I brought five birds to eat and drink with my girlfriends in ancient times

East Palace

Xiao Jizi straightened the prince's clothes and couldn't help but admire his own prince. He was so handsome! His sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, his dragon-like and phoenix-like figure were pleasing to the eye.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in a good mood today. As a servant, I feel very happy just by watching him. If His Royal Highness is happy, I am happy too.

only…

"Your Highness, the Seventh and Eighth Princes will also be there today. Please be careful, I'm afraid they will behave like they did at the Lotus Banquet last time..."

"You! You are so young, but you have so many thoughts. They are all my brothers. What happened last time was just a misunderstanding. Look, the five brothers before you have all been crowned kings and have been given fiefdoms. Wouldn't your father have thought of what you have thought of?"

Xiao Jin pointed his index finger at the forehead of the twelve-year-old eunuch Xiao Jizi and said with a smile.

"Prepare the gifts and send them to the Palace of the Protector of the Nation General along with the reward from my father. My father has entrusted me to make this trip. Don't make any mistakes. If you don't understand something, please discuss it with Eunuch Wang. My seventh and eighth brothers said they will come to the East Palace and go with me."

"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

"By the way, where is Ninth Brother? He will never miss this opportunity to go out of the palace with food, drinks and fun."

Thinking of his cute, chubby little brother Jiu's greedy look, Xiao Jin smiled. When his sparkling eyes swept across the lotus flowers outside the window, he paused and turned his back stiffly, his thin lips tightly pursed, and his eyes were cold and sharp.

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Four years ago, during the annual Lotus Banquet, his mother drowned in the lotus lake. He could not swim but he almost died because he failed to save his mother. The result of a thorough investigation was two ridiculous words: accident.

He absolutely did not believe that it was an accident, and there would not be so many coincidences. His father blamed the mothers of several of his brothers for not rescuing them in time. Taking advantage of the death of his mother, his father sent his five brothers to fiefdoms and they were not allowed to return to the capital without an imperial decree.

Father is afraid that he, the prince, might die, so he did this! It doesn't matter, he doesn't care what father does. But he will never give up, he can't let his mother die in vain, he will definitely find the murderer and cut them into pieces.

He was only 14 years old that year, the seventh prince was 13, the eighth prince was 11, and the ninth prince was only 5. Dozens of concubines were admiring the lotus in the pavilion beside the lotus lake.

When the Queen Mother's maid served tea, she accidentally poured the whole cup of hot tea on her. The Queen Mother jumped back instinctively because of the burn, but the sturdy guardrail broke and she accidentally fell into the lotus lake. Coincidentally, Xiao Jizi said that the Queen Mother had something to ask him.

As soon as he arrived outside the pavilion, he saw his mother falling into the lotus lake. At that moment, his pupils were dilated. He forgot that he couldn't swim at all, and instinctively ran over and jumped into the bottomless lotus lake...

However, not only did he fail to save his mother, but he choked on the water after jumping into the lake. If it weren't for Xiao Jizi holding on to his robe tightly, and Eunuch Wang who came later and dragged him out, he would have probably died as those people wanted.

After being rescued, he was unconscious for three days and three nights. When he woke up, the result was the same as what his father had found: an accident. The wooden guardrail of the pavilion by the lake had long been eaten away by insects, but the strange thing was that only the guardrail on the upper side was eaten away.

He secretly interrogated other people and found out that his mother did not order anyone to call him over. Xiao Jizi said that it was the maid who spilled the tea who came to report it. However, this maid had already hit her head against the pillar and died after his mother got into trouble, so there was no evidence to prove anything.

The case is complicated and confusing, and the people behind it want to kill two birds with one stone and kill them all. If it weren't for Xiao Jizi's perseverance and Wang Gonggong's timely arrival, he would have already died at the bottom of the lake. With the prince dead, they would have a greater chance of taking over.

What made him most disappointed and angry was that among so many concubines and maids in the pavilion by the lake, no one jumped into the water to rescue the man, let alone call for help.

The interrogation results all said that the incident happened suddenly and they were all stunned by the shock. The mother of the seventh prince said that the seventh prince had a cold and she was not present. The mother of the eighth prince said that the eighth prince was injured in martial arts training so she was not present. The mother of the ninth prince was present, but the ninth prince ran away at that time, and the mother of the ninth prince was scared and went to look for him, so she was not present when the queen mother was in trouble.

The mothers of the five princes present were all present, but as others said, they were either fainted or stunned from excessive fright, so they could not be rescued in time.

So the father was so angry that he drove them to their fiefdoms. He just wanted to show him. The death of a woman was not important to an emperor. He had three thousand beauties in the harem, three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines. Was he still short of women?

Even if his father hadn't asked him to come to the general's mansion today, he would have come. After his mother passed away, his maternal grandfather's family also fell into decline, and he had no one in the court to help him.

Shangguan Yan is a rising star, not from an aristocratic family, and does not have a strong background. If I make friends with him, my father should not be suspicious.

Moreover, he could use the excuse that his ninth brother wanted to learn martial arts from Shangguan Yan as an excuse, and then he could maneuver and pull Shangguan Yan over to his side. If it was too late and someone else got there first, it would be even more difficult for him to move forward.

After all, the family has declined since my grandfather passed away.

The lotus flowers outside the window were in bud, each one so gorgeous and charming that their refreshing fragrance stung his heart all the time.

His mother loved lotus flowers the most, and when he was a child, he loved to smell the lotus fragrance on his mother's body. Keeping the lotus pond outside the window was to remind him that his mother's revenge had not been avenged.

Xiao Jin looked at the sky. It was getting late. He should go to the general's mansion early. He had to bring Xiaojiu's little ball with him. If he didn't bring Xiaojiu with him, he would be blamed.

Thinking of the chubby and innocent Xiaojiu, Xiao Jin's handsome eyebrows slightly relaxed and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

"Your Highness, I can't find the Ninth Prince, and I'm not in his mansion. His mother just sent someone to tell you not to let him eat too much sweets."

"What? Ninth brother is missing? When did he disappear? Send more people to look for him quickly, otherwise it will be too late to go to the General's Mansion!"

The Eastern Palace searched through all the drawers and cabinets for the culprit, but the culprit escaped by urinating in the carriage of the eunuch Wang.

Where did Xiaojiu go again?