Jiang Huai'an had no strange habit of coming here to waylay Jiang Yingcheng the moment lessons ended-
The days when the little girl had eagerly trotted after him, before she became the darling of the palace, were another matter.
The little girl from those two periods might as well have been two different species. He couldn't stand the current one, yet he couldn't hit her either. Running into her alone outside the palace was one thing, but inside, with so many eyes and ears around, he truly wanted nothing to do with her.
If he hadn't only noticed the little girl was here after stepping inside today, he wouldn't have wanted to come in at all.
But...
Since he was already here, he could only grit his teeth and keep up the act. "Making such a racket in Great Rui's palace-you clearly don't take our Great Rui seriously."
At those words, many of the indignant imperial princes instantly lost their bluster.
They had indeed come to curry favor with the Little Princess, but they had no confidence in confronting this Fourth Imperial Prince of Great Rui who had suddenly barged in.
Jiang Xingran stopped packing his backpack and clicked his tongue irritably in his mind.
His mother's standing hadn't improved much after the truth of that incident years ago came to light. It was merely that the palace maids and eunuchs no longer dared slight her at will... Compared to someone like Noble Consort Rou, her status lay on the other side of an unbridgeable chasm.
Jiang Huai'an had both Jiang Monian and Jiang Yunjian at his side, while he only had Jiang Qiuyu, who wasn't much help.
Taking all of that into account... he shouldn't oppose Jiang Huai'an.
Yet by the time Jiang Xingran, who had been thinking exactly