Chapter 907: I Admit My Mistake

Henger and Yeye were both very pleased.

They giggled softly.

Then, imitating the correct posture, they picked up their spoons and started eating.

Henger held the spoon and drank the porridge.

Maybe because he was quite adept at it.

It always seemed a pleasure to watch him drink porridge.

In contrast, Yeye...

Xia Ruqing felt a bit uncomfortable watching directly.

’From the same womb, how could they be so different?!’

"Slow down, Yeye, no one is going to take it from you!"

Xia Ruqing was quite helpless.

This child, in his past life, must have never had a full meal.

Yeye raised his little face smudged with soup.

"Mother Consort, this fish porridge is delicious!"

They were still very young and had weak stomachs, so Xia Ruqing only dared to give them porridge.

Just added some meat, eggs, and vegetables, nothing else.

Half a Shi Chen later.

The two children finished their meal.

Xia Ruqing instructed someone to take them away.

"Go nap for a while, sleeping at noon is good for growing!"

"Okay!"

Sister Jiang and Sister Liang responded and took the Little Princes away.

Xia Ruqing also leaned on the couch.

Thinking of Chenchen still in the Study Room, she asked.

"It’s getting cold now, did they take the hand warmers and foot stoves over? He’s too young to understand, can’t let him freeze!"

Zi Yue smiled.

"They took them there last month!"

"It’s not too cold these days. Sister Huang said they haven’t even been used yet!"

"Moreover, there’s the Ground Dragon there, probably won’t be needed!"

Xia Ruqing nodded.

"I forgot about that!"

Since giving birth to the twins, her memory seemed to worsen day by day.

Pregnancy makes you silly for three years.

Is she destined to be silly for six years?

"Never mind, I’ll also nap for a while, feeling a bit tired!"

Zi Yue acknowledged.

She got up, making the bed with a smile, and asked.

"Noble Consort, in a few days, it’s His Highness the Crown Prince’s birthday, have you decided what to do?"

Xia Ruqing got up, took off her outer garments, and thought for a moment.

"Nothing new!"

"Just a banquet, receiving gifts, and listening to their auspicious words!"

She was tired of listening to those words.

She could never get excited about holding a banquet.

Zi Yue shook her head.

"I’m asking, how will you celebrate for His Highness the Crown Prince?!"

Surely you can’t just have a banquet.

That’s for adults, what about the children?

Xia Ruqing removed her headpiece and lazily lay down under the quilt.

She spoke leisurely.

"I’ve thought about this question early on, but..."

She shook her head.

"Haven’t come up with an answer!"

"Then Noble Consort, think about it again, you can’t let His Highness the Crown Prince celebrate alone!"

Zi Yue said.

Xia Ruqing nodded, pondered for a while, then turned over and covered herself with the blanket to sleep.

Zi Yue tucked the corner of the quilt and went out.

...

In the afternoon.

Duanning Palace was so quiet that you could only hear the sound of leaves being blown off by the wind.

The sunlight, like scattered gold, gently spread on the ground.

The window was slightly ajar.

Occasionally, the wind would blow through the latticed window, losing its chilliness.

It gently stirred the gauzy curtains, casting a shadowy, enchanting scene.

Xia Ruqing nestled in the quilt, a smile on her lips, sleeping soundly.

Just then.

Outside Duanning Palace, a sudden burst of noise arose.

Among them were pleas and sobbing.

It seemed, something had happened!

Xia Ruqing frowned and turned over uncomfortably.

Initially intending to continue napping.

Unexpectedly, the noise grew louder.

Making it impossible for her to fall back asleep.

Reluctantly, she had to call someone to ask.

"What’s going on? What happened?!"

Zi Yue entered with a solemn expression.

"Noble Consort! It’s Consort Ning requesting to see you!"

Xia Ruqing, still drowsy, didn’t immediately respond.

"Consort Ning?" Who is that?

Zi Yue was about to explain when she suddenly remembered.

"Oh, it’s her!"

Then asked.

"What’s she here for?!"

Zi Yue bit her lip.

"It must be because of The Eldest Princess..."

Xia Ruqing was taken aback.

"The Eldest Princess?"

"Is she here because of The Eldest Princess? But wasn’t this matter... the Emperor already issued a decree?"

Zi Yue frowned.

"Indeed!"

"Now she’s coming to plead with you, Noble Consort, what good will it do?!"

Xia Ruqing was about to say something.

Suddenly, a Little Eunuch rushed in, panting.

"Reporting to Noble Consort, Aunt Zi Yue!"

"Consort Ning has..."

Zi Yue jumped in surprise.

"What’s wrong with her?"

The Little Eunuch took a few breaths before describing the situation outside.

"Consort Ning is currently kneeling outside!"

"Saying she wants our Noble Consort to help bring The Eldest Princess back!"

"If Noble Consort doesn’t agree, she’ll keep kneeling until she dies there!"

"What?"

Zi Yue’s expression changed drastically.

Xia Ruqing was indifferent, just a cold smirk on her lips.

’The old tricks of crying, making a scene, and threatening to hang oneself, aren’t they a bit outdated!’

Zi Yue looked conflicted at her mistress.

Hesitating whether to persuade her or not.

Only to hear Xia Ruqing’s cold laughter.

"It’s impossible to help her!"

"But... I can go out and meet with her!"

Finished speaking, she instructed Zi Yue to prepare her makeup.

She chose a slightly formal Noble Consort’s regular robe.

In dark purple, embroidered with complex and dense patterns, with two strings of jade beads around her neck.

A set of Jade Bracelets on her wrist.

An entire set of Jade Ornaments on her head.

The jade and dark purple together were imposing.

Exuding a kind of nobility that dared not be looked at directly.

Xia Ruqing glanced at herself in the mirror, smiled, and said.

"Let’s go!"

"Alright!"

With that, she led her entourage, winding out.

Outside Duanning Palace.

Consort Ning was indeed kneeling on the ground.

The jewelry of a consort was never as luxurious as that of a Noble Consort, so she only wore some trinkets of beaded flower decorations.

Though not unattractive.

But for a woman who had been a consort for so many years.

To go back to wearing that seemed somewhat fallen from grace.

Besides, these looked better on young girls, Consort Ning, being older, looked somewhat unfit wearing them.

No matter how you looked, it seemed awkward.

However, Xia Ruqing had no time to care about these.

She walked forward with a faint cold smile.

"Consort Ning, what are you doing? Kneeling at the gates of my palace in broad daylight!"

"To those who don’t know, it would seem I bullied you!"

Xia Ruqing realized she’d indeed matured.

Previously she loathed the titles like ’sister’ or ’younger sister’.

But now.

No matter how distasteful it was inside, she could utter them with equanimity.

That is a kind of neat achievement.

Consort Ning saw her emerge.

After kowtowing several times, she tearfully pleaded.

"Noble Consort, it was my fault before!"

"Now I know my mistake, please Noble Consort help me!"

"Yiming is my flesh and blood that I raised since birth, I can’t live without her!"

Now the status couldn’t be maintained.

Even her daughter was lost.

Her steady and respectable appearance collapsed in an instant, how could she accept it!

Xia Ruqing’s gaze turned cold.

"That’s where you’re wrong!"

"You haven’t lost anything! It’s the Emperor’s thoughtful decision that you should understand!"

"No matter how bad Consort Hui is, she wouldn’t do anything to The Eldest Princess, right?!"

The underlying meaning was.

’She would take better care of her than you!’

’Everyone would take better care of her than you!’