Chapter 394
At this time, the princess had already questioned the general situation.
It was really not a big deal. The children were playing and unknowingly approached the water.
Someone suddenly noticed that a dragonfly had landed on a lotus flower by the water, and the second young master reached out to catch it and play with it.
As a result, he slipped without warning, and the Third Young Master reached out and grabbed him at the critical moment, but he was dragged into the water instead.
After hearing this, the princess said: "Don't go near the water in the future."
"Each of the maids following the gentlemen will be punished with ten strokes of the cane and fined three months' salary. If they continue to be so careless, they will be replaced."
All the maids present were frightened, but they still breathed a sigh of relief. Ten strokes of the cane were not too much or too little, and they would be fine after healing.
When the princess returned to the main courtyard, she couldn't help but rub her brows.
"Send someone to investigate this matter, don't be careless"
It's normal for a child to want to catch dragonflies, but the palace is so big, with so many maids watching, how could they let them run to the water?
Madam Lou stepped forward to serve tea: "Don't worry, Princess, as long as the Third Young Master is fine."
"Mammy, today..."
The princess began to speak and then stopped.
The fact that Ruirui, born to Ji Yunqing, was not the prince's biological son was just her guess in her heart and she didn't dare to say it out loud.
Nanny Lou personally poured tea for the master, and then went to the back to massage the master.
Her technique was excellent, and the princess soon relaxed a lot.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Madam Lou slowly spoke: "Princess, I have another opinion at this time."
"Hmm? Tell me about it."
"You see, today several young masters gathered together to play, but one person was missing."
"The Fourth Young Master didn't go with us! Think about it, the Fourth Young Master has always loved being in a crowd, how could he suddenly not go with the other Young Masters? You can easily tell there's something wrong."
"Unless someone knows something will happen today!"
The princess disagreed: "Rui Rui came to the main courtyard today" It's not like he didn't show up.
Madam Lou insisted, "This is the cleverness of Concubine Ji!"
"Princess, no matter how good the Fourth Young Master is, he has already forgotten things. Why don't you send someone to check on Concubine Lan more often?"
All in all, when seeing the princess personally teaching the Fourth Young Master calligraphy, Nanny Lou was really a little panicked.
King Zhao left the palace in frustration, and after listening to a lot of sweet words and sincere yearnings from the people of the capital, he returned home in a not very happy mood.
Those who sold paintings and gave them away for free have been arrested, but it is still unclear who did it.
The investigation needs to continue.
A few of his brothers even invited him to go to a restaurant to drink, saying that getting drunk could help him forget his worries.
What trouble is he going to relieve?
Is it to relieve the sorrow of not having heard enough about the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers?
As soon as I came back, I heard that the third young master fell into the water.
His face darkened and he went to the princess' main courtyard first.
After asking about the situation, King Zhao was skeptical: "He never thought about falling in?" Is he so stupid?
The princess shook her head: "My Lord, this may just be an accident."
King Zhao did not comment.
But those are all small matters; the rumors are the most important.
"You go... Forget it, put a stop to the rumors first, this needs to be done quickly."
"Yes"
Speaking of this, the princess felt very uncomfortable. She was in charge of all the affairs in the mansion, so when had such a big mistake happened?
They actually let this ridiculous rumor spread outside.
It was like pointing at her forehead and scolding her for her incompetence.
Seeing that King Zhao had no intention of blaming her, the princess thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, today Ruirui gave me some newly brewed wine. It was said that he brewed it himself. How old is this kid? He said that he brewed it for you, Your Highness."
King Zhao nodded with a calm expression.
Seeing his indifferent look, the princess confirmed again that the child was definitely not the prince's. She wondered if she had mentioned the wrong person.
But she was more familiar with this young master among the others in the mansion, so she could only continue: "I have also seen the handwriting of that child. He is very diligent at such a young age."
As she said this, she asked the maid to get the newly written words.
Look, not all the children in this mansion are stupid.