Harem Daily Life

Chapter 483: Like a Demon

Dong Fang stood outside the tent, brows furrowed, thinking about how to report to Concubine Tao the shocking thing he had discovered.

After Concubine Tao had rested, he asked Qingfeng to report, entered the tent, and said carefully: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Tao Yanyan looked at Dong Fang's serious face and asked curiously, "What's the matter? Why do you look so nervous?"

Dong Fang took a deep breath, then slowly told what he had discovered: "Your Majesty, today I accidentally saw the eldest prince, his personal maids and maids, slaughtering rabbits in a secluded place. The scene was truly shocking!"

Upon hearing this, Tao Yanyan frowned in disbelief: "The eldest prince is abusing rabbits? Are you sure you saw it right?" The eldest prince's fair and clean little face appeared in his mind, as well as his miserable appearance when being chased by He Yue. He didn't look like a child who would do such a cruel thing.

"He is only seven years old, and he is already torturing and killing rabbits?" Tao Yanyan couldn't help but ask again.

Dong Fang nodded quickly and said, "Your Majesty, this is absolutely true. I saw it with my own eyes. The eldest prince held a wooden stick and had the palace servants tie up the rabbits' feet so that they could not move. He then beat the poor rabbits with the stick and muttered something. It looked like... he was possessed by an evil spirit."

After Dong Fang finished speaking, he was really worried that he would be disrespectful to the prince and would be punished by the imperial concubine.

Tao Yanyan took a deep breath. She couldn't think of a child being associated with animal abuse. After a moment, she looked up and told Dong Fang, "Don't tell anyone about this. Qingfeng, don't spread the word. The second prince and the two princesses, be careful and protect the three children."

Normally, the eldest prince and the three children would not play together. If the eldest prince had a violent tendency, it would be better to keep them away from each other to prevent the three children from getting hurt.

As for the eldest prince, the bloody little rabbits were dealt with by the subordinates. He was taken to bathe and change clothes, and became a clean and white milk ball again. But he was not happy at all. He felt that he had no strength in his body and had no interest in doing anything.

Seeing the nanny helping him spread out the rice paper and grind ink for him, he angrily said, "All you do is ask me to write all day long. We are out hunting, why do you want me to write? This is not elementary school!"

Seeing that the eldest prince was very resistant, the nanny did not dare to push him too hard, so she could only comfort him, "Eldest Prince, Concubine De sent someone to tell me to urge you to write every day and cultivate your character. If you don't want to write now, we can write it later. But Concubine De will review your handwriting."

The nanny was also in a very difficult situation. For those who served their masters, if they advised too much, their masters would dislike them; if they advised too little, their masters would scold them. So, no matter what they did, it was wrong.

The eldest prince crossed his arms over his chest, breathing heavily with anger: "My mother always forces me to do things I don't want to do. I want to learn martial arts, but she won't let me. That He Jinan has been practicing martial arts for two years!"

The nanny stepped forward and advised, "How can the second prince be compared with you, the eldest prince? You are the eldest son of His Majesty, and the son of Concubine De, so you have a noble status. The second prince was adopted from the common people, and it is his destiny to become a military commander in the future. But you are different. Good fortune is waiting for you in the future."

The eldest prince had heard these words so many times that his ears were calloused. He frowned, pushed the nagging maid in front of him away with an impatient look, and then ran out of the tent like a wild horse.

"Hey, eldest prince, where are you going? Wait for me!" The nanny hurriedly ran after him.

Unfortunately, the eldest prince was small and fast. The nanny chased him for a long time, until she was exhausted, but she still couldn't catch up with him.

"Oh no! Go and report to Concubine De quickly, and tell her that the eldest prince was playful and went to play somewhere. Now he has disappeared!" The nanny was so anxious that she stamped her feet. She hurriedly ordered the palace servants beside her to go find Concubine De to report the news. She did not even take a rest and took the rest of the people to look for him everywhere.

The eldest prince ran madly all the way and unknowingly ran to the vicinity of Concubine Tao's tent.

Xiao Jinan, He Xuan and He Yue were playing a game that was completely boring in the eyes of adults, but the three of them were having a lot of fun.

"The braised pork I make melts in your mouth. You can buy some to go with your wine." He Yue was busy promoting her "stone leaf meat".

"But I am a poor scholar and I have no money on me." Little Jin'an carried a small cloth bag and pretended to be a scholar going to Beijing to take the imperial examination. He looked aggrieved as he wanted to eat "meat" but had no money.

"I can lend you some silver, but you have to pay me back eleven taels out of ten." He Xuan appeared like a big sister, and she actually held a silver ingot in her hand.

Xiao Jinan took the silver and put it into his cloth bag: "I borrowed the silver, but I won't buy this braised pork because it doesn't look delicious at all."

He Yue put her hands on her hips and said, "I am the best chef in the world, and you actually dislike the braised pork I made? Humph!" She shook her round head, looking quite arrogant.

Xiao Jinan sighed helplessly: "Forget it, in order to increase your enthusiasm for setting up a stall, I will reluctantly buy one. You have to make it cheaper, I can't afford the expensive ones."

With one hand he handed over silver, with the other hand he handed over "stone, leaf and meat", and his business was booming.

The eldest prince sneered, "Childish! You are not a three-year-old baby anymore, yet you are still playing such a boring game."

Little Jin'an frowned and pouted, "Mother Concubine Tao said that playing games can make people smarter, and babies of all ages can play. Besides, if my eldest brother feels bored, he can just not watch it. Why did you stand there and watch it for so long?"

The eldest prince looked a little embarrassed and said loudly, "I am your brother, and you say three times what I say to you. How can this be acceptable?"

Xiao Jinan was not convinced and wanted to refute, but He Xuan pulled him back and said, "Okay, Mother Tao is resting in the tent, so as not to disturb her."

He Xuan is the eldest princess, one year older than He Ye, and her two younger brothers still listen to her.

At this time, Concubine De came hurriedly with her men. She saw the eldest prince from a distance, and her face suddenly showed anger. She stepped forward and shouted, "Ye'er, this is a forest, why are you running around?"

The eldest prince shrank back when he saw his mother coming angrily, but he quickly said, "My mother asked me to write, but I thought it was unnecessary to write when I was out hunting, so I took the initiative and came out to play for a while. Please don't be angry, my mother."

Defei took several deep breaths and thought to herself, why do I have to punish you to write? Don’t you understand?