Chapter 1523 How the Emperor Was Raised (21)

The maid put the sour plum soup on the table. Her round face was very pleasant, and she said in a charming tone to the woman lying on the bed, "Miss, here is the thing."

Shen Mubai quickly got up and drank the sour plum soup. In ancient times, the weather was sultry and there were only a few ways to relieve the heat.

After the heat dissipated a little, she lay down lazily, no different from a salted fish.

Meier fanned her. Although she was young, her hands and feet were very flexible. "Miss, do you feel okay?"

Shen Mubai nodded comfortably.

Mei'er blinked and thought her young lady was really pretty, but why didn't His Highness come to see her all these years?

Those outside said that His Highness the Crown Prince did not like the young lady, and even disliked her. Mei'er felt in her heart that the prince was probably blind.

If it weren't for the fact that the two of them had made a marriage contract, even if they didn't get haircut until next year, the people proposing to marry would still have to line up at the city gate.

So she couldn't help but said, "Miss, do you miss His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Shen Mubai was drowsy, and after hearing these words, he weakly replied, "Why should I miss him?"

Mei'er complained, "His Royal Highness has not been to Xiao Mansion for a long time."

Shen Mubai thought for a while, she and Bailiji had indeed not seen each other for eight years. The other party was three years older than her and was now seventeen years old.

There were multiple versions circulating in the palace. It was rumored that the prince disappointed the emperor and lost his favor. Others said that the prince did not look like a prince. He spent his days living and drinking, wandering around the land of fireworks, and was cynical. If this country were handed over to him in the future, the Northern Xia Kingdom would probably be doomed.

Shen Mubai didn't take it seriously. According to Bailiji's temperament, even if these things were true, it all depended on whether the other party wanted to be the emperor. If he wasn't Chi Zhongwu, he wouldn't be so deep and know how to hide himself at such a young age.

"If you don't come, you won't come. What does it have to do with me." Shen Mubai yawned.

Meier hesitated to speak, showing a tangled look. On the one hand, she felt that the young lady could be matched with a better man. On the other hand, she felt that if the prince broke the engagement and let some vixen succeed, wouldn't her young lady be reduced to the capital? The laughing stock.

Moreover, the prince has a distinguished status. If he ascends the throne in the future, the young lady will be the queen.

Shen Mubai didn't know what her maid was struggling with. When she heard the sound of fireworks coming from far away, she suddenly sobered up a little, "Mei'er, what day is today?"

Meier thought for a while and said, "Miss, it's the Lantern Festival."

After staying in Xiao Mansion for a long time, I was a little bored, and there were no entertainment programs in ancient times. Shen Mubai got out of bed and said, "Let's go and have a look."

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Zuixianlou is the most famous restaurant in the capital. People who come here are either rich or noble.

In one of the elegant rooms, several young men dressed in brocade clothes were chatting and laughing.

One of them said, "If you ask me, during today's Lantern Festival, Yihongyuan's show is the most outstanding."

The other person's expression moved slightly, "Isn't this the land of dust?"

After saying that, he paid attention to the expressions of the people next to him.

The other party's slender hand was carelessly playing with the tea cup in his hand. Even if you put his handsome face in the entire capital, you wouldn't be able to find anyone else.

He lowered his eyes slightly and looked out the window, unable to see clearly the expression inside.

The remaining person coughed and winked quickly.

The person who first proposed it realized that His Royal Highness had never been to the land of fireworks.