Chapter 1266 - 1075, Counterattack
After the meal, the Emperor took the three little ones for a stroll, while everyone else returned to their respective households.
At the palace gates, Prince Ping looked coldly at the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince before boarding the carriage heading back to his residence.
Daohua and Xiao Yeyang didn’t show any particular reaction, but their usual politeness had vanished from their expressions.
Watching as Prince Ping’s carriage disappeared down the road, the Crown Prince scoffed, casting a mocking glance at the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince, shaking his head with smug amusement.
"Tsk tsk, you two brothers really shot yourselves in the foot today. One should never try to be too clever."
With that, he laughed heartily and boarded his own carriage.
After the Crown Prince left, both the Second Prince and Fifth Prince wore sour expressions. Today, not only had they failed to ingratiate themselves with their father, but they had offended both Prince Ping and Xiao Yeyang.
In the past, it had been amusing to watch Prince Ping pick quarrels with the Crown Prince. However, now that such matters had come knocking on their own doors, the situation was far from pleasant.
Glancing at his wife, who stood silently with her head bowed, the Second Prince flung his sleeves in irritation and boarded his carriage.
The Second Prince’s wife, knowing she had botched things up, shrank her neck and hurriedly followed him inside.
Inside the carriage, the Second Prince stared at his wife. What had once seemed like an endearing sense of fragility now only filled him with an overwhelming sense of irritation.
The Second Prince suppressed his fury: "From now on, unless I give consent, you’re not to make any decisions on your own. Today, I ended up offending Xiao Yeyang in no small measure."