Chapter 67 If anything happens to Tianbao, I will definitely raze this place to the ground

Zhong Dequan let Xiao Si bite it, since there was thick clothes between them.

But he didn't expect that Xiao Si would go crazy and bite him fiercely, causing him so much pain that he felt as if his sleeves had been bitten through. "Don't forget, Your Highness, we are all in the same boat!"

Xiao Si bit his cheek until it felt sore and numb, and finally stopped.

He opened his mouth, like a small animal facing danger, and glared at Zhong Dequan hostilely: "Don't hurt Tianbao! I don't care what you want to do, I said, don't hurt Tianbao! From today on, don't look for me again, otherwise I will expose you to my father, the emperor, and my mother!"

Tianbao is his bottom line. He had warned Zhong Dequan before, and it was Zhong Dequan who violated the agreement first.

Zhong Dequan sneered: "What do you know? It's precisely because the little princess is so important that disaster will come if she is involved."

He rolled his eyes at Xiao Si. He had heard about what happened last night. He heard that three princes also fell into the water. Very good. This matter could ferment even more.

Xiao Si was furious, punching and kicking him, saying, "I will no longer recognize you as my grandfather, and I will never come to the Duke Zhong's Mansion again! If anything happens to Tianbao, I will definitely raze this place to the ground!"

He left after uttering some harsh words.

Zhong Dequan was so angry that he smashed everything in the study. After venting his anger, he turned around and shouted, "The first day of the new year is a good day. Tell the people in the palace to make a fuss!"

He didn't take Xiao Si's threats seriously at all. He was just a child, so what if he made a scene?

Xiao Si bought some spring rolls and sugar figurines outside the palace and hurried back to Le Wan Palace: "Empress Wan, is Tian Bao awake?"

Concubine Wan nodded with red and swollen eyes: "I'm awake, but I have no appetite and can't eat anything."

Xiao Si carefully took out the spring roll from his arms: "It's still hot, can she eat it?"

Concubine Wan looked over in confusion.

Xiao Si's eyes flickered slightly. This was the spring pancake that Tian Bao had bought with that wild brother. He guessed that Tian Bao would like it very much: "I bought it outside the palace. Tian Bao seemed to like it very much."

"Then... let's give it a try." Concubine Wan brought Xiao Si into the inner hall.

The tyrant was holding Tianbao, patiently coaxing her to drink the porridge: "Dear, have a bite, okay?"

Tianbao felt bitter in her mouth, pouted and shook her head: "Don't eat it."

"It's sweet porridge, would you like to have a bite, sweet baby?" The foolish emperor continued to coax her, his eyes soft and tender.

Tianbao continued to shake his head.

"Tianbao, do you want to try some spring rolls? I brought them back from outside the palace." Xiao Si ran over and handed the still warm spring rolls to her mouth.

The tyrant glanced at him displeasedly and was about to brush him away when Tian Bao nodded: "Okay, thank you, Fourth Brother."

Tyrant Emperor: ...

He wanted to snatch the spring pancake from Xiao Si's hand and feed it to him himself, but Xiao Si secretly held on to it to prevent the spring pancake from getting scattered. The tyrant could only swallow his anger and take his hand back.

Tianbao ate the familiar delicacy with a pout in his mouth.

She missed the fairy sister, but she didn't know if the fairy sister missed her. Ever since the letter announcing her safety, the fairy sister had never written to her again.

The tyrant emperor felt no guilt for arbitrarily withholding the two letters.

Seeing Tianbao's eyes glistening with tears, Xiao Si deliberately diverted her attention: "Is it delicious? I'll buy you more later."

"tasty!"

The emperor snorted and said, "If you want to eat spring rolls, I will ask the imperial chef to make them for you. They will definitely taste much better than the ones made by ordinary people."

Xiao Si glanced at him resentfully, blaming him for competing for her favor.

When Tianbao was eating with gusto, there was faint noise and crying outside. The tyrant frowned slightly and asked Zhang Fujin to go out and take a look.

Not long after, Zhang Fujin returned. He glanced at the little princess and the fourth prince, and hesitated to speak: "The emperor hasn't eaten yet. Why don't you go out and eat something first?"

The tyrant suppressed his unhappiness, carefully placed a few cushions behind Tianbao, and then went out.

As soon as the virtuous concubine and the eldest prince saw him, they knelt down hurriedly, and the cry came from the virtuous concubine's mouth: "Your Majesty, I am innocent. Pan'er definitely did not push Tianbao on purpose..."

The tyrant emperor glanced at the queen and asked, "What's going on?"

The Queen sighed and shook her head. "The lake froze over yesterday. If no one had broken the ice, the kitten wouldn't have fallen in. This suspicion arose in me, so I investigated and discovered that the kitten was the offspring of the cat in Concubine Xian's palace."

The Queen then pointed to the maid who had led the prince and princess to the lake yesterday and said, "It was she who led Tianbao and the others to the lake yesterday. She is also from the Xianfei Palace."

"It's unfair, your concubine..."

The tyrant emperor shot a sharp look at her: "Shut up! If you disturb Tianbao, I will kill you immediately!"

The virtuous concubine swallowed the words that were about to come out of her mouth, looked at him with tears in her eyes, and suddenly began to kowtow.

The eldest prince quickly put his hand on the ground. Concubine Xian knocked against the ground so hard that the back of his hand hurt. "Mother, I already said I didn't push Tianbao on purpose. Someone pushed me, and I accidentally pushed the front."

"So, you still pushed Tianbao, humph!" The tyrant king was so angry that veins on his forehead bulged.

If it were him, he could fall left or right, but he would never push the sweet baby in front of him!

The eldest prince had nothing to say and nodded naively.

The virtuous concubine gave him a look of disappointment and told him to just say that others pushed them, but he insisted on saying that he accidentally pushed Tianbao!

The tyrant emperor looked down upon the little palace maid and winked at Zhang Fujin.

Zhang Fujin then ordered his apprentice to slap the young palace maid twice. "Why don't you tell the truth? Do you really need someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to interrogate you?"

The little palace maid trembled, and secretly glanced towards the inner hall with a sad look: I wonder if the little princess has survived.

She glanced at Concubine Xian with fear, and Concubine Xian was speechless, with a bad feeling rising in her heart: "If you dare to talk nonsense, I will tear your mouth apart!"

"Shut up!" The foolish emperor picked up a teacup and smashed it over. The teacup shattered next to the virtuous concubine, scaring her so much that she trembled.

The little palace maid knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, it was…it was the Consort Xian who asked me to lead…lead the princes over there. She originally wanted…wanted to push the Second Prince over there and drown him…"

"What?!" The queen was so frightened that she staggered and was supported by Huaying in time.

The virtuous concubine was so anxious that her face turned red, but she didn't dare to speak. She could only glare at the little palace maid fiercely.

"The Empress said... that the Second Prince is the biggest stumbling block for the First Prince to inherit the throne...so...so..." The little palace maid trembled like a sieve, and when she said this, she crawled on the ground and began to sob.

"How ridiculous!" The foolish emperor was furious. He knew that having too many sons was no good. None of them were even ten years old, but now they were already deceiving each other!

Fight if you want, but don’t let it bring harm to the little sweet baby!

Just as the emperor was about to issue an order, a soft cough was heard from behind: "Cough cough cough... You are lying, father, she must be lying."

Everyone turned their heads and saw the little sweet baby, whose face was abnormally red, being wrapped in fox fur and carried out by Concubine Wan.

Xiao Tianbao pointed at the little palace maid and said, "There was a eunuch there at the time, and she seemed to know him. Father, Emperor, Mother, please interrogate that eunuch."