The waterfront of Chunbo Lake was especially rich in luxuriant vegetation in May, when the greenery thrived most throughout the year.
The wind from the lake corrugated the reed. It looked like the celadon dye used on Rong Shuihe's gown had been once rinsed in the nebulous mist and ethereal water.
He had outgrown the childishness of a teen and become a tall handsome man. His eyes twinkled like the most brilliant stars when he peered at you with a smile.
With only an exchange of looks, Noble Consort Shu got the feeling that his eyes were even more meaningful and soulful than the expanse of waves. She thought, "I was so focused on provoking the Empress Dowager and the Empress that I didn't give this Prince much attention... I didn't expect him to be a man as handsome as a tree jade sculpture and as elegant as the orchid! His Majesty was about his age when my sister and I became his consorts, but he wasn't comparable to this Prince at all!"<
After a few moments, Emperor Xuanjing and Consort Shu finally came. Seeing that, Noble Consort Shu chatting with Rong Shuihe heatedly parted with him reluctantly and went to talk to Emperor Xuanjing and Consort Shu. Having finally got free, Rong Shuihe asked Gongsun Xi standing behind him, "What did my sweetie say?"Gongsun Xi drew his head with a guilty look and answered vaguely, "Her Highness became angry at the mention of that. I asked her twice, but she did not give an exact answer.""What?" Hearing that, Rong Shuihe frowned and glanced at Sheng Weiqiao. His gaze was just caught by Sheng Weiqiao. So, Sheng Weiqiao rolled her eyes and quickly turned to talk to Meng Guihuan.Meng Guihuan came here with Emperor Xuanjing and her brother Chongxin Count named Meng Guiyu. A man Sheng Weiqiao was unacquainted with also came with them.Meng Shuangliao said smilingly, covering her mouth, "Your Highness, do you know who that man Chongxin
After they had entered the room, Rong Shuihe locked the door. However, at that moment, Sheng Weiqiao had taken a blue-and-white pear-shaped vase with the pattern of intertwisted branches and chrysanthemums and was about to smash it at his head.Rong Shuihe promptly stopped it and said, "Sweetie, do you feel jealous?" Seeing Sheng Weiqiao's dark face, Rong Shuihe thought she might not like him to chat with Noble Consort Shu happily and ignore her. Therefore, he said with a smile, "Don't worry. I, your brother, only have you in my heart. As for Noble Consort Shu, you'll see her ending later."Having failed to attack sneakily, Sheng Weiqiao put the vase back in place calmly. Then, she came around the screen and walked up to the rosewood round table inlaid with mother-of-pearl and patterns of curling grass and flowers. She sat beside the table and said faintly, "What do you want to talk to me? My mother is very well. You've got nothing to worry about."
Rong Shuihe opened the door with fierce eyes.But he immediately turned gentle as soon as the door opened, "Would you please tell me your name? There are still many things I am unfamiliar with because I just came back to my family. I beg your pardon."The eunuch knew Rong Shuihe was favoured by Noble Consort Shu recently, who was the leader of Shu Sisters. So he did not dare to be arrogant, instantly bowed with his respect, and said, "Your Highness, my name is Cai Bao.""I got it!" Rong Shuihe said with a smile, "It's time to start the boat race. Why did Noble Consort Shu ask me to go there?"Meanwhile, he gave the eunuch a pouch with money secretly.Cai Bao accepted it calmly. He was more pleased when he realized how much money was in it. He whispered, "Don't worry, Your Highness! Noble Consort Shu just wanted to show her kindness. Shu Sisters are certainly going to watch the match with the Emperor. Moreover, a
Sheng Weiqiao had the experience of drowning, knowing that she must keep calm at this time and not hug the rescuer tightly.But...Empress Meng knew nothing about this. She was a little girl who was just sixteen years old, even though she could handle the bad things caused by Emperor Xuanjing and Noble Consort Shu.So she was instantly panic when she was falling into the lake.So she instinctively hugged Sheng Weiqiao who also fell into the lake because of her.Sheng Weiqiao was very helpless.This was called "tit for tat".When she fell into the water for the first time, she almost accidentally killed Rong Shuihe who was good at swimming. After she was rescued, she even complained angrily that Rong Shuihe could not swim at all. He should not show off his ability but ask the sailor who was good at swimming to save them. At that time, she didn't know that it was because she held him tigh
Hearing this, Li Shengxu grunted in dissatisfaction, saying, "Then who are you waiting for?""Aren't you just getting well?" Sheng Weiqiao explained, "As the wind blows on the lake, I'm a bit surprised to see you come over in person."If someone else had said like this, Li Shengxu wouldn't have been upset.However, it was Sheng Weiqiao...It suddenly dawned on Li Shengxu that Sheng Weiqiao had pushed him to stagger before and she said, "We don't know who the winner is if the fight starts." Therefore, it was natural for him to regard her concern as a laughing stock.He glared at Sheng Weiqiao and then sneered, "Look at you. You're completely drenched. I heard you just sank down straight to the bottom of the lake. It's so easy for you to recover. Am I not allowed to come here?""You b*st*rd!" As she looked down, she found that her clothes stuck tightly to her body even drew the outline and color of he
Sheng Weiqiao was stunned by Li Shengxu's act!As a result, she was hit by Li Shengxu's fist in the shoulder and retreated a few steps away. She was a mere delicate girl, after all.Li Shengxu was also dumbfounded, "Why didn't you sidestep my hit?"He didn't mean to attack her to begin with. He only wanted to show his strength with that bluff!Li Shengxu had practiced martial skills under the tutelage of the bodyguard serving in their mansion in the past days. He couldn't make great progress with such a short training, and he had missed the golden age to cultivate martial skills. But still, he managed to enhance the speed of his move, given that he was a young man of vigor... However, he couldn't control his power properly, for which he failed to hold back when noticing that Sheng Weiqiao wasn't intended to dodge.He got flustered at the tears in Sheng Weiqiao's eyes, "Are... Are you alright? I was expecting you
Fortunately, Sheng Weiqiao chimed in again and requested Rong Shuihe to take him along, "He's too fragile. If he stays here alone, even a rat can scare him half to death!"Then Rong Shuihe offered reluctantly, "Xi is waiting outside the pine forest. I'll get you out of here and ask him to lend this brat a hand when we see him."Despite the remote location of this forest, several pavilions were built still around it, which coincided with the sumptuous style of the royal house.Though Rong Shuihe had checked Sheng Weiqiao's pulse, he wasn't quite convinced by the result and was thinking about summoning an imperial doctor.While Sheng Weiqiao was neither in a mood nor in a place to make a big deal out of this. She did remember how Li Shengxu had enthralled myriad girls by merely standing under a flowering tree and smiling. Everyone would feel sorry for him at the sight of the wound on his arm, but only Rong Shuihe had seen how
Looking at Li Shengxu's finger poking his nose, Rong Shuihe said faintly, "Yes."Hearing that, Li Shengxu looked at Rong Shuihe incredibly, not daring to believe that Rong Shuihe admitted it.Besides, how could he admit it that justly and forcefully?Li Shengxu could not calm down for a long time.Honestly, he had a good impression of Rong Shuihe. It was not because he had been deeply impressed by Rong Shuihe when meeting him in the Buye Tower. After all, he had been occupied serving Emperor Xuanjing and Consort Shu that night, having no time to care about other people and matters.However, after Rong Shuihe had come back to the Gaomi King Mansion, his identity was made public. Hearing the news, Li Shengxu admired his cousin Rong Shuihe very much. Rong Shuihe, the nephew of the Emperor, had been leading a wandering life for so many years. If an ordinary person encountered that, even if he was lucky enough to liv