Highness, please grant him your approval."Li Chen suddenly said, "Pingbei hasn't been married yet, has he""Actually, not yet..."Then why don't we make it a formal betrothal I shall bestow a princess...Chapter 558 You Treat Her So Well

Hearing Zhao Rui's furious voice, Li Chen, who had intended to step into the room, retracted his foot. He beckoned and motioned for the trembling maidservant kneeling beside him to come over.

Li Chen knew her, she seemed to be called Xiao Lian, a palace maid who served closely by Zhao Rui's side.

"What's going on in there" Li Chen asked.

"In response to the Crown Prince, earlier the Crown Princess personally brewed a bowl of tonic and sent it over. She had intended to deliver it to the Crown Prince herself, but as he was out, she discovered the woman in the Hall of Government Affairs. The Crown Princess asked her a few questions, but the woman not only ignored her but also slandered the Crown Princess by claiming the tonic was harmful to the Crown Prince."

Then the Crown Princess became angry, but no matter how she spoke to her, that woman remained unresponsive...

Li Chen immediately had a black line on his forehead.

Very good, it fits the characters of these two women well.

"This palace understands, you may leave now."

Letting go of a Xiao Lian who was about to be so nervous she couldn't breathe, Li Chen strode into the room.

As soon as Zhao Rui saw Li Chen, the anger on her face vanished, replaced by a look of distress. She ran towards him and grabbed his sleeve, saying pitifully, "Your Highness..."

"Don't act cute, I already know what happened."

Li Chen glared at Zhao Rui, making the increasingly unrestrained woman rein it in a little. Then he looked at Gong Huiyu, whose expression was as calm as still water, not even blinking.

"I thought you were the kind of person who wouldn't argue with anyone, but I guess everyone has their day."

Gong Hui's lips moved, as if she didn't want to speak, but because the object was Li Chen, she couldn't lose face, so she said lightly: "I didn't have a dispute with anyone. It was the woman around you who was self-indulgent."

This sentence almost made Zhao Rui furious.

"What are you..."

Before Zhao Rui could even finish her words, Li Chen interrupted, saying, “That’s enough. Just say less.”

Seeing Li Chen so partial to Gong Huiyu, Zhao Rui immediately closed her mouth and dared not speak again, but her eyes were filled with tears.

"What problem could there be with the tonic sent by the Crown Princess" Li Chen asked.

Gong Huiyu said softly, "The order of the herbs is wrong, and the heat is not enough. However, it only lacks the efficacy of nourishing the body. It won't be fatal to poison."

Looking at Zhao Rui, who was about to explode with grievance, Li Chen felt a little helpless.

Gong Huiyu's personality is truly cold to the point of being unapproachable, yet it's precisely this kind of personality that allows her words to hit people's weak spots with unnerving accuracy.

"What about supplements"

Seeing Li Chen's inquiry, Zhao Rui, with a look of grievance, brought over a bowl of congee and said, "Here it is. Since it's not good, Your Highness shouldn't drink it. Concubine will take it back..."

Zhao Rui's words hadn't finished when Li Chen directly took the bowl of soup and drained it in one gulp.

Zhao Rui's eyes widened, and she didn't even have time to say a word of protest.

Not only Zhao Rui, but also Gong Huiyu looked over.

"Need I say more It's just not very effective."

Li Chen put the empty bowl into Zhao Rui's palm and said, "It tastes good. Keep working hard next time."

Zhao Rui stared at Li Chen, then a smile like a flower bloomed on her face. She nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, my concubine will definitely do better next time!"

"Go back."

After seeing off Zhao Rui, who was overjoyed, Li Chen turned to look at Gong Huiyu. Before he could speak, Gong Huiyu spoke first.

"You're really good to her."t now...""Lord, are you saying that the empress is being too blatant in her request for money" Li Chen asked with a sly smile.Dantai Jing nodded without hesitation and said, "In that case, it's truly...