Qingqing accompanied Zongzheng Xiaoting and walked slowly into the inner room with a very depressed expression on her face.

After taking off her complicated palace dress, Zong Zheng Xiaoting let her beautiful hair fall softly behind her. When he raised his eyes, he saw Qingqing with a depressed look on her face.

"What? Who bullied our Qingqing?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting raised his eyebrows.

Seeing her master's relaxed look, Qingqing couldn't help but feel her eyes turn red. She sniffed and choked up as she spoke, "Princess, do you not believe in Qingqing anymore?"

"Ah?" Hearing this, Zong Zheng Xiaoting widened his eyes in confusion, and then looking at Qingqing's resentful expression, he suddenly realized.

It seems that the fact that I had concealed the Crown Princess had caused the little girl to have wild thoughts. Sighing helplessly, Zong Zheng Xiaoting said with a smile, "There are some things that I don't tell you because the more you know, the worse it is for you. If I can't even trust you, who else can I trust?"

"But Qingqing is not afraid of being implicated, Princess. Isn't it good to have Qingqing accompany you to bear the burden? In this way, Qingqing at least gives the princess an extra pair of eyes." Qingqing's voice was still choked with sobs, but she was getting more and more sad at this moment. "Princess, don't always think about the opportunity to abandon Qingqing. Qingqing knows that the princess will leave after finding the jade, but Qingqing just wants to cherish every moment with the princess. In this world, except for the princess, no one else really treats Qingqing equally with her heart. When she is with the princess, Qingqing feels that she has joys and sorrows, and is not a slave who accepts everything."

Seeing Qingqing getting more and more sad, Zongzheng Xiaoting couldn't help but sigh, "Alas, why are you so stubborn?"

After handing the handkerchief to Qingqing, Zongzheng Xiaoting took Qingqing's hand and said, "I just didn't want to delay you, but I never thought that you had such thoughts. Don't cry, I understand everything."

Taking the handkerchief, Qingqing looked at her master with tears in her eyes, "Princess, do you mean that you will not try to make Qingqing leave again?"

The appearance of the person in front of him made Zong Zheng Xiaoting chuckle, "People who don't know this would think that I am a heartless man. Well, wipe your tears, I will tell you."

Zong Zheng Xiaoting's words made Qingqing burst into laughter. The master and servant did not have too many formalities. Zong Zheng Xiaoting leaned on the bed while Qingqing sat beside him. Listening to her master's words, her eyes widened.

"Princess, do you suspect that the prince has deceived you?"

"I just feel that there are some things that we cannot lose the initiative over." Zong Zheng Xiaoting smiled and shook his head, his fingers tangling with hair, a hint of sadness between his brows.

"But Princess, what if the emperor doesn't know?" Qingqing couldn't help but sweat.

"So, I have to test you when Grandfather is staying in Yunguang Country. If he really doesn't know, Grandfather will definitely do everything he can to protect me as a chess piece. Besides, I teased the Queen Mother, but she had to swallow her anger. If you really want to investigate, it's just a matter of willingness. I didn't lie." Zongzheng Xiaoting shrugged nonchalantly, "Well, we'll deal with it as it comes. Tomorrow there will be a good show, so it would be bad if we don't cheer up."

"Yes!" Qingqing nodded, carefully checked the inner room for Zongzheng Xiaoting, then closed the door and walked out.

This night was long, yet peaceful and calm.

The next day, in Feiyun Palace, Gong Yunfei had vomited all over the floor, and the mess was all food sent by Zongzheng Xiaoting. Out of curiosity, she carefully examined the food, but she never thought that it was all such food. Gong Yunfei, whose face was pale with vomiting, angrily ordered the maid, "Caiyu, prepare a sedan chair for me to go to Feiluo Palace!"

"Yes!" Looking at her master's expression, Caiyu didn't dare to say much and quickly retreated.

In the Tianxue Palace, however, there was a joyful atmosphere. After finishing his breakfast, Zong Zheng Xiaoting took Ningshuang and ran to the small garden of the Tianxue Palace. They swung on the swings, looking very contented as they waited for the rain to come.

As expected, after Gong Yunluo and the Empress Dowager vomited a lot, the three dignitaries in the harem, whose faces were as dark as paper, became furious. And in the Tianfeng Palace, Concubine Hua also handled it in a timely manner. After receiving the news from the Empress Dowager's palace, she cried to the Emperor with tears in her eyes, pointed at the food box sent by Zongzheng Xiaoting with a horrified face, and trembled in the Emperor's arms.

When the Queen Mother arrived at the Tianxue Palace, Zong Zheng Xiaoting was swinging on the swing very high with a happy look on his face. His loud laughter was pleasing to the ears, but it hurt the Queen Mother's eardrums. Looking at the excited Zong Zheng Xiaoting, the Queen Mother became more and more angry.

"Capture her for me!" The Queen Mother no longer cared about the diplomatic relations between the two countries. She was furious and under the instigation of Gong Yunluo and Gong Yunfei, she felt that this princess who was married to a foreign country was too presumptuous. She only needed to find an opportunity to deal with her cleanly. It would not be difficult to find a good reason to evade Luo Zhaguo and Situ Xunxiao. After all, people leave and tea cools down. No matter what, even if Luo Zhaguo and Situ Xunxiao were suspicious, they would not go to war for a dead person. Anger replaced reason. The Queen Mother was ready to kill first and report later.

At the Queen Mother's order, the imperial guards had already captured Ningshuang and others, along with Zongzheng Xiaoting. Qingqing, who had been arranged by Zongzheng Xiaoting to hide in the side hall of Tianxue Palace, seized the opportunity and hurried to Tianfeng Palace. Zhou Miao also followed Qingqing's instructions and went to the front court meeting room to ask for an audience with Situ Xunxiao.

Before the morning court session every day, all the ministers rested and waited in the meeting hall. At this moment, all the time was under the control of Zong Zheng Xiao Ting. As for the empress dowager's arrogance at this moment, Zong Zheng Xiao Ting just frowned and glanced at the guards indifferently, "My body is worth a thousand gold coins, how can a little guard like you touch it?"

"If I say it's okay, then it's okay. You're just a little princess who was married to a foreign country. Do you really think you're something?" The empress dowager had lost her motherly demeanor at this moment. Looking at Zong Zheng Xiaoting, she looked like a ferocious yaksha.

"The Queen Mother has long disliked me. What? Are you planning to use private punishment today? Do you want me to meet Prince Yan without anyone noticing?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting sneered disdainfully. "It seems that you think I am no longer useful, right? You are determined to entertain the Queen Mother and the two princesses."

Zong Zheng Xiaoting's words reminded the three of last night's scene again, and they couldn't help but gasp a few times. Gong Yunluo was arrogant and domineering to begin with, and at this moment, she vented all her resentment and slapped Zong Zheng Xiaoting in the face. The anger that had accumulated for too long made her slaps soft, but the force of the slap on Zong Zheng Xiaoting's face should not be underestimated.

The huge force left a red slap mark on the fair face.