Harem Daily Life

Chapter 471: Teach the Princess to Cast a Wide Net

It was almost time for lunch, but Gu Yi and Princess Xinlan had not returned yet. Tao Yanyan waited and waited but to no avail, feeling anxious.

"Manager Yu, why don't you send a few people to take a look? It doesn't take so long to pick some fruit." Although Tao Yanyan wanted them to be alone together, he couldn't just leave them alone and cause gossip.

Manager Yu followed orders and was about to lead people to the orchard himself, but unexpectedly, a tenant from the orchard came to report the news first: "Oh no, oh no, the princess sprained her ankle, and General Gu is carrying her back!"

Tao Yanyan: “…”

"Let's go and take a look." Princess Xinlan followed her out. She didn't want to send a wounded person back!

Seeing Tao Yanyan coming over with a bulging belly, Gu Yi felt a little flustered. He took a few steps forward with Xinlan, who had sprained her ankle, on his back and said anxiously, "Why are you here? Go back and rest."

Tao Yanyan stopped and said, "I feel a little uneasy because I can't wait for you. Is Xinlan's foot okay? We should go back and see the doctor as soon as possible!"

Princess Xinlan lay on Gu Yi's back, feeling very embarrassed: "Don't worry, Madam, it's just a sprain, no bones are broken."

"Everyone is hungry, so let's have lunch first." Thinking that Tao Yanyan was a pregnant woman and couldn't afford to go hungry, Gu Yi made arrangements.

So everyone went to the dining hall to eat first. Tao Yanyan's original plan to visit two more workshops in the afternoon was cancelled. After the meal, the group did not take a lunch break, but went straight back to the city in a carriage.

"Tell me, the orchard seems quite flat. How did you sprain your ankle?" There were only Tao Yanyan and Xinlan in the carriage, so she asked directly.

Xinlan gritted her teeth and sighed, "I...I was rude first. I sprained my ankle when I was delivering the purse."

Xinlan felt extremely aggrieved. She felt that General Gu avoided her like the plague today. He didn't want to talk to her or have any contact with her. She gave him a purse but he refused to take it. It was in the process of refusing the purse that she accidentally sprained her ankle.

"My lady, do you think I am not a good person? Otherwise, why doesn't he feel any attraction to me?"

Xinlan has a good impression of Gu Yi, but she clearly feels that Gu Yi does not like her. She is feeling very depressed and even embarrassed, as if she is trying to curry favor with a man who doesn't have her in his eyes. She feels extremely uncomfortable and begins to doubt herself.

Tao Yanyan looked at Xinlan. As a woman too, and knowing what Xinlan was thinking, she felt a little sorry for Xinlan at this moment.

She held Xinlan's hand and said, "Emotions in the world are not necessarily limited to love between men and women, and women don't have to doubt themselves just because men don't like them. Xinlan, you are very good, reserved and gentle, beautiful and generous. He can't see it, but it doesn't mean you are bad. You should have confidence in yourself, okay?"

Xinlan had never heard of such remarks.

Her biological mother died early. Although she was the only daughter of Prince Changping, she had never had a mother to care for her since childhood, so no one had ever said these words to her.

Her father, Prince Changping, was a very free and easy-going man. He liked poetry and songs, and making friends. He was not often in the mansion, so the father and daughter would never talk about these things.

She looked at Tao Yanyan awkwardly and said uncertainly: "My queen, I guess you asked me out today because you know what my father is thinking? He has a wide range of friends and has been looking for a husband for me since I was fourteen. My mother died early and I don't have a stepmother. My father is very worried about my marriage. He finally fell in love with General Gu, but General Gu..."

Xinlan was a little depressed: "I originally thought that he and I could still have some common topics, because we both lost our mothers when we were young. I mustered up a lot of courage today to give him the purse I embroidered by myself, but he..."

Xinlan was at a loss for words. She and Tao Yanyan didn't spend much time together, and she felt embarrassed to reveal her feelings like this.

Tao Yanyan patted the back of her hand and said, "This is your first time meeting alone, so it's normal to have some bumps in the road. When I first met His Majesty, I was also quite embarrassed, but after more contact, it got better, didn't it? If you still have feelings for him, this one time together doesn't count. If there is a chance in the future, I will arrange it for you."

Xinlan's face flushed: "In this way...will he think that I'm not reserved enough?" Xinlan was a little overwhelmed after being ignored the first time she met him and still wanted to meet him a second time.

Tao Yanyan smiled and said, "Then can you give up on him? If you give up today, I will not make any more arrangements."

Tao Yanyan looked at her and waited for her to think it over before answering.

Xinlan thought about it seriously, and finally bit her lip: "It is said that things never happen more than three times. Otherwise, Your Majesty, please help me arrange it twice more..."

Tao Yanyan smiled with curved eyebrows and eyes: "Xinlan, you are still young, only seventeen years old. Don't worry about anything at such a young age. Just cast your net everywhere, and you will eventually catch a rich husband."

Tao Yanyan teased her, and Xin Lan's ears turned red: "What are you talking about, Imperial Concubine? How can a woman cast her net everywhere..."

Was this asking her to look at more people? But there was only one person she wanted to look at!

The stubborn Xinlan bit her lip, thinking that meeting the Imperial Concubine today really broke her previous perceptions and she heard many words she had never heard before.

Tao Yanyan said seriously: "I am telling the truth. You are a princess, the daughter of a prince, the cousin of the emperor, of noble birth, and beautiful. With such good conditions, you should look around more and eventually find someone you like and who likes you. This way, you won't let her down."

Xinlan was skeptical and still somewhat unable to accept it: "But, my father also thinks he is good."

Prince Changping often went out with Marquis Ningyuan to drink and listen to music, and he was quite satisfied with Marquis Ningyuan's mansion.

"General Gu is good, but being good doesn't mean he is a good lover. He is a good lover only when he cares about you." Tao Yanyan was worried that Xinlan wouldn't understand, so he used himself as an example: "Just like your majesty, he is also very good, but I only think he is a good lover when he is good to me alone."

After all, Xinlan was a virgin and was still a little confused about what Tao Yanyan said.

"In short, if you live a beautiful life and make yourself better and better, I believe your goodness will be seen and you will definitely get a good lover who loves you wholeheartedly."

After listening to this, Xinlan seemed to realize something. She nodded and held Tao Yanyan's hand with some force, showing that she was quite excited.

"Then I'll go back and think about how to make myself a better person." Xinlan bit her lip and looked at Tao Yanyan with a hint of admiration in her eyes.