The four emperors originally wanted to talk nonsense, and the words were already on the tip of their tongues, so they silently swallowed them back.
He knew that his mother was not easy to fool.
"Mother, I fell while climbing the wall." The Fourth Prince said vaguely.
Concubine Shu scratched her ears and said impatiently, "You fell pretty hard. You can't even speak clearly. Please talk properly."
The Fourth Prince raised his good hand and scratched his head. "I fell while climbing the wall."
"He fell while climbing a wall?" Concubine Shu glanced at him. "Whose wall did you climb? The Qin family's?"
The Fourth Prince pursed his lips and nodded. Apart from the Qin family, which other family could he climb onto?
"It's good that you climbed the Qin family. You can go back."
Looking at the Fourth Prince's receding back, Concubine Shu curled her lips. It seemed that her son had finally gotten the hang of it and even knew how to climb over the wall.
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The Fourth Prince finally relaxed after he got into the carriage leaving the palace.
When the carriage reached the street, the Fourth Prince lifted the curtain and saw the figure of Prince Yueqing. He hurriedly stopped the carriage.
"Your Highness, your hand is already like this, there is no need to embarrass yourself by going to the Qin Mansion."
Afeng thought he hadn't given up yet and tried to persuade him.
"I saw Prince Yueqing, let's go and take a look."
The Fourth Prince got off the carriage and followed Prince Yueqing. The further he walked, the more familiar the road seemed to him.
Until Prince Yueqing went to Zhu Mansion.
Is Master Zhu in collusion with Prince Yueqing? Didn't Luo'er say that Prince Yueqing wanted to take my father's place?
"Shall we go in and take a look?"
A Feng looked at the Fourth Prince and said, "You can't hear or see anything here."
Just as the two were trying to find a way to enter Zhu's mansion, Prince Yueqing came out.
The Fourth Prince quickly turned around and pretended to be passing by.
Prince Yueqing came to Zhu's house hoping to take the opportunity to win over Lord Zhu, but Lord Zhu was so depressed that he lay on the bed, looking half dead. It seemed that he had to come back another day.
"The Fourth Prince," while thinking, his peripheral vision suddenly noticed the Fourth Prince, and Prince Yueqing called him.
What is the Fourth Prince doing here? Could it be that he followed him?
"Uncle?" The Fourth Prince turned around in surprise. "Why is Uncle here?"
Prince Yueqing first glanced at his hand, then said with a smile:
"I heard that Lord Zhu had obtained a rare flower, so I wanted to come and see him. But Lord Zhu seemed to be ill."
Everyone knew that he liked flowers and plants, so his words would not arouse suspicion, not to mention that this person was the Fourth Prince.
"So that's how it is," the Fourth Prince said as if he believed it and was about to leave, but he heard the words of King Yueqing.
"Since we've met, why don't I invite the Fourth Prince to dinner at the restaurant?"
The Fourth Prince was delighted, as he hadn't been to a restaurant for a long time, so he could treat the Prince of Yueqing to a good meal.
The two went to the restaurant with their own thoughts.
The Fourth Prince didn't need to look at the menu and just named a bunch of dishes.
"Uncle, I didn't order much, did I?" the Fourth Prince asked after ordering.
The corner of Yueqing Wang's mouth twitched. "It's not much. If it's not enough, you can order more."
He was just being polite, after all, the Fourth Prince had already ordered quite a bit. Unexpectedly, the Fourth Prince's eyes lit up and he asked, "Really? Then I'll order some more to take back. Uncle, don't you mind?"
He hadn't eaten in a restaurant for a long time. Now that he had the chance, and didn't have to pay for it himself, he had to have a good meal.
"I don't mind." Prince Yueqing almost uttered these words through gritted teeth.
Afeng sat quietly by the side without saying a word, and started eating silently after the dishes were served.
"Fourth Prince, do you feel that your brother treats other princes better than you?"
The reason why Prince Yueqing invited the Fourth Prince to dinner was to sow discord.
It is said that the Fourth Prince is not very smart, so he should be easy to fool. It is not impossible for him to do some stupid things to give his elder brother a headache.
The Fourth Prince held a chicken drumstick in his mouth and chewed on it while saying, "I don't think so. They're all about the same."
Seeing that he was not listening, Prince Yueqing continued:
"Look at how much my brother cares for the Crown Prince and the Second Prince. He even sent the Second Prince to the Dali Temple for trial. The Third Prince is also favored by my brother. Even the little princess is pampered by my brother. And look at you."
The Fourth Prince stopped gnawing on the chicken leg, thought carefully, and nodded.
"It seems to be the case."
Upon hearing this, Prince Yueqing poured him a cup of tea and said, "Yes, you see, the Crown Prince and the Third Prince both have the character Jing in the middle of their names, while you and the Second Prince have the character Heng. Isn't this biased, my brother?"
The Fourth Prince took a sip of tea and put down the cup.
"Father is indeed attentive to the Crown Prince, but I think it's normal because the Crown Prince is the Crown Prince, and the other brothers are also very outstanding. It makes sense that Father wants to train them to help the Crown Prince."
He paused and pointed at himself, "Father is also very attentive to me, but I don't like it. And you said that Father was holding Luo'er in his arms? We like Luo'er very much too."
Prince Yueqing wanted to hold his forehead with his hand. Did the Fourth Prince really not understand or was he pretending to be confused even though he knew the truth?
I have never seen such a rude person.
"By the way, there's nothing much to say about names. My second brother and I were both given names by our own mothers. There's no such thing as partiality."
He knew very well how capable he was. He wished his father didn't let anyone control him. He felt a headache seeing what the Crown Prince and his brothers were learning.
The Fourth Prince had almost finished his meal. He wiped his mouth and ordered some signature dishes to take back later.
After talking for a long time but getting nothing out of it, the King of Yueqing felt like he was punching cotton, and he felt depressed.
In addition, the Fourth Prince spent so much of his money without any hesitation, which made him almost vomit blood in anger.
The Fourth Prince did not notice the change in Prince Yueqing's expression. He waited until the dishes were packed up before standing up.
"I enjoyed the meal today. I'll eat with the emperor uncle again next time I have the chance. I'm leaving now."
"Is the Fourth Prince truly stupid or just pretending to be stupid?" Prince Yueqing's subordinates watched the Fourth Prince walk away. "He's so unreasonable."
Prince Yueqing settled the bill with a sullen face and returned to the palace, where he ordered his subordinates to investigate what happened to the Fourth Prince's hand.
The Fourth Prince and Qin Qianqian had known each other for a while, and his subordinates quickly told Prince Yueqing the whole story.
"In that case, you can keep an eye on Qin Qianqian's movements."
The subordinate bowed and said yes, and then said: "Has Prince Shen Yu thought about how to deal with it?"
Prince Yueqing rubbed his temple and said, "Keep it for now."
He had originally planned to deal with Shen Yu, but Mrs. Yao didn't know what she was thinking, and actually invited Shen Yu to appreciate the flowers together.
"By the way, how's the progress with the Sixth Princess?"
The subordinate shook his head and said, "The Sixth Princess hasn't left the palace yet. The palace examination will be held in two days. Your Highness, please be patient and wait."
If that person really becomes the prince consort, he will definitely be a great help to the prince.
Prince Yueqing was silent for a moment. "After the palace examination, the Sixth Princess and that man must meet, no matter what. My patience is limited, so let him seize this opportunity."
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