The little queen is soft and sweet

Chapter 457 Choosing the Crown Princess
After seeing off Emperor Chengde, Chayin also went to the flower banquet in the harem, while Xiao Gaotuan'er, who had calmed down again, was taken to the imperial palace by Hua Nian, and was picked up when Chayin left the palace.

Not surprisingly, it should be the tea room in Emperor Chengde's palace. During the day, Emperor Cheng De was in charge of the previous dynasty, so the tea room was free, and there were many maids and sisters taking care of it. It was the best place to go.

Today's flower banquet is held in Mingshaoyuan, and it is very big.

After Cha Yin paid a visit to the imperial concubine, he looked for the young palace maid and asked where the female relatives of the Qin family were, and then went straight to the northwest corner of Mingshaoyuan.

After all, the eldest Princess Chenyu was a descendant. She was close to the prince's group, and the Qin family did not move forward.

The further you go this way, the less people there become and the place becomes more secluded, and there are fewer flowers. Instead, there is a bamboo forest.

After walking across a small bamboo bridge, Chayin vaguely saw the small bamboo residence over there, and guessed that all the families who were not from the prince's faction had come here to hide out.

The imperial concubine was also very considerate. She specially chose such a large garden to hold a flower banquet.

"Are you right? Does the emperor really want to choose the crown prince for Prince Lu in this draft?"

As soon as Chayin got off the bamboo bridge, she heard vague voices coming from the side. Through the dense bamboo, she could still see several figures gathered together over there.

The little girl raised her eyebrows in confusion. Grandfather wants to choose the crown prince for brother Jingqing? Where did these people come from? Why didn't she hear about them?
Xiao Chayin continued to walk forward, but she still pricked up her ears unconsciously and listened to another noble girl swearing,

"Absolutely. If you calculate your age, His Highness the Crown Prince will be fourteen this year. The Crown Princess will be selected in this draft, and she will be sixteen when she gets married. If it is not decided this time, wait for the draft three years later, and the Crown Prince will be sixteen by then. Your Highness is already seventeen, and he has to wait until nineteen to get married!"

What happened to Nineteen?
Chayin couldn't help but frown when she heard the noble girl's absurd tone.

Her brothers all got married after they were crowned, didn't they all fall in love after marriage? All the young men in the capital like to get married early, but there are a few who are as loving as her brother and sister-in-law, so it is better to get married later.

"Hey, if the crown prince is chosen among this year's show girls, wouldn't that one be..."

The tone of gloating was almost overflowing with ridicule.

"Huh? Who is Sister Lu talking about?"

"Who else can it be? It's His Highness's childhood sweetheart. Isn't she still a few months away from turning thirteen? This year's draft will start in two days, and she won't be able to catch up. There's no way the emperor will make an exception for her. Will you run for election?”

It was only then that Chayin realized that those people were talking about her, because she had been used by adults to protect Brother Jingqing since she was a child. Now, whenever someone mentions Brother Jingqing, she will always be mentioned in passing, and the little girl is used to it.

"Hey, it's impossible. Do you really think the emperor will let her be his concubine?"

"But, it doesn't mean that His Royal Highness likes his childhood sweetheart the most..."

"So what about childhood sweethearts? She is just an orphan girl from the country. She was lucky enough to win the favor of the emperor. That's why she granted the imperial concubine to Prince Lu and his family who had just returned to the capital. His Royal Highness Prince Ruolu. If she has a biological daughter, can this Emperor Ji take her turn?"

Chayin heard this familiar argument again, and her heart was no longer disturbed. She was too lazy to listen to it anymore. No matter what they say, brother Jing Qing has said since she was a child that he would marry her in the future, and once even let her father and emperor's grandfather hear it, but neither her father nor his emperor's grandfather said anything.

Her father also asked her second brother to teach brother Jingqing kung fu, and the imperial grandfather also agreed.

Chayin vaguely heard the voice of her grandmother, the old lady of the Xiangguo Palace, not far ahead. She quickened her pace, not wanting to hear these noble ladies say bad things about her anymore.

But having good ears is not a good thing sometimes. She didn't want to hear it, but the voice came into her ears more and more clearly——

"That's right, her status is not good enough to become a concubine. What's more, in the past few years, the emperor has become more and more interested in establishing a heirloom. She is even less worthy of the concubine. Don't look at us all laughing at the concubine who is also the emperor's concubine. , But if it were this person, she wouldn’t even be worthy of a concubine!”

"No! Sister Lu, you are from a distinguished family, so you are worthy of being the concubine. She is a concubine to the extreme, and she only managed to get it by relying on the emperor's favor for so many years!"

"Go, stop talking nonsense~ Isn't this the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Xiangguo? They are also childhood sweethearts and cousins..."

Chayin walked along the path to the arch, and then realized that no wonder she felt that the voice was getting closer and closer. It turned out that this road was leading to the dense forest where they were talking!

On the contrary, there is another road that seems to be in the opposite direction, leading to the Zhuju where the Qin family is staying.

This winding path!
Chayin turned around helplessly and was about to walk back to the fork in the road when she heard the fierce voice of her little sister coming from behind,
"Why didn't you talk? Didn't you have a lively chat just now? Why did you shut up immediately when someone caught you talking behind your back? You are really bullying the weak and afraid of the strong!"

"Sister Qin, what is sister Qin, who is your sister? My sister is in Jiangnan, and you are in Jiangnan? Yes, a deer can be said to be a horse. What does it matter if you are in the capital or in Jiangnan?"

"What's wrong with my bad temper! How can I get better when I meet someone saying bad things about me and my good sisters? You have a good temper, but you are hiding here and saying bad things about others?"

Qin Xuanning's small mouth was also chattering, which silenced the few noble ladies who had spoken eloquently. Occasionally, they wanted to retort, but as soon as they opened their mouths, they were blocked back.

Chayin couldn't help but laugh, and hurriedly turned around and walked back, dragging out her little sister who looked like a firecracker, but she no longer had the same experience as these people.

"Why are you arguing with them? They don't know what's going on in my family, don't you know?" Chayin looked at the angry little sister next to him and smiled so brightly that the little bit of unhappiness he felt just now was gone. Gotta be clean.

Qin Xuanning angrily glared at Xiao Chayin who was still laughing, "You're still laughing! Didn't you hear what they said about you? You must have heard it, you little rabbit ears are so good~"

Chayin did not deny it, smiled and pulled her towards the Bamboo House, and said nonchalantly,

"I heard it, but I have heard it often since I was still living in the palace. Now I really don't feel anything about it anymore. I just keep the same few words over and over again, and there is nothing new."

Listening to her sweet and soft voice, Qin Xuanning looked happy and nonchalant, she could only shake her head in disgust, "Oh, how can you be so soft-tempered! You will be bullied in the future!"

Upon hearing this, Chayin knew that this bad girl was trying to stab her, so she sneered in disgust and said, "Are you still afraid that I will be bullied? Even a tiger can't bully me~ Is there anyone scarier than a tiger?"

After saying this, the two little girls looked at each other and couldn't help but think of a person at the same time - in the eyes of people in the capital, he was indeed more terrifying than a tiger: