If she were not there, she would have wanted the two of them to fight, but since she was there, even if the emperor gave them both fifty lashes tomorrow, she would have to suffer the consequences.
Thinking of this, he quickly stood up and said, "What are you doing? The Queen is watching us. How can we let her rest? Fanghua, let go."
Fanghua felt that the powder on her hands had spilled onto Princess Duan's clothes, so she let go of her hands angrily, then slapped them hard, as if she was still not satisfied, and wiped them hard with a handkerchief.
Princess Duan looked at her, her face flushed with anger. She shook her skirt, which was wrinkled by Fanghua's pulling, and said, "Princess, what are you doing? I said something that made you keep pestering me. Even if I was wrong, just apologize later. Her Majesty is still ill. Is it necessary to do this in front of her? Or is it that the princess simply cannot stand seeing her doing well? I will definitely tell the emperor about this tomorrow... Ah? What is it? Ah..."
As Princess Duan flapped her sleeves, a green silk-like thing flew out and happened to land on the Queen.
The Queen was startled by the sudden appearance of something. She initially thought that Princess Duan's belt had come loose and was pulled off by her exaggerated slapping. When she took a closer look at the object on her chest, she felt her vision go black. Before she actually fainted, she cried out "Snake!"
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The Emperor sat at the head of the main hall of Kunning Palace. He looked at the four people kneeling on the ground and slammed the table fiercely. "Tell me, are you here to take care of the sick, or to disrupt the situation?"
Fanghua looked up at the emperor and said, "Father, it's not my daughter's fault. It's all my second sister-in-law's fault. She..."
"Shut up, Fourth Wife, and speak."
Princess Jing raised her head and said, "Yesterday, my sixth brother's wife and second sister came earlier than usual. My wife and second sister-in-law were helping the queen drink medicine..."
When Prince Duan, who was standing next to the emperor, heard this, he looked at his wife kneeling there huddled in a ball and felt like strangling her to death.
Song Chengze looked at Meng Qi, kneeling at the outermost spot. Only when he received the news that morning did he finally realize what he had meant by embarrassing the empress the day before yesterday, when he sent her back to Kunning Palace. So that was how it was. Meng Qi was like a box: when you opened one, there was another inside, and each one was so exquisite, always bringing him a different surprise. And he loved this surprise today. If it weren't for the wrong occasion, he would have laughed out loud.
Prince Jing listened to his wife's calm response. Knowing that this matter had nothing to do with her, he just listened to it for fun.
Prince Cheng frowned, thinking about the appearance of his mother when he hurried over to see her last night. Because of the Queen's illness, Prince Cheng had not left the palace, sleeping in the Six Ministries courtyard at night.
When he arrived, the empress had already been awakened by the imperial physician's golden needles, and this time she was truly frightened and pale. Although the room had been changed with new utensils and specially fumigated with incense, it couldn't mask the odor of the empress's loose stools on the bed.
Although he had issued a strict order forbidding anyone to speak of it, how could such a thing happen to the mother of a nation? How could he save his face? But he knew that this could not be stopped by a mere decree. There were many people who wanted to find fault with him and his mother. Although this matter could not be called a handle, it was still embarrassing. His brothers would no doubt be very happy for everyone in the capital to know.
After listening to Princess Jing's words, the Emperor went to look at Princess Duan and asked, "Second daughter-in-law, it seems like you've been at odds with the Sixth daughter-in-law ever since she came into the family?"
Upon hearing this, Princess Duan kowtowed quickly, "No, no, Your Majesty, I have never done that. I just like to tell a few jokes on weekdays. Yesterday, I saw that the Empress was in a good mood, so I wanted to get her to say a few more words. Only then... I know I was wrong, and I won't dare speak like that again."
Prince Duan saw the Emperor's expression, which was indistinguishable from joy or anger, and quickly stepped forward and knelt. "Father, it is because I have not taught her well enough that she doesn't know how to be considerate to others. I will punish her severely when I return."
Seeing this, Song Chengze hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down. "It was Meng who was too angry and didn't know how to be patient. I am willing to take the punishment on her behalf."
The emperor waved his hand and said, "Everyone, get up. Old Fifth's wife, take them out and change them. Then you can all go back to the mansion."
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