FBC – Chapter 369 Daily Life of Pampering the Wife – The Prince Is Full

The next day.

Gu Hua woke up to find the sun already high in the sky.

She called out anxiously, “Sui’er, Yun’er!”

The two maidservants, having already heard the noises from the inner chamber, lifted the curtains and came in together.

Sui’er pursed her lips and smiled. “Your Highness, why are you awake so early?”

Early?

That was to say, they all knew that last night, Mu Junyan had been well satisfied.

Gu Hua felt her face burn with embarrassment, not knowing how to respond.

So mortifying!

Yun’er turned and went to call the other maids. A line of them came in carrying grooming utensils, each smiling brightly at the princess sitting on the bed, her face flushed with shyness.

Gu Hua, both embarrassed and angry, glared at them. “I am kind-hearted, and I don’t discipline you, so all of you have become unruly.”

Sui’er and the others weren’t afraid of her, but they immediately switched to a frightened look and said in sweet, trembling voices, “Please forgive us, Your Highness. We won’t dare do it again.”

Gu Hua: ……

These girls really knew how to take advantage of her soft heart.

She put on a stern face. “I see each of you is in need of discipline. Today, I’ll call Zhilan to help pick suitable husbands for you, so your husbands can teach you some manners.”

Sui’er and Yun’er widened their eyes and immediately prostrated themselves. “Your Highness, we are willing to serve you for life.”

Gu Hua shot them a side-eye. “I don’t want that. I want them young and obedient.”

Having served Gu Hua for over half a year, the two knew her temperament well: gentle and easygoing normally, but extremely stubborn when serious or angry.

Sui’er and Yun’er were utterly terrified and began crying as they crawled forward.

Sui’er clutched Gu Hua’s left leg. “Your Highness, I was wrong! Truly wrong!”

Yun’er hugged her right leg, weeping pitifully, “I was wrong, please punish me, Your Highness!”

Gu Hua: “……”

Ahem.

Where did they learn that?

“Mother, what’s going on?”

A calm yet slightly babyish voice sounded.

Tuan Tuan wore a moon-white robe embroidered with silver clouds, a three-finger-wide jade belt around his waist, and a jade crown on his head. The little boy stood upright, looking like a miniature, elegant gentleman.

Behind him was Duan Qi, of the same height.

Their small faces were full of astonishment.

They had never seen the maids around Gu Hua cry in such a pitiful manner, and they were genuinely frightened.

Sui’er and Yun’er, seeing him, immediately turned and crawled toward him.

Even usually calm Tuan Tuan was startled by this sudden scene, and the two children’s faces turned pale.

Gu Hua quickly called out, “Enough! Don’t scare the children!”

The maids’ crying stopped abruptly. They scrambled up and efficiently began instructing the other maids to help Gu Hua with her grooming.

Gu Hua could only stare at them, silently acknowledging they had become quite clever.

Tuan Tuan held Duan Qi’s hand and obediently sat to the side, watching their mother get ready.

Gu Hua looked into the bronze mirror. “Have you two eaten breakfast… or lunch?”

Tuan Tuan, very serious, replied, “Not yet. Many guests have come to offer congratulations today, so I sneaked away.”

Gu Hua tilted her head. “Guests? For what occasion?”

Tuan Tuan: “Father has become the Regent Prince, of course people would come.”

Gu Hua opened her mouth but didn’t say anything.

Guests arriving while the princess is asleep—if this got out, she’d have no face to show anyone.

“Hurry. I must go greet the guests.”

After all, he was the Regent Prince; such matters were inevitable.

Gu Hua sighed.

She was truly lazy and had no grand ambitions.

Her goal in both her lives had always been simple: survive.

Luckily, she met Mu Junyan, who not only helped her live well but also allowed her life to grow more brilliant.

With a higher status came inevitable social duties.

Mu Junyan had once told her that if he hadn’t met her, he would have either claimed the throne outright or simply become a king on his own, so as not to be constrained by anyone.

But after having a wife and children with her, his perspective changed.

Being at the top alone would have made him lonely. Even though he loved Gu Hua deeply, he would still need to handle the political intrigues of the court, and their children might also face the same hardships the Zhao family had endured.

So he preferred to secure the court with his immense power, ensuring no one could harm his family.

As Regent Prince, he could manage state affairs—or not.

Holding military power, being a king without a crown, suited him and his wife best.

Since he wanted to stand at the pinnacle of power to protect his family, his wife could not lag behind.

As the Regent Princess, Gu Hua carefully dressed herself in elegant attire and, accompanied by her maids, gracefully stepped out.

Upon entering the main hall to greet the guests, all eyes turned toward her.

The moment Mu Junyan saw her, he dashed over like the wind.

With a wide sweep of his sleeve, he shielded her stunning face completely.

“Your Highness, you worked too hard last night. Go rest. I’ll handle the guests.”

Gu Hua: “……”

Only then did everyone else recover, quickly diverting their gaze, stealing little glances at one another.

Mu Junyan glared at her. “You’re dressed too extravagantly. Too many men here. Go back to rest.”

Gu Hua widened her eyes but could do nothing, rolling her eyes at him. Ignoring the guests, she bowed and said loudly, “I apologize for my rudeness. I shall take my leave.”

Behind Mu Junyan’s sleeve, the crowd bowed in return: “Please, Your Highness.”

For several days after, the Regent Prince’s mansion remained lively, while Gu Hua had nothing to do.

She slept until she naturally woke, ate, drank, and watched her children study and play.

Later, she realized Mu Junyan’s “deviousness.”

During the day she rested comfortably, but at night, it was all his. He had his way with her endlessly.

Gu Hua sighed. During the day he was busy with social duties, but how did he still have such energy at night?

She strongly suspected that when Mu Junyan said he cared for her and didn’t want her to exert herself, it was just so she would gather energy during the day for him to take full advantage at night. At just over thirty, after decades of experience, and now with three children, it was as if he hadn’t had his fill for three years. After all the fighting, scheming, and battles, he finally had peace, yet he spent all day with one wife.

Bianjing’s citizens began to discuss that the Regent Prince truly kept himself pure and aloof.

Officials who had seen Gu Hua laughed, “If my home had a wife as beautiful as the Princess, I’d rush home right after work. Who would want the vulgarity of brothels when I had a peerless beauty in my arms?”

Few people had seen Gu Hua personally, just glimpses during official ceremonies.

The new emperor recruited many talented youths from humble backgrounds, and many hadn’t seen the famed Regent Princess.

They began to discuss that they’d heard she was once remarkably brave, a fragile woman who, to aid the Mu family army, had carried provisions alone over a thousand miles. Later, she excelled in business, turning the war-torn southern frontier into a prosperous city.

And now, her beauty was unparalleled.

Many grew curious about just how stunning the Regent Princess was.

It was now early April, the perfect time for spring outings.

Bianjing was hosting the Flower Goddess Festival to select twelve Flower Goddesses.

A group of scholars and aristocrats composed poetry and verses for the chosen Flower Goddesses.

The Flower Goddess parade was magnificent, with hundreds of flowers surrounding the beauties, their brows like painted moths, faces blooming with unparalleled charm.

Zhuque Street was packed, and many young nobles, just to catch a glimpse, would pay handsomely for tea and flower viewing.

“I wonder if the Regent Princess is more beautiful than the Flower Goddess?”

A group of people, drinking, watched the dancers on stage and whispered among themselves.

Those who had seen Gu Hua shook their heads.

The crowd laughed.

“I told you, no one can surpass the Flower Goddess chosen from all of Liang.”

One shook his head, smiling. “It’s incomparable. That so-called Flower Goddess can’t even be compared to the Regent Princess. One is a heavenly fairy, the other just flowers and plants of the world.”

Once this spread, the Regent Prince’s mansion became even livelier. Many secretly came to catch a glimpse.

Coincidentally, Old Madam arrived in the capital with Yuanyuan. Gu Hua, excited, went personally to the city gates to receive them.

Gu Hua rode the Regent Prince’s carriage, and the crowd stared in awe.

They expected her to be like the usual refined noble ladies of the capital—delicate and weak—but instead, her figure was graceful, her face breathtakingly beautiful, her smile radiant, her eyes lively and noble.

A large crowd followed the carriage, waiting for the princess to step down and grant them another look.