Jing'er looked bewildered: "Princess, aren't we going in? What's that sound coming from inside?"
Yuan Yao extended her fair, delicate finger: "Shh..."
She glanced at the Moonflower Palace and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
Before she left, only the Ninth Prince and Danqing remained in the hall.
Moreover, the painting was specially left behind by the Ninth Prince.
The two of them...
Yuan Yao shook her head, trying to shake off the bad thoughts from her mind.
She glanced back at the Moonlit Palace and said to Jing'er, "I want to be alone. Give me the lantern, and you stay here and keep watch."
Jing'er paused for a moment: "Princess, my name is Jing'er."
Yuan Yao: "?"
She was extremely agitated, and said fiercely in her childish voice, "You're not allowed to go anywhere while you're holding the wine! You're not allowed to enter the Moonflower Palace either!"
"This princess is going out for a walk and will be back soon."
Jing'er opened her mouth: "But..."
She looked at the wine she was holding in her arms.
Yuan Yao glanced at the wine jar: "Put the wine jar on the ground, so it doesn't get warm from your body and spoil the wine."
Upon hearing this, Jing'er immediately put down the wine jar and obediently stood guard on the steps of the Moonflower Palace.
Yuan Yao took the palace lantern and walked out with small steps.
For the past three days, many palace servants of Qianhua Palace have been in Meixiang Courtyard of Renshou Hall, so it has been quiet and deserted.
Yuan Yao, holding the lantern, walked further and further away.
Before she knew it, she had arrived at the courtyard where Tangyuan was.
The young eunuch at the gate greeted her with a grin, "What brings you here so late, Princess?"
Yuan Yao said calmly, "I'm craving tangyuan (sweet rice balls)."
The little eunuch said with a smile, "Tangyuan drank a basin of milk and ate almost two pounds of meat last night!"
"Thank you for your hard work." Yuan Yao didn't say much and stepped into the courtyard.
Upon hearing the familiar voice, Tangyuan ran out, "Aww..."
The glutinous rice ball, which had grown to be as tall as Yuan Yao's thigh, was quite strong when it bounced around.
The tiger cub seemed to sense that Yuan Yao was in a bad mood.
It squatted down in front of Yuan Yao, tilting its little head: "Aww?"
It's asking, what's wrong with her?
Yuan Yao put down the palace lantern, reached out her little hand, and stroked Tangyuan's fluffy head: "Tangyuan, I'm a little unhappy..."
Tangyuan seemed to understand, but not quite. She kicked her hind foot, raised her head, stuck out her tongue, and licked Yuan Yao's hand.
Is it comforting her?
Yuan Yao hung her head: "Tangyuan, I feel so selfish."
My father is a high-ranking official, with the well-being of all people in his heart, but all I want is for him to be by my side...
It's wonderful that he has people around him who care about him, but... but I'm so jealous!
I think my father is the best person in the world, and no one is good enough for him.
The painting is very good, but…
She couldn't quite finish her sentence.
Since she woke up, Danqing has stayed by her side, but she still feels that Danqing is not good enough for her father...
Today, Danqing suddenly disappeared. I went to pick up the Ninth Prince, and she was quite happy.
But what did she hear outside the Moonflower Palace just now?
Thinking about it all, I feel really bad!
Yuan Yao stretched out her little hands and hugged Tangyuan's neck: "It's better to be a tiger cub."
"What's so good about being a tiger cub?"
A cold, clear voice came from behind.
Yuan Yao was startled.
She turned around.
The Ninth Prince wore an indigo robe. Under the dim light, the dark patterns on the robe floated, and they were white plum blossoms embroidered with silver thread. He was aloof and noble.
Thinking of the sounds she had just heard outside the Moonflower Palace, Yuan Yao lowered her eyes.
She called out softly, "Father..."
Behind the Ninth Prince was Danqing.
Danqing's clothes were neat and her makeup was clean; she looked exactly the same as when she left Yuehua Palace...
Yuan Yao glanced at it twice and then looked away.
Seeing this, the Ninth Prince said, "Little Yao'er, come here."
Yuan Yao hesitated.
At this moment, Danqing spoke first: "Princess... Jing'er just said it."
What?
Yuan Yao was slightly shocked.
She said irritably, "What did Jing'er say?"
The Ninth Prince smiled and said, "You said that you heard my voice outside the Moonflower Palace and left dejectedly."
Yuan Yao: "..."
She just overheard it by accident!
She pursed her lips, her cheeks puffed out in anger: "Yes, I heard it! Is Father going to punish me?"
"You little dumpling..." Seeing that she was still angry, the Ninth Prince was quite intrigued: "Little Yao'er, tell your father what you heard?"
"Doesn't Father know what I heard?" Yuan Yao said, somewhat angrily.
She was so angry and jealous!
Xu Yunzhi wasn't jealous of her, but Danqing was.
At this moment, Danqing blushed and said gently, "Princess... perhaps you've misunderstood something."
The emperor had been traveling for days, which greatly depleted his physical strength and damaged his health.
"Just now, while bathing, His Highness dislocated his shoulder, so I helped him put it back in place."
"Really?" Yuan Yao was slightly surprised.
On the way back from Renshou Palace, the Ninth Prince held her the whole time.
At that time, his hand was already dislocated.
She asked, "Then...the sounds that Jing'er and I heard..."
"I'm afraid of pain." The Ninth Prince looked down at her.
Yuan Yao pursed her lips.
She had been angry for so long, but she never expected that she had wronged her father!
No wonder the emperor asked him if he was injured...
He chose to keep it a secret because he was afraid she would worry, right?
She still thought that her father and Danqing...
Yuan Yao wanted to slap herself.
She patted Tangyuan's little head, got up and walked to the Ninth Prince's side, her eyes sparkling, and said guiltily, "Father, I'm sorry..."
"good."
On the way back to Yuehua Palace, Yuan Yao chose to walk alone.
The Ninth Prince led her by the hand, their steps slow.
Tangyuan wagged its tail and bounced around everywhere.
By the dim light, the Ninth Prince looked at the foxtail grass by the roadside and said, "These flowers will be in bloom soon."
After speaking, he bent down and picked one.
The lush green foxtail grass leaves looked especially beautiful on his fair and slender fingertips.
Yuan Yao retorted irritably, "Xie Zhi admitted that he deliberately messed with me by giving me these dog-tail grasses!"
Upon hearing this, the Ninth Prince not only did not share her hatred, but instead smiled and said, "Young Master Xie is quite an interesting person."
interesting?
This is clearly the behavior of a naughty child!
Anyone else would have been stuffed in a sack and beaten up!
Yuan Yao tilted her little head up and asked the Ninth Prince, "Father, you seem to like Xie Zhi quite a bit?"
She remembered that back then, His Highness the Crown Prince wanted to become the Ninth Prince's disciple, but the Ninth Prince did not agree.
Jiang Chengyan was not close to the Ninth Prince either.
He didn't seem to have a good relationship with the emperor's children.
But Xie Zhi didn't stand on ceremony in front of him; he could even joke around...
"Xie Zhi..." The Ninth Prince's gaze was calm: "He is very much like me when I was a child."
The Nine Thousand Years Old in his childhood?
Xie Zhi?
In my mind, the image of a spirited young man came to mind.
So, when the Ninth Prince was young, he was such a bright and cheerful young boy as Xie Zhi!
Yuan Yao gazed at the Ninth Prince with bright, sparkling eyes.
Her father must have been much better looking than Xie Zhi when he was a child!
If she had the chance, she would love to see what her father looked like when he was a child!
Suddenly, a weight appeared on my head.
The Ninth Prince placed his hand on Yuan Yao's head and asked, "Little Yao, do you like playing with Xie Zhi?"
Playing with Xie Zhi?
Yuan Yao snapped out of her daze: "Why would Father ask that?"
The Ninth Prince's eyes were slightly cool, but the corners of his lips were raised as he asked, "Do you like it?"
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