"I want to go with my brother. Can you take me out of the palace?" Ye Jinghe blinked her big eyes and looked at Ye Jingchen pitifully.
After spending this time together, he has figured out which expressions are most effective on his brother.
Ye Jingchen originally planned to take him out of the palace with him. Given Ye Jinghe's previous experience of being trapped in Changchun Palace, it would be better to take him to more lively and popular places.
Besides, didn't everyone in the palace say that he had epilepsy?
Such gossip will inevitably reach outside the palace sooner or later. The common people love to hear gossip about the royal family. Three men can make a tiger, and in the end, the rumors might become something else entirely.
If the rumors that Ye Jinghe suffers from epilepsy are confirmed among the people of the capital, influenced by these rumors and prejudices, even if he appears in public with a normal appearance later, not many people will believe him.
However, as long as he frequently takes Ye Jinghe out of the palace to play and keeps Ye Jinghe in the public eye, who will believe those nonsense stories?
"Your Highness, things have been rather unsettled outside the palace lately. His Majesty is worried that you and the Fifth Prince might encounter danger if you leave the palace," Fangfei said, trying to comfort him, remembering the Emperor's instructions.
His Highness the Crown Prince has always been willful and capricious, and if he insists on bringing the Fifth Prince along, there is nothing they can do to stop him.
Thinking of this, Fangfei couldn't help but feel a little worried.
After all, ever since the Fifth Prince was brought back to the Eastern Palace, the Crown Prince had always granted his every request.
Ye Jingchen noticed Fangfei's nervousness and found it somewhat strange.
Although it is more dangerous outside the palace than inside, he will bring the Eastern Palace Guards, and Chenxi will protect him. He will also be followed by countless secret guards. Even the emperor will send people to follow him. Even if there is any danger, they will nip it in the bud.
Despite thinking this way, could he recklessly disobey the emperor's order when the emperor had clearly stated that Ye Jinghe could not be taken out of the palace?
Of course not!
He's not that arrogant!
Even if he was favored by the emperor and could make the emperor compromise and yield to him repeatedly, in this era of supreme imperial power, the emperor's favor was the foundation of his position, and he could not afford to squander it.
Ye Jinghe had been secretly observing Ye Jingchen's changing expression. His brother had been hesitant, but Fangfei's words changed his demeanor.
Yet another person trying to drive a wedge between him and his brother!
Ye Jinghe glanced coldly at Fang Fei.
Feeling the chill, Fangfei followed Ye Jinghe's gaze and quickly lowered her head.
"Jinghe, wait for me to come back and have dinner with you. I'll bring you a gift." Ye Jingchen smiled and patted Ye Jinghe's little head.
Despite his young age, he has a rather fierce look in his eyes.
"Can't I really leave the palace with my brother?" Ye Jinghe asked dejectedly, his head bowed, concealing the coldness in his eyes.
"I'll definitely take you with me next time I leave the palace!" Ye Jingchen promised him.
Realizing that Ye Jingchen's mind was not going to change, Ye Jinghe lowered his head even further.
Ye Jingchen gently patted his head and waited patiently for him.
After a long while—
"Okay." When Ye Jinghe looked up again, his eyes were red and swollen, as if he had been crying.
"Then brother must be careful. I'll be waiting for you to come back at the East Palace."
Ye Jingchen couldn't help but reach out and rub his face.
This younger brother has mastered the art of making him feel sorry for him to the point of perfection.
He asked Fang Xi and Fang Rui to lead Ye Jinghe to lunch, and Ye Jinghe could only leave reluctantly.
"Your Highness, it's inconvenient to travel. Shall we go change into something more presentable?" Fangfei said to Ye Jingchen.
Ye Jingchen glanced at his wide-sleeved robe and nodded. This outfit was indeed inconvenient for leaving the palace.
"Have some pastries to fill your stomachs first, and I'll treat you to lunch at Zuixianlou later," Ye Jingchen said to Yun Shu and the others. After saying that, he went with Fangfei to the bedroom to change clothes.
After a while, Fangluo came to deliver a message, saying that His Highness the Crown Prince had already taken a carriage to the palace gate to wait, and asked the three companions and lecturers to also go to the palace gate.
No one suspected anything, and they immediately headed to Donghua Gate.
Outside Donghua Gate, in addition to the carriages of the three families, there was indeed an extra luxurious carriage.
Through several layers of thin gauze, one could vaguely see a small child sitting in the carriage; judging from his figure, it was none other than His Highness the Crown Prince.
The servants and guards waiting outside the palace gates hurriedly helped their young masters board their carriages. The two lecturers, having no carriages available, hitched a ride in the carriage belonging to the Minister of Rites.
After everyone boarded, the four carriages, led by the East Palace's carriage, slowly headed towards Zuixianlou.
In the Crown Prince's bedroom, Fangfei first burned incense, then found several sets of clothes for Ye Jingchen to try on.
Ye Jingchen was immediately overwhelmed by the situation. He randomly picked a set, took off his own clothes, and put on the one he had chosen. The whole process was done in one smooth motion, in less than three minutes.
"Your Highness, this outfit you chose doesn't really suit your skin tone. Why don't you try another one?"
"No need, they're still waiting!" Ye Jingchen said dismissively.
He wasn't going to a beauty pageant; he was just strolling around outside the palace. Why would he need to match his skin tone?
“Of course it’s necessary. What if someone recognizes you outside the palace?” Fangfei said.
Ye Jingchen hesitated for a moment.
Then he suddenly felt a little dizzy.
"Fangfei, what incense did you light just now? Why do you feel dizzy?" Ye Jingchen asked, rubbing his head.
“It’s a calming incense that His Majesty gave to His Highness,” Fangfei replied.
Why did the emperor suddenly send him calming incense?
He's not Ye Jinghe, who needs calming incense to soothe his nerves!
No, he's about to leave the palace, so why is Fangfei giving him some calming incense? Is she trying to prevent him from leaving?
And what kind of calming incense can make someone this dizzy? Its effect is almost comparable to a sleeping potion!
"Dawn—" Ye Jingchen shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Chenxi, put out the incense and bring me some water, I want to drink some!" Ye Jingchen said, leaning on the corner of the table.
"No! His Majesty ordered this incense to be lit, and His Majesty did it to protect His Highness!" Fangfei stepped forward and blocked the incense burner.
Why did the emperor do this?
If you don't want him to leave the palace, you can just refuse. Why make things so complicated?
Her head was getting dizzier and dizzier, and the other palace maids in the bedchamber were also swaying, but Fangfei was completely unaffected and remained perfectly clear-headed.
"Chenxi, you are my personal bodyguard. Now I order you to extinguish the incense and wake me up!" Ye Jingchen managed to say these words before his consciousness faded into chaos.
Chenxi flashed to Ye Jingchen's side, caught him before he fell to the ground, and then carried him to the bed.
Then he went to the incense burner.
"You can't listen to His Highness! His Majesty is doing this for His Highness's own good!" Fangfei spread her arms, trying to stop Chenxi.
"I am his bodyguard," Chenxi said, extinguishing the incense with a wave of her hand.
"His Majesty intends to use a fake crown prince as bait to lure someone with ulterior motives to assassinate the heir apparent, so His Highness the Crown Prince must not wake up!" Fangfei knew that she could not stop Chenxi at all, so she revealed the emperor's plan in its entirety.
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