Rong Jiu frowned subconsciously, and then looked at the little maid next to her.
The little maid was looking at him with delicate and soft eyes a moment ago, but now she stood up like a frightened rabbit and stood behind her.
A look of respect for the master.
"Brother Ajiu!"
As soon as the announcement came, Mingyue arrived in front of Rong Jiu, followed by the palace maid who knocked over the plate in Tao Ye's hand yesterday.
"This slave has met the princess!"
Tao Ye bowed down.
"Brother Ajiu, please help me talk to my eldest brother. I don't want to return to the palace so early. I haven't even said a few words to brother Ajiu!"
"Besides, Brother Ajiu is still injured, so I'm not worried!"
Mingyue didn't even look at Tao Ye, she stepped forward and grabbed Rong Jiu's sleeve and said softly.
"Mingyue, His Royal Highness asked you to return to the palace because he was afraid that something might happen to you outside the palace. My injury is already fine!"
Rong Jiu advised warmly.
"What can happen to Big Brother? Now that Brother Ajiu has a favorite, doesn't he want to see Mingyue?"
Mingyue was scolded by Prince Qi Yunlan and went to Rong Jiu to complain. She didn't expect that her brother Ajiu, who usually protected her the most, wanted her to leave.
Feeling dissatisfied, he happened to catch a glimpse of Tao Yedao who was still kneeling on the ground.
"It has nothing to do with her!"
Facing Mingyue, Rong Jiu sounded a little bored.
"The queen's aunt will be worried even if you are outside the palace. Be obedient and ask the Crown Prince's people to send you back!"
After all, she was the sister she had loved for many years, so Rong Jiu softened her tone.
"I don't!"
"Brother Ajiu must have listened to the instigation of those lowly people and treated me like this!"
"This maid looked like she was about to die two hours ago. Why is there nothing wrong now? She must be pretending to be weak to deceive Brother Ajiu!"
She felt extremely uncomfortable when she thought about the fact that her brother, the talented prince, said that brother Ajiu didn't have any love for her and told her not to have other thoughts.
She didn't believe it. Brother Ajiu had always pampered her. The first fox fur he hunted when he was young was given to her and made into a cloak. In the past, when she entered the palace with her aunt, she would also bring trinkets from outside the palace to coax her.
When she couldn't finish her schoolwork in the academy, her brother Ajiu helped her cover up.
But he himself was indeed left hanging out in the garden just now, so someone must have blown the pillow wind. The prince brother said that brother Ajiu liked this new roommate very much.
"She is just a humble maid. Even if she serves brother Ajiu, how can she be qualified to eat with the master!"
When Mingyue was complaining excitedly, she saw the extra bowls and chopsticks on the table, and her face became even more angry.
"The maidservant of such a charming master should be sold by my aunt!"
The more Mingyue spoke, the angrier her eyes became as she stared at Taoye.
"The slave dare not arrange for the princess, the princess knows it! But in the garden just now, the slave's hand was indeed unsteady, so she bumped into your maid and disturbed the princess. Please spare the slave this time!"
Tao Ye defended in a low voice while shrinking behind Rong Jiu.
She was blocking. The fifth young master was disgusted by the secret plotting in the back house, so he deliberately reminded the palace maid just now that she was worried about knocking over the plate in her hand.
"Come here, give this princess a slap on the mouth of this bitch!"
"My master is speaking, but he can also allow you, a maid, to speak!"
Mingyue was angry, and when she saw Taoye leaning towards her brother Ajiu, she became even more angry.
"Slave, you obey!"
The palace maid behind her was pushed by Rong Jiu in the pavilion, and her lower back hurt. She did not dare to blame Rong Jiu, but she resented Tao Ye for causing her pain. As her master said, she looked busy. He complied proudly.
The hand had been raised high, and the proud smile on his face was in full bloom, but the back of the hand fell into the air and was caught.
"Brother Ajiu really protects this maid like this!"
Mingyue looked at Rong Jiu in disbelief.
"Mingyue, she was indeed almost dead just now, and I will not listen to others and alienate you!"
"Also, this palace maid has evil intentions and will only instigate the master to do things. Please don't let her stay with you in the future!"
Rong Jiu pushed the palace maid aside and wiped her hands with the peach leaf handkerchief on the table.
"I……"
"His Royal Highness is here!"
When Mingyue was still unwilling to give up, the prince outside, Qi Yunlan, arrived.
"Brother Prince, Brother Ajiu has been confused by this maid, hurry up..."
"Mingyue!"
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Qi Yunlan frowning.
"I didn't ask someone to arrange for you to return to the palace. When I didn't see you for a while, you came here again to cause trouble!"
"Ming Yue is not messing around. It's all this maid. I'm going to teach Brother Ajiu a lesson, but you still stop me!"
Mingyue said dissatisfied.
"She is a maid, how dare she provoke you! Now that you are old, you should know some sense of propriety!"
Qi Yunlan looked at his sister and said.
"Brother Prince said nicely, but he didn't want Brother Ajiu to marry Mingyue, so that the daughter of the Xie family could marry Brother Ajiu, so that Taifu Xie would..."
Mingyue has never been wronged since she was a child. Today, she has been taught many times, and she feels unfair.
But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted sharply by Prince Qi Yunlan: "That's enough!"
"You are really spoiled by your father, emperor and mother. Sun An, go and call Wang Rong and send the princess back to the palace immediately!"
Wang Rong is the deputy commander of the East Palace Yi Guards.
"yes!"
Seeing that his master was really angry, Sun An hurriedly went out to send a message.
"If you keep messing around, I will let my mother take good care of you in the future, and then there is no need to go to the academy!"
Well aware of his sister's temperament, Qi Yunlan said with a cold face before Mingyue started to make trouble.
"Humph, just leave!"
After hearing that she was not allowed to go to the academy, Mingyue didn't dare to make any more trouble. If she didn't go to the academy, not to mention that she wouldn't be able to see her brother Ajiu, her father, the emperor, and her mother would be urging her to get married.
Mingyue left angrily, and the palace maid hurriedly followed.
"Ajiu, Mingyue is the most willful girl. She can easily lose control of her words when her temper is hasty!"
"The queen mother wants you to marry the Xie family's daughter. The Xie family's daughter also has a good reputation and is a good match for you. She is not..."
After Mingyue went out, Qi Yunlan smiled helplessly and began to explain.
"My aunt always dotes on me and wants to pick out everything for me. Why didn't my cousin give me some extra love yesterday because of my aunt's pampering?"
Rong Jiu looked matter-of-fact.
"It's good if you know. It won't be in vain for my mother to favor you!"
Qi Yunlan really couldn't see anything strange on Rong Jiu's face, so he smiled and joked.
"But that daughter Xie is very talented and has been obsessed with you for many years. Now that you are old, shouldn't you..."
But before they could finish their words, the two of them were startled by Taoye who suddenly fell to the ground.
"...peach leaves..."
"Why did I faint suddenly..."
"Is it...unclean..."
Tao Ye didn't know what was going on. Not long after the prince came in, her lower abdomen began to hurt. But the master of the room was talking, and Princess Mingyue hated her so much that she couldn't speak out. Fortunately, she was kneeling. , just now she deliberately shrank closer to the fifth young master, giving her a chance to cover up.
But later, the pain in her lower abdomen became more and more painful, and her consciousness became more and more blurred. Until her body touched the cold ground, her mind turned a little, but she could only hear some vague sounds.
