The two secretly hid behind the artificial hill in Kunning Palace, plotting in hushed tones.
"Xu Qingshi, are you stupid? That thing was ordered by the Emperor to be collected, and you still left it for her? Aren't you afraid of being punished by the Emperor?" Zhu Hanyu didn't expect Xu Qingshi to do this for Li Zhiwei.
"I've come to you for help, haven't I? If my royal uncle wants to chop off my head, you have to save me!" Xu Qingshi patted the Third Prince on the shoulder and said without any politeness.
"When my father wants to behead you, I won't be able to save you. My father won't listen to a child like me." Zhu Hanyu refused to accept this.
"You don't need to do anything. Just go to the Emperor and cry. If he doesn't agree to release me, don't stop," Xu Qingshi said quickly, thinking of Zhu Jingchen's expression when he heard Zhu Hanyu's cries.
"What if my father were to execute me as well?" Zhu Hanyu was still very afraid of Zhu Jingchen.
After all, the Emperor is quite fierce; he doesn't have much time to indulge in father-son affection with Zhu Hanyu.
“Then we’re brothers in life, and brothers in death,” Xu Qingshi said after thinking for a moment.
"I don't want to be a ghost!" Zhu Hanyu protested. Who would want to be a ghost for no reason?
He doesn't want to.
"Third Prince, what's wrong?" A young eunuch overheard his master's words and quickly stepped forward to ask.
"This is none of your business, get lost." In Kunning Palace, Zhu Hanyu was a little tyrant.
At this moment, he just looked at Xu Qingshi with dissatisfaction.
He didn't understand why Xu Qingshi wanted to become a ghost with him when he considered Xu Qingshi a good friend.
"So, will you save me or not?" Xu Qingshi looked at Zhu Hanyu with a smug expression.
I thought to myself, if you don't want to be a ghost with me, then you have to try your best to save me.
"I'm going to cry to my father right now." Zhu Hanyu shuddered at the thought of Zhu Jingchen, his heart filled with fear. No, he had to take his mother with him.
Otherwise, what if he can't cry later? Wouldn't that mean he can't save Xu Qingshi?
He doesn't want to be a ghost.
The two discussed it before coming out of the artificial hill.
As soon as the Empress came out, she saw that the two of them still had a few fallen leaves on their heads, and said in an annoyed tone, "You two little rascals, what have you been up to?"
"Greetings, Your Majesty the Empress." Xu Qingshi bowed respectfully upon seeing the Empress.
"Mother, you should come with me to Father to cry." Zhu Hanyu ignored her and pulled the Empress towards the Qianqing Palace.
"You child, why are you crying to your father all of a sudden?" The Empress was both amused and exasperated. The Emperor was most afraid of Zhu Hanyu crying. Could it be that this child knew the Emperor was afraid of him crying and was trying to get a sense of his presence?
"Mother, I must save Qing Shi. If I don't go now, I will become a ghost." Zhu Hanyu was extremely anxious at the thought of becoming a ghost.
"What do you mean by saving the Qing Dynasty, and then becoming a ghost?" The Empress felt that her son's words were incoherent and she didn't understand them for a moment.
"Your Majesty, it was Qing Shi who accidentally offended the Imperial Uncle, which is why the Third Prince wanted to save her." Xu Qing Shi didn't expect the Third Prince to tell everyone.
He was afraid the Empress would misunderstand him, so he explained.
"What did Qing Shi do?" The Empress was taken aback at first, thinking that if Xu Qing Shi had really done something very wrong, he shouldn't be here at this time.
He hadn't heard that the Emperor was going to punish the Prince An's mansion.
Moreover, the Prince An's mansion has recently filled the national treasury; how could the Emperor possibly punish him?
If it weren't for the fact that Prince An had no other titles to bestow, the Empress felt that even rewarding Prince An's residence would be sufficient.
Besides, how big of a mistake can a child make?
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