jdhmnovel Chapter 353 Warning
Chapter 353 Warning
"Forget it, let's just wait and see what happens next! Anyway, the prince is not allowed to bring women from the inner court with him when he goes to guard the imperial mausoleum.
Let's three of us try to get along well with the new Concubine Fang for the time being!"
Lu Liangyuan persuaded helplessly.
"Well, that's the only way!"
Li Liangdi also responded with a look of despair.
Concubine Qian still said unwillingly,
"Tomorrow the Crown Prince will be leaving, and we won't be able to see him for a year. Sisters, why don't we take this opportunity to meet the Crown Prince?"
Li Liangdi looked up at the night sky outside and said,
“Okay, there’s still time.
Let's go! First, congratulate Concubine Fang on her promotion. Second, see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince off. We may not even be able to see the Crown Prince tomorrow."
"Okay! Let's go together."
Without the eunuch's deliberate inquiry, they guessed that the prince must have ended the banquet and returned to Yi Qiu Courtyard with Fang Qingge and her son.
The three of them quickly fixed their hair and clothes and were about to go to Yiqiu Courtyard together when Lu Liangyuan stopped them.
"Wait a minute, we can't just go looking blindly. Doesn't the prince still need to be whipped? Should we send someone to Yiqiu Courtyard to check on the prince's whereabouts first?"
"Yes, yes, Lu Liangyuan is really thoughtful. To be honest, I don't want to face that seductive prostitute."
So the three of them stayed quietly in the West Garden and waited for news.
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After the prince was whipped and reprimanded, he was supported by the guards Bai Yu and Lan Yu, and Eunuch Fu followed closely behind him as they hurried back to the outer courtyard of the Eastern Palace.
In the outer study,
Eunuch Fu asked the guards Bai Yu and Lan Yu to withdraw.
He said with red eyes,
"Your Highness, please lie down on the bed and I will apply some medicine on your wounds."
"I'll sit on this round stool. Ah Fu, go get a pill."
"Well,"
Eunuch Fu understood what the prince meant, and he quickly took out a pill given by Fang Qingge from a brocade box on the bookshelf.
"Your Highness, please go slower. I didn't expect that Concubine Xiao would take advantage of the flogging. This guard is really cruel. He couldn't find any fault with him in public! Alas! Look at your back, it's all bloody."
Eunuch Fu was muttering to himself with concern, but his hands kept moving. He quickly handed the pills and water to the prince, and gently applied the medicine to his back.
The prince sat on a round stool and after swallowing the pill, he closed his eyes and felt the burning pain in his back slowly subsiding.
*
"Your Highness, Lord Qin is here."
"Xuan."
Qin Huai hurried in, bowed and saluted, but did not rush to speak. Instead, he quickly checked the wound on the prince's back.
"Your Highness, you have suffered!"
"Qin Huai, it was only a matter of time before this incident was exposed. It was exposed today at the celebration banquet. I still have to thank the person who set it up?!"
The prince wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled.
Eunuch Fu helped the prince put on his clothes and said with concern,
"Your Highness, you are just joking. Look at how serious the injury is. We have to leave for the imperial mausoleum early tomorrow morning. This trip will take a year..."
Eunuch Fu couldn't continue.
*
Qin Huai echoed the prince and said,
"Your Highness is right. Otherwise, if it were to be exposed one day, without this merit, the Emperor would not have let Concubine Fang off so easily!"
"Yes, at least the mother and her two children are safe."
The prince hummed and said to Qin Huai,
"Qin Huai, I have to thank you for tonight! I knew that the Empress Dowager would come suddenly, and it was you who asked for it."
"Your Highness, this is what I should do!"
Eunuch Fu was surprised and bowed to Qin Huai.
"Oh, Master Qin, I am still wondering!
How come the Empress Dowager, who never attends any banquets and spends her days eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures without caring about worldly affairs, suddenly came? It turns out that you came to ask for her. This old servant must thank you very much."
"Eunuch Fu, your words are too serious! You and I are both his Highness's people. It is our duty to share his Highness's worries."
"Yes, yes, this old slave is too narrow-minded!"
The prince felt that the pain in his body had subsided a lot.
Just after he had explained all matters concerning his departure tomorrow with his counselor Qin Huai in the outer study, he strode hurriedly into Yi Qiu Courtyard.
*
Yiqiuyuan,
Main House,
Fang Qingge came forward and saw that the prince's face looked a little pale, but she didn't find anything wrong.
Fang Qingge threw herself into the prince's arms without saying a word.
The babies were quickly taken away by two discerning wet nurses.
Fang Qingge said nothing in the prince's arms. She didn't dare to hug his back with her hands. She just held the prince's collar tightly with her hands.
"Silly girl, I'm fine, right?"
Fang Qingge still buried her head in his arms without saying a word.
Fang Qingge's silence made the prince feel a little sour, and he hugged the little woman in his arms.
He rested his chin on the top of her head and whispered soothing words.
"I scared you!"
A low murmur expressed the prince's helplessness.
*
Just at this time,
Before the two of them could sit down and say a word.
Then I heard Xiao Douzi reporting outside the door,
"Reporting to His Royal Highness, Li Liangdi, Lu Liangyuan, and Concubine Qian are here to pay their respects to you."
The prince's expression remained unchanged. Just as he was about to send someone back, he suddenly remembered something and took Fang Qingge's hand and said seriously,
"Qingge, believe me. Everything I do next is for you and the children.
I will ignore these three women in the East Palace for now.
After I leave, if only you and the children are left in the East Palace, everyone will surely point their fingers at you. That will only bring you harm and no benefit.”
Fang Qingge looked at the prince's concern for her and forced herself to smile.
"Brother An, I'm not as weak as you say. Go meet them!"
"Isn't my Qingge weak? Who was crying just now?"
The prince smiled and pinched her little nose, preparing to go out.
"Wait a moment."
Fang Qingge still saw that something was wrong with the prince, so she quickly took out a cup of spiritual spring water from the space.
"Brother An, drink first before you go."
"Okay! Thank you, wife!"
The prince pecked her on the cheek, took the cup and drank it all.
Fang Qingge did not go out, she knew the prince's attitude towards the three women, and she would not sympathize with them.
I also hope that through the prince's admonition, the four of them will be able to live in peace in the future.
*
in the hall,
"I, your humble concubine, pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. May His Royal Highness be blessed with good health and happiness."
Li Liangdi and the other two bowed and greeted the prince with stars in their eyes.
After seeing that Fang Qingge was not behind the prince, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After all, there were some things they didn't want Fang Qingge to be present.
"It just so happens that I have something to tell you."
The prince got straight to the point.
"Well, Your Highness, please give me your orders."
The three of them looked at the prince's handsome face with burning eyes when they heard the words, and they were surprised. After all, the prince always ignored them when he saw them.
The prince did not want to continue talking nonsense and warned,
"After I leave, Nanny Jiang will assist Qingge in managing all matters in the inner courtyard. I hope the three of you will stay in your respective courtyards and behave yourself. Don't stir up trouble.
Don't have any inappropriate thoughts that challenge my bottom line.
Concubine Fang and the children will not find fault with you.
I hope that the East Palace will be at peace, otherwise it will not be a peaceful ending for the Buddha."
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