Chapter 426
Chapter 426: The Way His Highness Pampered Wei Wei
“It’s just that your face…” The Retired Emperor who used to give orders would seldom hesitate while speaking. From the bottom of his heart, he was pleased with this grandson’s wife, Helian Wei Wei, but the royalties were royalties after all. There was a lot to be concerned about, and the face of Wei Wei had become the key.
Of course, Helian Wei Wei understood what the Retired Emperor meant, she smiled lightly, “Imperial Grandfather, you don’t need to worry about this, when the time comes, I will settle this myself.”
The Retired Emperor thought about asking how she was going to overcome this as it was impossible for a person’s skin to become fair all of a sudden.
However, if Wei Wei could really be selected, and her placing was not too far-fetched, then, he would have an excuse for Ah Jue to not pick a secondary consort.
“Okay,” the Retired Emperor smiled. “Go ahead and join if you want to, I will back you up. Even if you couldn’t get the first place, I can still make you the top five, once you get into the top five, everything will be alright. But make sure that you are as prepared as possible in regard to attire and makeup.”
Helian Wei Wei nodded upon hearing this, “Alright.”
The Retired Emperor had always admired her composure. He then directed his order toward Eunuch Sun who was standing aside, “Later, show Wei Wei all the details of the secondary consort selection.”
“Yes,” Eunuch Sun replied, then glanced at Helian Wei Wei, the astonishment in his heart had not faded away. According to the principle, by looking at the appearance of the princess consort, the last thing to do was to reveal her to the public. As once a hideous face like this was disclosed, it was bound to attract more discontent.
Those ladies who fulfilled all the requirements but were not selected would definitely compare themselves to this ugly woman who was qualified to become the Third Princess Consort.
Before this, he did not understand as well, the fact that there were so many women in the world.
Why would His Highness fancy this person alone?
After going through so much, he finally understood.
Although there were a lot of women in this world, no one would approach His Highness with no intentions in mind the way Helian Wei Wei did.
Even though he had been following His Highness all these years, he would still feel the fear of being with the prince’s company. He would feel as if he was living with a tiger whenever His Highness revealed his dark side.
However, this matter was non-existent for Helian Wei Wei. She saw His Highness as a man, an ordinary man whom she liked.
Ever since the princess consort moved into the palace, the frequency where His Highness showed his laughter had increased, and the way he pampered the princess consort was slightly out of everyone’s expectation.
He had been in the palace for a long time and had witnessed a number of spoiled consorts.
Once they were in favor, they would turn into a different person, treating their palace maids and eunuchs with scoldings and beatings.
The current Helian Wei Wei was just a teenage girl, but she gave others the feeling of calmness and stability in the face of crisis.
Although she seemed to be lazy and was doing nothing most of the time, there was a sense of oppression in all her doings.
She had never been arrogant just because she was in favor, on the contrary, she was more so polite to the elderly.
A lady like this was too suitable for the darkness in the palace.
She was different from His Highness.
His Highness was the kind of people who, no matter how holy he seemed on the surface, he was cold on the inside. The chilliness in his eyes could make him fall from divinity to hell.
On the other hand, Helian Wei Wei undoubtedly knew everything, but no darkness could be sensed from her, instead only gloriousness, laziness, and toughness, just like a warm light.
Not only His Highness, but the servants also liked to stay beside the princess consort.
Therefore, Eunuch Sun was really worried if compared to Helian Wei Wei herself; he was burning with impatience.
We must find a lady who has the best makeup techniques to do the makeup for the princess consort.
And clothes… yes, that’s right!
He had a lot of connections, hence finding a tailor would not be a problem for him.
The main thing was that they were short on time as tomorrow will be the day for the selection of secondary consort!
Gosh, why did he have a feeling that he was marrying his daughter!
No, he needed to start preparing!
Therefore, even before the dinner ended, Eunuch Sun had already found an excuse to pass his responsibility to others.
When the Retired Emperor sent someone over to look for him, he replied with only two words, “I’m busy!”
That person was shocked, knowing that Eunuch Sun had always been the most loyal person. How could he be courageous enough to tell the Retired Emperor ‘I’m busy’?
The person who reported back certainly did not relay the two words to the Retired Emperor. He merely said that Eunuch Sun was not free, and would present himself once he was available.
In the end, Eunuch Sun did not appear even after the dinner had ended, instead, he was ordering the little b*stards who he had raised to use all their connections in finding Helian Wei Wei an outfit on the day of the consort selection.
One after another priceless outfit skimmed past his eyes. He felt that he was unusually adorable when he was being serious!
On the other side, the Retired Emperor purposely called Helian Wei Wei to his side while Baili Jia Jue was out. He let out a long sigh, “Girl, do not blame me for making this decision.”
“I won’t.” Helian Wei Wei poured a cup of tea for him, “I am aware of the current situation in the imperial court, don’t worry, grandfather, I am not the kind of person who would allow myself to be bullied by others.”
After listening to her words, the guilt in his heart thickened, “It was me who wasn’t good enough, the father of Ah Jue was worse, if it wasn’t because of his merciless since he was young, this child wouldn’t be able to make it this far. There was once a person who said that the descendants of the Baili family are cold-blooded, though we have the identity of the royals, each of us was merely a living dead. Those people who were punished by him even cursed that he would never be able to understand ****, destined to be alone for life, after all these years, he doesn’t have anyone beside him. To be frank, I used to suspect… whether he actually favored men.”
Helian Wei Wei really felt like shaking the hand of the Retired Emperor, she was suspicious of this as well!
“Only then I realized that he wasn’t interested in anyone.” The Retired Emperor lowered his eyes, deep regret was visible on his face. “It’s lonely at the top. I’ve sent him to that position way too early and did not pay my responsibility well enough. After I found out that he was being rejected by his mother, it was already too late. In this palace, no one can be trusted, the other princes have their mother who treated them wholeheartedly at the very least. It was already unfavorable that Jue Er had to take precautions against the others, but worse still, he needed to be on guard against his mother as well. After the Murong came into the palace, his tactics became colder and colder, he had never thought of being together with anybody. The girl earlier was given by her mother, hence he did treat that girl differently. I had suspected that he might choose the girl as his consort after he comes of age. Now, I realize that I was wrong, there are a lot of things which can make him laugh but you are the first one who can make him feel so insecure.”
“You didn’t know how surprised I was when he told me that he will never select a secondary consort because he knew you would certainly run away.” The Retired Emperor smiled while facing Helian Wei Wei. “Although I am unwilling to admit it, just as what those people have mentioned, he was heartless by nature and he never really cared about anything. Now that he finally has someone to care about, even if this person is going to be his weakness, I am delighted.”