Chapter 312 A coordinated attack
Lu Chi frowned: "Don't talk nonsense."
"How could I have said something wrong? Could it be—"
Before Huang Guohua could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a flying kick.
That kick came from Xie Yunqi, who happened to overhear what Huang Guohua said.
Then, things turned out the way they did.
Sheng Sheng calmed herself down and told herself: "Don't rush, don't rush. Isn't this one of the purposes of your spring banquet?"
Before coming, Sheng Sheng had planned to clarify the matter in a subtle way, so she was prepared to hear gossip from everyone at the Spring Banquet.
But when she actually heard those words, she still felt annoyed.
"That's not how it is! You don't know the truth, so why are you saying this?" Sheng Sheng said sullenly. "The Crown Prince and my brother have a very good relationship. Please stop talking nonsense."
Huang Guohua was sweating profusely. These words, at best, were gossip, and at worst, they were unwarranted comments about the prince. If taken seriously, they could bring disaster to his family or even cost him his head.
Seeing that Sheng Sheng had only scolded him a few times in anger, Huang Guohua felt like he had escaped a disaster and quickly replied, "Yes, yes, it's all my fault. I'm a chatterbox, I'm the worst. I shouldn't have gossiped!"
"Um."
Sheng Sheng didn't know how to prove that Xie Yunsheng and Xie Yunchuan's relationship wasn't as rumored. Her mind was in turmoil, so she could only give a temporary "hmm".
Xie Yunjia ruffled Sheng Sheng's hair in annoyance: "That's it?"
Sheng Sheng truthfully replied, "Sister, I don't know what else I can do besides this."
These rumors weren't heard by just one person; things that happened in the palace couldn't be said openly, so these discussions could only continue.
Sheng Sheng wanted to clarify the rumors, but how could she do it? She couldn't very well call Xie Yunyang and Xie Yunchuan over and have them walk hand in hand in front of everyone, could she?
Even if she goes to great lengths to preach grand principles now, like Huang Guohua, who outwardly agrees earnestly and respectfully, once he returns home and closes the door, the gossip will still continue as before. Can she possibly follow him to his house and keep an eye on him to prevent him from saying anything?
Xie Yunjia wasn't as soft-hearted as Sheng Sheng. In her opinion, since they couldn't stop the rumors, why not just find out who was spreading them?
Xie Yunjia snorted coldly, speaking in a cold tone: "Young Master Huang is truly spoiled by Lord Huang. He doesn't know his place in this situation. But I understand. He's just a young child, and the only son in the family. What was I saying again? Oh, the family's 'little rascal.' You can't bear to discipline him, can you?"
Huang Guohua felt a chill run down his spine, a sense of foreboding rising within him.
Li Manyan noticed that Xie Yunjia was angry and reminded her softly, "Princess, it is still the spring banquet."
The implication was that she should wait until after the Spring Banquet to deal with the matter, otherwise Xie Yunjia's anger would definitely be seen by the people coming and going at the banquet, which might cause misunderstandings and gossip.
Sheng Sheng thought so too, but she understood Xie Yunjia a little better than Li Manyan. Xie Yunjia was never afraid of these things.
Sure enough, Xie Yunjia raised an eyebrow and said nonchalantly, "This princess never cares about these things. He hit my youngest brother, and as his eldest sister, I naturally have to stand up for him."
Huang Guohua: "!!!"
Huang Guohua was so frightened that he stammered, "No, Princess, I've already been kicked several times by the Fifth Prince. I think I've gotten my revenge, right?"
And it wasn't just those few kicks; he was stepped on so many times that his shoes got all dirty!
He kept getting his face covered in the face, doesn't that count?!
"I didn't do any of that, so what does it have to do with me?"
Huang Guohua: "...Then, how will the Grand Princess punish me?"
Huang Guohua asked tremblingly, and Xie Yunjia looked at him with an expression as if he were an idiot: "Of course, it's an eye for an eye. Since Lord Huang is reluctant to discipline the child, this princess happens to be kind-hearted and will reluctantly do it for him."
Huang Guohua's voice trembled even more, as if he were going all out: "Then, after you've taught him a lesson, will you still tell my father...?"
Actually, what he cared about wasn't whether or not to tell his father—he wasn't afraid of his father at all. He was just afraid that Xie Yunjia would recklessly spread the news.
"you guess."
Xie Yunjia's two casual words tormented Huang Guohua to no end.
She sighed and pulled Xie Yunjia back, saying, "Alright, Your Highness, don't scare him anymore."
“I’m not trying to scare him,” Xie Yunjia said coldly.
"Your Majesty, calm down," she pleaded.
Huang Guohua was overjoyed, thinking he would be spared, but Sheng Sheng said even colder words: "There's no need for us to take action. We might as well just tell Father."
No matter how you explain it, it's useless.
Instead of trying to solve the problem directly, why not just use your words?
Anyway, it's a fact that Huang Guohua talked about the prince behind his back, and the content of his talk was extremely disrespectful. Whatever the outcome, it was his own doing.
Xie Yunqi exclaimed, "Wow!" and praised, "That's a great idea, I support it! Speaking of which, I wonder if Father Emperor knows about these messy rumors. Why don't we take this opportunity to tell him?"
"ah?"
Huang Guohua was deeply shocked. His knees buckled, and all he could hear were the words Xie Yunqi had said, words he didn't know. He felt as if the sky had fallen.
He still has some sense. No matter how much his parents spoil him, if His Majesty finds out about this, he's doomed!
Not only him, but the entire Huang family may be implicated.
Huang Guohua was just a child, and he was so frightened that he trembled and cried uncontrollably, begging for mercy repeatedly.
"Waaaaah, Princess, Second Princess, and Fifth Prince, waaaaah, I really know I was wrong, I shouldn't have said those things, waaaaah... Please don't tell His Majesty, I beg you, waaaaah."
Xie Yunjia disliked crying children the most, especially children like Huang Guohua who only realized their mistakes when they were the ones suffering the consequences.
The crying was so deafening that Xie Yunjia picked at her ears and said with disgust, "Cry, cry, cry. All you do all day is cry. You're useless except for crying."
Sheng Sheng wholeheartedly agreed and joined in the criticism: "I hate people like you who don't think about the consequences when they do bad things."
Xie Yunqi sweetly replied, "You can't even win a fight. The only thing you'll ever do in your life is gossip about others behind their backs."
The three of them talked back and forth, until Huang Guohua broke down completely.
Li Manyan wanted to laugh, but Huang Guohua was crying so miserably that she felt embarrassed to laugh.
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