Chapter 106 It Hurts So Much, Little Black!
The little dumpling's expressions were incredibly interesting, sometimes frowning, sometimes laughing.
In the end, she stood up, clenched her little fist with a determined look, and cheered herself on, which made Consort Rong and Xie Yunchuan chuckle.
Xie Yunchuan teased her, "What came up with?"
Sheng Sheng smiled and said, "Sheng Sheng is thinking that she can go out and play with her brothers in a few days. She is so happy and looking forward to it."
Sheng Sheng was referring to what they had agreed upon before: to invite Xie Yunyang and have him and Xie Yunchuan take Sheng Sheng and Xie Yunqi to the Rong family's farm at the foot of Yanshan Mountain once again.
Consort Rong was unaware of this matter and asked in surprise, "Going out to play? Where to?"
Xie Yunchuan: "Yunshan Farm at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, as we had agreed before, is where the Crown Prince, Shengsheng, and the Fifth Prince will go again."
"Oh, the one you and the Crown Prince grew old with."
"Um."
Consort Rong nodded. She was quite worried that Sheng Sheng might encounter danger if she went out, after all, she was still too young, and Xie Yunqi was also very impulsive. Consort Rong was really afraid that something might happen to them.
But the little dumpling looked expectant, clearly having thought about it for a long time, and Consort Rong couldn't bear to say no.
Sheng Sheng looked at her with expectant eyes, but also a little nervous that she might say she wasn't allowed to go.
Consort Rong smiled helplessly and pinched her little face: "Your brother has already promised you, how could your mother let him be a person who breaks his promise?"
Sheng Sheng excitedly threw herself into Consort Rong's arms: "Wow, thank you, Mother! I promise I won't run off, I'll stay right behind my brother!"
Consort Rong chuckled, then embraced her, letting Sheng Sheng cling to her, and asked Xie Yunchuan, "The Crown Prince has also agreed?"
Xie Yunchuan nodded: "Mm."
Consort Rong nodded, then sighed silently, as if she had thought of something: "The Crown Prince is gentle and dislikes fighting, but the Empress is the opposite. She doesn't allow him to be distracted or do anything else. The Crown Prince is tolerant, but the Empress doesn't back down, and the two of them are always at odds."
Although Consort Rong was at odds with the Empress, it did not mean that she disliked the Crown Prince.
As a mother herself, she understood the Empress's desire for her son to succeed, but she did not agree with her approach.
The Empress disliked Consort Rong, but her son and Consort Rong's son were very close, like brothers.
Sheng Sheng asked curiously, "Mother, why doesn't the Crown Prince tell the Empress that he doesn't like what she's doing?"
Consort Rong paused for a moment, unsure of what to say.
Sheng Sheng is still young, and she doesn't really want Sheng Sheng to know those things too early.
A palace maid brought up a basin of water. Xie Yunchuan picked up Shengsheng, helped her wash her hands, and said, "Do you still remember the Third Prince that your brother told you about?"
Sheng Sheng recalled for a moment: "I remember, my third brother fell ill and went to heaven a long time ago."
"The Empress lost her third brother, and your elder brother, the Crown Prince, knew of her grief, so he silently endured it."
Xie Yunchuan didn't explain much to her, and simply said one sentence.
Sheng Sheng seemed to understand but not quite, and seeing that neither of them wanted to say more, she obediently didn't ask any further questions.
After having a late-night snack at Jinxiu Palace, it was already a quarter of an hour before midnight when we returned to Yuqing Palace.
Sheng Sheng was exhausted after a long day, and she closed her eyes in a daze while Zijuan helped her wash up.
I finally lay down on the soft and warm bed, but then I heard a rustling sound again.
Zijuan had just extinguished the candle when she heard the sound, so she lit another one and held it in her hand, heading towards the source of the sound.
With sleepy eyes still closed, she asked, "Sister Zijuan, what's wrong?"
After looking for a while without seeing anything and with the noise still going on, Zijuan became a little nervous and quickly called out to Yanhu, "Yanhu, come and take a look, is there something here?"
Yan Hu, who was comfortably lying by the stove and almost fell asleep, slowly got up, walked to Zi Juan, stared at her for a while, and then raised his paw to move the small box placed by the bed.
The moment the box was moved, a dark shape darted out, spun around a few times, and then crashed into the wall with a thud, startling Zijuan: "Ah!"
That shout jolted Sheng Sheng awake, jolting her awake from her deathbed dream: "What's wrong? What's wrong!"
Little Black clutched its head and cried out in pain, "Aaaaaah, it hurts so much, Little Black!"
Yan Hu silently placed the small box against the side and said, "Stupid."
Little Black was furious: "You still dare to talk? If my hole hadn't been blocked, would I have been stuck in there for so long trying to break this thing open?! You didn't even tell me you were coming, and I was still banging my head against it, which made me fly out all of a sudden. Who was so bold as to block my mouse hole!"
Xiao Hei was full of energy as he criticized him, but Yan Hu yawned, lazily walked back to the stove and continued to sleep, which infuriated Xiao Hei.
Zijuan then recognized Xiaohei. She patted her chest with lingering fear and quickly said to Shengsheng, who had jumped off the bed, "Princess, it's Xiaohei. The palace maids must have forgotten about it when they were cleaning today. The box blocked Xiaohei's hole, and he couldn't get out. He's been banging against the box inside the hole."
Sheng Sheng, still half asleep, thought about the image of Xiao Hei bumping into boxes inside the cave and then laughed again.
"Little Black, are you alright? Hahaha."
Xiao Hei said irritably, "I heard you laughing!"
Xiao Hei must have something to say to Sheng Sheng, so Zi Juan lit a few more candles and placed one on the table.
The night air was chilly, and just as Zijuan was about to get some clothes for Shengsheng to wrap herself in, Chunhua's voice came from the doorway.
"Princess, Princess? Sister Zijuan, what happened? Is the princess alright?"
Chunhua and Qiuyue take turns keeping watch in the courtyard every night. Just now, there was a bit of a commotion, and Zijuan's scream carried out. Chunhua was worried, so she came to ask her what was wrong.
Zijuan hurried to open the door and explained a few words to Chunhua, who was then relieved.
The little girl felt cold, but her big coat was hanging on the rack and she couldn't reach it.
Sheng Sheng could only grab a cloak from the soft couch and wrap herself in it, but she was only wearing a thin undergarment underneath. In just a short while, the little dumpling was already chilled by the night air and shivered as she sneezed.
"Oh, Princess!"
Zijuan hurriedly went to get her a coat and put it on, and then went to warm up her hand warmer.
After giving her the hand warmer, he whispered to Yan Hu to go sleep next to Sheng Sheng and moved the warmer to her side.
Seeing her guilty expression, Sheng Sheng quickly said, "I'm fine, Zijuan. I'm not going to fall over with a gust of wind. I just sneezed."
"No, Princess, you are weak, and this cold is penetrating to the bone. You will easily fall ill. I will go and make you some ginger soup now. You can talk to Xiao Hei first, and you can drink it after you finish talking."
Sheng Sheng held the hand warmer in her hands, stretched her little feet over the stove, and obediently replied, "Okay, Sheng Sheng will be a good girl and warm herself by the fire here."
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