were carried into the East Palace on a sedan chair. The East Palace would be appropriately decorated with lanterns and colors to express their welcome, and that was all.

This time, the Queen Mother also selected several young and beautiful girls for the Emperor to fill into the harem. The Queen, the third concubine and others did not look very good-looking.

Today is the day when the three concubines enter the East Palace. The Ma family and the Qian family live in the courtyards of the Li family and the Yu family respectively.

In the past, Mrs. Yu was of the third rank and could have a separate courtyard, and the place was quite spacious, but now she is only of the sixth rank and is not qualified to live in a dormitory alone, and the East Palace is not that big.

The Qian family lived in the Yu family's place, and the Ma family lived in the Yilan Palace of the Li family. The Zhang family and the Yu family lived together.

Earlier, when Huilan had just been promoted, Li Chengze asked her if she wanted to change to a larger dormitory, but she refused. She liked Qinghui Garden very much. It was a small but quiet place and couldn't accommodate so many people. It was just right.

Her thoughts were gone.

That's why she didn't move it. Originally, according to Li Chengze's wish, Yu went out to live and Huilan was asked to move in. They lived alone in a dormitory, which was spacious and bright. However, she didn't care about the place where Yu lived. It was awkward, so she didn't want it.
Chapter completed!