Chapter 2

Xiao Xixi clung to his leg, refusing to let go, and it took a great deal of effort for the maids to pry her away.

Even so, she continued to shout.

"Your Highness must be careful! Someone is plotting against you!"

Even after she was dragged away, her cries still echoed for a long time.

Everyone lowered their heads, holding their breath, not daring to breathe heavily.

Only Eunuch Chang cautiously lifted his head and secretly glanced at the Crown Prince.

As expected.

Luo Qinghan's face was so dark it could almost drip with water.

He wanted to cut that woman, who was making a scene, down with a single stroke.

But his strong self-control made him hold back.

Today, he had to accompany the Emperor on a hunting trip, and the other princes had already set out. He absolutely could not be late, so he could only suppress his anger for now and deal with that woman when he returned!

Luo Qinghan flicked his sleeve and, surrounded by a group of palace maids and eunuchs, strode out of the Eastern Palace.

Within half a day.

The news that Consort Xiao had been enraged and locked in the Cold Fragrance Pavilion for intercepting the Crown Prince spread throughout the entire Eastern Palace.

Xiao Xixi was originally the daughter of a loyal and martial general, selected during the imperial selection and assigned to the Crown Prince, becoming his consort.

From the day she entered the palace until now, it had been half a year, and she had not even seen the Crown Prince once. She herself had a laid-back attitude, neither competing nor vying, spending her days in her Qingge Hall, eating and waiting to die.

Just when everyone thought she would continue to be a laid-back person, she suddenly made a bold move.

Not only did she intercept the Crown Prince in public, clinging to his leg shamelessly, but she also claimed that the Crown Prince's forehead was dark, foretelling a disaster!

Consort Xiao was practically dancing on the edge of death!

Among the dozens of concubines in the Eastern Palace, the methods of vying for the Crown Prince's favor were endless, but no woman had ever been as bold and reckless as Consort Xiao.

Whether they knew her or not, everyone thought she was doomed this time.

The Cold Fragrance Pavilion was the most remote place in the Eastern Palace.

As its name suggested, it was a cold and desolate place, devoid of any human presence.

At this moment, the much-discussed Consort Xiao was lazily slumped in a reclining chair, cracking sunflower seeds while listening to Baoqin complain.

"Your Excellency, after being laid-back for half a year, you finally came to your senses and decided to vie for the Crown Prince's favor, which makes me very happy. But there are countless ways to vie for favor, so why did you choose the worst one? Look at you now, you've angered the Crown Prince and been locked in this dilapidated Cold Fragrance Pavilion. What are we going to do from now on?"

Xiao Xixi spat out the sunflower seed shell. "I didn't plan to vie for his favor."

Baoqin didn't believe her. "If you didn't want to vie for his favor, why did you run to cling to the Crown Prince's leg?"

"I've already said it, the Crown Prince's forehead is dark, foretelling a disaster. I went to him to save his life."

Baoqin looked at her expressionlessly, her face clearly saying—

Do you think I believe you?

Xiao Xixi handed her the sunflower seeds.

"Come, come, have some sunflower seeds to calm down."

Baoqin coldly refused.

Xiao Xixi said, "I want to eat hot pot tonight, the kind with a lot of chili peppers."

"Allow me to remind you, you have offended the Crown Prince. What you should be thinking about now is how to gain his forgiveness, not what to eat tonight."

"Oh, I can't eat hot pot tonight? Really, I can't?"

Xiao Xixi looked at Baoqin with pleading eyes.

She stared at her for a full minute.

Finally, Baoqin gave in, her face twisted in frustration.

"I'll think of a way."

Although her mistress was a laid-back person, what could she do?

She could only indulge her.