Joy of Life: The melon-eating prince sees through Fan Xian's fake death

Chapter 12: Eight-carrying sedan chair, marrying you

"Sister, I really envy you for finding a man who truly loves you and treats you very well."

Qingzhu saw the light in Li Chengqian's eyes, and Ye Qingsu, as his younger sister, naturally saw it, but she thought about her own departure and frowned:
"I'm not as lucky as you. My parents originally wanted to force me to marry into the Ming family. Fortunately, you, my sister, had the means to rescue me. Otherwise, if I had married someone I didn't like, I would never have been happy in my life."

"Marry? Ming family?"

Qingzhu knew what kind of people her parents were who sold their daughter for fame and fortune, and what a huge family the Ming family was. If her sister was forced to marry into such a wealthy family, it must be because her parents wanted to marry someone of higher status, and they had done a lot of things to Ye Qingsu.
"What did they do to you?"

Qingzhu's eyes reddened as she thought of her experience before entering the palace, where she refused and was severely beaten, and was only sent to the carriage after being knocked unconscious. She anxiously grabbed her sister's hand, looked left and right, and tore off her sister's dress from her shoulders.

"Sister, stop looking." Ye Qingsu shyly avoided the question, "Brother-in-law is here."

"He doesn't like to see a little girl like you."

Qingzhu raised her eyebrows and opened a little space between them. The shocking red marks on her shoulders were almost scarred. As a sister, she felt so distressed. "Are you stupid? Why didn't you tell me?"

Seeing her sister crying, Ye Qingsu's hidden grievances were also revealed. She said with a slightly tearful voice: "Father and mother said that you entered the palace to suffer. We two sisters are both women, and we are destined to suffer since birth. I don't want to bother you anymore."

Li Chengqian watched from a distance, sighed, and felt upset.

In the main room.

Li Chengqian and Qingzhu live in the same room.

In order to give them some time alone, Ye Qingsu volunteered to cook.

"Your Highness."

Qingzhu knelt before Li Chengqian, tears already streaming down her face. She seemed to be asking the prince to make the decision for her, but she said, "Please teach me martial arts. When I have learned martial arts, if I have the chance to return to Jiangnan, I will definitely pay back the man who harmed my sister and me!"

Li Chengqian was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Qingzhu didn't want to trouble him to help, but wanted to solve it himself.

"Qingzhu, have you thought it through?
Just now your sister also said that they thought you would suffer when you entered the palace, and the most difficult thing is to practice martial arts, so why bother?"

"Your Highness is very kind to me, how can I say I have to endure hardship?"

Qingzhu raised her head respectfully, her eyes full of gratitude, "I learn martial arts because it is my heart's desire, so that I can repay my damned parents when I meet them again in the future."

Li Chengqian said nothing.

"Your Highness, I know I am wrong." Qing Zhu lowered her head nervously, "I know that filial piety is the most important thing in Qing Kingdom. This is disobedient to my parents, immoral, and against filial piety! I deserve to die!"

Li Chengqian helped the trembling Ye Qingzhu up, held her pretty face and asked her to look at him, "Qingzhu, you have to remember that blind filial piety is not filial piety. Your parents are both people who sold their daughter for fame and fortune, and they have lost all conscience. You want to kill them, which only shows that you are a person who knows good and evil, and distinguishes right from wrong. You are a good person."

"Am I a good person?"

Ye Qingzhu's feudal thoughts seemed to have been cracked open. The rebellious things that were once hidden deep in his heart were spoken out today. He thought that it would disgust His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but he did not expect to receive unexpected recognition and encouragement.
"Yes, and you are not only a good person."

Li Chengqian reached out and wiped away the tears on Ye Qingzhu's face, "It's still the person I like."

Ye Qingzhu burst into laughter, her face slightly red, leaning in the arms of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, her heart sweeter than honey. "Qingzhu, don't mention my identity in front of your sister later, I don't want to be the crown prince in this courtyard anymore."

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"It's time to eat."

Ye Qingsu brought the home-cooked dishes to the table and called her sister and her brother-in-law, who had not yet married into her sister's family, to eat.

Ye Qingzhu accompanied Li Chengqian out of the room, her face still red, which could easily lead to misunderstanding.

Ye Qingsu came close to her, blinked her big eyes and asked, "Sister, you..."

"What are you thinking about at such a young age? Eat well!"

Ye Qingzhu was thankful that she had refrained from doing anything bad. She came to the table and saw the simple dishes and the Crown Prince who was about to feast on them. "How can the Crown Prince eat such a simple meal? Why don't we go back to the palace and eat at home?"

Li Chengqian shook his head. Deep down, he didn't consider himself a prince. He was still that loser who would eat instant noodles and drink happy water to celebrate when a project received hundreds of thousands of dollars. So he was used to eating delicacies from land and sea. When he saw the long-missed tomato and egg, chicken stewed with mushrooms, and cabbage stewed with vermicelli, he still felt greedy.

"Eh?"

"Sit down and eat together."

The two girls were very surprised by Li Chengqian's invitation. Since ancient times, women have not had the right to sit at the table to eat. But the man in front of them was different. In his eyes, there was no distinction between the superior and the inferior of the sexes, only respect for human nature. The two sisters sat down.

Compared to Ye Qingsu, Qingzhu, as the Crown Prince's maid, was even more shocked. She usually just watched the Crown Prince eat, so how could she have such a good opportunity to eat at the same table with him? She felt happy to be respected.

"Qing Su is a great cook." Li Chengqian gave his sister a thumbs up despite his busy schedule, and did not forget to pick up some food for Qing Zhu, "My dear, this mushroom is delicious and fresh!"

Qingzhu was so happy that she almost buried her head in the bowl, hiding the smile on her face. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is calling me his wife.
"hey-hey."

Ye Qingsu was delighted to be praised, and even happier to see her sister being spoiled. But when she entered the house, her sister said that they were not husband and wife, which made her a little worried about her sister. She said, "Brother Li, when are you going to marry my sister in a grand sedan chair?"

"My sister is an important figure in the palace. She is as beautiful as a fairy. She has been very smart since she was a child. She knows that you have the ability to get into the palace, but my sister is a top beauty. If you marry her a little later, you have to be careful of being poached."

Ye Qingsu was still young and had been spoiled by his sister since childhood. Seeing that his sister and brother-in-law had such a harmonious relationship and that his brother-in-law was not arrogant, he suddenly became bolder and spoke without thinking.

"you you you"

Qingzhu was so frightened that she could not speak clearly. She followed the instructions of the Crown Prince and only told her sister his name, so that they could cover up their relationship. But she did not expect that she would be so bold as to call the Crown Prince Li Ge and even asked him to marry her, a slave, in a sedan chair carried by eight men.
Seeing her sister's expression, Ye Qingsu realized that she had said something wrong and quickly shut up.

Li Chengqian waved his hand, asking Qingzhu not to scold his sister. He said that being the crown prince was tiring, and he just wanted to relax in Qingzhu's house and didn't want to be the crown prince anymore. "Sister Qingsu, you don't have to worry about the adults' affairs."

"When I marry your sister in a grand sedan chair someday, I will definitely invite you to the feast."

Qingzhu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not angry.

But she suddenly reacted.

The meaning of the last sentence.
Qingzhu's beautiful eyes were filled with tears: "Your Highness~"

(End of this chapter)