The little princess didn't want to pay attention, but Maimaiti spoke up again: "It's about Xu Yuehuai."
This piqued the little princess's interest. She looked at Maimaiti and gestured for him to continue.
“Your Highness, Xu Yuehuai is leaving. She’s going back to the Central Plains.” Maimaiti said, observing the little princess’s expression. “Otherwise, why would she suddenly send you back to the palace? Besides, there must be something else going on here.”
Sure enough, the little princess's expression changed upon hearing this, because she was very afraid that Xu Yuehuai would leave.
"Do you know why she left? Because they from the Central Plains are going to attack our Mingyue Kingdom," Maimaiti continued to deceive her.
But the little princess was just sad, not out of her mind, so she didn't believe Maimaiti.
"You're lying, I don't believe you," the little princess said, and turned to leave again.
Maimaiti reached out again to block the little princess's path: "Your Highness, please wait."
The little princess didn't want to waste any more words with him, but she couldn't leave, so she got a little angry.
She was about to lose her temper and yell, "Maimaiti, are you trying to be disrespectful?"
"Your Highness, I wouldn't dare," Maimaiti said sincerely. "I just wanted to remind you that Xu Yuehuai might have already run away?"
The little princess's heart skipped a beat when she heard this; she remembered what Xu Yuehuai had said during dinner.
Maimaiti knew his plan had succeeded: "Your Highness, you should go back and take a look."
This time, the little princess didn't get angry. She didn't say anything, just pushed Maimaiti aside and ran back.
On the way back, she was in great turmoil. She thought Xu Yuehuai probably wouldn't leave, but she also felt that he might have already run away.
Her mind was in turmoil as she rushed to her residence, shouting as soon as she entered, "Xu Yuehuai, Xu Yuehuai!"
When she saw that no one responded from inside the house, she was instantly filled with extreme disappointment.
The little princess, unwilling to give up, ran into the house to check, only to find that not only was Xu Yuehuai gone, but all of Xu Yuehuai's belongings were also missing.
She rushed out in a panic, pointed at the palace maid at the door, and asked, "Where is Xu Yuehuai?"
"This servant doesn't know either." Seeing that the little princess was angry, the palace maid next to her quickly knelt down to explain.
The little princess asked three or four more palace maids, but they all said they hadn't seen it and didn't know.
The little princess walked weakly to the side and sat down, as if all her strength had been drained.
"Xu Yuehuai has run away; she's going back to the Central Plains." Maimaiti's words kept echoing in her mind.
The little princess grew increasingly upset and angry. How could they do this? She left without saying a word.
After the chief eunuch saw Xu Yuehuai off, he noticed that the little princess's palace was brightly lit and bustling with people, so he went up to inquire about it.
When he heard that it was the little princess who had been looking for Xu Yuehuai, he thought he should hurry up and explain.
"Princess, Princess!" The head eunuch began searching for the little princess as soon as he entered the room.
He called out as he walked inside, and after searching for a while, he finally found the little princess sitting in the corner.
He felt a pang of sympathy for the dejected princess and slowly stepped forward: "Princess, it was the King who ordered Xu Yuehuai to leave the palace."
Upon hearing this, the little princess froze. So that's how it is; she really left, and it was with her father's permission.
In that instant, she felt as if she had been stabbed by a thousand knives, and then she burst into tears.
She could no longer hold back her tears, which streamed down her face, leaving the chief eunuch at a loss for what to do.
He had watched this little princess grow up, and seeing her like this broke his heart.
"Princess, don't be sad. This old servant can take you to Tianxiang Tower to see her in three days." The head eunuch squatted down beside the little princess to comfort her.
The little princess looked up, her face already streaked with tears. She stopped crying and asked, "Really?"
"This old servant swears, it's true." The chief eunuch said, making a swearing gesture.
The little princess stopped crying, though she still sobbed a little: "Is the Central Plains really going to attack our Mingyue Kingdom?"
"It's fake, it's fake," the chief eunuch said, waving his hand. "It's all a misunderstanding."
He recounted what he had learned to others in detail, and only then did he see the princess's expression soften. He quickly pressed his advantage: "When the king summoned Miss Xu to leave the palace, she was extremely reluctant, thinking that the princess would be saddened by this. But this is, after all, the Mingyue Kingdom, and people and things must obey the king."
The little princess pursed her lips, and her temper immediately flared up.
She pushed the person in front of her away and said, "I'm going to see my father."
As she spoke, her small body quickly ran away.
The chief eunuch thought to himself, 'This is bad.'
He originally only wanted to appease the little princess and didn't intend to make a big deal out of it, but if the king found out, the matter would naturally become serious.
Thinking of this, he immediately caught up with the person: "Little princess, please wait for this old servant."
...
No one knows a daughter better than her father.
The king had anticipated that the little princess would come, so he did not rest, but waited for her to arrive.
Before the little princess even entered the study, an accusing voice rang out first: "Father, why did you ask Sister Xu to leave the palace? What am I supposed to do now that she's gone?"
"Is this how you speak to me?" The king's face turned cold.
Because of Chu Chu's situation, he had spoiled the little princess's behavior for so many years, just in case what happened back then was repeated. But he never expected that he would still be unable to avoid it in the end.
He took a deep breath and said, "I have indulged your temper all these years, not so that you would be confused when it comes to matters of principle."
"I think the teacher hasn't assigned enough homework. Starting tomorrow, if you skip class even once more, I will depose you as a princess and see how you'll still be able to swagger around then!"
The little princess is still a child after all. She has been spoiled for so many years and her temper has become rotten. When she heard these words, her tears fell like free gold beans.
She also had her own pride; she wiped away her tears and immediately turned and left the place.
The king watched the departing figure and couldn't help but sigh.
The chief eunuch quickly stepped forward to comfort her: "Your Majesty, the little princess is just a child. Once things have passed, she will naturally stop holding a grudge. Please don't hold a grudge against her."
"Why should I hold a grudge against her? It's just that my health is deteriorating day by day, and I have no sons who can be of any use. Chu Chu's son is nowhere to be found. I have to make some plans for her, otherwise she will suffer in the future." The king shook his head.
He was not interested in women, and for many years he had focused on handling political affairs, never thinking about having children.
It's only now that I'm old that I can't help but worry.
His sons were neither good at academics nor martial arts; none of them were anything to boast about.
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