Before school was over, the Queen had people prepare various snacks and also asked someone to invite Concubine Wan.
After Wenqing returned, she quietly told the Queen, "I saw the people from Deyun Palace and secretly sent a lot of good things to Concubine Wan."
The Queen's eyes flickered slightly, and she chuckled softly, "I was wondering how Concubine De could come up with this tactic of risking her own life. It turns out it was her idea."
Huaying handed over a cup of tea and gestured for Wenqing to leave. "Your Majesty, are you talking about Concubine Wan?"
The queen smiled and nodded: "Well, she has always been delicate and gentle. I was worried that she would be heartless and teach Tianbao to be like this in the future..."
"Silly, naive...sweet?" The Queen loved to gossip with Huaying in private. The three words "silly, naive and sweet" were the Queen's evaluation of Concubine Wan.
The Queen smiled and gave her a gentle nudge, like a playful quarrel between sisters. "Yes, think about what happened two years ago. Wasn't she a naive and innocent girl? So silly that it made people feel distressed, yet she had no scheming, yet she looked charming and sweet."
Huaying, who always had a stern face, smiled and shook his head...
Lewan Palace.
Concubine Wan looked at Zhiqiu bewilderedly: "What should I do? Why did she give me something?"
Zhiqiu was speechless, but it was the little princess who, in the name of Concubine Wan, gave Concubine De an idea to resolve the problem.
"Aunt Zhiqiu, tell Empress De to pretend to be dead... not really dead, but to pretend she wants to die after the emperor passes away."
"Tell her to write a blood oath as well, including the names of the other ladies."
"Those who know the truth will write it, and those who don't will write it falsely, dragging everyone into this..."
"Don't write about my mother. She's a great person. She has no flaws!"
The little princess's instructions that day were still echoing in his ears, and Zhiqiu couldn't help but shiver.
"Zhi Qiu, please help me retreat secretly. No reward without merit... It would not be good if others suspected that Concubine De and I were conspiring together." Concubine Wan was still uneasy.
Concubine De sent all her valuable belongings to her, but Concubine Wan didn't dare to look at them for even a second, and she was feeling very uneasy.
Zhiqiu hesitated and asked, "Your Majesty, could it be that... the Empress came up with this idea? Since the Empress couldn't come in person, she used your name?"
She thought about it for two days, but no matter how she thought about it, she felt that the innocent little princess could not come up with such a clever idea. There must be someone behind the scenes directing her.
The only one who can give guidance to the little princess is the Queen.
Concubine Wan's eyes lit up. "That's right. Didn't the Empress want Tianbao to learn the art of intrigue? It's no surprise she could come up with such a plan. The Empress is truly exceptionally intelligent."
"The Queen is the master of the six palaces. She certainly can't ask Concubine De to cause trouble openly, otherwise she would be going against the Emperor." The more Zhiqiu thought about it, the more reasonable he felt this explanation was, and he finally let it go.
Imperial Concubine Wan wiped the sweat from her forehead and breathed a sigh of relief: "I have accepted the Empress's credit, but it's all for nothing."
Zhiqiu comforted her, "Letting Your Majesty take over the merit is indirectly letting the little princess take over the merit. Your Majesty, please put your heart at ease."
Concubine Wan nodded in relief, packed up, and picked out the most valuable item from the ones sent from Deyun Palace to take to Fengyi Palace.
When the Queen saw this, she and Huaying smiled at each other, with a tacit understanding that they knew each other well.
When Concubine Wan saw that the Queen accepted it calmly and smiled as softly as spring breeze, she also exchanged a glance with Zhiqiu and completely let go of her worries.
A small matter, settled here...
Tianbao is very diligent in going to school, regardless of wind or snow.
Concubine Dong continued to live in the cold palace, and the maids from the Snow and Cold Palace gradually asked the Queen for permission to go to the cold palace to serve. Later, Xiaojiu, who was raised by Concubine Dong, also refused to leave the cold palace, so the third prince also lived in the cold palace.
The two maids who originally guarded the cold palace were sent to wash toilets after the tyrant emperor visited the cold palace.
Time flies, and it’s New Year’s Eve in a blink of an eye.
Tianbao was wearing a festive red dress, with a red headband wrapped around her little bun on her head, and tied tightly with a fox pom-pom ball. She looked very cheerful.
"Tianbao, Fifth Brother will take you out to play." Xiaowu rubbed his hands ready to go.
It snowed all day yesterday, and everything was covered in white. Just looking at it made him excited. There were so many things to do after the snow, such as skiing, snowball fights, and building snowmen.
In the past, Zhiqiu followed alone, but now the snow was thick and the road was slippery, so she brought two palace maids with her.
Xiao Wu had already sent someone to make an appointment with the eldest prince and his friends, so as soon as Tian Bao and his friends arrived at the imperial garden, several snowballs were thrown at Xiao Wu. However, one snowball hit Tian Bao in the face.
"It's so cold!" Xiaowu didn't have time to clean the snow off his own face. He pinched his sleeves to wipe it off for Tianbao first. "Who is so blind as to hit Tianbao?"
The eldest prince, the second prince, and the third prince all looked at Xiao Si.
Xiao Si stared at the red patch on Tian Bao's face and turned his head away: "Humph!"
Tianbao was speechless. Ever since the Ye Gege incident, Fourth Brother had been mad at her for over a month. He was really angry.
"Okay, it's Fourth Brother! Sweet baby, Fifth Brother will avenge you!" Xiao Wu leaned over and grabbed a handful of snow, clenched his hands together, and threw the snowball at Xiao Si's face.
Xiao Si could obviously have dodged it, but he glanced at Tian Bao out of the corner of his eye and didn't.
The snowball made close contact with his little face, and it felt cold and painful.
Xiao Si felt a little regretful. Was she in so much pain when he hit Tianbao just now?
"I will avenge Tianbao too." The third prince also made a snowball and threw it at him. This time, the fourth prince knew to dodge and quickly made a snowball to fight back.
Soon, the eldest prince and the second prince also joined the "revenge" team and had a lot of fun smashing things.
Even though Xiao Si dodged quickly, he couldn't escape the simultaneous attack of four people and was beaten badly.
Tian Bao was eager to try, so he picked up a snowball and ran to Xiao Si: "Big brother, second brother, third brother, fifth brother, you are too bullying! I want to join forces with fourth brother!"
She said as she stood up from behind the bushes to help fight back.
Xiao San was about to throw the snowball in his hand, but for fear of hitting Tian Bao, he had to pull it back, causing Tian Bao to fall flat on his face.
The other princes were not in a much better situation. They all stopped throwing snowballs and even looked up to expose their faces to Tianbao.
"Patta~" A snowball the size of a dumpling fell a foot away from the second prince's eyes.
The second prince pretended to bend down and make a snowball, moving forward a foot and a half unnoticed.
So the snowball that Tianbao threw again naturally hit his chest.
Tianbao jumped up excitedly and clapped himself: "I got it, I got it! Look, Fourth Brother, Tianbao has avenged you!"
Xiao Si's nose felt sore, and the suffocation that had been stuck in his heart for more than a month suddenly disappeared.
He quickly stood up and patted Tianbao's head: "Tianbao is really awesome, thank you Tianbao...Ah! Who attacked me?"
Before he could finish his words, four snowballs came crashing down on him. He had no choice but to protect the little sweet baby in his arms and leave his back to the other four princes.
There was laughter in the imperial garden.
In the distance, two figures came stealthily.
"Later, you will find a way to lure the other princes over there. Act according to the situation and make sure to push the little princess into the water. I will take care of framing her."
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