On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness-Chapter 216 - The Form of Alliance through Marriage

Chapter 216: Chapter 216: The Form of Alliance through Marriage

Chapter 216 -216: The Form of Alliance through Marriage

He glanced at the two boxes, watching Song Guo as he opened the lid.

The mooncakes inside glistened with a golden sheen of oil, the color was tempting, and a faint, entrancing aroma wafted through the air.

“Since when did the Eastern Palace celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival?”

Ever since he moved into the Eastern Palace, he had not celebrated any Mid-Autumn Festivals.

Even if he went to the Imperial Palace to admire the moon, he never touched mooncakes.

What’s so good about these sweet and greasy things?

Furthermore, round mooncakes symbolized reunion, and he, long having been a lone man, how could there be talk of union?

Song Guo whispered, “Your Highness, these were handcrafted by the Commandery Princess. Won’t you really give them a try?”

Ye Yiheng coughed lightly, shifting his gaze away from the mooncakes, a dangerous woman, the mooncakes she made must certainly be poisonous.

“Throw them away.”

He said it without a ripple of emotion.

Song Guo quickly hugged one box, stiffening his neck, “One of the boxes is for me from the Commandery Princess. If Your Highness really wants to throw it away, then Your Highness can divide up your box among Mo Chen, Liu Yun and the others.”

Upon hearing this, Ye Yiheng’s handsome eyebrows twitched slightly.

She had so much leisure time that she even made mooncakes for Song Guo?

In her heart, was he the same as Song Guo?

“Not throwing it away?”

Hearing the increasingly colder tone of his master, Song Guo’s heart jumped; he had followed the Crown Prince to the Eastern Palace at the age of seven, and since then, he had never eaten mooncakes again.

The mooncakes made by the Princess Beilan were so fragrant they made him drool.

Even if it meant getting beaten by His Highness, today he had to have a mooncake.

For the first time in his life, he disobeyed His Highness’s command, opened the lid of the box, pinched a piece and was about to stuff it into his mouth.

Only three inches from his mouth…

Just as he was about to taste the delicious mooncakes, his hand was slapped by His Highness, and the mooncake plummeted to the ground.

Ye Yiheng, with a sweep of his palm, caught the mooncake in his hand.

To Song Guo’s astonishment, he bit into a small piece.

“Not bad, passable.”

Ye Yiheng’s voice was very faint, but it was enough to make Song Guo extremely joyous.

To receive such a comment from His Highness meant that the mooncakes made by the Commandery Princess were indeed delicious.

Song Guo picked up another piece and nibbled at it little by little.

At this time, Mo Chen and Ruofeng, who were waiting outside the bedchamber, detected a fragrance they had never smelled before in the Eastern Palace and drifted in like a breeze.

They took advantage of Song Guo’s distraction to snatch a piece of mooncake from his box.

Before long, Liu Yun and Yin Shuang also moved at the scent, and two more pieces of Song Guo’s mooncakes vanished.

The few of them looked at the nearly empty box, then turned their gaze to the untouched one.

Ye Yiheng slowly sat at the table, calmly adjusting his robe, and said leisurely, “This box is mine. If you dare to eat it, you can exchange your heads for it; they are round anyway.”

The hands that had stretched out immediately halted.

Mo Chen said with a cheeky grin, “Your Highness, it has been many years since we’ve eaten mooncakes. After only one piece, how could it be satisfying?”

Ye Yiheng glanced at Song Guo, “Take some silver and buy more outside.”

Everyone cheered happily.

Song Guo was even more delighted; the Commandery Princess’s mooncakes had done a great service!

He had said so, His Highness did have the Commandery Princess in his heart!

He was truly the cleverest little eunuch in history!

The only thing that made him somewhat miserable was that the box of mooncakes the Commandery Princess had given him was nearly eaten up by Mo Chen, Ruofeng, Liu Yun, and Yin Shuang, the four big mouths.

Not only that, but His Highness also ate a piece.

But thinking about it, from this point of view, His Highness’s unusual behavior towards the Commandery Princess made it all worth it.

It was indeed a bit painful to think about it being worth it.

At this point, Ye Yiheng said, “Song Guo, send someone to the Imperial Palace to say a word, just say I’ve awoken.”

His voice was devoid of warmth, and his heart was even more scoffing; he wondered how many people would be disappointed by this kind of awakening?

“Yes, Your Highness,” Song Guo responded and withdrew.

In the Imperial Palace, upon the Empress Dowager and the Emperor having just affixed their seals to the imperial marriage decree, they learned that the Crown Prince had awakened and exchanged a complex look.

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Should they be glad, or should they worry?

The gladness was for the waking of the Crown Prince, an heir of the Tian Family.

The worry was, how to wrest military power from the hands of Prince Zhenbei Mansion?

—

At present, in the Prince Zhenbei Mansion.

Leng Yu Yan finished packaging the mooncakes she had made by hand, one box at a time, then summoned Xiaoshan and Miao Zhu to deliver them to the various courtyards.

In fact, she too was conflicted.

Her heart didn’t want to be entangled with a certain person, yet hearing from Song Guo that the Eastern Palace was without mooncakes for Mid-Autumn Festival, she couldn’t help but feel pity and ended up giving two boxes.

Was it because her heart was too soft and she was too indecisive that she felt such troubles?

With such worries, it seemed she only had herself to blame!

During lunch.

The Old Princess Consort suggested, “The Eldest Princess and Marquis Jiangyang had sent gifts before, and later also brought over some orange wine. Our family should reciprocate. Yu Yan’s mooncakes are so delicious, we shall send two boxes over and add some seasonal fruits.”

The four brothers immediately protested, “No, no, the mooncakes our sister made can’t be given away.”

“I can’t bear to give away the delicious mooncakes sister made.”

“Yes, just before lunch, I ate a whole box.”

“Me too, haha…”

The Old Princess Consort pointed at them, “To the uninformed, it would seem like our family is short on food. Are you all starving on normal days?”

Lai Ran spoke, “Mother, I also do not wish for the mooncakes Yu Yan made to be given away.”

Seeing her family loved the mooncakes she made, Leng Yu Yan smiled sweetly and then took a piece and nibbled a small bite.

She had made mooncakes all morning and had only now tasted one, savoring it carefully. Hmm, her skills hadn’t slipped.

Lai Yuyue commanded in a serious tone to Gao Yuan, “You, take Wei Liang and purchase some mooncakes and fruits from outside, then deliver them to Marquis Jiangyang Mansion.”

Gao Yuan bowed and took his orders, then left.

—

At sunset.

A decree arrived from the palace, inviting the entire Prince Zhenbei Mansion to the Tian Family’s moon-viewing banquet.

Only trusted officials and noble family members were invited to this moon-viewing banquet.

On Mid-Autumn night, the Capital City’s streets had a lantern festival. Miao Zhu really wanted to go and see, and Leng Yu Yan had already agreed. When the time came, she was also planning to meet Qiubo Dongyan.

Now, with the sudden invitation to a moon-viewing banquet, Leng Yu Yan wasn’t too keen on going.

But an invitation from the Tian Family was not to be declined.

Fortunately, Lai Ran permitted her to make an appearance at the moon-viewing banquet and then slip out of the palace.

Upon arriving at the palace, Leng Yu Yan found that this time the banquet was set up beside the Water Pavilion.

Come evening, with the full moon hung high, complimented by its reflection in the water, it created a truly romantic atmosphere.

After walking around the lake with her four brothers for a while, the Ninth Princess came towards them, seated in her wheelchair.

“Heir Lai, long time no see!”

Ye Jiu wore a shallow smile, but Leng Yu Yan could see clearly the sorrow lying deep within her eyes.

Ye Jiu’s feelings were all too clear to her.

But her elder brother’s feelings, she understood even better.

Before they had acknowledged each other as siblings, she could help Ye Jiu by delivering gifts. Now that she was deeply aware of the delicate relationship between her family and the Tian Family, she had learned to view the situation from a different perspective.

That was to be rational.

Just then, Ye Jiu pointed at her wheelchair and signaled Lai Yuyue to push it.

“Heir Lai, may I have a word with you?”

Lai Yuyue’s face was impassive, “We can talk, but I am not suited for pushing wheelchairs.”

Ye Jiu wasn’t annoyed and ordered the palace maid to push her, before detouring around the lake with Lai Yuyue.

“Heir Lai, have you ever thought that if Prince Zhenbei Mansion must form a marital alliance with the Tian Family, there might be another way?”

Lai Yuyue frowned, “What way?”