"Keep it, keep it. You know, Mother always keeps track of what she buys, and the receipt is in my ledger." Madam Xia's expression finally softened a bit.
"If anything really happens, that certificate will be the best proof. Mother, please keep it safe," Xia Siqi solemnly instructed.
"Alright, alright, I've got it." Madam Xia glanced around. "This is a dangerous place. Let's avoid getting into trouble. Let's head back to the manor as soon as possible."
"Um."
at the same time.
The palace was in complete chaos.
Emperor Yuanwu was furious: "Go and bring the eldest prince to me."
"Father, I am innocent!" The eldest prince knelt on the ground, crying and shouting. "I am acquainted with the manager of Lingyu Pavilion, but I have never taken any imperial items out of the palace."
"All the imperial items circulating outside the palace are made by Lingyu Pavilion. How exactly do you intend to explain this?" Emperor Yuanwu was furious.
"Your subject... Your subject truly did not know, Father." The eldest prince cried his heart out, as if it were himself, not Lai Shanzi, who was now imprisoned.
“There have been rumors circulating outside, and I’ve always turned a blind eye. But now you’re becoming increasingly audacious,” Emperor Yuanwu said helplessly.
"Father, Father, are you really going to punish me just because of some rumors? I'm innocent!" the eldest prince cried out.
"Your tutor in the Imperial Study has mentioned to me several times that you haven't been to the study for quite some time. You're not staying in the palace all day. What are you doing running around outside?" Emperor Yuanwu frowned deeply in anger: "A prince who doesn't act like a prince at all, just thinking about some unorthodox things."
"Father, it was my fault. I already know everything I was taught in the Imperial Study." The eldest prince said aggrievedly, "I just wanted to go outside the palace to see if there was anything else suitable for me to learn. I did not do anything out of line. Please understand, Father."
"You've learned it all? Life is finite, but knowledge is infinite. You're quite something, having read a few books of sages and learned everything from ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign." Emperor Yuanwu's face turned ashen with anger: "I've already sent people to interrogate that Lai Shanzi properly. I want to see what abilities he has that allowed him to obtain these imperial items."
"Father..." The eldest prince wanted to plead for mercy.
All I could see was Emperor Yuanwu's gloomy face.
The words that were on the tip of his tongue were swallowed back down.
"Go to your prince's quarters and reflect on your mistakes behind closed doors. I really don't know how your mother raised you. Just looking at you makes me so angry I could die." Emperor Yuanwu sighed.
"Father." The eldest prince moved his lips.
It seems like they want to say something.
But when her gaze met Emperor Yuanwu's gloomy face, she swallowed back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
Emperor Yuanwu, seeing his incompetent state, angrily turned and left.
The eldest prince knelt for a while before standing up.
Seeing his dazed expression, Wu Jixiang hurriedly reached out to support him: "Your Highness, the Emperor is in a fit of anger. Since the Emperor has ordered you to go to the Prince's Office and die in seclusion, we will not say anything more."
"Eunuch Jixiang, does Father Emperor dislike me anymore? Will he never summon me again?" the eldest prince asked timidly.
"Oh dear, Your Highness, what are you saying? Don't worry unnecessarily."
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