Harem Daily Life

Chapter 324 Keeping the Secret in Your Heart

Tao Yanyan choked and immediately shook his head: "He was able to chase me all the way to Penglai Island and cross the sea regardless of his own safety. He was very good to me. However, because of his status, he is destined to have three palaces and six courtyards. Behind each concubine, there are families and interests involved. I can't ask too much of him."

Wang Xingchuan also knew that the emperor had to balance the overall situation and reproduce offspring, and it was indeed impossible for him to be with one person for his entire life. But looking at Tao Yanyan, who was so beautiful and so good, he still felt unfair.

"If you were not..." Wang Xingchuan wanted to say, if you were not his concubine and were still waiting to be married, how nice it would be. But it was meaningless to say it, so he could only stop.

Tao Yanyan was smart and naturally knew what he wanted to say. However, when he came to this world, the original owner had already entered the palace. Even if he had not traveled through time, he could not change any results. He could only figure it out.

Wang Xingchuan drank a cup of tea and said, "If the Yin family had been more generous and let you grow up on the island, I would have found you a husband who only has you in his heart and eyes."

Tao Yanyan consoled him, "It's all in the past. Nothing can be changed. Brother Xingchuan, don't dwell on the past anymore."

Wang Xingchuan shook his head: "If I had found you a few years earlier, you might not have entered the palace."

Tao Yanyan was stunned. He thought that even if the original owner's fate was rewritten, he would not travel through time.

Seeing that he was getting further and further away, Tao Yanyan sighed: "Okay, I'm doing well now, Brother Xingchuan, don't worry about me anymore. You should worry about yourself. Now that your illness is under control, isn't it time to consider your lifelong affairs and find a sister-in-law for me?"

Tao Yanyan blinked at him, looking so cute.

Gu Ning sighed inwardly, thinking, "My dear cousin, I have you in my heart. I might be single for the rest of my life. Why are you urging me to get married? You are really rubbing salt into my wounds."

Gu Ning, who has seen through everything, chooses to bury his head in work and keep the secret deep in his heart.

Wang Xingchuan was visibly lonely, and he sighed, "What's the good of getting married? Seeing you trapped in love, I don't want to be like you. My name is Xingchuan, and for the rest of my life, I want to travel all over the country and be a knight who travels the world with a sword. I don't want to be tormented by love."

Tao Yanyan imagined himself dressed in black, riding a horse, walking among the mountains and rivers of the Great Zhou. The world was vast, and he thought it was a good idea.

"Everyone has their own aspirations. I can only wish Brother Xingchuan all his wishes come true." Tao Yanyan raised his glass to him, drinking tea instead of wine.

The two clinked glasses and drank the tea in the cups, and the tea talk between old friends came to an end.

Gu Ning was still somewhat reluctant to leave, mainly because it was so difficult to meet this cousin, and up to now, she had never seen her wearing women's clothes.

With reluctance and regret, the three of them said goodbye to each other at the door of the teahouse. Tao Yanyan got on the carriage and headed towards the palace gate, while Wang Xingchuan sent Gu Ning back to Ningyuan Marquis Mansion.

When they were almost at the gate of the mansion, Wang Xingchuan sent Gu Ning's maid away and said, "I know you are smart and have seen my feelings for her, but I hope you can keep it a secret and don't mention it to anyone, okay?"

Gu Ning didn't expect that Young Master Wang actually knew that he knew about it. He felt a little embarrassed, so he took out a pen and paper, thought about it, and wrote, "Don't worry, Young Master."

Wang Xingchuan nodded and wanted to say goodbye and leave.

Gu Ning immediately held his arm and wrote a sentence on the paper: "Let go of one thought and you will be free from all worries."

Wang Xingchuan looked at this sentence and suddenly laughed.

He nodded: "Well, I understand Sister Gu's advice. Take care, Sister Gu."

Wang Xingchuan turned and left, thinking to himself, let it go, let yourself be free, what else can I do if I don't let it go? It's just that when it's late at night and everyone is asleep, every time I think of it, my heart hurts a little.

He kept saying that he didn't want to be trapped by love, but he was trapped in a cage of his own making, locking up his heart, and unable to get out.

Even the person who made him feel emotionally trapped was completely unaware of this predicament.

How could Tao Yanyan know what the great Demon Lord felt for her? She never believed in love at first sight. Moreover, the scene when they first met was so tense that it would be strange if they had a good impression of each other.

That is, after getting along with each other, she felt that the Demon Lord was quite good to her, and they took revenge together by chance, forming a revolutionary friendship, and then they became sworn brothers and sisters. It would be harder than climbing to the sky to make Tao Yanyan have any feelings for the Demon Lord in this experience.

Even He Linzhang, with whom she was very close, could not get Tao Yanyan's 100% confirmation that he was the only one she loved, let alone others.

After returning to the palace, Tao Yanyan saw that the two babies had returned from elementary school, so he took out the sugar-roasted chestnuts he bought on the street and asked Caiyun to heat them up and peel them for the children to eat. He then took a bath and changed his clothes.

Before she finished combing her hair, He Linzhang came over.

Tao Yanyan had been to many places today and was a little tired. In addition, he was still a little upset about what happened last night, so he was not very enthusiastic and the smile on his face was even perfunctory.

He Linzhang waited until she had combed her hair, but before she put on her hairpins and rings, he asked Mingyue to go down and dress her up himself.

He chose a set of jewelry that matched her clothes today and gently put it in her hair. He Linzhang looked at the bright and charming little concubine in front of him and leaned over to kiss her.

Tao Yanyan tilted her head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, please don't ruin your makeup after all the hard work you put on."

He Linzhang was stunned. Doesn’t the little concubine want to kiss him?

He was stunned for a moment, then said, "It was Mid-Autumn Festival last night and I didn't come. Today I was busy reviewing memorials, so I wanted to come early to accompany you." There seemed to be a hint of grievance in his words?

Tao Yanyan glanced at him and said, "You should go see the Queen on the 15th. Your Majesty didn't go to Fengyi Palace last night, so you should go today."

He Linzhang narrowed his eyes and said, "The queen needs to recuperate after giving birth, so I won't go to her palace for the time being. Yan Yan, are you...blaming me for staying in Baozhi Pavilion last night?"

Tao Yanyan's eyes flickered and he said with a wry smile: "How could that be? Am I that stingy? Haha. I'm very generous." Anyway, if you don't touch me now, you won't be allowed to touch me for several days in the future.

He Linzhang saw that she said one thing but meant another, and he was a little happy that she was jealous, but he was also a little upset because she was jealous, so he had to say, "I did stay in Baozhi Pavilion last night, but I didn't do anything to her. She fainted when she got home last night, and the imperial physician went to see her. It turned out that she was weak due to not eating well for a long time. I stayed with her for a while, but because I drank a little more and felt sleepy, I rested alone in the side hall."

Tao Yanyan glanced at him and saw that his eyes were clear and he didn't look like he was lying, so she cleared her throat and said, "How did you sleep? Why do you have to tell me in such detail? I'm not a stingy person."

After saying this, he smiled visibly.

He Linzhang sighed, and then hugged the person in his arms: "Well, I was stingy. I was worried that Yan Yan would be jealous, so I dared not to tell the truth. Then I won't explain it next time. Anyway, Yan Yan is not stingy."

Tao Yanyan pinched his waist and said, "Okay, okay, then if you don't want to explain, then your Majesty, when you go to another palace, you should come to my place less often, for ten days, half a month, no, not even a month."

He Linzhang held her hand and said, "I've been missing you for a day, and you're not allowed to come for ten days or half a month. Do you want me to become a monk?"