After Ninth Princess Consort had gone some distance, Lanqin stood there admiring the lotus flowers in the pond. Each lotus flower had a different posture and its own unique charm, and it was not an easy task to find the most beautiful one.
“Your Majesty, with so many lotus flowers, it’s not an easy task to find the most beautiful one!” Baoqin said from the side.
“Hehe, I think every lotus flower here is beautiful, so what’s the difference?” Yu Xiao said from the other side.
Lanqin was preoccupied with Ninth Princess's words and didn't pay attention to what the two maids were saying. She simply replied casually, "You have to go to the lotus pond to see the flowers clearly."
"Does Your Highness mean to take a boat to the lotus pond to view them?" Baoqin asked. "It's really not very interesting to stand on the shore and admire them."
"Why don't we find a wooden boat and row to the middle of the lotus flowers to see them?" Lanqin suggested, suddenly having an idea.
“Your Majesty’s idea is good, but we can’t find a wooden boat right now,” Baoqin said.
“Yes, and besides, we only have an hour to admire the lotus flowers. By the time we bring the wooden boat, the time will probably be over,” Yu Xiao said.
"It doesn't matter. I don't need to have the best flowers. The most important thing about such beautiful lotus flowers is to appreciate their beauty. Whether or not they please the Emperor is secondary," Lanqin said.
“That’s right, Consort Nian really knows how to please the Emperor. She even brought the Sixth Prince along. It’s so hot, isn’t she worried about the little prince getting too hot?” Baoqin pouted.
"Let's go find the little wooden boat!" Lanqin ignored Baoqin's topic and led the two maids to the back of Pengdao Yaotai to look for the wooden boat.
Meanwhile, as Ninth Prince's wife was walking with her maid, she saw Eighth Prince's wife approaching. This was the first time the two had met since their unpleasant parting.
"Ninth Sister-in-law!" Eighth Prince's wife greeted her.
The Ninth Prince's wife did not want to talk to the Eighth Prince's wife, so she pretended not to see her coming and immediately turned around to avoid her.
But the Eighth Prince's wife was clearly unwilling to let her go, and quickly stepped up from behind, saying, "Ninth Prince's wife, you haven't divorced the Ninth Prince yet, I'm still your Eighth Prince's wife!"
"That Eighth Prince's wife still likes to put on airs!" Ninth Prince's wife thought to herself with a cold snort.
"What advice do you have for me, Eighth Sister-in-law?" Ninth Princess Consort stopped and turned around.
"Why did you have to cause such a scene and divorce Ninth Prince?" Eighth Prince's wife looked at Ninth Prince's wife in disbelief, probably thinking that Ninth Prince's wife had lost her mind!
"Why are you so interested in my affairs with Ninth Prince, Eighth Sister-in-law? Whether my marriage is good or not is none of your business," Ninth Prince's wife said sarcastically. She harbored deep resentment towards Eighth Prince and his wife. In her previous life, Ninth Prince's tragic end was inextricably linked to Eighth Prince. He had no intention of vying for the throne, yet he was caught in the vortex of the Nine Princes' Succession Struggle, ultimately leading to his poisoning in prison and implicating his entire family.
The Eighth Prince's wife naturally sensed the hostility in the Ninth Prince's wife's words and asked in confusion, "Ninth Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you? Ever since I visited your residence last time, I've felt that something's off about you. Is something the matter?"
Ninth Prince's wife scoffed lightly and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Eighth Sister-in-law. If you truly wish our Ninth Prince well, then don't let him get involved in your household's affairs. Only then will the Empress Dowager Yi in the palace truly be grateful to you."
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