Chapter 52 Chen Xiyao is being targeted
"Xiyao's birthday is coming soon, and I plan to choose a set of jewelry for her." Mr. Chen San got off the carriage first. It turned out to be this matter. Liu Yu smiled, took the hat and followed.
They were led up to the second floor.
"Yu'er, I'm not very good at choosing, can you help me take a look!" After taking a look around the second floor, Mr. Chen San handed the matter over to Liu Yu.
Liu Yu looked carefully and chose the pearl and gold thread headpiece from the two sets of headpieces, the pearl and gold thread headpiece and the gold anchor flower headpiece, referring to Chen Xilianyao's sweet and elegant personality and the shopkeeper's experience and recommendation.
Afterwards, the shopkeeper saw that Mr. Chen San had an extraordinary demeanor and Liu Yu had a noble temperament, so he mysteriously took out a set of purple gold dragon head bun headwear.
"Miss, this is from the royal family of the Western Regions. I dare say it is unique in Yanjing. I think you have a graceful and elegant temperament. This headdress suits you perfectly."
The thing is indeed a good one, but it is not suitable for her status and she cannot wear it now.
Liu Yu declined politely.
After coming out, an hour had passed. Mr. Chen San took her to the ready-made clothing shop again and chose a Suzhou embroidered Yuehua brocade skirt and shirt for Chen Xiyao. They walked around Zhiweifang and Tangcha Street until the end of the afternoon.
In the middle of the journey, Mr. Chen San had something to do and was called away.
It was a rare opportunity for Liu Yu to go out, so she didn't want to go back like this. She asked the driver to go to the pawnshop instead, just in time to settle the matter of the shop.
The fat man was the one who greeted her again, and she explained her purpose.
The human trafficker agreed with a smile on his face. They would call the owner of the shop on the second floor of Panlou North Street and make an appointment to sign the contract with Liu Yu at the human trafficker shop tomorrow.
After everything was done, it was getting late and Liu Yu had no intention of staying outside, so they returned to Chen's house.
The carriage drove towards the back door of Chen's house as usual. Just as it entered the alley, Liu Yu saw a carriage with a silver-purple canopy parked at the back door. The man who got off had a jade-like face and was wearing an apricot-yellow suit with gold-thread dragon embroidered on the collar, cuffs and hem. He had a jade belt around his waist and a golden crown on his hair.
Even after two lifetimes, Liu Yu recognized this man at a glance, Prince Li Chen.
The prince who was framed and pushed down from the position of crown prince by his own brother Li Qi.
Why is the prince here?
Liu Yu's heart tightened, he stopped the carriage and stared at the prince's back.
Chen Xiyao, wearing an embroidered shirt and silk skirt, with her hair combed into a bun, stepped gracefully and elegantly out of the carriage.
"It's really Chen Xiyao." Liu Yu murmured.
She didn't know what it was like in her previous life. She only occasionally heard Li Qi mention that the Chen family considered themselves noble and were unwilling to participate in the fight for the throne.
Li Chen was made the crown prince, but he was only the eldest, had poor health, was mediocre and had no great talents. He was the only son and his health was not very good. Compared with the queen who had two princes, the queen preferred the seventh prince Li Qi more. In addition, the fifth prince, who was benevolent and talented, was eyeing him covetously.
Many ministers in the court were not optimistic about the prince.
As for why Chen Xiyao married the prince, there are many rumors on the street. The two most popular ones are that the Chen family wanted to become the father-in-law of the emperor, and in order to climb up to the royal family, they married Chen Xiyao to the prince.
The prince is weak and wants to win over the Chen family through marriage.
Chen Xiyao and the prince love each other and take the initiative to kneel down and beg the emperor to grant them marriage.
There were so many versions that Liu Yu couldn't remember them all. She only knew that after Chen Xiyao married the prince, she cut off all ties with the Chen family, and the Chen family did not join the prince's party because of Chen Xiyao.
This led to the situation that even if the crown prince was demoted to Prince An, Prince An would be the first to jump out after Li Qi ascended the throne and suppressed the Chen family.
Chen Xiyao was also tortured by the prince and died tragically.
No matter what happens in this life, she has known Chen Xiyao for a while, and the Chen family treats her well. No matter what Liu Yu says, she will not let Chen Xiyao follow the same path as in her previous life.
However, she was aware of her identity and could not rashly rush in front of the prince.
Liu Yu did not move. He watched the prince help Chen Xiyao get off the carriage, asked about her health and left.
She asked the coachman to drive the carriage to the back door, jumped off the carriage, and caught up with Chen Xiyao.
"Yuer, where are you coming back from?" Chen Xiyao asked absentmindedly.
Liu Yu smiled and said, "I went out for a while with your third brother. He left early because of something, so I came back first."
"What about you? I just saw someone sending you back at the door. Who was that?" Liu Yu asked as if nothing had happened.
When Chen Xiyao heard Liu Yu mention this, she panicked and quickly covered her mouth:
"Don't say it."
Liu Yu kept smiling as she nodded and gently patted the hand covering her mouth.
Only after making sure that Liu Yu would not tell anyone did Chen Xiyao let her go and looked at her uncomfortably.
"Yu'er..."
Chen Xiyao was about to say something.
Liu Yu stopped her and saw Jiang Xueqing and Chen Ruqi coming from behind, and then he pulled Chen Xiyao towards Qinyuanju.
Chen Ruqi snorted in dissatisfaction: "What kind of person is this! He has no manners at all and didn't even say hello. After all, I am her niece, Chen Xiyao."
Glancing at the pitiful Jiang Xueqing beside him, he became even more angry and cursed:
"All this is your fault. If you don't have the ability, don't provoke others. My father has been implicated and I have to accompany you to relax. My father is really unlucky to take you into the mansion."
Jiang Xueqing looked at her and said coldly:
"If I tell your father what you said to me, do you think you can still be safe?"
"You dare." Chen Ruqi's momentum weakened. Thinking of the family punishment she received a few days ago, she glared at Jiang Xueqing and strode away.
Watching him go away and looking back, Jiang Xueqing raised the corner of her mouth with disdain: "Those born in the countryside are born in the countryside. No matter how much you raise them, they can never become noble."
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On the other side,
Liu Yu took Chen Ruqi back to Qinyuanju.
She started to ask:
"Xiyao, I asked you this because I thought you were my sister. The man just now was the Crown Prince, right? You and the Crown Prince...does your third brother know?"
Chen Xiyao: "How do you know that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
"That guy was dressed very ostentatiously, with a pair of collars decorated with dragons. It would be hard not to recognize him."
Anyone with a keen eye can guess Li Chen's identity at a glance.
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiyao twisted her handkerchief, lowered her head and said nothing.
Liu Yu felt it necessary to remind:
"Your third brother just doesn't want to get involved in the fight for the throne, so he stays away from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the other princes."
Chen Xiyao knew all this. For this reason, the imperial concubine had hinted to her mother intentionally or unintentionally, wanting to arrange for her to be the fifth prince's concubine, but her mother refused.
Her mother often told her that the current Crown Prince was out of favor and his power was unstable, and that there would be big changes in the future. The Chen family would not be involved in these things, so they were not allowed to have too much contact with these princes.
But when she thought about the Hundred Flowers Banquet, she fell into the cave and it was the prince who saved her at the risk of getting hurt.
The prince asked her out on his own initiative, and she couldn't refuse.
Chen Xiyao pondered for a moment before telling Liu Yu how the Crown Prince had saved her.
I didn’t expect such a thing to happen at the Hundred Flowers Banquet.
At the Hundred Flowers Banquet, Chen Xiyao was fine, why did she go to the mountain and fall into the cave? She happened to be rescued by the prince.
Today, the prince had no intention of hiding his identity. This matter was not simple at all.
For the time being, Liu Yu did not intend to dwell on what had happened.
Anyway, whether it was a coincidence or intentional, she wanted to destroy Chen Xiyao's fate of entering the Eastern Palace again.