In the warm room of Kunning Palace, Princess Jingning read the letter written by Su Xiaoxiao to her over and over again. The handwriting was pleasing to the eye and the expression between the lines made her feel comfortable. The only regret was that there was nothing new about the description of the Western Jin Dynasty, which was all what she had seen in books.
But when she thought that Qin Su was going to the Western Jin Dynasty to see a patient and not to sightsee, and that he probably had neither the time nor the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery of the Western Jin Dynasty, she felt relieved.
"Jingning!"
Princess Hui'an appeared at the door in a majestic manner.
Taozhi, who failed to stop her, followed her breathlessly and looked at Princess Jingning guiltily.
Princess Jingning knew that Taozhi was not to blame. Hui'an was used to being domineering in the palace. Who could stop her except herself?
Naturally, she had done something wrong by letting her live in Kunning Palace for a while, which made the servants in Kunning Palace even more afraid to offend her.
"What are you doing here?" Princess Jingning collected the letters on the table one by one.
Princess Hui'an came up to her and took a look at the letters on the table. She felt that none of them were as many as her own, and none of them were as encouraging as her. It turned out that the little follower was still her best friend.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help showing off even more.
She slapped the thick stack of letters hidden behind her back on the table in front of Princess Jingning with a domineering look: "Here!"
Princess Jingning gave her a strange look.
Princess Hui'an put her hands behind her back and said proudly, "This is the letter my little follower wrote to me! I'm lending it to you because I'm afraid you don't understand the customs and practices of the Western Jin Dynasty! What do you think? I'm very generous, right?"
Princess Jingning said calmly, "You speak as if no one has it."
Princess Hui'an exclaimed, "Do you have as much as I do? Are each letter as long as mine?"
Princess Jingning was not as childish as her and would not play such little games of comparison with her.
Princess Hui'an was determined to compete with her. Who made Jingning always suppress her? She had wanted to suppress Jingning for a long time. Whatever she said today, she had to make Jingning jealous to the point of going crazy! She sat next to Princess Jingning, opened a letter of her own in an extremely exaggerated manner, and read it out to show off.
Her letters were written by Su Xuan, who knew more about the Western Jin Dynasty than Shen Chuan, so most of the content in the letters was about the Western Jin Dynasty. He was very thoughtful and wrote about the customs and folklore of the Western Jin Dynasty or a small folk legend in each letter, which was easy to understand and humorous.
If there is a shortcoming, it is that there is not much to express the longing, which is not as touching as writing in my own letter.
When Princess Hui'an read the fifth letter, Princess Jingning's brows gradually furrowed.
She took the letter, and when she saw the completely different handwriting on it, her expression paused.
Princess Hui'an, who had her letter taken away, was not angry at all. Instead, she smiled very freely: "What do you think? Are you jealous? She is my little follower! Of course, she wrote a lot of good things to me!"
Princess Jingning asked, "Are you sure these letters were written to you by her?"
Princess Hui'an snorted, "If it wasn't written by her, could it be you? Can't you read? Sign it Qin Su!"
Princess Jingning's face turned cold and she slammed the letter on the table!
…
But after Su Xiaoxiao left the palace, she immediately got on the carriage back.
"Oh, it's already this hour. I wonder if Grandmother and the others have finished their visit? The people from Duke Lu's mansion probably won't report to the authorities, because the officials won't dare arrest Old Lady Wei. He can only file a complaint with the Emperor. Emperor Jingxuan will definitely summon me to the palace for questioning. I must be prepared to be interrogated."
As expected, as soon as she returned to the Wei family, people from the palace arrived.
Old Madam Wei asked her sisters-in-law to stay in the house.
Eunuch Quan said with a fake smile: "Seventh Young Master's Madam, please come with us."
Su Xiaoxiao and Old Lady Wei entered the palace.
In the imperial study, almost all the members of the Lu family were present, some were injured and some were lame.
The old Duke was also present. He was about the same age as Qin Canglan and the old Marquis, but he was obviously not as good as the other two.
Behind him were Lu Zheng, whose right arm was shot through, the wife of the Duke of Lu whose makeup was all smudged by tears, and his four sons, whose faces were bruised and swollen. The fifth son was slapped in the face by Chen and has not woken up yet, lying in the mansion.
Old Lady Wei looked at the miserable state of this family, paused, and whispered to Su Xiaoxiao: "Is it too harsh?"
Su Xiaoxiao whispered, "It's okay, just keep it to yourself, it won't be a big problem."
Old Madam Wei calmed herself down, raised her foot and stepped over the threshold of the imperial study, but she stumbled before she stepped down.
Su Xiaoxiao quickly grabbed her and said, "Grandma!"
Old Lady Wei was about to cry: "Don't pull me! Just let me die! Your grandfather's body is still warm, and this group of shameless beasts are bullying an old lonely woman like me and my weak granddaughters-in-law - I won't live anymore -"
The Lu family was shocked! Could you please not be so shameless when speaking?
Who is bullying whom? The weak granddaughter-in-law? Did we get these injuries by banging our heads against the wall? !
Also, Wei Wei has been dead for five years! His body is still warm! Emperor Jingxuan has already understood the whole story. The Wei family insisted that it was the Duke of Lu who sent people to set up a trap for the Li family, but the Duke of Lu tried their best to deny it, saying that the Wei family was just making trouble.
However, no matter whether it was the Lu family setting a trap or the Wei family coming to fight, the most they would get was a scolding and fifty lashes on each side.
The Duke of Lu's Mansion understood this truth, so they did not file a complaint to the emperor today on the grounds that the Wei family was causing trouble.
"The Wei family wants to kill me!"
Lu Zheng said.
If it involves a murder, the nature of the incident will be different.
Emperor Jingxuan asked: "Do you have any evidence?"
Lu Zheng looked at Su Xiaoxiao coldly: "I saw it with my own eyes, and the people at the scene can also testify that the newly married Seventh Young Lady was not among the young ladies who caused trouble. She was the murderer who hid on the roof and almost shot me to death! If it weren't for my guards who risked their lives to protect me, I'm afraid I would have been killed by her arrow!"
Fight to the death to protect each other?
It's obvious that you caught him and used him as a shield!
Su Xiaoxiao said frankly, "I was in the palace all morning and left near noon. You were shot so early in the morning, what does it have to do with me?"
Eunuch Fu stepped forward and reported softly, "Your Majesty, the Seventh Young Master's wife did enter the palace early this morning."
Emperor Jingxuan looked at Su Xiaoxiao suspiciously and asked, "What are you doing in the palace?"
Su Xiaoxiao said seriously, "The day before yesterday, I promised to go to the palace today to deliver a letter to the two princesses. Your Majesty can summon the two princesses and ask them and you will know the answer."
Emperor Jingxuan: "You spent the whole morning with Jingning and Hui'an?"
Su Xiaoxiao: "I was invited by the Empress Dowager to see a doctor. Your Majesty can also send someone to Zhaoyang Palace to inquire."
Emperor Jingxuan sent Eunuch Fu.
When Eunuch Fu came back, he nodded to Emperor Jingxuan and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager said that the Seventh Young Lady did go to her bedroom. It was Xiao Yunzi who went to Qixiang Palace to invite her, and it was Xiao Yunzi who sent her back to Princess Hui'an."
In other words, Su Xiaoxiao was being watched the whole time and there was no possibility for her to escape.
Duke Lu gritted his teeth and said, "If it's not you, who else could it be?"
Su Xiaoxiao folded her arms and said leisurely: "You people in the Duke of Lu's Mansion are not human beings. Who knows who else you have offended? Not everyone is as upright as our Wei family!"
"You..." Duke Lu was choked and his face turned red, "That person's figure is also like you!"
Su Xiaoxiao said without any guilt: "My body shape is very common!"
She is not that chubby little fat girl anymore!
Duke Lu wanted to say something, but Emperor Jingxuan said in a deep voice, "That's enough!"
There have been a lot of bad things happening recently, and Emperor Jingxuan didn't want to worry about something as complicated as this.
It is most likely true that the Duke of Lu's Mansion secretly set a trap for someone, otherwise, with the Wei family's temperament, they would never come to cause trouble. But the Wei family was really too cruel, look how they beat the person...they are all turned into pig heads.
As for the archers in the dark, without evidence, it cannot be blamed on the Wei family.
"You have five sons and a dozen guards, but you can't beat a few women, and you have the nerve to come and complain!"
Emperor Jingxuan's words showed no mercy to the government of Lu.
It was also because Lu Zheng ran into the gun. Why was Emperor Jingxuan slapped in the face by Zhuge Qing last time? It was because he arranged a marriage for Lu Zheng's daughter.
He was furious.
Seeing that something was not right, Lu Zheng dared not say anything.
Finally, Emperor Jingxuan punished the two families by ordering them to reflect on their mistakes behind closed doors and then let them go back.
The Lu family was furious.
Within two days, today's incident will be known to everyone in the capital. Several women of the Wei family have tortured the men of the Duke of Lu's Mansion into pieces. It is obvious that the Duke of Lu's Mansion has been brought disgrace upon itself.
He originally wanted to climb up by stepping on the Wei family's assets, but instead he became the first stepping stone for the Wei family's comeback.
Chen and his friends were worried that their grandmother and seventh brother's wife would be bullied, so they came to the palace to pick them up.
At the palace gate, Lu Zheng and his sons saw Chen from afar and their hearts began to beat fast.
Chen was the most brutal one among them, beating people like they were beating chickens.
But she happened to park her carriage next to the Duke's Mansion's carriage.
Several men stepped onto the carriage tremblingly.
Chen raised his arms.
Several people stepped back in unison!
Chen: What? She is combing her hair.
Old Lady Wei and several of her granddaughters-in-law got on the carriage.
Old Madam Wei saw the awe in the guards at the gate, an expression she hadn't seen in years.
She sighed and smiled: "This is what the Wei family should be like."
The Wei family is alive again and is no longer the lifeless Wei family.
Su Xiaoxiao sat beside her and asked, "Grandma, are you very happy and proud?"
Old Lady Wei snorted with enjoyment: "I'll be even happier if you give me another little great-grandson."
Su Xiaoxiao: Isn't your span a bit too big? "Here, this is for you." Old Lady Wei took out a small purse from her wide sleeves and handed it to Su Xiaoxiao.
"What is this?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.
Old Lady Wei said, "I went to the temple and got you a fertility-granting Guanyin charm. Put it on quickly. You will have good news within a month!"
It’s not that exaggerated…
Old Lady Wei said with great relish: "I have even thought of a name for my little great-grandson. If he is a boy, I will call him Xiaobao."
Su Xiaoxiao asked: "What if it's a girl?"
Old Lady Wei said, "Also called Xiaobao."
Su Xiaoxiao: “…”
Recently, the policy was suddenly relaxed, and there were a lot of things... you know, and then Xiao Fangfang's school also started. In the morning, several classmates went home with fever, and in the evening, she also had a high fever.
I don’t know when I will be infected, and whether I can guarantee the update.
(End of this chapter)