Upon hearing this, He Wan paused in her actions, bowed, and said, "Fifth Young Master, it's a long story. The Empress Dowager is currently speaking with His Highness the Crown Prince in the palace. Would you please let her in to listen? I'll go and inform the kitchen to prepare the meal."
Upon hearing this, Xuandi did not make things difficult for Hewan and walked towards the hall.
The two little ones had already run into the hall and rushed towards the kind-faced Empress Dowager at the head of the table. One called out "Grandmother" and the other "Grandmother," both in soft and sweet voices.
As for the little bun, it had already been lured back into the arms of the Crown Prince by a plate of snacks.
The Empress Dowager looked up and saw Xuandi enter. Her loving smile vanished instantly. She gave Xuandi a cold look and let out a snort.
Xuan Di looked at the Empress Dowager's changing expression, raised his eyebrows in confusion, and then caught a glimpse of Huo Chengche with narrow eyes and a smile, watching him enter. He suddenly realized what was going on.
This guy still remembers that joke from this morning! He doesn't actually want people to think he's gay, does he?
Xuan Di's already dark and smelly face became even darker and smellier, resembling a stinking ditch!
"Your Highness, please don't stare at me like that. I still want to eat dinner tonight." Don't disgust me!
Huo Chengche's narrow eyes were deep and unfathomable. He smiled at Xuan Di with an ambiguous expression and said, "What is the Fifth Young Master worried about? If you are not full at the Empress Dowager's place, you can come to my palace tonight. Anyway, the Fifth Young Master is staying in my Xiaochen Palace. I will definitely feed the Fifth Young Master well."
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Before Xuandi could even exhale, Huo Chengche blew another breath into his mouth, which was disgusting and infuriating.
"cough!"
However, before Xuandi could continue flirting with Huo Chengche, the Empress Dowager at the head of the table, her face as dark as the bottom of a pot, coughed loudly, coldly interrupting the two's "exchanging glances".
"Alright, before serving the meal, I have some important matters to discuss." The Empress Dowager's stern and displeased voice rang out.
Xuan Di thought of He Wan's words and recalled how his expression changed when he returned to the palace and saw his sister and Huo Chengche.
When it came to serious matters, Huo Chengche lost all interest in fooling around with Xuandi. He sat up straight, nodded in agreement, and even took the time to hold the little gluttonous baby in his arms, who was almost climbing onto the table.
Xuandi noticed Huo Chengche's reaction out of the corner of his eye and knew that something had indeed happened.
He had no choice but to suppress his anger, take a deep breath, and bow to the Empress Dowager, saying "Yes," before sitting down next to Huo Chengche.
He glanced at the little dumpling who was happily eating with his cheeks puffed out, his long eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he asked eagerly about his sister, "You just asked me if I encountered anything strange outside the palace, could it be that something strange happened between you and Niannian in the palace?"
Huo Chengche glanced at Xuan Di and recounted their encounters with Cheng Wenli and his daughter, the Grand Preceptor of Changxu, and Princess Linhuang.
He didn't lower his voice intentionally, and the Empress Dowager at the head of the table listened to it from beginning to end as well.
After listening, Xuandi immediately sensed something strange. "Their reaction makes it seem like they already know their secret has been exposed?"
Huo Chengche shrugged, lowered his head to feed his wife in his arms, and said indifferently, "But whether it was the matter of Princess Linhuang's husband and the Grand Preceptor of Changxu, or Cheng Wenli's crime, there were no other people present at the time. How did they know?"
Xuan Di's brows were tightly furrowed, and a barely perceptible dark glint flashed in his icy eyes.
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