Fang Siwan hurried after him. Afraid she would not be able to catch up, she called several palace maids to come with her.
The room fell quiet at once.
Cheng Yunmeng had wanted to follow them too, but after a moment's hesitation, she chose to remain in her seat.
What the little girl's inner voice had just said about the Fourth Prince targeting her Xingran weighed heavily on her mind.
Cheng Yunmeng's breathing quickened.
Her Xingran had always gone out alone, shouldering the burden of their life together in the Fragrant Pavilion, yet he had never mentioned how he was treated outside...
She had never known that her child had suffered bullying too!
Cheng Yunmeng desperately wanted to know everything about Jiang Xingran, yet she was afraid of discovering just how hard his life had been.
The two emotions tugged at her relentlessly, almost tearing her in two.
The children were all a little at a loss.
"What's wrong with the Eighth Prince~?" Jiang Yingcheng asked timidly, seemingly frightened by Jiang Qiuyu's behavior too. "Should we go out and look?"
"He probably ate too quickly and choked," Cheng Yunmeng said, barely managing to steady her breathing as she gave them a reassuring smile. "It's all right. Your Imperial Consort has already gone after him. She'll bring the Eighth Prince back in a moment."
She barely meant a word of it, but it was enough to fool these two little ones.
Jiang Yingcheng had been busy digging through Jiang Qiuyu's storyline with 007 and had no idea what had happened. Since Cheng Yunmeng said so, she believed her. "Oh, so that's it!"
Hehehe, looks like the Eighth Prince can't eat all that much after all~
With that, she lowered her head again, reassured, and continued chatting with 007.
*Come to think