mesbooks Chapter 126: Dissolving Chinese Medicine and Kang Nan Meet
Chapter 126: Dissolving Chinese Medicine and Kang Nan Meet
At the same time, the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince arrived at the Xian Tower of the Qianqing Palace first. However, the Crown Prince did not set off the fireworks immediately. Instead, he sat on the second floor, holding a cup of tea, but looking out the door from time to time.
The Fourth Prince sat aside and watched the actions of his Second Brother, the Crown Prince, feeling confused and puzzled, but at the same time, for some reason he had a bad feeling in his heart.
He pursed his lips and was about to speak when a familiar voice suddenly came from outside the door, which made him stop talking instantly and his body stiffened.
"Your Highness, Fourth Prince, I am late. Please forgive me."
The prince's eyes lit up when he saw Shi Rongyue coming in. He immediately put down his teacup and said:
"It's not too late, it's good that you're here, Princess Shi."
Shi Rongyue suppressed her excitement.
First, pay respect to the two of them:
"Your servant greets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, may His Royal Highness be blessed. I greet the Fourth Prince, may His Royal Highness be blessed."
The prince quickly supported Shi Rongyue and said softly:
"Princess Shi is so polite. Hurry up and get up. We are waiting for you."
Shi Rongyue followed the prince's movements and stood up.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Then she sat down and glanced at the Fourth Prince who had been silent. The Crown Prince, who was always paying attention to Shi Rongyue, noticed this scene and then looked at the silent and cold-faced Fourth Prince, explaining apologetically:
"That's just the temper of the Fourth Brother. Don't think too much about it, Princess Shi."
Then he turned to the Fourth Prince and said:
"Fourth Brother, didn't I just tell you that we would set off fireworks to surprise the Emperor? This idea was proposed by Princess Shi. I think this is a good idea, and I plan to set off the fireworks myself, which will better express my feelings.
After hearing this, Princess Shi agreed with my approach and suggested watching it from a closer distance. However, I would not be there at the time and was a little worried about leaving Princess Shi alone, so I asked you to come and accompany Princess Shi on my behalf."
However, upon hearing this, the Fourth Prince's heart sank.
Based on his last experience at Changyin Pavilion, he intuitively felt that it was Princess Shi who deliberately mentioned this to the Second Prince and then sent the Second Prince away. What did she want to do?
But before he could refuse, the prince saw that it was getting late, so he stood up after saying this.
"Okay, it's getting late. I'll go down first and come back after the fireworks are set off."
Then he patted the Fourth Prince on the shoulder:
"Old Four, I leave the Stone Princess to you."
"Brother Crown Prince, I, your humble servant..." The Fourth Prince wanted to say something, but Shi Rongyue suddenly interrupted him:
"Your Highness, I'll be waiting here to watch your fireworks!"
Upon hearing this, the prince blushed, nodded immediately, and hurried out with his people.
Shi Rongyue, who was left behind, first glanced at the Fourth Prince, and then, unusually, did not say anything when the Fourth Prince frowned. Instead, she lowered her head, untied the purse at her waist, opened the bag, and a red bean cake the size of a fingernail immediately appeared inside.
Trying her best to suppress the excitement on her face, she picked one up and put it in her mouth.
The Fourth Prince's tense body relaxed slightly when he saw this scene, thinking that he had guessed wrong this time. However, after a while, Shi Rongyue stood up suddenly with a bang, tripped over the chair behind her, and walked towards the Fourth Prince...
On the other side, just as Shi Nanxi came out of the banquet, a palace maid who looked friendly came forward, bowed and said:
"Greetings, Princess Shi Er. Do you have any instructions?"
Recognize her identity at first sight?
Shi Nanxi looked at the other party calmly. Although she knew what was going on, she immediately became alert in order to avoid being affected by the aftermath of the two concubines' calculations.
"Bengege's shoes were accidentally spilled with soup, so I need to go change."
The kind-looking maid knew the reason in her heart, but she looked in the direction that Shi Nanxi said. When she saw the soup on the upper of the flowerpot-soled shoes, she immediately made a please gesture:
"Then I will take Princess Shi Er to the side hall to change clothes!"
Shi Nanxi nodded slightly:
"It's troublesome."
Afterwards, Shi Nanxi and his servant followed the friendly palace maid. Along the way, Shi Nanxi seemed to be looking straight ahead, but in fact he memorized the route one by one in his mind in case of emergency.
At this time, the three of them were about to turn around the corridor when a palace maid carrying tea bumped into the friendly palace maid and the tea spilled all over her arms.
The friendly maid screamed and quickly covered her wet chest, saying angrily:
"How do you walk?"
The palace maid who was serving tea was startled. After she saw that she had splashed the tea on the palace maid instead of Shi Nanxi, she breathed a sigh of relief and quickly knelt down to apologize to Shi Nanxi:
"I am rude, please forgive me, sir. Please forgive me, sir."
Shi Nanxi secretly raised her eyebrows as she watched this scene. When she was about to speak, she suddenly caught a glimpse of Tong Jia Wanru on the other side of the corridor, who was also being led by a palace maid towards the back hall. However, her face did not look well, and she kept looking at the hem of her clothes, as if she had accidentally wet them.
The corners of her mouth suddenly curled up subtly. There are not so many coincidences in this world. Moreover, the palace maids have all been strictly trained. How could they be so careless in doing things?
However, seeing Tong Jia Wanru also heading in that direction, she felt a little relieved. It seemed that her guess was correct. Defei wanted to plot against Tong Jia Wanru, so the person in front of her who wet the leading maid must be Defei's man.
As her thoughts raced through her mind, she withdrew her gaze, first looking at the kind-looking palace maid who was covering her chest, and then looking at the palace maid who was still kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.
The other party was also a ruthless person. After a while, his forehead was already red from the knock. If he continued to knock, it would probably bleed. So he frowned slightly and said:
"Get up. Today is the Emperor's birthday and it is not appropriate to shed blood. Be more careful when you walk next time so as not to bump into other nobles again."
Hearing this, the kowtowed palace maid immediately burst into tears of joy, then stood up with gratitude, quickly packed up her things, picked up the plate and left with her head down.
The friendly palace maid here was a little anxious. She was ordered by Concubine Yi to lead Princess Shi Er to the side hall at the back palace, but now her chest was all wet and she could not lead the way at all.
Otherwise, if she was seen by the steward, it would be a serious misconduct and she would be sent to the Ministry of Punishment. But she went to change her clothes, so what should Shi Ergege do?
As if seeing her worry and uneasiness, Shi Nanxi said in a timely and "magnanimous" way:
"Don't worry, you met with an accident because you were leading the way for me. Go change your clothes first. My shoes are invisible if you don't pay attention. I will wait for you here."
Hearing what Shi Ergege said, the maid who led the way covered her chest. She had heard that Shi Ergege was timid and cowardly, so she did not doubt it at all. She immediately bowed and said gratefully:
"Thank you, Miss Shi Er, for your generosity. I will be back soon."
"Go."
Watching the other person jogging away, Shi Nanxi did not withdraw her gaze until his back disappeared. She gently tucked her hair around her ears.
Waiting for her is non-existent. It is just to fool the other party temporarily so as not to alert the enemy.
"Second Princess, I feel like something is not right. Should we really wait for that palace maid who leads the way?" Hongying asked in a low voice. Having been silenced several times, she felt a little uneasy.
Shi Nanxi looked down at the dirty bottom of her flower pot and said slowly, "No need to wait, let's go change our clothes."
As she spoke, she glanced at the direction where Tong Jia Wanru disappeared, then turned around and changed direction. Not long after she walked, she suddenly heard a soft meow coming from a hidden corner on the side, and at the same time, Hongying's surprised voice rang in her ears:
"Second Princess, it's "Xixi"!"
"Xixi"?
Shi Nanxi turned her head to look over, and saw in the slightly dim corner, Kangxi was holding "Xixi" and looking at her with a smile.