"What is it? There were plum blossoms in this desolate courtyard?”Princess Changping was very surprised. In her impression, there were all kinds of flowers in the imperial garden. However, those flowers were served diligently by professional gardeners. Then, in this deserted land, what were the flowers like?
Everyone had the same doubts as Princess Changping. They followed behind Chen Ping and slowly walked forward.
"I saw it! What a huge plum blossom! Compared to the plum blossoms in the imperial garden, it had a different kind of natural beauty.”Princess Changping, who was walking in front, cheered. The plum blossoms here were a little uneven because no one took care of them. They were even taller than ordinary plum blossom trees.
"It's a red plum tree!" Princess Anping raised her head and said.
"Ah!" Suddenly, everyone heard Princess Changping, who was walking at the front, scream. It turned out that she was only focused on the plum blossoms in front of her and did not pay attention to her feet. She kicked the brick surrounding the flower terrace. When she reacted, her body had already fallen to the ground.
"Princess, be careful." In a flash, Chen Ping, who was walking forward, retreated to Princess Changping's side. He hurriedly reached out to support Princess Changping, who was about to fall to the ground, and reminded her with a smile.
"Thank you, Grandpa Chen!" Princess Changping's eyes were filled with gratitude. Although she might not be injured from a fall, the princess's soft and fair face did not dare to kiss the thorny grass on the ground. Everyone was very surprised when they saw Chen Ping's vigorous figure and agile movements. For a moment, other than Princess Changping's voice, no one else made a sound. Especially Chun Lan. She never thought that her grandfather would be so agile.
"Sister, are you alright?" After a while, Princess Anping came back to her senses and hurriedly asked.
"Grandpa Chen, your skills are really good!”Yun Xia said with a smile. Everyone also had a whole new level of respect for the old butler, Chen Ping.
"It's nothing. It's not as good as before.”Chen Ping smiled and turned around to continue walking.
"I have a suggestion. Everyone, pull out the wormwood around the plum blossoms, okay?”Princess Changping said excitedly.
"Alright! Such a beautiful plum blossom should be cleaned up.”Everyone agreed unanimously. Several people had already begun to pull out the weeds.
"Everyone, there's no need to be in such a hurry, right? Let's go to the back first. There are a few plum blossoms and laurels inside.”Chen Ping looked at everyone and said with a smile. As he said that, he continued to walk forward.
" Let's talk about it later, okay..." Yun Xia said and couldn't help but laugh, because she found that everyone had already pulled the grass around the plum blossoms. She managed to hold back her laughter. There was really strength in numbers. Let's continue walking inside."
When everyone arrived at the main hall, they saw that Chen Ping had pushed open one of the two mottled red doors. Everyone hurriedly went forward to help push open another door. They saw a very spacious hall behind the door. On the screen at the back was a picture of a fierce tiger covered in dust. A few tables were leaning against the screen. In front of the few tables was a table and two chairs. They were all covered in dust and could not be seen. Chen Ping walked around the screen to the left and told everyone as he walked,""There's a courtyard behind here, and that's the main house. However, three of the main houses have already been burnt down. Four of the connected rooms were also burned down. The other parts were still intact, but they had been in disrepair for a long time.”
"Ah, the courtyard inside is even bigger than the front yard.”Yun Xia looked at the courtyard behind her and couldn't help but sigh.
"I think the fragrance here is even stronger than before.”Princess Changping said.
"Princess is right. The plum blossoms are here.”Chen Ping explained.
"No wonder!" Princess Changping mischievously blinked her eyes. In the blink of an eye, she had another idea."Cai Xia, sister, let's go find the plum blossoms ourselves and see who finds them first and who finds the most. What do you think?" As she spoke, she was already eager to give it a try.
"You're so troublesome!" Princess Anping shook her head as she spoke, looking indifferent.
"Since Marinda has such an idea, how can she dampen your spirits? Let's go and give it a try." Yun Xia also smiled.
"Alright, everyone listen up. We'll go find the plum blossoms first. You guys wait here for a while!”Princess Changping said as she walked in first.
In the palace.
The Emperor came to Ganquan Palace. He wanted to see if his two pampered princesses had gone out again.
"ChenQie pays her respects to the Emperor!" The Empress paid her respects to the Emperor.
"Empress, rise! Is Xiu-Er in the palace?" The Emperor walked inside and sat down as he spoke.
"Xiu-Er and Susu went out together. The emperor rarely had the time to come over today, is there something troubling you?”The Empress sat down behind the Emperor. It turned out that if the emperor encountered troubles, he would come to the empress to rest. In the emperor's words," Only the empress is willing to listen to zhen talk about those troublesome problems. The other concubines will ask for rewards when they see zhen. They are either asking for official positions for their families or asking for rewards for themselves. He almost treated me as a clay Bodhisattva who would grant all requests.”
"Only the Empress knows me! When I come to Ganquan Palace, I can let go of any worries.”The Emperor looked at the Empress with a look of admiration.
"Your Majesty praises me too much, ChenQie does not deserve it. ChenQie only thought that since she couldn't help the emperor solve his problems, she could only try her best not to cause trouble for the emperor.”The Empress smiled gently.
"Empress, I think Xiu-er is smart and studious, but it's a pity that she's a girl. Looking at her reminds me of our son, Feiyu, who went missing sixteen years ago.”The Emperor sighed as he spoke.
"ChenQie thanks the emperor for still remembering that imperial son whose life and death is unknown. ChenQie also often thinks of him, but I wonder if he is still alive? I don't wish for him to be the Crown Prince, but I wish for him to live a peaceful life.”The Empress also sighed when she heard this. It turned out that sixteen years ago, there was a political turmoil in the palace. The Empress took Feiyu, who was only one year old, out of the palace to avoid the chaos. They encountered an assassin, which caused the nanny holding the prince to be separated from the Empress.
"Yes, sixteen years have passed in the blink of an eye. If my son was still alive, he would have been a graceful youth. This Xiu-er looks very similar to Feiyu when she was young. I often think how good it would be if she was a boy. He might even be a promising talent, or perhaps he could take on the responsibility of being the Crown Prince.”The emperor said.
"Aiya, the emperor must be joking. In the end, it's all Jun 'er's fault for being disappointing.”The Empress hid the sadness in her eyes and smiled as she continued the Emperor's conversation. It turned out that the Second Prince Long Jun was obsessed with the zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and songs. It was because he lacked interest in the knowledge of governing the country and pacifying the world that the Emperor had not yet decided on a candidate for the Crown Prince. He even placed his hopes on Long Feiyu, whose life and death were unknown. This was because the Empress had only given birth to these two princes.
Red Clouds Villa.
Yun Xia found three plum blossoms, Princess Changping found two plum blossoms and a laurel, and Princess Anping found one plum blossom and one laurel. During this process, under Chen Ping's lead, everyone had almost finished viewing the entire manor and returned to the main hall.
"Mr. Han, everyone has seen the situation here. What do you think?”Chen Ping asked Han Peiwen for his opinion.
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