Chapter 105 The Daughter of a Guilty Minister vs. the Disabled Prince 19
Xiao Yan stood in the corner of the hall, his cold eyes falling on the Fifth Prince. This bastard is always good at sowing discord, so disgusting!
The fifth prince felt a burning gaze. It turned out that "Xiao Yun" was flirting with him. That look seemed to have substance, making him feel itchy.
After not seeing Xiaoyun for many days, she seems to have become more beautiful, with charming eyes and eyebrows. Today is the end of the matter, Xiaoyun is his!
Ji Yunhuan still lowered his head respectfully. If it were Xiao Yan, he would definitely ignore such boring provocations, but Ji Yunhuan knew very well the power of a slow knife cutting meat, so he immediately retorted.
"Fifth brother, what you said is wrong. There was no conflict between me and the emperor. I was just a little late because I was not feeling well. How can that be considered as my dissatisfaction with the emperor?"
The fifth prince was stunned for a moment. When did Xiao Yan become so sharp-tongued? In the past, he would not bother to explain such trivial matters, which made his father increasingly alienated from him.
"What do you mean there were no conflicts? Everyone knows that you disobeyed your father three years ago and defended the Qi family. If you hadn't angered your father, how could you have been deposed as the crown prince?"
"And Queen Qi is the same as you. She has no respect for the king and instead supports the rebellious Qi family..."
Ji Yunhuan suddenly raised his head and shouted, "Fifth brother, be careful with your words! The late queen felt guilty towards Your Majesty and committed suicide in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Is this something to be happy about? Father was deeply saddened by this and stopped attending court for three days. Fifth brother, have you considered Father's feelings when you mentioned this?"
The emperor showed a look of sorrow on his face and looked at the fifth prince with dissatisfaction, "Today is the Spring Festival, there is no need to talk about the past."
The fifth prince also knew that he had said the wrong thing.
At the New Year's banquet three years ago, the Qi family forced the emperor to abdicate and plotted treason, but were caught on the spot. Queen Qi pointed at the emperor's nose and cursed him, every word of which was heartbreaking, and then she drew her sword and committed suicide in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
This matter was not glorious, so the emperor naturally wanted to whitewash it and announced to the public that Queen Qi committed suicide because she felt guilty towards the emperor. For this reason, the emperor even suspended court for three days to express his grief.
Concubine Wu immediately came out to smooth things over, "Peng'er is young and hot-tempered. He can't stand seeing people being disrespectful to Your Majesty, so he made a slip of the tongue. This is also a sign of his filial piety to Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty won't blame him."
The emperor softened his tone and said, "Look how scared you are. I don't blame him. They are all my sons. How can I blame my own sons?"
"Someone, give the eldest prince a seat!"
Liu Xi guessed the emperor's intention. The emperor didn't say where to sit, which naturally meant that he didn't want to give the prince a good position. It would not be easy for the prince to win the emperor's heart.
He arranged the eldest prince to sit next to the eighth prince, so that the two brothers could keep each other company, which was better than sitting alone.
Xiao Yan stood silently behind Xiaoyun. The table assigned to Xiaoyun was small, and the dishes on it were cold and greasy. One look at them made him lose his appetite.
The chair is small and the paint on the back is peeling. It would be better to just sit in a wheelchair and save the trouble.
From beginning to end, Ji Yunhuan didn't touch the food on the table. Who knows if Concubine Wu would put something in it?
Xiao Yan took out the water bag he always carried with him and fed it to Xiao Yun. He then wiped the corners of her mouth carefully and said softly, "When it's over, let's go back and eat something delicious."
Ji Yunhuan rolled her eyes at him in annoyance, "I did all this, and you can only light a fire and can't even cut the vegetables neatly."
Xiao Yan coughed awkwardly, "I'll be fine after I practice more."
The eighth prince Xiao Mu came over with a bowl of hot soup and handed it to Ji Yunhuan, "Brother, it's windy here, drink some to warm yourself up, don't...don't catch a cold."
Ji Yunhuan listened to the Eighth Prince patiently, took the hot soup and warmed it in his hands, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Eighth Brother, it's amazing that you still think of me."
Xiao Mu was flattered. He had been a stutterer since he was a child, and his other brothers disliked him. Even his mother, Concubine An, was disliked by His Majesty.
In contrast, his elder brother treated him equally and even taught him his lessons. He admired his elder brother, but he was very cold and he didn't dare to get close to him.
Big brother seemed to be particularly gentle today. Xiao Mu's face flushed and he stuttered even more. "Big... Big brother, you... you don't have to be polite... We are... we are brothers, we should help each other... "
"Meow~~" A little kitten came out from Xiao Mu's sleeve and climbed onto Ji Yunhuan's legs.
Ji Yunhuan's eyes lit up. The soft kitten felt so good to her touch that she couldn't let it go. "Why did you bring the cat to the hall?"
Xiao Mu was almost crying!
He was still a child, only thirteen or fourteen years old, and his eyes turned red and were about to cry.
"Shh~ Big brother, keep your voice down, don't let anyone hear you. Xiaohua went out to play before and never came back. Later, I heard from mother that Xiaohua was killed. Mother asked me to keep the kittens under control and not let them run around outside."
"Later, Concubine Wu said that she wanted to clean up the cats and dogs in the palace. All my kittens were taken away. Only Xiaoxiao was the youngest. It was Xiaohua's baby. I hid it in my arms and it escaped."
"I don't dare leave it alone, for fear that it might be caught, so I carry it with me. Xiaoxiao, shhhhh~ stop shouting, or someone will hear you."
Xiao Mu spoke intermittently with a sobbing tone. Ji Yunhuan took a piece of meat from the soup and fed it to Xiao Xiao. Xiao Xiao really quieted down and obediently crawled into Xiao Mu's sleeve.
"It was just hungry, and it couldn't help but run out when it smelled the meat."
Xiao Mu breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed his red eyes, and smiled embarrassedly.
Ji Yunhuan couldn't help but reach out and rub Xiao Mu's head. The Eighth Prince was so adorable. It was rare for him to maintain such a pure heart despite suffering discrimination in the deep palace.
She remembered that after Xiao Yan ascended the throne in the previous life, the Eighth Prince was still alive, which meant that the two had a good relationship. Naturally, she had to show goodwill to Xiao Mu.
"If one day you can no longer hide it, you can put Xiao Xiao in the East Palace to raise it. I will protect it."
The Eighth Prince has a mysterious admiration for his eldest brother. Even though everyone says that his eldest brother is useless and can only wait for death in the East Palace, he believes that one day his eldest brother will stand up again!
Nothing can defeat his omnipotent big brother!
"Yeah! Thank you...thank you, brother. Brother, please drink the soup quickly, it's getting cold...cold."
Xiao Yan couldn't bear it any longer!
Xiaoyun had never smiled so sweetly at him before, so why was she so nice to Xiaoba? The two of them chatted for so long, did they treat him as if he didn't exist?
Xiao Yan reached out and took the bowl of soup from Xiao Yun's arms, and put it on the table with a thud, and said jealously:
"Put away your fake kindness! Our Highness never eats things of unknown origin!"
The Eighth Prince felt that this palace maid was so fierce! He couldn't help but shudder.
Ji Yunhuan looked at Xiao Yan helplessly. Does this person still remember that she is just a "palace maid" now? It means that the Eighth Prince has a good temper and will not care about these trivial matters.
"Xiao Yun, let's talk it over nicely. His Highness the Eighth Prince is not an unreasonable person."
Xiao Yan snorted coldly, "Then I'll say it nicely. Don't touch anything, including the cat. Safety first!"
Ji Yun laughed. It turned out that he was worried about her safety. She was using Xiao Yan's body now, so it was normal for Xiao Yan to be worried.
"Okay, okay, I won't touch you. I'll just do as you say, okay?"
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