Capítulo 1952: Chapter 973: Lunar New Year’s Reunion (Part 2)
On New Year’s Eve, he was on the battlefield, Chang Jing went to find him.
The New Year’s Eve dinner was held in Renshou Palace.
The Emperor, the Empress, Consort Zhuang, and all the princes and royal grandchildren were present.
Gu Jiao saw the long-missed Princess Rui and Huangfu Xian.
The Little Princess of Princess Rui was about the same age as Gu Xiaobao, over three years old this year, a shy and cute little girl.
Princess Rui was pregnant again, and Du Xiaoyun had given birth to the Crown Prince’s first son. Whether this child of Princess Rui’s would be a boy or a girl, Empress Xiao did not mind.
Little Jingkong and Qin Chuyu were lighting firecrackers in the courtyard, scaring a few little ones into screaming.
Huangfu Xian had fully adapted to his prosthetic limb and walked no differently than a normal person.
He had another bone procedure halfway through, which was performed at the Medical Hall of Miaoshoutang, personally operated by Doctor Song, with Gu Jiao’s anesthetic left behind, the pain was controlled to a bearable level.
Princess Rui and her husband were kind-hearted, taking care of him thoroughly, and he had become much more cheerful than when he first arrived.
Gu Jiao also saw him tease Little Jingkong and Qin Chuyu with fake firecrackers, and only Qin Chuyu fell for it, making him laugh so hard he bent forward and back.
Princess Rui smiled and said, “The palace hasn’t been this lively for a long time.”
Gu Jiao looked at her aunt playing leaf card with Empress Xiao, Consort Zhuang, and Princess Xinyang, curved her lips and said, “It will always be lively from now on.”
“I won!” Her aunt suavely slapped the cards onto the table.
Empress Xiao was about to cry without tears: “Why did I make a mistake again?”
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A group of people gradually left Renshou Palace after seeing in the new year.
The children had already fallen asleep.
Xiao Hen got off the carriage with Little Jingkong in his arms, “He’s gotten so big, quite heavy now.”
Until they entered the courtyard and laid Little Jingkong on a soft bedchamber, the scheming little monk mumbled, “I’m not heavy, you just lack strength!”
Xiao Hen’s face turned black: “You’re pretending to be asleep!”
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In the main courtyard of the Princess Residence, Yujin placed the sleeping YiYi into the quilts, turned to Princess Xinyang and said, “Princess, you should rest early too.”
Princess Xinyang stood by the window, quietly gazing at the boundless night.
“Princess?” Yujin approached her, looked her up and down, “What’s wrong with you? Are you thinking about the Marquis?”
In the past, if Yujin asked this, Princess Xinyang would surely say without hesitation, How could I possibly miss him?
However, this time, she did not speak.
Yujin poured her a cup of hot tea and draped the cloak she had just taken off over her shoulders, “The wind is strong.”
Princess Xinyang took the teacup in her hand and said to Yujin, “Yujin.”
“Hmm?” Yujin looked at her, waiting for her to continue.
“Forget it, it’s nothing.” She backed down.
Having served her for many years, how could Yujin not understand her thoughts?
“Is the Princess worried about the Marquis?”
The Marquis is such a good person; it’s rare for a woman not to be moved by him, right?
The Princess wasn’t moved before because she was ill, but ever since the Marquis killed Prince Liang, the Princess’s illness had eased a lot, and with everything the Marquis had done for her, perhaps something had started to sprout in her heart?
It’s just that the Princess didn’t know how to like someone.
The Princess always thought that her tolerance of the Marquis was because he was the father of the child, and that allowing him to come and go in the Princess Residence was to appease the crying and fussing YiYi.
Yujin looked at her intently: “Princess, go and find the Marquis.”
“What?” She was taken aback.
Yujin sighed: “Don’t you want to understand your own heart?”
She opened her mouth: “I…”
Yujin smiled: “Go find the Marquis, and at the very first sight of the Marquis, you will have the answer in your heart.”