Chapter 555 She Began to Cheer up, but He Still Couldn't Get over It

Soon after this incident, news came out in the palace that the prince finally agreed to the emperor's choice of a concubine for him.

For this purpose, a palace banquet was specially held to meet the ladies, and hundreds of ladies from famous families attended the banquet.

After all, even if you can't become the crown princess, you can still become the crown prince's concubine.

The quota of concubines in the entire Zichen Palace includes one crown princess, two crown prince concubines, four crown prince concubines, and eight crown prince concubines.

Everyone had already found out that the prince meant to select 15 girls at a time to fill the Zichen Palace.

On the day of the banquet to meet the ladies, Shen Ningning hid in Langshan and did not go out.

Grandma Qin walked around the mansion but couldn't find her.

"Wolf King, Ningning has been depressed for several days. I'm afraid something has happened to her. Please go find her for me and see where she has gone. Remind her not to forget to go home at night. No matter what happens, grandma is still here."

Grandma Qin touched the fur of the black wolf king and watched it run out of the mansion like a shadow.

"Hey." Grandma Qin shook her head and sighed.

Wolf Four stuck to her side and used his furry wolf head to help Grandma Qin hold a basket.

"Grandma, why are you unhappy too? Ningning is unhappy these days, and even you are unhappy?" Wolf Four asked with his chubby wolf paws and blinking his round wolf pupils.

Grandma Qin sat in the recliner and began to peel peanuts for Wolf Four.

She smiled and said, "Grandma is not unhappy, but just worried about Ningning's marriage."

Xiao Lu is also a good boy, but why would Ningning want to marry him?

"So that's it. Wolf Three is also unhappy about this. He hasn't eaten for two meals. Grandma, give me his dinner too."

Grandma Qin smiled and said, "Why is Wolf Three unhappy? Are you worried about Ningning?"

Wolf Four nodded and sat on the ground, like a big black dog.

"Wolf Three thought of our mother."

Grandma Qin was a little surprised.

After talking with Wolf Four, I learned that the Black Wolf King had not had another Wolf Queen for so many years because he was thinking about his wife who died of dystocia.

Wolves have different concepts from humans and are monogamous.

After the death of their partners, it is generally difficult for male wolves to live alone.

But the Black Wolf King shoulders a huge tribe, so he has persisted until now.

So, Wolf Three heard people in the village talking about it last time.

If Ningning gets married, she will have children.

And the Wolf Queen happened to die in childbirth.

Wolf Three thought about this and found it hard to accept for a while.

Grandma Qin stood up and wiped her hands on her apron twice: "I'll go check on it."

At the same time.

The Black Wolf King had been sniffing Shen Ningning's scent and shuttled through the forest.

Until, it stopped in front of a cave.

The gentle sunlight shone through the dense woods, casting a quiet shadow.

The Black Wolf King stood at the entrance of the cave, slowed down his claws, and past memories suddenly flooded into his heart.

When it first took Shen Ningning to live with him, they lived in this cave.

Not only that, its queen also died here in childbirth.

What is Ningning doing here?

The Black Wolf King walked into the cave, and his keen hearing allowed it to immediately catch a faint cry.

It quickened its pace and walked deep into the cave.

But Shen Ningning curled up and leaned against the mountain wall.

"Ningning." As soon as the Black Wolf King's voice came out, the girl quickly raised her head and looked at it with tears in her eyes.

"Dad Wolf..." Shen Ningning wiped away her tears with her hands: "Why did you come to see me? Is there something wrong with grandma?"

The Black Wolf King walked to her side and lay down: "Grandma Qin was worried that you were in a bad mood, so she asked me to come and see you. What are you crying about?"

Shen Ningning lowered her beautiful eyes sadly: "I'm getting married soon, and I can't bear to leave grandma."

"No," the Black Wolf King quickly denied it, his calm wolf eyes were full of clarity: "The last time the stinky boy from the Lu family came to see Grandma Qin, he said that after you get married, he will take us all over to live. Since you can see her every day, why do you miss Grandma Qin?"

Shen Ningning was a little embarrassed.

Wolves are smart and alert animals. Her wolf father drank the spiritual spring water and was even more sensitive than humans.

"I..."

"Actually, you don't want to get married, right?" The Black Wolf King's voice was low, like an elder who was guiding you earnestly.

Shen Ningning was afraid of being exposed, so she lowered her head and said in a muffled voice: "No."

The Black Wolf King looked calm and composed: "You can't fool me, I can smell the guilt on you."

The girl raised her eyes helplessly: "Wolf Dad!"

Could it be that in the eyes of the wolf, she had no secrets at all?

Black Wolf King: "Okay, then I won't smell it. Tell me, why do you not want to get married, but force yourself to do so? Is someone forcing you?"

At this point, it already had a guess in its heart: "Could it be that stinky boy from the Lu family?"

Shen Ningning shook her head. She didn't want to explain anything. She just wanted to hug the Black Wolf King's neck and bury her tearful face in his hair.

"Wolf Dad, I just wonder, when people encounter sad things, how can they get through this tormenting day?"

The Black Wolf King turned to lick her hair and smoothed her hair.

Afterwards, he said lightly: "I don't know how people do it, but when I'm sad, I think about my responsibilities and I get through it."

"Is Wolf Dad sad too?" Shen Ningning was surprised.

In her eyes, the Black Wolf King was powerful, perfect, and indestructible.

An ordinary wolf pack would have at most twenty wolves, but her wolf father was the wolf king who commanded hundreds of wolves!

Because of its strength, this mountain was directly named Wolf Mountain.

Its strength is well-known far and wide.

Shen Ningning thought that without human emotions, being a wolf should be happier, but unexpectedly, Wolf Dad also had sad things.

"I lost my only partner." In the mouth of the wolf, the wife is the partner, and there can only be one partner in a lifetime.

"Snow White is a hero of the wolf pack. When it was alive, it gave birth to twelve offspring for me. All of them are strong and brave. This is the foundation for the wolf pack to be strong."

Shen Ningning hurriedly asked: "Snow White? The wolf mother's name is really nice."

"I thought of the name for her after I learned to speak human language." The Black Wolf King thought of his partner. Although its hair is black like it.

But, like Snow White, it is pure and flawless in the heart of the Black Wolf King.

This is the most beautiful thing that the wolf can think of, so it uses it to name his wife.

Shen Ningning suddenly realized.

"After it died, according to my nature, I should have passed the throne to Wolf Two, and then walked alone into the depths of the woods."

Without a partner, and without the responsibility of supporting a tribe, what awaited it was only a peaceful death.

The Black Wolf King shook his ears.

"But at that time, the famine was about to begin. Although we didn't know what would happen, we had a sense of it in advance. The wolf pack was restless. At that time, there were still many strong beasts in the mountains and forests, and my wolf pack was particularly vulnerable."

So, in order to protect the tribe to grow smoothly, the Black Wolf King stayed.

"It was for responsibility that I have lived strong to this day. I am also an outlier in the wolf pack, but after my partner died, my mood at that time was not enough to describe it with your "sadness". I think it was "sorrow."

Shen Ningning could understand its mood.

Wolves are more infatuated and loyal than people.

"If you are very sad, think about your other responsibilities. Don't always be sad alone. You still have a lot of things to do."

Shen Ningning was enlightened by what it said.

That's right, feelings are only a part of her life.

Even if she feels sad now, she still has a lot to do!

She has to cheer up and wait for her mother to come back!

Shen Ningning hugged the Black Wolf King and lay in the fluffy wolf hair.

"Dad Wolf, it's great to have you. No matter how sad I am, I will cheer up."

"That's good. Do you really not need me to help you eat that stinky boy from the Lu family?"

"This is really not necessary!"

At the same time.

In the palace, the lively prince's concubine selection banquet is in progress, but the prince has never shown up.

Chen Shaobei stepped into the closed palace of Zichen Palace and saw the protagonist of the banquet - His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Mo Lingwei, who was propping up his head and dozing on the soft couch under the window.

"Your Highness, how can you still sleep?"

"My sky has fallen, why can't I sleep for a while?" Mo Lingwei didn't open his eyes, his tone was lazy, and there was a hint of coldness.

Chen Shaobei was stunned.

He really didn't expect that Shen Ningning's behavior, described by Mo Lingwei, was as serious as the sky falling!

"But... many ladies came today. Since His Highness doesn't want to meet them, can I help find an excuse to let them leave first?"

Mo Lingwei opened his thin eyes and sat up.

"No, I'd better go and see her. Doesn't she hope that I can get married soon? Then do it for her to see."

After saying that, Mo Lingwei strode out.

Leaving Chen Shaobei standing there, frowning.

Marriage is a big matter, but His Highness the Crown Prince used it as a means to anger Princess Funing?