The villain prince is three and a half years old

Chapter 34 The Little Boxer Requests to Fight

When Xia Jing and Ning Xuenian knocked on the door of Yanghexuan for the fifth time, both Nanny Yuan and Ning Shouxu had become accustomed to it. Not only did they not feel any resistance, they even felt a little happy.

Nanny Yuan didn't need to ask her own prince. She put down the work in her hands and went straight to open the door.

Ning Shouxu put down the book he was holding. Every time the two children came over, he couldn't finish reading. Fortunately, he had already finished the good books, so he didn't need to read the rest.

He looked toward the window. Nanny Yuan had opened it a crack, allowing him to clearly hear the sounds in the yard without being exposed to the sight of anyone inside.

As the eldest brother, Ning Shouxu has a strong idol image and doesn't want his younger siblings to know that he is eavesdropping on their play.

What he didn't know was that Xia Jing's 3D map had already shown his movement of getting close to the window.

Xia Jing felt that these three brothers were very much like those children who were locked up at home by their parents and could only lie on the window and watch the children playing downstairs with envy.

However, it was not Ning Shouxu's parents who imprisoned him, but himself.

"Meow~" General Coal jumped down from the eaves and threw himself into Xia Jing's arms.

It sniffed in Xia Jing's arms and nudged its head against the boy's chest. This wasn't a show of affection, but rather it had sensed its target.

Xia Jing reached into his arms, took out some pastries and fed them to it.

[Taming Progress: 90%]

"And mine." Ning Xuenian also took out a piece of cake and handed it to General Coal expectantly.

General Coal looked disdainful. There were so many people trying to feed him, but he never lacked food. His eating was a gift, a reward for those who fed him.

For Xia Jing's sake, it reluctantly opened its mouth and took a small bite.

"Why do you only eat so little of mine every time?" Ning Xuenian was very dissatisfied. She was a very strong-willed girl.

Xia Jing touched General Coal's head and paid attention to the progress of taming.

It should all be completed today or tomorrow.

"What are we going to play today? Jump rope?" Ning Xuenian put down the pastries and asked Xia Jing excitedly.

The girl played skipping rope yesterday. She spent a lot of time getting familiar with it. After returning to Yonghua Palace, she practiced for a long time.

Xia Jing didn't want to sweat profusely, so he reached out to Xiao Tianzi, who took out a piece of cloth.

When the cloth was unfolded, inside was a bundle of thin bamboo strips, as long as a palm and as thick as incense sticks.

"Let's play picking sticks." Xia Jing explained the rules to Ning Xuenian.

This was a classic childhood game. A handful of sticks were scattered on the table, and each player took turns picking one stick. If they moved another stick while picking, they lost the game and could not obtain the stick. At the end, they compared who had the most sticks.

This game is not only fun for children, but also a challenge for adults. Some adult board games also use the rules of this game.

Xia Jing looked at Ning Xuenian. The girl was lying on the ground, her eyes fixed on the bamboo sticks, her lips pursed, her breath held, and she was concentrating.

Compared to other games, this one is incredibly quiet to play. People are always quiet when they're concentrating.

Ning Shouxu couldn't hear much noise and felt a little anxious.

What the hell are they playing!

He raised his head, wanting to look out through the gap in the window, but he didn't want to be noticed by Nanny Yuan, so he could only take a sneak peek.

Nanny Yuan had already noticed his reaction, turned around and laughed secretly.

The sun had reached its zenith, but the warmth it shed was not as strong as in the early morning. The weather was growing colder, and winter was approaching.

[Taming Progress: 99%]

It will be completed in a while, but Xia Jing is too lazy to wait. Even if it is completed today, he still has to come here tomorrow. The cold palace is also in this direction.

He and Ning Xuenian finished the game, and Xiao Tianzi wrapped the bamboo sticks with cloth.

Xia Jing suddenly thought of something and said to Xiao Tianzi, "Put it down and leave it to my third brother. Thank him for his hospitality these past few days."

"I want one too!" Ning Xuenian jumped off Lu Hua's back and grabbed the bundle of bamboo sticks.

"I have another bundle at home. That one is for my sister." Xia Jing took Ning Xuenian's hand, took the bamboo sticks and placed them on the stone table beside him.

General Coal saw them off to the door and watched them go away.

Nanny Yuan came out, picked up the bamboo sticks, and handed them to Ning Shouxu with a smile, as if she was offering some treasure.

"Your Highness, this is given to you by the Ninth Prince." She knew that Ning Shouxu was jealous.

"Hmph, it's just a child's toy, it's useless to me." Ning Shouxu raised his head and glanced at the bamboo stick with contempt.

Nanny Yuan blinked, wanting to say, "Your Highness, there's no need to be so hypocritical between you and me, master and servant, right?"

"Take it away, take it away." Ning Shouxu waved his hand. "It's dirty."

Nanny Yuan was stunned. Really? Could she be mistaken?

"Yes." She wrapped the bamboo sticks and was about to leave.

"Wait," Ning Shouxu stopped him, frowning, "After all, it's a token of my kindness, so you should keep it and put it in the cabinet at my feet."

"...Yes." The corners of Nanny Yuan's mouth twitched.

She explained in detail to the Third Prince how to play the game, which she had just observed for a long time.

After saying that, she left the room, closed the doors and windows, and quietly lay in the corner to listen.

Sure enough, there was the sound of a cabinet opening and bamboo sticks scattering on the table.

This is the fun.

She left happily and sat in the sun to sew clothes.

She thought to herself, His Highness is already willing to play with the toys left by the Ninth Prince. Next time, can he play with the Ninth Prince and the Seventh Princess together?

She was in a trance and the embroidery needle pricked her fingertip. Blood dripped, but she didn't feel any pain and stood up happily.

She turned around and around in circles, making up her mind.

This matter must be reported to Empress Xian!

Her Majesty has been worried about His Highness's condition, he looks haggard and sleeps restlessly. She must be extremely relieved to hear this news!

Thinking of this, she became extremely anxious and wished she could jump to Fuqing Palace in one step.

The palace maid who delivered lunch arrived and broke into the third prince's room carrying a food box.

Ning Shouxu was startled and quickly covered the bamboo sticks on the table with the blanket on his legs, looking at Nanny Yuan unkindly.

Nanny Yuan then remembered the bamboo sticks. She smiled awkwardly, put down her food box, and said, "Your Highness, please have your meal. I will go to the Empress. There is a palace maid in the next room. Please call her if you need anything."

"Go, go." Ning Shouxu waved his hand.

"promise."

Nanny Yuan put the dishes away, closed the door and went out.

The layout of the Ning Dynasty's harem was very well designed. The Queen's Kunning Palace was in the center, with the four concubines' palaces occupying different directions. At the back of the harem was the largest palace, called the Cining Palace, which was the residence of the Queen Mother.

Empress Xian's Fuqing Palace was located in the south. Nanny Yuan walked quickly for a long time, and Empress Xian had already finished her meal and gone to bed.

She woke up Empress Xian.

Empress Xian rubbed her head and stood up. She had a nightmare the day before, dreaming that her son would be lonely and miserable for the rest of his life. She cried for half the night and couldn't sleep well.

At noon, I finally felt sleepy and just lay down when Nanny Yuan called me up again.

She looked at her unfriendlyly, but she didn't get angry because of their past relationship. If Nanny Yuan couldn't explain it clearly, she would start scolding!

Nanny Yuan told the story of the past few days, saying how likable the Seventh Princess and the Ninth Prince were, and how much the Third Prince cared about her.

Empress Xian immediately calmed down and said happily, "Okay, okay, okay!"

She stood up and paced around the room, thinking about what she could do for the prince and how to advance the relationship between the ninth prince and the seventh princess and her own prince.

After a moment, she came up with an idea and ordered, "Tomorrow, when the Ninth Prince and the Seventh Princess arrive, you send someone to tell me that I will go there."

Nanny Yuan was delighted: "Your Majesty is wise. When you go there, His Highness will certainly come out to greet you, and the Ninth Prince and the Seventh Princess will also pay their respects to you. This way, His Highness will be able to meet them, and once they meet, everything will be easier!"

"Go and prepare, and remember to find a eunuch who can run fast." said Empress Xian.

"Yes!" Nanny Yuan stepped back.

……

Not only did Concubine Xian hear about what happened in Yanghexuan, but Concubine Rong, one of the concubines who paid the most attention to Jingyixuan, also heard that Xia Jing often went to Yanghexuan.

"He has been going to Yanghexuan for so many days, and you just told me now?" Rongpin glared at Yu Meiren.

Lady Yu lowered her head and did not dare to refute.

"Hmph, you do have some skills. You use the Seventh Princess to get close to the Third Prince." Rongpin felt that Xia Jing was just taking advantage of the power of others.

She sent out palace maids to inquire, and soon received news from the palace maids who delivered meals to Yanghexuan that the Ninth Prince and the Seventh Princess were only playing in the yard and had not seen the Third Prince.

She breathed a sigh of relief and sneered, "I thought I had hooked up with the Third Prince, but it turns out I was just being ignored."

Lady Yu smiled apologetically.

"But we can't let them go on like this. What if they really get too hot?"

Rongpin thought for a moment and called Ning Chengrui over: "Do you want to go out?"

Ning Chengrui was overjoyed: "Finally we can go out and play?"

The wound on his head had basically healed, but Concubine Rong kept him detained and would not let him leave Changqing Palace.

"There is a condition. You go to Yanghexuan tomorrow..." Rongpin grabbed Ning Chengrui's ear and explained in detail.

Chapter 35 Pointy Head

There was a tree in the courtyard of Jingyixuan. Xia Jing couldn't recognize the species. When she asked Yi Qiu and Xiao Yue, they didn't know the name of this friend who had been with them for many years.

Let's call it a tree. After autumn came, half of the leaves of the tree fell. After Ning Xuenian often came here, another half of the leaves were shot away by a slingshot, and the remaining half were blown away by the cold winter air.

A charcoal fire was burning in the room. It was silver charcoal of moderate quality, with little smoke and a light smell. Compared with the charcoal in ordinary people's homes, it was of the best quality, but compared with the charcoal in concubines' homes, it was a little worse.

When Xia Jing heard the rooster crowing, he got up in a daze and washed up with Xiao Yue.

It's not advisable to get up early in cold weather, but there's no way, he still has things to do.

Xiao Yue dressed Xia Jing in new clothes. She had made two winter coats these days, using the Shuiyun silk given by Emperor Kang Ning, and she was still finishing another one for Ning Xuenian.

Xia Jing is a prince, so his clothes should be plainer. Ning Xuenian is a princess, so her clothes should be more gorgeous. Xiao Yue embroidered many patterns, so she was a little slower.

After putting on his clothes, Xia Jing ran into the yard, opened the 3D map, confirmed that Yu Meiren was still sleeping, and walked to the wall of her bedroom.

"...Master, Master..." His voice was dissipated in the cold wind, and the chill penetrated through the wall and into the beauty's quilt.

Seeing the icon representing Yu Meiren move, Xia Jing immediately stopped talking.

Overthinking it will only backfire. It's like old-school horror films in Europe and America: too explicit, too loud, too focused on visuals and audio, leaving no room for imagination, which is the truest form of terror. It's only with modern horror films that we realize the importance of playing with psychological fear.

At midnight, what scares people is definitely not a chainsaw killer or a monster from a failed experiment, but the shadow under the bed and the slight sound of the wardrobe.

Xia Jing left quickly and ran back to the main hall.

In the east side hall, Concubine Yu was sitting on the bed, her cheeks pale and her expression dull.

She covered her head with her hands. The wind blew against the window frame, the sound was so faint that beneath the wind, one could hear the sound of "Master".

She couldn't tell if it was an illusion or reality. Every time she listened carefully, the voice disappeared and sounded again when she was least prepared.

"It was Concubine Rong who harmed you, not me, not me!" She threw herself into the quilt, crying in fear.

"Master, master?"

The sound appeared again, floating around her, entangling her. She thought of Yuan'er's bloody head and the soft sounds coming from the box containing the body.

"master!"

The sound suddenly increased, rang in her ears, and the air blew on her face!

She screamed and fell to the ground.

……

The screams spread throughout Jingyixuan.

Xia Jing sat at the dining table, looking innocent. "I'm back, why are you screaming?"

"Go and take a look." Xiao Yue ordered Yi Qiu.