The villain prince is three and a half years old

Eunuchs have no roots and no physical desires. The palace maids have normal bodies and strong desires, but there are no normal men in the harem except the emperor, so they can only use eunuchs as a substitute.

Eunuchs are often happy about this because their physical roots are gone, but their spiritual roots remain.

This phenomenon was called "Dui Shi" in the palace - sitting at the same table and eating face to face.

Xia Jing recalled the plot of the game. These palace maids and eunuchs had even created a simplified version of the wedding process based on the weddings of ordinary families, with a matchmaker, betrothal gifts, and a marriage certificate...

However, this matter can only be done in secret. Once it comes to light, the eunuchs will be beaten with a stick and the palace maids will be sent out of the palace. It is a serious crime.

The palace maid and eunuch Xia Jing thought of who could help deal with Concubine Rong were exactly this pair.

After taking a nap in Xiao Yue's arms, Xia Jing got up and walked out of the bedroom.

"Xiao Tianzi, let's go!"

After saying that, he didn't wait for Xiao Tianzi's response and ran out of Jingyixuan quickly.

Xiao Tianzi wanted to stop him, but he couldn't. After what happened to Rongpin, how could Xiao Yue dare to let Xia Jing go out? Yi Qiu repeatedly emphasized to him that the young prince was not allowed to go out.

"Young master, the master said that you should stay in Jingyixuan for the next few days and recuperate." He caught up with Xia Jing and advised with a bitter face.

"Yeah." Xia Jing nodded and walked forward, and soon he was away from Jingyixuan.

"My young master!" Xiao Tianzi scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously.

Xia Jing knew his character well and ignored him, pointing at the palaces around him and asking questions.

Xiao Tianzi did not dare to be negligent and explained everything one by one, talking until his mouth was dry. He didn't understand why the young master suddenly became curious about the name of the palace.

Of course, it’s to open the map.

In front of Xia Jing, on the 3D map shrouded in fog, roads appeared and the names of palaces were marked.

After strolling around for half an hour, the map opened up a small area, enough for Xia Jing to identify the direction.

He recalled the route in the game and ran quickly towards a place.

"Young master, slow down!" Xiao Tianzi chased after him.

The place Xia Jing was looking for was called the Clothing Bureau, which was the department responsible for cleaning and storing clothes.

In many movies and TV dramas, the punishment for a palace maid who made a mistake was to throw her into the laundry room, which was part of the Shangyi Bureau. This was a hard and neglected department.

Even in modern times, people who frequently come into contact with water often have rough hands and frostbite, let alone in ancient times? The palace maids in the Shangyi Bureau often had bloody hands in winter.

After entering the clothing department, Xia Jing went straight to the yard at the back where clothes were washed and hung to dry.

The palace maid in the yard was dazzled and saw a small animal whoosh past her feet.

Before they could figure out what was happening, they saw another eunuch hurriedly following behind and running past.

The Clothing Bureau is usually deserted and boring. The palace maids were very curious and caught up with Xiao Tianzi to ask for news.

The backyard was full of clothes drying in the sun, like a maze. Xiao Tianzi had lost Xia Jing and was getting anxious. He hurriedly explained to the palace maids and asked them to look for her.

The palace maids were even more surprised. There was actually a little prince coming! They had never seen a little prince before!

Soon a palace maid told the matter to the aunt in charge. Aunt was a respectful title for palace maids, just like eunuch.

The aunt who manages the laundry maids is named Huijing. She is nearly forty years old and can already be called a nanny.

"What did you say? The Ninth Prince has come to our place?" Hui Jing was startled. "Quickly find the Ninth Prince and send him back to Xiao Zhaoyi's palace!"

The clothing bureau had numerous buckets and basins, as well as a well. Since ancient times, princes have been known to dissolve easily in water. What if…

Just as she was thinking about it, a little kid in green clothes passed by her legs, and with a gust of wind, he dived into the wooden barrel by the wall, head down, feet up, kicking frantically.

"Aunt, it's him!" The palace maid's eyes lit up.

"How dare you call me the Ninth Prince!"

After scolding the palace maid, Huijing hurried to the wooden barrel.

There was water in the bucket, and clothes in the water. The ninth prince was upside down, suffocated in the clothes.

Huijing hurriedly grabbed his feet, lifted him up and put him on the ground.

Everyone thought the Ninth Prince would burst into tears, but unexpectedly, the little prince wiped his face calmly and saluted with his fists.

"Thank you for saving my life, auntie."

The serious words did not match the childish face at all. Huijing was immediately amused and the uneasiness in her heart disappeared.

She and the palace maid knelt down and saluted Xia Jing.

Hui Jing said, "Please forgive me, Ninth Prince. It's all my fault that I didn't put the clothes bin away, which frightened you."

Her words sounded sincere, but too formulaic and devoid of true feeling, and it was obvious that she did not want to offend the prince.

"Mother said that we shouldn't blame others for our mistakes. It was my fault. Thank you both for saving us." Xia Jing wiped his face again. His head was wet.

Huijing was stunned. In her twenty-plus years in the palace, she had seen many concubines and princes arbitrarily punishing and blaming their servants for everything, but she had never heard such a statement.

The palace maid next to her didn't know what past events she was thinking about, and tears welled up in her eyes.

In the feudal era, under the influence of ethical thinking, a little kindness from the master to the servants was enough to make them grateful.

Huijing took out a clean cloth, apologized, and wiped the water off Xia Jing's head.

"Thank you, aunt." Xia Jing thanked again.

Hui Jing was just sighing at the Ninth Prince's maturity when she heard Xia Jing say, "I'll get some jujube flower cake for Auntie tomorrow."

This is treating her as a greedy child.

Huijing couldn't help but touch the Ninth Prince's head again. The Ninth Prince's head was round, and his hair was soft and clean, and it felt particularly good.

"Thank you, Your Highness." She didn't take it seriously.

How can you trust a child's words? They'll forget them in a moment.

"Young master!" Xiao Tianzi ran over, followed by a group of palace maids.

He knelt down and hugged Xia Jing. He was really scared just now.

"Nothing." Xia Jing patted his shoulder and walked to Huijing's side. "Just now I fell into the bucket, and it was this aunt who saved me."

Xiao Tianzi hurriedly thanked Huijing.

The palace maids behind her also looked at Huijing with admiration. This was saving the prince!

Huijing had been in the palace for more than 20 years and thought she was as calm as water. However, facing the gazes of the palace maids, Xiao Tianzi's gratitude still caused ripples in her heart.

She looked down at the Ninth Prince, who was also looking at her with an innocent smile on his face.

"What's your aunt's name?" Xia Jing asked.

"My name is Huijing." Huijing replied.

Xia Jing opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, he sneezed violently.

"Young master, it's cold and windy. I will carry you back to change clothes." Xiao Tianzi said hurriedly.

The collar of the cotton robe was wet. It was late autumn now, and the cold air penetrated the neck, which was particularly stinging.

"Jingyixuan is far from the clothing department, so don't let Your Highness get cold." Huijing interrupted, "There are clothes for the Ninth Prince in the clothing department. I'll have someone get one."

"Thank you, auntie!" Xiao Tianzi thanked again.

He was too stupid to notice anything was wrong. In fact, Huijing's behavior had already gone beyond the norm.

The prince’s clothes in the Shangyi Bureau do not belong to the prince, but to the Silijian.

Every year, the Imperial Household Department would make several sets of clothes tailored to the princes' body shapes, just in case. These clothes were usually not given to the princes; they could only be used with a note from the Imperial Household Department.

The young palace maid beside Huijing hesitated to speak. She thought to herself, just now Aunt Huijing said that they should quickly find the Ninth Prince and send him away, but now not only did they stop the master and servant from leaving, they also sent them clothes!

If the Imperial Household Department discovered...

The maid stepped forward to remind her aunt.

Her eyes swept over Xia Jing, and Xia Jing smiled at her. Her smile was innocent and lovely, like a cloud in midsummer.

"Aunt, I know where it is. I'll go get clothes for the Ninth Prince!" said the palace maid happily.

Although according to the rules I shouldn't take that piece of clothing, the Ninth Prince smiled at me!

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Huijing took Xia Jing to her room, waited for the palace maid to bring clothes, and put them on him.

It was a royal blue brocade robe, delicate and smooth to the touch. Xia Jing's cyan cotton robe was also newly tailored, but compared to this royal blue robe, it was a world of difference.

"Your Highness, please raise your arms."

Huijing held Xia Jing's hand and passed it through his sleeve. Suddenly, she felt the little prince's body tremble and his face turned a little pale.

She was an old palace maid and immediately realized that it was painful, so she spread out Xia Jing's palm.

Redness and swelling were imprinted in her eyes.

The palace maid watched from the side and covered her mouth in horror.

She had a misunderstanding and thought, I had heard that Xiao Zhaoyi was barbaric and uneducated, but even a tiger would not eat its own cubs. How could Xiao Zhaoyi be so cruel as to attack such a lovely child?

She clenched her hands and turned to look at Huijing.

Huijing didn't make any arbitrary judgments, but asked softly, "What's wrong, Your Highness?"

Finally asked this question.

Xia Jing scratched his head and said in confusion: "He stole the hairpin and was punished with a ruler."

The palace maid felt less resentful. The Ninth Prince was young and ignorant, so he deserved to be taught a lesson, but the beating was a bit harsh.

"Whose hairpin is it?" Huijing, who was knowledgeable, did not stop and continued to ask.

"Madam Rong's hairpin."

"There are many servants in Concubine Rong's palace. How did Your Highness get in?"

"I don't know either. Eighth brother said he saw me take it."

At this point, Huijing and the palace maid understood the truth.

Given Rongpin's personality, if the Ninth Prince had truly stolen her hairpin, how could she possibly let it go? She had colluded with the Eighth Prince to frame the Ninth Prince!

"How cruel!" the palace maid couldn't help but say.

She felt extremely guilty. The Ninth Prince was framed by Concubine Rong and beaten with a ruler. He was so pitiful, and she had just wronged the Ninth Prince as well!

"Be careful with your words!" Huijing scolded the palace maid, and looked back at Xia Jing, feeling a little guilty.

She also suspected the Ninth Prince.

Looking at their pitying eyes, Xia Jing knew that his plan was mostly completed.

He said this deliberately, firstly to conceal his purpose, and secondly to make Huijing feel guilty. How could someone else's repeated questioning have as much effect as what he said himself?

"What did Xiao Zhaoyi say?" Huijing asked Xia Jing again.

Xia Jing did not hide anything and told the story of how Mother Xiao punched Empress Rong.

The palace maid clenched her fists in joy and was about to clap her hands in celebration, but Huijing gave her a sidelong glance and she held back.

Huijing didn't say anything else, touched Xia Jing's hair, and led him out.

Xiao Tianzi was afraid of being scolded by Yi Qiu, so he was anxious to take Xia Jing back to Jingyixuan. Xia Jing played with the palace maids in the laundry department for a while and was reluctant to leave.

The palace maids saw the master and servant off from the laundry room, and they were also reluctant to part with this well-behaved and lovely prince.

"The Ninth Prince is so pitiful." The palace maid sitting next to Huijing suddenly sighed.

"Shut up! Your Highness is someone you can pity!" Huijing patted her head. "How many times have I told you to be careful with your words and actions?"

"I know, but there's only my aunt here!" the maid said coquettishly, "Aunt, will you have dinner with me tonight?"

"Eat it yourself."

Huijing got up and went back to her bedroom.

The maids of the laundry department lived in the alleys outside the palace, entering the palace in the morning and leaving at night. Only the maids in charge were allowed to stay overnight in the laundry department.

Huijing is one of them.

When it got dark, the chief chef brought the food box. She covered it with a quilt and waited.