Everyone in my harem is talented

Chapter 244 Hairpin

"Mother? Grandmother?"

Qin Mingjin stuck his head out of the door, looked left and right. On one side was a graceful and unfamiliar woman, and on the other side was his mother with her neck stiff and an angry look written on her face. With a turn of his eyes, he put on the posture of a prince and walked out slowly.

"I, Zhao, greet His Royal Highness the Third Prince. May His Royal Highness be blessed with good health and happiness."

Before entering the palace, Li Renan repeatedly reminded her that she should not treat him as an ordinary grandson when they first met. Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents and Teachers should be prioritized over others, and the Third Prince should be a prince first and her grandson later.

"Stand up." Qin Mingjin slowly raised his hand and said loudly.

He caught a glimpse of his mother rolling her eyes, then walked briskly to the side of his grandmother Zhao Guixiu and held her hand affectionately.

"The grandson has met his grandmother."

Zhao Guixiu was very surprised to see Qin Mingjin's enthusiastic reaction.

Qin Mingjin held his grandmother Zhao Guixiu's hand, raised his round little face, and looked at her seriously and carefully with his round eyes.

"On ordinary days, my mother always talks about you, my grandmother, and says she wants to see you. Why is it that today, my mother finally got her wish and saw the mother she had been thinking about, but she is silent?"

As he spoke, Qin Mingjin blinked and cast his gaze towards Li Xihua, who was sitting calmly on the side, eavesdropping on the conversation between his son and mother.

Seeing Qin Mingjin turned his gaze to her and her mother didn't look at her, Li Xihua moved her eyebrows slightly, signaling Qin Mingjin to continue.

"Grandmother, you may not know that Concubine Bai originally rejected the good intentions of our mother and refused to allow you to enter the palace to accompany her during childbirth.

If it weren't for my mother asking me to go and ask my father to start with him, I would have been able to bypass Concubine Bai's wishes and let my mother directly issue an imperial decree to summon you to the palace. If it weren't for my father's love for me, I don't know when my grandson and I would have been able to see you."

Zhao Guixiu frowned slightly and looked at Li Xihua in confusion, while Li Xihua raised her eyebrows proudly.

"Mother has been saying this every day, every moment, that when she becomes a concubine, she will often summon you to the palace to accompany her in her dreams. Mother is not favored, and it is unknown when she will be promoted to the position of concubine.

But Concubine Bai was very lucky and favored. If she hadn't done anything wrong, she might have been a concubine now."

"I actually have such a reason for entering the palace. No wonder your mother looked at your grandmother with such a displeasure when she heard her talking about your aunt. If it weren't for the explanation from His Royal Highness the Third Prince, my grandmother would have thought that your mother was impatient to see me!"

"If you don't believe me, grandma, just go out and ask any palace maid and you'll know. It was my mother's intention to summon you to the palace." Qin Mingjin said with a firm look in his eyes.

"Grandmother doesn't disbelieve the Third Prince, she's just a little sad and confused." Zhao Guixiu sighed.

"Are you sad and confused? After you go back to Nanxun Palace, I'm afraid you will be coaxed by her in a few words. If she doesn't want to see you, it means she doesn't want to see you. She just dislikes you. Why do you have so many reasons and excuses?" Li Xihua continued to sneer sharply.

Yueya came in from outside the palace and reported softly, "My lady, lunch is ready. Shall we serve it?"

"I'll go and make the arrangements myself. Mother and Mingjin, please wait for a moment."

Li Xihua had a head full of pearls and jade. When she stood up, the pearl hairpins jingled against each other, making Zhao Guixiu speechless.

"Your Highness the Third Prince will be too tired to go to school after lunch. Is your grandmother disturbing his lunch break by coming here at this time?"

Qin Mingjin shook his head. "We don't have a lunch break. Father said that we only have a short period of time to study every day, which is already lenient enough for us. If you still want to take a lunch break, then you might as well not study."

Zhao Guixiu's eyes were gentle and full of pity.

"Isn't it that the meal time is particularly rushed?"

"After I came out of Shangxiang Palace, I went to Zhaozheng Palace to ask for leave from my father. Although my father values ​​my brothers' studies, he values ​​family more. I need to take a short leave to accompany my grandmother. My father will not refuse. Don't worry."

"Mother, it's time to eat." There was another clinking sound, which made Zhao Guixiu frown.

"How many years have you been in the palace? How come your manners are worse than when you were at home?"

"Mother, I am deliberately trying to attract your attention. Do you think my gold, jade, kingfisher and pearl hairpin is pretty?

I remember that you like wearing such precious jewelry the most. If you like it, I have a lot of them. I will lend you this one for you to try on first."

As she spoke, Li Xihua took off the hairpin on her head, put it on Zhao Guixiu's bun, and then took her to look in the mirror.

"Look, it suits you very well. It's just right for you to hold up the scene temporarily. The palace is full of palace maids and eunuchs who look down on others. They only know that you are a mere concubine selected to accompany the birth of a woman from an outside family. You are dressed so simply. They might look down on you and cause trouble."

"Borrow? You are so stingy!" Zhao Guixiu gently stroked the imperial hairpin on her hair bun, full of love.

"Give, give, give. All are yours." Li Xihua said with a smile.

Just take it out of the palace.