Noble Son-in-Law - Chapter 25.2

Chapter 25.2

The newlyweds didn’t talk with each other on the way.

When they were almost in front of the palace, Li Zhi whispered, “The concubine is completely entrusted by me regarding the marriage. If you have any complaints, just blame me. Don’t bear any grudge against the concubine. And the second princess, she has been looking forward to meeting you.”

Two years had passed since Shen Qingqing’s last visit to the palace, and she couldn’t even remember the appearance of the second princess.

Regardless, she had never voiced any complaints about Noble Concubine Chun’s involvement in her marriage.

“Okay.” She said softly.

Li Zhi got off the carriage first when it stopped, and he gave a helping hand to his wife to get off the carriage.

This time Shen Qingqing did not hesitate, lowered her head, and held his hand.

In Yichun Palace, Emperor Qingde and Noble Concubine Chun were waiting for the newlyweds.

The six-year-old second princess sat obediently next to her mother. The two-year-old third princess was at the age of playfulness. She was sitting in her father’s arms, but after a while she wanted to go outside to play. So the emperor gave the child to the wet nurse and said, “Go and take good care of the third princess.”

The wet nurse went on her knees first, and they walked out holding the

third princess’s little hand.

“No!” The third princess was too ambitious. She broke away from the wet nurse and ran out on her short legs.

Although the little princess’s steps were clumsy, she could run fast.

The wet nurse quickly followed.

Emperor Qingde watched his little daughter disappear out of his sight. He loved the little girl deeply but also felt very regretful because the child was a girl. When the Noble Concubine was pregnant for the second time, the Emperor prayed to Bodhisattva almost every day to bless the Noble Concubine and give birth to a prince. Unfortunately, God did not fulfil his wishes. In April last year, the imperial concubine gave birth to a daughter again.

The third princess just so happened to rush out of Yichun Palace when Li Zhi and Shen Qingqing entered it together.

Without realising it, Li Zhi smiled when he saw the young niece in the pink palace dress.

After recognising her uncle, the third princess joyfully exclaimed, “Uncle!”

Then she ran into the man’s arms.

Li Zhi approached her right away and gathered the young child in his arms. The man’s eyes were as dazzling as stars as he laughed cheerfully.

It left Shen Qingqing speechless.

Li Zhi’s smile had been hypocritical each time she had witnessed it. It was only now that she felt Li Zhi’s affection for the third princess through his smile.

‘Blood is indeed thicker than water.’ Shen Qingqing wondered about her little brother at home when she was preoccupied.

‘Is the brat’s refusal to study due to laziness? Hmm… Getting married is a bad idea. I can only watch my husband and his family share the family relationship.’

“Call Aunty.” Suddenly, Li Zhi’s voice came closer.

When Shen Qingqing regained consciousness, she was shocked to see that Li Zhi had already approached her with the third princess in his hands.

The third princess had a pair of beautiful phoenix eyes. She looked at Shen Qingqing and said the word she heard now. “Aunty!”

Hearing the milky voice, Shen Qingqing smiled kindly.

Shen Qingqing’s smile was enchanting, and the third princess was stunned for a moment.

Then she suddenly stretched out her hand towards Shen Qingqing: “Hug!”

Shen Qingqing was extremely surprised.

The little girl was so cute, so Shen Qingqing stretched out her hand without thinking too much. Who expected that she would… Before Shen Qingqing could hold the little girl firmly, the third princess crawled over like a monkey.

Li Zhi was so frightened that he immediately reached out and hugged Shen Qingqing and the third princess together!

The third princess grinned foolishly and nestled between her uncle and aunt, presumably amused.

Being surrounded by palace people made Shen Qingqing feel very ashamed.

Fearing that his wife might be unable to hold his niece, Li Zhi held the third princess and yanked her back into his arms, saying, “Come on, let’s go inside.”

Unhappily, the third princess turned her head and fixed her large eyes on Shen Qingqing.

Shen Qingqing gave her a brief smile.

They entered the Yichun Palace and bowed to the Emperor and the Noble Concubine Chun.

As the matchmaker, Emperor Qingde was in a cheerful mood because he seemed to think the newlyweds appeared to get along quite well.

After chatting for a while, the Noble Concubine Chun found a reason to bring Shen Qingqing to the inner hall.

Shen Qingqing felt that in terms of beauty, she was not inferior to Concubine Chun, but she didn’t know whether it was because she had been a concubine for many years that Noble Concubine Chun had a dignity about her that made it difficult for her to maintain her composure.

Now that the two of them were alone together, Shen Qingqing was a little nervous.

Noticing her sister-in-law looked nervous, Noble Concubine Chun took the young girl’s hand and sat down.

“Hey, considering your age, I should call you Qingqing, but you are my real sister-in-law. What should I call you?”

Her tone of voice was affectionate. Shen Qingqing was not used to it yet, so she lowered her eyes and smiled, “Your majesty, please call me Qingqing.”

Noble Concubine Chun said, “That’s not right. My brother will scold me for being unruly.”

Shen Qingqing couldn’t imagine Li Zhi scolding the Noble Concubine.

The little girl kept her eyes lowered.

Noble Concubine Chun thought for a while and whispered caringly, “Sister-in-law, how is my brother treating you?”

Shen Qingqing nodded and replied, “Very good. Thank you for your concern, Noble Concubine.”

Noble Concubine Chun glanced at the door and sighed. “I’ve been worrying too much. My brother likes you so much. He even asked me for help in order to marry you. He waited for another two years before finally letting you in. How could he treat you badly?”

When Shen Qingqing heard this, she couldn’t help but look up and glance at Noble Concubine Chun. ‘Since they are siblings, Noble Concubine Chun should know Li Zhi very well. But is it true that he really likes me?’

Just confused, Shen Qingqing suddenly figured out that Li Zhi was so good at pretending that he even deceived his own sister.

The little girl was neither shy nor blushing.

Seeing that Noble Concubine Chun also understood that her older brother was not having a good time eating tender grass.

End of chapter 25

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