"You little brat! You’re a year younger than , and yet you’re trying to lecture !"
Receiving the clean and slippery orange, Cui Wei lightly slapped Lanlan’s forehead and teased, "Matchmaking? I doubt it’s the princess who needs to discuss marriage plans, perhaps it’s you and your Brother Xiao Zhuzi talking about matchmaking? Haha."
"Princess!"
Lanlan’s pretty little face turned red again. Brother Xiao Zhuzi indeed took great care of her; the only pity was that he was a little eunuch. But then again, who says eunuchs can’t get married? There were quite a few eunuchs in the palace who were in favor with their masters and were rewarded with a palace maid to share their lives with, weren’t there?
She had grown up in the palace since she was little, with no relatives outside. She didn’t want to leave the palace and only wished to stay by the princess’s side for a lifeti. She didn’t want children either; if she could live with Brother Xiao Zhuzi in the future, that would be quite nice!
"Hey hey hey, what are you thinking about with that little head of yours? Could it be that you’re really thinking about marrying your Brother Xiao Zhuzi?"
Cui Wei grinned mischievously, her smile revealing a hint of mischief.
Lanlan bit her lip tightly, so embarrassed that she couldn’t even raise her head.
Cui Wei laughed heartily, though as she laughed, she found herself sowhat envious of Lanlan and Xiao Zhuzi.
Although both of them were servants, they nonetheless had the freedom of choice, with the ability to be with soone they liked. Unlike her, whose marriage had to be decided by her father and mother, even going outside the palace to eat chestnuts was as difficult as climbing to the sky!
At the thought of chestnuts, Cui Wei’s temper flared up again: "By the way, how did the matter I asked you to look into go?"
When it ca to serious matters, Lanlan imdiately steadied herself and nodded, "Brother Xiao Zhuzi has already found out. Last ti he stopped you..."
"Not last ti, it was two tis! Two tis!"
Cui Wei corrected her very seriously, evidently harboring a deep resentnt towards the little guard who had blocked her from leaving the palace.
Lanlan chuckled, nodding, "Yes, princess. He stopped you from going out of the palace twice, and that little guard’s na is Mingwei. He just entered the palace last month."
Ming?
"What relation does he have with Sir Ming of the capital?"
Lanlan shrugged, "He’s a distant relative of Sir Ming, but the connection is quite weak. This guard’s father passed away when he was young, and he was raised by his widowed mother. I heard mother and son lived poorly, and it was his mother who sought help from Madam Ming, which led Sir Ming to help secure his position as a guard in the palace."
The palace guards were often chosen from the distinguished children of the capital’s nobility, so initially, Cui Wei thought this little guard was a deadbeat relative of so noble family, but unexpectedly he had such a pitiful background.
If that were truly the case...
Cui Wei furrowed her brows, her original intention to find an excuse to give Mingwei a hard ti started to waver.
Though she was spoiled, her heart was kind, not as ruthless and rciless as others in the palace.
After wrestling with her thoughts for a while, Cui Wei finally slapped the table with a decision, giving up: "Forget it, for the sake of his widowed mother, I’ll let him off this one ti. However, if this little guard nad Mingwei dares to stop from leaving the palace again, I’ll make sure he pays!"
"I always knew the princess was the kindest."
Lanlan laughed, her lips curling up slightly. In fact, Mingwei was indeed pitiful, and she knew the princess would certainly let the little guard off this ti, as payback for him not reporting the princess’s unsanctioned departure to the Empress.
The master and servant were chatting in the bedroom, when a palace attendant reported from outside that the Eldest Prince and Eldest Son of the Su Family had arrived.
"Brother! Quick, quick, let brother in!"
The Eldest Prince Zhao Hongqian was also born to the Empress and was siblings with Cui Wei. The two were very close.
The Eldest Son of the Su Family was the eldest son of their uncle Su Zhe, nad Su Tianyou, and was a close friend to Zhao Hongqian and Cui Wei, the three having grown up together as inseparable best friends.
"Cui Wei, I hear you’ve been misbehaving again!"
Even before seeing her brother’s face, Cui Wei first heard his deep yet humor-laced voice of chiding.
Cui Wei pouted, quickly standing up only to sit back down with a bit of annoyance, "Brother is the worst! Obviously knowing I couldn’t get out of the palace, yet you ca to laugh at !"
As she spoke, Eldest Prince Zhao Hongqian entered the room.
Zhao Hongqian, only fifteen this year, already had a tall and well-built figure, bearing a striking resemblance to the Emperor.
Not only was this Eldest Prince extrely handso, but he was also exceptionally talented, quite literally excelling both in literature and martial arts, inheriting all good genes from both the Emperor and the Empress.
It was for this reason that the Emperor was imnsely fond of this eldest son, doting on him no less than on his daughter Cui Wei.
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