The nun behind the boy said a few words in his ear. The little boy looked at Xi Zhi with contempt, "So you are Xi Zhaorong. Your palace servants dare to force things from me. I will teach you a lesson."
Teach her a lesson."
Xi Qian looked at the boy who had just reached her waist. The facial features on his face were very similar to those of Yu Wen Haoxuan. They were carved from the same mold. However, his eyes were bigger than Yu Wen Haoxuan's. He probably resembled her mother's.
"I will spare the trouble for you to teach the prince a lesson. I will punish you if you take her back." Xi Qian said as she helped Xuechun on the ground and left.
But the prince rushed up and blocked their way, "You want to leave so easily? I will not allow it."
"The prince has been beaten and scolded, what else do you want?" Xi Qian couldn't protect the trembling Xue Chun with her body and stood between her and the prince.
The prince snorted arrogantly, "Your palace servant made a mistake, and it was your fault as the master. You must kneel down and apologize to me."
"Kneel down to apologize? According to your seniority, you should also call me Miss Xi. How can there be any reason in this world for a mother to kneel down to her son?"
After all, the prince was still young and was frightened by Xi Dian's harsh words. However, the nun behind him pointed at X Dian's nose and cursed, "How dare you, concubine! How dare you be so rude to His Highness the prince."
Another nun knelt down beside the prince and said, "Prince, don't be afraid. She is just your father's concubine. She doesn't dare to do anything to you."
The prince was emboldened, and raised his whip and swung it at Xi Zhi's face. Xi Zhi blocked it with his arm, and his sleeve immediately opened a cut, and drops of blood flowed out from it.
Seeing that she was injured, Xuechun ignored the pain and grabbed the whip in the prince's hand. Anger rushed into Xiqian's heart. She was not angry with the concubines in the palace, but she was still being bullied by a child with a yellow mouth today.
She grabbed the whip in Xuechun's hand and pulled hard, causing the prince to fall flat on his back.
The nuns scrambled to help the prince up, shouting, "You have rebelled against me. How dare you beat the prince? I will see if the emperor will chop off your head when he comes back."
The prince was at a disadvantage for the first time in his life. He picked up a whip from the ground and hit the two of them hard. Xuechun tried his best to block Xi Qian's body, and was about to be whipped again.
At this moment, there was a sharp "whoosh" sound from far away, and the whip he was waving shortened into two sections in the air, and the prince was knocked to the ground by the force.
The nuns were about to yell, but when they saw the person coming, they swallowed it back. The prince also stood up obediently, not daring to act rude again.
Liu Maolin looked at the injuries of Xuechun and Xiqian, ordered someone to call the imperial doctor, turned to the prince and said coldly, "Have you finished the homework assigned by the emperor? It is strictly forbidden to lynching palace residents, but you still beat them today.
My dear, the emperor will definitely punish you severely when he comes back."
The prince seemed to be very afraid of him. He had long lost his previous domineering energy and was hiding behind his nuns. However, those nuns were already busy with themselves and were busy trying to excuse themselves, so they couldn't care less about the prince.
Fan Tao, who was not as fast as Liu Maolin, rushed over at this time. After seeing Xi Xi's injury, he was shocked and said, "Who is so cruel? How dare you commit murder in the palace? How dare you eat a bear's heart and a leopard's guts?"
?The Emperor will feel so distressed when he sees this!"
The prince's body trembled obviously, and he was obviously a little scared. Xi Qian held Fan Tao's hand and smiled, "It doesn't matter, just put some medicine on it and it will be fine. Please help Xuechun back."
"My servant called the chariot and waited at the corner. It has just snowed and it is difficult to walk on the road. I'd better take the chariot back." Liu Maolin waved to the eunuch who was carrying the chariot to come forward.
"Thank you so much, Eunuch Liu." Xi Xian nodded and thanked her, urging the eunuchs to quickly return to Wanyun Palace.
There was already an imperial physician waiting in the Wanyun Palace. Xuechun's whiplash injuries were concentrated on her upper body, but she was young and thin-skinned, so she refused to let the imperial physician examine her injuries. Xi Qian had no choice but to have the imperial physician prescribe an ordinary trauma test.
Fangzi is in trouble.
Fortunately, Xuechun's injuries were only on a superficial layer of flesh, and after applying the medicine, everything would be fine.
After Fantao bandaged Xiqian's wound, she said worriedly, "My queen has offended the prince today. I don't know what the emperor's attitude will be."
Xiqian sighed softly, "Xuechun and I were both injured, but the prince's side was unscathed. Even if Xuechun was at fault, he has already been punished."
"Although the emperor is usually strict with the prince, the prince is his only son after all. I am worried that the emperor will anger the queen because of this matter. The queen still needs to think of countermeasures first."
Xi Qian was so angry that she slapped the table, "Even if he is biased, he should always ask for the reason first. If you want to be punished, then fine him. I didn't do anything wrong. Do I still have to go and plead guilty?"
"Your Majesty, please don't say angry words." Fan Tao picked up the tea cup that was found on the table and said, "I'm not asking you to admit your mistake, but your Majesty cannot go to see the Emperor with this attitude. After all, the Prince is the Emperor's flesh and blood. How much is your Majesty?"
We still have to give the emperor face."
Xiqian was relieved, waved her hands and said, "I know, I just have to wrong Xuechun. This beating will probably be in vain."
Fantao looked at Xiqian worriedly, "My queen, you should worry about your relationship with the emperor first, but don't get into trouble with the emperor because of this matter."
"I'm sensible, why don't you go and see if the food in the small kitchen is good? I'm a little tired, and Xuechun has trouble moving around. If it's ready, just bring it in."
After Fantao went out, Xiqian looked at Xuechun who was unusually quiet and asked, "What happened today? There are only you and me in this room, so you don't have to worry."
Xuechun knelt at her feet with tears in her eyes. Xi Qian wanted to help her, but Xuechun refused to get up, "Princess, just let me kneel down. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be at odds with the prince, let alone
Being injured, this slave wants to die now???"
Xuechun was so sobbing that she could not speak. Xiqian tried to help her up several times, but she refused, and finally had to let her kneel.
Xi Qian gently brushed her hair and comforted her, "What a big deal it is whether we are dead or not. Fortunately, we are not seriously injured, and I won't punish you. Please tell me what happened. Any
Don’t miss out on any details.”
Xuechun slowly stopped sobbing, but still refused to get up, "Today, I wanted to go to the imperial kitchen to order some pears, but when I got there I found that the imperial chefs had followed the emperor to the palace outside the city, and there was nothing to eat in the imperial dining room.
, I wanted to forget it since I didn’t have it, but on the way back, I met a palace maid, and she told me that there are snow pears in the prince’s small kitchen.”
"Do you know that palace maid?" Xi Qian realized that this palace maid must be the key to the matter.
Xuechun shook his head, "I don't know her at all. She took the initiative to talk to me, but she said she is the tea serving maid of Zhangqing Palace."
"The people serving tea in the Zhangqing Palace are all eunuchs under Eunuch Liu. Where did the maids serving tea come from? You don't have any brains." Xi Qian glared at her angrily.