The Fourth Prince was dining with Concubine Rou. Concubine Rou asked the Fourth Prince what happened in the hall. The matter was very serious but Concubine Rou turned a deaf ear to what was happening outside and could only ask her son.
The fourth prince looked at his mother seriously.
"Mother, a gentleman has his share of things to do and things not to do. This matter has already passed. I hope you won't mention it again."
Seeing her son's attitude, Concubine Rou was just asking casually, so she decided not to ask any more questions.
On the other side, after the eldest prince was confined to his house, his status was much lower than before. The eunuch placed the dinner plate heavily on the table, waking up the eldest prince who was immersed in his thoughts.
The eldest prince frowned and looked at the eunuch's contemptuous eyes.
"How dare you! What's your attitude?"
Seeing the eldest prince still acting like a prince, the young eunuch gave an awkward salute and said in a sarcastic tone, "Yes, I know I am wrong, but the eldest prince has been confined to his house. Please face reality."
After saying that, she walked out with her index finger raised.
The eldest prince knew that the people in the palace were opportunists. Whoever was favored would be the one they would please, but if you fell out of favor, they would step on your head.
The eldest prince never expected that this day would come. He picked up a piece of vegetable and just put it into his mouth, he spat it out. The vegetable was not only bitter but also half-cooked. If he ate it, he would probably be poisoned.
He sighed and put down his chopsticks. This was his own punishment, the punishment given to him by his father.
He had no way of conveying information to the outside world, and the paper and pen on his desk had been taken away. He had no way of breaking through his current predicament and could only allow himself to be bullied by those snobbish servants.
At night, as the autumn air grew cooler, the eldest prince said that he always felt cold in bed. He stood up and saw that all the doors and windows were wide open for ventilation.
"Someone come! Someone come quickly!"
"Squeak--" the door opened and a young eunuch with a dissatisfied look on his face walked in.
"Your Highness, what is the matter?"
The eldest prince pointed at the wide-open doors and windows with an angry look on his face and asked, "What are you doing? Don't you know that I have to go to bed at night?"
The young eunuch frowned impatiently and said, "Your Highness, your palace has been kept closed for years, and there's a lot of mold inside. Isn't it normal to open the windows for ventilation?"
He then looked at the eldest prince sarcastically and said, "I think it's better to let everyone know. After all, everyone knows that you drugged him. It will be a good way to get rid of the bad luck."
After saying this, he ignored the eldest prince's livid face and walked out on his own.
The eldest prince was left staring at the door with gritted teeth, clenched his fists and slowly exhaled, then returned to his bedroom with a dejected back, covered with three layers of quilts.
It’s not that he didn’t dare to close the doors and windows, but if he did so, he was afraid that something more extreme would happen tomorrow.
After being confined to the palace for several days, the eldest prince was in a state of disgrace due to the dirty tricks used in the palace. The light in his eyes had dimmed a little, and he was sitting on a chair outside basking in the sun.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. The eldest prince hoped that it was Bai Lingling who came in, but was surprised to find that the person who came in was Bai Jinjin, holding a food box in her hand.
Not Bai Lingling...
The last bit of hope for Bai Lingling in his heart was extinguished. Affected by his emotions, he looked at Bai Jinjin and uttered hurtful words uncontrollably.
"Is the Ninth Princess here to laugh at my joke?"
Bai Jinjin did not respond to the eldest prince's words. She walked to the table where the food was placed, swept the food off the table with an expressionless face, and put the food box she brought on it.
The sound of breaking porcelain woke up the eunuch who had just delivered the food. He cursed and said, "My lord, I'm not saying anything bad, but you've already ended up in this situation, so stop being so picky."
Without even seeing who was inside, harsh words came out of his mouth.
When he saw that Bai Jinjin was among the people inside, he saluted Bai Jinjin in a very servile manner.
"I wonder why Your Highness the Ninth Princess is here?"
Bai Jinjin didn't even look at the little eunuch.
"Why, do I need to report to you where I go?"
The young eunuch shook his head repeatedly when he heard this.
"No, no, no, I'm just being nosy, but the Emperor has issued an oral decree that no one is allowed to visit the eldest prince."
Bai Jinjin glanced at him.
"You think the emperor will punish me, don't you?"
The young eunuch caught a glimpse of the anger in Bai Jinjin's eyes and hurriedly knelt down to admit his mistake.
"I dare not. Please calm down, Princess."
Bai Jinjin kicked the debris on the ground with her feet, and the light in her eyes was dim and unclear.
"Did you prepare this meal?"
The young eunuch hesitated for a moment and then nodded.
"Princess, this meal was prepared by me."
When Bai Jinjin heard this, a fierce look flashed in her eyes, and she kicked the young eunuch in the chest, causing the eunuch to cry out in pain.
"I'm telling you, even if the eldest prince is under house arrest, he's still a prince after all. The blood flowing in his body is royal blood. How can you bully him?"
When the young eunuch heard this, he quickly stood up and knelt on the ground trembling all over.
"Princess, please spare my life. I won't dare to do it again. Please forgive me this time."
Bai Jinjin sat down on the chair.
"Spare you? Sure. Then you can tell the Imperial Kitchen. If I ever find out that someone has taken advantage of the eldest prince's meals, living arrangements, and travels, you and those people will be dead."
Seeing that there was still hope, the young eunuch kowtowed and retreated. The Second Prince looked at Bai Jinjin with a complicated expression as she scolded the group of servants for him.
Bai Jinjin placed the food in the food box on the table one by one, and said to the eldest prince with a smile: "Brother, please enjoy your meal. This is made in the small kitchen in my palace. Try it and see if it tastes good."
The second prince nodded silently and ate the food brought by Bai Jinjin bite by bite.
He never expected that when he fell into such a state, the one who cared about him was not his brother or his beloved sister, but Bai Jinjin, whom he hated.
Bai Jinjin looked at the Second Prince's ungentlemanly way of eating, covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled secretly. The Second Prince caught a glimpse of Bai Jinjin's smile and put down his bowl and chopsticks in embarrassment.
"Thank you."
Bai Jinjin shook her head and said, "It's just a simple favor, don't worry about it, big brother."
The eldest prince felt very guilty when he saw Bai Jinjin like this.
"I'm sorry for you. I'm sorry for giving Lingling the opportunity to poison her, and I'm also sorry for getting you involved."
Bai Jinjin smiled when she heard this.
"Brother, you don't have to take all the blame on yourself for Sister Ling. I know you're not that kind of person."
The eldest prince was deeply moved when he heard this and sighed about what he had done for Bai Lingling. He was afraid that the previous incident of Bai Jinjin bullying Bai Lingling was not that simple. He believed in Bai Lingling like a possessed person at that time.
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