"Your Highness the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince are competing in archery? Let's go and take a look." Peng pulled Shen Heng over.
Chen Heng thought of the feeling of rejection she had when she last met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and subconsciously wanted to leave. But she also remembered that the battle for the crown prince position was between these two princes, and she had never met the Fourth Prince, so it would be nice to take a look at him.
As they approached, they heard a young man's voice: "Fourth Brother defeated you in an arrow, Your Highness, please don't take it to heart."
"It's just for fun. I won't take it to heart." The Crown Prince's voice was a little deeper and hoarse than others, making it very easy to distinguish. "Fourth brother's archery skills are becoming more and more exquisite."
"I've been practicing a lot lately. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is busy with his duties, so he doesn't have time for these things."
At this time, a eunuch hurried over and said to His Royal Highness, "Your Highness, all the ministers have arrived and are waiting for you to start the feast."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince nodded lightly, threw the arrow in his hand to the palace servant, and turned to leave.
The people around hurriedly made way for him and bowed respectfully to see him off.
Chen Heng and Peng also stood aside. Chen Heng raised her eyes slightly and looked at the Fourth Prince beside her. He was about ten years old, dressed in gorgeous clothes. He was half a head shorter than the Crown Prince. He was not particularly good-looking, but his temperament in his every move was somewhat different.
When he looked away, he met a pair of deep, sharp black eyes. It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Chen Heng was startled for a moment and quickly lowered her head. She was among a group of young men and women from aristocratic families, and she looked like an ordinary person. She also stole a glance at the Fourth Prince. How did the Crown Prince see her at first sight?
If she were an ordinary person, she might be a little narcissistic.
But this man was the crown prince, so unusual that Shen Heng subconsciously became alert.
Just as the two men reached the garden where the women were, there was a sudden commotion in the outer courtyard. It seemed that a number of soldiers had arrived. A servant hurried in from the outer courtyard and reported to one of the women, "Madam, something bad has happened! The master has been arrested."
"What?" The woman's face turned pale and she left with her maid, her steps unsteady.
"This is the wife of Mr. Zhang, the Minister of the Central Secretariat. What's going on?" Everyone began to discuss.
"Even if there was something wrong, they shouldn't have come to arrest him when the Eighth Prince was getting married. It's too unlucky."
"Something must have happened."
Seeing this, Madam Peng said to Qiu Yi beside her, "Go outside and see what's going on. What are the young master and Mr. Xie doing now?"
"Yes." Qiu Yi turned and left.
Minister of the Secretariat? He was from the same department as Xie Jian, so he shouldn't have anything to do with Xie Jian. Shen Heng thought about the archery competition between the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince. If a fourth-rank official was arrested, could the two princes have secretly started a quarrel?
Soon, Qiu Yi came and said that Master Meng was with Wu Jin, but did not see Xie Jian.
"Is Lord Lu here?" Chen Heng asked. Lu Ji'an had been teaching the Eighth Prince for a month, and he was here today.
Qiu Yi thought for a moment and said, "I didn't see it."
Mrs. Peng breathed a sigh of relief knowing her husband was alright. "I guess Mr. Xie and Uncle Ji An are chatting somewhere."
Shen Heng nodded.
Several old maids in the palace invited the ladies to sit down for dinner and ordered the servants to serve the dishes quickly, and the atmosphere became lively.
When Shen Heng sat down, she found that she did not see Yu Shi. Before coming to the palace, she thought that if the two met, they would probably exchange a few moves, but from beginning to end, she did not see her.
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