"Commoner? You've barely read a few days. That's a title you use to distinguish yourself from an official. How dare you, a piece of shit like you, pretend to be Princess Mingyue?"
"Stop talking, Nianqin. Don't you want the neck on your head, no, the head on your neck anymore?"
As soon as Ji Nianqin opened her mouth, Cao Hanhui would break out in a cold sweat.
"Why should you be afraid of her? Stand up! I told you to stand up, but you have no relationship with her and yet you listen to her. Are you stupid? Idiot."
Cao Hanhui kept her legs pressed tightly to the ground, not daring to look up. Her hands kept shaking Ji Nianqin's skirt, telling her to talk less.
"Oh, that little pug, give him a good look. Don't blame me if anything happens to him. It was clearly you who kicked him. Everyone present here can prove it. Let's go!"
Ji Nianqin bent down like a man, stretched out her hands, picked up Cao Hanhui, and left quickly.
"You...you come back here!"
"Please calm down, Crown Prince."
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and bring her back to me! He dared to insult me. Didn't you hear me?"
"The Emperor is unaware that you have disguised yourself as a woman and are out for fun. If he knew, he would definitely order you to never set foot outside the palace again. Please think twice, Crown Prince, and do not cause any trouble."
“Ahem!”
The Crown Prince touched his throat which was stabbed by Ji Nianqin. It still hurt and was red.
"Then I can't even ask the imperial physician to take a look at my injury? I'm just a deaf person eating the emperor's food, and I can't even speak a word?"
"Your Highness, what you are saying is like a dumb person eating coptis chinensis..."
"Don't tell me this. Do you think I haven't read enough?"
The guards' heads were shaking like rattles, but the arc of their smiles remained unchanged.
"I dare not, I dare not."
The crown prince was so angry that he hit the rockery beside him, but his finger was injured again.
"Isn't this a fake mountain? I never thought it would be so realistic?"
"Prince, are you alright?"
"Look at me like this, am I okay?"
The Crown Prince's shaking shoulders and grinning expression, coupled with his feminine attire, really made him look sick.
"Don't worry, Crown Prince. I have come up with a plan that will allow you to deceive the Emperor. Perhaps it will even allow you to show off your power among the other princes."
"Really? My Royal Mother won't punish me, so will she reward me?"
"Exactly! The Emperor considers you unlearned and incompetent, yet he still appoints you as the Crown Prince. Of course, this is closely related to the Empress's status. However, there have been rumors in the palace recently that the Emperor wants to appoint a new Crown Prince, and his current intention is to depose you."
"What? Who? Who can take my place?"
"Of course it's the Sixth Prince. He's well-read and often recites poems and composes verses in front of the Emperor, making him very happy. Perhaps..."
"Asking me to study is impossible. The problem is that I get so sleepy when I read the Four Books and Five Classics. I've tried the folk methods that the Empress Dowager recommended, such as hanging my head from a beam and piercing my thigh with a needle, but it's no use."
"Then let's look at it from another angle. If the Crown Prince is not good at literature, can he use martial arts?"
"You mean to let me take the exam for the top martial arts champion? If I say that I got injured during the exam, the emperor will not only invite the best doctors to treat me, but will also dote on me. That makes sense. Besides, didn't that girl just say she was going to take the exam for the top martial arts champion too? This is a perfect opportunity for revenge. I want to expose her true identity as a woman disguised as a man!"
"This humble official is not..."
"Stop talking, I'm not stupid, I understand everything you said! Come on, give him a reward of 10,000 taels of silver."
"But……"
"Come on, take it! If you come up with more good ideas in the future, I'll reward you and make you my personal advisor when you return."
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened!"
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