Would the Guarjia clan really be so kind?!
Everyone looked at Jiaming with either open or subtle gazes, their suspicions quite evident.
Jiaming didn't care what these people thought; she responded to everyone with a pure, innocent smile!
Even if Li felt disgusted by Jia Ming's smile and didn't believe her, she still had to smile at Jia Ming to show her gratitude. Otherwise, without Guarjia, no one would speak up for her and Hongshi.
Just then, the Third Prince Hongshi arrived with his personal eunuchs and attendants.
When it was time to greet him, Jiaming personally held Hongjing and gestured for him to bow to the Third Prince Hongshi, saying, "Come, greet your third brother."
The little guy is smart. He had heard Jiaming talk about it when he was at Taoyuan and had personally shown him how to do it a few times. Now that he can do the movements, his chubby, short body makes him even cuter.
"Three, three pots!" The little guy's voice was still very sweet and his pronunciation wasn't perfect, but it was enough to touch the hearts of women who loved their mothers.
The way everyone looked at Hongjing softened involuntarily.
Unexpectedly, Hongshi, who was being greeted, snorted coldly, turned his head away, pretended not to see, and strode straight toward his mother, Madam Li!
For a moment, it was eerily quiet! The soft whispers, the tinkling of jade pendants and hairpins... all disappeared.
Everyone stared at the Third Prince Hongshi with surprise.
The Third Prince seemed to disdain the Fifth Prince's greeting, snorting, pouting, and turning his head away as if he didn't see him at all.
Haha! That's so rude and arrogant!
My younger brother greeted him, and this was his reaction!!
Haha! What a fine son the Li family has raised!
...
Thinking this, the women all turned their gazes toward Li Shi.
That mocking gaze was incredibly piercing to Li, making her dizzy.
Li bit her lip, her mind becoming even clearer due to the pain, her face remaining dark and extremely unsightly.
Standing in front of Madam Li, Hongshi saw that his mother's face was extremely ugly, and that the other mothers' expressions towards him were also very strange. His heart began to pound.
Did he do something wrong?
Unconsciously, hesitation and fear appeared on Hongshi's face.
Seeing Hongshi's expression, Li cursed inwardly: "Now you know it's wrong, now you're scared? Where did that disdainful sneer and cold indifference go? Humph, she'd always told him that even if he disliked the Fourth and Fifth Princes, he couldn't openly show it. Had his memory been eaten by a dog? How could he not remember?"
Sighing, Li sighed: "Why are they so disobedient? I'm so disappointed in them!"
The master really hopes to see brothers being kind and respectful to each other. If he knew what was happening before his eyes, he would be in big trouble!
In an instant, the women who understood the implications immediately began to look at Li Shi and Hong Shi with flickering eyes.
Of course, not only the women knew this, but Li also knew it. She glanced around and saw women with shifty eyes who clearly had ill intentions, and Li felt a little dizzy again.
But no, she can't faint. If she does, Hongshi will be in big trouble. The most important thing now is to do something about it.
She grabbed the Third Prince Hongshi, who was walking closer, and immediately forced a stiff smile toward Jiaming, quickly trying to salvage the situation: "Hehe, Fifth Prince is too young, his voice isn't accurate, Third Prince didn't react, he overlooked it, he didn't hear it, hehe!"
Jiaming and the women: ? ? ?
They actually tried to shift the blame to the Fifth Prince, Hongjing?!
Li, are you serious?!
Fifth Prince Hongjing may not speak very accurately, but his voice is loud enough that almost everyone around him could hear him. How shameless of him to use such an excuse!
Fine, even if the Fifth Prince's voice is soft and he's not going to ignore it, I (Guarjia Clan) did say something beforehand to remind him. I already said "Greetings to your Third Brother," so how could my (Guarjia Clan's) voice be so soft?!
Haha, that's just burying your head in the sand!
Everyone present heard it, okay?! Only your Third Prince didn't hear it. Even if it's to help him out, you need to come up with a plausible excuse!
A series of sneers rang out and reached Li's ears. Li's face turned pale instantly, and the knuckles of her fingers, which were tightly gripping the handkerchief, gradually turned blue and white.
Even though she knew in her heart that her words were no longer a valid excuse, she still had to continue.
"Hehe, Sister Guarjia, I'm so sorry! The Third Prince didn't mean it."
Jiaming sneered and remained silent.
Hesheli chimed in with a sarcastic remark, "If it wasn't intentional, then it was deliberate!"
Li glared at Hesheli, then ignored her and continued looking at Jiaming. Hongjing in her arms said, "Guarjia sister, your fifth prince is so smart. He can even call you third brother now, but unfortunately he doesn't pronounce it correctly, so Hongshi doesn't understand. However, it's not too late to make up for it now. Mother Li will have your third brother return the greeting to you right now."
Holding Hongjing's fine tea, she remained silent, adopting an indifferent attitude, letting Li speak freely.
After Li finished speaking, Hongshi still didn't react. She glared at the top of Hongshi's head, then pressed down hard on the top of Hongshi's head with her right hand, and whispered, "Hurry up and say hello to your fifth brother."
At the same time, he thought to himself, "Why am I so slow to react? This won't do. How am I going to compete with the Fourth Prince and the Fifth Prince for the throne in the future?"
Hongshi, who was originally uneasy, was actually blamed on Hongjing after her mother said that. Looking at Hongjing in Jiaming's arms, she called out confidently, "Fifth Brother!"
For a moment, all the women turned their gazes to Hongshi, full of surprise—they never expected that the Third Prince was just as shameless as his mother, so brazen as to be so self-righteous!
Some, not thinking so much about it, believed that the Third Prince Hongshi was thick-skinned and ruthless, and would surely achieve great things in the future. For example, Empress Hesheli, so the way she looked at Hongshi became even more strange.
But people like Jiaming and Songshi had even more to think about, as they knew the Fourth Master's character well.
The Fourth Prince definitely knew what happened here, and what Lady Li said could only fool the Third Prince Hongshi, but not the Fourth Prince.
Haha, the Third Prince took Li's words seriously and didn't realize his mistake at all. If he gets to the Fourth Prince, things will really get bad!
For a moment, the two atmospheres at the second gate were clearly distinct.
This strange atmosphere lasted for a while before it was suddenly broken by someone barging in.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, Your Highness, First Prince, and Fourth Prince's carriages have returned to the gate!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the sunlight at the second gate dimmed considerably, as if the light had been absorbed by the eye-catching beauties before them.
One by one, beautiful women smiled radiantly, their graceful figures captivating all who beheld them.
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