His Highness the Crown Prince Always Wants to Marry Me

Chapter 3: Daddy’s Little Cotton Jacket

Yu Qing Qian wasn’t surprised to hear her daddy’s question.

She replied with a chuckle: “The other half is naturally to start the cultivation as a Spiritual Plant Master.”

Her dad was accidentally poisoned with snake venom five years ago when he went to a dangerous secret area to collect medicine to treat her body.

From then on, there would always be half a year when he would enter into a deep sleep. Countless Healing-Class Spiritual Plant Masters had come to treat to no avail.

The main reason was because there needed to be an ingredient that was a medicinal supplement to treat this snake venom, but this kind of medicinal supplement wasn’t only extremely precious, but couldn’t be found anywhere.

It wasn’t until a year ago that a spy sent by the royal family got news that it was suspected the medicinal supplement was a valuable collection in the Royal Academy.

It was a pity that a behemoth like the Royal Academy wasn’t a place that could be touched by a small kingdom like Da Yan and there was no way to exchange it even if one wanted to.

Although her dad was a very precious and advanced-level Healing-Class Spiritual Plant Master, but the Royal Academy wouldn’t make an exception even for him.

This was actually the main reason why Yu Qing Qian wanted to go to the Royal Academy, but she didn’t want to tell her dad, mainly because she was worried he’d be worried that she’d use some extreme measures to steal it.

Yu Jing sighed, “It’s truly ‘when a girl is of age, she cannot stay¹’!”

He somewhat guessed some of the reasons why Yu Qing Qian wanted to go to the Royal Academy, but he didn’t point it out. After all, the Royal Academy was the best Academy in the Southern Continent, and also the most suitable place for his daughter to go cultivate.

As an Innate Spiritual Plant Master, he didn’t want his daughter’s talents to be buried in a small place like Da Yan for the rest of her life.

“I can only protect daddy if I grow stronger in the future.” Yu Qing Qian blinked.

These were words from her heart. From birth until now, she had always grown up cupped in the palms of Yu Jing’s hand filled with love.

The reason why her dad was poisoned by snake venom was entirely to help her regulate her body, that’s why he went to such a dangerous secret area to collect medicine. She wanted to protect this precious familial love that she had never had in her previous life.

A smile overflowed in Yu Jing’s eyes, “Stinky girl, you just know how to make me happy.”

“Daughter is daddy’s little cotton jacket².” Yu Qing Qian said as she laughed merrily.

“Before you leave, first go to the palace to let your Emperor Uncle and Empress Aunt know.” Yu Jing took a sip of tea and said, “Your third elder cousin brother and fifth elder cousin sister³ are both at the Royal Academy. They’ll take care of you after you go there.”

“Mm, Emperor Uncle and Empress Aunt dote on me that much, I’ll definitely go tell them when I leave.” Yu Qing Qian nodded.

Her dad was the younger brother of the Emperor of Da Yan of the same mother and was very favoured. ‘Love for a person extends even to the crows on their roof⁴’, so the Emperor and Empress had always pampered her as if she were their own daughter. When her dad was refining medicine or went out, she was always taken care of by the Empress in the palace.

In addition to the Emperor and Empress, the several princes and princesses also took great care of her. The Third Prince and Fifth Princess who went to the royal Academy to cultivate were all from the Empress, so they were even more close to her.

These were all family that she wanted to protect in this life, and also the motivation for her to become stronger.

“By the way, this bangle is for you.” Yu Jing thought for a while, then took out a silver bangle with rich lights, colours, and floral patterns and handed it to Yu Qing Qian.

Yu Qing Qian’s eyes darkened when she saw the silver bangle and a ruminating arc rose on her lips.

She put it away, pretending to be happy and unknowing and said with a smile: “Thank you daddy for the present.”

Yu Jing opened his mouth, originally wanting to say something, but seeing his daughter’s bright smile, he swallowed it, “As long as you like it!”

Yu Qing Qian smiled and put away the silver bangle—how could she not like this ‘present’.

That woman who made her peerlessly graceful and elegant father constantly melancholy, remaining hidden and low-profile for more than a decade; who made her suffer from physical weakness since childhood and the pain from a lack of her blood essence—in the future, she would be sure to ‘repay’ the other party.

¹this is usually an idiom said when a girl has fallen in love with someone or is going to marry someone, usually as a tease or a sigh, or a mumble to oneself etc. It’s usually translated as ‘when a girl is of age, she must be married off’. In this case Yu Jing just used it in a different way because the Chinese words never really specifies marriage, only that they couldn’t stay/remain here.

²it’s usually a metaphor used to describe one’s own daughter for being kind, loving, caring, warm, considerate etc.

³it’s a mouthful so I’ll be shortening it most likely in the future in certain areas for brevity.

⁴an idiom meaning since they like that person so much, it extends to everything about that person.