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The Eighth Prince walked up to Xia Ruhua, raised his hand and pushed back Xia Ruhua's scattered hair on her cheeks, lowered his head and kissed Xia Ruhua on the forehead. After showing off his affection in front of everyone, the Eighth Prince then He whispered softly: "I have kept the princess waiting for a long time. I will accompany you to enjoy the flowers."

The Eighth Prince's voice was deep and full of doting. When he heard the ears of the little palace maid passing by turned crimson, he felt even more envious in his heart. He kept sighing that the relationship between the Prince and the Princess was really good.

Although the flowers in the Royal Garden were expensive, she had no research on flowers. She only looked at the colors and shapes, and there was nothing interesting about them. It would be better to go back to the palace to look at the paintings.

In front of the Eighth Prince, Xia Ruhua showed no pretense at all. She opened and closed her rosy mouth and directly said the words that made the Eighth Prince laugh and cry, "It looks like they are all the same. It's better to go back to sleep and feel more comfortable."

The Eighth Prince laughed dumbly. Did he go to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the flowers?

The reward is power and status.

Seeing Xia Ruhua yawning impatiently, the Eighth Prince sighed in his heart that she was a silly girl, chuckled lightly and said, "Okay, okay, it's all up to you."

After the eighth prince finished speaking, he poked Xia Ruhua on the cheek and said, "Okay, I will accompany the princess back to the house."

After the Eighth Prince finished speaking, he looked behind him thoughtfully, held Xia Ruhua's hand, and lowered his head to whisper in Xia Ruhua's ear while walking. Xia Ruhua chuckled from time to time as the Eighth Prince said, The atmosphere between the two was very harmonious. The prince, who was hiding in the dark and peeking, was really depressed and wished he could cut the eighth prince in half with a sword.

After Xia Ruhua and the Eighth Prince got on the return carriage, Xia Ruhua raised her chin proudly and asked with a smile: "How was my acting skills today?"

The eighth prince touched his smooth jade chin, thinking about the almost cannibalistic look in the prince's eyes when he left, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Very good, by the way, what do the father-in-law and mother-in-law like?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Come back the day after tomorrow, so I can prepare gifts." The Eighth Prince sighed, shaking his head and saying that you don't care about anything, so I could only do it myself: "The princess doesn't care about anything, do you have to worry about me?"

The Eighth Prince's appearance that classified Xia Ruhua and him as one made Xia Ruhua blush instantly.

Xia Ruhua touched her hot cheek, lowered her head and looked away from the Eighth Prince, and muttered: "It's just cooperation, don't take it seriously."

"Who said it's just cooperation?" The Eighth Prince opened his folding fan in a pretentious manner and chuckled: "Is it possible that you want to start chaos but give up?"

Xia Ruhua was shocked by the Eighth Prince's words. After a moment, she said with a sullen face, "Your Majesty, don't make trouble."

The Eighth Prince will be the one who will be honored in the future, and his princess will be the future queen. How could he let a partner become the queen?

It's impossible when you think about it.

The Eighth Prince opened his mouth, but after a moment he just smiled, lowered his eyes and said: "Okay, no fuss, but today everyone knows that you and I are very close. If the day after tomorrow, I give you a gift that does not suit the wishes of my father-in-law and mother-in-law, I am afraid that everyone will People are going to laugh at the two of us for putting on a show."

Xia Ruhua thought carefully and realized that this was indeed the case, so she whispered to the eighth prince about Xia Weiguang and Lin Wan's preferences.

On the day they returned home, the weather was excellent. The Eighth Prince and Xia Ruhua returned home hand in hand. The way the Eighth Prince personally carried Xia Ruhua out of the carriage was seen by countless people. Afterwards, when the two left, they and Xia Weiguang The couple were talking and laughing without showing any pretense, which showed that the Eighth Prince liked Xia Ruhua from the bottom of his heart.

After Xia Ruhua returned home, she began to live a life of never leaving the house. Except occasionally giving advice to the Eighth Prince, she spent most of her time reading novels, listening to plays and eating delicious food. It was a comfortable life.

During this period, the prince was indeed in bad luck again.

Half a month ago, it was revealed that a young nephew of the Queen's mother clan beat someone to death in the street. The way a powerful son beats someone to death in the street is completely different from how ordinary people beat someone to death in the street, especially when the other party is from the Queen's mother clan, and there is a person behind the scenes who is being raped. The prince who was appointed as the crown prince, even the minister of Dali Temple, did not dare to settle the case easily.

This kind of thing is usually handled by the other party for money, but somehow, that person happened to recognize the emperor during his private visit incognito and complained in the street.

When the rich and powerful commit crimes, they usually spend their money.

If he hadn't been sued in the street, even if the emperor knew about it, he would have just turned a blind eye. But now that he was sued in the street and watched by so many people, if he did it hastily, his authority as the emperor would definitely be affected. Will be questioned, the emperor can only order the ministers of Dali Temple to deal with it strictly in accordance with the law.

Although the emperor said he would deal with it strictly, the other party was from the queen's mother's family, and the other party paid him to settle the matter. In the end, he was only sentenced to exile.

A few days after this incident, the Queen's family was investigated for corruption and bribery, and even participated in the buying and selling of official positions, which even involved the Queen and the Prince.

After the queen and the prince learned about this, they immediately cut off the contact with their mother clan and cut off their arms to survive.

However, because the situation was so bad, and if there wasn't a strong background behind it, how could the queen's family be so rampant?

Even though the prince and the queen repeatedly proved their innocence, they were still questioned by everyone, especially the queen, whose prestige was greatly reduced. The emperor took the opportunity to distribute the harem management duties to several concubines, euphemistically saying that they were sharing them for the queen.

But who doesn't know that this is just the emperor's rhetoric to help the queen regain his respect.

The shrinking power in the queen's hands made the prince more cautious and cautious in his behavior.

However, probably because too many things happened during this period, the emperor canceled the autumn hunting.

The autumn hunt didn't happen. Xia Ruhua was lying dead in the palace as usual, occasionally helping the eighth prince with advice and plotting against the prince. Her life was enjoyable.

The day before the Spring Festival, the emperor held a sealing ceremony, and the countdown to the palace banquet also entered.

Xia Ruhua naturally went with the Eighth Prince, but because men and women were not seated at the same table, the two separated halfway.

The eighth prince was worried about Xia Ruhua, so he specially asked his maid Ruyi to follow Xia Ruhua.

Xia Ruhua brought Chunjuan and Ruyi to the inner hall with the little eunuch who led the way.

After entering the inner hall, the first thing you see is the empress sitting on the throne, dressed in jewels, followed by the concubines, then the crown prince, the princess, and then the minister's wife and female family members.

After Xia Ruhua sat down in her seat, she greeted Lin Wan from a distance and was about to ask Chunjuan to tell Lin Wan where they would meet later when the Queen's voice sounded from above.

"I haven't seen you for a long time. Ru'er seems to be much more lively than before."

In the past, the prince and Xia Ruhua were childhood sweethearts, and the future mother-in-law, the empress, naturally saw Xia Ruhua often. Saying this now reminded people of Xia Ruhua's past with the prince, and the atmosphere in the palace instantly became a little subtle.