coobybook Chapter 189 Pick Up the Babies
Chapter 189 Pick Up the Babies
The women in the inner courtyard seemed to have coordinated their actions, all choosing the time period when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince might appear.
Unfortunately, ever since the night Concubine Zhang met the Crown Prince, it seemed as if the Crown Prince had forgotten about Concubine Fang, and the few of them had never run into the Crown Prince again.
After a few rounds, they felt that Fang Liangdi was not valued by the prince.
As if being cheated, Yi Qiu Yuan gradually became deserted after being bustling with people for a while.
What the women in the Eastern Palace didn't know was that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was too busy, and when he returned to Yi Qiu Courtyard every day, it was already late at night and time for them to close the doors and go to sleep.
In fact, this is what Fang Qingge hopes for. She doesn't want to look at a few women's fake smiles and talk every day, and their envious and jealous eyes like searchlights.
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How could the ruler be kept in the dark about the little actions of the women in the inner court of the Eastern Palace?
In Zhaoling Palace, Zhao Yaxue, who was recuperating in bed, heard the secret report from the chief palace maid Xia He.
His hair stood on end with anger and his fingers were cracking.
I could only lie on my side with my chest stuffy and painful, and a weak voice finally roared out from my throat.
"Go away, let them all come here to serve me... cough cough cough... all of them..."
A burst of violent coughing and shaking caused the broken ribs to dislocate. The severe pain came over Zhao Yaxue, who was in so much pain that she felt like she was dying. Her eyes rolled back and she fainted.
"Crown Princess? Wuwuwu... Please don't die..."
Qiulan, the senior palace maid who wanted to show her loyalty, was the first to burst into tears.
*
In the courtyard outside the palace, the servants who didn't know what was going on heard the miserable crying and thought that the Crown Princess had passed away. They knelt on the ground, beating their chests and stamping their feet, weeping bitterly.
Hearing the loud crying outside, Nanny Yun was so angry that she fainted without even being able to catch her breath.
When the news spread, the Crown Prince directly ordered that all affairs of the inner court be managed by Eunuch Fu until the Crown Princess recovered from her injuries.
Concubine Zhang and several others were responsible for taking care of the Crown Princess until she recovered.
Well, the Crown Princess had done it herself and was stripped of her power as the housekeeper of the inner courtyard. Those women who were jumping around were not much better off.
In the inner courtyard of the Eastern Palace, except for Yi Qiu Courtyard, which was open to the public, the entrances to all other courtyards were guarded by guards.
When it was someone's turn to take care of the sick, the eunuchs would simply invite that person to a sedan chair and pick him up and down. He would temporarily have no chance to experience the outside world or the women.
It was said that those angry and hateful women all fell ill, but the prince gave an order, so they had to crawl and serve the princess obediently.
This incident made Xiaodouzi and his friends in Yi Qiu Yard secretly happy for a while.
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Not long after,
Fang Qingge's knee injury also healed under the prince's suggestion.
This evening,
The prince began to implement the next plan. He took Fang Liangdi, whose knee injury had healed, out to relax under the pretext of relaxing.
The two men left the palace and changed into an ordinary horse-drawn carriage, galloping towards the Fang Mansion, the sixth house located in Hou'er Hutong.
Fang Mansion.
As the carriage drove over, the elf's pointed ears moved and it immediately sensed the presence of its master.
It was originally sleeping soundly in the arms of its little sister Xiao Huajiao, but it got so excited that it didn't even have time to say hello to the little baby.
He just rushed out with a whoosh.
*
Little Pepper was caught off guard. Seeing the elf suddenly running away, he started yelling nervously in the house.
"Brother, brother, the elf ran away."
Xiao Bajiao, the brother who lived to be 99, was still walking a hundred steps in the yard after dinner when he heard his sister's scream and ran quickly into the house.
"Brother, the elf was just sleeping, and it ran away in a flash."
Little Pepper said articulately.
"Don't be afraid, sister. I will lead you to find it."
"Hmm."
With that, the two cute babies walked out hand in hand.
*
The adults who were watching them on the side laughed so hard that their teeth were showing.
Nanny Jiang said, "Look, if you didn't say they were twins, I would have thought the young master was several years older than the young lady!"
"Yes, ever since Madam left, the two children have been so sensible that it makes me feel distressed."
Aunt Zhao interrupted.
The two wet nurses had already stood up and said to the two maids,
"Let's follow."
I ran out and saw two children looking around anxiously for the kitten, shouting the same classic words,
"Slow down, slow down, don't let your little ancestor fall!"
*
outer court,
"Huh? Uncle Zhang is the young lady's little white cat?"
Dali, who was busy piling firewood in the corner, saw the elf running by.
Zhang Bo, who was sweeping the floor, only felt a flash before his eyes. Hearing this, he said,
"Da Li, go and pick it up. It was always so obedient, why did it run away again?"
Uncle Zhang was a little puzzled.
"Okay, Uncle Zhang. I'll put down the firewood and go."
Dali agreed and prepared to go out to look for it.
*
At this time,
The carriage stopped, and the elf's excited "meow meow" sounded as if it had met a female cat.
Fang Qingge suddenly heard a familiar voice calling out to him. He stood up excitedly and opened the car curtain.
The elf jumped into Fang Qingge's arms with a "whoosh" and started shouting.
"Meow meow meow, master, you are finally back. Meow meow meow..."
Fang Qingge was afraid of being exposed, so he put the elf's head on his face and rubbed it hard, and said to it excitedly in his heart,
"It's me, it's me, I'm back. How are you, babies?"
"Uh huh huh..."
The cat and the human interact intimately and seamlessly, with only each other in their eyes, as if they have forgotten the whole world at this moment.
*
"Ahem." The Crown Prince in the car coughed twice and said to Fang Qingge,
"We're here, let's get off!"
"Yeah, get out of the car."
Suddenly realizing that they had arrived at the gate of Fang's house, Fang Qingge's smile became even more brilliant as she was about to see the joy of the children.
The prince was amazed and a smile appeared on his face.
He got out of the car first, and then stretched out his slender hand to Fang Qingge.
"Yeah! We're home!"
Fang Qingge got out of the car excitedly, holding the elf in her arms, supported by the prince.
She took a few deep breaths of the smell of home, and the smile on her lips was almost reaching her ears.
At this time, Eunuch Fu had already pushed open the half-closed door.
In the darkness of night, the two of them walked quickly into the mansion together.
Eunuch Fu followed closely behind him and closed the door again.
*
At this time,
Then he ran into Dali who was about to chase out to look for the kitten.
Dali was a little confused when he suddenly saw two people in gorgeous, noble and elegant clothes entering the mansion.
"Who are you looking for?"
"Da Li." Fang Qingge called him.
When he recognized that it was indeed Fang Qingge who had returned, he shouted in surprise,
"Ah? Madam. Madam, you are back? Oh! I will go and call the young master and young lady. They will surely jump for joy."
After saying that, he started to run.
Suddenly he realized something was wrong and hurriedly bowed.
"Greetings, madam."
After saying that, he couldn't wait to go to the backyard to spread the good news.
**