Seeing the Crown Prince's frustrated expression, Kangxi was immediately in a good mood. He hadn't even drawn his cousin's eyebrows yet, and now that he could entrust all political affairs to the Crown Prince, he would have time to spend with his cousin.
"Father, I'm not going back to Yuqing Palace. Where will I stay?" the Crown Prince asked.
"You can stay at the Ministry of Justice or the Ministry of Revenue, or anywhere else. If you don't want to stay at the Ministry of Justice or the Ministry of Revenue, you can come to the Qianqing Palace!" Kangxi felt that this was not a problem at all.
Upon hearing Kangxi's words, the Crown Prince's expression grew even more unpleasant. He knew that Kangxi was deliberately making things difficult for him, but he had no way to refute him.
Seeing the Crown Prince's expression, Kangxi smiled with satisfaction. He decided to spend the next few days with his cousin, and leave the affairs of the court to the Crown Prince for the time being.
"Liang Jiugong, court adjourned!" Kangxi said to Liang Jiugong, then rose and left.
Liang Jiugong flicked his whisk and shouted, "Dismiss the court!" He then jogged off to catch up with Kangxi.
Everyone hurriedly saw Kangxi off.
"What did Father Emperor say to you? Why do you look like this?" the eldest prince asked the crown prince.
"Father Emperor has instructed me not to return to Yuqing Palace for the time being, but to deal with the matters in Jiangnan first!"
"I thought something had happened! If they're not going to come back, they're not going to come back!" The eldest prince felt that it was all the same everywhere; he had slept everywhere when he was leading troops into battle!
The Crown Prince rolled his eyes at his eldest brother, [There's no reasoning with my elder brother!]
Seeing that the Eighth Prince was about to leave, the Crown Prince quickly stepped forward and said, "Congratulations, Eighth Brother! You've been promoted and taken in a new concubine. You've had all the good things in life!"
"Thank you, Second Brother!" The Eighth Prince cupped his hands in thanks to the Crown Prince and said, "Do you want this good news?"
Seeing the Eighth Prince's forced smile, the Crown Prince felt much better. Xue was right; his happiness was built on the suffering of his enemies. Why not do something that brought him joy while simultaneously inflicting frustration on his adversaries?
"Second Brother, thank you so much this time!" The Third Prince, Fourth Prince, and others also gathered around and said.
"No need to be so polite! We're all brothers! Saying thank you would be too formal!" the Crown Prince said to everyone.
[The Crown Prince really knows how to win people's hearts this time!] The Eighth Prince thought to himself as he looked at the Crown Prince who was surrounded.
"Did Father Emperor order the Crown Prince not to return to Yuqing Palace for the time being?" He Xue asked in surprise as she looked at He Zhu, who had returned to pack the Crown Prince's things.
"Yes, Your Highness! His Highness the Crown Prince asked me to tell you that he will be back soon!" He Zhu said.
"Okay, I understand!" He Xue didn't know why Kangxi wouldn't let the Crown Prince return to Yuqing Palace. Qianqing Palace and Yuqing Palace weren't that far apart. Was the matter really that urgent?
He Xue wanted to ask more questions, but then she thought about the affairs of the court, and He Zhu didn't know anything about them either. So she asked Xia Bing to pack some clothes for the Crown Prince and give them to He Zhu. She also told He Zhu to take good care of the Crown Prince before letting He Zhu leave.
The next day, on her way to Chengqian Palace, He Xue overheard people talking about the Crown Prince, so she stopped to find out what they were saying.
"Are you telling the truth?" asked the palace maid A.
"Of course it's true!" the palace maid said definitively. "I heard that girl is currently by the Crown Prince's side! Just think about it, a lone man and a lone woman, and the Crown Prince even saved her life. Perhaps soon Yuqing Palace will have another member!"
"But the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess have just gotten married! What will happen to the Crown Princess?" The palace maid A was worried about He Xue.
"You don't need to worry about that. No matter who enters Yuqing Palace, they won't threaten the Crown Princess's position. Even if it's not this girl, there will be someone else."
"This girl's low status is actually a good thing for the Crown Princess!" said the palace maid.
"Her status isn't low either, she's Lord Suo'etu's adopted daughter! Perhaps the Crown Prince did this on purpose to elevate that girl's status. Men really can't be trusted!"
The palace maid A secretly resolved that she must work hard to save money. When she reached the age to leave the palace, she did not plan to get married. With money in hand, why couldn't she do anything? Why did she have to be so foolish as to get married?
"Crown Princess?" Qingdai looked at Hexue with concern.
"Call them over!" Xue said calmly.
When the two palace maids saw Qingdai, they knew they were in deep trouble. [Would the Crown Princess take her anger out on them?]
He Xue dismissed those around her, and the palace maids A and B knelt nervously on the ground.
"Are you telling the truth just now?" He Xue asked, her face ashen.
"This servant...this servant's words are all true! Your Highness." The palace maid A was the first to kowtow.
“If you have told even half a lie, you should know the consequences.” He Xue calmly looked at the palace maid B, “Tell me everything you know, what’s going on between the Crown Prince and that woman.”
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