Chapter 290 Swap
It's unclear whether Zhao Nan kept quiet or not, but the three on the bottom line kept their mouths tightly shut. They didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
The three dared not move, their intuition telling them there was an even more explosive secret behind it.
Zhao Nan and the Third Prince attacked each other like two trapped beasts, showing no signs of being blood-related cousins, but rather looking more like enemies.
Zhao Nan couldn't stand the Third Prince using her as a punching bag, beating and scolding her at the slightest provocation. She was even more resentful that the Zhao family had raised her into such a universally disliked person in order to pave the way for the Third Prince.
The Third Prince resented that Zhao Nan had the Zhao family's affection, while he himself had a mother he couldn't acknowledge and could only follow the Crown Prince as a lackey. He had endured humiliation for many years, and his personality had become twisted.
Through their back-and-forth attacks, Chuchu and the others roughly learned the truth of the matter.
Unexpectedly, the Zhao family dared to absurdly switch the prince!
Like the Su family, the Zhao family were founding heroes, but the Zhao family's aggressive actions had long aroused the emperor's suspicion. The Su family knew that His Majesty would not allow a prince's maternal family to become too powerful and threaten his position, so none of the Su family's daughters of that generation entered the palace.
But the Zhao family was different, or rather, Consort Zhao was different.
This woman can neither see the situation clearly nor not see it clearly.
Despite the Zhao family's embarrassing situation back then, she insisted on entering the palace as a concubine. After sensing the Emperor's estrangement and suspicion, she pretended to give birth to a stillborn child and secretly sent someone to exchange her child with the Third Prince. The poor Third Prince's real mother, a palace maid from a lowly family, died of postpartum hemorrhage before she could even see her own child.
The two princes arrived only three hours apart. The Zhao family ensured that Consort Zhao's lineage was completely wiped out. If it weren't for Qiuqiu and the others hiding here to eavesdrop, this secret might never have been discovered in their lifetime.
After all, no one has ever seen Consort Zhao, who spends her days eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist prayers, have any contact with the Third Prince.
Consort Zhao was a ruthless woman; switching princes was a capital offense, and by the time the Zhao family discovered it, it was too late. The Zhao family could foresee that Consort Zhao's actions would one day lead to their downfall, so they always wanted to sever ties with her.
However, Consort Zhao refused to let the Zhao family have their way.
What's wrong with a concubine who can never conceive loving her own nephew?
She wanted Zhao Nan to be an asset to her son!
Left with no other choice, the Zhao family gave up on Zhao Nan.
On the surface, Zhao Nan is the young master of the Zhao family, but in reality, he is a pawn manipulated and weighed by his relatives. Every step he takes is not up to him, and every laughable move he makes is part of a play arranged by others.
He alone became the laughingstock of the entire capital.
For some reason, Qiuqiu felt sorry for Zhao Nan. This Zhao Fei is just too wicked!
Why should someone arbitrarily decide a person's entire life?
Songbai sensed Qiuqiu's anger and grabbed her tightly to prevent her from rushing out. Fu Ning clearly noticed that Songbai was even more upset than Qiuqiu. Did he not want Qiuqiu to go out, or did he want to use Qiuqiu as a little doll to soothe his emotions?
Even in the Cold Palace, there's no guarantee that no one will come in. For Zhao Nan and the Third Prince, this is not an easy place to talk to.
The two disliked each other, but had to keep each other's secrets. After a moment of silence, they went their separate ways.
Only after confirming that the person was really gone did Chiu Chiu struggle to crawl out from under the table.
None of the three were in much better shape; they were all covered in dust and looked utterly disheveled.
Fu Ning stopped Song Bai, who was trying to leave: "Why are you here?"
Songbai pointed to himself, paused for a moment, then said dismissively, "Children don't understand."
As a princess who dared to give her father the cold shoulder and threaten her elder brother, the Crown Prince, with her eyes, Fu Ning didn't buy into his act at all. She spread her arms to block him: "Speak!"
Songbai, an adult, was actually intimidated by a little kid!
"Hehe, little princess, there's no one else here, aren't you afraid I'll... hehehe~"
"elder sister?"
Songbai froze, and his hand, which was about to pinch Fu Ning's fierce little face, also stopped.
Fu Ning blinked; she felt like Qiu Qiu wasn't calling her.
Chiu Chiu repeated again, "Sister?"
Songbai was pretty sure they were calling him. He glared at the ungrateful little dumpling, his face darkening: "I advise you to take back what you just said!"
"Although I look like a woman, I..."
“Woman!” Chiu Chiu calmly interrupted Song Bai, glancing at her chest. “Feeling.”
She felt it; it was soft!
Songbai's face turned green. "You little pervert!"
Chiu Chiu stomped her chubby little feet in protest, "You, hug me."
She was the one who started it.
Fu Ning raised his hand: "I can vouch for you."
The secret that the pine and cypress trees had kept hidden for so many years was exposed today.
With a crestfallen face, she pleaded with Qiuqiu and Princess Funing, "Please don't tell anyone, or I'll die."
Not only will she die, but Gongsun Zhi will also die.
Zhao Nan's life was manipulated, and so was hers.
Whether Songbai was male or female was probably less important to Qiuqiu and Fu Ning than what they would eat for dinner that night, and they had no time to care about such things. Seeing Songbai looking so pitiful, they immediately made a pinky promise with her, a promise that would last a hundred years.
Songbai had never encountered such a perfunctory agreement before, and hesitated, "Are you sure you won't tell anyone? Should we make a solemn oath? I'm quite uneasy."
Chiu Chiu stretched out her short, chubby fingers and pressed them against Song Bai's forehead to refuse her approach. [Woman, don't push your luck! My patience has its limits.]
Fu Ning: ()
I have no idea where Qiuqiu learns so many cheesy pickup lines every day!
Chilling!
The two little ones' disdain was too obvious, so Songbai decided to still believe that there is true love in the world, and that they were so cute that they would definitely not watch him die.
I'll choose to believe them this once.
"Then I'll be leaving now. This place is not safe to stay any longer. You should leave as well."
Songbai had secretly run away after being scolded by Gongsun Zhi. This was a bad habit she had developed since childhood; whenever she was unhappy, she liked to find a secluded place to vent her emotions. Today's adventure in the Cold Palace was enough to give her a good scolding from Gongsun Zhi, and she needed to get back before Gongsun Zhi discovered she was missing.
Just as Songbai turned around, Qiuqiu suddenly hooked her finger around hers. "What's wrong?"
Qiuqiu asked her earnestly, "Brother Gongsun?"
Songbai quickly covered her mouth: "Shh, you don't know anything, remember that?"
Chirp blinked. Okay, it's Brother Gongsun!
She now understands what the little heart on the top of the pine tree is all about.
The incident of switching the dragon prince just now gave Qiuqiu an idea: if princes can be switched, then why can't Songbai and Gongsun Zhi be switched?
Although she didn't know the reason, she felt that Songbai was the real Gongsun Zhi, and Gongsun Zhi was the real Songbai.
"Songbai" and Princess Jingning have a predestined relationship, but now Gongsun Zhi is impersonating Songbai, so the heart appears on her head, while the actual thread falls on "Gongsun Zhi".
I'm such a little genius!
Chiu Chiu's expression shifted between frowning and ecstatic joy, gradually becoming uncontrollable. Fearing she might actually be ill, Song Bai had no choice but to send her and Princess Funing back first.
She hadn't gone far after leaving the Cold Palace when she encountered someone she didn't want to see.
When Qiuqiu recognized the people who had arrived, she became excited—it was Gongsun Zhi and Princess Jingning!
Let me go, I'm starting to ship this couple!
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