Chapter 367: Curious about what the future emperor will look like
Shaoyao looked in the direction Li Suining pointed, her expression clearly showing some struggle.
"Can't we go there?" Little Dumpling asked cautiously immediately. She didn't want to embarrass Sister Shaoyao.
"No." Shaoyao made up her mind quickly.
The area in that direction was actually quite large, and she believed it was unlikely that the young county lady would walk to that place by coincidence.
She smiled and said to Li Suining, "Let's go. We're already out, so it's good to take a walk around."
"Yeah." Little Dumpling was instantly happy when he heard it.
She had already given her lunch box to Shaoyao, and she was happily running ahead with the Luban ball in her arms.
Along the way, she was very curious, looking here and touching there, and soon her nose and face were frozen red.
"Slow down, Princess Suining, slow down." Shaoyao followed closely behind.
She watched as the little girl really went in that direction, and she became more and more uneasy.
After a while, she felt that she could not go forward and quickly called Li Suining.
"County Lady Suining, wait a moment, stand there and don't move." Shaoyao shouted, then trotted forward and grabbed Li Suining.
"County Lady Suining, are you cold? Why don't we go back to the East Palace?" she suggested tentatively.
Little Dumpling shook her head. She had been running all the way and her body was even a little hot.
However, she still asked with concern, "Sister Shaoyao, are you cold?"
"It's okay." Shaoyao wasn't actually cold, she just didn't want to go any further.
She thought for a moment and suggested, "County Lady Suining, why don't we go over there and take a look?"
She said and pointed in another direction.
Li Suining hesitated for a moment and pointed ahead, "Isn't it okay to go over there?"
For some reason, she was a little curious about the future Emperor of Jin and wanted to see what kind of person he was.
"Not really." Shaoyao pulled the corner of her mouth awkwardly.
Although the place ahead is not a forbidden place, almost everyone in the harem has a tacit understanding and will not go there.
But Xiaotuanzi is not a member of the harem after all, so she obviously knows nothing about this.
Shaoyao thought for a moment, then patiently explained to the little fellow, "County Lady Suining, if we go any further, there won't be many people around, and it won't be fun..."
"No." Little Dumpling couldn't help but correct her, "There's a prince living in front, isn't there?"
Shaoyao's eyes widened in shock. "Princess Suining, how did you know...that there was a prince living here...?"
The little dumpling twitched the corner of his mouth, "I guessed, then... can I go play with him?"
"No." Unexpectedly, Shaoyao refused without even thinking, and her tone was unusually firm.
Li Suining immediately realized something was wrong and asked curiously, "Sister Shaoyao, which prince lives in front? What palace is in front?"
Shaoyao hesitated for a moment before sighing and saying, "It's the Second Prince."
It turned out to be the Second Prince. Little Tuanzi understood what was going on. Moreover, the Crown Prince had reminded her before that if she met the Second Prince in the harem, it would be best to stay away from him.
Is there something wrong with the second prince's brother?
At this time, Shaoyao continued, "In front... is the cold palace."
"The Cold Palace?" Little Dumpling tilted his head in confusion. "Is it as beautiful as the Eastern Palace?"
"Of course not." Shaoyao quickly covered Li Suining's mouth and whispered to Li Suining, "County Princess Suining, be good and don't compare the Cold Palace with the Eastern Palace in the future."
Li Suining nodded obediently, but she was still very curious. "What exactly is the cold palace? Who lives in it?"
"Alas!" Shaoyao couldn't help but sigh and patiently explained, "There are actually several concubines living in the cold palace, but... they either made some serious mistakes, or..."
She pointed to her head and said, "Either he's not in a good mental state. In any case, the people living there are all unfavored concubines."
"I see." Little Dumpling understood, but asked in confusion, "Then... why does the Second Prince also live there?"
"The Second Prince..." Shaoyao's eyes showed a clear struggle. She hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Because the Second Prince's mother was banished to the cold palace, and at that time, the Second Prince was still young, so he lived in the cold palace with his mother."
She didn't want to say more, so she quickly pulled Li Suining back and said, "County Lady Suining, if you don't want to go somewhere else, let's go back to the East Palace."
"Okay." Little Dumpling did not refuse and obediently let Shaoyao pull him back.
In fact, she kept looking back as she took every step, curious about what the future emperor would look like.
Soon, the two of them arrived at the gate of Yonghua Palace again.
Shaoyao couldn't help but sigh, "The Fifth Prince too, he was fine yesterday, why is he sick today?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a child's laughter coming from Yonghua Palace. It sounded like the Fifth Prince's. Moreover, the voice was loud and cheerful, and did not sound like that of a sick person at all.
Shaoyao thought about it for a moment and understood what was going on. She immediately looked at Li Suining with concern.
Li Suining just lowered his head obediently and said nothing. His little appearance made people feel a little pitiful.
Shaoyao sighed in her heart and couldn't help but quicken her pace.
After returning to the East Palace, Xiaotuanzi immediately said that he wanted to go play by himself and ran away alone.
Shaoyao looked at the child's back and even felt heartbroken and her eyes turned red.
She wiped her tears and hurried to find Yuan Huaihong, telling him everything that happened in Yonghua Palace.
"You mean... Baoyu is pretending to be sick? He doesn't want to play with Sister Suining?" The prince was a little surprised.
Shaoyao nodded immediately. "I think so. When we went there this morning, we didn't even enter the main gate. We were told that the Fifth Prince was ill. But when we came back, we passed by the gate of Yonghua Palace and clearly heard the Fifth Prince laughing inside. He wasn't ill at all."
Yuan Huaihong frowned.
"The Suining County Lady didn't say anything during the whole journey. She just returned to the East Palace and went out to play by herself. I guess she was looking for a place to stay because it would be hard for her to go alone."
Shaoyao couldn't help but wipe away her tears, "Princess Suining is so pitiful."
"Okay, I understand." Yuan Huaihong sighed softly. In fact, when he thought about what Concubine Yi said yesterday, he understood what was going on.
Yesterday, Imperial Concubine Yi said that she didn't want anything, including the position of Imperial Concubine. She only hoped that Yuan Baoyu could grow up healthy.
At this time, Li Suining's father was charged with treason, and Concubine Yi must have been afraid that Li Suining would implicate Yuan Baoyu in the future, so she didn't want the two children to play together.
He thought for a moment and whispered to Shaoyao, "How about this, you go out of the palace and go to Sister Sui Ning's place. I'll go over to check on her later. Don't worry."
"Yes." Shaoyao received the order.
Yuan Huaihong told her something and she immediately turned and ran away.
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