"Axuan, is this the one who bullied you?" Xie Ziyue glanced at the master and servant Ning Ke'er who couldn't help but kowtow, and a cold flash flashed in her eyes.
Ning Ke'er's mother, Mrs. Fu Yin, was admiring flowers on the other side. Suddenly she got the news that her daughter was in trouble. At this moment, she hurried from one side and came forward to plead for mercy:
"The Imperial Concubine, there must be some misunderstanding about this matter, Ke'er is not such a rude person."
Ning Keer's face was full of despair, but when she saw her own mother coming, she burst into tears and choked with sobs.
Taoxiang sat next to Xie Ziyue and told her the identity of this lady. Xie Ziyue suddenly sneered:
"Misunderstanding? Mrs. Fu Yin's words actually removed her daughter's hair completely. Your daughter pinched Her Royal Highness the Princess's arm with bruises. If you do this, won't you give me an explanation?"
When the mother-in-law made the decision for him, Gu Xuan nestled in her arms, her little mouth pouted high, as if it could hang an oil bottle.
Fuyin is in charge of the appointment of officials, and her position in the court is not low. This Fuyin's wife, Jing, is the daughter of the Jing family, a century-old family. She has a good status and is not easily scared.
After the initial panic, she took a deep breath and explained: "Mother, Ke'er is not much better. There must be some misunderstanding about this matter."
"She pushed her first!" Gu Xuan was no longer the little princess who couldn't speak clearly before. After hearing Mrs. Fuyin's misunderstandings, she retorted, "And her maid even called me a wild girl."
As soon as these words came out, everyone around took a breath.
How dare you have the courage to call the current emperor's favorite eldest princess a wild girl?
Xie Ziyue's face turned blue with anger, and she slapped the table with her hand: "That's so presumptuous!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down." The surrounding women stood up and saluted, all of them looked calmly at the ground, not daring to express their anger.
Cui Wei was trembling like chaff, shouting that she should die, but her heart was panicking, and she kowtowed as if she was desperate. Soon the ground was stained with blood.
"Noisy!" Concubine De looked disgusted and glanced at Jingqiu.
Jingqiu understood, stepped forward and slapped Cui Wei on the face: "Where did you come from, you bitch, shut your mouth. You dare to be so disrespectful to the princess today, so why don't you shut up!"
Jingqiu's strength was extremely strong. Cuiwei was a first-class maid next to Miss Fu Yin, so she didn't suffer much on weekdays. After these few slaps, his face became swollen.
Mrs. Fu Yin and Ning Keer did not dare to express their anger, for fear that the anger of the two empresses would spread to themselves.
Xie Ziyue didn't say anything. On the premise that no one in Yiyu Garden dared to speak, she lifted up Gu Xuan's sleeves and carefully counted the bruises and finger marks on them.
Looking at the scars on her daughter's body, Xie Ziyue's eyes showed pity - the treasure she was reluctant to touch was actually bullied so miserably.
Xie Ziyue, who was extremely defensive, counted them several times and said, "Six finger marks."
The others raised their heads and looked at her without knowing why. Even Grandma Sun and the other servants didn't understand what she meant.
"The second young lady of the Fuyin family was disrespectful to the princess and hurt her, so she dragged her down to play sixty big boards." Looking at Mrs. Fuyin's disbelieving look, Xie Ziyue said calmly, "After finishing the sixty big boards, Fuyin Mrs. Yin should take her daughter back and educate her well so that she doesn’t get into trouble again."
"Your Majesty, you can't do that!" Mrs. Fu Yin gritted her teeth and had no choice but to kneel on the ground with her knees weak, "Ke'er is just a woman. If she plays sixty boards, I'm afraid her life will be lost. I beg your Majesty, please take care of me." On Yin’s thin side, let’s spare Ke’er for once.”
Ning Ke'er was so frightened that she burst into tears. The wooden board used to hit someone was so heavy, let alone sixty big boards, she couldn't bear even ten big boards.
Moreover, she is still a daughter who has never been engaged. If she is beaten and carried out of the palace in a bloody state, no one will want her in the future.
"If you can bear it, bear with it. If you can't bear it, you are asking for it." Xie Ziyue glanced at Xin Zhangjing and motioned for him to take Ning Ke'er down.
With so many wives watching, Ning Keer bullied A Xuan like this today. If she doesn't take care of it, wouldn't anyone be able to bully her daughter in the future?
The majesty of the royal family is not trampled on in this way.
Xin Zhangjing stepped forward to drag Ning Keer away, but Mrs. Fuyin hurriedly held her back and finally showed a bit of panic: "Your Majesty, your concubine, Ke'er is really confused this time, please do it for the sake of Fuyin and the Jing family." Come on, spare Ke’er this time.”
Mrs. Fu Yin knew very well that her daughter's body and bones were weak. If she received sixty blows, I am afraid that mother and daughter would be separated from each other today.
Moreover, Fu Yin will become the laughing stock of the entire capital!
How could she let it go? I can only plead for mercy.
Gu Xuan watched Ning Keer and Mrs. Fu Yin holding each other's arms and crying, and couldn't help but pull her mother-in-law's sleeves. Xie Ziyuequan pretended not to notice, and even nodded her forehead:
"Axuan, if anyone bullies you in the future, don't be a softie, otherwise anyone can come up and step on you."
Today, Gu Xuan is indeed a royal daughter. If she were an ordinary slave, according to Ning Keer's level of unruliness, wouldn't she really bully people to death in the palace?
Ning Ke'er is so arrogant and domineering, so her daughter should show some style.
Gu Xuan stopped talking.
Over there, Xin Zhang refused to leave Ning Keer. Several nuns from the surrounding area came to help and soon separated the mother and daughter.
Seeing that her daughter was about to be taken away, Mrs. Fu Yin hurriedly stepped forward to pull her daughter away, causing a crowd to make a fuss.
"Wait a minute!" Just when Xin Zhangjing was about to grab Ning Ke'er and move forward, and the group got into a commotion, a majestic voice rang out.
Everyone was stunned for a moment and looked towards the door where the sound came from.
When they saw the person at the door, everyone immediately stood up and saluted: "Greetings to the Queen Mother."
That's right, it was none other than the Queen Mother.
Since the fall of Prime Minister Zuo, the Queen Mother has resumed her days of eating fast and chanting Buddha in Shoukang Palace, and does not come out easily on weekdays.
I don’t know why they suddenly came out today... Xie Ziyue and Concubine De, who were sitting in the seats, looked calm. They stood up and saluted slowly:
"I pay my respects to the Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother ignored the concubines who were saluting, and her sharp eyes were first fixed on Ning Ke'er and her daughter, who were tugging together.
Although she was younger than Chu Shoukang Palace, she still recognized Xin Zhangjing. Seeing Xin Zhangjing quarreling with the two of them, she had her own plans.
While calculating, the Queen Mother slowly stepped forward and glanced at her lightly: "What's going on? I heard it was the second princess's birthday today, so the Ai family came out specially to have a look. Why did they hear so much noise here when they arrived at the Imperial Garden? The good days, how come..."
Although the rest of the words were not finished, everyone knew what it meant.
In particular, the Queen Mother's eyes faintly glanced at the Imperial Concubine, and she was obviously interrogating the Imperial Concubine.
