He Xue, a modern woman with a keen interest in Qing Dynasty history, felt regret over the fate of the deposed Crown Prince, believing he didn't deserve such an end. If given the chance, she was...
The Eighth Prince also took out a jade pendant that he had brought for He Xue, saying, "He Xue, this is a gift for you!"
The Eighth Prince looked at He Xue nervously. His jade pendant seemed rather insignificant compared to the First Prince's safety buckle or the Third Prince's rare copy.
"Thank you, Eighth Prince!" He Xue accepted the jade pendant with both hands.
The Eighth Prince was relieved to see that He Xue did not find it offensive; he had been quite worried that He Xue would look down on his jade pendant.
"No wonder it's so lively! So everyone's here!" Consort Yi's voice preceded her appearance, and she entered as soon as she finished speaking.
"I found it quite lively, so I came in without being announced! I hope you will forgive me, Your Highness!" Consort Yi said to Tong Jia with a smile.
"Why are you being so polite with me? Please sit down! My Chengqian Palace is quite lively today!" said Consort Tongjia.
Crown Prince He Xue and others then bowed and greeted Consort Yi.
"How is He Xue's injury?" Consort Yi asked.
"Thank you for your concern, Consort Yi. Everything is fine now!" He Xue said to Consort Yi. One of her favorite things now is to look at beautiful women, and Consort Yi is her favorite beauty right now.
Consort Yi's beauty is bright and dignified, unlike the gentle and reserved beauty of Consort Tongjia. Consort Yi's beauty is more passionate and unrestrained.
"Sister, sister, we're here!" The Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince ran in, saying as they went. (For convenience, those younger than He Xue are addressed as Sister He Xue!)
The Ninth Prince, who was running ahead, saw his brothers and slammed on the brakes. The Tenth Prince, who was behind him, did not stop and crashed into the Ninth Prince, almost knocking him flying.
"Tenth Brother, you should lose weight! You almost knocked me out of Chengqian Palace!" The Ninth Prince rubbed his back, which was sore from being bumped by the Tenth Prince.
The Tenth Prince rubbed his sore nose. "Who told you to stop suddenly?"
The Ninth Prince glared at the Tenth Prince. He was intimidated by the large number of people he saw as soon as he entered, especially the Crown Prince, who was looking at him with a half-smile.
"Hurry up and pay your respects to your Mother Tong!" Consort Yi came to the rescue of the Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince.
"Greetings to Consort Tong! May Consort Tong be blessed!" The Ninth and Tenth Princes obediently approached Consort Tong and then bowed to their brothers.
"Your Highness, these two children originally came with me, but I remembered I needed to give Hexue a gift, so I went back to get it and that's why we came here!" Consort Yi explained to Consort Tongjia.
"Little Nine, Little Ten, did you prepare something for He Xue? Take it out and let everyone see!" Consort Tongjia said with a smile.
“Okay, Mother Tong!” the Ninth Prince replied, then carried the box in his arms and went straight to He Xue.
However, the Crown Prince stood in front of He Xue. "Second Brother, what are you doing?" the Ninth Prince asked.
"I was just worried that you would run around recklessly like before, and your sister wouldn't be able to handle it!" The Crown Prince was concerned that the Ninth Prince might bump into He Xue.
The Ninth Prince rolled his eyes. He knew perfectly well that his elder sister was injured, and he wasn't about to act recklessly!
The Ninth Prince bypassed the Crown Prince and came to He Xue. "Sister, look, this is what my tenth brother and I prepared for you!"
As he spoke, the Ninth Prince opened the box, and it almost blinded He Xue instantly—it was a box of gold.
"How is it? Sister, do you like it?" the Ninth Prince asked proudly.
"I love it!" He Xue nodded hurriedly, as expected of the Ninth Prince, he was so generous.
Another of her hobbies here is gold, and the Ninth Prince has really hit the nail on the head this time.
"Sister, how come you're just like Ninth Brother! You actually like these vulgar things!" Although the Tenth Prince also participated in sending gold to He Xue, he still said with some disdain.
Don't women all like jewelry? Why does my sister prefer gold?
He Xue came up to the Tenth Prince and kneaded his chubby face like dough. "Little Tenth, your elder sister doesn't mind these vulgar things. You can give me all your vulgar things, and I will never mind!"
The Tenth Prince's face was distorted by He Xue's kneading. "Okay, okay, I'll give all the gold I have to my elder sister!" This time, he emptied his savings to raise this much gold for He Xue.
"Good boy! Your older sister has been loving you all along!" He Xue patted the Tenth Prince's forehead.
Seeing He Xue and the Ninth Prince chatting and laughing, Consort Tongjia couldn't help but smile and say to Consort Yi, "I don't know why He Xue is so fond of gold!"
"That's hard to say, Xiao Jiu has a lot of gold! I'll have him send some more to He Xue another day!" Consort Yi said generously.
"Be careful not to empty Xiao Jiu's pockets!" Consort Tong Jia joked.
"It's nothing, this child is always thinking about making money!" Consort Yi suddenly said mysteriously to Consort Tongjia, "Sister Consort, do you have something to discuss with you?"