The day after the Crown Princess entered the Eastern Palace, the Empress was reprimanded by the Empress Dowager for a slip of the tongue. She was excused from her daily morning greetings and remained confined to the Jiaofang Palace.
When the news reached the Eastern Palace, Lin Jingyue immediately understood what the Crown Prince had meant that day—the Empress was deliberately playing the fool once again.
It was just like the time of the Xunfang Banquet, when the Third Prince was grounded, followed immediately by the Crown Prince contracting a seasonal epidemic. Emperor Taifeng had tested several of his sons, but he had never once suspected the Third Prince of being involved.
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