"No Wedding Unless Enemies and Lovers" 《不是冤家不拜堂》Chapter 41

 Xiao Yi Chen: Ji Ling Xue, since you like to pretend to be stupid, then this prince will act with you.

When Xiao Yi Chen got closer, alarm bells sounded in Ji Ling Xue's mind, those pair of black serene eyes gleamed, as if to say he could see through everything.

Ji Ling Xue lowered her head, just able to avoid Xiao Yi Chen's big hand, she bowed pouting: "Mo Xiang and I went shopping, it's so boring staying in the residence, I went to the play garden, remember when prince would take me to watch a play whenever you were free, but now prince has become busy, I can only have Mo Xiang accompany me..."

Some emotion stirred in Xiao Yi Chen's heart, it stun like a pincushion. He recalled when he was young, in order to make Ji Ling Xue happy so that she would cook for him, he took her to the play garden to watch plays.

Ji Ling Xue wasn't interested in the content of the play at all, every time they went she would start to crack open seeds and eat grapes, once she was tired of eating she would lean on his shoulder sleeping to the end of the play, it would be dusk, hand in hand they walked along the long street together back to the residence. 

In the end their young and inexperienced childhood went by, Xiao Yi Chen looked at Ji Ling Xue with a rather complicated look, he retracted his hand left in mid-air, "Let's go, prince will take you home."

Ji Ling Xue looked up at Xiao Yi Chen, endearingly silly, "Prince won't abandon me this time?"

Xiao Yi Chen was stunned, over these years, he had left her to the side without any concern for her, if it wasn't for the mid-autumn palace banquet, he would have definitely left Ji Ling Xue to her own device.

Xiao Yi Chen nodded, "Let's go, it's no longer early." Having spoken he did not look at Ji Ling Xue again, turning around he walked out in great strides.

Mo Xiang was happy, prince personally came to get princess, it was such an honour.

Ji Ling Xue however looked unhappy, it seems she had successfully caught Xiao Yi Chen's attention, it would be harder for her to leave the residence from now on.

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In the prince's residence, Ji Yu Qing's courtyard was in a mess, there was the sound of porcelain breaking, then the sounds of a maid kneeling and begging for forgiveness.

Zi Su sent the maid who made Ji Yu Qing angry away, closing the door she stood behind Ji Yu Qing, waiting for her temper to cool.

A moment ago, Ji Yu Qing heard Xiao Yi Chen was about to be back, in great delight she freshened up and dressed up to meet him, she had prepared exquisite appetizers in anticipation of Xiao Yi Chen's arrival, she tidied up her room.

What she didn't expect was, she had just reached the shrubs when she saw from afar Xiao Yi Chen coming back with the fool Ji Ling Xue, the two of them seemed to be speaking about something, Xiao Yi Chen's smile instantly upset Ji Yu Qing. 

After she returned to her room she proceeded to smash up the bowls and plates out of anger, even this didn't settle her temper.

Ji Yu Qing's face in the bronze mirror warped, she saw Zi Su in the mirror, that's when she asked calmly: "Did you find out, why prince brought that fool back to the residence?"

Zi Su nodded: "In ten days time it'll be mid-autumn festival, the palace is hosting a banquet, the empress dowager specifically told the prince to bring the foolish princess."

Ji Yu Qing's fists couldn't help shake, "That fool, what can she do in the palace, she'll be a humiliation, I can't imagine what prince is thinking, bringing that fool into the palace and lose face, could he not think it's better to bring me along?"

Even though Ji Yu Qing had been the daughter of the rightful wife for many years, she had never been to a palace banquet, now as the prince's imperial concubine, she of course felt she ought to be attending the palace on Xiao Yi Chen's arm, she was the woman who stood by Xiao Yi Chen in the wind and rain.

Zi Su lowered her head, not daring to speak.

Ji Yu Qing said: "Did the prince say for me to also participate in the palace banquet?"

Zi Su buried her head even lower.

Ji Yu Qing gnashed her teeth saying: "It's that fool who is getting in my way..."