Chapter 28 Did you get kicked in the head by a donkey?

"As expected of a bastard from the cold palace! He has no manners whatsoever in his words or deeds." Yun Yao was furious. After a moment, as if remembering something, her face was filled with disdain. "Only such an unruly bastard would get involved with that loser from Bei Li."

Xihe's eyes flashed with ferocity, and he charged forward, knocking Yun Yao to the ground.

"Don't you dare talk like that to my little brother? I'll beat you to death!" Although Xihe was young, he had amazing fighting power. He grabbed Yun Yao's hair and dragged her to the water's edge. He took advantage of her unpreparedness and beat the acupuncture points on her body with all his might.

"Little bitch, let me go! Do you believe I'll let Daddy kill you? Let me go!" Yun Yao's scalp ached, and she screamed at the top of her lungs, "What are you all standing there for? Help me!"

The woman just now hardened her heart and joined the battle. Two against one, Xihe was ultimately at a disadvantage. One day, she accidentally hit her forehead on the railing next to her, and blood immediately flowed and covered her face.

When the woman saw the blood, she quickly shrank back in fear, her face full of panic, "Sister Yun, what should I do? There's blood!"

Yun Yao was also a little unsure, but she still held on, "What's there to be afraid of! No one saw it anyway. Just based on this little bitch's words, will His Majesty punish our Yun family?"

When Yun Yao thought of her aunt trapped in the cold palace, she just wanted to go up and slap that little bitch again.

The woman's heart slowly fell back into her stomach when she heard that.

Just as the two were about to leave, a cold voice came from behind the rockery, without any warmth.

"Oh? Forgive my poor eyesight. I didn't realize that Miss Yun is such a ruthless person."

"Who? Who is playing tricks? Come out!" Yun Yao was used to being domineering at home. Relying on Concubine Yun Shu, she sometimes even looked down on the princes and princesses.

Zhao Zhinan and Zhao Siyuan waited for a long time but Xihe and Xiao Mingxuan didn't show up, so they came out to look for them. Halfway, they met Xiao Mingxuan who had turned back. As soon as the three of them got here, they heard Yun Yao's words and were immediately furious.

Yun Yao's eyes narrowed when she saw Zhao Zhinan, and she quickly took a few steps back. When her eyes met Zhao Siyuan, who was following behind, the fear she had just felt instantly dissipated.

"Cousin, look, I just taught that little bitch a lesson and made my aunt feel relieved." Yun Yao ran over and held Zhao Siyuan's hand affectionately, her tone full of seeking credit.

Xiao Mingxuan hurried over to help Xihe up, and when his eyes saw the bright red on his forehead, he suddenly shrank.

"Xiao Xi'er." Xiao Mingxuan's voice was hoarse, his eyes were heavy, "Brother shouldn't have left you here alone, he shouldn't have."

The warm blood pooled in the palm of his hand, extremely glaring. Xiao Mingxuan stared at the bloody mass, as if it wanted to suck him in.

There were cries and screams in my ears like a nightmare.

Fire, blood, every scene tightly enveloped Xiao Mingxuan. His eyes were red, and for a moment he seemed to be back to that night when flames shot up into the sky.

Xiao Mingxuan closed his eyes and forced himself to control his trembling hands.

He hated himself so much for leaving the little girl here alone and letting someone hurt her.

He ordered someone to call the imperial physician and took a clean silk handkerchief to stop the bleeding from the wound on his forehead.

Xihe patted the dust off her body and leaned into Xiao Mingxuan's arms nonchalantly. Although her forehead was in excruciating pain, she still endured it without crying out in pain, "Little brother, I'm fine, don't be sad, it doesn't hurt."

Xiao Mingxuan hugged the little girl tightly, looking at the two people beside him, with murderous intent clearly revealed in his eyes.

Since you have come here without knowing whether to live or die, don't even think about living well.

Zhao Siyuan touched his disheveled sister and asked through gritted teeth, "Oh? You did it?"

Yun Yao didn't feel the chill in Zhao Siyuan's tone at all, and was immersed in her pride. "Yeah, that little bitch framed my aunt and dared to talk back to me. I'm going to teach her a lesson!"

Yun Yao was about to say something when she felt a burning pain on her face the next second.

Bang!

Yun Yao covered her face in disbelief and looked at Zhao Siyuan, "Cousin, you hit me?"

Zhao Siyuan sneered and took a whip from the table next to him, "I will not only beat you, I will also whip you!"

Zhao Siyuan was good at martial arts. He kicked Yun Yao to the ground with one kick and hit Yun Yao with the whip in his hand without any hesitation.

Zhao Siyuan hit Yun Yao hard and Yun Yao rolled on the ground crying in an unruly manner, attracting a group of students!

The woman who was flattering Yun Yao was so frightened by this that she dodged everywhere, took a few steps back, and hit her back against a solid wall.

The Third Prince's sinister voice reached my ears. "Just now I saw it. It was you who pushed my sister, causing her to bump into the rock. Isn't that right, Miss Chen?"

Chen Yuanruo, the only daughter of the Minister of War and Yun Yao's lackey.

Chen Yuanruo fell to the ground in fear, begging for mercy. "Your Highness, Your Highness, I know I was wrong. I will never do it again. Please let me go!"

Zhao Zhinan shed his usual nonchalant look, revealing his innate royal dignity. He chuckled, but there was no smile in his eyes. "I never hit a woman, but today I want to try!"

Zhao Zhinan was thirteen years old. Although he was not good at martial arts, he was not unarmed. With one kick from him, Chen Yuanruo vomited blood and couldn't get up for a long time.

Shi Jian brought the imperial physician, but this also alarmed Yuanyang Palace.

When Sanping saw the little princess with blood all over her face, he almost fainted and quickly asked the imperial physician to examine the little princess.

His eyes swept over the two people in the middle of the court, and they were already looking at them as if they were dead.

The imperial physician was the same one who had treated Concubine Xian last time. Because the little princess was able to produce beardless seeds, the imperial hospital regarded him as a living ancestor.

Now when I see it, I almost have a cardiac arrest.

Who is so ignorant of his own life that he dares to touch Tian Shuo's lucky star?

Only after Yun Yao was beaten unconscious did Zhao Siyuan stop, panting, throw away the whip and quickly move over.

Zhao Zhinan stood aside with a gloomy face, looking so evil that no one dared to approach him.

The National Academy was short of equipment, so the imperial physician had to bandage Xihe's forehead wound first.

"The bleeding on the little princess's forehead has stopped." Before anyone could breathe a sigh of relief, the imperial physician continued, "But I'm not sure if there are any other wounds on her body."

Everyone's heart was lifted again.

"I'm going to kill that bitch!" Zhao Siyuan was furious when he saw his sister's pale face.

"Wait a minute." Zhao Zhinan grabbed someone who was furious.

Zhao Siyuan thought Zhao Zhinan was going to plead for Yun Yao, and he was so nervous that he started yelling, "Did you get kicked in the head by a donkey? Are you talking to her?"

Zhao Zhinan pursed his lips and looked at his stupid sister with a neurotic look, wondering for a moment if the stupid attribute was contagious.

"Are you stupid? Sanping is here, how could the emperor not know? Why would you have to do anything?"

Sanping stepped forward at the right moment and bowed, saying, "Your Highnesses, His Majesty is aware of this matter and has ordered me to bring you into the palace."

Xihe withdrew from Xiao Mingxuan's arms and slowly stood up.

I don’t know if it was because of the head injury, but I felt dizzy, the world was spinning in front of my eyes, my steps were unsteady, and I lost my footing and fell towards the water.

"younger sister!"

"Your Highness!"

The expected fall into the water did not happen, and Xihe fell into a familiar embrace.

Xiao Mingxuan acted as a cushion, with half of his body immersed in the water, while still holding Xihe tightly in his hands.

Sanping was horrified and quickly called for the guards to rescue him.

"Little brother." Xihe's lips trembled slightly, and he pulled Xiao Mingxuan to look around.

"Don't move, I'll hold you." Xiao Mingxuan never let go of the little girl, touched her hair, and said softly.

Only in this way will he not be anxious.

The group arrived at Yuanyang Palace. When Xihe saw Emperor Jingyuan sitting in the center, his eyes turned red, "Daddy."

All the grievances that the little girl had accumulated burst out at that moment, and she cried miserably.

When Emperor Jingyuan touched the wound on his little daughter's forehead, his heart tightened and he quickly stood up and took his little daughter from Xiao Mingxuan.

"Xihe, who hurt you?" Emperor Jingyuan was burning with rage, his chest heaving violently, and the urge to kill rose again.

Xihe cried breathlessly, "They scolded me and pushed me! I didn't frame Concubine Shu, why are they saying this to me! Wuuuuuuu."

Zhao Zhinan added fuel to the fire at the right moment, "Reporting to the Emperor, Father, when I went there, I saw Miss Yun and Miss Chen beating Xihe and pushing her against the railing, causing her forehead injury. They also kept saying they wanted to kill my sister. As for what other injuries they had inflicted on Xihe before I went there, I don't know."

Emperor Jingyuan looked at the two people kneeling below him, his brows furrowed, his lips pursed, and an indescribable sense of oppression spread in the hall.

He quickly coaxed his little daughter, "Xihe, don't cry. Daddy has to help you get revenge. Xihe, go in with the palace maid to change clothes and apply medicine first, okay?"

Emperor Jingyuan coaxed her for a long time before Xihe gradually stopped crying. "I want my little brother to come with me. Daddy, my little brother fell into the water to save me and got hurt."

Emperor Jingyuan looked at Xiao Mingxuan who was standing silently in the corner. He was wet all over, with a few strands of weeds hanging on his head. He was standing silently in the corner.

When he thought about how the other party had saved his little daughter, his heart softened a bit and he said, "Don't cry. Daddy will let the Ninth Prince go with you."

The little girl finally smiled and said, "Thank you, Daddy. You're the best."

He took Xiao Mingxuan away.

Xihe indeed had some hidden injuries on her body. Yun Yao hadn't spared any of her wounds, and there was a large bruise on her back.

The little girl looked at the bruises on her arms and sighed, "Looks like I should go pray and find some lucky charms to wear."

He had three fights in two days and got injured twice. This frequency is unheard of.

The palace maids applied the medicine and then retreated. Xiao Mingxuan's gaze never left her face, revealing a depth that did not belong to her age.

"Xiao Xi'er, why did you fight this time?"

Xihe opened his mouth, pondered for a moment, and then glossed over the fact that Yunyao had scolded Xiao Mingxuan. "It's just... they wronged me, and I was so angry that I took action! I don't want to be wronged!"

"Is it really just that?" Xiao Mingxuan glanced at it indifferently and asked again.

"Oh, don't ask, just leave it at that! She scolded me anyway! I have no problem beating her up!"

Xihe likes to blush when she is embarrassed. At this moment, her fair cheeks are covered with blushes, but she can't see them.

Xiao Mingxuan lowered his eyelids and didn't ask any more questions.

The little girl clearly didn't want to say anything, and asking further would yield no results, so it would be better to investigate on your own.

Someone came to invite him, so Xiao Mingxuan took Xihe with him. Before leaving, he fed the bird on the windowsill. The bird flapped its wings and flew high, and disappeared in a short while.

Emperor Jingyuan was furious and ordered people to call Yun Hou and the Minister of War, who were kneeling in the hall to apologize at that time.

"Daddy~"

The wound on Xihe's head was treated again and the blood was washed off, making him look less scary.

Emperor Jingyuan held his little daughter on his lap and gave her a soft blanket.

"Marquis Yun, Minister Chen, is this how you raise your children? How audacious! How dare you lay hands on the princess? Who gave you the guts?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I will never dare to do it again!"

Yun Yao had been woken up by being splashed with cold water, and she trembled when she faced Emperor Jingyuan.

"You don't dare?" Emperor Jingyuan sneered, "I heard that you don't even care about my princes and princesses, and you even want Xihe to die. So this is the family education of Marquis Yun."

"Marquis Yun, your daughter dared to kill my treasure today, so will your Yun family try to seize my throne tomorrow?" There was no trace of anger on Emperor Jingyuan's face, but instead a hint of a smile. His tone was light as if he was chatting with someone, but the coldness hidden in his voice could not be ignored.

This year's Yun Hou is a good-for-nothing who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun. He has achieved his current status thanks to the good deeds of his ancestors, the Empress Dowager in the palace, and Concubine Yun Shu. However, there is not a single promising son in the clan, and all of them are ignorant of the immensity of life.

Yun Hou was horrified and cried out in injustice, "I dare not!"

Emperor Jingyuan sneered and raised his head, saying, "Since you can't take care of it, then there's no need to keep it. All of them..."

Emperor Jingyuan was just about to drag those two ignorant guys out and chop them up when he felt his little daughter's soft little hand holding him.

Xihe held onto Emperor Jingyuan's rough hand and whispered, "Daddy, Xihe is fine. Please don't kill anyone, okay?"

Emperor Jingyuan sighed helplessly at his youngest daughter's kindness, "But they hurt Daddy's treasure."

Given Emperor Jingyuan's temper, even if he killed everyone today, it would not be enough to appease him.

The little girl leaned forward and kissed Emperor Jingyuan on the cheek, "No killing, but we can punish him with something else."

Emperor Jingyuan was amused by his clever little daughter and asked, "What punishment do you think Xihe should take?"

The little girl rolled her eyes and whispered to Emperor Jingyuan's ear, "Why not just grab what they care about most?"

Xihe felt like she had done something bad, and her smile was like a cat stealing some fish, so cute and clever.

Emperor Jingyuan suddenly realized what was going on. He tapped his little daughter's nose and said teasingly, "You!"

"Since the princess has pleaded for mercy, the death penalty can be spared, but the punishment of life imprisonment is unavoidable." Emperor Jingyuan changed the subject. "The two men have offended the princess and have been found guilty of violating personal ethics. They will each be punished with 100 lashes of the cane. They are no longer required to attend the Imperial Academy and are no longer permitted to enter the palace without imperial decree. Furthermore, only by cultivating oneself and managing one's family can one govern the country and bring peace to the world. From this day forward, Marquis Yun will resign from his post and reflect on his mistakes. You will no longer be in charge of the affairs of the Jingjiao Camp; they will be handed over to Xu Qingye. Minister Chen, for his indulgence of his children, is suspected of misconduct and will be demoted to the rank of Vice Minister. The position of Minister will be filled by Su Zhongqian, formerly Vice Minister of the Ministry of War."