Mrs. Qiao asked Princess Zining to plead for mercy, and asked An Qien and Concubine Jing to take their pulse.
Zi Ning asked Mrs. Qiao with a calm expression: "Are you afraid of offending Concubine Jing, but aren't you afraid of offending this princess?"
Mrs. Qiao felt anxious and hurriedly explained: "Princess, please calm down. I can't afford to offend anyone. Concubine Jing just asked Qi En to feel her pulse. For such a trivial matter, the Hou family did not dare to disrespect Concubine Jing, let alone the princess." Disrespectful.”
Mrs. Qiao lowered her eyes slightly, unable to see the face of the princess wearing a bonnet. Her voice sounded very childish, and considering her age, she probably had the mischievous nature of a child.
Mrs. Qiao was on pins and needles. Although the princess was young and willful, Emperor Changshun was used to these things. The Hou Mansion was now in a dilemma and could not afford to offend anyone.
"Didn't you see that your young lady is not feeling well? She can't walk a long way with her legs. She is not feeling well. How can you check someone else's pulse? Go tell Concubine Jing and tell her that I will not allow your young lady to go there. If she If you don’t accept it, just let her go to the father to complain! The young lady showed me that her legs are tired enough, and she really can’t do anything else! If the Marquis Mansion comes again three or four times to disturb this princess’s rest, I will definitely go to the father to seek comfort!”
"Yes, princess."
Mrs. Qiao lowered her head respectfully, not daring to say another word.
When leaving Xianyunzhai, when she got off the stool, her knees were weak and she almost fell to the ground. However, the maid quickly helped Mrs. Qiao with her quick eyesight and hands.
It was raining lightly outside, and her calves and knees were so sore that she might not be able to leave the palace at such an old age.
An Qien asked perfunctorily and worriedly: "Grandma, what's wrong?"
Mrs. Qiao forced out a faint smile and said in a tired voice: "It's okay, my legs are sore and weak whenever it rains."
Zi Ning: "Here, prepare a sedan chair to take the old lady back."
Mrs. Qiao thanked her: "Thank you princess."
She really couldn't leave. If she could walk, she would not go out in a sedan chair, which made Concubine Jing misunderstand that the Marquis Mansion was on the side of the princess.
After Mrs. Qiao came out of Xianyunzhai, she went directly to Concubine Jing to apologize, and told Concubine Jing exactly what Princess Zi Ning said.
The snipe and the clam were fighting, and the Hou Mansion could not become a victim. Mrs. Qiao knelt in front of Concubine Jing and begged humbly for a long time. In order to settle the matter as soon as possible, she specifically said that Qiao Jiangwan, who had been infertile for several years after their marriage, was An Qi. If En really had a way, he would have cured his eldest aunt long ago.
Concubine Jing didn't think so. She was not Qiao Jiangwan. Just because Qiao Jiangwan's body couldn't get better didn't mean that hers couldn't get better. Everyone's physical condition was different.
Even if An Qi'en couldn't do anything after checking her pulse, that's another matter. The situation has changed now. The Hou Mansion is siding with the queen and making her an enemy. This is no longer a simple matter of checking her pulse.
On the surface, Concubine Jing said nothing and sent Mrs. Qiao away...
Mrs. Qiao thought that the matter was over, but she didn't expect that her family's rice shop was disturbed by the Zhuang Mansion. They said that her old lady felt unwell and was bedridden after eating the rice bought from the Hou Mansion's rice shop.
Qiao Jianghong was punished at every turn in the palace. Before the old wounds healed, new ones appeared again.
His body was damaged and he could not be punished. A few days later, Qiao Jianghong fell ill with a high fever and had to take leave to recuperate at home.
But Concubine Jing did not let go of the Hou Mansion. People often went to the Hou Mansion's shop to cause trouble. The business was not successful and she lost a lot of money.
Mrs. Qiao's legs were getting worse. It had been sunny for a few days, but her legs were still very sore, but she still didn't think about it. She simply thought she was suffering from confinement disease.
The life of the Hou Mansion is in dire straits. If this continues, the Hou Mansion can only live like a tortoise.
Mrs. Qiao could no longer move her legs out of the house, so she asked Mrs. Liu to go to the palace to beg His Majesty.
Zi Ning greeted the eunuchs in the palace, so Liu met Emperor Changshun smoothly.
She knelt in front of Emperor Changshun and prayed with tears to His Majesty to protect the Hou Mansion. After telling the whole story, she kowtowed over and over again: "Please show mercy to Your Majesty and save the Hou Mansion. I can no longer live in this concubine's house." , I beg your Majesty to bring justice to my concubine."
Emperor Changshun looked sullen. Before Liu's arrival, he had received several memorials to impeach General Zhuang for being domineering, covering the sky with one hand, wearing small shoes on others, and other lawless behaviors.
After returning to the harem, Emperor Changshun went to Zi Ning's place.
At this time, Zining was exercising her walking posture with An Qien in the yard. Her legs were no different from those of ordinary people, but the walking habit of limping for many years was hard to change, so she had to correct it frequently.
When several maids saw that the princess was walking better and better and more beautiful, they all happily agreed: "Princess, you walk like a fairy now, it's so beautiful."
"The princess is the prettiest walking person in the world."
When Emperor Changshun saw this scene, his eyes were filled with the joy of an old father. He had never seen this precious daughter so happy.
Her smile is like a star in the sky, with its own sparkle that is very dazzling.
When the maid saw Emperor Changshun coming, she immediately knelt down and saluted: "Your Majesty, may you be blessed and safe."
An Qi'en was startled, turned around and knelt down: "Your Majesty, may I wish you peace and prosperity."
Zi Ning happily ran to Emperor Changshun, held his arm affectionately and said, "Father, please see how my legs are doing."
As she spoke, she happily raised her legs to show Emperor Changshun.
Emperor Changshun did not expect that An Qien was really a talented woman. If rescuing Qiao Jianghong was an accident or luck, then the treatment of Zi Ning's legs felt like a miracle doctor.
"Yes, yes, thank you Madam Houfu for your hard work."
An Qien: "This is what I should do as a concubine. It doesn't have to be hard."
Emperor Changshun was overjoyed: "If you come, you will be rewarded with a thousand acres of fertile land and a thousand taels of silver."
An Qi'en knelt down and thanked: "Thank you Lord for your kindness."
Princess Zi Ning happily took Emperor Changshun to sit in the room: "Father, it's useless for you to reward me so much. My daughter doesn't understand. What happened to Concubine Jing when Mrs. Hou Mansion treated her daughter? She just looked at it. I am not pleasing to the eye, and I always make things difficult for the Marquis’ wife and her husband’s family, causing chaos in their homes, and I take malicious revenge!”
"Father, you don't even know how many times Concubine Jing came to see someone during the time Madam Houfu was in Xianyunzhai. But there are so many doctors in the palace, why is she always making things difficult for her daughter? This is good Now, Madam Houfu will definitely not have a good life when she goes home, her husband was beaten like that, is it her concubine Jing who has the final say in this palace?"
Emperor Changshun became angry when he saw this careless man, and immediately coaxed: "Who said that? My father has the final say in this palace. Concubine Jing is domineering, and I will punish her!"
Zi Ning raised her mouth and asked, "How to punish me?"
"Ning'er said, how to punish?"
Zi Ning: "Let her go to the cold palace and see how arrogant and domineering she can be."
