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"Your Highness is biased!" Lady Nian threw a tantrum and refused to pay attention to the Fourth Prince. The Fourth Prince had finally returned from Changchun Garden and was so tired that he could hardly stand. But he hadn't come to Lady Nian's place for the past few days, so he came to see her. Unexpectedly, Lady Nian grumbled like this as soon as she saw him.
"Shilan, how have I shown favoritism?" The Fourth Prince asked, suppressing his discomfort.
"Your Highness has already started choosing a residence for the Fourth Prince? Why was I completely unaware of this? And what about Hongsheng? Hongsheng is getting married in half a year, so why hasn't his wedding courtyard been prepared yet?" Madam Nian fired off a barrage of questions like a machine gun.
The Fourth Prince looked at Madam Nian awkwardly, completely stumped by her question. He had indeed told Hongli to choose the location of the mansion himself. But he had specifically instructed Lanqin and Hongli not to reveal this matter to anyone for the time being.
Seeing that the Fourth Prince was stumped by her question, Lady Nian felt even more aggrieved and grumbled, "Your Highness, Hongsheng is also your son. How can you be so biased? When Hongshi got married, you even renovated the courtyard. Now that it's my Hongsheng's turn, does Your Highness intend for him to live in the current house after marrying Lady Tongjia?"
The Fourth Prince felt a surge of irritation; it wasn't that he hadn't considered Hong Sheng's marriage proposal.
"Many places in the East Courtyard are empty. I think that after Hongsheng gets married, he can live with you in the East Courtyard. We'll build a wall around the area behind the East Courtyard, and he and Tongjia will live there, with a gate connecting them. That way, it will be convenient for you to see each other." The Fourth Prince then explained his idea.
Originally, this arrangement was acceptable. If it weren't for the incident involving Hongli, Madam Nian would have thought that the Fourth Prince was very considerate of her. However, compared to Hongli, she still felt that her son had suffered a great injustice.
"Your Highness is indeed biased. Hongli can go out and establish his own residence, while Hongsheng can only squeeze into the same courtyard as me." As Nian spoke, tears welled up in her eyes.
"Shilan, Hongli's matter is just talk; it hasn't actually been implemented yet. There's really no need for you to argue like this. If the young prince has nothing else to say, I'm going back. In a few years, I'll have to go and pay my respects to Father Emperor. I'm too busy to handle everything, so you should rest early," the Fourth Prince said, and then left without waiting for Lady Nian's reaction.
Fourth Master walked with a sullen face, and Su Peisheng followed behind, not daring to say a word. Fourth Master kept thinking about who was so gossipy as to tell Madam Nian these things. He felt that Lanqin would definitely not tell Madam Nian, so it must be someone else.
"Su Peisheng, go and check who has been to the East Courtyard recently and seen her!" Fourth Master suddenly stopped and said.
Within an hour, Su Peisheng already knew that Liu had entered and exited the East Courtyard a few days ago.
When the Fourth Prince learned that it was Liu who had spoken out, he immediately sent someone to deliver a house arrest order to Liu. The order forbade her from leaving her room and stipulated that all her expenses be treated as those of a concubine.
After hearing the messenger's message, Liu collapsed to the ground in a daze. She hadn't expected that her special trip would end like this.
Upon hearing this, Lady Fucha across the street smiled. She had long wanted to deal with Lady Liu, but had never had the opportunity. Since she lived right across from her, if anything happened to Lady Liu, she would surely suspect her.
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