0p0 Chapter 176: Being able to marry Chu Xingluo and become a princess has already used up all her luck
Chapter 176: Being able to marry Chu Xingluo and become a princess has already used up all her luck
After the court session, Emperor Ying asked Chu Xingluo to stay. He appealed to his emotions and reasoned with him, but was interrupted by Chu Xingluo: "Father, I understand what you mean. Ye Linglong is the Crown Princess, and Taotao's identity is enough for her to be a talented person. If there is nothing else, I will leave."
Chu Xingluo's reaction was beyond Emperor Ying's expectations. He said to Eunuch Liu, "Is this still the Third Prince? With his reaction when he married Ye Linglong, I thought he would do his best to fight for Xia Taoyuan, even if it was just to be a concubine."
Eunuch Liu smiled and said, "People will change after going through some things."
Emperor Ying said nothing more and seemed to be lost in thought.
Prince Jing's Mansion, East Garden.
Dai'er discovered that since the young lady came back from Taotao Taoyuan, although she was the same as before, she obviously spoke less and was always alone in a daze. She was very worried. She understood that the young lady was worried because she lost the child, so she took better care of Xia Taoyuan.
Because of the enthronement ceremony, Chu Xingluo was busier than before. He left early and came back late every day. Sometimes he left early and Xia Taoyuan was still asleep. When he came back at night, Xia Taoyuan had already fallen asleep. He even didn't say a word for several days. Chu Xingluo felt bad. He just hoped that the enthronement ceremony would be completed quickly so that he could spend more time with Taotao.
As for Xia Taoyuan, sometimes she would be anxious and nervous when she didn't see Chu Xingluo for several days. She also wanted to get up early to see him off and sleep late to wait for him to come back, but for some reason, she always felt tired and drowsy since she came back from Taoyuan.
The happiest person was Ye Linglong. As the Crown Princess, she had to attend the ceremony, and she needed to learn the etiquette of the Crown Princess, so she would go to the palace every day. She would wait in the front yard early every day to take Chu Xingluo's carriage. Because Chu Xingluo came back late, she would ask the guards to pick her up every day.
What made her happy was that when she took Chu Xingluo's carriage, Chu Xingluo no longer refused and was not as cold as before. Sometimes, even when she made a joke, Chu Xingluo would laugh.
That day, Chu Xingluo went home early on the pretext of feeling unwell, without waiting for Grand Secretary Feng Bi to finish speaking. He entered the house and saw Xia Taoyuan's back. She was sitting alone at the dining table, staring blankly like a helpless child. Chu Xingluo almost cried when he saw her like this. He walked up to her and hugged her from behind.
"Taotao, I'm back!"
Xia Taoyuan came back to her senses, turned around and saw Chu Xingluo, smiled and said, "Lolo, you're back. I haven't seen you for a long time. I missed you so much."
Chu Xingluo hugged her in his arms distressedly. He also felt that his Taotao was not as open-minded and cheerful as before, and she didn't care about many things. He knew it was because of the loss of the child, and he was also very sad, but he didn't expect that it would be such a big blow to Taotao.
Finally, on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, Chu Xingluo entered the palace early, and Ye Linglong left with him. However, Xia Taoyuan was not eligible to participate in her current status, so she stayed in the palace.
She knew that she had been in a daze these days, but today, the ninth day of the ninth month, she remembered, was the day when Chu Xingluo was officially canonized as the crown prince.
She felt a little sad. Her feelings with Chu Xingluo had been so unbridled that even the emperor asked them to show their affection in public. Chu Xingluo had also fought against the emperor for her, but now, ironically, he had become the crown prince and she could no longer stand by his side. She could no longer be with him in various occasions in the future and could only hide behind him silently. The person next to Chu Xingluo would be Ye Linglong in the future. When others saw her, they would call her His Royal Highness the Crown Prince or the Crown Princess, and even say how well-matched the crown prince and the crown princess were.
Xia Taoyuan smiled bitterly. She was just a commoner. Whether in the 21st century or in North Vietnam, she was at the bottom. How could she dare to hope to live with the prince? She had used up all her luck to marry Chu Xingluo and be a princess for more than a year.
She had thought of being an ordinary couple with Chu Xingluo, farming and raising chickens, and working on the land. Now thinking about it, she herself found it ridiculous. Only people like her who were at the bottom of society always wanted to do everything by themselves. Anyone with a certain status would want to move up to a higher level, instead of always thinking about going down like her.
"Miss, take your medicine." Dai'er's voice interrupted Xia Taoyuan's wandering thoughts.
She drank the medicine and said to Dai'er, "Go and call Yingge. I want to leave the house."
Dai'er's eyes lit up when she heard that. It would be good to go out of the house. She really hoped that the young lady could go out of the house to play as often as before, laughing and joking.
Soon Yingge and Fengwu arrived. They accompanied Xia Taoyuan out of the palace and strolled around, and suddenly they arrived at the tavern where she and Qi Nanfeng were drinking.
Xia Taoyuan stood at the door of the tavern for a while, then went into the house. She ordered a pot of wine and a few side dishes, and asked Yingge and Fengwu to drink with her.
The boss brought the wine and food and said with a smile, "Madam, the young man who accompanied you to drink often comes here to drink, and he always gets drunk." The boss also recognized Xia Taoyuan.
Xia Taoyuan smiled but said nothing. Yingge and Fengwu did not ask any more questions and just stayed with her.
Because she had not recovered yet, Xia Taoyuan drank one cup, but Yingge stopped her from drinking any more. Xia Taoyuan had no choice but to eat some food, pay the bill and leave.
The three of them went to Jinshi Street again. Looking at the busy streets, Xia Taoyuan remembered that she met Chu Xingluo when she first came here. She lamented that time passed so quickly. It was only over a year, but it felt like a century.
She walked along the street, and would stop to look at anything she saw. If she saw something interesting, she would buy it and bring it back to Dai'er. Her nose was sore when she thought of Dai'er. That little girl was loyal to her, and had always been wholeheartedly doing her best and caring about her. When she was sick, she was most worried about Dai'er, and when she was unhappy, she was also the most anxious about Dai'er.
She suddenly had an idea to recognize Dai'er as her daughter, but then she thought that Dai'er was fifteen years old, and she was only nineteen years old now, and it was not appropriate to recognize Dai'er as her daughter. But she was actually twenty-five years old, which was enough to be Dai'er's elder. She was afraid that if she was gone one day, Chu Xingluo would not let others bully Dai'er for her sake because of this relationship.
But she was immediately startled and wondered why she felt like she was suddenly gone just because of this thought.
Seeing her in a daze, Yingge called out softly, "Princess?"
Xia Taoyuan came back to his senses, smiled as if nothing had happened, and walked forward again.
Qi Nanfeng and Mu Yun were on the second floor of the Mu family gambling house. When Xia Taoyuan passed by, he was looking down through the window. If Yingge and Fengwu were not beside him, he really wanted to jump down and take her away.
He just watched her disappear into the crowd.