He Xue pulled the Crown Prince outside. "Crown Prince, calm down! If you hit him now, Father Emperor will only become more suspicious of you!"
And maybe he's deliberately trying to provoke you! You can't fall for his tricks!
He Xue was very glad that Tana wasn't in the room earlier, otherwise things would have been troublesome. She didn't want the Eighth Prince to affect her relationship with Tana.
"He actually said such things to my face, he deserves to die!" The Crown Prince now wished he could beat the Eighth Prince again, yet he was still lusting after Xue, he was truly a heartless scoundrel.
"Brother Crown Prince, he was just venting!" He Xue tried her best to comfort the Crown Prince. "Brother Crown Prince, do you lack confidence in yourself or do you not trust me?"
"You've become like this after just a few simple words from the Eighth Prince? He's just trying to sow discord between us!"
“Of course I believe you!” the prince immediately explained.
"In that case, whatever the Eighth Prince says, don't take it to heart. It's not worth getting angry over someone who's unrelated to you!"
"Alright, whatever you say! He really is an unrelated person!" the Crown Prince said loudly into the room.
Xue and the Crown Prince's childish behavior left them both amused and exasperated.
"Your Highness, are you and Xue leaving?" Tana personally brought over tea.
"We should go back to the palace. Father Emperor is still waiting for Crown Prince!" He Xue said to Tana.
"Alright then! Be careful on your way!" Tana reminded Xue.
"I understand. Take good care of yourself too. If you need any help, remember to let me know!" Xue said.
“I will!” Tana replied.
After the Crown Prince and He Xue returned to the palace.
"He Xue, you should go back to Yuqing Palace first!" The Crown Prince was preparing to go to Qianqing Palace to see Emperor Kangxi.
"Brother Crown Prince, let me go with you!" He Xue said worriedly.
"It's alright, go back and rest!"
"Alright then, be careful!" He Xue reminded her again.
"Alright!" the Crown Prince replied with a smile, then turned and walked towards the Qianqing Palace.
He Xue kept watching the Crown Prince's back until he could no longer see him before returning to Yuqing Palace.
After arriving at the Qianqing Palace, the Crown Prince greeted Emperor Kangxi with a bow, saying, "Your subject pays respects to Father Emperor!"
"Get up!" Emperor Kangxi looked sternly at the Crown Prince. "Do you know why I called you back?"
"Your subject does not know!"
"I heard that after you left the General's Mansion, you went to the Eighth Prince's Mansion?" Kangxi asked. Although Kangxi was asking the Crown Prince, his tone was certain.
The Crown Prince knew that he couldn't hide his visit to the Eighth Prince's residence from Emperor Kangxi, but he didn't expect Kangxi to find out so quickly. "Your Majesty, I heard that my Eighth Brother was injured, so I went to see him on my way here!"
"You're quite thoughtful!" Kangxi's tone was so calm that it was impossible to tell what he was feeling at that moment.
"As the elder brother, it is only right for me to care for my younger brother!" the Crown Prince said respectfully.
"Today, when the Eighth Prince was being executed, the guards actually tried to harm him. If I hadn't stopped them in time, the Eighth Prince would have been deposed!" Kangxi said, watching the Crown Prince's expression.
"Such a thing actually happened?" The Crown Prince looked at Kangxi in shock.
"After Zhao Chang's interrogation, the guard has confessed!" Kangxi looked intently at the Crown Prince.
The Crown Prince looked up at Kangxi in disbelief, "Could it be that the guard said that I ordered him to do this?"
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