“What, what is the fourth, fourth brother saying, how could I, how could I defend myself against you?”
Despite her best efforts to conceal it, the Sixth Princess still had a few invisible trembles in her voice, not only did the Crown Prince hear it, Sun Jin also heard it, he smiled and helped the Sixth Princess to relieve herself, “The Crown Prince misunderstood, the child really can’t eat anything yet, but she can drink some.”
The prince’s gaze moved to him.
Sun Jin met his gaze openly, his gaze clear.
The prince suddenly laughed and his tone took on a flirtatious tone, “Brother-in-law knows in such detail, is it hard to say that you have always taken care of the children in the mansion?”
Not expecting the prince to suddenly tease him, Sun Jin froze for a moment, then smiled back, “The princess almost lost her life in order to give birth to this child, I swore then that as long as they were safe, I would take care of the child from now on.”
Hearing his words, the Crown Prince nodded, “Father has a good eye, choosing such a good husband for Sixth Sister.”
“The Crown Prince is flattered.”
Hearing the Crown Prince mention his father again, the Sixth Princess’ heart tightened violently again.
She knew that this was the Crown Prince’s test, and that if she handed over the Tiger Talisman now, it would definitely save the lives of their family of three.
But ……
Thinking of her mother’s and third brother’s deaths and her father’s house arrest, she bit her lip and surreptitiously turned sideways, wanting to give her personal palace maid a hint that she should find a chance to leave.
But there was no one at the door.
All she saw was Eunuch Zhang personally carrying in several plates of still-warm pastries and placing them on the table in front of the Crown Prince.
Since the child could not eat them, the Crown Prince did not feed them.
“Sixth sister and brother-in-law, try some, these are the newly made cakes from the palace.”
“Then I have to try it.”
With those words, Sun Jin did not hesitate to reach out for it.
The Sixth Princess wanted to stop it, her hand was already outstretched, snapped up to meet the Prince’s gaze, and quickly retracted again.
She could not reveal her horse’s foot.
The Prince would not harm them so blatantly, at most he would bewitch them and put them under house arrest in the palace, she had to find an excuse not to eat these pastries.
Before she could even think about it, a piece of pastry was handed to her, “It’s delicious, try it too, Princess.”
The Sixth Princess instinctively wanted to refuse, but Sun Jin winked at her.
In the middle of her daze, Sun Jin had already put the pastry into her hand.
The Sixth Princess bowed her head, looked at the pastry that was still emitting heat, and closed her eyes.
She had once been delighted by her sidekick’s simplicity, but now she regretted that she should not have indulged it.
The prince did not seem to see her torment, lowering his head to tease the child in his arms.
The little one babbled back at him.
The scene was heartwarming in every way.
But the Sixth Princess knew that this was only the surface, and that what awaited the three of them was endless house arrest.
After taking a deep breath, the Sixth Princess lifted the pastry to her mouth and took a small bite, the sweet and sticky flavour spread in her mouth, her favourite flavour, which she had often eaten when she was in the palace and had given a lot to the Prince.
At that time, she was full of joy to have such a brother.
But now ……
The Sixth Princess did not want to think about it.
The little one yawned.
Sun Jin saw it clearly and smiled, “The child is sleepy, we should go back, give it to me.”
With his words, the Sixth Princess looked at the Prince and saw that he had indeed given the child to Sun Jin. She couldn’t wait to stand up, almost immediately. Then feeling in too much of a hurry, she opened her mouth to say something ……
Sun Jin held the child in his arms and said first, “If the Crown Prince doesn’t mind, let the Princess come back into the palace with the child in a few days.”
“Good.”
Hearing the Crown Prince’s quick response, the Sixth Princess’s heart, which had been sinking to the bottom of the valley, slowly rose a little.
“Eunuch Zhang, escort Sixth Sister and Brother-in-law out of the palace.”
Eunuch Zhang smiled as he came in and answered, personally escorting the people out of the palace gates.
Sun Qi was then summoned over.
“Send someone to follow, and if you find anyone leaving the city, take them down immediately!”
“Yes!”
……
After leaving the palace gates, getting into the carriage and walking out some distance, the Sixth Princess quietly lifted the curtain to see that there were no followers outside and immediately ordered, “Go outside the city!”
Before the carriage driver could respond, he heard Sun Jin’s voice also come, “Return to the palace.”
The coachman’s raised whip did not know whether to fall or not.
Inside the carriage, Sun Jin put the child into the Sixth Princess’s arms, “The child is sleepy, let’s go back to the house first, if you want to go outside the city, I will accompany you when I am on my Mu break.”
She wasn’t going to play, she was going to ……
The Sixth Princess almost blurted out.
Only before the words came out, Sun Jin put a finger to his mouth and shushed her, reaching out and cradling her sideways in his arms, his other hand brushing the child’s cheek, “The Crown Prince and I did not tell a lie, since the moment you struggled to give birth to the child, I vowed to protect you, Qin’er, how about we grow old together as husband and wife?”
Since their marriage, Sun Jin had always called her Princess, calling her by her boudoir name was a first.
The Sixth Princess’ heart trembled as she listened.
Having been married for several years, she naturally knew that what Sun Jin said was true, especially after she had given birth, Sun Jin had been more considerate and caring towards him than before.
She had thanked the gods countless times for allowing her to meet such a good man.
But the revenge of killing her mother, the hatred of killing her brother and the humiliation of her father she could not fail to avenge …… When the dust settles, the couple will naturally grow old together.
“Father is under house arrest.”
She sat up straight and uttered these words in a soft voice.
What she was about to do was dangerous, and she didn’t want to deceive the harnessed horse.
But Sun Jin was not surprised to hear this, he just wrapped her back into his arms, and in a low voice he ordered the coachman, “Hurry up some.”
When the Sixth Princess tried to say something, Sun Jin pointed at the child and made a motion to silence.
The carriage took off at a gallop.
If the Sixth Princess insisted on turning around at this time, she was afraid that it would arouse suspicion, and besides, the harnessed horse and the child were also on the carriage, and she could not let them follow and risk their lives.
The carriage stopped at the entrance to the palace.
The Sixth Princess wanted to give the child to Sun Jin ……
Sun Jin was one step ahead of her, “I have something to say to you, come back to the palace with me first.”
The Sixth Princess was anxious in her heart, if she went a little later, her father would have to suffer a little longer in the palace, and the injustice of her mother and third brother would not be revealed to the world any sooner.
“I still have ……”
“Do you really think that the Crown Prince doesn’t know anything?”
The words behind the Sixth Princess stayed in her throat.
Seeing her like this, Sun Jin sighed and gently rubbed her head, “Go back to the mansion first and tell me what happened.”
At the same time, he was very glad that he had gone in time, otherwise the princess would not even be able to leave the palace today.
When he got off the carriage and returned to the palace, Sun Jin asked the nurse to take the child away and took the Sixth Princess to the study, instructing his personal servant to guard the entrance to the courtyard, and then poured a cup of water for the Sixth Princess and put it in her hand, asking directly, “What did Father ask you to do?”
The Sixth Princess did not conceal.
“Father gave me the Tiger Talisman and told me to find Liu Jiang, the current commander of the Imperial Forest Army, and ordered him to lead his troops into the city, take down the Crown Prince and Consort Xiao Xian, and free him.”