The emperor and empress were both stunned when they heard their daughter's true feelings.
The queen hurriedly checked her daughter's back.
"Did that bitch hurt the princess?" Xia Zhengqi blurted out.
Nanny Li said with a look of shame on her face, "She stabbed the princess in the back."
Xia Zhengqi, the Queen and the Second Prince all stood up in shock.
"However, the princess is blessed with good fortune. The knife just happened to hit the jade pendant, which broke off the tip of the knife. The little princess was not hurt at all."
The three of them breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this and sat back in their chairs.
[Thanks to the high quality of this jade pendant!] Xia Miaoyuan was still feeling apprehensive.
Only then did the queen discover that her daughter was wearing a jade pendant around her neck, which was the one the prince had given her before.
Because the jade pendant was too big, it looked very out of place when worn by Xia Miaoyuan, so she never wore it.
Now the jade pendant has been broken into two pieces.
Nanny Li felt in her sleeve pocket and took out half a jade pendant and handed it to the queen.
"The little princess was too playful to sleep, so she took out all her gifts and tried to play with them one by one. Then she fell asleep while playing."
Nanny Li began to tell the story slowly and leisurely.
"I took these jewels off her, but this jade pendant fell off."
"When Jiang Qiqiu stabbed the little princess from behind, the jade pendant happened to be on her back. I think the princess must have slipped onto her back while she was not sleeping well."
"When Jiang Qiqiu committed the crime, the tip of the knife happened to pierce this jade pendant."
Xia Zhengqi excitedly punched his legs and sighed repeatedly, "Thank goodness, thank goodness!"
Debao and others beside her were busy flattering her, saying, "The little princess is truly a fairy who has descended to earth. She is protected by the gods! No evildoers can hurt her."
[That's because this princess is a fairy who has descended to earth, protected by a golden-armored deity, and possesses the ability to turn misfortune into good fortune.]
[Evil demons and evildoers, retreat, retreat, retreat! ]
The more Xia Miaoyuan thought about it, the more proud he became. He couldn't help but brag about it, but the emperor, empress, and second prince beside him believed it and were horrified.
Wow haha, it turns out that our little princess is really a fairy who has descended to earth.
With the little princess, Daxia will last forever!
Xia Zhengqi calmed down and returned to the previous question: "You said Jiang Qiqiu looks completely different than before?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, Jiang Qiqiu looked so scary. Her eyes were so vicious, like a devil." Fear flashed in Nanny Li's eyes.
The Second Prince said, "Indeed, Nanny Li is right."
"When I arrived, she was strangling my sister's neck. She was so strong. She didn't look like a normal person at all."
The Second Prince pondered for a moment and said, "Could it be that she has been in the cold palace for too long and has gone mad?"
At this time, Cheng Feng and Ying Chen walked to the door, and Xia Zhengqi hurriedly called them in.
Xia Zhengqi asked seriously, "What did you find out in Qiuyue Pavilion? Why was Jiang Qiqiu allowed to come out?"
Cheng Feng reported: "The two guards guarding Qiuyue Pavilion have both disappeared. The back door of Qiuyue Pavilion is not locked. I guess the person left through the back door."
Then the emperor and empress called the eunuchs and palace maids to question them. They all said that they smelled a strange smell and then fainted in a daze.
Obviously, he was poisoned by smoke.
The more Xia Zhengqi thought about it, the more headache he got.
Why did Jiang Qiqiu go crazy for no reason?
Who was the one who used the aphrodisiac incense and let her out?
Could it be the Queen Mother?
Xia Zhengqi couldn't figure out the situation for a moment, so he had to ask people to continue the investigation.
The next morning, the Empress Dowager brought several concubines to Kunning Palace for a visit.
"I didn't expect that Jiang Qiqiu would go crazy and run out to hurt people. It's really a sin." The Queen Mother played the sympathy card right from the start.
[Humph, you old woman are quite good at acting. If the demon concubine killed me, you would be so happy.]
[That evil concubine Jiang Qiqiu, weren't you the one who released her? ]
Xia Miaoyuan sat on the couch, fiddling with his toys and complaining.
"I'm sorry to have made my mother worry." Although the Queen disliked the Queen Mother, she pretended to be indifferent for the sake of face.
Concubine Xian, Concubine Li, Concubine Rong and others also greeted Xia Miaoyuan.
The Empress Dowager seemed to suddenly remember something and said to Concubine Xian, "Fang Fei, quickly bring out the calming incense."
[Hmm? What did the Empress Dowager call Consort Xian? Fangfei?]
Xia Miaoyuan was stunned when he heard the word Fang Fei.
[The Xianfei's maiden name is Fangfei. Is her last name Niu?]
[Niu Fangfei, that's Liang Chaozong's sister! ]
In the original book, there were quite a few concubines of all sizes in the Great Xia harem. When Xia Miaoyuan was reading the book, he was always confused about the titles of those concubines, but he remembered the name Niu Fangfei particularly clearly.
So she only remembered the princess of a fallen country hiding in the harem, whose alias was Niu Fangfei, but she forgot what her title was.
Although she had been in Daxia for almost a year, she did not know her maiden name because she had very little contact with Concubine Xian.
She glanced at Concubine Xian in horror, then quickly looked away.
[It must be her.]
Even if I didn't ask her last name, it was definitely her. Among the concubines of the Great Xia Dynasty, there was only one named Fangfei: Niu Fangfei.
Xia Miaoyuan's thoughts suddenly returned to the plot in the book.
The virtuous concubine smiled respectfully and took a box from the palace maid.
She opened the box and showed the contents to the queen, saying, "This is a tranquilizing incense. The little princess just had a fright. If you can't sleep at night, lighting this will help you fall asleep."
The Empress Dowager interjected, "Fang Fei specially asked her father from her mother's family to have this concocted. It was originally intended for me to treat my insomnia. But this incident suddenly happened last night, so I decided to give this incense to Miao'er."
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