Chapter 10 The Second Prince is Back

Xia Miaoyuan dreamed that she was looking for a toilet in the huge palace. She ran along the long palace corridor, and ran into each palace to check everywhere, but she couldn't find a toilet.

[Ah, I can't hold it anymore.]

Xia Miaoyuan was so anxious that she kicked her feet.

Finally, she found a wooden toilet.

[Finally saved.]

Xia Miaoyuan closed her eyes and curled up her lips.

[Ah, it's so wet. Ah... my diaper is so wet! Someone come quickly!]

Xia Miaoyuan opened her eyes with a start, and then she found that she had wet her diaper.

Although she had been a baby for almost a month, she was still not used to this life where she couldn't take care of herself. The nanny changed her diaper, and although her movements were gentle and she took good care of her, she still felt extremely embarrassed.

"The little princess is awake." Two nannies came over and said softly.

Just after changing the diaper, Xia Miaoyuan heard someone on the corridor report: "The second prince has arrived!"

Then there was a sonorous voice: "Mother, it rained heavily on the way and was delayed, otherwise I would have returned long ago."

"I'm glad you're back safely, Chengnian, you must be tired," the queen's gentle voice rang.

"You don't know, your majesty, the second prince was in a hurry to come back, he didn't sleep all night yesterday and rushed all night." Xiao Lu Zixian's attentive voice.

"What a kid you are! Come in quickly and take a look at your sister!" Xia Miaoyuan raised his head slightly after hearing the sound of pearl curtains, and saw the queen and a young man in a deep blue riding suit walked in.

[Ah... this is my legendary rough man Erguo! ]

[Show me how handsome Erguo is. ]

Xia Miaoyuan danced excitedly with her hands and feet.

What's that sound?

The 16-year-old Xia Chengnian was stunned.

He suddenly heard a cute little baby voice.

Could it be that I'm hallucinating because I've been traveling all night and overworked?

[Wow, he's taller and stronger than Prince Guoguo! But he's so dark. Hahaha, he's as dark as if he had a tan. ]

[Erguo, did you do too much outdoor exercise? 】

Xia Chengnian followed the sound and looked at the baby lying on the bed.

No way? It was my sister's voice!

【But she's very handsome too. Dark skin, and a masculine handsomeness. 】

Now Xia Chengnian was sure that the voice was made by his sister.

Yes, it was the voice of her heart.

It was not an illusion, it was the voice of my sister's heart.

Xia Chengnian was so excited that he almost laughed out loud.

He looked around and found that his mother and the palace people were not the same.

"Ahem..." He quickly covered his mouth, pretending to clear his throat, and forced back his laughter.

Can't say it, can't say it out

loud. I'm the only one who can hear my sister's voice. What if I tell others and everyone thinks I'm a monster?

Oh, luckily I'm smart.

Xia Chengnian was ecstatic.

A maid brought a basin to wash his hands. Xia Chengnian washed his hands in a few strokes and said with a smile, "Sister, my second brother is back!"

Xia Chengnian picked up Xia Miaoyuan, and the queen quickly corrected his posture of holding the baby.

"Haha, little guy, look, I am your second brother, and I will protect you in the future." Xia Chengnian said, lifting Xia Miaoyuan up and touching the pink little face with his dark face.

"Wow...ah..." Xia Miaoyuan suddenly burst into tears.

[It's so shaved! You didn't shave! ]

Xia Chengnian blushed and pretended to be puzzled: "Sister, what's wrong with you?" He pretended not to understand and covered up his embarrassment.

The Queen took a look at Xia Chengnian's lush stubble and complained, "Your beard pricked my sister's face. Look at this baby's delicate skin, how can it withstand your stubble."

"Hehe, I've been rushing for more than ten days and didn't have time to shave. I'm sorry, sister." Xia Chengnian scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.

"By the way, Chengnian, didn't you pay your respects to your father and grandmother?" The Queen took Xia Miaoyuan.

"Yes." Xia Chengnian scratched his head again.

The Queen slapped Xia Chengnian on the back in a stern manner, ordered the servants to bathe and change the clothes of the second prince, and urged him to pay his respects to the emperor and the empress dowager.

When it was time for lunch, Xia Chengnian and Xia Zhengqi came to Kunning Palace together.

The Queen set a family banquet, and the family ate it noisily.

Xia Miaoyuan was held aside by the nanny.

[It's too torturous. There are so many delicious foods, but we can only look at them and not eat them. Ugh...]

Xia Miaoyuan complained.

"What? Big brother's leg is broken?" Xia Chengnian was shocked when he learned that the prince had broken his leg.

"I won't eat anymore. I have to go and see if he is seriously injured." Xia Chengnian put down his chopsticks and stood up to leave.

"Sit down!" Xia Zhengqi grabbed his sleeve.

"Why can't you change your impetuous temper from childhood to adulthood?" Xia Zhengqi couldn't help rolling his eyes.

The emperor and the empress tacitly kept Xia Chengnian a secret about the prince's affairs, and only told him that the prince was recuperating in the mansion and should not go out.

The second prince was carefree and too straightforward, lacking in calmness and scheming, so they didn't dare to tell him the truth. If he were to tell anyone, all the efforts would be wasted.

"The prince is fine. He is recovering from his illness in the mansion and is also in seclusion for meditation. Don't disturb him." The queen made up an excuse.

[Ah, he is really a rough and tumble guy.]

Xia Miaoyuan listened to the three of them and complained.

[He is also the son of father and mother, but how can he be so different from the prince? This temper will hurt you.]

[In the book, you are the same. Because of your impetuous temper, you fall into the evil scheme, are framed, and go to prison.]

[The legitimate second prince ended up being tortured to death. There was not a single good part of his body.]

[He was only 21 years old when he died]

What? Tortured to death in the imperial prison at the age of 21? !

Xia Chengnian was so shocked that he almost couldn't hold his chopsticks.

Was his sister predicting his own end?

As a noble prince, would he end up like this?

Xia Zhengqi and the queen also felt their hearts tighten. Although it was not the first time they heard their daughter predict the end of the second prince, they still couldn't help feeling heartbroken.

Xia Chengnian picked up the chopsticks, picked up two meatballs and stuffed them into his mouth, chewing them with big mouthfuls to hide his panic.

Xia Zhengqi and the queen also pretended to be indifferent, picking up food and chatting at the same time.

[Tsk tsk tsk tsk, in the book, our family was destined to be cannon fodder. My mother and I fell off a cliff and died, my father was poisoned to death, Crown Prince Guoguo was shot through the heart with arrows, and Erguo was beaten to death. ]

[I wonder if the ending will be reversed with the changes in my mother and me this time? ]

[I have finally been a princess for a lifetime, God bless me to live longer! ]

Xia Miaoyuan lay in the arms of her nanny, smelling the fragrance of the food and sucking her fingers, while muttering.

After dinner, Xia Chengnian returned to his bedroom dejectedly.

Thinking of the prophecies his sister had said, he felt uncomfortable as if his heart was being cut by a knife.

The whole family, the father, the mother, the eldest brother, the younger sister, and himself, all ended up in a tragic way.

How could this be?

The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt, and there was no one around him to confide in. Xia Chengnian called the eunuch, brought a pot of wine, four side dishes, and drank alone.

The second prince had a low alcohol tolerance, and now he was in a bad mood. He had not finished the pot of wine, and he was already drunk and lying on the bed.

Under the dim moonlight, a thin figure tiptoed towards the second prince's bedroom.