diskusbooks Chapter 1140 [The Wrong Couple 1]
Chapter 1140 [The Wrong Couple 1]
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! Concubine Li has successfully given birth to a little princess!" Along with the midwife's joyful voice, a pink swaddle was gently carried out of the delivery room.
When the emperor heard the news, he was overjoyed and said quickly: "Quick, bring the little princess here for me to see!" His voice revealed excitement and anticipation that was hard to conceal.
The midwife carefully handed the swaddling clothes to the emperor, who took it eagerly and gently opened a corner of the swaddling clothes, revealing a delicate little face. The little princess' skin was as white as snow, as smooth and delicate as white jade. Compared with her other three sons, her face was completely different. When the three boys were just born, their skin was wrinkled, like little old men, and they were not as cute as the little princess.
The emperor looked at his little daughter in his arms with great joy and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Daughters are the best! They are fair and tender, and are really my darling!" His love for the little princess was beyond words.
The more the emperor looked at the little princess, the cuter she was. So he immediately issued an imperial decree: "I am so happy to have a daughter today. I specially confer the title of Princess Zhaoyang to the little princess. Concubine Li has given birth to the little princess and is promoted to Concubine Li. Zhaoyang is my only daughter. In the future, when you see Zhaoyang, it's as if I were there in person. Zhaoyang doesn't have to kneel when she sees me."
As soon as the imperial decree was issued, everyone knelt down and kowtowed, shouting in unison: "Your servants pay their respects to Princess Zhaoyang. May the princess live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years!"
Therefore, Zhaoyang lived in the pampering of everyone since she was a child, like a star surrounded by moons. However, this pampered treatment aroused extreme jealousy from other concubines in the palace. Especially the eldest prince, his dissatisfaction grew day by day.
The eldest prince often thought to himself, "Why is that little girl so favored by my father? I am the eldest son of the emperor, but I have never enjoyed such an intimate hug from my father, let alone my father teaching me how to write and telling me stories. I dare not even think about all these preferential treatments!"
However, Zhaoyang did not like this resentful elder brother. Although the elder brother would sometimes deliberately approach her, especially when her father was present, Zhaoyang did not appreciate his kindness. On the contrary, she liked the second and third brothers quite a lot.
The second brother always brought Zhaoyang all kinds of exquisite gifts, which made her very happy; and the third brother would often take Zhaoyang out of the palace to play, so that she could appreciate the prosperity and novelty outside the palace. The care and company of these two brothers made Zhaoyang feel extremely warm and happy.
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On this day, the sun was shining brightly and the breeze was blowing. Zhaoyang was in a good mood and went to the Third Prince's Palace with the palace maids Zijuan and Zihan. The days in the palace were really boring and boring, which made Zhaoyang feel extremely bored. Although her princess's palace had been built when she was born, due to the restrictions of her father, she could only live in the princess's palace for a few days.
In desperation, Zhao Yang could only visit the residences of her second and third brothers from time to time to relieve her boredom. Today, she came to the residence of her third brother again.
"Third brother, what are you doing?" Before the people from Zhaoyang arrived, a clear voice had already been heard in the yard.
Hearing Zhaoyang's call, Prince Zijun hurried out and said with a smile on his face: "Zhaoyang, you are here! My brother was looking for you. My servants have just received a batch of goods, including a Persian cat. I think you will like it, so I specially left it for you."
When Zhaoyang heard this, his eyes lit up immediately and he said excitedly, "Is it really a Persian cat? Third brother, where did you get it? It's hard to find! I just mentioned it casually before, but I didn't expect you to remember it."
Prince Zijun smiled and touched Zhaoyang's head, saying gently: "Of course, as long as it is something you like, I will remember it. Well, don't just stand there, I will take you to see that cute Persian cat." After that, he led Zhaoyang towards the yard.
Zhaoyang looked at the white ball like snow and couldn't help wanting to hug it. Unexpectedly, the skin 103 had changed into was so cute. Zhaoyang rubbed the cat's head.
Seeing how fond Zhaoyang was of the kitten, Zijun couldn't help but smile and said softly, "Zhaoyang, since you like it so much, why not give it a name?"
Zhao Yang thought for a moment and then answered happily, "Then let's call it Xuetuan. Look at its white fur. Doesn't it look like a furry snowball?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the little kitten named Xuetuan seemed to understand what Zhaoyang said. It meowed, then lay obediently in Zhaoyang's arms, enjoying his caress.
Seeing this, Zijun also thought the kitten was very cute, so he couldn't help but reach out and touch its head. However, just as his hand touched Xuetuan, Xuetuan, who had originally closed his eyes, suddenly opened them and stared at Zijun, revealing a hint of ferocity and dissatisfaction in his eyes.
Zijun was startled by Xuetuan's sudden reaction. He said in an angry and amused tone, "Oh, my temper. Xuetuan, please don't be so heartless! You know, I brought you back. You can't dislike your old master just because you have a new one. I have raised you for a while after all."
After hearing what Zijun said, Xuetuan not only did not feel the slightest bit of guilt, but instead meowed, then looked at Zijun with contempt, and then licked his paw as if nothing had happened, as if to say, "So what?"
Seeing this, Zijun couldn't help but feel helpless. He turned to Zhaoyang and said, "Zhaoyang, why don't we just stop raising it? I'll ask my brother to find you a more obedient cat someday. This one is too naughty."
Zhao Yang stared helplessly at the furry snowball in his arms, and secretly warned himself: "103, you better behave yourself. He is my brother, and you will have to settle down here from now on."
103 seemed a little confused. It blinked its round eyes and asked in confusion: "Host, haven't I become your cat? Then why don't you take me away?"
Zhao Yang sighed and explained patiently, "I can't take you away yet. Think about it, I live in the palace now. What is the most common thing in the palace? Of course, it has the most gossip! There are so many concubines in the harem. I know them all clearly. They are all dissatisfied with me, but they dare not do anything to me openly because my father is still here. But if I take you back, they will definitely have evil intentions towards you, and I won't be able to protect you then."
103 seemed to understand Zhaoyang's concerns, and it meowed obediently to show its understanding.
Zhao Yang smiled when he saw this, and turned to Zi Jun and said, "Brother, I'll have to trouble you to help take care of Xue Tuan. I think this little guy is quite smart, and I believe you will take good care of him."
Zi Jun raised the corner of his mouth slightly and responded readily: "Okay, since you like it so much, then my brother will naturally take good care of it for you."