The next morning, Prince Rong was fined half a year's salary and ordered to reflect on his mistakes in seclusion for another half a year because he stepped into the throne room with his left foot first.
Prince Rong was suddenly awakened from his sleep, and he felt as if he was struck by lightning!
Prince Rong hurriedly wanted to go up and ask for clarification, but was stopped by the emperor's close eunuch Li.
"The emperor still has important matters to attend to. If Prince Rong has nothing else to do, please return home quickly. Otherwise, he will be unhappy." Eunuch Li stopped talking, nodded to him, and left with the emperor.
In the end, Prince Rong didn't even have the chance to say a word to the emperor!
He returned to Prince Rong's Mansion in great anger and complained to Princess Rong.
Princess Rong didn't dare to say a word. She subconsciously felt that this matter was probably related to her.
Prince Rong said a lot, but Princess Rong never said a word, and looked at her very depressed.
Her eyes were evasive, not daring to look directly at him, and Prince Rong understood.
"Are you hiding something from me?" He stood up, his eyes slightly narrowed when he was angry, and he looked at Princess Rong as if he was looking at prey.
"No! How could I hide something from Your Highness?" Princess Rong said while holding the handkerchief, pretending to be calm.
Prince Rong naturally didn't believe it. He snorted coldly and strode away. He randomly asked a servant in the mansion and found out the secret!
This shallow-eyed woman!
He actually stole Bai Zhirou's betrothal gift!
As a result, she was invited into the palace by people sent by the Queen Mother last night!
Good, good, good!
He was wondering why the emperor found an excuse to punish him so early in the morning!
He returned the same way and had a big fight with Princess Rong!
When Xia Yuning arrived, the room was littered with broken porcelain pieces!
Princess Rong was still holding a piece of broken porcelain in her hand, and bright red blood was flowing out, deeply stinging Xia Yuning's eyes.
This was the first time the couple had such a fierce quarrel!
"Why are you so blind? The girl Bai has won the Queen Mother's favor now. She is not comparable to any other girl!"
"We're already at a disadvantage because we can't get rid of her, and you're just trying to give her something to worry about! You stupid woman!"
Prince Rong was so angry that his eyes were bloodshot, and there were three deep nail marks on his face, which were obviously caused by a woman.
"Father, please say less." Xia Yuning comforted.
Prince Rong glared at her, threw up his sleeves and left angrily.
As soon as he left, Princess Rong collapsed in her chair, covering her face and crying.
After a while, a servant came to report that Prince Rong had gone to the concubine.
Princess Rong was so angry that she swept everything on the table to the ground!
Xia Yuning was also startled.
Bai Zhirou woke up in a strange yet comfortable room. The palace maids had already lined up to help her get up and wash.
Bai Zhirou was so immersed in the pleasure of being served that she couldn't help herself until she finished dressing up and she finally came to her senses.
She happily followed the palace maid to have dinner with the empress dowager. Laughter and joy could be heard from the Cining Palace early in the morning. Nanny Hongyu, who was serving the empress dowager, looked at Bai Zhirou with a smile on her face.
Princess Mingzhu was like a little sun, filling the Cining Palace with joy.
It is really strange that Prince Rong and his wife do not love such a lively and cheerful girl at all!
After breakfast, Bai Zhirou left. She had to go and see where Qiu Tong and the other two were staying.
Nanny Ruan also followed her out of the palace. She returned to the princess's residence and guarded the betrothal gifts for Bai Zhirou to prevent any villains from doing anything bad.
Bai Zhirou had a very familiar feeling as she walked into the Shen Family Garden. The rockery, artificial water, pavilions and towers were similar to those in Jiangnan towns.
However, it is much larger than the small towns in the south of the Yangtze River and looks very comfortable.
Qiu Tong and his companions were settled here, and they had good food and drink and servants to serve them. The memory of their narrow escape from death yesterday finally faded a little.
After Shen Zhao and a few dandies went back to their respective homes last night, they had another mixed doubles meal of stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots.
Although they are not well yet, they have all escaped and gathered in this garden.
So when Bai Zhirou followed the servants into the main house, she heard intermittent weak wailing sounds.
She paused in the hall and didn't go in. Instead, a servant went in and called Shen Zhao out.
He was not much better than those playboys. Although the red mark on his neck was covered by his clothes, it was still visible, which showed how hard the blow was.
Bai Zhirou exchanged a few pleasantries with him and then went to see Qiu Tong and the others.
Fortunately, after a whole night of treatment, the three were out of danger.
After this assassination, they became more convinced that murder and robbery were not allowed!
Otherwise, if they act as the mantis, someone else will act as the oriole!
From then on, Qiu Tong and the other two officially became Bai Zhirou's subordinates.
The four playboys got together and started playing with crickets.
Bai Zhirou was furious when she saw the playful and disillusioned Chen Zhao!
She wanted to grab his ears and pull him up many times.
But she held back. After all, they hadn't officially gotten married yet, so they couldn't be considered husband and wife.
When the playboys were having fun, a servant came to report that the third prince had arrived.
Before the playboys could remember to pack their things, the third prince Xia Ziyuan walked in with steady and powerful steps.
He didn't expect Bai Zhirou to be here too, so he bowed to her.
Bai Zhirou dodged to the side and bowed to him.
The third prince was a talkative man. As soon as he sat down, he began to talk about the reason for his visit.
It’s because there was a flood in Jiangnan.
"But it's near Shao City?" Bai Zhirou's heart tightened when she heard about the flood in the south of the Yangtze River.
"It's quite far from Shao City. Hey, Mingzhu's adoptive parents are in Shao City?" said the third prince.
"That's right, in a remote mountain village in Shaoxing City." Bai Zhirou said neither humbly nor arrogantly.
The third prince nodded. This time the flood was far away from Shao City, and was located several towns away from Shao City.
Bai Zhirou felt slightly relieved.
This time he came to ask the emperor to go and control the flood, and came here to ask Shen Zhao if he would go with him.
Shen Zhao glanced at Bai Zhirou, who looked back at him with some confusion.
The couple's wedding date was set for early September, two months later, so there was still plenty of time.
"If you want to go, go ahead. There's still time." Bai Zhirou saw through his doubts.
Shen Zhao was relieved after getting her permission.
But he realized belatedly that why he needed Bai Zhirou's permission to go somewhere?
Thinking of this, he became tough again.
"I'm not asking for your consent, so don't think too much about it." He said as he drank two more cups of tea in gulps.
There was no need for Bai Zhirou to expose such an obvious excuse.
The other three playboys stopped fighting crickets and said they wanted to go together.
"Home is too annoying. I want to go to Jiangnan with Brother Chen." Dandy No. 1 said, and the other two Dandies nodded like chicks pecking at rice.
It was decided that they would go to Jiangnan together to control the flood.
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