"Did you have a good time today, Princess?" Shang Dongyang asked Ji Fengyao with utmost affection and tenderness.
Everyone immediately stared wide-eyed at Ji Fengyao:
It turns out the prince was acting so foolishly just to amuse this bandit!
Why would the Crown Prince disregard his status and try to make her happy?
Could it be that between the two of them...?
Ji Fengyao narrowed her eyes slightly: Trying to shift the blame onto me and confuse the audience?
And while he was at it, he also took the opportunity to spread the word about "the untold secret between the Crown Prince and the Ninth Princess".
Ha, you're overthinking it!
“Nephew, how old are you? Still so naughty! Today you jumped into the water for no reason. Luckily, your aunt was here to teach you how to swim. What would you do if no one taught you next time? You would have drowned!” Ji Fengyao spoke to Shang Dongyang with the seriousness of an elder, saying, “Look, you’ve alarmed the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and all the old imperial uncles. You’d better remember this in the future so that we elders can have some peace of mind, okay?!”
After hearing what the little bandit girl said...
The way everyone looked at Shang Dongyang again was full of amusement.
All the old princes present had grown up and worked their way up in this deep palace.
Everyone knows the shady dealings within the imperial harem.
But the Crown Prince's blatant attempt to seduce his own aunt, and his shameless attempt to spread rumors of their affair in order to force her into submission, drew silent disapproval from the old princes, who shook their heads and whispered amongst themselves.
"I never imagined that the current crown prince of my Great Zhao would be so despicable and shameless!"
"The future of the Great Zhao Dynasty is worrisome!"
"Indeed, a family without a wise ruler will decline, and a country without a wise monarch will surely perish; His Majesty should really think carefully and make a final decision regarding the succession to the throne!"
After hearing what the old princes said, the empress and the crown prince's faces turned as dark as the sky.
Shang Dongyang never expected that his attempt to confirm his relationship with the little female bandit would backfire, as she delivered a bizarre and inappropriate lecture that solidified his "absurd and shameless" image in front of everyone.
He wanted to say something to salvage the situation, but the Empress's face darkened and she said coldly, "What are you all doing here? Hurry up and help the Crown Prince back to bathe and change!"
After saying this, the Empress bowed to the Empress Dowager and the old princes, and said in a very gentle and polite manner: "Empress Dowager, my uncles, there must be something strange about what happened today. I will take my leave first and go with the Crown Prince to find out what's going on."
"Um!"
"Go ahead, go ahead!"
The Empress Dowager and the group of old princes all wore expressions of disdain, not even bothering to lift their eyelids to glance at the Empress and the Crown Prince.
The Empress gritted her teeth in silent resentment:
Those old geezers!
Even with the loess covering his head, he still dares to come out and act recklessly, even harboring thoughts of "deposing the crown prince"!
This is like an old man hanging himself; he's tired of living!
Since that's the case, just you wait, I'll make you pay!
After the Empress and the Crown Prince left, the group of old princes, being quite tactful, bowed to the Empress Dowager and said, "We are old and have been in the palace for quite some time. It is time for us to go back and take our medicine. We will not disturb Your Majesty any longer. We take our leave!"
"Very well, everyone, please come to the palace often to visit me in the future," the Empress Dowager said with a smile, offering pleasant words.
The old princes smiled and agreed, then left.
Ji Fengyao was held back by the Empress Dowager and couldn't get away. She thought to herself: "Old foxes are still the spiciest."
Consort Yin invited the old princes to bring good fortune to the thirteenth prince, and the Empress used the old princes to hold back the Empress Dowager.
It turned out that the old princes were actually the Empress Dowager's men.
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