"Pah!" A slap hit Shangguan Hongye's face unceremoniously.
Shangguan Hongye was slapped to the side of his face and staggered.
"The slap this time is to teach the King of Qin to speak on behalf of Your Majesty and the Duke of Ming. Don't be so petty." Cang Qiao slowly took the handkerchief handed over by the young eunuch and wiped his fingertips.
Shangguan Hongye's mouth was full of the smell of blood, and his chest was heaving with anger. He looked at Cang Qiao with anger, his eyes scarlet.
Cang Qiao was extremely arrogant, and not a few people in the palace disliked him. He often whipped concubines and punished princes. However, he was always able to find excuses, and his father also supported him.
In the past, as soon as Ming Lanruo was released from prison, he was beaten up by the other party with threats and "obscenity". He has not forgotten the humiliation at that time.
Ming Lanruo was shocked, Cang Qiao had really... taken action?!
Seeing the two men staring at each other like cockfighting, it was the first time she felt that Cang Qiao was so violent in front of Shangguan Hongye.
There was murderous intent in his eyes, unlike Cang Qiao who was usually venomous but also scheming.
Something's not right with him.
She took a deep breath, stepped forward and pulled Cang Qiao's sleeve, and whispered to Cang Qiao: "Uncle, don't be angry, can I go find you later? Your Majesty is still waiting.
Hold me."
Ming Lanruo's calm and gentle voice soothed Cang Qiao's anger like water, suppressing the evil fire in his heart.
Cang Qiao let out a breath, opened her phoenix eyes again, and said coldly: "I'm waiting for you in Feiyun Palace."
He rested in several places in the palace, more than the favored ladies.
Ming Lanruo naturally knew, nodded, saluted, and watched him turn around and walk away.
After watching Cang Qiao leading people away, she dragged Shangguan Hongye away.
When Shangguan Hongye saw that Ming Lanruo not only dismissed Cang Qiao, but also didn't throw away his hand, he felt inexplicably better and the pain on his face was lessened.
"Your godfather takes more care of you than your father. People who don't know better think he is your mother!" Shangguan Hongye said contemptuously, but a chill flashed in his narrow red phoenix eyes.
If a dog eunuch dares to humiliate his royal blood, sooner or later, he will execute this dog eunuch Ling Chi!
Ming Lanruo looked at him coldly: "Shut up and don't mention my parents."
People from the Shangguan family have no right to mention her parents!
Looking at Ming Lanruo's cold face, Shangguan Hongye frowned. Just as he was about to stab her, he suddenly remembered that he had failed to complete the task of protecting her father, and her mother's death was inevitably related to her father.
He muffled his voice and only coughed slightly to change the subject: "I will see my father and act according to the situation later."
Ming Lanruo was a little impatient: "I know, I'm not stupid."
From the corner of the flowers, a slender figure emerged.
Cang Qiao watched coldly as Shangguan Hongye and Ming Lanruo left together. They seemed to have a good relationship and talked all the way before disappearing at the end of the nine-wind corridor.
A strangely deep light flashed in his eyes, forcing the discomfort in his heart to suppress.
For some reason, he had an instinctive fear of Shangguan Hongye. It was a kind of disgust and fear deep in his bones.
Especially when seeing him and Ming Lanruo together, a strange feeling of emptiness and anxiety would linger in my heart.
as if……
He snatched the opportunity that belonged to Shangguan Hongye, and his little girl's unreserved care and love for her lover seemed to not belong to him in the first place.
Cang Qiao frowned and touched her chest slightly, her eyes cold and sharp.
That feeling always made him feel indescribably insecure.
Although he promised Minglan not to launch a mutiny rashly, he still had to speed up the progress.
If the variable Ming Lanruo was not taken into account, he originally planned to spend another six or seven years to successively eliminate Shangguan Hongye and his son, and control the mutiny and bloodshed in the capital.
Use the smallest price to change the world.
But now, he can't wait more and more.
"Master, there is new news coming from Northeast Xinjiang." He and his father-in-law suddenly came in a hurry and sent him a letter.
Cang Qiao opened it and took a look, a sharp look flashed in his eyes: "Have people from the Red Blood Legion been discovered in the Northeast?"
He nodded to his father-in-law and whispered a few words in his ear: "Not only that, but also..."
Cang Qiao raised the corners of her scarlet lips with an unpredictable expression: "Northeastern Territory... is actually an interesting place."
Maybe, he should find time to go to Northeastern Xinjiang.
…
Ming Lanruo and Shangguan Hongye entered the palace and paid homage to Emperor Ming.
Emperor Ming had just taken medicine under Chun Zhaoyi's service and watched them come to pay homage to him.
He smiled half-smilingly and said: "I summoned Concubine Ming today, but you, Hongye, came here."
Shangguan Hongye cupped his fists and said, "Father, Lan Ruo accidentally burned her hand with oil while she was learning how to cook for her son these past two days. My son was worried and came with her."
Emperor Ming raised his eyebrows: "Really?"
Emperor Ming glanced at Ming Lanruo, whose hands were wrapped in gauze, and he was less suspicious of Ming Lanruo. What a delicate and charming woman in the back house could do great things.
Emperor Ming said calmly: "You two have a good relationship, but why do I hear that you don't often go to Concubine Ming's house?"
Shangguan Hongye coughed lightly: "My son has been a little busy recently."
Emperor Ming looked at Ming Lanruo: "Is that so? What has Concubine Ming been busy with recently?"
Ming Lanruo knew that this was his temptation and was considering speaking.
But Shangguan Hongye couldn't help but interrupt again: "Lan Ruo is learning to cook recently..."
"I'm asking you, have you spoken? What are you trying to cover up by trying to talk again and again?" Being interrupted again and again, a chill of displeasure flashed through Emperor Ming's eyes.
Only then did Shangguan Hongye realize that he had been a little impatient and had backfired.
Ming Lanruo then slowly took over the words: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty is doing this for the sake of peace in the backyard, and I don't want to embarrass your Majesty."
Emperor Ming stared at her suspiciously: "What do you want to say?"
Ming Lanruo raised her clear eyes: "As you know, my daughter's status as an equal wife makes it difficult for both your majesty and the prince. Therefore, my daughter is willing not to enter Prince Qin's palace, nor to steal the spotlight from Princess Qin.
Stay away, but..."
She looked at Shangguan Hongye with a somewhat sad and helpless look.
Shangguan Hongye was so impressed by her that he had goosebumps all over his body. He murmured to himself, what does this woman want to do? Is she trying to take the blame again?
really……
"But Concubine Zhou Zheng occupied the prince all day long, and I also understand that the princess and the prince are newly married. But every time the prince comes to my place, the princess has to find someone to call the prince back... 嘤嘤嘤嘤."
Ming Lanruo covered her eyes with a handkerchief, as if she was aggrieved and sad.
Shangguan Hongye looked at her speechless, this woman's acting skills were really amazing.
Apparently Zhou Changle asked him away on her wedding night, but she looked like everyone was celebrating!
He can't expose her yet.
Sure enough, Emperor Ming felt a headache when he saw a woman crying, jealous, let alone Ming Lanruo, a girl he didn't like.
He suppressed his impatience, glanced at Shangguan Hongye, and said casually and perfunctorily: "If you still haven't coaxed your princess well, matters in the backyard will have to be settled with a bowl of water."
He had overestimated what a girl like Ming Lanruo could accomplish. She was only thinking about men and only wanted to be jealous. She didn't even know what the black market was!
Shangguan Hongye coughed lightly and patted Ming Lanruo on the shoulder: "Okay, you should be more generous. Changle is younger than you and can be willful. I will persuade her to be more willful in the future."
Ming Lanruo sobbed and nodded, well-behaved and obedient, not as rebellious as before.
Seeing this situation, Emperor Ming was in a good mood and nodded with satisfaction.
This is what a woman should do, be a little Fu Di, follow the three obediences and the four virtues, regard men as her heaven, and be tame like a pet.
Marrying Ming Lanruo, the only remaining member of the Xiao family with a different surname, to his own son was indeed a good move. Hongye had this girl under his control!
Everything in the Xiao family will be annihilated.
Ming Lanruo looked at the emperor's expression above, lowered her eyes, and sneered coldly and contemptuously.
Ming Lanruo and Shangguan Hongye left Huarong Hall. Who knew that just when they left the hall, they saw a bright red figure suddenly walking straight towards them.
The other party raised his hand and slapped Ming Lanruo on the face.
Ming Lanruo was shocked. What evil had she and Shangguan Hongye, the fake couple, done today to deserve a slap in the face?!
But she was not Shangguan Hongye, who was beaten obediently, and raised her hand to pull Shangguan Hongye over unceremoniously and block her in front of her.
"Pah!" This slap hit the side of Shangguan Hongye's face that had not been beaten before.