The Time Spent In Pretense （造作时光） By Yue Xia Die Ying （月下碟影）

Chapter 10: I'm Begging You To Please Shut Up

Seeing that Hua Liuli really can't go to enjoy the plum blossoms, the Crown Prince did not insist at all: "It has been extremely cold in recent days, the County Princess can rest in the palace more."

In fact, in such a cold day, he did not want to see any crappy plums.

The snow is strong and the wind is heavy, when you step into the snow you'll have your feet sink, but some have to sing poetry and paint with vassal grace. They had it hard, to suffer in such a weather.

So both parties let out a sigh of relief with each other.

Hua Liuli instantly felt that the Crown Prince was not bad, afraid of what he'll say about her health not being good and would let her go out and exercise by walking outside. She glanced at the sky, the sky was gloomy, and it seemed to be snowing again: "His Royal Highness, the Queen Mother is still praying to the Buddha, please sit in the hall for a while."

"Alright." The prince saw to the expectation in Hua Liuli's eyes. She was a young girl staying in Shoukang Palace. She couldn't run, jump, or play. The days were really boring.

Seeing the prince agreed, Hua Liuli was very happy, and even her weak steps were a lot more steady as she smiled with a wide smile: "Yuan Wei, let the elder sister of the palace prepare more delicious melon snacks."

Seeing the bright smile on Hua Liuli's face, the Prince who had originally planned to sit in a joss stick time was in rare occasion a little distracted: "The County Princess does not have to be so polite."

"It should be, It should be." Hua Liuli followed the Crown Prince into the hall and sat down at the guest seat: "His Royal Highness, you brought this Official's daughter from the palace of the imperial consort the other day. Thank you."

"No need for the ceremonial. Protector General is a great hero that I admire when I was a child. In my childhood, the Protector General made a wooden sword for this Prince, and had also taught me swordsmanship and archery. He can be considered half my elder and a friend." The Prince lazily leaned back in his chair. He was not a person who wronged himself for the sake of others. "Unfortunately, you were not born at that time, or you will be given a hundred days gift* alone."
*Bai ri li 百日礼 - literally means 100 days gift, some sort of Chinese culture when a baby turned a hundred days old the relatives, close friends or neighborhood can send gifts to the baby.

Sixteen years ago, he had just heard that the wife of the Protector General had been pregnant for a few months, and then came the news that Jinpo Guo had invaded the border. Three days later, the General and his wife led the army to the battlefield

He had held the General's hand and asked, if the furen* went to the battlefield, would the baby in her stomach be afraid, could she not go to the border?
*Furen 夫人 - Mrs. / Mistress

The Wife General did not respond perfunctorily because he was young, but instead answered him seriously.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for caring, but General and I have learned the art of war since young, in order to protect and guard the country from the invasion of the foreigners, I must go. He is a child of me and the general, he will understand that for the sake of the people in the world, many things are not important."

These generations of the Hua family have no habit of taking in concubines, but they do not lack heirs. What is strange is that the Hua family has no girl in the last three generations, so when Madam Hua came to the border with her husband, they thought it's another son in her belly.

Unexpectedly, this time she actually gave birth to a delicate and weak daughter. Because of her frailty, General Hua even shamelessly asked the emperor to confer a title after his daughter was one year old.