Upon hearing that it was the eldest prince, the eunuchs quickly knelt down and bowed, extremely flustered, fearing that they had disturbed him when they had pulled him earlier.
They worked in the Imperial Household Department and had never seen the First Prince.
"You brat, what are you doing here?!" Empress Zhaoyuan was surprised and angry when she saw that it was her son. She grabbed Yun Yibo's ear and asked sternly.
"Your Majesty, please don't be angry. I just heard that this matter is related to my younger sister, so I wanted to come and see for myself," Yun Yibo explained, standing on tiptoe and touching his ear.
"Alright, that's enough."
"It's cold outside, put this cloak on me." Empress Zhaoyuan let go of Yun Yibo's ear, grumbling under her breath as she worried that her son would catch a cold.
"Mother, is this the same person who set fire to the Buddhist hall?"
"Was it him who wanted to harm the imperial sister?" Yun Yibo looked at the eunuch on the carrying pole with complicated eyes.
He originally hated the person who tried to harm his sister, but seeing the eunuch die tragically in the desolate, eerie well of the North Courtyard, he couldn't muster any anger and felt an infinite sorrow in his heart.
"Little princess?"
"The Buddhist temple is on fire?"
Several palace maids and eunuchs were whispering among themselves.
Zhao Zhongquan also made a connection to something. He suddenly raised his head and looked fiercely at the palace maids and eunuchs present. "All of you, shut your mouths tightly. If I hear you say a single word about tonight, I'll break your legs!"
The eunuchs and palace maids nodded frantically, shut their mouths, and said nothing more.
"Your Majesty, there's something in this eunuch's mouth!"
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