Qin Zhouli quickly followed up by trying to cover for his brother, saying, "Yes, we didn't mean to eavesdrop and then come to the Empress Dowager to whisper among ourselves! We didn't mean to trouble you, but we didn't expect you to see us."
The Empress Dowager listened to the three little ones chattering away, completely bewildered. But then she realized that these three rascals weren't deliberately hiding things from her; they were just writing down trivial matters and didn't want her to get involved.
Indeed, once the Empress Dowager intervenes, even the smallest matter will escalate.
However, the Empress Dowager still didn't understand, "What exactly did you hear?"
Now that things had come to this point, the boys had no need to hide anything anymore.
Qin Zhouli glanced at the little girls surrounding the Empress Dowager and Huo Chengche and said, "We were playing in the rockery garden next to Yifu Palace when we overheard some of the ladies attending the flower banquet talking about how little Nian Nian is a little jinx..."
"What!" The Empress Dowager's brows furrowed instantly, and anger blazed in her eyes. "Whose woman is this! Niannian has been granted the title of Princess Fuying for several months now, bringing so much glory to my Xiheng Kingdom!"
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