Xie Qing paused, turned around and looked at the Sixth Prince, then looked at the guards and eunuchs around him who were listening intently, wondering if they were spies. He said in a stern tone, "If something happens to me, will Sixth Brother stand by me?"
The Sixth Prince followed his gaze and looked around, then tentatively reached out to tug at Xie Qing's clothes: "Second brother..."
"Let go." Xie Qing didn't move. He watched as Lord Wu entered the imperial study and gestured to a young eunuch at the door. He said calmly, "In the past, we could still maintain peace on the surface. But now, it's difficult."
The Sixth Prince's eyes turned red and he withdrew his hand. He looked like a child who had done something wrong: "Second brother, I don't want to."
"It doesn't matter whether you want it or not. In this deep palace, with such status, no one can decide for themselves. Who can decide for themselves?" Xie Qing raised his hand, remembered something, and smiled again: "I will keep the person your mother sent to establish my authority for my wife. I just hope that your mother, my aunt, will not be furious."
The Sixth Prince watched Xie Qing turn and leave with a complicated look in his eyes. After a long time, he turned back to his palace and locked himself up.
Xie Qing didn't care what the Sixth Prince did. If he felt sorry for him now, who would feel sorry for him? Who would feel sorry for Qin Wan?
The three palace maids who entered the Eastern Palace for trial marriage initially relied on their status as the Queen's people to act arrogantly in the Eastern Palace.
When Xie Qing came back, the three men wanted to strip off his clothes and pounce on him, but they didn't even touch the corner of Xie Qing's clothes before they were caught.
Now the three of them lived peacefully in the same courtyard, under the pretext of learning the rules of the Eastern Palace, but in fact they had detained them. Xie Qing did not punish them, but left them to Qin Wan to establish her authority.
He has dealt with them now, which is naturally to help Qin Wan establish her authority. However, even if he deals with them, there will be others who will continue to come. Qin Wan will always have to face these. It is better to kill the chicken to scare the monkey at the beginning, so as to have a stable future.
The security of the Eastern Palace was as strong as an iron barrel. The Queen did not receive any news about the palace maids who were trying out for marriage, but she did receive news that the Sixth Prince had locked himself up and refused to eat lunch.
The Queen hurried over. Faced with the Sixth Prince's servants trying to stop her, she said coldly, "Open the door for me!"
"Your Majesty, His Highness doesn't want to see anyone." The palace ladies felt sorry for their own Prince. Outsiders only saw the glory of the Queen's legitimate son, but had no idea how much pain he felt in his heart.
The Queen glanced at him coldly and signaled to her palace maids: "Get out of the way!"
The Sixth Prince's men were pulled aside by the Queen's men, and two burly eunuchs stepped forward and kicked the door open.
The Queen rushed in, her skirt in hand, without regard for her manners. Seeing the Sixth Prince's dull eyes, she frowned and ordered, "Go and serve the meal."
She grabbed the Sixth Prince's hand and dragged him out. "Who are you trying to show off to with this half-dead look? I'm fighting for you out there, and you're not allowed to play dead! Get up, eat and drink, and go study! Go and try to please your father!"
"Will he give me the throne if I flatter him? Will everyone like me if I flatter him? Can you get the throne by fighting and vying for it? Since you were unwilling, why didn't you escape? If you didn't run away and enter the palace, then I would not be here! If you didn't have me, you wouldn't be fighting for me here!" The Sixth Prince shook off the Queen's hand and roared at her.
The queen was stunned on the spot, and only came to her senses after a while. She asked in disbelief, "Are you blaming me?"
Seeing that the Sixth Prince did not answer, she shook her head and asked again: "Are you blaming me?"
The Sixth Prince stared at her, and the disgust in his eyes made the Queen feel as if she was the most vicious person in the world.
She took a deep breath, raised the corners of her mouth and said, "Okay, okay, very good."
The queen no longer cared about the Sixth Prince and strode out of the Sixth Prince's bedroom. The sunlight was dazzling above her head, and she looked up and squinted at the sun.
The maid immediately stepped forward with an umbrella, but was pushed away by her. The maid could not help but worry: "My lady, be careful not to hurt your eyes."
"I just didn't know him well enough!" The Queen sneered, then said in a deep voice, "Go and find out what the Sixth Prince did today and who he met with."
Do I need to ask about this?
The Queen hadn't gone far when someone called back, "The Sixth Prince went to the Imperial Study today to give His Majesty his latest calligraphy and painting. He heard His Majesty was angry with His Royal Highness in the study, so he chased after His Royal Highness and talked to him for a while in front of the study."
The emperor is angry with the prince?
This is a good phenomenon.
The queen had calmed down. While thinking about how to bring down Xie Qing, she adjusted her skirt and restored her dignity as the queen's mother. She held her chin high and walked back to the palace.
There were undercurrents in the palace, and Qin Wan's auction was arranged overnight.
On the day of the auction, Qin Wan was busy in the warehouse of the auction venue when Xie Qing found her and said, "Father is coming."
"Really?" Qin Wan's eyes lit up, and she immediately had the items sent away. "If Your Majesty could come, this auction would be a great success."
Xie Qing was a little worried: "Although the world is peaceful now, we still need to guard against assassins. Is your defense here okay?"
Qin Wan looked at Xie Qing and smiled meaningfully, "How could our Qin family's defenses ever be bad?"
Xie Qing couldn't help but think of the time when he was caught by Xuanwu Hou. He touched his nose and said, "It's really good."
"Then I'll make arrangements now." Qin Wan nodded and was about to leave, but was pulled back by Xie Qing. She looked up at him in confusion, "What are you doing?"
"Well, I want to see more of you." Xie Qing touched her earlobe and looked at her moist little mouth. He couldn't help but want to kiss her, but the occasion was not right and it was not the time.
He forced himself to hold back, took a step back, and said, "Go ahead."
Qin Wan looked at Xie Qing puzzledly: "Are you really okay?"
That innocent look was simply too much to handle. Xie Qing quickly grabbed her shoulders and pushed her out: "Really? Go get busy."
Qin Wan turned around to look at him again, and with just one glance, he grabbed her arm again, pulled her into his arms and held her tightly.
Qin Wan's nose touched his hard chest, causing her nose to ache and tears to flow. "Are you sick? What's wrong? I'm busy!"
Xie Qing heard her voice was a little nasal, and quickly let go of her. Seeing her red nose and tearful eyes, he panicked: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I just wanted to hug you, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
"You're crazy! You're hurting me!"
Qin Wan was furious. She'd been busy running around for today's auction, unable to sleep, and now he was just here to mess things up. Not only had he bumped her nose, but he'd also messed up her makeup. She glared at Xie Qing fiercely, grabbed her skirt, and turned to walk away. "I'm going to get busy now. I'll settle the score with you later!"
How could Qin Wan have time to touch up her makeup? The Emperor was coming, and there were defenses to be arranged, and many other matters to prepare for the auction.
So much so that when Qin Zhan and others saw Qin Wan, she looked particularly pitiful.
"What's wrong with you? Who bullied you?"
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