The Second Prince picked up the pen and liked it very much. He asked the eunuch at the door in a cheerful tone, "Who sent this pen?"
The young eunuch replied respectfully, "Your Highness, this is a gift from the Empress."
Then the Second Prince took the pen in his hand and walked towards Shen Yue's bedroom. When he entered the bedroom, he saw the Prime Minister. The Second Prince was a little confused, "Why is the Prime Minister here?"
Shen Yue hadn't expected the Second Prince to come to her chambers at this hour. Seeing the pen in his hand, she hurriedly said, "The Prime Minister asked someone at the blacksmith shop outside to make a pen for you. Do you like it?"
The Prime Minister nodded and said, "Yes, Your Highness, Second Prince, do you like this pen?"
The two of them exchanged many words. The Second Prince nodded and bowed to the Prime Minister. "Thank you very much, Prime Minister. This pen is very much to my liking."
Shen Yue relaxed her body slightly and said gently to the Second Prince, "Yu'er, go and try this pen to see if it works smoothly."
The Second Prince also had this idea and nodded immediately, "Since that's the case, mother, I will return to my room."
Shen Yue nodded and watched the Second Prince walk away, then she said to the Prime Minister expressionlessly: "Don't come to my palace next time. I don't want to see what happened today again."
"Heh, I didn't expect that the Queen didn't reveal anything to the Second Prince." The Prime Minister looked at Shen Yue with amusement, and his old hand rubbed the fair and delicate hand of the palace maid beside him.
The palace maid froze in place, her body trembling, not daring to move.
Shen Yue frowned and looked at the Prime Minister, sneered and deliberately ignored him, "Prime Minister, do you think those concubines in the Prime Minister's Mansion can no longer satisfy you?"
The man released his hand and chuckled, saying, "There are so many beauties in the Queen's palace that I am dazzled by them all."
"Did you leave behind the box of gold and silver?"
"No, the amount of money we took out this time was too much. We need to wait a while before taking it out, otherwise it will arouse suspicion."
Shen Yue snorted coldly and turned sideways with disdain, "The Prime Minister has always swallowed up a lot of money."
"Alas, the Empress has wronged me. This exquisite jadeite and even the Oriental Pearl are all on Her Majesty."
When he saw a carriage outside the palace gate after just returning from school, he knew that there must be unrest in the palace again. He tiptoed to Shen Yue's palace, but was stopped by the guards.
Bai Lingling quickly asked, "Is His Royal Highness the Second Prince in the Empress's palace?"
Seeing the guard shook his head, Bai Lingling nodded and left, going to the second prince's bedroom, "Second brother, I'm here."
The Second Prince, who was trying out the trial, opened the door when he heard Bai Lingling's voice and looked at Bai Lingling outside in surprise, "Lingling, how come you have time to come and meet Second Brother today?"
Bai Lingling smiled softly and said, "I haven't reviewed my lessons with my second brother in the past few days, so I wanted to review with him today."
The Second Prince was of course welcoming, and he made way for Bai Lingling to enter. Bai Lingling immediately noticed the pen on the desk and said, "Wow, Second Brother, your pen is so beautiful, isn't it?"
The Second Prince rubbed his nose in embarrassment. "This was made by the famous blacksmith shop outside with the help of the Prime Minister by my mother. Although it is not as exquisite as those made in the palace, it is still good."
Bai Lingling grasped the key words, "Why is the Prime Minister in the Empress's palace?"
Seeing the Second Prince nod, Bai Lingling could hardly hide her excitement, "Second brother, I'm going back to my room to get my favorite pen to show you."
He turned and left the Second Prince's room, ran back to his own room, picked up the rice paper, and wrote down what happened today on it.
Shen Yue and the Prime Minister were almost done with their plot and the Prime Minister was about to leave. "The Crown Prince is investigating corruption and I hope the Prime Minister can be more vigilant."
"He's just a rude kid. Your Majesty, you're worrying too much." The Prime Minister said this arrogantly and left the palace.
Bai Jing originally wanted to find the second prince to go to the horse farm with his brothers to relax, but he saw the prime minister coming out of the queen's palace and hiding beside a protruding wall.
Why is the Prime Minister here at this time?
After the carriage had gone far away, Bai Jing came out and hurriedly walked into the Queen's palace and went straight to the Second Prince's bedroom. When he opened the door, he saw the Second Prince practicing calligraphy diligently.
"Second brother."
The Second Prince looked up and saw Bai Jing looking at him with a complicated expression. "Brother? Why are you here at this hour?"
Bai Jing restrained his gaze and patted his shoulder in a casual manner, "It's been a long time since we brothers went to the stables to ride horses together. You've been studying so hard lately, why don't you take a break?"
The Second Prince was very excited by this suggestion. He immediately put down his brush and agreed to Bai Jing, "Okay, Mother is already very satisfied with my homework. I'm sure she won't mind if I relax today."
Bai Jing smiled and nodded, "Yes, I'm sure the Queen won't mind."
"Even though I say that, I still need to tell my mother. She will send people everywhere to look for me."
As she spoke, she couldn't wait to rush to Shen Yue's palace. The woman was in a good mood and drank the newly tributed bird's nest. She heard that long-term consumption would make the skin look refreshed.
"Mother!"
Shen Yue turned to look at the Second Prince and chuckled, "Why are you still acting like a child? What do you want from your mother?"
"Your Majesty, I haven't been to the horse ranch with my brothers for several months. My eldest brother came to me today, so I came to ask for your instructions."
The woman's eyes darkened a little when she heard Bai Jing's name, but she still told the Second Prince that he could go, "Go ahead, but you have to remember."
Before Shen Yue finished speaking, the Second Prince continued in a long voice, "You must be back before dinner."
"I am no longer a child. Mother has told me many times that I have memorized it."
Shen Yue shook her head helplessly and waved her hands, "Go ahead, go ahead. You really have a playful personality."
Bai Jing was now waiting for the Second Prince at the palace gate. She called him out and put her arm around his neck, "Let's go. Third and fourth brothers are waiting for us at the stables."
After walking for a while, Bai Jingjing started chatting casually, "Hey? Second brother, there was a carriage when I came here. Who's coming?"
"Oh, that's the Prime Minister coming to deliver something to Mother." The Second Prince spoke up without any defense. "The Prime Minister said that Mother asked him to help me order a brush outside the palace. It's the one I use when I write."
Bai Jing thought carefully about the pen. The pen body was black with golden lines on it, and the part where the pen was hung was blue. It looked like a blue crystal no matter how you looked at it.
How could a pen be so extravagant? The craftsmanship doesn't look like it was made outside the palace, but rather like it was made by a blacksmith inside the palace.
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