Seeing that he was silent, Bai Jinjin snorted coldly, "Your Highness the Third Prince is very confident and righteous. Why is he silent now?"
Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother also frowned, "Yan'er, what on earth is going on?"
"It's my grandson's fault. I wrongly accused the Ninth Princess without sorting out the clues." The Third Prince was unwilling to explain the reason, but admitted his mistake.
Bai Jinjin wanted to sneer at the Third Prince's behavior, but she had to hold it back since the Queen Mother was present.
Bai Jinjin pulled up her sleeves in grievance, letting the Queen Mother see the redness and swelling on her hands. "Grandma, look."
"How could it be so serious?" The Queen Mother touched Bai Jinjin's soft little hand with heartache and gently rubbed the red and swollen area.
The Third Prince hadn't expected that her wrist would become red and swollen after he had only tugged lightly. "You're too delicate! How come it's red and swollen when I just tugged on you?"
"Just a slight pull?" Bai Jinjin laughed angrily.
The Queen Mother glared at the Third Prince, "Jinjin is your sister, how could you be so rude as to pull a girl's hand?"
Bai Jinjin didn't feel wronged at all, but she had to teach the third prince a lesson. He grew up with the empress dowager but he didn't develop any common sense at all!
"Grandma Empress, please help Jinjin. This is not the first time that Third Brother has treated Jinjin like this." Bai Jinjin looked at the Empress Dowager with red eyes.
The Queen Mother also understood that although the Third Prince had been by her side for a long time, he could not calm down.
"Yan'er, hurry up and apologize to Jinjin." The Queen Mother gave the order.
"Grandma, my grandson did nothing wrong." The third prince refused to admit his mistake.
Bai Jinjin burst into tears, "Sister Ling is your sister, but am I not?"
The Queen Mother felt very uncomfortable after hearing these words.
"Since this matter is related to the Sixth Princess, let's ask the Sixth Princess." The Queen Mother then remembered that this matter was related to Bai Lingling.
Soon, Bai Lingling was brought over by Nanny Zhu.
"Lingling meets the Queen Mother." Bai Lingling said.
The Queen Mother nodded expressionlessly, "You said the Ninth Princess beat you, is that true?"
Bai Lingling's heart skipped a beat and she looked at the Third Prince, "Yes, Queen Mother."
"Sister Ling, when did I offend you?" Bai Jinjin burst into tears when she heard Bai Lingling's words.
Bai Jinjin covered her face and said, "I'll let you trip me up and see how I'll deal with you."
"Grandma Empress, Lingling is also a victim in this matter. Why do you want to ask her?" The third prince hurriedly stood in front of Bai Lingling to stop her.
"Yan'er, I'm just asking a few questions. What are you doing?" The Queen Mother looked at the Third Prince with dissatisfaction.
Upon hearing this, the third prince stepped aside in silence.
Bai Lingling's body stiffened. It seemed that the Third Prince could not help her.
"It's true." Bai Lingling could only agree reluctantly.
Hearing this, Bai Jinjin placed her hand on the empress dowager's arm and gently pressed it, "Sister Ling, you said I hit you? Do you have any evidence?"
"Aren't the bamboo sticks in your palace evidence?" the third prince said stiffly.
Bai Jinjin was really going crazy. "I've explained many times that those are used to weave bamboo boxes, and they are not long. How can I beat Sister Ling!"
"Bai Lingling, tell me how you were beaten?" asked the Queen Mother.
"Lingling, I was knocked unconscious and I really can't remember how I was beaten." Bai Lingling could only make the excuse that she was knocked unconscious.
"In that case, it is very likely that it was not done by the Ninth Princess. How do you know that it was the Ninth Princess who hit you?" The Queen Mother said as she sat aside with Bai Jinjin.
Bai Lingling gave a stiff smile, "Before she passed out, Lingling saw that the young eunuch was carrying the Ninth Princess's badge."
"Sister Ling, you must have seen it wrong. There are only palace maids in my palace, no eunuchs." Bai Jinjin said hurriedly.
"Then, maybe I saw it wrong." Bai Lingling lowered her head in embarrassment.
The third prince looked at Bai Lingling with some complexity. What she said now was different from what he heard.
"Hmph, in that case, Sixth Princess, please apologize to Jinjin." The Queen Mother said indifferently to Bai Lingling.
Bai Lingling pursed her lips, her fingers already embedded in the flesh. The Queen Mother addressed Bai Lingling so distinctly, what was there for her not to understand?
"I'm sorry, Sister Jin, I'm responsible for causing you harm due to my negligence." Bai Lingling bowed reluctantly to Bai Jinjin.
Bai Jinjin smiled with satisfaction, "Sister Ling, you're too polite."
"Yan'er, now that everything has been clarified, shouldn't you apologize as well?" The Queen Mother looked at the Third Prince with a sharp gaze.
The Third Prince pursed his lips and cupped his fist towards Bai Jinjin, "I'm so sorry, Ninth Princess."
Seeing that both of them apologized to him, the anger in his heart immediately subsided a lot.
"Jinjin is being too fussy about this matter." Bai Jinjin also returned a salute to the third prince.
The empress dowager was very satisfied with the balance between the two. She had always thought that the Ninth Princess was full of tricks, but she didn't expect that she was also good at etiquette. Concubine Ye taught her well.
"Okay, now that the matter has been resolved, if the Sixth Princess has nothing else to do, please leave first," said the Queen Mother.
Bai Lingling's face immediately turned pale. She was clearly a princess, yet she was summoned and dismissed at will. "Yes, Lingling, I'll take my leave now."
Wait until Bai Lingling walked out.
"Yan'er, what food did you bring for me?" Seeing that the matter had been resolved, the Queen Mother softened her tone and said to the Third Prince.
Seeing this, the Third Prince took the food box beside him and said, "This contains plum blossom cakes, which are the best cakes made by the imperial kitchen. The Empress Dowager has been saying that her mouth has no taste lately, so let's try this today."
"Yan'er is thoughtful. Let me try it." The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction and picked up a piece of cake and put it into her mouth.
Bai Jinjin, who was watching from the side, was drooling. She hadn't eaten plum cake or anything like that for a week.
Bai Jinjin's gaze was so intense that the Queen Mother turned her head and saw her sparkling eyes. She couldn't help but look at Bai Jinjin and said, "Why, Jinjin, do you want to eat this plum blossom cake too?"
"Can I?" Bai Jinjin immediately became alert after hearing what the Queen Mother said.
Seeing how excited she was, the Queen Mother handed her a piece even though she didn't know why. "Then Jinjin, please eat with me."
"Thank you, Grandma." Bai Jinjin was really grateful. She was so greedy.
All the princesses eat cakes in small bites, which best reflects their etiquette.
Although Bai Jinjin doesn't eat big, her mouthfuls are quite large.
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