Xiao Ling glanced around and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. The next moment, the whip in his hand hit his other wrist, causing a red mark in an instant.
"Princess!"
"Princess!"
Mo'er and Yun An were shocked.
Xiao Ling frowned slightly, then relaxed her eyebrows, and reminded her thoughtfully: "The noble concubine must explain everything about today to the emperor, so as not to be accused of bullying the emperor."
"you……"
Before Concubine Zhang could finish her words, Xiao Ling took Yun An and Mo'er and left directly.
In the Palace of Thousand Spirits.
Xiao Ling's head was dizzy and his feet were frivolous, but he didn't care about resting and quickly ordered his servants to invite a doctor.
"I don't usually show off my power, but you really think I'm easy to control. You can bully anyone into my Qianling Palace."
Xiao Ling asked Mo'er to help Yun An back to the house, and she followed in. When she saw traces of blood seeping out of Yun An's back through his clothes, she couldn't help but frown slightly, feeling very distressed.
"Hiss—" Mo'er accidentally touched Yun An's wound, causing Yun An to gasp.
Xiao Ling asked worriedly: "Does it hurt a lot? Why hasn't the doctor come yet?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a servant reported back: "Princess, all the doctors who are free today have been sent to Concubine Zhang's palace."
???
"She is so blind. I really don't know how she won my father's love."
Concubine Zhang came from a down-to-earth family and had become quite favored in recent days. She did not dare to offend other concubines, so she went to bully Jieyu, a talented person, so that everyone could not tell the story of their suffering.
Xiao Ling looked at Yun An's injuries and said angrily: "He is just a bully who bullies the weak and fears the strong."
She asked: "Is there any news from Father?"
"Princess, the Emperor is at Cining Palace, and Concubine Zhang has sent someone to invite you."
After hearing about Cining Palace, Xiao Ling was no longer in a hurry, and turned around and told Mo'er to get the medicine that was always available in the palace.
Mo'er undressed Yun An to heal his injuries. Xiao Ling turned his back consciously and asked:
"Concubine Zhang bullies you like this, why don't you fight back? If you cause trouble, I will take care of it for you."
Are those people led by Zhang Guifei Yun'an's opponents?
The reason why Yun An didn't resist was probably because he was worried about making enemies for her.
Sure enough, Yun'an replied: "Concubine Zhang is favored now. You should not be her enemy."
However, Xiao Ling offended people completely.
While applying the medicine, Mo'er praised: "The princess is really domineering today, so much so that the servants can't help but pledge themselves to her."
"Hey, keep a low profile." Xiao Ling grinned, but there was no color on his lips.
"By the way, Princess," Mo'er asked, "Why did you contradict Imperial Concubine Zhang like this without ever asking what Guard Yun had done? If we are really in the wrong, how do you explain it to the Emperor?"
Hearing this, Xiao Ling turned around unconvinced, but her eyes caught a glimpse of Yun An who had taken off her shirt. She was so frightened that she quickly turned her head back to him, pretending to be calm and said: "Even if we are in the wrong, she still can't."
Yun An shouldn’t be tortured, my people... I can’t bear to punish you and Yun An, so why should they point fingers?”
"Besides, don't you know what Yun An is like? Why did he contradict Concubine Zhang for no reason? She is not pretty enough."
"Pfft--" Mo'er chuckled, "Yes, yes, the princess is the most beautiful in the world."
"By the way," Xiao Ling tilted her head slightly, "Yun An, so why is Concubine Zhang making things difficult for you today?"
Yun An always looked at her back, his eyes gradually fell on her injured wrist, and replied: "Concubine Zhang heard that the princess was punished and was ill in bed a few days ago, and happened to see her subordinate bring back the candied fruits from outside the palace.
, she insisted on grabbing the candied fruit given to you by the princess, but the subordinates refused to give it to you, so the conflict arose."
That's how it is.
Xiao Ling slowly turned around, the distress in his eyes was self-evident, and he met Yun An's gaze, "I can give in to this kind of thing, and I don't have to eat it."
Yun An looked at her with deep eyes and unclear meaning, "My subordinates will not let go of things that belong to the princess."
"..." Sure enough, he was still stubborn.
"Princess..." Mo'er, who was applying the medicine behind Yun An, kept winking at Xiao Ling and beckoning her to turn around.
Only then did Xiao Ling react. Her eyes fell back on Yun An inadvertently. There were thin beads of sweat on his neck. Xu Shimo'er's actions were not serious, and she could see a slight sweat on his hands and neck.
The bruised veins.
Going down from his neck was tight and smooth skin, and there were several scars on his shoulders. Xiao Ling couldn't help but look at it a few more times. Going down further down should be the...abdominal muscles described in the book?
Xiao Ling swallowed silently, and it turned out that the book did not bully her.
These even and strong abdominal muscles, these broad shoulders and narrow waist, still make people think about it after seeing it?
"Cough..." Yun An coughed twice awkwardly and secretly glanced at Xiao Ling.
Xiao Ling came back to her senses, thinking of her embarrassing appearance just now, her face flushed red, her eyes panicked to avoid Yun An's gaze, and she pretended to be calm and said: "Yun Weishen, you have a good figure."
After saying that, he turned around and quickly fled the scene with his head down.
In Cining Palace.
Concubine Zhang couldn't wait for the emperor to come, so she had to go to Cining Palace crying and making trouble.
"Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for me."
Concubine Zhang was so distraught that she cried and scolded Xiao Ling for being disrespectful, bullying others, and indulging his subordinates...
"I was just worried that she would not be able to eat sweets because of her serious illness, so I kindly kept the candied fruits for Xiao Ling. Who knew that the slave didn't know the rules and actually contradicted me..."
"The slave is so ignorant of the rules, so I kindly taught Xiao Ling a few lessons. Who would have thought...who would have thought that Xiao Ling would actually bully me for a slave..."
At this time, the two slaves who had just been beaten by Xiao Ling came forward and knelt down to show their injuries.
Emperor Zhou Yuan frowned when he saw it, "How come this little spirit doesn't act lightly or harshly?"
The Empress Dowager glanced at him, and Emperor Zhou Yuan silently closed his mouth.
The Empress Dowager glanced at Concubine Zhang who was kneeling on the ground, "Don't call Xiao Ling Xiao Ling so kindly. The precious granddaughter of the Ai family may not like to hear it."
Who would have thought that the Empress Dowager would say such a thing. Concubine Zhang was choked for a moment, then she cried and changed her words: "The fifth princess is so willful and willful and humiliates my concubine in public. Do you really not care, Your Majesty?"
"How can the imperial concubine be such a mouthful?" A weak female voice came in. Everyone looked up and saw Xiao Ling almost leaning on Mo'er and entering the room with empty steps.
"Why did the Ai family's precious granddaughter become like this?" The Empress Dowager felt extremely distressed. Qing Lai, who was waiting beside her, quickly stepped forward to help Xiao Ling.
Xiao Ling's face turned pale, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead. At this time, he was completely exhausted and relied entirely on Qing Lai and Mo'er for support.
"Cough cough cough... cough cough..." Xiao Ling started coughing just as he opened his mouth.
Qing Lai helped Xiao Ling sit down, but Xiao Ling gently brushed Qing Lai's hand away and knelt in front of the Empress Dowager.
He saluted dignifiedly, and when he raised his head, his eyes were full of grievances, "Grandfather...Father..."
"What's going on? You're still sick. Get up and talk." The Empress Dowager felt distressed.
Xiao Ling shook his head slightly and stopped talking.
Just listen to Concubine Zhang scolding: "Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for me. The fifth princess is really disrespectful and is bullying others too much!"
"Yes, that's what the Imperial Concubine taught me." Before Emperor Zhou Yuan could speak, Xiao Ling said in an aggrieved and frightened voice: "Today, I was so angry that I offended the Imperial Concubine. It was my fault."
The Empress Dowager and Emperor Zhou Yuan looked at each other doubtfully, and then heard Concubine Zhang say: "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, you have all heard it. The fifth princess personally admitted that she beat my servant. Luyin has served me for many years, and she and I
We have been in love like sisters for a long time, but the fifth princess actually disfigured her appearance. This is undoubtedly an insult to my concubine."
"Your Majesty, please be careful," Xiao Ling looked up at the empress dowager and the emperor in front of him, and said with a panicked expression, "Although this matter is my fault, I am completely protecting myself."
"How do you say this?" Emperor Zhou Yuan asked quickly.
"It was Lu Yin and his entourage who beat Erchen first. Erchen snatched the whip out of desperation, but he accidentally injured both of them during the pulling."
Xiao Ling was so aggrieved that she didn't even dare to look at Concubine Zhang, and her weak body shrank forward.
"Xiao Ling, what are you talking about?" Zhang Guifei scolded.
"How presumptuous! Where do you have the right to speak?" the Empress Dowager shouted coldly.
Xiao Ling silently pulled up her sleeves, revealing the injury on her wrist.
"Please forgive me, the noble concubine. If I had known that those two slaves had extraordinary identities, I would have never fought back even if they beat me to death."
As she said this, big tears fell from her eyes.
Emperor Zhou Yuan noticed the injury on her wrist and felt very distressed, "What status can two slaves have? You are the princess of my great Zhou Dynasty, how can you bully me at will?"
Emperor Zhou Yuan said in a kind and caring tone: "My son, since he is injured, why don't you tell the medical officer to take a look?"
Xiao Ling timidly turned her head to look at Concubine Zhang, then turned back and said pitifully: "The doctors have all been passed down by Concubine Zhang."
"Don't you want to..."
"Don't talk nonsense?" Xiao Ling grabbed Concubine Zhang's words and asked, "Am I wrong? Didn't the Concubine ask for a doctor?"
Concubine Zhang could not argue. Seeing the emperor looking at her impatiently, she could only struggle and said: "I am obviously your slave..."
Before she could say the word "cai", she saw Xiao Ling's cold eyes, and she was so frightened that she quickly changed her words.
"It was obviously your guard who contradicted me first. I punished him a little, and you hurriedly protected him."
Xiao Ling lowered his head and wiped his tears, speaking in a low voice, "Yun An is a sword-carrying guard given by his father. His ability has been humiliated by hanging around his sons all these years, but now he is beaten so hard that he can't get out of bed.
Is this what the empress calls 'a little punishment'?"
Emperor Zhou Yuan was slightly surprised. He knew Yun An's skills very well, so he sent him to protect Xiao Ling. Now he was beaten so hard that he couldn't even get out of bed. He must have been honest and showed no resistance.
Xiao Ling gave a look, and Mo'er quickly stepped forward to present the "evidence of crime".
"Grandfather, Emperor, father, this is the instrument of torture used by the imperial concubine."