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When the Queen Mother returned to Qingning Palace, she learned that the Emperor had been sitting in Ciqing Palace for most of the day, and that the Crown Prince had been lingering for a long time after returning to the palace, and that someone had taken the Crown Prince directly back to Qianqing Palace. As for the details, because Chu Kuan had to leave for something, and the Crown Prince, the Third Prince, was unwilling to use other people, the daily chores were done by the attendants, so it was impossible to find out.
After all, it was said that when the little prince returned to the palace, the other tutors had been dismissed by the emperor long ago, leaving only Zhang Shou and Lu Sanlang. Now they had left the palace and could not be summoned for questioning. Chen Yongshou knew, but he was from the Qianqing Palace.
Of course, the Queen Mother would not summon two foreign ministers for this matter. After learning from the female official who stayed behind, she went to bathe and change clothes, and even postponed dinner for this. However, when she came out of the bathroom, Yuquan, who was guarding the door, changed her into the palace clothes, and whispered: "Queen Mother, the Crown Prince is here."
"Is it just Sanlang?" The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows in surprise. Seeing Yuquan nodded slightly, she couldn't help but laugh. "If I were still the emperor, he would definitely come to question me. Now it seems that he can keep his composure this time... But it may not be the case. If he doesn't come out of spite, it may be worse than coming to quarrel with me in person."
Facing the empress dowager's self-mockery, Yuquan didn't know what to say and could only follow behind silently. When she arrived at the East Warm Pavilion of Qingning Palace, she saw that the third prince's eyes were slightly red and swollen, as if he had just cried, but his expression was relaxed, not like he had been scolded by the emperor at all. After he came forward to salute, he actually supported the empress dowager's arm very smoothly.
If Yuquan could see it, how could the Queen Mother not see it? She smiled and patted the Third Prince's hand: "Why, looking at you like this, did you cry with your father?"
The third prince's eyes widened immediately: "Grandmother, how did you know?"
The Queen Mother was just joking, but when she heard such an unexpected answer, she was stunned and her feet paused unconsciously. She turned her head to look at the Third Prince and said in disbelief, "Did you really cry with your father? You are not the kind of child who cries easily, but you are very considerate."
"My teacher taught me." The third prince rubbed his eyes a little embarrassedly, and then whispered what Zhang Shou said before he left, as well as the emperor's reaction. Seeing the empress dowager's face full of anger and amusement, he said a little embarrassedly, "I hugged my father and cried for a while, and my father was softened by my crying. Later, he confessed that he was ignorant when he was young..."
The Queen Mother never expected the Emperor to reflect on his youthful recklessness, so when she heard the Third Prince say that the Emperor actually admitted that he was young and ignorant, she couldn't help laughing: "Are you sure you didn't distort your father's meaning?"
"Of course not!" The third prince assured solemnly, but then whispered, "In fact, my father originally planned to come with me, but because he was embarrassed to see you, he asked me to come and apologize to my grandmother..."
When she heard the Third Prince's apology, even though she knew that only a few of them were the Emperor's original words, she was at least sure that this was what her son meant. As mother and son for many years, although they had heart-to-heart discussions, most of the time, they were both stubborn and would quarrel easily. They would not be able to save face for a long time, and would be indifferent when they met.