Translator: Henyee Translations
Lu Chen: “.. No, you are not allowed to read those again!”
They entered Tuan’er’s room. He had just got up and was wearing a bright
yellow round-neck robe today.
Jinniang couldn’t help but say, “Why don’t you let him wear the little red robel
made for him? I specially wore a red skirt today just to match that robe.”
Lu Chen whispered in Jinniang’s ear. “Did you forget that my father will
announce Tuan’er to be my heir today? So he should be wearing a bright yellow
robe. If you want to wear the same color as Tuan’er, become my crown
princess.
Qjao Jinniang said, “Forget it then.”
“But the Empress Dowager is my senior, so you’ll have to show her respect and
bear with her.”
“Will the Empress Dowager come today?” Qjao Jinniang asked, “I heard that the
Empress Dowager doesn’t seem to like the Queen and you?”
Lu Chen nodded and said, “Yes, but you don’t have to worry too much. You are
from the Qiao family, so the Empress Dowager won’t be too harsh to you.”
Qjao Jinniang followed Lu Chen and Tuan’er into the Chengxi Palace where the
imperial banquet would be held.
The palace was already full of people, and everyone was talking and laughing
so it was very lively.
Hearing the eunuch announce that the Crown Prince and the imperial
grandson had arrived, there was an instant silence in the palace.
Everyone stood up to salute the two.
Qjao Jinniang was a little nervous. After all, the people here were all the royal
family members who were previously out of her reach.
Li Lingling glared at Qiao Jinniang with hatred. If she knew it was her, she
should not have destroyed that chess piece, Qjao Ruoshui.
Lu Chen took Qao Jinniang to the seat above, and there were several seats
above them. She guessed that it should be for the Emperor, the Empress
Fulu walked over to Qiao Jinniang regardless of the etiquette and said, “Have
you made up with my imperial cousin?
Qjao Jinniang nodded. “Yes”
Fulu smiled and said, “Great, then I can visit you in the East Palace more often
from now on. Last time I ate the acacia honey you made, I heard from your
maid that you can also make sweet- scented osmanthus honey?
Qjao Jinniang said, “Yes, the sweet-scented osmanthus in my courtyard is
blooming well. I’ve ordered my maids to collect all the sweet-scented
osmanthus, and I will send you a bottle of sweet-scented osmanthus honey
when I make it.”
Fulu said, “That’s great. Do you know the people here?
The young men sitting on the left are Prince Chu, Prince Qi, Prince Lu, Prince
Mediocre and Prince Su. They are the Crowm Prince’s brothers.
“Only Prince Qi and Prince Chu already have wives. Prince Lu has no wife just
yet, and Prince Mediocre and Prince Su already have fiancées, so the women
sitting beside them are all their concubines.”
Qjao Jinniang remembered carefully. The one sitting beside Prince Mediocre
was not Qiao Ruoshui but a gentle- looking woman, who must be Concubine
Jian.
She tried to remember these royal family members when she suddenly heard
sound of Tuan’er falling to the ground.
Tuan’er was feeding his rabbit doll water with a little spoon, but was bumped
hard by a fat dark-skinned child, and the spoon fell to the ground.
After that, the black-skinned kid snatched the rabbit doll from Tua
pushed him to the ground.
The child didn’t speak clearly. “Bunny, give it to me.”
Just when Qiao Jinniang was nervous and distressed, Tuan’er suddenly got up
and punched the child to the ground.
Then Tuan’er sat on him and bit the fat child’s arm. Seeing his arm bleed, the
fat child cried out in pain. “Mother, it hurts.”
Seeing this, Tuan’er took the opportunity to take the doll rabbit back.
Consort Qi immediately got up and hurriedly hugged her child.
She heard Tuan’er say in his childish voice, “According to the “Historical
Records”, brotherhood means that the elder brother is kind to the younger
brother, and the younger brother is respectful to the elder brother.
“But he, as my elder brother, snatched my doll and was not friendly to me at
all. If he wants my dol1, he can ask me for it, and I can ask my mother to make
one for him, but he didn’t say anything and just pushed me to the ground. Why
couldn’t I bite him? I didn’t do anything wrong! Humph!”
The entire hall instantly fell silent, you could even heara pin drop.
After all, it was incredible for a three-year-old boy to quote the “Historical
Records”.
The Empress Dowager said angrily, “How dare you bite your brother! As the
grandson of the Emperor, how can you bite your brother like a dog? Come, hit
all his maids, mammies and eunuchs thirty times with a cane.”
Qiao Jinniang said, “Your Grace, hold on.”
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