Chapter 298 Does His Royal Highness want her to be the Crown Princess?
Li Can bent his phoenix eyes and looked at Li Xiangnan with a smile, as if he really cared about Li Xiangnan.
In fact, she asked deliberately because she knew that Li Xiangnan was having a hard time.
She had heard from the eighth sister that Zhao Xun had never been to Li Xiangnan's room since their wedding day, nor had he been close to Li Xiangnan.
Moreover, the queen did not want to see Li Xiangnan. When Li Xiangnan entered the palace, the queen asked her to wait at the entrance of the palace for more than an hour.
However, Li Xiangnan is a serious Princess Qi, and the middle minister of Prince Qi's palace is still in her hands.
"Since we are in this position, we should naturally do our part, and it is also appropriate to work harder." Li Xiangnan looked dignified and generous with a smile on her face.
Li Can smiled and nodded, praising: "Fourth sister is really a good example of everyone."
"Seventh sister, thank you. Please come inside." Li Xiangnan raised her hand and said with a smile: "Also, from now on, seventh sister should not call me fourth sister outside."
She raised her chin as she spoke, feeling a little proud in her arrogance.
Li Can was just taught by the prince, and he was about to get haircut, and he was afraid that he would have nothing to do with the East Palace in the future.
And no matter what she says, she is still Princess Qi, so what if she is not loved by Zhao Xun?
This is her place.
Which of these women and noble ladies in the Imperial Capital should not bow to her when they see her now? No one can be an exception.
After organizing the banquet today, she lost her usual gloominess and became smiling instead.
"Yes, Princess Qi." Li Can agreed with a smile.
Tsk, Li Xiangnan is like this. She looks good in appearance, but I am afraid only she knows how she is in appearance.
Entering the main hall, Li Can saw Zhao Yinhuan and Liu Zhenlian, and let go of Li Jin: "Brother, I'm going to the ladies' table."
"Pay attention to your etiquette and don't be too rude." Li Jin warned in a low voice.
"I know." Li Can promised and walked quickly towards the two people with a smile on his face.
Li Jin secretly shook his head. Sometimes his sister looked sensible, and sometimes she looked like a child. It was because of her young age.
Zhao Ye sat upright at the top and watched Li Can quickly walk up to Zhao Yinhuan and Liu Zhenlian, holding their hands one by one without even looking at him.
He lowered his eyes, his straight and thick long eyelashes covering the emotions under his eyes, and his slender, cold white fingertips lightly rubbed again.
"Come and sit down first. Brother Sixth Emperor and your brother are watching." Zhao Yinhuan reminded her in a low voice.
Li Can immediately stood up and sat down in the middle position. He felt something was wrong again: "My position should belong to Lianzi, right?"
Her position is usually below Liu Zhenlian.
"Sit in the middle and give me some advice later." Liu Zhenlian said with a smile.
Li Can looked around and whispered: "A Yao didn't come, maybe he won't come."
After all, Xia Jieyao can now be said to have become the target of public criticism.
"How is that possible?" Liu Zhenlian immediately sat up straight and imitated Xia Jieyao and said, "Don't look at her holding and pinching like this all day long..."
Li Can and Zhao Yinhuan couldn't help laughing when they saw her like this.
Liu Zhenlian also laughed, lowered her posture and leaned closer and whispered: "In fact, she loves vanity the most.
Otherwise, why would you want to stay in Princess Rang's mansion instead of serving your own parents?"
"She wants to fulfill her filial piety for my cousin." Zhao Yin replied with a smile.
"Come on." Liu Zhenlian curled her lips: "If you switch to a family with a lower family status than hers, see if she still has the filial piety.
You guys, don’t be fooled by her appearance.”
"Stop talking." Li Can looked at the door and pushed her gently.
Zhao Yinhuan also looked at the door: "People are coming."
"She and Han Susu are getting along well now." Liu Zhenlian looked at Han Susu who was following Xia Jieyao, followed by other noble ladies from several families.
Li Can watched Xia Jieyao go ahead, and the group followed her in, and suddenly felt that she was very strange.
This didn't seem to be the Xia Jie Yao she knew before.
Xia Jieyao always said that she was cold-tempered, sentimental, and also liked to follow the rules, so she had no other friends except her, Zhao Yinhuan, and Zhao Minghui.
But now it seems that Xia Jieyao has many more friends than she does.
Li Can and the others watched Xia Jie Yao head upward.
Only then did Li Can notice that Zhao Zong was sitting at the top, and he couldn't help but sit up straight and look over.
Xia Jieyao's steps seemed to be measured with a ruler, each step was the same size, and she stepped forward dignifiedly and elegantly.
Li Can couldn't see Xia Jieyao's face, but he could guess that Xia Jieyao must be smiling.
Although she knew that Zhao Xie did not have Xia Jieyao in her heart, she still couldn't help but tighten her lips when looking at this scene, feeling very unhappy.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince." Xia Jieyao leaned over, placed the tea cake in his hand on the small table in front of Zhao Zong, and said shyly and timidly: "Your Highness rewarded you with fresh fruits, and Ah Yao had nothing to repay. This tea cake was made by Ah Yao himself.
Please don't dislike it, Your Highness."
Zhao Zhen said nothing, only nodded slightly.
All the noble ladies below were in an uproar. A few days ago, His Highness the Crown Prince just gave Xia Jie Yao fruits, but today, he accepted the things from Xia Jie Yao in public.
Does this mean that His Highness the Crown Prince has taken a fancy to Xia Jie Yao and wants her to be the Crown Princess?
Everyone's eyes turned to Xia Jieyao, some were envious, some were jealous, and some were contemptuous.
Xia Jieyao, as if she was not the one being watched by everyone, walked towards Li Can calmly and called her with a smile: "Sister Can."
"Sister Ah Yao." Li Can's big phoenix eyes curved into small crescents, showing a sweet smile.
Liu Zhenlian snorted.
Li Can quietly tugged on her sleeve, and she immediately became more restrained.
"Yesterday, His Highness the Crown Prince gave me sugar cane and some fruits." Xia Jieyao looked down at her: "Sister Can, do you want to have a taste?"
"No need, Sister Ah Yao, just keep it to eat." Li Can replied with a smile.
She never said that she had it, and Zhao Zhi didn't allow her to say it. There was no need for her to compete with Xia Jieyao.
"Miss Liu keeps looking at me, she must want to eat it." Xia Jieyao took out a small orange, placed it in front of Liu Zhenlian, and said with a smile: "This is for Miss Liu."
As she spoke, she said to Li Can: "Sister Can, I'm going to sit down first."
"I..." Liu Zhenlian grabbed the sand orange and tried to smash it on her back.
"Don't be impulsive." Li Can grabbed her wrist.
"She just deliberately humiliated me, but you still don't let me deal with her?" Liu Zhenlian said a hundred words of dissatisfaction, but she still put her hands down obediently.
"If you attack her first, you will be punished. If you hurt her, you will be punished even more." Li Can took the sand orange in her hand and plucked the leaves from it.
Liu Zhenlian glared at Xia Jieyao's back: "She will do it."
"I won't mention this." Li Can peeled off the orange and said slowly: "Today is the beginning of winter banquet held by His Majesty, Prince Qi's Mansion.
If you disrupt the banquet, it will be a serious crime of disobedience to His Majesty. Even if you are protected by your father, you will be beaten to death."
Hearing this, Liu Zhenlian swore a rude and unpleasant word, and then said: "Xia Jieyao is a sinister villain who knows how to scheme with people. Don't let her fall into my hands, or I will twitch her skin and peel her off."
She is not afraid of people with open swords and open guns. A villain like Xia Jieyao is really hard to guard against.
Li Can divided the peeled oranges between the two of them, feeling a little heavy.
She was also shocked by her own words.
It turns out that Xia Jieyao is so good at calculating? Just a small sand orange can determine all these things.
How could she have thought that Xia Jieyao was a person who had nothing to do with the world?
How confusing!
Looking at today's situation, Xia Jieyao is not without admiration for Zhao Zong, otherwise how could she present tea cakes made by herself in public?
She glanced at the tea cake again.
I don’t quite understand, what about Gao Zhongyong?
Is Xia Jieyao letting go of Gao Zhongyong?
She thought, her eyebrows almost furrowed. If Xia Jieyao had given up on Gao Zhongyong, why would Zhao Luan still help her?
"Cancan?" Liu Zhenlian stretched out her hand and waved it in front of her.
Li Can came back to his senses: "Huh?"
"What are you thinking about?" Liu Zhenlian asked her.
"The Seventh Emperor's Aunt is here." Zhao Yinhuan said.
Everyone looked over and saw Xia Jieyao affectionately hugging Zhao Luan and sitting down together.
Looking at this scene, Li Can suddenly felt blessed and understood.
Zhao Luan only had one child, Gao Zhongyong, in her life. Later, Gao Zhongyong passed away, and she was left with only Xia Jieyao.
Zhao Luan regarded Xia Jieyao as his own daughter and wanted to promote Xia Jieyao to the position of prince so that he could have someone to rely on in the future.
No wonder Zhao Luan hated her so much. It was because she was raised in the East Palace. Zhao Luan probably felt that she might become a stumbling block for Xia Jieyao to ascend to the position of crown princess, so he was full of hostility towards her.
Many things were tumbling in her mind, and at this moment, she suddenly understood.