Bai Jinjin gave a decent smile.
"The elder sister was able to raise questions and let the younger sister solve them, which almost stumped the younger sister. So, the younger sister decided to drink milk tea instead."
I almost ruined a good party because of you, a woman. You want me to toast you with wine? Are you dreaming?
Bai Lingling in the audience almost couldn't hold back her smile when she heard this. In order to hide her gaffe, she covered her mouth with her sleeve, leaving only her almond-shaped eyes to move around, and then she drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
"In that case, I'll drink a glass myself to apologize to my younger sister."
Bai Jinjin also drank the milk tea in the cup properly, and her almond-shaped eyes gradually turned into a crescent-shaped smile that became brighter and brighter.
"You're too polite, sister. I'm not blaming you. I'm thanking you."
Thank you. Now the rumors about me in the palace will die down. I still have to respond to you with polite words here.
Bai Jinjin's face is cute, and there is a little baby fat on her fair face. When she smiles, she looks like a lucky doll, which makes many people fall in love with her.
"This Ninth Princess is truly a delicate and beautiful girl."
The lady beside her responded, "Yes, what a lovely child! It seems that the Emperor protects the Ninth Princess very well."
The other lady felt differently.
"Madam Lin, you're wrong. The Ninth Princess is so adorable. The few steps she took to compose a poem just now also show that she is a very clever and eccentric child."
Madam Lin nodded in agreement, looking at the lady beside her with a charming smile and saying, "If you ask me, this Ninth Princess is so adorable. I want to wait until after her coming-of-age ceremony and send an invitation to the Emperor to betroth the Ninth Princess to our Zhan'er."
Lin Shuzhan suddenly interrupted and said, "Mother, how can we explain this matter in this kind of situation?"
Mrs. Lin looked at her son awkwardly. Lin Shuzhan had seen Bai Jinjin when he was a child. At that time, he fell into a hole and was thinking about how to climb out.
A small, delicate little ball appeared above the cave entrance, grinning at him, and telling him a story out of fear that he would be scared.
"Brother, don't be afraid. If Jinjin disappears for an incense stick of time, someone will come looking for me and I can come out."
For some reason, the young Lin Shuzhan listened to Bai Jinjin's words, nodded, and sat motionless in the cave waiting for someone to come and rescue him.
Sure enough, not long after, the anxious cries of the maids and eunuchs could be heard not far away. Bai Jinjin put her hands to her mouth and called out loudly to the maids and eunuchs in her childish voice.
As footsteps came, Ye Shuzhan was pulled out by many eunuchs. Bai Jinjin was wearing a pure white brocade long skirt, but she wiped the dust off Lin Shuzhan's face with her sleeves without any disgust, with an innocent smile on her face.
"Brother, your face is so dirty, let Jinjin wipe it for you."
It was such an innocent smile that stunned Lin Shuzhan and bound Bai Jinjin's smile firmly in his memory.
That's why he glanced at Bai Jinjin when he saw her becoming more and more beautiful in the hall.
The lady standing by took a look at Lin Shuzhan's face and looked at Mrs. Lin awkwardly.
"I think if Shu Zhan goes to ask for marriage, the emperor will probably agree."
General Fuyuan listened at the side and thought it was feasible at this time, and silently kept this sentence in mind.
The more the queen looked at Linglong, the angrier she became. She bowed to Bai Juncheng, said she was not feeling well, and retreated to the side hall.
As soon as she stepped into the side hall, Linglong knelt at the queen's feet.
"Queen, please spare my life!"
The queen kicked Linglong with a gloomy face, and her platoon shoes hit Linglong's stomach hard.
"Forgive you? Is this what you promised me, that there will be no mistakes?"
Ruyi handed over the whip, and the queen took it and whipped Linglong with her backhand.
"How did you promise me that?"
Another whip fell on Linglong, but Linglong didn't dare to scream. If she screamed, she would probably suffer more.
"Your Majesty, I don't know!"
The sinister expression on Shen Yue's face completely destroyed the overall beauty.
"Don't know? You told me that the Second Prince could even figure out Bai Lingling's thoughts. Is that how he figured it out?"
Another whip hit Linglong's waist. The pain made Linglong's pupils dilate and she let out a shrill scream. Ruyi was afraid that others would hear it, so she stuffed the white cloth beside her into Linglong's mouth.
In the end, Linglong had lost the ability to resist and could only make sounds of pain.
Shen Yue was tired from the fight and was breathing heavily. Ruyi helped her to a chair. Shen Yue rubbed her forehead and said softly, "Linglong, I'll give you one last chance. If you fail again this time, then..."
Linglong listened to Shen Yue's soft voice but seemed to be greatly frightened. She must be afraid of her martial arts ability. She was more afraid of the Queen's sinister tricks, which would really kill her without a burial place.
She was so distracted that she could only nod out of her survival instinct, and then fainted.
Ruyi came out from behind with several maids following her, and sent Linglong back to Shen Yue's palace through a secret path. The second prince saw that the queen on the phoenix chair was nowhere to be seen, and asked the maid with some concern, and learned that the queen had gone to a side hall.
Then he left the table and went to the side hall. Chen Yue was still discussing with Ruyi how to keep Bai Yu away from Bai Jinjin without getting angry.
The door creaked shut, and Shen Yue's heart skipped a beat in fear. Seeing that the Second Prince was just looking at her with a worried look, Shen Yue finally felt relieved.
"Yu'er? What's wrong?"
The Second Prince bowed and said, "I didn't see Mother during the feast. I heard from the maid that she was unwell, so I came to see her."
The woman expressed her relief that her son still liked her.
"Yu'er, listen to what your mother says. Shouldn't you stay away from Bai Lingling?"
In fact, when Shen Yue said this, she was not sure how her son would react. She did not expect that the Second Prince would be so calm.
"Mother? Why? Lingling is just Erchen's sister."
Shen Yue rolled her eyes and considered her words carefully before saying, "What the Queen Mother meant is that you two are gradually growing up and it's time for you to differentiate between boys and girls."
The second prince was a little confused. Did he have to consider the gender difference when playing with his own sister?
"Mother, your son does not quite understand what you mean."
Her son was simply too stubborn. Suddenly, an idea flashed through Shen Yue's mind. Then, she looked at the Second Prince with a worried look and said, "Alas, Queen Mother Yu'er knows that you care about Lingling, but if you don't become stronger, Lingling will always be bullied."
The second prince was a little shocked.
"What does this mean, mother?"
Shen Yue looked at the Second Prince with concern and said, "Yu'er, you can only better protect Lingling if you make yourself stronger."
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