Xiao Xixi hugged his thigh tightly and refused to let go. It took the older maids a great deal of effort to drag her away.
Even so, she was still shouting.
“Your Highness must be careful! Someone harbors ill intentions toward you!”
Even after she was dragged away, her shouts still lingered for a long time.
Everyone kept their heads lowered, holding their breath, not even daring to breathe too loudly.
Only Eunuch Chang cautiously raised his head and stole a glance at the Crown Prince.
As expected.
Luo Qinghan’s face was so dark that it could practically drip water.
He really wanted to cut down that woman who was playing god and ghost with a single strike right now.
But his powerful self-control allowed him to hold back.
Today, he had to accompany his Imperial Father out for a hunt, and the other princes had already departed. He absolutely could not be late. He could only suppress this foul mood for now and deal with that woman once he returned!
Flicking his sleeves, Luo Qinghan walked out of the Eastern Palace with long strides, surrounded by a crowd of maids and eunuchs.
Within half a day.
The news that Virtuous Consort Xiao had intercepted the Crown Prince midway, incurred his great wrath, and was locked up in Lengxiang Building spread throughout the entire Eastern Palace.
Xiao Xixi was originally the daughter of the General of Loyal Courage. During the draft, she was assigned to the Crown Prince and became a Virtuous Consort.
Nearly half a year had passed since she entered the palace, yet she hadn’t even been able to see the Crown Prince’s face once. She herself had also maintained the posture of a salted fish, neither vying nor fighting, nesting in her Qingge Hall every day to eat, drink, and wait to die.
Just when everyone thought she would remain a salted fish like this forever, she suddenly delivered a hard strike to them all.
Not only did she block the Crown Prince’s path in public and shamelessly hug the Crown Prince’s thigh, she even claimed that the Crown Prince’s forehead was dark and that he would suffer a bloody disaster!
Virtuous Consort Xiao was simply repeatedly leaping back and forth on the edge of seeking death!
Looking across the dozens of concubines in the Eastern Palace’s backyard, the means of vying for favor emerged one after another, but no woman had ever been as dog-bold and audacious as Virtuous Consort Xiao.
Whether they knew her or not, everyone believed she was absolutely dead meat this time.
Lengxiang Building was the most remote place in the Eastern Palace.
True to its name, this place was indeed cold, cheerless, and devoid of any human presence.
Virtuous Consort Xiao, who was being discussed by countless people, was currently lounging lazily in a chaise longue, cracking melon seeds while listening to Baoqin’s complaints.
“Mistress, you were dispirited for nearly half a year and finally woke up to reality, willing to vie for favor. This servant was extremely happy in her heart. But there are thousands of ways to vie for favor, so why did you have to choose the absolute worst one? Look at yourself now; you have incurred the Crown Prince’s disgust and have been locked up in this ruined Lengxiang Building. What are the two of us, master and servant, going to do in the future?”
Xiao Xixi spat out the shell of a melon seed: “I didn’t plan on vying for favor in the first place.”
Baoqin did not believe her: “If you didn’t want to vie for favor, why did you eagerly run over to hug His Royal Highness the Crown Prince’s thigh?”
“I’ve already said, the Crown Prince’s forehead is dark, and I fear there will be a bloody disaster. I went to find him to save his life.”
Baoqin looked at her expressionlessly, with five clear words written on her face—
Do you see me believing you?
Xiao Xixi handed over the melon seeds in her hand.
“Come, come, eat some melon seeds to cool down your anger.”
Baoqin coldly indicated her refusal.
Xiao Xixi said, “I want to eat hotpot tonight, the kind with a lot of chili.”
“Allow this servant to remind you, you have offended His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. What you should be thinking about most right now is how to obtain His Royal Highness the Crown Prince’s forgiveness, not what you should eat tonight!”
“Oh, we can’t eat hotpot tonight? Really can’t eat it?”
Xiao Xixi looked at Baoqin with eager, puppy-dog eyes.
She watched her for a full minute.
In the end, Baoqin admitted defeat and said with a bitter face.
“This servant will go think of a way.”
Even though her master was a salted fish, what else could she do?
She could only pamper her.