Where prosperity ends, flowers never end

The next day—

In the afternoon, the prince arrived as scheduled after class. Ran Qianxi was waiting for him beside the rockery, holding a spring swallow kite in her hand.

"Royal Concubine, your son is here."

Ran Qianxi looked back in surprise, and for a moment, even the children thought she was breathtakingly beautiful.

"Come on, come on~"

The prince walked over quickly, and at only a few years old he moved with an imperial bearing.

"Look at this little swallow I made. Do you like it? If you don't like it, I'll make you a koi."

"Yes, I like it."

Calling herself a son, Ran Qianxi's maternal love was overflowing.

The two of them were having a lot of fun with the kite hung high up, but unexpectedly, when it was halfway down, Xie Ying strode over and walked right in.

He was wearing a bright red robe with wide sleeves, and his belt was inlaid with the finest mutton-fat jade. His hair was tied up, and the hair hung down from his forehead past his ears. There was a cinnabar mole under the right corner of his eye, and he looked very cool and handsome.

"Who are you? How dare you walk in so brazenly?"

The prince glanced back at him, clearly cringing.

"uncle..."

Ran Qianxi thought for a moment and realized that it was undoubtedly the Queen's eldest brother.

"Hey~ Uncle, can you just barge in here with open arms?"

Xie Ying frowned slightly. Even though he had many dissatisfactions, he still had to be considerate and polite.

"Meet the Imperial Concubine."

Ran Qianxi pulled the kite string nonchalantly.

"Oh~ I thought you were extremely dissatisfied with me, so you were so rude."

Xie Ying did not reply to her, but asked about the prince's studies.

"Have you finished memorizing all the books, Prince? Don't let this distract you!"

Ran Qianxi sneered, but she could understand why the prince's uncle was unfriendly to her.

"Oh, it's so funny. What's wrong with the little prince combining work and rest? Besides, is it your place to ask about the homework? You really have too much free time."

Liu Xun has excellent teaching ability. Even if the prince does not study for three days, he will not miss the key points.

"As a prince, you must not miss important matters."

The Queen was sitting in front of the wall, so Xie Ying naturally took his anger out on Ran Qianxi. He even thought that Ran Qianxi was the one who was plotting against the Queen in order to get close to the Prince. He wanted to reach out and pull the Prince away, but was grabbed by Ran Qianxi.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"Please let go, my Royal Concubine. It's time for the prince to review his lessons."

"Review your sister, review your sister, are you sick?"

"How dare the Imperial Concubine mention my sister!"

Ran Qianxi was stunned and forgot where she learned this sentence from.

"Why don't you dare to mention it? It's not me who plotted against her, it's them who conspired against me. I am happy to mention it, so what?"

Seeing how domineering and arrogant she is, she doesn't look like an imperial concubine at all.

"Royal Concubine, be careful with your words!"

"Be careful with your words? The person being plotted against is unreasonable, and the murderer is getting tough. Your sister has not taken care of anything since she gave birth to the little prince. She has been vying for his favor every day. She didn't even know that he was sick, and she put pressure on him, nagging him every day that you are the prince... you are the prince... you have to study hard... you have to put the world first... you are not allowed to do this or that. Now that he has finished his homework, you are still angry for flying a kite. Are you wasting your paper?"

"you!"

Ran Qianxi rushed forward angrily and protected the prince behind her.

"Hey... you still dare to shout, do you know how to use honorifics?!"

Baili Ji carefully pulled at the corner of Ran Qianxi's clothes, but she still refused to give in.

"Don't listen to him. I'm the one making the decision today. Go ahead and release it!"

Xie Ying was so angry at her that his brain was deprived of oxygen. In his life of more than 20 years, he had never met such an unreasonable woman.

"As an imperial concubine, your words and actions are so indecent. I will report this to His Majesty!"

"It's so funny. You write letters, write letters, all you do all day. Can't you do something useful? I am in your eyes because I am favored by you. If you have the ability, go and fight for it! I wish you would write a letter so that he can destroy me!"

"Royal Concubine...you are really..."

Xie Ying's eyes were sinister. Although he had suffered such a severe blow, he did not dare to lose his temper.

"Why are you angry? Ah...are you going to threaten me with the Ran Mansion? If I give you the courage to threaten the Imperial Concubine, who isn't a second-rank official?"

The king's uncle, who was furious, had forgotten about being elegant and uttered four words in a decisive tone.

"I am a first-class rank!"

Ran Qianxi was stunned. He realized that he had said something wrong and covered his forehead in anger. He was so angry with her that he almost lost his mind.

"I won't argue with you, but you little girl"

In a rage, Xie Ying tried to force the prince away again, with convincing excuses.

"Let's go back and study!"

"Hey! You're still attacking me personally, right? What's wrong with women? Didn't you become successful because of women? Without your sister, would you be able to become the emperor's uncle? How dare you speak so shamelessly to me!"

Xie Ying looked at her, and was so angry that he had forgotten his etiquette. He raised his hand and tried to grab her, but was counterattacked again.

"Ah? Ahahahaha...Try to touch me. You dare to touch me? Aren't you afraid of being torn into pieces by five horses?"

Xie Ying suppressed his anger and put down his right hand. Ran Qianxi raised her hand without saying a word, and he subconsciously dodged. Ran Qianxi raised her hand again, and he took another step back.

"Come on, come on, let's hurt each other~"

Xie Ying glanced at her and finally couldn't hold back his anger. Just as he was about to push her away, he was stopped by a voice not far away.

"Thank you, uncle."

Xie Ying turned his head to look over and saw Xu Yuanchao leading Xu Mingxuan towards him. They looked imposing and had bad intentions, so he finally swallowed his anger.

"I hope you are well, Lord Yu An."

Xu Yuanchao was already approaching, and Xie Ying calmly adjusted his clothes, not wanting to embarrass himself in front of him anymore.

"How come Marquis Yu'an has time to come to the palace today?"

Looking at Xu Yuanchao in front of her, Ran Qianxi's mind was full of the scene of the two of them having an affair, and she swallowed nervously.

"I heard recently that the court has been quiet and the princes and ministers have started to take care of the affairs of the harem. I am concerned about my sister, so I went to the palace to visit her."

Xie Ying smiled faintly, obviously being hypocritical.

"It's just that the nobles have been wronged, and the people at home are worried and confused."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Since Xu Yuanchao is not afraid of Tan Qianhuan, and even less afraid of Xie Ying, such laughter is deeply ironic.

"Oh, really? If a concubine has no ability, she should keep to herself, but she is so cruel and ruthless as to murder others. What does this have to do with the Imperial Concubine? This has caused the King's uncle to be in a lot of trouble."

Xu Yuanchao was calm and composed, and every needle hit the mark. Ran Qianxi silently gave him a thumbs up in her heart.

"Marquis Yu'an misunderstood. I was just reminding the prince that it's time to review his lessons."

Xu Yuanchao smiled faintly again, he was too lazy to engage in verbal battle with him.

"That's even more wrong. Master Liu is in charge of the homework. Why should the uncle of the emperor take over?"

Ran Qianxi closed her lips in surprise. Facing the emperor's uncle, Xu Yuanchao remained fearless and domineering.

"Since Marquis Yu An said so, I am the one who is meddling in other people's affairs."

Xu Yuanchao took advantage of the situation and shut his mouth in one go.

"Haha, it's okay. Just be careful next time."

"you!"

Xu Yuanzhao raised his eyebrows and took a few steps towards him.

"What can I do? The royal family has their own secrets. What can you do?"