Chapter 424 Hate This Place That Eats People Without Sparing Bones
"It's okay." Yuan Huaihong didn't directly answer Xiao Suining's question. Instead, he comforted her, "Sister Suining, look, it's snowing so heavily outside, and there are few people walking around in the palace. You won't be seen."
The little boy thought about it and agreed. He grinned and said, "Okay, let's go together!"
Soon, the two of them packed up and went out together.
Li Suining hadn't seen such heavy snow for a long time and was very happy. At first, she let Yuan Huaihong hold her hand obediently, but later she couldn't hold him at all and insisted on running in the snow.
"Princess Suining!" Shaoyao was anxious to chase after her.
"Forget it, let her play." Yuan Huaihong stopped her and said to Li Suining with a smile, "Let her laugh and be happy for a while."
Although Xiaotuanzi rarely mentioned the Bai family's affairs after moving into the East Palace, he smiled every day and didn't look that sad.
But Yuan Huaihong knew that the child was actually mentally precocious and had a lot on his mind, but he just didn't say it because he didn't want to make the adults worry.
So, he was really happy to see her running and jumping so carefree at this moment.
"Brother Prince!" At this time, Li Suining suddenly pinched a small snowball. Seeing Yuan Huaihong looking over, she immediately threw it over. However, her strength was too small and the snowball didn't hit Yuan Huaihong at all.
"Hahaha..." But she was still very happy, laughing in the snow.
Yuan Huaihong just let her make a fuss, watching her from a distance and having fun with her.
Finally, they arrived at the gate of the cold palace.
Shaoyao took the initiative to say, "Your Highness, Princess Suining, how about I go in and tell them first?"
"No need." Yuan Huaihong shook his head. "You go to Yonghua Palace and wait. Sui Ning and I will go in."
"This..." Shaoyao felt that it was not appropriate.
"Go ahead." Yuan Huaihong nodded, then pulled Li Suining and opened the door to the cold palace. He looked down at the little guy and said, "Don't you know which room Concubine Jing lives in?"
Li Suining nodded. At this time, she remembered something, Yuan Xiaonian’s sister Leping.
If the Crown Prince knew about Leping's situation, he would definitely feel sorry for Concubine Jing and the Second Prince.
The big and the small entered the cold palace. No one cleaned the room. The snow was already quite thick and there was not a single footprint.
The little girl pointed the way with her little hand, and the two of them left two pairs of footprints, one big and one small, in the snow.
Soon, they arrived at the door of Concubine Jing's residence.
"Brother Prince, I'll go knock on the door." The little dumpling said in a milky voice.
Yuan Huaihong nodded and said worriedly, "Be careful, don't slip."
Li Suining carefully climbed the stairs and knocked on the door on tiptoe. "Empress Jing, Second Prince, are you here? I'm Suining!"
"It's Leping!" Concubine Jing turned to look at Yuan Xiaonian, and saw that Yuan Xiaonian had already stood up to open the door.
Yuan Xiaonian didn't expect Li Suining to come back in such weather, and couldn't help cursing, "It's snowing so heavily and you let her go out. How did the prince take care of her?"
Soon, the door opened. He looked down and saw Little Dumpling standing outside. The little guy was wearing a hat with a thin layer of snow on it and on his body as well.
Yuan Xiaonian immediately raised his hand to sweep away the snow and said in a deep voice, "Come in quickly!"
"Second Prince brother," the little dumpling's eyes sparkled, and he pointed behind him, "Crown Prince brother is here to see you too."
Yuan Xiaonian then looked up and saw Yuan Huaihong standing there. His face immediately turned grim.
"You go in first." He ordered Li Suining coldly, and then went out to talk to Yuan Huaihong.
"Second Prince brother," Xiaotuanzi pulled him back, "Let Crown Prince brother come in too. Let's talk about whatever you want to say inside the room."
"No!" Yuan Huaihong refused without hesitation. Seeing that Xiaotuanzi was a little disappointed, he lowered his voice and reminded him, "Don't let him know about Le Ping's existence."
"It doesn't matter." Li Suining said, "Even if the prince knew, he wouldn't tell anyone else."
Yuan Huaihong frowned, "Do you trust him so much?"
The little dumpling nodded.
"Xiao Nian, what's wrong?" Concubine Jing's worried voice came from the room, "Let Le Ping in quickly!"
Yuan Xiaonian looked at Yuan Huaihong hesitantly, and after a while he gritted his teeth and said, "Come in!"
Little Tuanzi quickly ran over and grabbed Yuan Huaihong's hand, "Brother Crown Prince, let's go."
"Thank you." Yuan Huaihong said to Yuan Xiaonian's back.
Soon, the three of them entered the house, and Yuan Xiaonian quickly closed the door again.
Yuan Huaihong looked around. It was cloudy outside and the room was even darker. There was no brazier, so it was gloomy and cold, even making people feel colder than outside.
He frowned in pain.
"Empress Jing!" Little Dumpling ran over and stood obediently beside Concubine Jing's legs. "Empress, how are you feeling recently? Have you missed me? Have you finished knitting the gloves?"
Concubine Jing looked at the little girl and smiled with the corners of her mouth curved. "Little Leping, how many days haven't you come to see me? Have you almost forgotten me?"
Yuan Xiaonian listened to Concubine Jing's words and looked up at Yuan Huaihong.
Yuan Huaihong's brows furrowed even deeper.
"No, I've just been a little busy lately." Li Suining said coquettishly to Concubine Jing, "Your Majesty, please don't be angry with me."
"Little fool, how could your mother be angry with you?" Concubine Jing gently pinched Li Suining's nose and picked up the gloves on the table. "Leping, try them on! Your mother has already knitted the gloves."
"Wow, so beautiful." Little Dumpling immediately cooperated and tried it.
Yuan Huaihong had a bad suspicion. He walked over to Yuan Xiaonian and asked in a low voice, "What's going on? Concubine Jing's illness...isn't it healed yet?"
Yuan Xiaonian sneered. It turned out that Yuan Huaihong thought that Concubine Jing's brain was not working well after hearing these words. "You are wrong. Her brain has been well for a long time."
"Then..." Yuan Huaihong asked hesitantly, "Who is Le Ping?"
"Who do you think it is?" Yuan Xiaonian's voice was chilling, making the whole room even colder.
Yuan Huaihong recalled and shook his head, "When Concubine Jing was sent to the cold palace, she must have been examined by the imperial physician. She couldn't be pregnant. Then Le Ping..."
Yuan Xiaonian took a step closer to Yuan Huaihong and whispered in his ear, "Le Ping... is the daughter my mother had left after being forced by a guard. She died a long time ago."
"How could this happen?" Yuan Huaihong's eyes widened in shock. "How could this happen? Didn't you...didn't you tell Father?"
"Yuan Huaihong, do you think I'm a fool?" Yuan Xiaonian grabbed Yuan Huaihong's collar and said, "If that guy knew about this, do you think my mother would still be alive today?"
“…” Yuan Huaihong was speechless. Indeed, if something like this happened, Concubine Jing would have no chance of survival.
He suddenly felt a little bit reluctant and hated this place even more, as it was a place that suffocated him.
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