Quick Wear: Under the Skirt, All Beings Are Equal

Chapter 410: The Traitor: Bright Moon, Drinking Alone in the Autumn

Seeing that the time was almost right, the old emperor waved his hand, and the eunuch Li Zhong, the chief steward of the imperial court, sent Tang Ran out.

"I heard that Your Majesty coughed up blood again yesterday?"

Li Zhong sighed, with a look of worry between his eyebrows: "It's all because of those old things."

Yesterday, the third princess wanted to hold a ritual for the former Concubine Shu. During the ritual, Concubine Shu's portrait suddenly caught fire. The third princess was furious and finally found out that the culprit was a palace maid.

The palace maid originally served the legitimate princess, and the third princess insisted that it was the legitimate princess who held a grudge and deliberately disturbed the concubine, making the concubine restless in her grave.

Li Zhong glanced inside the palace and whispered, "It was because of this incident that the Third Princess saw that Your Majesty did not punish the First Princess, so she started to talk nonsense and said many things that she should not have said, which angered Your Majesty so much that he fainted."

Tang Ran frowned slightly. Princess Li Changle was born to the Queen. When the Queen was pregnant with her, she was poisoned by Concubine Shu, which caused her to be born with congenital deficiencies.

For so many years, Li Limu has been taking various supplements to nourish his body, staying in his bedroom and rarely going out.

Later, for some unknown crime, Concubine Shu was accused of poisoning the Queen. She was banished to the cold palace and given a cup of poisoned wine.

Everyone in the palace said that Concubine Shu was the apple of His Majesty's eye.

Even though she made such a big mistake, His Majesty did not implicate the third princess.

"Does this matter have anything to do with the legitimate princess?" Tang Ran asked again.

Li Zhong shook his head. The Third Princess Li Jinyu would not listen to these things at all. She believed that it was the legitimate princess who was behind all this and even brought up an old case in an act of insubordination. The Majesty lost control and slapped her in the face, and she became ill and refused to take medicine.

Tang Ran glanced at the sky and understood what Li Zhonghe meant by what he said to her. He just wanted to persuade the third princess to take medicine.

But when he thought of the emperor's health, he suddenly felt a headache: "I know about this matter. As a close friend of His Majesty, you should always advise him not to hurt the emperor's body because of these things."

Li Zhong replied: "I obey your command."

"Wei Xuan, it's getting late. Please hold a lantern and light the way for the Prime Minister."

A young eunuch with delicate features came out from behind. He was young and looked very fresh. He was holding a hexagonal glazed lamp in his hand and was carefully helping Tang Ran to light the way.

Seeing Tang Ran heading towards the harem, he didn't say anything, but just followed quietly.

When Tang Ran entered the palace, the sun was still setting, and the half-moon of the setting sun was wrapped in fiery clouds. Now the moon was above the branches, casting a not very bright light.

His Majesty does not have many children, including Crown Prince Li Changyi, Ninth Prince Li Qingmo, First Princess Li Limu, Third Princess Li Jinyu, Tenth Princess Li Wenqing, and Sixteenth Princess Li Changan.

As for the others, none of them were fed.

Tang Ran suddenly stopped and saw Princess Sixteen in the corridor from a distance. She looked small under the blazing palace light and looked a little pitiful in this situation.

"Princess, it's cold at night, why are you crying here alone?"

The sudden sound startled Li Changan, and he raised his little hand to wipe the tears from his face.

She raised her little face, looked at the person who was speaking, and said in a bluffing manner, "Who are you to dare to speak to me like that? Believe it or not, I will have someone drag you down and give you a good beating."

Tang Ran laughed out loud, bending down to stare at the little princess, "The tone of your voice does sound a bit like a princess. It would be better if your eyes weren't as red as a rabbit."

"You..." Princess Sixteen widened her eyes in anger.

It happened that this person saw his most embarrassing moment. He couldn't find any words to refute for a moment and was so angry that he started to cry again.

"I will tell my father and let him punish you."

Looking at the threatening little girl, Tang Ran raised the corners of his lips slightly: "She is so fierce, she will be even more fierce when she grows up. Your Majesty will have to rip off my head and send it to the princess with blood on it, so that the princess can vent her anger."

Princess Sixteen was frightened by the scene he described. Her face turned pale and she quickly shook her head and waved her hands: "I don't want it, I don't want it."

She frowned slightly and pouted her lips as she said, "Although you were very disrespectful to me, I don't hate you so much that I want to lose my head. I will forgive you this time. If you dare to offend me again next time, I will have you beaten with a stick."

She waved her little fists with a vicious look.

At this time, Wei Xuan coughed lightly and said, "Hello, Princess Sixteen. This is the Prime Minister. He cannot be beaten casually."

Wei Xuan could see that Tang Ran liked the little princess very much, and was teasing her on purpose, so he didn't say a word.

A qualified and intelligent servant must have good vision.

Princess Sixteen took a step back with her calf, looking at Tang Ran warily.

The third sister said that the prime minister was a very bad guy.

Thinking of what she had just said, tears welled up in the little princess' eyes.

She was afraid that in the next second Tang Ran would, as the rumors said, disregard her status as a princess and kill her directly.

Tang Ran was well aware of her own reputation. Seeing the little princess squatting down and crying again, she helplessly helped her wipe away her tears.

"Don't cry, I won't tease you anymore."

The little princess asked with sobs, "Really? I just said I was going to spank you, aren't you angry?"

"Once a word is spoken, it cannot be taken back. I'll make a pinky promise with you."

"Let's make a promise and stick to it for a hundred years." The little princess hooked her little finger on Tang Ran's hand and said in a childish voice. After thinking for a while, she added, "If you break the promise, you will turn into a giant turtle, and a thousand-year-old turtle at that."

After finally coaxing the child, Tang Ran remembered that she had just cried here, and there was no palace maid or wet nurse to accompany her, so she asked, "Why were you crying here just now?"

The little princess hesitated for a moment, but still didn't dare to lie in front of Tang Ran.

The little princess's mother was of humble origins and was the daughter of a criminal. However, seeing that she was nimble, well-behaved and sensible, the aunt in charge transferred her to the greenhouse.

One day she went to deliver a Epiphyllum to Concubine De. Coincidentally, the old emperor was drunk at a banquet and met her while taking a walk. He then favored her.

At first, she was conferred the title of Talented Lady and was inconspicuous in the harem. Even the emperor had forgotten about her.

It was not until a year later, when the sixteenth princess was born, that the old emperor remembered that there was such a person in the harem. Considering that she had a near-death experience during childbirth, he promoted her to a noble lady and gave her the title of Ning.

A noble lady is not qualified to raise a princess. This evening, Noble Lady Ning went to deliver some things to the Sixteenth Princess. After she left, the palace maids who served her began to gossip.

She felt very sad when she heard this, but she didn't want Concubine Ning to worry, so she ran to a deserted place and hid there to cry.

Unexpectedly, Tang Ran ran into him.

Tang Ran looked at the poor little thing in front of her. Tears fell down her face as she talked about these things. She was afraid of making herself angry, so she quickly raised her head and looked at herself.

He sighed softly: "Wei Xuan."

"The slave is here."

Wei Xuan glanced at the little princess and sighed in his heart, she is indeed very cute, no wonder the prime minister, who is always moody, likes her so much.

As expected, Tang Ran was heard saying, "The princess is the master no matter what. It is not the servant's turn to gossip. It is so cold at night. There are not even maids around. They have not come to visit for such a long time. They are disrespectful to the master and derelict in their duty. Send them away directly."

Glancing at the little princess whose eyes had become sparkling, Tang Ran softened her voice: "Let someone pick a few more servants to serve you tomorrow. Little princess, if you are wronged in the future, remember to ask the adults for support."

Looking at the confused person, he said in an inexplicable tone: "Remember, you are a princess. No one can bully you except His Majesty."

Princess Sixteen blinked her watery eyes.

She really wanted to say, are you the same?

But she didn't dare, because she knew that the man in front of her was very powerful, and no matter what he did, her father would not blame him.

Looking at Tang Ran's smile, the little princess became conflicted.