Watching the Crown Prince and He Xue's departing figures, Lady Tongjia felt a vague unease in her heart.
"Jingshu, your mother has a feeling that the Crown Prince is going to be in some trouble this time!" Lady Tongjia said worriedly.
"Mother, don't worry, everything will be alright!" Jing Shu said this without much confidence. He also felt that things were not so simple, otherwise Kangxi would not have summoned the Crown Prince back immediately.
He didn't know what Li Dequan and the Crown Prince said, but the Crown Prince's expression at the time was not good.
“Jingshu, why don’t we go to your maternal grandfather and ask him to go to the palace to help inquire?” said Lady Tongjia.
"Mother, let's wait! If we let Grandfather into the palace at this time, it's easy for the Emperor to misunderstand that the Crown Prince is forming a faction for personal gain!"
"It was my oversight!" Tongjia Shi also overlooked this in her haste.
"Mother, don't worry, the Crown Prince and He Xue will be fine! Aunt is still in the palace! If anything happens, Aunt will send us a message!" Jing Shu reassured Tong Jia Shi.
"Yes!" Lady Tongjia nodded.
Inside the carriage, He Xue anxiously gripped the Crown Prince's hand, "Crown Prince, brother!"
The Crown Prince patted He Xue's hand. "It's alright. Li Dequan just secretly told me that Father Emperor hit the Eighth Prince, but someone tried to harm him, but Father Emperor stopped them!"
"Does Father Emperor suspect you?" This was the first thing He Xue thought of.
Although the crown prince was unwilling to admit it, he also felt that Kangxi suspected him.
"Perhaps!" The Crown Prince's tone was tinged with melancholy. Had there been no longer any trust between him and Emperor Kangxi?
Seeing the Crown Prince's expression, Xuejian knew he was also feeling bad. "Crown Prince, even if Father doesn't believe me, I will always believe in you!"
"Alright, as long as you trust me!" the Crown Prince said with a smile. "I wonder what Father Emperor will do this time?"
"So what if I get trapped inside?" He Xue said nonchalantly. Even if she couldn't change the Crown Prince's fate, she would always stay by his side.
"He Xue, I've dragged you into this! Ever since you married me, trouble has been piling up!" the Crown Prince said guiltily.
“Brother Crown Prince, life isn’t always smooth sailing! Only after weathering the storm can you see the rainbow!” He Xue said optimistically.
The Crown Prince smiled at He Xue, then said to He Zhu outside the carriage, "He Zhu, tell Li Dequan that we will return to the palace later, and go to the Eighth Prince's residence first!"
"Yes!" He Zhu immediately went to find Li Dequan and told him what the Crown Prince had said.
Li De looked troubled. The Emperor had ordered the Crown Prince to return to the palace, but the Crown Prince wanted to go to the Eighth Prince's residence first. How was he going to explain this after he returned to the palace?
"Eunuch Li, His Highness the Crown Prince isn't not going back to the palace; he's just stopping by the Eighth Prince's residence on the way. It won't cause any trouble!"
"Besides, the Emperor didn't say when the Crown Prince would return to the palace. As long as the Crown Prince returns, that's fine!" He Zhu kept persuading Li Dequan.
Seeing this, Li Dequan could not say anything more and could only accompany the Crown Prince to the Eighth Prince's residence.
"Brother Crown Prince, what are you going to the Eighth Prince's residence for?" He Xue felt that it was best not to get too close to the Eighth Prince now, lest Kangxi think they were taking advantage of his misfortune.
"Eighth Prince has been beaten, so as his older brother, I should go and visit him!" the Crown Prince said with a smile.
He Xue looked at the Crown Prince's smile and felt that it was somewhat cunning. Although the Crown Prince was not a vengeful person, he was not a kind person who would repay evil with kindness either.
"Why don't you believe me?" the crown prince asked.
"Brother Crown Prince, do you think I'd believe you looking like this?" He Xue asked rhetorically.
"How dare you not believe me! You deserve to be punished!" After saying that, the Crown Prince kissed He Xue directly.
Only when He Xue was out of breath did the Crown Prince release her, as he knew that if he continued, he would be the one suffering.
The Crown Prince looked at He Xue's belly with a resentful expression, "How much longer until he is born?"
"It takes a full month for a melon to ripen and fall! Your Highness has had a hard time these past few days!" He Xue couldn't help but laugh at the Crown Prince's resentful expression.
"It's not hard work, as long as you and your child are safe and sound!"
"We will all be safe and sound!" He Xue said, holding the prince's hand tightly.
"Yes, everything will be alright!" the Crown Prince assured He Xue.
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