Chapter 302 – A Children’s Quarrel (2)

“Empress Dowager, even if it was only children quarreling, he shouldn’t have burnt Liu Hua’s hair!” she cried.

“I heard that was because Liu Hua was trying to smash A’Yi with that lantern, and the guard blocked her. I will scold that guard, don’t you worry.” The empress dowager calmly replied.

Now Princess Royal understood the other was clearly on Little Prince’s side. So, if she said what happened last night was only a children’s quarrel, then there was nothing they could discuss.

Even though she was unwilling to let Mo Rongyi get away from this, he was the blood brother of the emperor, Empress Dowager’s favorite son. What else could she do?

As such, Princess Royal left the palace aggrieved and unreconciled. However, to appease her, the empress dowager decreed to seal Liu Hua as Hua Fei, and excuse her from coming to the palace before she recovered.

When Ye Zhen heard this news, she just sneered in her heart. This was indeed Mo Rongzhan’s way of doing things. When he planned to win over someone, he would always reassure the person when the person was aggrieved. At least she and her brother were not implicated in the incident last night, so that was good news. However, she didn’t know if Mo Rongzhan would let her off the hook.

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After the Lantern Festival, it was time for Ye Zhen to return to the academy. She had to attend the Imperial Physician’s Exam in March. Although she was confident in her medical skills, she wouldn’t take it lightly and wholeheartedly immersed herself in gaining new knowledge.

As time slowly passed, she was finally able to put behind the incident of the Lantern Festival. She also entered the palace to meet the Empress Dowager afterwards. While there, she caught sight of Mo Rongzhan enjoying the flowers in the imperial garden with Xu Huiru. He treated her like everyone else, indifferent and aloof as if what happened that evening was only her nightmare.

This was