The crown prince was a bit melancholy. âIt turns out it isnât because I changed and suddenly liked to become close with children.â
âItâs becauseâŚâ
The crown prince was uninterested in looking at his two sisters anymore and waved his hand. Xiaoâxiâzi went to the two accompanying wet nurses and quietly spoke to them.
The two wet nurses were briefly startled before immediately nodding. Each held the hand of Ninth Princess and Tenth Princess before leading them out of Eastern Palace.
The two little princesses remained clueless from start to end.
Why did their royal brother only take one glance at them and then had them leave without saying a word?
After leaving Eastern Palace, Tenth Princess broke out in tears and asked shyly while sobbing, âWet nurse, did we provoke Royal Brother Crown Princeâs anger?â
The tenth princessâ wet nurse dotingly embraced the child and quickly said, âNo, no, itâs just that His Highness the Crown Prince is busy with official business, so His Highness had us leave.â
The tenth princessâs tearful eyes were wide open as she pitifully pressed, âReally? Then why didnât Royal Brother say a single word to us? Does Royal Brother dislike us?â
The wet nurse quickly nodded before hastily shaking her head. âNo, no, donât worry, Princess. Wet nurse will explain it to Her Highness, Royal Concubine Xi. The two princesses were both so polite and well-mannered, so why would His Highness the Crown Prince dislike you?â
Xiaoâxiâzi, who escorted them out, helplessly watched the wet nurses bring the two princesses away before shaking his head and returning to Eastern Palace.
Ay, who knew which screw went loose in his lordâs head that made him suddenly want to see his two royal sisters? In the end, His Highness did not say anything before sending them away againâŚ
Your Highness will truly scare little children with Your Highnessâ reckless actions!
When Xiaoâxiâzi returned to the room, he instantly saw his lord maintaining the same position of propping his chin up with his hand and intently staring at the desk like a statue.
His Highness must have stayed like this for at least 15 minutes, right!
Xiaoâxiâzi moved lightly to the crown princeâs side with tiny steps, wanting to take a look at the desk out of curiosity.
However, the crown prince picked up the thin piece of drawing paper with two fingers and raised it up.
Xiaoâxiâzi was unable to see even a single dotâŚ
On the paper, there was a stoic little girl expressionlessly looking at him. Her distinctive eyes were like two pits of icy water, as though they could suck peopleâs soul inside if people were careless.
The little girl in the portrait was being raised above someoneâs head by a pair of arms.
If he really dared to do that in reality, she would certainly beat him black and purple, wouldnât she!
The crown prince stared at the portrait for a long while before muttering to himself, âYou always look at me expressionlessly probably because you are⌠too! Lazy! To! Smile! Right?!â
âWho? Whoâs expressionlessly looking at Your Highness? Who dares to be so rude to Your Highness? Who is so lazy that they donât smile at Your Highness???â Xiaoâxiâzi promptly bounced forward and launched a string of inquiries.
Which fearless soul dared to treat their lord like this? When has their lord ever had a good temper? He would kill them!
The crown prince glanced at his personal junior eunuch. âSo stupid, why did I take him to my side back then?â
âYour Highness, the two princesses left Eastern Palace full of apprehension and sadness,â Xiaoâxiâzi quickly reported. âThey will likely be scolded by Her Highness, Imperial Concubine Xi, when they return.â
The crown prince did not say anything.
Xiaoâxiâzi covertly glanced at the crown prince and cleared his throat before asking, âWhy didnât Your Highness say a word to the two princesses before making them leave?â
Saying two comforting sentences would be better than not saying a single word, wouldnât it?!
âBecauseâŚâ The crown prince smoothed out the portrait before lightly folding it in half to store it on his person. Then, he stood up and languidly said, âThey arenât half as cute as her.â