Chapter 370 You actually deceived this prince for so long
"Haha..." Yuan Huaihong couldn't help but sneer, "Is it Concubine Jing who is afraid it's poisonous? Or is it you, a servant, who thinks it's poisonous?"
"I dare not, I dare not!" The maids and eunuchs on the ground were terrified.
Yuan Huaihong spoke slowly, "As far as I know, the current Concubine Jing no longer recognizes anyone. Tell me, why would a Concubine Jing who doesn't recognize anyone and can't even get enough to eat throw away the things you sent her?"
In one sentence, everyone was dumbfounded.
Shaoyao, who had been waiting nearby, also sensed something was amiss and couldn't help but mutter, "Yes, Concubine Jing doesn't understand anything anymore, but she's hungry and there's no way she'll refuse food."
She remembered that the prince had sent people to deliver it several times, but it was thrown away every time. Could it be... that they were all fake?
She looked at Yuan Huaihong in shock.
The people kneeling were sweating profusely and begging for mercy.
"Your Highness, please spare us. We really don't know what's going on."
"Yes, Your Highness, maybe... maybe Concubine Jing has gone crazy and doesn't recognize food anymore. Who knows?"
"Your Highness, I really don't know what's going on here."
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"You won't tell me, right?" Yuan Huaihong didn't believe that they were innocent. The key point was that this was not the first time, but it had happened countless times. If it weren't for Xiaotuanzi's words to wake him up today, he would really have been deceived by these dogs.
He ordered Shaoyao in a cold voice, "Shaoyao, go call Lord Li from the Ministry of Punishment..."
"Your Highness," the leading maid turned pale upon hearing the words of the Minister of Punishment. She crawled in front of Yuan Huaihong and cried, "Your Highness, please have mercy on us. This matter... really has nothing to do with us."
Yuan Huaihong kicked the man away. He was obviously in a bad mood at the moment.
"You bastards," Shaoyao couldn't help but curse, "In the East Palace, the master treats you well, doesn't he? Yet you all have other thoughts in mind. You deserve to die!"
"Sister Shaoyao, no, no..." The maids burst into tears, "We...we absolutely don't have any bad intentions towards our master. As for delivering food to the cold palace..."
In fact, at this time, Yuan Huaihong had already guessed, "My mother ordered you to do this, right?"
The leading maid wiped her tears. Now that things had come to this, she knew she could no longer hide it.
"Your Highness, what is the Eastern Palace, and who are you? Why are you so eager to deliver things to those crazy people in the Cold Palace? Isn't this... beneath your dignity?"
"The Empress is also thinking about you. It's okay if you do this once or twice, but if they accept the gifts, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely send gifts frequently, and if the Emperor finds out..."
The maid said sincerely, "Your Highness, the Queen is also thinking about you."
Yuan Huaihong turned around and faced away from the crowd. He had heard such remarks too many times.
Since he was a child, the Queen has interfered with his decisions countless times, using the excuse of doing it for him and considering him.
But he didn't expect that the queen would not let him fulfill his wish even for such a small gesture.
Moreover, these people behind him were all palace servants whom he trusted, but he didn't expect... that they had always been the Queen's people.
Yuan Huaihong felt very tired and didn't want to say a word. This prince... he never wanted to be one, but because of this identity, he had to do too many things.
"But if the Crown Prince is the ruler of all people in the future," the little girl said in a baby voice as she carefully climbed down from the chair, "then the ladies in the cold palace and the Second Prince are all his subjects. How can it be beneath him to care for his subjects?"
The maid was obviously stunned for a moment.
Little Dumpling walked up to the prince and said, "On the contrary, I think what the prince did is very good. I support the prince."
She tilted her head back and looked at Yuan Huaihong, "Brother Crown Prince, I'm willing to go to the cold palace to deliver food for you."
"You want to go?" Yuan Huaihong was slightly surprised.
Shaoyao immediately stepped forward and said, "It's okay. There's no need to trouble the county lady to make a trip. I'll take people over and deliver the things to Concubine Jing."
Little Dumpling shook his head, feeling it was inappropriate. "But if the Queen knew about this, she would definitely punish Sister Shaoyao."
She patted her chest and said, "It's okay if I go. The Queen won't punish me. Besides, I don't represent the Eastern Palace."
She lowered her voice and whispered, "I only represent the Crown Prince."
"But..." Shaoyao didn't know how to persuade Li Suining, so she could only look at Yuan Huaihong for help. "Your Highness, this is inappropriate, isn't it? What if... Princess Suining meets the Second Prince?"
"Is the Second Prince very fierce?" Li Suining asked seriously, "Even fiercer than my second and sixth brothers?"
Yuan Huaihong frowned. He didn't know whether You Zhu was vicious or not, but he had indeed seen Bai Yu'an.
The name of the second young master of the Bai family was once well-known in the imperial city and even in the palace. Almost no one dared to approach him, but now... Bai Yu'an obviously regarded the little dumpling as a treasure.
The little girl was full of confidence. "Even if the Second Prince is more aggressive than them, I'm not afraid. No one would bully a child for no reason, right? Besides, I'm here to bring them food. The Second Prince won't make things difficult for me."
Yuan Huaihong thought about it and decided that it would be most appropriate to let Li Suining deliver it.
"Okay then." He squatted in front of the little girl and looked at her seriously. "Then please ask Sister Suining to run over and have Shaoyao wait for you outside. If you encounter any danger, just shout. Do you understand?"
"Well, don't worry." Little Dumpling nodded vigorously, "Don't worry, Prince. Leave it to me."
Yuan Huaihong couldn't help laughing and immediately asked someone to prepare new food boxes.
But this time, we can't prepare too much. First, time is tight, and second, little Tuanzi can't carry so much.
He asked the kitchen to prepare some snacks that Concubine Jing used to like.
Soon, Shaoyao took some snacks and set off with Li Suining.
On the way, Shaoyao couldn't help but say in admiration, "The county lady is really smart. This matter has really been kept secret from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a long time. I didn't expect that the county lady would actually see through it."
"Hehe..." Little Dumpling grinned, "That's because I know people won't refuse food when they are very hungry."
Only those who have experienced it can understand how unbearable hunger is.
Once at the Li family, she hadn't eaten for several days. Qian brought her a steamed bun and told her that there was rat poison in it.
But at that time, Li Suining was starving to death, and she wouldn't care even if there was rat poison.
She ate voraciously, but Qian still called her a fool.
The two of them talked and laughed, and soon arrived at the door of the cold palace. Shaoyao handed the food box to Xiaotuanzi.
"Princess Suining, please go in. I'll be waiting here. Don't worry about the gate. If anything happens, just give me a shout and I'll come in to find you."
"Okay." The little dumpling had to use both hands to lift the food box, then he clumsily walked through the door and entered the cold palace.
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