The Princess Royal 度华年 Episode 11

As the Chinese Valentine's Day approaches, the queen wants to hold a banquet in the harem and sincerely invites all the girls of suitable age from the ministers' families to attend the banquet and choose a concubine for the prince on the grounds of celebrating together. Li Rong had been waiting for this day for a long time and had already made preparations. The palace banquet was equipped with similar incense burners and many spices. If Concubine Yirou recommended which girl was good at mixing incense, the emperor would most likely grant a marriage on the spot.

Li Chuan came to Qin Zhenzhen first, specifically mentioned the matter of choosing a concubine in front of her, and took the opportunity to express his feelings. In Li Chuan's view, although it is true that the beauty in the palace is ill-fated, he believes that although the road ahead is difficult, there will still be people who will accompany Qin Zhenzhen to overcome the difficulties and obstacles, overcome the thorns and bumps, and grow old together like a husband and wife in this world, holding hands and loving each other.

However, Qin Zhenzhen remained sober and did not lose herself because of Li Chuan's words. She just wanted to have pure feelings between the two, but Li Chuan's status as the prince was destined to fail. For this reason, Qin Zhenzhen politely rejected Li Chuan and asked him to compete by the river to cherish the beautiful days that were about to end. However, Li Chuan did not understand what Qin Zhenzhen meant.

On the seventh day of July, Pei Wenxuan and Li Rong entered the palace together. The male guests were seated in the main hall, while the female guests were seated in the imperial garden, so they were separated. Shangguanya came from a high family and was talking to the eldest lady of the Su family and others. She did not end the conversation until she saw Li Rong. She saluted elegantly and dignifiedly, not at all like the reckless woman before.

Li Rong wanted to laugh for a moment, but suppressed her smile. When no one was around, she reconfirmed Shangguan Ya's attitude. Shangguan Ya bluntly said that she did not want to enter the palace and did not want to compete with a group of women for a man's favor. Hearing what Shangguan Ya said, Li Rong felt a little relieved. After all, their endings in the previous life were not satisfactory. What she wanted to do this time was to cause trouble, causing the Qixi Festival concubine selection to completely fail.

Then the queen followed the procedure and announced the start of the competition. Because Li Rong was married, she could only find excuses to insist on participating, but it turned out that Qin Zhenzhen had no intention of entering the palace. In this Chinese Valentine's Day banquet, the Queen and Concubine Rou had their own plans. One wanted to support Shangguan Ya, and the other wanted to recommend her niece Xiao Wei. No matter who won, it was not the best outcome for Li Rong.

At this moment, Shangguan Ya deliberately dropped the jade pendant next to Qin Zhenzhen, and was about to exchange the sachet when Qin Zhenzhen was not paying attention. Qin Zhenzhen hurriedly stopped her, but she listened to the other party's sincere explanation and agreed to the exchange with hesitation. Li Rong watched this scene silently, knowing that his father did not care whether the Crown Princess came from a second-rate family, as long as she was not from a wealthy family like Shangguan Ya or Su Rongwen. In order to help his younger brother, Li Rong wrote a note for Jinglan to give to Pei Wenxuan. Unexpectedly, Concubine Rou noticed it and immediately sent a maid to stop Jinglan.

On the other side, Li Chuan was sitting at the emperor's head, his expression unclear as to whether he was happy or sad. Long before he took the seat, he had already received instructions from the queen to confirm the person to be selected today. When he thought that the crown princess would be Shangguan Ya, Li Chuan felt as if a huge stone was weighing on his heart. Especially when he saw the incense from women from aristocratic families being delivered one after another, he felt extremely powerless.

Each sachet only has a number but no name. Everyone has different opinions on the various sachets. However, Pei Wenxuan has not received Li Rong's note for a long time. Just when he was worried that something happened to Li Rong, he suddenly saw the last scene of Li Rong's previous life. Being good at white sandalwood, he instantly understood and cleverly hinted that Li Chuan had chosen No. 3.

Sure enough, through the tacit cooperation of Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan, Li Rong, Qin Zhenzhen, and Shangguan Ya won the top three respectively, which is what everyone hopes to see. The emperor publicly praised Li Rong's skill in making sachets and noticed Qin Zhenzhen, who came from a poor family. However, Qin Zhenzhen obviously did not want to attract the attention of the royal family and deliberately avoided Li Chuan's eyes even when receiving the reward.

After this cooperation, Qin Zhenzhen was happy that he had not trusted the wrong person, and Li Rong also admired Shangguan Ya very much. Li Rong noticed the intersecting eyes between Qin Zhenzhen and Pei Wenxuan, and mistakenly thought that the two were in love. Before leaving, she revealed to her that she and Pei Wenxuan were marrying for cooperation, and they would definitely divorce by then. Qin Zhenzhen Zhen was confused.

Then Li Chuan came to see Qin Zhenzhen in person. Unexpectedly, Qin Zhenzhen suddenly said harsh words to Li Chuan, saying that he neither liked incense nor the so-called palace. He quickly put aside the relationship between the two, hoping that Li Chuan would not misunderstanding occurs. Because of Qin Zhenzhen's words, Li Chuan was disheartened and turned around to leave sadly.

Li Rong deliberately ignored Pei Wenxuan and took the initiative to talk to Su Rongqing, which made Pei Wenxuan a little unhappy. On the way back, Li Rong suddenly reminded Pei Wenxuan that if he liked Qin Zhenzhen, he would have the courage to pursue her, and she was now of marriageable age. If he wanted to, she could help him go to the Qin family to propose marriage.

Before Li Rong could finish speaking, Pei Wenxuan could no longer stop. He ordered someone to stop the carriage and walked out angrily. Li Rong felt baffled. Unexpectedly, Pei Wenxuan came back and said in a cold voice that he had never liked Qin Zhenzhen. In the past, it was his family who instilled that Qin Zhenzhen was an unmarried wife, which led to the previous misunderstanding.

Taking advantage of this moment, Pei Wenxuan said everything he had hidden in his heart, including his love and regret for Li Rong, which made Li Rong at a loss. Looking at Pei Wenxuan's retreating back, Li Rong seemed to have made up his mind and chased him in the rain to apologize. The misunderstanding between the two was completely eliminated.