The fifth prince put Xiaojuzi in his arms, holding Maomao's hand, not daring to breathe, concentrating and holding his breath to listen to his sister's inner voice.
What is it? My sister, please tell me quickly, because he is so anxious.
Judging from Rong Xinyue's competitive nature in the book, if her courtship of the Crown Prince fails, she will definitely try to climb higher.
So, for a man of higher status than the Crown Prince, could she be going after the Emperor?
Xia Miaoyuan had a bad feeling in his heart.
Holding Hua Ni'er's hand, she took her short legs and turned to run towards the main palace road on the left.
When he ran to the palace road, a young eunuch who worked as a servant in the Qianqing Palace happened to pass by.
"Hey!" Xia Miaoyuan waved and called him.
"Your Highness, what do you want me to do for you?" The young eunuch bowed respectfully.
Xia Miaoyuan asked seriously, "Let me ask you, where is my father? Where did he go after reading the papers?"
Calculating the time, Emperor Mingxi should have finished reading all the papers by now.
The young eunuch said, "The Emperor first went to Kunning Palace to see the Empress, and then came to the Imperial Garden with the Empress."
"They are currently tending to the flowers in the greenhouse. This servant just came from the greenhouse and was sent out to fetch something."
"If Your Highness wants to find them, just go directly to the greenhouse."
After the young eunuch finished speaking, Xia Miaoyuan waved at him and signaled him to leave.
When she learned that Emperor Mingxi was now with the Queen, she felt relieved.
"Fifth brother, let's go to the Imperial Garden right now."
The fifth prince nodded, carried Xia Miaoyuan onto Maomao's back, and started jogging.
In order to take a shortcut, the two of them walked in from the exit of the Imperial Garden.
As soon as the brother and sister entered the imperial garden, they heard a gentle female voice singing a little song.
Xia Miaoyuan frowned and followed the sound, only to see a woman in a light red dress singing and dancing.
The singing voice is soft and melodious, very pleasant to the ear, the dancing is graceful, the figure is slim and very attractive.
Xia Miaoyuan took a closer look and found that it was the second Miss Rong, Rong Xinyue.
[Okay, you scheming woman, you green tea bitch, you really came to the palace today to target my father, the Emperor.]
The Imperial Garden is very large and has multiple entrances and exits. The place where Rong Er is dancing at this moment is the exit that people in the palace like to use after visiting the Imperial Garden.
Therefore, anyone who visits the Imperial Garden at this time will most likely run into Rong Er when walking out.
Emperor Mingxi's greenhouse was near the entrance of the Imperial Garden.
It was precisely for this reason that Emperor Mingxi and the Empress had not yet discovered the attractive Rong Er.
[You're really scheming. You've already found out the Emperor's whereabouts and are dancing at the exit.]
[This is clearly an attempt to seduce my father, the Emperor!]
"If you can seduce the Emperor today and he takes you into his harem, then even if my brother, the Crown Prince, loves Sister Rong very much, he won't be able to marry her."
[As an emperor, you can take two aunts and nieces as concubines, but you cannot marry two sisters like the crown prince.]
[Rong Xinyue, you have such a vicious heart! ]
After deducing Rong Er's plan, Xia Miaoyuan was furious.
After listening to his sister's heartfelt words, the fifth prince already understood about 70% of what was going on.
It turns out that one of the Rong sisters was to marry the prince as his consort, but the second Rong sister deliberately made trouble and wanted to seduce her father to become his concubine.
The fifth prince also felt that this Miss Rong Er was really hateful.
Their father already has many concubines, and their mother can only see him a few times a month.
But this woman actually wanted to seduce his father and stay in the palace. If that happened, wouldn't his mother's life be even more miserable?
With so many men in the world, why is she only staring at his father?
The fifth prince became angrier the more he thought about it.
"Sister, do you think she wants to seduce our father?" The fifth prince looked at Xia Miaoyuan and said.
[Ah? I didn't expect Fifth Brother to be so smart now!] Xia Miaoyuan was a little surprised to see that the Fifth Prince had immediately seen through Rong Er's plan.
"I think so." Xia Miaoyuan nodded.
"My elder brother, the Crown Prince, and my second elder brother are both of marriageable age, but they are not in the palace. The rest of my elder brothers are still young."
"So, she must be coming for our father." Xia Miaoyuan analyzed to the fifth prince seriously.
The Fifth Prince said angrily, "How despicable!"
Xia Miaoyuan smiled slyly: "Should we teach her a lesson?"
"Okay!" The fifth prince responded happily.
Xia Miaoyuan held his chin in his hand, feeling troubled: "But what should we do?"
The fifth prince narrowed his eyes, scratched his head lightly, and thought hard.
Suddenly he slapped his head and said, "I got it! I've got a solution."
The fifth prince took Xia Miaoyuan and quietly walked out of the imperial garden again, then turned around and came to a row of low houses behind the imperial garden.
"What is this place?" Xia Miaoyuan asked puzzledly.
"This is a house for some eunuchs who do menial jobs. Those who live in it are either shameless or very old eunuchs." The fifth prince explained.
Xia Miaoyuan suddenly realized that it was no wonder that he had never known about this place. It turned out that it was a place for those marginalized people in the palace to live.
As the Fifth Prince spoke, he put his face against the window paper and looked inside, as if he was looking for something.
After searching for a while, the Fifth Prince stopped, pulled out a hairpin from Xia Miaoyuan's head, poked the door lock a few times, and the lock opened.
The house here is very run-down. The lock on the door is also very broken, it is the simplest kind of lock, which can be easily opened by poking it with anything.
"What are you doing? Stealing something?" Xia Miaoyuan widened his eyes in shock.
The fifth prince smiled wickedly: "Of course not."
Xia Miaoyuan tried to look inside, but was stopped by the Fifth Prince: "Just sit on the deer obediently and don't go in."
The fifth prince opened the door and walked in with his nose pinched.
Xia Miaoyuan smelled a strong stench coming out from inside.
After a cup of tea, the fifth prince came out, followed by an old eunuch.
The old eunuch reeked of alcohol, his eunuch uniform was old and dirty, and his hair was messy.
His face was pitch black, I don’t know how long it had been since he last washed it.
"Where do you say the person is? At the west gate?" The old eunuch opened his dry and bloodless lips and asked vaguely.
The fifth prince smiled and said, "Yes, she is at the west gate, waiting for you. She is wearing a bright red dress."
Before the fifth prince finished speaking, the old eunuch hurried towards the back door of the imperial garden.
"What?" Xia Miaoyuan was a little confused.
At this moment, she had many questions in her mind, but the Fifth Prince's eyes were always following the old eunuch, and he seemed to have no energy to explain to her.
"We'll follow quietly from behind." The fifth prince whispered.
After saying that, he handed Little Orange to Xia Miaoyuan to hold, and he himself picked up the furry Hua Nier.
The brother and sister walked to the back door of the imperial garden, found a very thick old tree and hid behind it.
After a while, a shrill scream was heard.
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