Chapter 16
She thought about it seriously and asked Su Jinzhou, "If I kill him, will I have food to eat in the future?"
Birui was frightened and looked at Jitang in surprise and suspicion.
For a moment she thought she had misheard - even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was more indulgent, she couldn't say such angry words!
Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not respond immediately, Bi Rui boldly whispered beside her, "This is His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's younger brother."
Ji Tang frowned, "Your brother again?"
Su Jinzhou put down his chopsticks and said, "All the princes are my brothers."
Birui lowered her head and understood what His Highness meant.
The Seventh Prince strode over, his eyes glued to Ji Tang from beginning to end.
He wanted to be closer to Jitang, so he went to sit next to her. As soon as he sat down, the chair was pulled aside, and he fell to the ground with his buttocks.
The culprit Ji Tang remained calm and continued to eat.
The eunuchs and maids kneeling at the door heard the noise and hurriedly knelt forward to help the seventh prince up.
The Seventh Prince was not angry, and his gaze fell on Jitang again.
After staying all night, Zhou sighed imperceptibly.
This face can't be hidden at all.
He said cryptically: "If you hurt people, you won't have food to eat."
Jitang curled his lips.
The Seventh Prince waved his hands repeatedly, "No problem!"
Ji Tang pointed at the Seventh Prince and looked at Su Jinzhou: "He said it's okay."
Su Jinzhou glared at her.
Ji Tang immediately changed his tone: "No harm, absolutely no harm!"
The Seventh Prince smiled upon hearing this and said, "My beauty, are you worried about me?"
Jitang just smiled it off.
He turned around and asked Su Jinzhou, "How old is your brother?"
The Seventh Prince found the way the two interacted rather strange.
Although Jitang was wearing palace clothes, he spoke boldly and casually. He couldn't help but observe his brother's reaction. Seeing that his brother was neither angry nor annoyed, he felt a little more wary of Jitang.
The Seventh Prince took the initiative to say: "I am three years younger than my brother."
Ji Tang almost laughed out loud, "Only a little kid of twelve!"
Birui was pulling Jitang's clothes from behind.
The seventh prince was most annoyed when others called him young, so Jitang simply punctured the person's lungs.
The Seventh Prince was indeed furious. "Why, can't I have a maid at my age?"
Ji Tang teased him, "Should I change your diaper or put you to sleep?"
Su Jinzhou: "..."
Birui: You'd better not talk! !
The Seventh Prince pounded the table in anger, "Can't I just bring him out to save face?!"
"Oh..." Jitang snorted, "childish."
It seemed that the two were about to fight.
Su Jinzhou coughed softly.
The Seventh Prince immediately sat up straight, and Ji Tang fell silent.
After lunch, the seventh prince became energetic again and insisted that the crown prince go horseback riding.
After the two left, Jitang didn't stay in the room either.
She found the concubines' residences and went to each one according to the plaque names mentioned by Su Jinzhou. She originally planned to have some "dessert", but found that none of them took a nap, so she had to wander around aimlessly.
She went in through the back door of the pavilion after many twists and turns, and scattered the evil spirit along the corners of the pavilion, while she hid in the dark.
This time, she was lucky. The nightmare spirit quickly found the nightmare, and she controlled her consciousness, following the nightmare spirit into the dream.
What comes into view is a tranquil lake.
There is a green rockery not far from the lake, and a child in gorgeous clothes is climbing up the rockery.
The maid followed behind at a loss, "Your Highness, it's too dangerous up there. Let's call Xiao Dezi to get it!"
The prince stepped onto the fake rock and said in a crisp childish voice, "Didn't you say you saw a kite?"
The maid looked up and said, "Yes, it is right there! If you don't want to wait for Xiao Dezi, let me get it!"
His Highness is not tall, and since he is close to the rockery, he cannot see the top. "You are talking to me from below, I can take it down!"
He climbed up unsteadily, trembling, and when he was halfway up the rockery he asked, "Are we there yet?"
Jitang saw the kite not far in front of him.
The maid hesitated and said, "Not yet... Your Highness, we must continue to move forward."
Jitang couldn't help but move forward, but was blocked by an invisible barrier in front of him.
She immediately realized that she was not entering a maid's dream or a child's dream.
She looked around and saw no one else.
The owner of the dream must be hiding somewhere, secretly watching the scene in front of him.
The little prince continued to climb up with great effort until he reached the top of the rockery.
The top of the mountain is narrow and uneven.
He clung to the rocks on both sides with both hands and slowly moved forward, his voice filled with tension and anxiety. "Are we almost there?"
Ji Tang could see clearly at this time that the kite was below him and was not hanging so high at all.
The maid's tone was unstable, but they were the only ones here, and the young prince couldn't hear anything wrong with her tone.
The maid said, "Your Highness, just a little further... and we'll be there."
The young prince continued forward, getting closer and closer to the edge of the rockery. When he poked his head out of the edge and saw the distance below, he was terrified. His clear eyes suddenly turned red, "It's too high!"
The maid twisted her hands together, her nails scratching the backs of her hands unconsciously.
She trembled and said, "We're almost there, Your Highness. Just a little further..."
The little prince bit his lip and his shoulders moved over the edge of the mountain.
The maid's voice was so tight that she could hardly speak, her voice huddled together. "You can reach it with your hand. It's right below."
The little prince's arms were shaking as he gradually moved his hands downwards, his head and shoulders lowering to one side.
He couldn't see the kite, and he didn't dare look up at the sky. He could only close his eyes and keep asking, "Are you almost there? Are you almost there?"
The maid's voice became thinner and thinner, as if someone was strangling her neck. "It's almost there... It's almost there..."
Jitang watched helplessly as the little prince fell from the top of the mountain.
Half of his body hit the mountain and he quickly fell to the ground.
The blood spread, seeping into the cracks between the bricks and being absorbed by the soil.
Before the dream ended, Jitang heard the maid's crazy scream.
Harsh, crazy.
Ji Tang's consciousness left the dream and was about to follow the nightmare to find the owner of the dream when he heard a high and sharp announcement from the main gate of the pavilion: "The emperor has arrived!"
Ji Tang decisively walked around to the outside of the pavilion and looked at the plaque on the pavilion from afar - Yuhuang Pavilion.
She returned to Liuguang Pavilion and saw that Su Jinzhou had returned earlier than her.
"Did you finish riding so quickly?" Jitang saw that he hadn't changed back into his usual prince's robes and asked, "Are you going to change clothes?"
Su Jinzhou sat at the top and answered her with his actions.
Birui served tea to Su Jinzhou.
He took two sips before looking up slightly. "Are you full?"
Birui looked at Jitang doubtfully. Didn’t she have enough for lunch?
Jitang nodded, "I'm full."
Su Jinzhou placed the teacup on the tea tray held by Birui and waved, "Go out."
"I'll take my leave."
Birui gently placed the teacup next to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, bowed and retreated to Jitang's side, bowed to His Royal Highness again, and then left.
At the top was only the carved wooden chair where His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sat. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked down at Ji Tang from above, and this time there was no empty seat next to him.
Jitang had no choice but to sit at the bottom...
Su Jinzhou saw Jitang coming up a few steps, pushing his arm that was on the armrest away, and sitting on the armrest.
Su Jinzhou: "..."
Now it was Ji Tang's turn to take the high ground, looking down at him, "Did your brother get into trouble because he was trying to get the kite from the rockery?"
Su Jinzhou looked at her suddenly.
At this moment, he no longer cared about who was on top or the bottom, his eyes fixed on her, "Have you entered a dream in which my brother is present?"
Ji Tang: "I guess so, the maid called him His Highness..."
Su Jinzhou interrupted and asked anxiously, "How did he get into trouble? Did he really fall off the rockery while trying to get the kite? Or did someone bring him up to the rockery and push him down?"
Ji Tang didn't know what to say for a moment. She organized her words and said, "He fell down while trying to get the kite. No one pushed him, but someone must have planned to murder him!"
Su Jinzhou took a deep breath, "Who is it?"
Jitang frowned and shook his head, "I don't know."
"How could you not know?!" Su Jinzhou's eyes were bloodshot. He was furious and grabbed Ji Tang's wrist. "You can see Concubine Yao's nightmare, but how come you don't know whose nightmare it is this time?"
"That person is hiding in the shadows! Entering a dream doesn't mean possessing the dreamer. If I don't interfere with the dream, I'm just a bystander!"
Ji Tang shook off Su Jinzhou's hand and frowned, "No matter how anxious and angry you are, you should know who you are dealing with!"
Su Jinzhou was stunned for a moment and subconsciously looked at Jitang's wrist.
The white and slender wrist was scratched by him, leaving red marks, which looked shocking.
"Sorry." Su Jinzhou moved back, but the chair was so small that he didn't move far away from Jitang.
Ji Tang muttered, "So His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can apologize." His voice softened as he rubbed his wrist and said, "I want the best medicine for my wound."
Su Jinzhou immediately said, "I will give you the best healing elixir."
Ji Tang curled his lips, not taking the small injury on his wrist seriously. "What happened to the maid who followed your brother at that time?"
Su Jinzhou's expression was uncertain, "He was executed immediately."
"What crime?"
"Failed to take good care of the Third Prince. He was caned to death for dereliction of duty."
"She shouldn't be charged with this crime." Ji Tang felt a chill as he recalled the Third Prince's frightened and helpless look on the mountaintop. "That maid did it on purpose."
She told Su Jinzhou about her dream.
The more Su Jinzhou listened, the uglier his expression became. At the end, he suddenly loosened his grip on the handrail, and several cracks instantly appeared on the handrail. Wood splinters grew outward along the cracks, revealing the original color of the wood inside.
Ji Tang silently gave up the armrest where she was sitting, giving Su Jinzhou another tool to vent his anger.
Ji Tang: "Is that maidservant Concubine Yao's?"
Su Jinzhou: "Yes."
"I figured it out." Considering Concubine Yao's nightmare, it was not difficult for her to guess.
Ji Tang: "Since you have convicted Concubine Yao, why don't you kill her and just send her to the cold palace?"
Su Jinzhou: "She was already pregnant at the time."
Ji Tang understood, "No wonder."
Su Jinzhou took a few deep breaths before calming himself down a bit. "Where did you see this nightmare?"
Jitang said the words on the plaque: "Jade Phoenix Pavilion."
Su Jinzhou stood up suddenly, Ji Tang was startled and stepped back subconsciously.
Although Su Jinzhou's strength is far inferior to hers, his aura is indeed fierce and terrifying, and the pressure from the superior cannot be underestimated.
Su Jinzhou's voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth. "You mean Yuhuang Pavilion?"
Ji Tang was completely confused, not knowing why he reacted so strongly. "Yeah, which concubine lives there?"
Su Jinzhou tensed his whole body to prevent himself from trembling so violently.
"That's where my queen mother rests."
"Your mother?!" Now it was Ji Tang's turn to be surprised. "Does that mean the murderer is around your mother?"
She couldn't help but get goosebumps all over her body. "That person wouldn't always stay with your mother, right?"
Su Jinzhou turned around and left, "You stay here!"
Ji Tang caught up a few steps and said, "What are you going to do? If you talk about nightmares, they may not believe you!"
Su Jinzhou continued walking, "My third brother was murdered in the Imperial Garden. How could he have made an enemy when he was so young? That person was targeting my mother! Now my seventh brother is in the Chiqing Palace. That person couldn't hurt my mother, but he could hurt me!"
Jitang stopped.
We stayed on the boat all night because we were afraid that the tragedy would happen again.
"What will happen if you go? Will your mother be on high alert? What's the reason? Will your mother not be suspicious, and will the murderer not be suspicious?"
Su Jinzhou had already walked to the door. He put his hands on the door, his back to Ji Tang, and his heart was in turmoil.
He pounded on the door and said in a deep voice, "What should we do?"
Ji Tang stepped forward and said, "Maybe I can see who the murderer is. Once you know the murderer, it won't be too late for you to take action."
Su Jinzhou: "What if you never see the murderer?"
"You can go to Yuhuang Pavilion anytime, even now. If you can't wait a few days, tomorrow, or this afternoon, you can go to Yuhuang Pavilion. I'm not stopping you, I'm just giving you a suggestion."
Su Jinzhou's hand slid down the door. He turned around and looked at her with a complicated expression, "Why are you helping me?"
"Helping you?" Ji Tang smiled as if he had heard a joke before saying, "I'm helping the Third Prince."
Su Jinzhou clenched his fists, hiding his trembling in his wide sleeves, and said after a while, "Thank you."
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