"Cousin, have you finished talking?" Bai Peiyu saw Candy leaving and ran back with her net bag in hand.
It was already late spring and early summer, and the weather was getting hotter.
She ran for a while and was already sweating profusely.
"Please wait a little longer." Li Can took the handkerchief and handed it to her: "Wipe your sweat, are you flapping butterflies?"
I think this cousin was raised in the palm of my grandfather's family.
He really doesn't know anything about the world.
This is actually either good or bad.
Bai Peiyu is naturally happy now. She has nothing to worry about and is carefree every day.
What can happen later?
If you find a good husband, you will be lucky.
If it's not good, how can we survive with such a careless temper?
But it doesn't matter. The Bai family has money, and it should be possible to just ask the cousin to split up and live in another life.
"Of course, how can I still get away with it if I take action?" Bai Peiyu took the handkerchief, wiped it on his face carelessly, and threw it to the maid. She proudly showed it to Li Can in her net pocket.
Inside the net bag, two large colorful butterflies were flapping their wings, trying to escape.
Li Can smiled: "My cousin is so awesome, I caught two of them right now."
"There is also a big one. I wanted to take it out to show to my cousin, but it flew away." Bai Peiyu pouted.
"If it flies, it will fly." Li Can didn't care and held her hand: "Come and sit."
She glanced at Guo Jintang and said, "Sit down too."
Guo Jintang lowered his head: "No... I dare not."
Li Can didn't say anything. Guo Jintang had already regarded herself as Zhao Zong's concubine, so she said she didn't dare.
"It's just a seat, what's wrong with Cousin Guo?" Bai Peiyu was puzzled.
"Don't worry about it for now." Li Can gave her some tea: "Don't you want some tea?
It’s not hot anymore, let’s eat.”
When Bai Peiyu saw that there was tea, she stopped asking and picked up the tea cup to eat.
She couldn't finish half a cup of tea before Zhao Zhen came.
"Prince's cousin-in-law." When Bai Peiyu saw Zhao Zong, she stood up and saluted.
The prince's cousin-in-law always had a serious face, and she did not dare to be disrespectful.
"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince." Guo Jintang knelt down and saluted with a small voice.
Zhao Ye never looked at her, only looked at Li Can.
Li Can nodded towards him and greeted with a smile: "Your Highness is here.
I have ordered tea, Your Majesty, please come and have a cup."
Zhao Ye came forward and sat down across from Li Can.
Bai Peiyu rolled her eyes and took the tea cup she had eaten from on the table: "Prince, cousin-in-law, cousin, I even went to catch butterflies."
As she said this, she dragged her net bag out of the pavilion.
The prince's cousin-in-law's eyes seemed to have ice, and she would feel cold from head to toe just by looking at her.
She doesn't want to feel uncomfortable here.
Looking back, Guo Jintang was still in the pavilion.
She wanted to ask Guo Jintang to go with her, but seeing that Guo Jintang seemed to be already talking to Li Can, she swallowed her words.
Li Can roughly told Zhao Ge what Guo Jintang said.
Zhao Zhen never spoke.
Guo Jintang stood aside anxiously, almost tearing the corner of his clothes.
"Your Highness." Li Can said with a smile: "I think about it, it's not easy for Miss Guo, so we can't really ask her to follow the prefect who is over fifty years old, right?
Let's take her in as a gesture of kindness."
Zhao Ye said calmly: "You are the future mistress of the East Palace. You can decide such a thing."
"I know." Li Can said with a smile: "Aren't I afraid that His Highness will have objections?
Since His Highness said so, I have made up my mind.
In terms of position, let’s start from the lowest Zhao Xun, right?”
"Yeah." Zhao Zhen nodded: "You make the decision."
Li Can looked at Guo Jintang: "Miss Guo, you heard it all.
Are you willing?"
"Go back to the Crown Princess, I am willing." Guo Jintang lowered his head, showing a bit of shyness.
She was overjoyed.
In this way, Zhao Zhen nodded personally, that means no one can change it.
At first she was afraid that Li Can would regret it, but now she has no worries at all.
"Yes." Li Can nodded and looked at Guo Jintang: "Then it's settled, let Miss Guo follow us back to the Imperial Capital.
After I get married to His Highness the Crown Prince, I will name you Guo Zhaoxun and stay in the East Palace to support His Highness."
As she spoke, she turned to stare at Zhao Zhi. The four words "spreading branches and spreading leaves" could not help but convey a bit of gritted teeth.
Zhao Ye lowered his eyes, stood up and said calmly: "You have the final say on these matters, you don't have to ask me in the future.
I still have official duties to attend to, so I’ll go first.”
"Your Highness the Crown Prince." Li Can stood up and bowed.
Zhao Zhen walked away quickly without looking back.
Guo Jintang saw this and had some thoughts in his heart.
His Highness the Crown Prince didn't seem to have much affection for Li Can. He didn't look at Li Can much just now, and left in a hurry before he finished speaking.
"Then, this matter is settled." Li Can turned his head and glanced at Guo Jintang: "From now on, Miss Guo will be the one decided by the East Palace.
You must be moderate in every word and deed, and do not offend the face of the East Palace and His Royal Highness.
If you have personal affairs with others or behave inappropriately, it will not just be as simple as not being able to go to the East Palace."
After she spoke, her expression became solemn.
"Yes." Guo Jintang lowered his head and responded.
She was both nervous and looking forward to it. She had already half-stepped into the East Palace.
From now on, she no longer has to plan carefully.
The prefect of Shenzhou will definitely not be able to retain his black hat this time.
The reason why she did not tell Yangzhou Magistrate was to leave a way out for her father.
There were contacts between her father and the prefect of Yangzhou.
Later, the prefect of Shenzhou fell, and the family could only rely on the prefect of Yangzhou.
In this way, the Guo family will be able to stand firm and continue to provide her with property, allowing her to slowly climb up the East Palace.
Although a mother's family like the Guo family does not play a big role in the officialdom, it is still practical to have money and possessions.
"If you have nothing else to do, just go ahead." Li Can said, holding up her skirt and walking out of the pavilion.
Judging from the situation, it seems that he went to find Bai Peiyu.
She noticed that Li Can spoke to her in a commanding tone.
Not only was she not unhappy, but she was overjoyed, which meant that Li Can had regarded her as someone from the East Palace.
All the maids followed Li Can.
Only candies and sugar cakes were left in the pavilion, and the tea cups and other things on the table were packed away.
"I'll help you." Upon seeing this, Guo Jintang went up to help.
She recognized that these two people had been in the pavilion just now, and Li Can did not avoid them at all when he spoke or did anything, which meant that they were Li Can's confidants.
"I don't dare..." Candy quickly stopped him.
Tangcai lowered her head and said politely: "Miss Guo's status is different, please don't offend the slaves."
Hearing this, Guo Jintang felt happy, so he stopped stepping forward and said with a smile: "Are you two serving the Crown Princess all year round?"
"We grew up taking care of girls." Tangtang said straightforwardly.
When Guo Jintang heard this, he thought he had found the right person.
"Then let me ask you two." Guo Jintang walked two steps forward: "Just now, thanks to the appreciation of the Crown Princess, I have been accepted as a member of the East Palace.
I have nothing to repay, but I would like to ask you two if the Crown Princess has any preferences. I would like to prepare something that the Crown Princess likes and send it to her.
It’s just a way of saying thank you.”
"We girls, what do you want?" Candy laughed.
"Don't say that." Tangcai stopped her and said to Guo Jintang: "Miss Guo, we girls usually don't lack anything.
But last time, while walking around Yangzhou City, she fell in love with Qiong Yuzui in the restaurant opposite Baihua Building.
But Qiongyuzui only sells a jar of three kilograms a day, and our girl loves to eat the first spoonful of wine from the jar.
If Miss Guo is so thoughtful and buys it in person every day, we girls will definitely be happy and we will definitely be able to appreciate Miss Guo's painstaking efforts."
"That's it." Guo Jintang nodded repeatedly and thanked her: "Thank you very much."
"You're welcome." Tang Cake said, "I said this to Miss Guo just because I hope that Miss Guo will respect our girl more in the future.
Don’t ignore us girls just because of His Highness the Crown Prince’s favor.”
"Absolutely not. The Crown Princess has been kind to me, and I am by no means an ungrateful person." Guo Jintang quickly expressed his stance with a smile.
She asked, how could this maid be so kind and tell her this?
It turned out that it was expected that she would be favored by His Highness the Crown Prince in the future.
Hope reignited in her heart.
She read in the play that some maids could finally take the position of wives. Who could tell clearly what would happen in the future?