A short while later, the Crown Prince strode over in a hurry.
He walked straight toward Rong Ning with a broad smile and his eyes sparkling.
As she walked, she kept muttering to herself, "A-Ning... why did you leave the Prime Minister's residence so soon? I was thinking you would stay there for a while longer, have some fun, and then come out when you got tired of it!"
Listen to this… listen to this… as soon as these words came out, Rong Ning was so angry that she almost fainted.
She glared at the Crown Prince and said irritably, "Do you even know how to speak properly? What do you mean by 'you only came out after you were done playing'?"
Is this how you see me?
She glanced at him and continued, "Your information network is really impressive!"
I've barely arrived at the princess's residence, haven't even had a chance to sit down properly, and you've already found me like a dog with a sniffing nose!
"Look at what you're saying!" The crown prince shook his head helplessly, sighing inwardly, "How can this person be so unreasonable?"
Looking at Rong Ning's lazy expression, he couldn't help but say with some annoyance, "You really have a heart of stone! Don't you ever think about me and Father Emperor at all?"
After saying this, the crown prince gave a heavy snort, expressing his dissatisfaction.
Rong Ning didn't even lift her eyelids when the Crown Prince questioned her, seemingly not taking his words to heart at all.
She even felt that responding to such questions was a waste of time, so she lazily raised her hand and waved to Aying beside her, signaling her to hurry up and prepare lunch.
Then, she pointed to Ah Heng standing to the side and said with a half-smile, "Look at this hour, your master didn't come here just to freeload, did he?"
When his name was called, Aheng trembled. He blinked his big eyes, looked at Rong Ning, and then cautiously glanced at his master.
Seeing that the Crown Prince did not make any response, Aheng quickly lowered his head and pursed his lips tightly, afraid that he might accidentally say something wrong and offend this young lady. At this moment, he was practically mute.
The prince smiled slightly and calmly took over the conversation, "My dear sister, it's just giving your elder brother a meal, what's the big deal?"
As he spoke, he also revealed a slightly ingratiating expression.
Rong Ning remained unmoved, arms crossed, chin slightly raised, and replied crisply, "Give me the money!"
There was absolutely no room for negotiation in their words.
Upon seeing this, the crown prince was taken aback at first, then nodded helplessly and replied, "Alright..."
He reached into his robes, rummaged around for a while, and pulled out a bulging purse.
With a "whoosh," the large bag of silver was thrown forcefully by the Crown Prince towards Rong Ning, like a shooting star.
"Here, take it. Although I don't have as much money as you, I won't be stingy when it comes to this little bit of money."
Rong Ning reacted quickly and caught the flying silver bag steadily.
She casually opened a corner, glanced at the amount of silver inside, and couldn't help but smile slightly. Then, without hesitation, she put it into the purse at her waist.
He muttered something under his breath, "What a disgrace!"
He was secretly delighted, after all, this was money delivered to his door, why not take it?
"Speak... what brings you to me?"
Once Rong Ning was in a better mood, she got straight to the point.
The Crown Prince raised his eyebrows slightly, a half-smile playing on his lips. “It’s nothing particularly important. I just had some free time and came to visit you.”
By the way, I'd like to hear about some interesting things that happened in the Prime Minister's residence.
As he spoke, he elegantly picked up his teacup and took a small sip.
Upon hearing this, Rong Ning rolled her eyes and replied irritably, "The Prime Minister's residence is full of trivial matters every day. Where would you find so many interesting stories to tell? There's really nothing worth sharing with you..."
The Crown Prince, however, did not care about her attitude. Instead, he asked with great interest, "Yesterday, the Prime Minister's residence specially held a grand banquet for you. Did nothing interesting happen during that time?"
After speaking, he leisurely sipped his fragrant tea, his gaze remaining fixed on Rong Ning, as if anticipating hearing a surprising story from her.
Upon hearing this, Rong Ning was even more puzzled and widened her eyes to ask, "That banquet was just an ordinary poetry gathering. Could it be that something else was supposed to happen?"
The Crown Prince, "..."
"You didn't even show your face, did you?"
"What do you think?" Rong Ning lost her patience, her tone turning harsh. "Just say what you want to say, stop thinking about gossip!"
“Tsk…who doesn’t love gossip? Don’t you?” the Crown Prince laughed. “Later yesterday, Bai Fu went to the palace to see the Imperial Concubine. I don’t know what she said, but the Imperial Concubine immediately sent her confidante out of the palace to see the Princess Consort of Qing’s residence. Then she summoned Rong Zi into the palace. Rong Zi is still being held in the Imperial Concubine’s palace.”
This time, Rong Ning became interested. "The Prince of Qing didn't cause any trouble?"
"What a mess! She started crying in front of Father Emperor first thing in the morning, without saying a word, just crying."
Tsk…
Rong Ning shook her head. This Prince Qing is capable of doing things. He didn't say anything, he just cried. She didn't know how a grown man could do such a thing.
"You just want to know why Rong Zi was detained?"
"Right... What happened between Bai Fu and Rong Zi in the Prime Minister's residence? How did they manage to trap Rong Zi, who is just as unruly as you?"
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