Chapter 382: The Girl Three Years Older Than the Man
Su Ying's expression paused, and she turned to look in the direction of the rockery.
After a slight noise, there was no more unusual sound inside.
She picked up a stone from the ground and slowly approached the rockery.
There are many gaps among the rockery, where people can hide.
Su Ying picked up the stone and threw it towards the gap.
"ah!"
A cry of surprise suddenly came from inside the rockery, and a figure jumped out from the rockery in panic.
Su Ying took a look and found that it was Princess Pingling.
When their eyes met, Princess Pingling was also stunned. When she came back to her senses, there was a look of fear in her eyes.
"Empress...I, I am just passing by here..."
Su Ying curled her lips, "The imperial guards were looking for you last night, they were going crazy. Can you tell me that you passed by the inner courtyard of the palace so early in the morning?"
Princess Pingling pursed her lips tightly and looked at Su Ying with red eyes, "Please, Queen, please let me go. I'm used to the struggle for power in the harem. I, I really don't want to come to Chu Kingdom just after escaping the cage of the Southern Palace. Please, Queen, let me go."
"Okay, I'll let you go."
Princess Pingling was stunned. She looked up at her in disbelief, "Empress, what did the Queen say?"
"I said, let you go."
Princess Pingling was delighted when she heard this. "Thank you, Queen. Thank you, Queen."
Su Ying took out a jade token from her body and threw it to her, "Take my jade token and walk along the road behind the rockery towards the imperial kitchen. There is a side door there. As long as you have the jade token, you can come in and out freely."
Princess Pingling thanked Su Ying profusely again.
"Let's go quickly while it's still early and there's not many people in the harem."
"Yes, yes."
Princess Pingling tightly grasped the jade token in her hand, turned around and went in the direction Su Ying said.
Su Ying looked at her leaving back, shook her head, and then turned back to Fengluan Palace.
When Bai Shuang saw Su Ying coming back, she immediately asked Lin Zhuyu to get some hot water for Su Ying to wipe herself. She also helped her change into a clean dress before bringing her breakfast.
"Where are Ji'er and the others?"
"Your Majesty, the eldest prince and the little princess have already gone to class."
Chu Yun stayed in Tiankui City. After returning to Beijing, the two treasures' lessons were taught by Xiao Jin himself. However, he had too many things to do recently, so he found a new teacher for them. Once they caught up with the courses, they would go to school.
The two little ones went to class so early, so it was a bit boring for her to eat breakfast alone.
It was boring, but there was not a single drop of food left on the table.
Just as the chopsticks fell, Lin Zhuyu walked in with a bad look on her face, and said with a bit of hatred in her eyes: "Queen, Princess Pingling has been found."
Su Ying gave her a strange look, "I found it, so why are you so nervous?"
Lin Zhuyu stamped her feet in anger and said, "I heard from those people that the emperor met the man and has now taken him to the main hall."
Su Ying still didn't quite understand why Lin Zhuyu was so unhappy.
"knew."
Seeing Su Ying's calm reaction, Lin Zhuyu almost jumped up, "My queen, she is clearly trying to seduce the emperor!" What a bastard! If he dares to let the queen down, she will definitely put rat poison in his food!
"Then what?"
Lin Zhuyu went forward and took out a dress for Su Ying to change into. "The person was found in the harem. The harem is the sphere of influence of the queen. It is not excessive for the queen to go over and watch."
Su Ying thought about it and agreed. She had nothing to do for a while anyway, so it might hurt to go and take a look.
When Su Ying arrived, she saw Princess Pingling kneeling on the ground in a weak manner. Prince Yu said angrily, "Your Majesty, she has been hiding in your harem for a night. Her reputation has been ruined. Originally, the Southern Kingdom was planning to let the princess marry a foreign prince. Why don't you pick an auspicious day to bring her into the palace?"
Princess Pingling raised her head and shook her head in resistance, "Brother, please, I really don't want to marry..."
Prince Yu angrily slapped Princess Pingling on the face, "How dare you! Marriage is such an important matter, how can you decide for yourself?"
When Su Ying walked in, King Yu's slap landed with a "pop" sound that was particularly crisp and loud.
Xiao Jin saw Su Ying walking in, "Why are you here?"
Su Ying glanced at Princess Pingling, walked to the chair and sat down, "I'm here to plead for Princess Pingling."
When these words were spoken, everyone present was surprised.
Xiao Jin was puzzled, "What favor are you asking for?"
Su Ying pointed at Princess Pingling and said, "Your Majesty, please let her go. She is so pitiful."
Prince Yu's expression immediately changed. "What does the Queen mean by this? Why is the princess so pitiful?"
Su Ying ignored him and looked at Xiao Jin and asked, "What does the emperor think?"
"You are really pitiful, so let you go. I will not let you enter the palace."
Prince Yu never expected that Xiao Jin would agree so easily. Even Princess Pingling was stunned. Her expression of not knowing whether to back down was really funny.
"Your Majesty, you must not do this. The purpose of the marriage is to make the relationship between Chu and the Southern Kingdom more friendly. How can it be destroyed by her foolish selfishness? Please think twice." After saying this, Prince Yu glared at Princess Pingling again.
"You idiot, why don't you quickly explain to the emperor and the queen? Are you so selfish that you only think about yourself and don't care about the people of the Southern Kingdom?"
Princess Pingling lowered her head, as if she couldn't raise it because of Prince Yu's scolding.
"The South Country is your hometown where you were born and raised, and the Emperor of Chu is young and promising. What else do you have to be dissatisfied with?"
After being scolded, Princess Pingling looked so ashamed and angry that she looked like she was about to cry and looked at Xiao Jin. Her eyes were so wet that they could drip tears. "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am willing to marry you and enter the palace to serve you. Please grant my wish."
When Prince Yu heard her say this, his expression eased slightly.
Prince Yu looked up and saw Su Ying and Xiao Jin each holding half a melon in their hands, looking at them as if they were watching a show.
An invisible sense of humiliation instantly rushed to his head. He suppressed his displeasure and then gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty and the Queen, please forgive her nonsense. Our Southern Kingdom has already prepared a dowry for the princess. We will definitely let her enter the palace in a grand manner to preserve the friendship between our two countries."
Su Ying took a bite of the melon. The "crunch" sound of her chewing showed how crispy the melon was.
Xiao Jin handed the melon rind to Zhang Shuming and said lazily, "The melon I ate just now was said to be forced. It's not sweet. I don't want it."
Prince Yu was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe. "Your Majesty, sweet or not, it's a good thing to eat!"
Xiao Jin's dark eyes darkened and he frowned slightly, "How old is she this year?"
"fifteen."
"Well, let's grant her marriage to the third prince. It's good for a woman to be three years older than her husband."
(End of this chapter)
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