Xia Zhengqi and his family of four got off the carriage and were stopped by the gate guard as soon as they reached the open space in front of Rong Mansion.
"stop!"
"Who are you? What brings you to our Rong Mansion?"
Eunuch Debao frowned and said, "Big..."
Debao wanted to shout "Bold", but just as he shouted out the word, he was stopped by Xia Zhengqi.
Xia Zhengqi signaled him to shut up, then took the jade pendant from his waist and handed it to the guard, saying lightly: "Show this to your Lord Rong or Lord Xiao Rong, and they will know."
The guard took the jade pendant and looked at it, somewhat puzzled, but still took it and went inside to pass on the message.
The emperor and empress, along with the crown prince and princess, stood casually in front of the Rong Mansion door waiting.
At this moment, a servant suddenly came over, leading a donkey with a doctor sitting on it.
The servant waved to the other guard at the gate: "Dalin! Let us in."
The guard named Dalin asked, "Why are you calling in the doctor again?"
The servant let go of the reins, walked up to Dalin and whispered, "It's the Second Miss. A few days ago, the master beat her so badly that she couldn't get out of bed and has a fever. Aunt Su is worried, so she sent for a doctor to see her again."
Dalin looked at the servant with a sharp gaze, as if he was enjoying prying into some gossip. "Hey, you work in the inner courtyard. Do you know why the second young lady got beaten?"
The servant looked around, cupped his hands around his mouth, and said to Dalin, "It seems that the Madam introduced a marriage to her, but she disagreed. The man is the son of the magistrate of Wuping County, and she refused to marry him because she thought he was of low birth."
"Hasn't the Madam already found several marriages for her before, but she was always picky. I guess the Madam and the Master are so angry this time that they're going to beat her up."
After listening to the gossip, Dalin nodded with satisfaction and let the doctor in.
Although the servant lowered his voice just now, he was close enough that Xia Zhengqi's family of four heard every word.
The family of four looked at each other, their eyes full of information.
[Wow! In other words, Rong Er originally came here to discuss marriage with Xu Jing'an.]
[She looked down on Xu Jingan and rejected him! ]
[Tsk tsk tsk, this Rong Er is really stupid. ]
[When Xu Jing'an proposed marriage to you, he was probably just a tribute student. You are still worthy of him.]
[Now he is the third place winner in the imperial examination, and he is available to any noble lady. It is too late for you to rush in.]
Xia Miaoyuan was complaining in his heart when several people in brocade and satin robes rushed out from the gate, followed by a group of servants.
"Your servants did not know that the Emperor and the Empress were coming, and we failed to welcome them from afar. Please forgive us!" Lord Rong and Little Lord Rong said in unison.
A crowd of people knelt on the ground and saluted.
"Get up quickly, get up quickly! I'm in disguise today!" Xia Zhengqi stepped forward and gave him a light support.
Then everyone got up.
The Rong family let the emperor, empress and their entourage in with trepidation.
They thought that the emperor and empress came without saying hello this time because they wanted to punish Rong Er for his crime.
After all, Rong Er's behavior that afternoon was very bad. If he was dealt with seriously according to the palace rules, he would probably be punished and sent to the palace.
The emperor and empress merely gave her a scolding and released her safely, which was already considered a grace.
Everyone sat down in the main hall. Rong Chuyue's grandfather, Lord Rong, was the first to speak: "This old minister has failed to manage the household properly and has failed to teach his grandson well. I truly feel ashamed of your majesty."
As he said this, he was about to kneel down and pay his respects.
"Lord Rong, please stop doing this!" Xia Zhengqi waved his hands hurriedly.
Debao stepped forward tactfully and helped Lord Rong up.
"You misunderstood. The Queen and I are not here today to call for punishment. We want to see Miss Rong." Xia Zhengqi went straight to the point.
Lord Rong looked at his daughter-in-law, and the couple looked at each other with bewildered expressions.
Apart from Rong Er and Aunt Su, only Lord Rong and his wife knew about the affair between the Crown Prince and Rong Chuyue.
That is Rong Chuyue’s parents.
They felt that there was no need to tell the old man about the matter since nothing had been decided yet, so as to avoid making him too happy for nothing.
Lord Xiaorong said, "I obey your command."
After saying that, he sent someone to invite Rong Chuyue.
At the same time, in Aunt Su's yard.
The doctor had already taken Miss Rong's pulse and was sitting in the main hall, slowly writing out a prescription.
Aunt Su stood in the main hall, waiting to pay the doctor for the consultation.
But she found that outside the courtyard gate, several servants and maids were trotting past in a hurry.
In a large mansion, servants have many rules to follow, and it is taboo for them to run around the mansion at will.
Unless something special happens, if you run around in the house and are discovered by the master, you will be punished.
"Hey? What are you in such a hurry to do?" Aunt Su walked into the yard and stopped a servant and asked.
"Mrs. Su, don't you know? The Emperor has arrived! The Emperor has come unexpectedly! Let's go to the front hall to see his face!"
After the servant finished speaking, he ran away like the wind.
"The emperor has come to Rong Mansion?" Aunt Su murmured.
At this time, the doctor wrote a prescription and handed it to Aunt Su. Aunt Su thanked him, handed the consultation fee to the doctor, and the doctor left.
"Mom! What were they talking about outside just now?" Rong Er shouted to the main hall.
The courtyard where Aunt Su lived was not big, so Rong Er, who was lying in the inner room, heard some of what the servant said at the door just now.
Aunt Su walked into the room and said doubtfully, "They said that the emperor came to Rong Mansion."
"It's strange, why is the emperor here?" Aunt Su seemed to be asking herself.
Miss Rong Er's eyes lit up: "The Emperor is here!"
"Is he obsessed with me?"
"That must be the case, that must be the case!"
"Even though he knew I did it on purpose that day and scolded me, he still saw my pitiful side and gave me the cloak."
"Yes, that's definitely the case. Because he felt pity for me and missed me day and night, he came to Rong Mansion to find me."
"Maybe he's here to take me to the palace and give me some kind of position!"
Rong Er seemed to be talking to himself, and he became more and more excited. At the end, he even sat up despite the injuries on his body.
That night, after she and her grandmother returned to Rong Mansion from the palace, her father learned of what she had done. In a rage, he took out the family rules, pinned her to the ground, and beat her severely.
She was beaten so hard that her entire back and buttocks were covered in blood and the pain was unbearable.
But now, because she was too excited, she forgot the pain and sat up.
Aunt Su looked at her daughter's almost excited state and felt a little worried.
"Xinyue, calm down!"
"Will the Emperor come to Rong Mansion to pick you up?"
Facing Aunt Su's doubts, Rong Er's eyes were firm and full of confidence.
"Mother, I'm so beautiful, how could the emperor remain indifferent? He must be coming for me."
"I need to dress up and go see the emperor quickly. I can't keep him waiting."
As Rong Er spoke, he was as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood. He immediately threw off the quilt and got out of bed, heading straight for the dressing table.
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