Chapter 1009 - 002 Mutual Disdain
The Capital city is truly extraordinary, the grandeur of its city gates alone is countless times more impressive than those of Zhuma Town.
Among the group, aside from Xia Zheng and Lin Yi, it was everyone else’s first time in the Capital city, and they were naturally both excited and fascinated.
Xiao Linshuang couldn’t wait to lift the curtain, unfazed by the cold, and exclaimed excitedly, "Wow, the Capital city! We’ve finally arrived at the Capital city!"
Lin Wei and Xiao He also reached out their heads together, their faces filled with curiosity and excitement.
Only Lao Fan kept a straight face, arms crossed over his chest, without even lifting his eyelids, he huffed, "What’s so good about the Capital city? It’s just a giant birdcage! No way, I want to go back to Zhuma Town, let me go back!"
Saying this, Lao Fan wailed loudly, but the others, busy marveling at the city gates, did not take his complaint to heart. There was no helping it; he had said this more than once or twice on the journey here, and everyone had gone from initially comforting him to now completely ignoring him.
Lin Yuan smiled and shook her head, poking Xia Zheng’s arm, "Didn’t you say he snuck out on his own? Is it really okay to trick him into coming back like this?"
Xia Zheng curled his lip, "Him? He only left to avoid trouble, didn’t he? Humph, besides, even if someone still remembered what happened back then, they can’t just cause him trouble willy-nilly. Those two in the palace wouldn’t dare to blatantly come after him! And if they did come looking, wouldn’t that just be admitting to their own mistakes?"
Lin Yuan nodded in understanding. On their way to the Capital city, Xia Zheng had already told her about the incident between Lao Fan and Consort Liu, which was no more than Consort Liu feeling threatened when Consort Tian gave birth to the Sixth Prince, intending to harm him but Lao Fan discovered the plot in time and saved the Sixth Prince.
Of course, there was another more serious matter. It was rumored that when Consort Shu was giving birth to Second Prince Zhao Hongde, she encountered danger. Although there was no conclusive evidence, Consort Liu and her maternal family, who already had the Second Prince, were the prime suspects.
Consort Shu was Xia Zheng’s maternal aunt and a close confidante of Consort Tian in her boudoir days. Had Consort Shu given birth to a prince, with the Xia family backing her, she would naturally threaten Consort Liu’s position, so it was no wonder Consort Liu felt threatened.