Emperor Qingming was still approaching her step by step, with mockery in his eyes. Under this mockery, he seemed to be suppressing boundless resentment and unwillingness.
"Why are you helping him? You also want to help him replace me and take away everything from me - even my life, right?!"
Princess Jingrong retreated in panic, her feet hit the edge of the flower bed, she screamed and fell to the ground, and the rattle in her hand flew out.
Emperor Qingming leaned forward slightly and looked at her condescendingly. His tall figure blocked the sunlight and cast a large shadow on Princess Jingrong. Under the shadow, there seemed to be endless chill.
The eldest princess didn't seem to notice the coldness. When she saw the rattle left her hand, she quickly stood up with her hands on the ground and picked up the rattle.
Then he came to Emperor Qingming with some hesitation, tilted his head, looked at him, and asked cautiously: "Brother, are you angry...Did I do something wrong again?"
Emperor Qingming looked straight into those eyes.
This look and demeanor suddenly brought his mind back to his childhood when his memory had long been blurred - at that time, Jingrong would always look at him like this when he made mistakes.
He suddenly smiled.
"No, Ding Ning, you did a good job." He looked at his sister in front of him, narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "You should be glad that you didn't make a big mistake - if the thing is true, as the brother, I will
I may forgive you this time."
His father, his brothers, and his sisters all treated him as a treacherous villain and were on guard against him...
They treated him ruthlessly, but he couldn't treat them so cold-bloodedly.
Emperor Qingming raised his hand with a half-smile and touched Princess Jingrong's hair bun.
"Ding Ning, you have to live well."
After all, there are still many people who will die in the future...
If not necessary, he would not want to be a lonely person in the eyes of the world, with all his closest relatives dying.
Jingrong had previously told him about her father's old belongings buried under the jujube tree - so her position had been shaken, right? She just had to keep this secret because of her father's entrustment.
Of course, what he wants is never wavering, and he has never tolerated the slightest bit of disloyalty.
But only by living well can she watch how he secures the throne to the end, and what will happen to her preferred second brother in the end, right?
Also take a good look at it for his good father...!
The smile on Emperor Qingming's face grew stronger and stronger, but his eyes were always dark and cold.
He put the silk into his wide sleeves and calmly told the guard: "Bury the box again."
The two guards, who had just finished being frightened, obeyed.
"I found the rattle, but are you still scared?" Emperor Qingming looked at Princess Jingrong with a smile.
The eldest princess shook her head, seeming a little worried that he was angry.
However, the child was simple-minded, and Emperor Qingming teased her a few words on the way, and she seemed to have forgotten her unreasonable uneasiness.
When the brother and sister returned to the courtyard, the eldest princess shook the rattle in her hand and smiled happily: "Look, Ye Man, I found it!"
Princess Yufeng said "Ah" and said with a smile: "There really is such a thing."
"Of course, my father gave this to me!" Princess Jingrong proudly showed off, not forgetting to compare: "Did your father ever give you this?"
"This really doesn't exist."
Not only has her father never given her a rattle, she also has no father at all.
Princess Yufeng raised her eyebrows at the eldest princess, with a somewhat proud look in her eyes: "However, my mother gave me a gift - not just rattles, but everything you can think of, my mother gave me as a gift."
Not only that.
Not only what I can think of, I also give a lot of things I can't think of - Xu Mingyi thought in his heart.
"Then I am not inferior to you. My mother treats me very well, and my wife treats me very well!" Princess Jingrong said without any sign of weakness.
Seeing the mother and daughter talking to each other, Emperor Qingming smiled and shook his head helplessly: "Okay... Since Ding Ning is not afraid anymore, it's time for me to go back."
Princess Yufeng said calmly: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for today."
Emperor Qingming's smile remained gentle.
No, he should be more grateful to Ding Ning——
He turned his attention to the girl standing aside and said, "I should be grateful to Miss Xu. Thanks to Miss Xu for treating Jing Rong's body with such care these days."
Xu Mingyi lowered his eyes, with just the right amount of fear in his tone: "I don't dare to be Your Majesty's word of thanks. I have always been in love with the princess...Besides, this is what I should do."
Emperor Qingming nodded approvingly.
"Miss Xu has helped me many times, how can I not be able to accept a word of thanks?"
It was this girl who saved the prince from drowning and later from having a high fever.
He even thought it was a bit too coincidental.
But I couldn't find anything out of the ordinary——
When Xu Mingyi heard this, he just lowered his head slightly, acting as if he deserved it.
Emperor Qingming did not stay any longer.
A group of people followed him to the outer hall to see him off.
Xu Mingyi raised his head and looked at the emperor's leaving figure.
The back figure was very calm, but it seemed as if there were unknown fluctuations hidden beneath the surface.
"Zhaozhao, let's go take a look too."
Xu Mingyi came back to his senses and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"Look at what childish things Xie Dingning hides——"
"Jiaojiao, let's not go." Xu Mingyi held her friend's wrist.
"Why?"
"Since I didn't bring it back, it must have been buried again. It's better not to waste so much effort."
Although it wouldn't cause any trouble if she went to take a look, she didn't want Jiao Jiao to be contaminated by that at all.
"If you don't want to go, then don't go." Seeing that her friend was not interested, Princess Yufeng's interest also subsided.
Xu Mingyi pretended to be worried, and glanced at the eldest princess who was talking to Ye Ma at the side, still looking innocent, and said: "Since Your Highness is fine, I will go back."
"She made a mess today, so I won't keep you much longer. Let's go out of the city to ride horses together some other day." Princess Yufeng said.
Xu Mingyi nodded and said "Okay".
"Miss Xu."
Princess Jingrong suddenly came over, looked at Xu Mingyi who was about to leave, and said, "Miss Xu, thank you."
"Thank me for what?" Xu Mingyi asked with a smile.
"Thank you for the snacks you gave me. Didn't my elder brother just say that I should thank you?"
Xu Mingyi's mind moved slightly.
Is that really all there is to it?
Hearing this, Princess Yufeng's face showed a look of relief, as if her child had grown up and become sensible, which made her, an elder, feel very bright.
Without waiting for Xu Mingyi to answer, the eldest princess continued: "By the way, there is General Xu. I still have something to say to General Xu."
Xu Mingyi looked at the person in front of him.
The eldest princess has something to say to her grandfather?
