Chapter 654: Miss Qian plots to murder the prince
(The end of the previous chapter was changed a little bit. The prince was in trouble, not dead.)
The man looked panicked when he suddenly rushed in. The palace was already bustling with activity because of the quarrel between Tang Ning and Concubine Xian over Tang Ning's poetry writing. Many people could not hear clearly what he was shouting.
Seeing the palace maid's expression, Concubine Zhao frowned: "What happened? Why are you so flustered?"
The palace servant staggered in the hall, his face pale. "Prince, Miss Qian has hit your head. Look, it looks bad."
Tang Ning stood up quickly, and Rong Yue was also shocked.
Concubine Zhao was shocked. "What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't the prince go to see the Queen Mother? How could he be beaten by Miss Qian?"
The palace servant trembled and said, "It's true. Many people saw Miss Qian beating the Crown Prince. His Royal Highness was bleeding and unconscious, and Miss Qian was also injured. The Empress Dowager heard the news and had them brought back to Shoukang Palace. The Imperial Hospital has already arrived to treat the Crown Prince."
Tang Ning quickly walked out from the table: "Where is the person?"
"ah?"
"I'm asking you, where is Miss Qian?"
The palace maid was frightened by Tang Ning's fierce expression and said tremblingly, "He is in the side hall in front. He was tied up by the order of the Empress Dowager..."
Tang Ning immediately let go of the palace maid's arm and turned to walk out when she heard the slow voice of Concubine Xian behind her: "What's wrong with this Miss Qian? She used to act impulsively, but how could she hurt the Crown Prince? What will happen if something happens to the Crown Prince?"
Princess Huan also added fuel to the fire: "That's right, she used to be lawless and had no rules at all. Now she even dares to hurt the crown prince. If the crown prince is gone, she and the entire Qian family will probably suffer..."
"Bang!"
Tang Ning walked to the table nearby, grabbed the wine glass on the table and threw it towards Princess Huan.
Princess Huan never expected that Tang Ning would take direct action. She was caught off guard and the wine glass hit her face. She screamed in pain and blood instantly appeared on her mouth.
"If Princess Huan doesn't know how to speak human language, just shut up. Otherwise, I don't mind teaching you!"
Tang Ning looked at Concubine Xian with an expressionless face while speaking. Her eyes were filled with frost and coldness, which froze the smile on Concubine Xian's lips. When she was about to say something, Tang Ning turned to Rong Yue with indifference and said, "Aunt, let's go."
Rong Yue also gave Concubine Xian a cold look, then quickly left with Tang Ning.
After they left, the hall was still extremely quiet.
It took the virtuous concubine a while to recover, and then she was extremely angry. She was actually scared by that yellow-haired girl Song Tangning.
Princess Huan also woke up in shock, covering her bloody mouth and shouting incoherently: "Song Tangning, how dare you, a bitch, hit me..."
She cursed and cried, and her face was cut and stained with blood.
The virtuous concubine also stood up suddenly: "How outrageous! Princess Xiangning is too unruly. This is the imperial palace, not her Jiyun Alley. She actually dared to attack and injure Princess Huan in Shoukang Palace. Come, arrest her!"
Someone outside wanted to step forward, but Concubine Zhao said coldly, "Stop!"
"Yu Chuyin, do you want to go against me?!" Concubine Xian turned her head suddenly.
Concubine Zhao Gui was not in the least bit afraid of her harsh words: "I simply do not want Concubine Xian to overstep her bounds. It is not Concubine Xian's turn to make decisions in Shoukang Palace. Besides, the Crown Prince is injured and his life is unknown. The biggest problem is that the Eastern Palace is shaken. Everything else is just a small matter."
"You!" Concubine Xian glared at him.
Concubine Zhao ignored her and stood up. She lifted the sleeves of her gorgeous dress, and the hem of her dress fell to the ground in an arc.
"I have no time to argue with the virtuous concubine. The Crown Prince doesn't know what the situation is. Ladies, please follow me to take a look."
The other people in the hall were already filled with shock, and upon hearing this, they all stood up.
After Concubine Zhao stood out from the crowd, the others quickly followed. Even Princess Huan, with blood all over her mouth, was furious at Tang Ning for attacking her, but knowing that the prince might die, she did not dare to delay and followed to find out the news.
Concubine Wei Yu was so angry that she wanted to curse, and just as she was about to follow, she was suddenly pulled back by Madam Cui.
The virtuous concubine stumbled and turned her head: "What are you doing?"
Madam Cui's face was filled with anger: "I am the one who wanted to ask what the virtuous concubine wanted to do?!"
The virtuous concubine's expression changed: "What are you talking about? I don't understand."
Mrs. Cui became even more angry when she saw her like this. The other palace maids in the hall had already left because of the prince's injury.
She lowered her voice and gritted her teeth, "Do you not understand, or are you pretending to be dumb? Your Majesty, do you think everyone is stupid? Why did you target Princess Xiangning just now, and why did you insist on making her leave the table to write poetry?"
The girl from the Qian family has been inseparable from Princess Xiangning since she entered the palace. They live in the same room, go in and out together, and are together almost all the time.
Mrs. Cui vaguely guessed that there was something strange about them entering the palace to attend to the sick. Coupled with the two's behavior, she also understood that they were probably worried that someone in the palace would do something and that was why they were so clingy. During this period of time, she hardly bothered Tang Ning and the others because she was afraid that someone would use her to cause trouble.
But Concubine Xian was so good. She deliberately asked Princess Xiangning to leave the table and provoked Rong Yue into a trap. In such a short period of time, Qian Qiyue, who was "left alone", got into trouble. She would never believe that Concubine Xian had no hand in this!
This happened by chance.
Madam Cui gritted her teeth and asked, "Why did you help others frame the Qian family?"
The virtuous concubine's expression changed: "Don't talk nonsense, I don't know anything."
"Whatever you say!"
Madam Cui glared at Concubine Xian, her respect diminishing. "Just hope that what happened today has nothing to do with you and that Miss Qian is safe and sound. Otherwise..."
She looked at Concubine Xian coldly, and every word she said was like a sharp knife scraping at her bones:
"Just wait for the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet to happen again."
Regardless of the fact that Concubine Xian turned pale because of her words, Madam Cui turned around and walked away quickly, cursing "idiot" under her breath.
She had finally managed to please Xiao Yan, and had to give up a huge amount of mineral resources and countless benefits in exchange for the Cui family's affairs to be settled. She also had some goodwill with Tang Ning, but now everything was ruined by the stupid Concubine Xian!
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When Tang Ning left the palace, she saw Yue Jian and Shi Lan mingling with the palace maids of Shoukang Palace. As she quickly approached, Yue Jian whispered, "I'm sorry, young lady. It was my fault. The person I sent to protect Miss Qian was injured. I should have followed Miss Qian myself..."
She didn't expect that the Queen Mother's Hongmen Banquet was not aimed at the girl, but at Miss Qian.
Tang Ning interrupted her directly: "Let's talk about this later. How is Sister Qian?"
"He's injured, and the Imperial Guards are watching him. I can't get close to him."
"Where's the prince?"
"I haven't had the chance to check it myself, but from a distance I'm afraid the situation is not good."
Tang Ning felt even gloomier when he heard this. Without saying much to Yue Jian, he hurried outside. Then he saw that the place was full of palace guards, and Yu Yanfeng and Liu Tongen were standing in the crowd.
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