"Yan'er!" Zheng Fangyu gasped and rushed over to shield Xiao Ruyan in her arms. "Your Highness, I don't know how Yan'er has offended you..."
"Tsk, are you deaf?" Ning Nanxiao picked at his ear, interrupting Zheng Fangyu impatiently, "Don't use your methods on me, the way you do in the inner quarters."
Zheng Fangyu's face turned pale.
“Xiao Ruyan has committed insubordination and slandered the county princess. She deserves to be punished.” Ning Nanxiao stared at Zheng Fangyu and said, word by word, “You should discipline your daughter properly.”
With that, Ning Nanxiao prepared to leave.
“For a man to lay a hand on a girl is so rude. He should be properly disciplined!” Zheng Fangyu said calmly, glancing at Ning Nanxiao. “Everyone says the young master is genuine, but in my opinion, it’s nothing more than a lack of manners!”
"Who are you calling ill-mannered?" Chen Lingfeng retorted angrily. "Does your daughter have good manners? Does having good manners give you the right to deliberately smear Tuantuan? Does having good manners give you the right to talk nonsense?"
Chen Xingfeng's face also darkened: "Why can't men attack women? Does Madam Xiao mean that even on the battlefield, men have to give way to women? If that's the case, does it mean that as long as the enemy sends women to the battlefield, our soldiers have to surrender?"
Chen Lingfeng chuckled: "Exactly! So many prisoners are women, are we going to release them all?"
Zheng Fangyu frowned slightly: "How can this be generalized?"
"Why not?" Chen Xingfeng quickly retorted. "To us, Xiao Ruyan is an enemy on the battlefield, someone who speaks arrogantly and is narrow-minded! What's wrong with Nan Xiao hitting her?"
"In my opinion, our hands are for protecting our relatives and friends and fighting the enemy. He fought well!"
"Very well!" Bai Ze, dressed in white, walked gracefully forward with a faint smile on his face. "Xingfeng is right. Our hands are for protecting our loved ones and fighting our enemies. If Madam Xiao has any objections..."
Bai Ze smiled and said, "Then you'll have to bear with it!"
Chen Lingfeng chuckled and whispered to Chen Xingfeng, "Fourth Uncle is really good at infuriating people!"
"My son is great!" Ning Chengzhu also walked over, and seeing Ning Nanxiao's dark face, he quickly said, "Nanxiao is excellent. I'll have your mother give you an extra chicken leg tonight!"
He turned his head and roared, "Xiao Guangyuan!"
Xiao Guangyuan, who was exchanging pleasantries with everyone, heard a roar and quickly apologized to the official opposite him, then walked over and asked, "My lord, what's going on?"
Xiao Guangyuan snorted angrily and slapped Xiao Guangyuan's arm: "Take better care of your woman and child. If there is a next time, don't blame me for being impolite!"
Xiao Guangyuan quickly looked at Zheng Fangyu and Xiao Ruyan, his brows furrowed: "What exactly is going on?"
"Uncle," Chen Xingfeng bowed slowly and cupped his hands, saying, "Tuantuan has suffered a lot. His Majesty took pity on Tuantuan and that's why he made her a county princess. But Xiao Ruyan is smearing Tuantuan outside. It is said that sisters should help each other. We don't ask her to help Tuantuan, but we also don't want her to target Tuantuan."
"If Tuantuan's reputation is ruined, it will also implicate the royal family. When the emperor blames her, the Xiao family will be the first to be punished. For the sake of the Xiao family, please ask Uncle to teach Xiao Ruyan more."
Chen Lingfeng coughed twice and said in a serious tone, "As the ancients said, harmony in the family brings prosperity in all things. Now, after hearing Xiao Ruyan's words, everyone knows that there is discord in the Xiao family's inner quarters. If this were to reach the Emperor's ears, my uncle's career would be in serious trouble."
Zheng Fangyu's face turned pale. Just as she was about to defend herself, she heard Xiao Guangyuan say, "Hurry up and apologize, Yan'er!"
Xiao Ruyan bit her lip tightly: "I'm telling the truth!"
"Shut up! Apologize!" Xiao Guangyuan's face showed anger.
Zheng Fangyu quickly whispered, "Yan'er, apologize quickly and don't make your father angry. We'll talk about everything when we get back."
Xiao Ruyan clenched her fists tightly. Thinking of what Zheng Fangyu had said to her these past few days, she could only apologize to Ning Nanxiao and the other two with a sense of grievance.
Ning Nanxiao scoffed, "You should apologize to Tuantuan."
"No!" Xiao Ruyan screamed, "I..."
"The Emperor has arrived! The Empress Dowager has arrived! Her Majesty the Empress has arrived!"
As soon as the eunuch's voice rang out, everyone knelt down.
Xiao Ruyan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Meanwhile, Bai Tuantuan walked forward while tossing copper coins, looking at the desolate palace with a puzzled expression in her eyes: "Why are they in the Cold Palace?"
"Help! Waaaaah... Help us..."
The weak voice was caught by Bai Tuantuan, who had entered the Cold Palace.
Bai Tuantuan followed the sound and walked over. When she saw the scene in front of her, her body froze!
In a dry well, a girl dressed in a pale yellow dress was stuck tightly.
"Save us..." Yang Bingbing's eyes lit up with hope as she saw Bai Tuantuan. "Please, save us..."
Bai Tuantuan quickly walked over and grabbed Yang Bingbing, trying to pull her up, but she was stuck too tightly and couldn't move at all!
"Sister... Sister..." Yang Bingbing's tears fell as she tried to lean to the side.
A serious expression appeared on Bai Tuantuan's face: "Sister Ruotang, come here!"
Ruotang was completely stunned. Upon hearing Bai Tuantuan's words, she quickly came over and said, "Princess, don't be afraid, I'll carry you up!"
Yang Bingbing's face turned deathly pale, and her breathing became increasingly rapid: "I'm stuck, I can't get up, my sister is down there... what should I do..."
Bai Tuantuan's heart skipped a beat. She couldn't breathe at all; Yang Shuishui was probably...
Ruotang tried to lift Yang Bingbing up, but afraid of hurting her, she didn't dare to use any force.
After spinning around, Bai Tuantuan slapped the mouth of the stone well with her palm!
Just as Ruotang was about to say it was no use, she saw a crack appear at the mouth of the stone well!
"Quick! Princess!" Ruotang was overjoyed and immediately hugged Yang Bingbing, pulling her up!
"Princess, how are you?" Ruotang looked at Yang Bingbing, who was already stiff, with a look of anxiety on her face.
"Sister..." Yang Bingbing's tears fell, "My sister..."
"Miss!" Ruotang panicked when she saw Bai Tuantuan jump down into the well. She quickly reached the well and, seeing the light from the tinderbox inside, breathed a sigh of relief. "Miss, how is she?"
Bai Tuantuan glanced around, patted Yang Shuishui's cheek, and took out silver needles to insert into her acupoints.
"Sister Ruotang, I left a rope up there. You can pull the princess up."
As he spoke, he tied the rope around Yang Shuishui's body, supporting her as he watched it slowly move upwards.
Bai Tuantuan then used her light-footed skills to go directly up there.
"Sister!" Yang Bingbing, who could still move, hugged Yang Shuishui, crying so hard she could barely breathe. "We were abandoned here, we couldn't breathe, and it was my sister who made me step on her shoulders to move the cover away, but the opening at the top of the well was too narrow, and I got stuck..."
Yang Bingbing wiped away her tears: "Later, my sister fainted, and I was stuck in the middle... Is my sister still alive?"
Yang Bingbing watched as Bai Tuantuan skillfully administered injections and medicine, and a sense of anticipation welled up in her heart.
"Don't worry, I'm here, you won't die," Bai Tuantuan comforted her, then handed Ruotang the pills to feed Yang Bingbing.
After obediently swallowing the pill, Yang Bingbing felt much warmer all over, and her body was no longer in pain as before.
Soon, Yang Shuishui also woke up. She was startled when she saw Bai Tuantuan, and when she heard Yang Bingbing's voice, the two sisters hugged each other.
From their fragmented account, Bai Tuantuan realized that it was all the work of the Imperial Concubine! It was all to avenge her previous embarrassment in the Imperial Garden!
fine……
This is going to kill the two sisters!
After whispering a few words to the two sisters, Bai Tuantuan left with Ruotang.
Tong Runing, you're finished!
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