The Love of Passerby A

Chapter 169 The Little Transparent in the Princess and Prince Consort Story (34)

It was not very late when the Fifth Princess Li Handan finished visiting Chu Yuxuan, but because she had promised to have dinner with Emperor Zhaohui, she did not stay outside the palace for long and hurried back to the palace.

Emperor Zhaohui, who was reviewing memorials in the Yangxin Palace, soon heard from the palace servants about his daughter's return to the palace. However, he was unable to leave for the moment, so he could only arrange for Wang Fuhai to go to the palace gate to bring the fifth princess back to Chenyou Palace.

As the eunuch attending Emperor Zhaohui, Wang Fuhai treated the fifth princess Li Handan so carefully, which undoubtedly announced to everyone once again her position in Emperor Zhaohui's heart.

After this incident, the number of secret guards assigned to the Fifth Princess Li Handan was increased. This not only prevented her from getting into trouble, but also made it easier to detect people close to Li Handan.

Nanny Miao felt intuitively that Chu Yuhe, the prince of the Duke of Anguo's Mansion, might have some bad intentions towards the Fifth Princess. After much hesitation, she told Wang Fuhai what happened in the Duke of Anguo's Mansion today.

As for whether to tell Emperor Zhaohui, it was entirely up to the eunuch chief to decide. After all, no one knew the emperor's temper better than him.

After listening to what Nanny Miao said, Wang Fuhai did not tell Emperor Zhaohui about the matter. Instead, he first verified the situation with Xiao Xizi, one of his subordinates. After asking a few questions, he also felt that there was something wrong with this prince.

But it is not easy to speculate too much about his thoughts based on these alone, so we can only wait and see what he is going to do.

Time flies so fast, spring goes and autumn comes, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the blink of an eye, the cute little girl has gradually begun to take on the appearance of a young girl.

Her eyes are still big, but her round face, which was originally a little fat, has been worn down by time into a melon-shaped face.

Li Handan inherited Emperor Zhaohui's height, and at the age of twelve she was already almost as tall as the third princess Li Danruo.

The third princess Li Danruo left the palace to pray for blessings for half a year before being taken back to the palace by the queen.

In half a year, this girl, who had always been outgoing and lively, became extremely silent.

Most of the time after returning to the palace, the third princess Li Danruo basically did not step out of her bedroom except to study at the academy.

As for the second prince who was sent to guard the imperial mausoleum, he has not been recalled yet.

After he had kept vigil for three years, Emperor Zhaohui directly conferred on him the title of "Prince Gongshun", and even his fief was located near the imperial mausoleum.

Most of the princes were crowned kings after they reached adulthood, but the second prince was crowned king two years earlier. It seemed like a good thing, but it was a bit embarrassing in terms of rank.

He should have been a prince of the first rank, but in the end he was only given the title of a duke of the first rank.

This is not the treatment a legitimate son should receive.

But by the time everyone reacted, the imperial edict had already been issued, which means that this enthronement was issued directly by Emperor Zhaohui and was not approved by the Ministry of Rites at all.

Originally, the Second Prince was sent to guard the imperial mausoleum, and many people thought that he had lost his chance of becoming emperor. However, considering that he was the legitimate son of the Empress after all, he might be able to turn the tables, so many people still took a wait-and-see attitude.

But as soon as the decree of enthronement came out, all those who had originally held out hope were silenced.

Let's go! The Second Prince has completely lost his status.

However, Emperor Zhaohui was in his prime, and few people mentioned the issue of appointing a crown prince. Occasionally, someone mentioned it, but he just brushed it off.

On this day off, the fifth princess Li Handan sat in the pavilion beside the fish pond in Chenyou Palace and painted the koi in the pond.

Le Yue, who was standing beside her, carefully arranged the paints for her princess.

She was so focused on spending her time there that she didn't notice Emperor Zhaohui had also walked into the pavilion.

As soon as Wang Fuhai opened his mouth to speak, he was stopped by Emperor Zhaohui's eyes. He stood aside and looked at the koi picture painted by his daughter, feeling very pleased.

The fifth princess Li Handan learned fine brushwork from a painter in the palace. She has only been learning it for two or three years, but she has already become quite good at it.

After she put away the last stroke, Emperor Zhaohui clapped his hands and said "good".

When the fifth princess Li Handan saw her father standing behind her, she lowered her head shyly for a moment.

"Huan Niang, your painting is so beautiful. Let daddy write a word for you!" Emperor Zhaohui picked up the pen placed aside with great interest.

With just a few strokes, he wrote a poem about the fish in the pond in the corner of the painting.

"Fuhai, bring me my private seal." Emperor Zhaohui said to Wang Fuhai beside him.

Wang Fuhai went to get the emperor's private seal in person, watched him stamp it with a smile, and heard Emperor Zhaohui ask the fifth princess Li Handan to sign on the other side and asked his daughter to stamp her own private seal as well.