Almost no one in their small circle agreed with Xiao Yuanjin's action.
Indeed, Xiao Yuanmin was pitiful, but he was closely connected with the Queen, Xiao Lu.
Not to mention whether he would enjoy the kindness given by Xiao Yuanjin while acting as a spy for Xiao Lu, just say that if Xiao Lu had the intention to use Xiao Yuanmin, the prince whom she didn't like, to frame Xiao Yuanjin, Xiao Yuanjin would easily be unable to defend himself.
Well, okay, it’s not really accurate to say “what if”. Given how vicious Mrs. Lu is, there’s a high probability that she could do this.
Everyone was reluctant to say this in front of Xiao Yuanmin, but the look in their eyes when they looked at Xiao Yuanjin expressed similar ideas.
Xiao Yuanjin didn't say much at this time. He was about to ask everyone to eat quickly when Wu Mingyu took the initiative to come over and sit with them.
Wei Heng was the only one left, so he naturally wouldn't let himself be isolated, so he also came over carrying his lunch box.
So in the end, except for Lu Heng and Wan Jingrong who took the initiative to avoid leaving, everyone present sat in a circle.
After finishing the lunch together without any awkwardness, Yu Zizhen and others followed Xiao Yuanjin to his bedroom. The second prince Xiao Yuanmin took his two study companions to his newly assigned independent bedroom.
It is worth mentioning that when moving out of Xiao Lu's Kunning Palace, although Xiao Yuanmin tried hard to show his reluctance and uneasiness in front of Xiao Lu, he was actually so happy in his heart that he wanted to run around the entire palace three or five times.
Even after he moved out, he still had to pay his respects to Mrs. Lu every morning and evening, but after moving out, at least he could spend most of his time in the South Study and his own new bedroom with a legitimate reason.
This means that for most of the day, he no longer has to face the terrible pressure brought to him by Xiao Lu.
Although the palace servants in his new bedroom were still arranged by Xiao Lu, he still could not escape Xiao Lu's surveillance. However, those palace servants in his new bedroom were not Xiao Lu's most core confidants after all. Even if they had the courage to bully him behind his back, they would not do anything more excessive than those before.
It was like a person who had been locked up in a dungeon for many years was finally moved to a big cage above the dungeon. Although his freedom and dignity were still at large, Xiao Yuanmin couldn't help but feel grateful and happy to be able to escape from the darkness that had prevented him from seeing the sun for many years.
He followed the example of the eldest prince Xiao Yuanjin and also allocated a temporary rest room for his two study companions.
However, his genuine kindness and enthusiasm were not fully reciprocated. Although Wu Mingyu treated him with the same respect as Wei Heng on the surface, he privately did not take the Second Prince, an unappreciated child, seriously.
After Xiao Yuanmin returned to his own room, Wu Mingyu immediately came out of the room he had just been assigned to and ran to see the eunuch trusted by Xiao Lu, who was in charge of all affairs in the second prince's bedroom.
Unlike Wei Heng, who was sent to the palace by his father with ill intentions, Wu Mingyu took the initiative to fight for the opportunity to study in the Southern Study Room with the Lu family.
His mother was just a lowly concubine's daughter from a side branch of the Lu family, with little sense of presence. Apart from the fact that their family was not bullied because they were relatives of the Lu family, they were actually unable to get any real help from the Lu family.
Perhaps it was the influence of his parents' style of doing things, or perhaps it was the frustrations in life that taught him to be worldly-wise early on. In short, Wu Mingyu was different from most of his peers. At an age when he should have been innocent and pure, he had already learned the unscrupulous behavior of some adults.
Let’s put it this way, being good at dealing with people is his most positive image, but what is hidden beneath this is his habitual flattery, opportunism and double-dealing.
Not only did he not reject the unethical task that Xiao Lu assigned to him and Wei Heng, but he was eager to try it, as if he was trying to compete with Wei Heng to see who was more useful.
As soon as he entered the palace and became familiar with Xiao Yuanjin and others, he couldn't wait to run to find Xiao Lu's trusted eunuch to learn about the eldest prince and others' personalities, personalities, and preferences.
Compared with him, Wei Heng, who got the same task as him, seemed to be deliberately giving up.
Wu Mingyu, who got the intelligence first and gained favor with Xiao Lu's trusted eunuch, was complacent with his own wit, but he didn't know that Wei Heng, whom he secretly despised, wanted to take a different path from him.
Wei Heng knew that no matter how useless and unkind his father was, his grandmother would never punish her son for the sake of her grandson.
After all, as long as she has a son, there are many women who can help her give birth to a grandson, and she already has many, so it is not a rare thing. But she only has one biological son, Wei Heng's father.
In other words, if he wanted his mother, sister and himself to live a good life, he could not pin his hopes on the Lu family.
He had to take advantage of the opportunity given by his ruthless father to send him to the palace to find a way out for himself, his mother and his sister.
With this thought in mind, Wei Heng did not argue with his father just because his father had ulterior motives, wanted him to develop bad habits, and took all the blame after the incident.
He was helpless and in a difficult situation, and he just needed some external force to break the deadlock. The people in the South Study were undoubtedly the strongest external force he could get.
In order to achieve this goal, Wei Heng has decided to observe the young masters in the Southern Study carefully in the next period of time to see if there is anyone among them who is worthy of his trust and to whom he can tell everything.
What he didn't know was that Yu Zizhen was actually telling Xiao Yuanjin about Xiao Lu's vicious plan at this moment.
She relayed in her baby voice how little Madam Lu had instructed Lu Heng and Wan Jingrong to take the eldest prince and her out for fun more often, and to take them to Zhangtai horse racing, cockfighting and gambling. However, Lu Heng's mother vehemently opposed this and refused to let Lu Heng get involved no matter what. In the end, the Lu family had no choice but to look for suitable children among their relatives, and send them to the palace under the pretext of letting them be study companions for the second prince, so that they could get close to and corrupt the eldest prince and her. She spoke succinctly about this matter.
The eldest prince knew that Yu Zizhen had some special methods that could prevent others from eavesdropping, so he was not surprised that Yu Zizhen would so openly expose Xiao Lu's dirty plan.
He frowned and thought seriously for a while before saying to Yu Zizhen, "Then you must not fall for their tricks."
Yu Zizhen: ...So after thinking about it for a long time, you figured this out?
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