Prince Chu never hid anything from others. When he came out of the city to greet them, he took away a box of grapes and everyone present saw it. Thus, it was not difficult to investigate. Just by using a little bit of money, someone would divulge the information.
Gao Shenghai replied to the Emperor, "Emperor, originally there were four types of grapes, but outside the city, Prince Chu took away a case of horse tits."
The emperor sat on the Dragon Throne and rubbed the jade thumb ring, his face gloomy. After a while, he asked, "What else did he take away?"
"Go back to the Emperor, there's nothing else. It's just a box of grapes."
The Prince Chu wasn't greedy for food,he would definitely give the grapes back to the Little Princess to eat. On that day, she even said that he would leave the peace, but for her, he actually cut off the offerings.
The emperor was unable to guess. He muttered to himself for a moment and said: "If you understand, let the Princess Chu enter the palace. Just say that the Noble Consort misses her and bring her here for a gathering."
Last time at the Spring Festival Gala, he did not look at her carefully and felt that she was just a girl with insufficient stature. However, all of this had to do with her. No one knew. He knew about Prince Chu's loyalty, but if someone was to do something bad behind his back and lead him down the wrong path, he would definitely want to beat them up.
When the people from the palace came to pick up Bai Qianfan the next day, they worried Hao Pingguan so much that he had no choice but to enter the palace. In fact, it was under the name of the Imperial Consort Bai, where neither the Little Princess nor his family were on good terms with, it would definitely be bad for him if he went to the Noble Consort.
As he dealt with it, he sent people to the entrance of the palace to pass the news to Jia Tong. When the Little Princess entered the palace, he had to inform the king.
Bai Qianfan was a little perturbed in her heart. She sat in front of the makeup mirror and watched as Yue Xiang helped her dress up. She did not want to see Imperial Consort Bai at all.
Yue Xiang climbed onto the palanquin and followed the palanquin. When she arrived at the entrance of the palace, the servant girl stopped him and only let the palanquin in, causing Bai Qianfan to become more uncertain. Through the palanquin, she sorrowfully watched as the two of them stood there, gradually turning into two black dots.
It had probably been a long time since she was used to living a comfortable life. Everything had Prince Chu in front, so everything was fine for her behind. Unlike before, he had to face everything on his own.
After panicking for a while, she slowly calmed down. The foundation she had built previously was still stable, and she hadn't forgotten her ability to settle down whenever she wanted to. Since she was currently in Princess Chu, as long as Imperial Consort Bai didn't want her small life, she could do whatever she wanted with the rest.
When Imperial Consort Bai heard the news that Bai Qianfan was about to enter the palace, she immediately understood what was going on. Since the Emperor had made such arrangements, she naturally had to cooperate well.
The palace was huge, Bai Qianfan was dozing off in his palanquin, leaning on the palanquin pillar as she stared, waiting for the palanquin to fall to the ground, when the young eunuchs came up to beat the curtains, they discovered that Princess Chu was actually sleeping soundly.
A few people looked at each other. They had never seen such a bold person. Once in the palace, even if they didn't tread on thin ice, they would still be trembling with fear. Why was she here? She fell asleep!
He did not dare delay for long, and a eunuch called out to her in a shrill voice, "Princess Chu, wake up, Princess Chu has already arrived."
Bai Qianfan had light sleep, but she woke up after being called out a few times. She rubbed her eyes and walked out of the sedan, sizing up the Hall Door in front of him. On the top of the head was written: Rayford Palace. Under the sunlight, the words "Blue Dome" were sparkling with a golden luster.
She took a deep breath and strode up the stairs like a soldier who was about to die for the first time.
The eunuchs behind found it strange, the normal mistresses were all walking with light steps, and even had to hold hands when walking, how could they be as fierce as the Princess Chu? In the end, they were all from the Prince Chu Palace, and their heroic and imposing aura made them seem like the Prince Chu. They had to follow at a trot to catch up.
When he went in to report, he found that the Noble Consort was asleep and asked her to wait.
Bai Qianfan did not mind. She knew that the Imperial Consort Bai was deliberately making things difficult for her, so she decided to show her power. She knew better than to care.
The sun was scorching. Today, she was dressed very grandly. There were many layers on the inside and outside of her clothes. She was sweating and sticking to her body, making her feel uncomfortable.
He asked the eunuch, "Where's the sedan chair?"
The eunuch bowed and replied: "The reply to Princess Chu is waiting over there."
Bai Qianfan saw that the sedan chair was indeed placed under a tree. She waved her hand and walked over, and when she got into the sedan chair, she turned around and told the young eunuch: "Noble Consort will call for me after you wake up."
Her tone was very casual, but the young eunuch was completely dumbfounded. Looking at his posture, Princess Chu really wanted to return to his palanquin to stare at his in bewilderment for a while more … Is there anyone in the world who doesn't know his place? When he got here, he had to stand by the door and wait. He couldn't walk around, he couldn't look around, he couldn't whisper, every movement was watched. From this, he could see a person's temperament. They were generally divided into two categories, one was calm, the other was calm, neither haughty nor humble. The other was calm, and didn't dare to move about recklessly, just that the expression on the face was not good, and the heart was naturally unconvinced.
Princess Chu's expression was very calm, as if he was told to wait under the sun. She was not angry at all, but she was not standing by the door, what did it mean for his to sleep in the palanquin?
Imperial Consort Bai squinted her eyes and asked Palace Maid to pinch her neck. She asked lazily: "Princess Chu is still standing outside?"
Palace Maid stuck her head out of the door, walked over and replied: "Master, Princess Chu is not outside anymore."
Imperial Consort Bai was shocked: "He left?" That won't do. His Majesty specifically ordered her to come in. Things weren't done yet, so how could she let her go? He probably couldn't wait any longer, so he left immediately.
Palace Maid went out to ask questions, and then came back to answer: "Master, Princess Chu is sleeping in the palanquin, he said you called her, and she came in again."
Imperial Consort Bai: "..." She had a bad temper since she was young, and sure enough, she wasn't good at it again.
He raised his hand, "Go and invite Princess Chu in."
The Palace Maid turned around and went out to pass a message. Not long later, Bai Qianfan came in and kowtowed, "Greetings to the Noble Consort's Empress!"
Imperial Consort Bai looked at the small body on the ground and raised her eyebrows disdainfully: "Stand up."
Bai Qianfan crawled up from the ground, and when she saw a chair by the side, she sat on it. Imperial Consort Bai pursed her lips and did not say a word.
Palace Maid served a cup of tea but Bai Qianfan didn't drink it. She looked straight at Imperial Consort Bai, "I wonder why the Empress summoned me here today?"
Imperial Consort Bai stared at this girl, she could not even laugh. Previously, when they were separated by clouds and mud, suddenly sitting opposite to each other, with such a high status, it was as if she was sitting on equal footing. This huge difference in status made her uncomfortable.
She had never thought that one day she would have to fake her response to this face and say something that wasn't true.