Su Peisheng left as instructed, while the Third Prince continued to sob. A secret lingered in his mind: he had switched the First Prince's skateboard. If he hadn't switched it, wouldn't he have been the one who fell into the lake?
Young Hongjun kept blaming himself, but he never imagined that the problem with the skateboard was his own doing. He instinctively blamed himself for the death of the eldest prince. If he hadn't changed the skateboard or said those things, perhaps the eldest prince wouldn't have had the accident.
However, when facing the Fourth Master, he still dared not speak his mind, and could only vent his inner confusion and fear with tears.
Seeing Hongjun cry, the other children couldn't help but cry as well.
After a long while, Fourth Master said in a deep voice, "Honghui is gone. No matter how much we cry, we can't let him come back."
Even now, the Fourth Prince is still in a daze. His reason tells him that he cannot collapse, he cannot break down. He must hold on and support the entire Prince's Mansion.
"Weiting, Rongyuan, you two start packing your things today. I will send someone to take you home. Feiyanggu and Dayu'a are the same. Honghui is already gone, and staying here will only cause you more grief. Go back and pack your things, and I will send someone to take you home tomorrow." Fourth Master waved his hand, signaling the eunuchs standing at the door to take the children away.
After paying their respects to the Fourth Prince, they left in tears, leaving only the Third Prince behind, sobbing.
"Hongjun, please stop crying. If you keep crying, your eldest brother over there will be uneasy." The Fourth Prince was quite comforted, not expecting the Third Prince to have such deep feelings for the eldest prince. Little did he know that the young Third Prince was already burdened with a shadow and a secret he could never escape for the rest of his life.
"Father, I want to go back to Mother's place." The place the Third Prince least wanted to stay at this moment was the courtyard where he and the First Prince had lived together. As soon as he returned there, his mind would be filled with all sorts of scenes of the First Prince living there.
Fourth Prince looked at Third Prince, thinking that he might be traumatized by the death of First Prince, so he nodded and said, "Hongjun, go back to your mother's place for now. Your father will let you come back to live here after a while. Master Zhu's lessons will continue."
The Third Prince nodded, and seeing the Fourth Prince wave him away, he immediately withdrew.
Madam Li was still waiting at the front gate. When she saw the Third Prince come out, she called out to him and asked anxiously, "Jun'er, what did your father say?"
The Third Prince was still emotionally unstable; he simply grabbed Li's sleeve and started walking towards the East Courtyard.
Meanwhile, in the main courtyard, the Fujin had already had her hair combed and changed her clothes. She was now sitting at her dressing table, lost in thought.
Her face gradually regained its usual peace and tranquility, her dignified and graceful demeanor.
"Granny, do you think the Fourth Prince will change his attitude towards me?" the Fujin asked.
"The master's attitude towards you should change, after all, the eldest prince was his only legitimate son. You must win his heart this time. Although the eldest prince is gone, you are still the mistress of this household. If you can regain the master's favor, it's not impossible to have another child," said Granny Li. Although it seemed a bit heartless to say these things after the eldest prince's recent passing, she had no choice but to mention them at this critical moment.
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