The villain prince is three and a half years old

It turns out it’s you, little kid!

"How did you get in?" Empress Dowager You finished her tea, handed the tea bowl to the palace maid, and frowned at the little prince below.

"A mere little tiger can't stop me at all!" Xia Jing put his hands on his hips.

Empress Dowager You made a note: this little tiger must be severely punished. Failure to stop the prince was not a big deal, but not reporting to her was a huge problem.

"Grandma, what is this?" Xia Jing walked to the edge of the field and asked curiously.

"Don't call me grandma, that's so rude. You should call me Empress Dowager!" Empress Dowager You said coldly, "Also, have you bowed to me?"

Not only did the old lady not answer the question, she also threw out a bunch of accusations.

"Okay grandma, goodbye grandma." Seeing that the situation was not good, Xia Jing ran away quickly.

When passing by the pavilion, don't forget to take a few cakes.

Today's mission is completed, and Xia Jing is no longer afraid of being discovered, so he walks in the corridor with a swagger.

The palace maids and eunuchs on the road were used to the deserted Cining Palace, so they were all shocked when they suddenly saw a little prince.

Xia Jing greeted them.

"morning."

"Work hard and don't be lazy."

"What are you carrying? Let me see."

The palace maids and eunuchs did not dare to neglect and obeyed his orders. Xia Jing even took another bowl of lotus seed soup from a palace maid.

He acted naturally. There was nothing unnatural about it; Empress Dowager You was his grandmother, and it was perfectly normal for a grandson to visit her.

"Little Tiger, watch the door carefully." Finally, Xia Jing patted Eunuch Hu's leg, handed him the empty bowl, pulled the handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe his mouth, and walked out.

Eunuch Xiao Hu blinked hard. What did he see? Why did the Ninth Prince come out of the palace? He clearly didn't see him go in!

Just as he was thinking about it, his godfather sent someone to call him. He walked into the main hall and found that the empress dowager was also there. He hurriedly knelt down to pay his respects.

He stole a glance at his godfather's face and knew that something was wrong, but he didn't know where the mistake was.

"Be more serious on duty in the future." The Queen Mother said lightly.

"promise!"

Eunuch Hu didn't dare to ask and kowtowed in response.

His godfather dragged him out of the house and into a secluded area, where he began to beat him up. "Why did you let the Ninth Prince in? If you did, why didn't you report it to the Empress Dowager?"

Only then did Eunuch Hu realize that this was his mistake!

He felt wronged and confused: "I didn't even see the Ninth Prince..."

"How dare you talk back!"

Another round of punches and kicks came down.

After walking out of the gate of Cining Palace, Xia Jing took a few steps and saw Ning Xuenian, Luhua, Xiao Tianzi, and Rendong were there too.

Xiao Tianzi and Luhua wanted to go to the Cining Palace to surrender themselves, and Ning Xuenian couldn't stop them. Fortunately, Rendong came and used the majesty of the Shuiyun Palace to intimidate the two.

"It's okay, let's go to Shuiyun Palace." Xia Jing said easily.

Seeing him swaggering out of the Cining Palace, Luhua and Xiao Tianzi easily believed it.

Xiao Tianzi breathed a sigh of relief: "Young Master, please go through the main entrance next time."

"Just because the Queen Mother didn't blame me this time doesn't mean she won't be angry next time." Lu Hua agreed.

"No, I haven't turned over yet!" Ning Xuenian objected.

Xia Jing comforted the two of them.

Rendong looked at him, then at the Cining Palace. She had never expected that Xia Jing would actually climb over the wall and get in. No other prince could be as bold as him.

This boldness lies not only in climbing over the wall, but also in confronting the Queen Mother head-on.

The eldest princess learned all her power and authority from the queen mother. Although she was better than her master, the wrinkles on the queen mother's face and the gloom in her eyes were weapons that the eldest princess could never learn.

Even Rendong felt a little scared when facing the empress dowager.

I wonder if this fearless Ninth Prince can subdue the cold and terrifying Queen Mother. This is something that even the princess couldn't do.

She thought again, climbing over the wall requires help. The Ninth Prince tricked Xiao Tianzi into being a ladder this time. Could he trick Xiao Tianzi again next time?

She was not tall and her strength was a weakness. She could climb over by herself but could not help Xia Jing climb over.

Chapter 80 The Queen Mother's Curiosity

The next morning, Rendong had to admit that she had underestimated the Ninth Prince and overestimated Xiao Tianzi.

Xia Jing and Ning Xuenian rode on Xiao Tianzi and Luhua's shoulders, blindfolded them, and said they wanted to play a blindfolded walking game, and asked Xiao Tianzi and Luhua to follow their instructions.

Rendong followed behind and watched the two men direct the blindfolded Xiao Tianzi and Luhua to the outside of the Cining Palace.

"Good, good, Xiao Tianzi, well done!" Xia Jing looked at the palace wall in front of him and praised Xiao Tianzi happily.

"Hey, young master, as long as you are happy, please sit tight!" Xiao Tianzi was cheerful, not knowing what was about to happen.

"Stop, okay, stand still!"

Xia Jing held Xiao Tianzi's head, pulled his legs together, stepped on his shoulders, and jumped hard over the wall.

"Young master? Young master?" Xiao Tianzi felt an empty feeling on his shoulders and thought Xia Jing was teasing him, so he called softly.

After a few breaths, he finally realized something was wrong and took off the blindfold.

In front of them was the familiar wall of the Cining Palace, and to the side were the familiar Ning Xuenian and her servant who had fallen to the ground.

His eyes glazed over for a moment.

"Where is the young master?" He looked at Honeysuckle and swallowed.

Honeysuckle pointed to the wall.

Xiao Tianzi staggered two steps and covered his head, feeling sad that he had lost the Ninth Prince again, and grieving that Luhua had successfully stopped the Seventh Princess.

What is more heartbreaking than your own failure is the other person’s success!

Rendong sighed. Luhua was no smarter than Xiao Tianzi, just more timid. She held Ning Xuenian's feet tightly with both hands, causing the girl to fail and fall to the ground.

She took a few steps back, sprinted, stepped on the wall twice, grabbed the top of the wall, and looked down. There was no trace of Xia Jing below.

……

Empress Dowager You had finished her breakfast and was taking a nap in her bedroom.

Xia Jing sneaked all the way to the dormitory door. Unable to hide, he ran in at full speed.

The palace maid guarding the gate only felt a gust of wind blowing, and when she reacted, the figure had already entered the house.

She covered her mouth and quickly pulled aside the curtain to look inside. There was a ninth prince in the room, sitting beside the Queen Mother's bed.

The one guarding the Queen Mother was the middle-aged palace maid Xia Jing had met yesterday. Her name was Yuhe.

Yuhe waved to the palace maid and asked her to go out, and she would deal with the Ninth Prince herself.

The curtain was lowered again, and Yuhe looked at the summer scenery.

"The Queen Mother is sleeping," she whispered, "The Ninth Prince, please go play somewhere else first."

Xia Jing looked at the empress dowager's trembling eyelashes and thought, she is not sleeping.

The elderly don't get much sleep to begin with, and the empress dowager had just gotten up and had breakfast, so it's not easy for her to feel sleepy.

This old lady is pretending to be asleep!

This was Empress Dowager You's habit. When she didn't want to bother with anyone and wanted to be alone, she would pretend to sleep and observe the reactions of the people around her.

When she was young, she chose Emperor Kangning by pretending to sleep and observing.

"Ninth Prince, come on, I'll get you some snacks." Yuhe offered bribes again.

She reached out to pick up Xia Jing, but Xia Jing avoided her hand and sat back on the bed, closer to Empress Dowager You.

Yuhe was getting nervous. The Queen Mother's temper wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. She had been restless ever since the eldest princess's marriage. If she woke up and got angry, it would be all over!

"Let me see grandma for a while." Xia Jing stared at Empress Dowager You's face.

"What's the big deal..." Yuhe stopped talking halfway.

She almost said, "What's so good about this?" If the Queen Mother heard it, she would be punished.

"Little ancestor, can we go outside and see something else?" she changed her tone.

"Yeah." Xia Jing nodded, turned around and threw herself into his arms.

Yuhe breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly carried Xia Jing out of the house, asking the palace maid at the door to go in and guard the empress dowager.

The palace maid lifted the curtain and went in. When she looked at the bed, she was so frightened that she fell to her knees.

The Queen Mother is not asleep at all, she has her eyes open!

The palace maid wanted to apologize, but Empress Dowager You glanced at her and she immediately covered her mouth.

"Don't tell them that I'm awake." Empress Dowager You whispered.

The palace maid nodded quickly.

"Get up." Empress Dowager You sat up, "Bring me the bronze mirror."

The palace maid stood up trembling, picked up the bronze mirror on the table, and held it in front of Empress Dowager You.

Empress Dowager You stared at the bronze mirror for a long time, then turned and asked the palace maid, "Is there anything strange on my face?"

"No, Your Majesty," the maid replied hurriedly.

"Then what is he looking at?" Empress Dowager You frowned.

The maid knew that the Queen Mother was not asking her, so she lowered her head nervously.

……

"What is the Ninth Prince looking at the Queen Mother for?" Yuhe asked the same question.

In the outer room, she fed Xia Jing with cakes and looked at the boy curiously.

Most princes and princesses did not dare to approach the empress dowager, but the ninth prince was not afraid at all and even came closer on his own initiative.

She thought again that the rumors were true. The Ninth Prince was the cutest of all the princes.

Xia Jing ate the cake and didn't answer.

The most fascinating part of a mystery is not the answer, but the process of scratching your head and guessing.

"How did the Ninth Prince get in?" Yuhe asked again.

"Xiao Huzi let me in." Xia Jing raised his head. "Xiao Huzi is a good servant."

"Eunuch Hu is indeed a good person." Yuhe pretended to agree, thinking in her heart that she must expose the guy who neglected his duties in front of the empress dowager!

"Auntie, eat it." Xia Jing handed another piece of cake to Yuhe's mouth.

"Your servant..." Yuhe wanted to refuse, but as soon as she opened her mouth, the pastry was stuffed into her mouth.

She could only take the Dingsheng Cake from the Ninth Prince.

[Intimacy: 59 → 60]

Xia Jing opened the panel of Queen Mother You again, and her kindness level had not changed.

It is a good thing that there is no change, which proves that Queen Mother You is not opposed to this level of initial contact.

After finishing the cakes, Xia Jing jumped off the chair and ran into the inner room.

Yuhe did not expect the Ninth Prince to break into the bedroom for the second time. She did not stop him and hurriedly followed him.

Empress Dowager You was lying on the soft couch, and a palace maid was standing awkwardly beside her, holding a bronze mirror.

"I'll wipe the mirror." The palace maid explained softly.

Xia Jing pretended to believe it, looked at Empress Dowager You again, and let Yuhe carry him out.

"Why does grandma frown when she sleeps?" he asked Yuhe.

Yuhe was stunned. She didn't expect that the Ninth Prince was concerned about this.