"Imperial Son, look at how well those young ones get along," The Empress Dowager smiled and said to Emperor Changlong, "Initially, this Grieving One was worried that Yuansu wouldn't know how to get along with girls, but now it seems to be going quite well."
Emperor Changlong glanced at the Crown Prince and saw his cheeks flushed, a shy expression on his face. He felt his eyes sting. He quickly averted his gaze and said to the Empress Dowager, "A son who is about to marry is like water poured out. If Zhen looks at him less, Zhen will have fewer worries."
"Nonsense!" The Empress Dowager playfully scolded, "This Grieving One can clearly see that you're secretly happy too. Why pretend to be stubborn?"
Emperor Changlong cleared his throat, "Imperial Mother!"
"You've always been like this since you were young—stubborn on the outside but soft-hearted on the inside," The Empress Dowager patted Emperor Changlong's hand, "Even at your age, you still have this flaw."
Emperor Changlong held the Empress Dowager's hand, "With Imperial Mother looking after Zhen, what harm is there in having a few flaws?"
"Do you think you're still a child?"
"As long as Imperial Mother is here, Zhen will forever be Imperial Mother's child."
"Oh, you," The Empress Dowager's smile grew warmer as she looked at her other grandchildren, "Your eldest son and second son should also settle down soon. Don't wait until Yuansu gets married, while his two older brothers still remain without any betrothal."
"Imperial Mother, when it comes to choosing daughters-in-law..." Emperor Changlong sighed as he thought about the Lin family's girl he had chosen for his eldest son to be his Wangfei, "This matter, Zhen still needs Imperial Mother's help to be reassured."
"This Grieving One had been thinking that even though Yuansu is not the eldest, he is the Crown Prince you selected. It is not against ancestral traditions for him to marry before his older brothers. In this grand palace, there should be a mistress. Rather than hoping for an old bone like this Grieving One, it's better to have Yuansu and Liuli marry soon, and have Liuli manage the affairs of the harem together with this Grieving One."
Emperor Changlong sensed that the Empress Dowager intended to delegate power. Worried that his old mother would have too many wayward thoughts, he quickly explained, "Imperial Mother, even if your granddaughter-in-law enters the palace, she is still a young girl and doesn't understand as much as Imperial Mother does. The palace still needs to be under Imperial Mother..."
Before he could finish speaking, the Empress Dowager angrily interrupted him.
"What's the meaning of this? Are you implying that when Liuli enters the palace, you want to mistreat her?" The Empress Dowager's eyebrows furrowed as she spoke sternly, "This Grieving One is old, and you have yet to establish a living Empress. If you don't want to entrust the power of the harem to Liuli, then who do you want to entrust it to?!"
"Imperial Mother, that's not what Zhen meant," Emperor Changlong didn't expect the Empress Dowager to become so furious. He smiled and explained, "What Zhen meant was that when the daughter-in-law just enters the palace, there will definitely be many things she doesn't understand. Imperial Mother can guide her and teach her how to handle matters in the palace."
"Learning all the methods is not as good as having a man by your side," The Empress Dowager sighed, "Don't worry, this Grieving One will take good care of my granddaughter-in-law."
Emperor Changlong smiled, "Zhen knows Imperial Mother would be very satisfied with the granddaughter-in-law."
The Empress Dowager said, "If it weren't for Yuansu liking her, this Grieving One would have wanted to adopt her as my granddaughter."
Emperor Changlong was somewhat surprised. He knew that Hua Liuli was a good girl, so it was normal for his mother to like her, but he didn't expect his mother to like her to this extent.
"Is it because she is cute and likable?" Emperor Changlong was genuinely curious.
"This imperial palace never lacked beautiful faces, did it?" The Empress Dowager shook her head with a smile, "Her interesting personality is one in a million. How would a man like you, who doesn't understand women, know these things?"
Emperor Changlong: "..."
As a son who was disliked by his own mother, what else could he do besides smile?
"Here, these pine nuts are all yours," Hua Liuli peeled a small plate of pine nuts and placed them in front of the Crown Prince. She whispered, "If I don't go back soon, my father's eyes will pop out."
The Crown Prince secretly glanced at General Hua and indeed saw him looking in their direction. General Hua looked at him with a smile that wasn't quite a smile. He quickly straightened his back and handed the pine nuts he had peeled to Hua Liuli, "I wouldn't dare to make my future father-in-law and future mother-in-law wait. Please go ahead."
One can afford to offend others, but not one's future father-in-law and future mother-in-law.
Even the unruly Crown Prince had people he feared.
"Then I'll go now," The hand hidden under the table gently hooked the Crown Prince's fingers twice. Hua Liuli stood up and prepared to leave.
"Wait," The Crown Prince grabbed her wrist, "After the banquet, will you wait for me?"
Hua Liuli nodded without hesitation, "Okay."
"This time, you won't go looking for someone else, right?" The Crown Prince looked at Hua Liuli with some suspicion.
"How could I bear to make you wait for long? I definitely won't this time," Hua Liuli scratched the palm of the Crown Prince's hand, "Trust me once more, hmm?"
"Alright," The Crown Prince let go of Hua Liuli and straightened his robe. He made it seem like he hadn't just acted spoiled towards a girl six years younger than him.
"Ah!" Hua Yingting sighed with a pained expression as he said to Wei Mingyue, "Fortunately, our Liuli is a girl. If she were a boy, she would have caused so much trouble for the young girls..."
Wei Mingyue remained silent and put down her chopsticks, "You think it's fine just because she's a girl? What if she causes trouble for other families' boys?"
"Now that she's already betrothed, if she causes trouble, it will only be for the Crown Prince," Hua Yingting took a sip of wine and said, "If I had known that His Majesty would let our daughter become the Crown Princess, I wouldn't have taught her to be like this."
"I think it's fine this way," Wei Mingyue smiled faintly, "You men, don't you all like women who are not easily controlled?"
Hua Yingting felt that continuing this topic would be dangerous, so he wisely chose to keep quiet.
"Mother, Father," Hua Liuli held the pine nuts in her hands as she squeezed in between them before sitting down, "So many people were secretly staring at me earlier. I feel so shy and scared."
"Silly girl, don't be afraid. Come and hide next to Father," Hua Yingting moved aside to make more space for his daughter.
Wei Mingyue shook her head helplessly. A doting father ruins his daughter. The main reason Liuli developed this kind of personality was due to Hua Yingting's doting.
The Crown Prince was in a good mood. He held the pine nuts that his beloved had peeled for him, but before he could start eating them, an inattentive palace maid accidentally spilled the wine cup on him, wetting half of his sleeve.
"Your Royal Highness, please forgive me! Nubi beg for your forgiveness!" The palace maid was pale with fear, kneeling in front of the Crown Prince and trembling.
"Find out who is responsible for supervising this palace maid. How can someone so careless serve in the Wuyang Hall?" The Crown Prince received the handkerchief handed to him by a eunuch with an expressionless face. He dabbed at the wine stain, "Spilling wine on Gu today is one thing, but if it had happened to other envoys, people would think that the people of Great Jin have no manners."
"Please forgive me, Your Royal Highness!" The palace maid trembled like a sieve, repeatedly kowtowing to the Crown Prince.
"Cover her mouth and drag her away," With a wave of his hand, he had the attending eunuch drag her away before she could make a fuss.
"Your Royal Highness, there is a place dedicated in the side hall to change clothes. Let this servant accompany Your Royal Highness to change," Seeing the situation, the other attendants in the hall turned pale with fear and hurriedly stepped forward to apologize.
"Shut up, don't make a fuss," The Crown Prince frowned, stood up, and said to the attending eunuch, "Go and fetch replacement clothes for Gu."
There was indeed a place for the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the Crown Prince to change clothes in the side hall. If it were in the past, the Crown Prince wouldn't have cared if his sleeves had been stained with a little wine. But this time was different. After the banquet, he had planned to meet with Liuli. It would be inappropriate to go there with the smell of alcohol on him.
Entering the side hall, a eunuch from the Eastern Palace took off the outer robe for the Crown Prince and then retreated to the door.
The people of the Eastern Palace knew that the Crown Prince didn't like others touching his personal clothes. So, the clothes he wore close to his body were always put on by the Crown Prince himself. If any servant dared to offend, it would anger the Crown Prince.
Although the side hall was the imperial dressing room, it was not frequently used. To eliminate the desolation in the room, the palace maids often lit pleasant fragrances.
The Crown Prince waited in the room for a while until a eunuch from the Eastern Palace brought the clothes, "Your Royal Highness, according to the style you wore today, this old servant selected similar clothes to bring."
"Hmm, good," The Crown Prince nodded in satisfaction.
"Thank you, Your Royal Highness."
The room fell silent again. Just as the Crown Prince was taking off his inner robe, he suddenly saw a shadow behind him in the bronze mirror. He pulled back his robe and turned to look behind the folding screen.
"Who's there? Show yourself!"
"Your Royal Highness," a soft voice came out, but there was no figure to be seen.
The Crown Prince sneered, "Gu will count to three. If you don't come out, don't bother coming out," With that, he turned to the outside and said, "Guards, there's an assassin!"
"Your Royal Highness, please forgive me. Nubi was cleaning here and accidentally fell asleep. Nubi didn't expect Your Royal Highness to suddenly appear here..." A young palace maid walked out from behind the screen in a panicked and trembling state. She knelt down with a thud in front of the Crown Prince, looking pitiful and helpless, "Please forgive Nubi, Your Royal Highness."
The Crown Prince took two steps back, "Keep your distance." He pointed to the corner of the room, "You're covered in dust. Don't dirty Gu's shoes."
The palace maid stiffened, stood up, and stepped back. However, in her haste, she accidentally stepped on her own skirt, and it seemed like she was about to fall onto the Crown Prince.
Crash!
The palace maid fell heavily onto the bronze mirror, leaving a dent in it.
"Your... Your Royal Highness..." She held her throbbing forehead, her face pale, and looked up, appearing exceptionally pitiful. However, the Crown Prince furrowed his brow with a sinister expression.
"Who sent you?" The Crown Prince put on his outer robe and fastened it.
"Your Royal Highness?!" Eunuchs from the Eastern Palace rushed in and were shocked to find an additional woman in the hall. They knelt before the Crown Prince, their knees weak with fear.
"Please forgive us, Your Royal Highness. We failed to thoroughly inspect the area and allowed this girl to hide in the inner chamber..." If this girl was truly an assassin, they would have lost their heads.
Wait, for the past three days, the Imperial Guards had been patrolling here. Apart from the palace maids and eunuchs responsible for cleaning, no one else should have been able to approach this area.
Could this palace maid be one of the cleaners?
When they got a clear look at the palace maid's appearance, their shock intensified. This... This palace maid seemed to bear some resemblance to Fushou Junzhu?
"Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness," The palace maid clung to the Crown Prince's thigh, sobbing, "Please spare Nubi, Your Royal Highness."
"Get away," The Crown Prince had no sympathy, and he kicked the palace maid away with one foot. He even ignored her grip on his outer robe, "Just because you bear a slight resemblance to Fushou Junzhu, you thought you could seduce Gu?"
"Is it merely a coincidence that someone spilled wine on Gu, and at the same time, an oblivious cleaning maid happened to be asleep here?" The Crown Prince tidied his outer robe while sneering, "The Imperial Guards inspect this place every two incense sticks' worth of time. You, a mere cleaning maid, dare to sleep here in the side hall of the Wuyang Hall during that time. Who gave you the audacity?"
"It's a conspiracy! Your Royal Highness, this is a deliberate plot against you!" An experienced eunuch from the Eastern Palace spoke up, "Let this old servant take her downstairs for questioning!"
"Of course, Gu knows this is a conspiracy. Gu doesn't need you fools..."
"What's going on here?" Hua Liuli stood at the doorway, looking at the sobbing palace maid in the corner and then glancing at the disheveled Crown Prince. Her eyebrows gradually furrowed.
"Liuli, listen to my explanation..."
"Fushou Junzhu, Nubi begs you to save me. The Crown Prince intends to harm Nubi, but Nubi resisted him. In his rage, he wants to kill Nubi," The distressed palace maid, in a disheveled state, rushed to Hua Liuli, crawling and clinging to her, "Junzhu, please save Nubi."
"Are you implying that the Crown Prince desired you because of your exceptional appearance and that you refused him, which caused his anger?" Hua Liuli looked at the Crown Prince and the palace maid expressionlessly, "Look up."
The palace maid timidly raised her head as tears rolled down her pale cheeks.
"Since you're unwilling to yield to the Crown Prince even at the cost of your life, then go ahead and die now," Hua Liuli lowered her eyelids and took a step back, allowing the eunuchs from the Eastern Palace to do as they pleased, "Once you're dead, the Crown Prince won't be able to do anything to you."
The palace maid froze. Wasn't Fushou Junzhu said to be timid and kind-hearted, unable to bear seeing the weak suffer?
Why did the current situation... differ from the rumors?
Krish728
Author's Note:
Palace Maid: Ahh??? The script wasn't supposed to go like this!
"Imperial Son, look at how well those young ones get along," The Empress Dowager smiled and said to Emperor Changlong, "Initially, this Grieving One was worried that Yuansu wouldn't know how to get along with girls, but now it seems to be going quite well."
Emperor Changlong glanced at the Crown Prince and saw his cheeks flushed, a shy expression on his face. He felt his eyes sting. He quickly averted his gaze and said to the Empress Dowager, "A son who is about to marry is like water poured out. If Zhen looks at him less, Zhen will have fewer worries."
"Nonsense!" The Empress Dowager playfully scolded, "This Grieving One can clearly see that you're secretly happy too. Why pretend to be stubborn?"
Emperor Changlong cleared his throat, "Imperial Mother!"
"You've always been like this since you were young—stubborn on the outside but soft-hearted on the inside," The Empress Dowager patted Emperor Changlong's hand, "Even at your age, you still have this flaw."
Emperor Changlong held the Empress Dowager's hand, "With Imperial Mother looking after Zhen, what harm is there in having a few flaws?"
"Do you think you're still a child?"
"As long as Imperial Mother is here, Zhen will forever be Imperial Mother's child."
"Oh, you," The Empress Dowager's smile grew warmer as she looked at her other grandchildren, "Your eldest son and second son should also settle down soon. Don't wait until Yuansu gets married, while his two older brothers still remain without any betrothal."
"Imperial Mother, when it comes to choosing daughters-in-law..." Emperor Changlong sighed as he thought about the Lin family's girl he had chosen for his eldest son to be his Wangfei, "This matter, Zhen still needs Imperial Mother's help to be reassured."
"This Grieving One had been thinking that even though Yuansu is not the eldest, he is the Crown Prince you selected. It is not against ancestral traditions for him to marry before his older brothers. In this grand palace, there should be a mistress. Rather than hoping for an old bone like this Grieving One, it's better to have Yuansu and Liuli marry soon, and have Liuli manage the affairs of the harem together with this Grieving One."
Emperor Changlong sensed that the Empress Dowager intended to delegate power. Worried that his old mother would have too many wayward thoughts, he quickly explained, "Imperial Mother, even if your granddaughter-in-law enters the palace, she is still a young girl and doesn't understand as much as Imperial Mother does. The palace still needs to be under Imperial Mother..."
Before he could finish speaking, the Empress Dowager angrily interrupted him.
"What's the meaning of this? Are you implying that when Liuli enters the palace, you want to mistreat her?" The Empress Dowager's eyebrows furrowed as she spoke sternly, "This Grieving One is old, and you have yet to establish a living Empress. If you don't want to entrust the power of the harem to Liuli, then who do you want to entrust it to?!"
"Imperial Mother, that's not what Zhen meant," Emperor Changlong didn't expect the Empress Dowager to become so furious. He smiled and explained, "What Zhen meant was that when the daughter-in-law just enters the palace, there will definitely be many things she doesn't understand. Imperial Mother can guide her and teach her how to handle matters in the palace."
"Learning all the methods is not as good as having a man by your side," The Empress Dowager sighed, "Don't worry, this Grieving One will take good care of my granddaughter-in-law."
Emperor Changlong smiled, "Zhen knows Imperial Mother would be very satisfied with the granddaughter-in-law."
The Empress Dowager said, "If it weren't for Yuansu liking her, this Grieving One would have wanted to adopt her as my granddaughter."
Emperor Changlong was somewhat surprised. He knew that Hua Liuli was a good girl, so it was normal for his mother to like her, but he didn't expect his mother to like her to this extent.
"Is it because she is cute and likable?" Emperor Changlong was genuinely curious.
"This imperial palace never lacked beautiful faces, did it?" The Empress Dowager shook her head with a smile, "Her interesting personality is one in a million. How would a man like you, who doesn't understand women, know these things?"
Emperor Changlong: "..."
As a son who was disliked by his own mother, what else could he do besides smile?
"Here, these pine nuts are all yours," Hua Liuli peeled a small plate of pine nuts and placed them in front of the Crown Prince. She whispered, "If I don't go back soon, my father's eyes will pop out."
The Crown Prince secretly glanced at General Hua and indeed saw him looking in their direction. General Hua looked at him with a smile that wasn't quite a smile. He quickly straightened his back and handed the pine nuts he had peeled to Hua Liuli, "I wouldn't dare to make my future father-in-law and future mother-in-law wait. Please go ahead."
One can afford to offend others, but not one's future father-in-law and future mother-in-law.
Even the unruly Crown Prince had people he feared.
"Then I'll go now," The hand hidden under the table gently hooked the Crown Prince's fingers twice. Hua Liuli stood up and prepared to leave.
"Wait," The Crown Prince grabbed her wrist, "After the banquet, will you wait for me?"
Hua Liuli nodded without hesitation, "Okay."
"This time, you won't go looking for someone else, right?" The Crown Prince looked at Hua Liuli with some suspicion.
"How could I bear to make you wait for long? I definitely won't this time," Hua Liuli scratched the palm of the Crown Prince's hand, "Trust me once more, hmm?"
"Alright," The Crown Prince let go of Hua Liuli and straightened his robe. He made it seem like he hadn't just acted spoiled towards a girl six years younger than him.
"Ah!" Hua Yingting sighed with a pained expression as he said to Wei Mingyue, "Fortunately, our Liuli is a girl. If she were a boy, she would have caused so much trouble for the young girls..."
Wei Mingyue remained silent and put down her chopsticks, "You think it's fine just because she's a girl? What if she causes trouble for other families' boys?"
"Now that she's already betrothed, if she causes trouble, it will only be for the Crown Prince," Hua Yingting took a sip of wine and said, "If I had known that His Majesty would let our daughter become the Crown Princess, I wouldn't have taught her to be like this."
"I think it's fine this way," Wei Mingyue smiled faintly, "You men, don't you all like women who are not easily controlled?"
Hua Yingting felt that continuing this topic would be dangerous, so he wisely chose to keep quiet.
"Mother, Father," Hua Liuli held the pine nuts in her hands as she squeezed in between them before sitting down, "So many people were secretly staring at me earlier. I feel so shy and scared."
"Silly girl, don't be afraid. Come and hide next to Father," Hua Yingting moved aside to make more space for his daughter.
Wei Mingyue shook her head helplessly. A doting father ruins his daughter. The main reason Liuli developed this kind of personality was due to Hua Yingting's doting.
The Crown Prince was in a good mood. He held the pine nuts that his beloved had peeled for him, but before he could start eating them, an inattentive palace maid accidentally spilled the wine cup on him, wetting half of his sleeve.
"Your Royal Highness, please forgive me! Nubi beg for your forgiveness!" The palace maid was pale with fear, kneeling in front of the Crown Prince and trembling.
"Find out who is responsible for supervising this palace maid. How can someone so careless serve in the Wuyang Hall?" The Crown Prince received the handkerchief handed to him by a eunuch with an expressionless face. He dabbed at the wine stain, "Spilling wine on Gu today is one thing, but if it had happened to other envoys, people would think that the people of Great Jin have no manners."
"Please forgive me, Your Royal Highness!" The palace maid trembled like a sieve, repeatedly kowtowing to the Crown Prince.
"Cover her mouth and drag her away," With a wave of his hand, he had the attending eunuch drag her away before she could make a fuss.
"Your Royal Highness, there is a place dedicated in the side hall to change clothes. Let this servant accompany Your Royal Highness to change," Seeing the situation, the other attendants in the hall turned pale with fear and hurriedly stepped forward to apologize.
"Shut up, don't make a fuss," The Crown Prince frowned, stood up, and said to the attending eunuch, "Go and fetch replacement clothes for Gu."
There was indeed a place for the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the Crown Prince to change clothes in the side hall. If it were in the past, the Crown Prince wouldn't have cared if his sleeves had been stained with a little wine. But this time was different. After the banquet, he had planned to meet with Liuli. It would be inappropriate to go there with the smell of alcohol on him.
Entering the side hall, a eunuch from the Eastern Palace took off the outer robe for the Crown Prince and then retreated to the door.
The people of the Eastern Palace knew that the Crown Prince didn't like others touching his personal clothes. So, the clothes he wore close to his body were always put on by the Crown Prince himself. If any servant dared to offend, it would anger the Crown Prince.
Although the side hall was the imperial dressing room, it was not frequently used. To eliminate the desolation in the room, the palace maids often lit pleasant fragrances.
The Crown Prince waited in the room for a while until a eunuch from the Eastern Palace brought the clothes, "Your Royal Highness, according to the style you wore today, this old servant selected similar clothes to bring."
"Hmm, good," The Crown Prince nodded in satisfaction.
"Thank you, Your Royal Highness."
The room fell silent again. Just as the Crown Prince was taking off his inner robe, he suddenly saw a shadow behind him in the bronze mirror. He pulled back his robe and turned to look behind the folding screen.
"Who's there? Show yourself!"
"Your Royal Highness," a soft voice came out, but there was no figure to be seen.
The Crown Prince sneered, "Gu will count to three. If you don't come out, don't bother coming out," With that, he turned to the outside and said, "Guards, there's an assassin!"
"Your Royal Highness, please forgive me. Nubi was cleaning here and accidentally fell asleep. Nubi didn't expect Your Royal Highness to suddenly appear here..." A young palace maid walked out from behind the screen in a panicked and trembling state. She knelt down with a thud in front of the Crown Prince, looking pitiful and helpless, "Please forgive Nubi, Your Royal Highness."
The Crown Prince took two steps back, "Keep your distance." He pointed to the corner of the room, "You're covered in dust. Don't dirty Gu's shoes."
The palace maid stiffened, stood up, and stepped back. However, in her haste, she accidentally stepped on her own skirt, and it seemed like she was about to fall onto the Crown Prince.
Crash!
The palace maid fell heavily onto the bronze mirror, leaving a dent in it.
"Your... Your Royal Highness..." She held her throbbing forehead, her face pale, and looked up, appearing exceptionally pitiful. However, the Crown Prince furrowed his brow with a sinister expression.
"Who sent you?" The Crown Prince put on his outer robe and fastened it.
"Your Royal Highness?!" Eunuchs from the Eastern Palace rushed in and were shocked to find an additional woman in the hall. They knelt before the Crown Prince, their knees weak with fear.
"Please forgive us, Your Royal Highness. We failed to thoroughly inspect the area and allowed this girl to hide in the inner chamber..." If this girl was truly an assassin, they would have lost their heads.
Wait, for the past three days, the Imperial Guards had been patrolling here. Apart from the palace maids and eunuchs responsible for cleaning, no one else should have been able to approach this area.
Could this palace maid be one of the cleaners?
When they got a clear look at the palace maid's appearance, their shock intensified. This... This palace maid seemed to bear some resemblance to Fushou Junzhu?
"Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness," The palace maid clung to the Crown Prince's thigh, sobbing, "Please spare Nubi, Your Royal Highness."
"Get away," The Crown Prince had no sympathy, and he kicked the palace maid away with one foot. He even ignored her grip on his outer robe, "Just because you bear a slight resemblance to Fushou Junzhu, you thought you could seduce Gu?"
"Is it merely a coincidence that someone spilled wine on Gu, and at the same time, an oblivious cleaning maid happened to be asleep here?" The Crown Prince tidied his outer robe while sneering, "The Imperial Guards inspect this place every two incense sticks' worth of time. You, a mere cleaning maid, dare to sleep here in the side hall of the Wuyang Hall during that time. Who gave you the audacity?"
"It's a conspiracy! Your Royal Highness, this is a deliberate plot against you!" An experienced eunuch from the Eastern Palace spoke up, "Let this old servant take her downstairs for questioning!"
"Of course, Gu knows this is a conspiracy. Gu doesn't need you fools..."
"What's going on here?" Hua Liuli stood at the doorway, looking at the sobbing palace maid in the corner and then glancing at the disheveled Crown Prince. Her eyebrows gradually furrowed.
"Liuli, listen to my explanation..."
"Fushou Junzhu, Nubi begs you to save me. The Crown Prince intends to harm Nubi, but Nubi resisted him. In his rage, he wants to kill Nubi," The distressed palace maid, in a disheveled state, rushed to Hua Liuli, crawling and clinging to her, "Junzhu, please save Nubi."
"Are you implying that the Crown Prince desired you because of your exceptional appearance and that you refused him, which caused his anger?" Hua Liuli looked at the Crown Prince and the palace maid expressionlessly, "Look up."
The palace maid timidly raised her head as tears rolled down her pale cheeks.
"Since you're unwilling to yield to the Crown Prince even at the cost of your life, then go ahead and die now," Hua Liuli lowered her eyelids and took a step back, allowing the eunuchs from the Eastern Palace to do as they pleased, "Once you're dead, the Crown Prince won't be able to do anything to you."
The palace maid froze. Wasn't Fushou Junzhu said to be timid and kind-hearted, unable to bear seeing the weak suffer?
Why did the current situation... differ from the rumors?
Krish728
Author's Note:
Palace Maid: Ahh??? The script wasn't supposed to go like this!
