Chapter 381 Asking the Queen for Help
Ever since the warriors from the Southern Kingdom were severely beaten by Su Ying at the banquet, this group of people seemed to have died in the palace, with no movement at all.
If Princess Pingling hadn't suddenly asked to see her today, Su Ying would really have forgotten about these people.
Su Ying was not in a hurry to see anyone. Instead, she asked the palace maid to bring Princess Pingling in after breakfast.
Princess Pingling's outfit looked very simple and elegant, with only a lotus pendant on her head and jade hibiscus petals on her ears, which made her plump, fair face look as holy and beautiful as a lotus.
Princess Pingling walked into the hall, knelt down gently like a flower and bowed deeply to Su Ying. Even the meticulously done hair on her head showed reverence.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen."
Su Ying's eyes fell on her, "Princess, there's no need to be so polite. Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Princess Pingling did not get up. Instead, she straightened up and looked at Su Ying with a pleading look.
"Pingling came here today to ask for something. I hope Your Majesty will grant me your favor."
Su Ying supported her chin with her hand, her eyes slightly drooped, and she exuded a lazy aura. When she heard her say that, her eyebrows did not move at all, "Oh? Tell me what's the matter."
Princess Pingling looked at the maids serving on both sides and said, "I beg the Queen to dismiss the maids."
Su Ying raised her fingertips slightly, signaling everyone in the inner hall to retreat.
Soon, Su Ying and Princess Pingling were the only ones left in the palace.
Princess Pingling kowtowed to Su Ying, her eyes red as she choked with sobs, "Please Queen, help Pingling. My brother and father want me to marry the emperor from the Kingdom of Chu, but I can see that the Queen and the emperor have a very good relationship. I don't want to be the one who destroys the relationship between the Queen and the emperor. Please, Queen, send me out of the city."
Su Ying raised her eyelids, "You want to leave the capital, but what will happen next? You are unfamiliar with this place, where can you go?"
Princess Pingling lowered her eyes with a shy look on her face, "Yes, there are people, someone is waiting for me outside the city. We will leave Chu State and will definitely not cause any trouble to the Queen."
Su Ying slowly sat up straight, "You mean to ask me to help you escape from Chu?"
Princess Pingling nodded, "Yes, please grant my blessing, Queen."
"Why should I help you?"
Princess Pingling said, "I have a map of the troops deployed on the southern border. If the queen is willing to help me, I will present the map to you with both hands."
Hearing this, Su Ying slowly sat up straight, her eyes sharp, "Do you know what you are talking about?"
Princess Pingling pursed her lips and said, "They don't care about my life or death, why should I care about them? As long as the Queen is willing to help me, I will definitely not let her down!"
"unnecessary."
Princess Pingling was stunned. "What did the Queen say?"
"Didn't you, the Southern Country, lose?"
Princess Pingling choked, "This, this may, perhaps, be useful in the future..."
"That's enough. Please leave. I will pretend that I don't know what happened today."
She wanted to say something else, but was stopped by Su Ying's cold eyes.
Princess Pingling could only leave unwillingly.
After entering the palace, Mother Zhao asked Princess Pingling about her purpose. She was surprised to learn that she wanted Su Ying to send her out of the city.
"Is she going to elope with someone? Your Majesty, you can't do that." Regardless of success or failure, this matter would not bring any benefits to Su Ying, so there was no need for her to get involved.
Su Ying tapped the coffee table with her fingertips, "Yeah."
When Xiao Jue forced the emperor to abdicate, the capital was in such chaos that no one cared about the situation in the temporary palace. Prince Yu would definitely keep an eye on the movements of the palace. If Princess Pingling really wanted to run away, it would be a matter of minutes. But she didn't run away. Instead, she ran away at this time and asked her to fulfill her wish.
I really think she is a fool.
"Then what the lady means is..."
"Wait and see what they are really going to do. If they really have some conspiracy, they won't give up if it fails the first time. Let's wait a little longer."
"Your Highness is right."
At night, after Xiao Jin arrived at Fengluan Palace, Su Ying told him about Princess Pingling's visit during the day.
After hearing this, Xiao Jin frowned and said, "I won't let her marry into the harem."
Su Ying glanced at Xiao Jin and felt that there was something wrong with his focus. "Shouldn't you be curious about why she did this? Why did she choose me?"
Xiao Jin concentrated on thinking for a moment before seriously replying, "Maybe they think you are kind?"
Su Ying smiled with a fake smile, "Xiao Jin, this joke is really cold."
"Where is it cold? I'll warm you up."
Su Ying slapped away his outstretched hand, not understanding why every time he saw her, he looked like a wolf seeing meat.
Xiao Jin grabbed her hand and put it to his nose and sniffed it, "Did you eat beef jerky tonight?"
"right."
"I'm hungry, let me try it too." Xiao Jin tightened his arms and pulled her into his arms, accurately capturing the mouth that had eaten beef jerky.
Just as the two were about to have a deeper conversation, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door.
"Your Majesty, something happened in the palace."
In the inner hall, the two people who were getting into the groove had no intention of stopping.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
"Bang!"
The door of the inner hall was suddenly opened. The eunuch looked up and saw Xiao Jin's face, which was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He was so scared that he wished he could die on the spot!
"What's up."
"Your Majesty, the imperial guards guarding the palace just reported that Princess Pingling of the Southern Kingdom has disappeared. It is suspected that she has been kidnapped. The imperial guards have now sent more people to search for her."
The expression on Xiao Jin's face became darker and darker. "Then keep looking. Search the palace thoroughly."
"yes."
Xiao Jin turned around and went back to the inner hall. Before he reached the bed, the footsteps outside the door were heard again.
"Your Majesty, Prince Yu of the Southern Kingdom requests an audience."
The veins on Xiao Jin's forehead jumped, "He better have something big to tell me!"
Xiao Jin said towards the bed, "Wait for me to come back."
After saying this, he turned around and left reluctantly.
In bed, Su Ying rubbed her eyebrows in annoyance. After all this tossing and turning, she lost all desire to sleep, so she simply got up to have a midnight snack.
Bai Shuang hurried to the imperial kitchen and asked He Shouyi to prepare some food for Su Ying.
After eating and drinking, Xiao Jin did not come back. No one knew what King Yu was talking about for so long. Su Ying yawned and simply lay down on the bed.
When she opened her eyes again, it was already light outside. There were traces of pressure on the bed. She remembered that Xiao Jin had come back last night.
Su Ying has the habit of doing morning exercises. The first thing she does after getting up is to go out for morning exercises.
Su Ying left Fengluan Palace, intending to use the morning exercise time to get to know every nook and cranny of the palace.
She ran slowly along the bluestone road. The eunuchs and palace maids along the way only felt that someone was running towards them, but before they could see the figure clearly, the figure disappeared again.
Su Ying ran to the rockery in the back garden and did some simple stretching. In front of it was an artificial lake. Because there were few people in the harem now, usually no one would come here early in the morning.
Just as Su Ying was about to leave, she heard a slight noise coming from the rockery behind her.
(End of this chapter)
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