The eldest prince and his wife have been childhood sweethearts. The sixth prince has always liked to follow the eldest prince and play with him. He has also called the eldest prince’s wife “sister” since he was a child. The eldest prince’s wife has long regarded the sixth prince as her own brother.

　　She was originally a daughter of a general. She was good at martial arts, had a generous and righteous personality, and was extremely protective of her younger brother. When she heard that her sixth brother was being bullied and crying, she could not tolerate it and wanted to beat her up immediately.

　　The eldest prince looked at the eldest prince’s wife lovingly, stretched out his hand to pull the sixth prince off his shoulder, and helped him stand up: “Don’t cry, your sister-in-law will laugh at you later.”

　　”Nonsense, when have I ever made fun of Sixth Brother?” The eldest prince’s wife glared at the eldest prince.

　　After that, she turned to look at the Sixth Prince and said, “Tell my sister-in-law quickly who made our Sixth Prince so sad. I will definitely help you vent your anger.”

　　”Sister-in-law, wuwu, I’m so miserable.” The Sixth Prince walked to the First Prince’s wife, pulled her sleeve and shook her, opened his mouth wide and howled, his face covered with tears.

　　The tall and handsome young man cried like an ignorant child of a few years old, which was pitiful and really funny.

　　Watching this scene, the eldest prince’s wife tried to hold back her laughter, but finally she couldn’t help it and burst out laughing.

　　The eldest prince shook his head and laughed too.

　　The Sixth Prince felt aggrieved, but he was no longer a child. He was an adult already, so how could he really ask his elder brother and sister-in-law to help him?

　　His brother and sister-in-law took turns to comfort him, and he felt better. He raised his sleeves to wipe his eyes and was ready to calm down and talk to them about the whole story.

　　But even though he was so sad, these two were still smiling.

　　The Sixth Prince was overwhelmed with grief. He shook off the sleeve of the First Prince’s Consort and cried even louder: “Do you two have any conscience? I am in this state and you are still laughing at me.”

　　”Okay, okay, sister-in-law is not laughing at you, Sixth brother, don’t cry.” The eldest prince’s wife took great effort to hold back her smile. She reached out and touched the head of the Sixth Prince, who was a head taller than her, and comforted him softly.

　　The eldest prince also coaxed, “No matter what happens, tell me and I will help you solve it.”

　　The couple took turns coaxing the man, and after a while they finally managed to coax him into submission.

　　The eldest prince’s wife ordered someone to bring water, asked the sixth prince to wash his face thoroughly, and brought him some desserts.

　　The Sixth Prince looked at the mung bean soup on the plate and turned his head away aggrievedly: “I will never drink mung bean soup again in my life.”

　　The eldest prince and his wife didn’t know what was wrong with him, so they hurriedly said “OK”, and asked someone to take the bowl of mung bean soup away and replace it with white fungus and lotus seed soup, and specifically instructed that more sugar must be added.

　　The Sixth Prince drank two bowls of lotus seed soup and ate a stack of red date cakes and a bunch of sweets before he calmed down completely.

　　But he was too shy to speak up, so he sat on the chair, grunting for a long time without saying a word.

　　Knowing that he was about to get down the ladder, the eldest prince’s wife hurriedly handed it over: “Sixth brother, please tell me what’s going on. My sister-in-law is so worried.”

　　”Yes, you also know that your sister-in-law is impatient, so just tell me.” The eldest prince followed his wife’s lead.

　　The Sixth Prince finally spoke: “It was two months ago that I met that merchant girl. She wasn’t really a merchant girl, she was a brothel girl. Someone deliberately set me up and put her next to me.”

　　The eldest prince and his wife looked at each other and frowned. Playing with the feelings of the sixth brother was very vicious.

　　Thinking of the Sixth Prince’s love for that woman, the First Prince’s wife felt sorry for him and slapped the table with her hand: “That Liu Yun’er looks enchanting. I didn’t like her the first time I saw her, but thinking that you like her, Sixth Brother, I didn’t say anything.”

　　The eldest prince grasped his wife’s hand, signaling her not to stab his sixth brother in the heart again, and then took over the conversation: “Now that you know the truth, this woman will never become a big shot. But who is the person behind this, do you know?”

　　The Sixth Prince gritted his teeth in hatred and said, “I don’t know, but those guys can’t escape. When I find him, I will skin him alive.”

　　The eldest prince is a man of both military and literary talents, has a good character and a broad mind. Moreover, he is the eldest and the legitimate son, and is the recognized candidate for the crown prince.

　　However, Emperor Wen Zhao delayed appointing a crown prince for his own selfish reasons, which led to the other princes becoming restless.

　　The Imperial Noble Consort and the Empress were close friends who shared weal and woe, their children were as close as mothers, and the Sixth Prince was a staunch supporter of the Eldest Prince.

　　Therefore, not only was the eldest prince being plotted against, but even the sixth prince had no peace throughout the year.

　　What the Sixth Prince found most difficult to accept was that if those people had hurt his body, stabbed him with a sword, or poisoned him as they had done in the past, he would not have felt so uncomfortable.

　　He was slow to catch on and even at an old age, and now he finally fell in love with a woman, but she turned out to be a liar.

　　I don’t know which wicked bastard came to hurt his pure heart.

　　After the story was told, the Sixth Prince placed his head on the First Prince’s shoulder through the armrest of the chair, covered his chest, and said in a frustrated tone: “Brother, I feel bad.”

　　The eldest prince felt distressed and amused, and patted his shoulder: “Why don’t you listen to mother and mother concubine and start a family quickly? Find a virtuous wife like your sister-in-law, and you won’t feel uncomfortable and your heart will be at peace.”

　　When she heard the word “virtuous wife”, the eldest prince’s wife smiled like a flower, and raised her hand to smooth her hair a little embarrassedly.

　　The Sixth Prince raised his head, glanced at the First Prince’s Consort, and shook his head like a rattle: “My eldest sister-in-law is so fierce. I don’t want a daughter-in-law like her.”

　　The eldest prince couldn’t help laughing.

　　”You little bastard, I am only mean to others, but when I am mean to you, I have always protected you.” Upon hearing this, the eldest prince’s wife became dissatisfied and slapped him with her hand.

　　”My wife, be careful about hurting your hand.” The eldest prince hurriedly reached out and held his wife’s hand, then slapped the sixth prince in the face.

　　The Sixth Prince deliberately wailed, “Sister-in-law, I was wrong.”

　　The eldest prince’s wife was satisfied and sat back.

　　Thinking about the love between the Sixth Prince and Liu Yun’er, and thinking about his own Sixth Brother who was usually too lazy to think, the First Prince asked in confusion: “Sixth Brother, how did you find out that something was wrong?”

　　As soon as he said this, the Sixth Prince was excited, “Brother, you don’t know, Xiaojiu…”

　　”Xiao Jiu…”

　　After trying several times, he couldn’t say the following words. He was so anxious that he thought he had some strange disease. He covered his neck and stamped his feet, but in the end it still didn’t work. However, he could say everything else.

　　He leaned back in his chair dejectedly and spread his hands in a lifeless manner: “I can’t say it.”

　　The eldest prince looked at the eldest prince’s wife in surprise, reached out and touched the sixth prince’s forehead, and asked worriedly: “Sixth brother, you are not feeling well, right? Do you want to call the imperial physician to take a look?”

　　”I’m fine.” The Sixth Prince waved away the First Prince’s hand, thought for a moment with a frown on his face, and suddenly an idea struck him. He stood up and dragged the First Prince away, “Brother, come with me to the palace to see Xiaojiu. You’ll understand when you see Xiaojiu.”

　　The eldest prince’s wife hurriedly stopped him and said, “We haven’t eaten yet. It won’t be too late to go after we eat.”

　　So the three of them moved to the flower hall, had lunch together, drank a cup of tea, and then went into the palace together.

　　—

　　In the palace, after Ji Jinyou had dinner with Emperor Wen Zhao, the Empress and the Imperial Noble Consort, she felt extremely sleepy.

　　Everyone hadn’t finished eating yet, and she didn’t want to leave, so she sat at the table, nodding her little head until she almost dropped her head into the bowl.

　　Fortunately, the Empress was quick to reach out and hold the little girl’s face, then she held her in her arms and touched her hand: “Are you sleepy, Xiaojiu?”

　　Ji Jinyou leaned in the Empress’s arms, sleepy-eyed: “Youyou want to take a nap.”

　　Emperor Wen Zhao put down his bowl and chopsticks, “Xiao Jiu will stay here with your father to rest.”

　　”Youyou can’t disturb father.” Ji Jinyou shook her head.

　　His Majesty gets angry easily. Today he even scolded the Imperial Noble Consort. She doesn’t want to stay with him. If she accidentally offends him, she might get scolded.

　　”Xiaojiu is really sensible.” Emperor Wen Zhao was very happy, but when he thought about the fact that he had an appointment with ministers to discuss matters in the afternoon, he nodded and said, “Okay, then you can go with your empress mother and consort mother, and come to your father’s place for dinner later.”

　　The Empress and the Imperial Noble Consort agreed, picked up the chubby girl, and walked out.

　　After walking outside, the two discussed and found out that the Empress still had palace affairs to deal with in the afternoon, so the Imperial Noble Consort took Ji Jinyou back to Hibiscus Palace first.

　　While walking on the road, Youyou could no longer hold on and fell asleep on the Imperial Noble Consort’s shoulder.

　　The palace maid beside her saw that the Imperial Noble Consort was having a hard time holding the baby and reached out to take it, but the Imperial Noble Consort refused and carried the baby all the way back to Hibiscus Palace.

　　When they arrived at the palace gate, they saw Concubine Ru and Jinxing waiting anxiously at the door. When they saw that the Imperial Noble Consort, and the baby was safe and sound, they were relieved.