After returning to Huaning Palace, Jiang Qingqing first accompanied Jiang Chen for dinner, and then watched the emperor's uncle leave with a confused look on his face. Jiang Chen also had to go back before the prince's mansion was locked.
Jiang Qingqing, who suddenly found the hall empty again, felt a little restless.
She wanted to go to Emperor Tianqi and beg him to allow her to attend classes at the Imperial Academy.
After what happened today, where Han Qingyi tried to poison Jiang Chen with the help of Concubine Zhao, Jiang Qingqing was no longer comfortable with her carefree younger brother attending classes alone in the Imperial College.
The people behind him were pushing the situation too hard. If possible, Jiang Qingqing even wanted to follow Jiang Chen everywhere to prevent the villains around Jiang Chen from doing anything bad to him.
Jiang Qingqing did it as soon as she thought of it. She stood up quickly and called out Xin Juan.
"Take me to see my father!"
Xin Juan agreed hastily. She turned around and was about to ask for the sedan chair to be prepared, but the little princess said she didn't want a sedan chair and wanted to walk all the way.
"Your Highness, although Huaning Palace is not far from Qiankun Palace, we still have to take a detour. It would be better to prepare a sedan chair, right?" Xin Juan tried to persuade Jiang Qingqing.
Jiang Qingqing shook her head stubbornly. She refused. She had to take the opportunity to familiarize herself with the roads in the palace. She couldn't always ask the palace servants to prepare the sedan chair, right?
When the little princess got angry, her temper was always nonsensical and persistent. Xin Juan realized that she couldn't be appeased with just a few words, so she stopped talking tactfully and just asked someone to prepare some thick-soled shoes and socks for Jiang Qingqing to wear, and took good care of the princess.
Jiang Qingqing looked at the exquisite shoes and socks on her feet, nodded with satisfaction, and followed Xin Juan out of Huaning Palace all the way north to Qiankun Palace.
Halfway through the journey, the gate of Qiankun Palace came into view. Jiang Qingqing was about to take a big step towards it when a running figure suddenly appeared behind her, walking hurriedly towards the palace gate.
Xin Juan frowned and was about to scold the palace servant for not looking at the road, but she found that the palace servant came from Kunning Palace.
After a while, there was a bustle at the palace gate and then the imperial carriage was seen walking towards Jiang Qingqing's direction.
Jiang Qingqing was happy at first, but then she immediately realized that something was wrong.
The palace maid panicked and then led the emperor to go there in person. Which palace had the accident?
Emperor Qing, who had just gone out, saw the figure of a little girl from a distance. Who else could it be in the harem except his beloved princess?
Emperor Qing walked over quickly and saw his daughter standing there, looking at him seriously with her chubby little face. The new emperor's heart softened.
"Whose little princess is this? Why are you standing here?" Emperor Qing happily picked up his precious daughter and teased her chubby face.
Jiang Qingqing wanted to hide, but then she remembered that this man was the emperor and she would have to rely on the emperor for support in the future, so she could only let him pinch her face and pursed her lips.
"I want to play with father. Where is father going?" The question asked in a childish voice warms the heart of the listener.
Emperor Qing held the little princess in his arms as he walked towards Kunning Palace. His pace was not necessarily slow, but it was a little faster.
"Your eldest brother seems to be feeling unwell. Father, please go and see him. What does little Qingqing want to play with you?"
Emperor Qing looked relatively relaxed, thinking that the eldest prince's condition was not particularly serious. Jiang Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.
The little kid leaned his head against the emperor's neck and said in a buzzing voice, "Qingqing went to the Imperial College to play with the emperor brothers today. It was so much fun, but..." The little kid's voice suddenly became aggrieved.
"I don't understand what they are reading."
Emperor Qing was walking on the road, patting his daughter on the back. Hearing this, he asked without thinking, "Qingqing, do you want to understand books?"
"think!"
Jiang Qingqing suddenly felt hope and quickly straightened up, her round eyes full of anticipation.
Emperor Qing looked down at his daughter's innocent appearance. She was so innocent and lovely that he couldn't help but love her. The young father agreed without even thinking about it.
"Okay! Tomorrow, we will go to the Imperial Academy to attend classes with our brother, okay?"
"good!"
Jiang Qingqing nodded heavily, which made Emperor Qing laugh out loud again.
When they arrived at Kunning Palace, a group of people from the Imperial Hospital gathered in the front hall, whispering to each other about something. Jiang Qingqing hugged the emperor's neck, looked at the lively scene in the room, and looked worriedly at the eldest prince who was taking a nap on the couch.
Empress Xu heard the noise and looked back to see the emperor coming over with the little princess in his arms. It seemed that she had not expected the little princess to come over. Empress Xu was dazed for a moment, but soon came over to take the child from Emperor Qing's hands.
The young emperor calmly dodged the queen's hand, still holding Jiang Qingqing in his arms, and then asked about the eldest prince's condition.
The Queen looked at Jiang Qingqing and smiled gently, then explained: "An'er ate something by mistake and hurt his body, but it's not serious. I heard from the imperial physician that fortunately Your Highness went back and drank some Sichuan lotus water in time, so it wasn't seriously injured."
Empress Xu's words explained her relief and uneasiness in surviving the calamity, and Jiang Qingqing's expression became even more solemn after hearing this.
Following this trend, the emperor should eventually go to find Han Qingyi and Han Qiming to address the issue, right?
"How did you get sick from eating so much? Wasn't the food measured precisely?" Emperor Qing frowned and asked in a deep voice.
Empress Xu was in such a hurry that she was so focused on taking care of her son's health that she forgot about this for a moment. She turned her head and looked at the palace maid who was serving the eldest prince closely.
Upon seeing this, the palace servant immediately knelt down and tremblingly explained what the eldest prince had done that day, and what he had eaten and drunk.
It was not until Jiang Qingqing's name appeared in the eldest prince's timeline that the emperor and empress's eyes fell on the weak Jiang Qingqing.
"Doctor Wang!" Empress Xu called over the person she trusted most from the Imperial Medical Bureau, "Quickly check on Her Highness as well. Is she feeling unwell?"
Jiang Qingqing was confused when Doctor Wang felt her pulse. After examining her, Doctor Wang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the princess' pulse is healthy and there is no sign of poisoning." Doctor Wang felt a thousand times more relieved. One less royal family member to take care of, one less head to lose!
Emperor Qing frowned and asked the palace servant kneeling on the ground, "What did An'er eat?"
The palace servant explained everything in one go, but because he was too nervous, he couldn't get to the point in any of his sentences.
Jiang Qingqing was tired of listening to this, so she took the initiative to say, "This evening after class, my brother and I went to change clothes. When we were leaving, we saw Princess Han of Liguo brought out a snack and said she wanted to fill our stomachs."
When the palace servant heard the key words, he nodded and said, "Your Highness is right. Princess Han sent some snacks, saying they were snacks from the Li Kingdom. Your Highness ate half a plate, and the Second Prince also ate!"
Coincidentally, just as the palace maid finished speaking, a palace maid from Chuxiu Palace came and hurriedly reported: "Your Majesty, Madam, the Second Prince is not feeling well, so I'm here to request someone from the Imperial Medical Bureau to come over and take a look."