"Then I like Lady Xi too."
After a moment of inner struggle, Chengjing clenched his little fists and made up his mind:
"Lady Xi saved my life, I can't stop liking her just because Lady Xi is like a dung ball."
The Eldest Prince, not yet five, hadn't started studying in the Imperial Study. At this age, it's easy to blur fantasy and reality. With leading questions, within ten tries, he could admit he set fire to Apang Palace or claim he built the Great Wall. Everyone around him treated him like a fragile porcelain doll, so the never-played-with prince easily believed Yun Jiao's words.
After he spoke in his childlike voice, Yun Jiao's conscience began to ache.
How can kids be so easy to trick!
Xue Ya whispered, "Lady, please don't tease His Highness, he might really believe it."
Yun Jiao realized this and decided to pull back appropriately.
"This is a secret between the two of us; Jing'er, don't tell anyone else. Let's pinky swear."
