A man dressed in gray linen clothes, looking mysterious, spoke to the man with him.
Lin Yuxin paused in her tea-drinking motion.
"Really? This Ninth Prince is the Empress's son, right? Wasn't he supposed to have died when he was only a few months old?"
The man to his left looked incredulous and asked.
"You wouldn't know this, would you? I have someone in the palace who told me that the Ninth Prince was tricked out of the palace by Consort Xiao. He was originally supposed to be executed, but the wet nurse had a soft heart and didn't kill him. She just abandoned him by the river, where he was picked up and raised by someone."
The man in linen confidently recounted the palace's secrets, showing no fear of being blamed.
"Really? That Consort Xiao was really audacious. But she's no longer a consort; she's been banished to the Cold Palace and executed! She truly deserved it! She committed countless evil deeds."
The man on the left was also very indignant; this former imperial concubine was indeed a bit ruthless.
"Who says otherwise? I heard that the Ninth Prince had a hard life in his adoptive father's house since he was a child. He was often hungry and was later sold."
The man in the burlap nodded, expressing his strong agreement.
"And then? And then?"
The man in white on the right also began to press for answers.
"Later, it is said that he was rescued by Princess Pingning and taken in to take care of him. Princess Pingning is truly beautiful and kind-hearted! She helped even a stranger's child and took him in to raise him. I heard that Princess Pingning also found a martial arts teacher for the Ninth Prince, saying that he should learn martial arts so that he would not be bullied in the future."
The man in linen spoke of Princess Pingning with admiration and appreciation.
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