"Your Majesty, why are you staring at me like that?" Seeing Ning Hongze suddenly staring intently at him, Zhao Qingqi touched his face and patted his clothes. "Is there something wrong with me?"
"No, I was just wondering if you have any nicknames or anything like that?"
"No," Zhao Qingqi shook his head.
That makes sense. Given the Empress's personality, she doesn't seem like the type to give him a nickname, especially since he was made Crown Prince at a very young age. With his noble status, no one dared to call him by his nickname.
The Imperial Garden was stained with blood, and the palace maids were all trembling with fear.
The Empress, seeing that the weather was fine today, invited all the concubines to the Imperial Garden for tea, but she never expected that such a thing would happen.
A palace maid actually tried to murder her son; smallpox—
The person behind this was truly wicked. She originally wanted to deal with the palace maid herself, but Ning Hong shook her head at her.
It seems they want the crown prince to handle it himself.
She thought the Crown Prince was too soft-hearted and might mishandle things, but she never expected that he would change so much in just two months while he was by Ning Hongze's side.
Although the smiles and innocence on his face have diminished, which breaks her heart, for someone in his position, being soft-hearted and naive is the most deadly poison.
Indeed, the decision made back then was the right one.
Consort Hui and the others naturally witnessed this scene. They had heard of the Ninth Prince's arrogance and domineering nature before, but they did not know that it had reached this point.
What kind of place is this Imperial Garden? He actually ordered a palace servant to be beaten to death inside it. Wasn't he afraid of offending the women?
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