Zheng Ji rarely saw the prince in the palace.
Firstly, because Concubine Jiang only doted on the harem, she had little contact with her royal brothers and sisters; secondly, because the prince was busy with political affairs and there was a big age gap between them, the two rarely interacted with each other.
Therefore, she would only see the prince during major festivals or banquets.
Unexpectedly, she encountered him when she was unprepared.
The prince came from the direction of Kunning Palace with only a few East Palace guards and chamberlains, carrying the handsome and conspicuous Feng Shen.
Zheng Ji took a few steps forward and saluted, "I've met the prince brother!"
"Chang Ding, there is no need to be polite." Zheng Zheng smiled, "I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you... going to see the imperial concubine?"
His attitude was natural yet close, like that of a brother who loves his sister.
In the past, she didn't think there was anything wrong with this. Although the prince was the crown prince, she was her father's most beloved daughter. The so-called arrogance based on favor, the prince sometimes needed to give her a break.
Now, you can taste some other meanings.
But she acted oblivious and replied with the same smile: "It's me. I just came back from Prince Yi... the residence of the Third Emperor's brother, and suddenly I miss my mother and concubine."
"Brother Three Emperors..." The smile on Zheng Zheng's face faded a little, and he said, "Brother Three Emperors is so confused! My father is very sad and disappointed. I hope that Brother Three Emperors will be more sensible after going to Yinzhou."
Zheng Ji nodded heavily and said, "Yes! I don't even understand how Brother Three Emperors could do those things? Mr. Cheng...although I hate him, I never thought of letting him die. Brother Prince, Brother Three Emperors really Did you poison Master Cheng?"
"I don't know, but I heard that the evidence found by Fengchen Guard is like this. I guess it can't be too far off, otherwise my father wouldn't have made such a decree."
At this time, it was Zheng Ji's turn to smile. She said doubtfully: "Could it be that, as the rumors say, Brother Three Emperors really wanted to use Cheng Yong's death to frame me? But when I went to see him just now, That's not what he said."
"Oh?" Zheng Zheng remained calm and followed her words and asked, "Then what did he say?"
Zheng Ji blurted out: "Brother Three Emperors, he said..." As if she thought of something, she suddenly stopped talking and looked at Zheng Zheng a little uneasily.
Zheng Zheng smiled gently and encouraged, "What did he say? Come and listen, I will go over the details for you."
"He said, he said...all this was done by the prince's brother! He said that the prince's brother wanted to gain money from the Jiang family and deliberately set up this trap." Zheng Ji said it in one breath, looking at him with bright phoenix eyes. .
Finally, he asked: "Brother Prince, what did you say? Brother Three Emperors also swore that he was absolutely telling the truth!"
"..." Zheng Zheng almost couldn't maintain his composure and said subconsciously: "The Third Emperor's Brother is really incorrigible! At this point, he is still pouring dirty water on me!"
Zheng Ji smiled and said, "Let me just tell you, how could the prince brother do such a thing? Then the prince brother also swears, okay?"
Zheng Zheng's brows twitched: "Swear?"
"Yes, swear! Swear that you have never done these things, otherwise..." Zheng Jifeng's eyes wandered, and he raised his chin slightly and said, "You are just like Brother Sanhuang, okay?"
Zheng Zheng's face darkened and he scolded: "Chang Ding! Gu Nian, you are still young, so I won't care about you, but don't say such nonsense!"
Zheng Ji was stunned for a moment, his face turned ugly, and he said angrily: "Brother Prince, why do you have to be angry? You haven't done it before, so what are you afraid of?"
After saying that, she bent towards Zheng Zheng and said forcefully: "I'm still in a hurry to see my mother and concubine. Brother Prince, I'll leave first."
She didn't care what Zheng Zheng's reaction was, she turned around and left.
She is the domineering and overbearing Princess Changding. Even her father dares to contradict her, so what if she looks down on the prince?
She believed that the prince had nothing to do with her now. Even if this reached the ears of his father, he would at most pretend to be angry and scold her.
It didn't hurt or itch, she didn't care at all.
More importantly, she didn't want to talk to the prince any more, for fear that the prince would see something.
She met the prince just after meeting the third emperor brother. It couldn't be such a coincidence. It could only be that the prince was waiting for her here on purpose.
Regardless of whether the prince wanted to find out what she had said to the Third Emperor Brother, or whether the prince had other considerations, she did not want to follow his wishes.
He couldn't ask anything and felt like it was stuck in his throat. This was her small counterattack.
"..." Zheng Zheng looked at Zheng Ji's leaving figure and couldn't react for a moment.
No, after Chang Ding shook his face, he left like this? She...how dare she?
Since being canonized as the crown prince, Zheng Zheng has never seen anyone who dared to look at him in person. Although he knew that Chang Ding was arrogant and domineering, but... she had never treated him like this before!
The guards and chamberlains of the East Palace lowered their heads, not even daring to express their anger.
They were all dumbfounded just now. How dare someone talk to His Highness the Crown Prince like this?
But this person is His Highness Chang Ding, and it seems...there is nothing he dares not do.
Zheng Zheng was silent for only a moment, then raised the corners of his lips, with a soothing smile between his brows and eyes, completely devoid of the serious anger just now.
His pair of narrow eyes, which were not similar to Zheng Ji's, flashed with light, obviously thinking of something.
Chang Ding did this on purpose, either to cause trouble for him or to prevent him from continuing to ask. ——This can only mean that Chang Ding does not trust him, or is disgusted with him.
why? Just because of Zheng Xun’s slander?
No, it won't... Maybe Chang Ding himself noticed it with his eyebrows. This deliberate attitude was actually an unconscious precaution.
It seems that his imperial sister is not as ignorant as he thought. It can be seen that the reason why Zheng Xun asked to see her is not as simple as it seems.
What they talked about, he had to take it out and grind it out again and again.
In the Fuqing Palace, Concubine Jiang saw Zheng Ji's appearance and couldn't help but ask: "Xiaojiu, what's wrong? But I didn't like meeting the Third Highness?"
The third prince's request to meet Xiao Jiu had already spread throughout the palace, and Concubine Jiang Guifei was also paying close attention to the matter.
Zheng Ji shook his head and said, "It's not because of Brother Three Emperors. It's...concubine, I just met the prince."
"Prince..." Concubine Jiang smiled, glanced at Qian Gu, and then all the maids serving in the palace withdrew.
When only Qian Gu was left, Concubine Jiang asked: "Xiaojiu, how did you meet the prince? What a coincidence?"
"It's not a coincidence, the prince must have been waiting for me on purpose." Zheng Ji said truthfully, "Concubine, what kind of person do you think the prince is?"
Concubine Jiang thought about it seriously, and then said for a while: "The prince is the crown prince, born from the queen, with outstanding abilities, and the emperor trusts and values ...otherwise, my mother and concubine don't know."
This answer really surprised Zheng Ji.
that's it? This is impossible! The mother-in-law has been in the palace for so many years and has spent a lot of time in contact with the prince. Why does she only have this view? It's almost like being a stranger.
She was about to say something when she suddenly realized something and her expression changed slightly.
