Chapter 158 Spider
"Mother, can't Ziwei and the others go with me?"
The next day, the Sixth Princess, who had rested overnight in the Imperial Concubine's Jingren Palace, asked before heading to Anguo Temple.
The imperial concubine shook her head. "Your father said you can only take four people with you. You're going there to chant sutras and pray for blessings, not to enjoy yourself. You have to act nicely."
The Sixth Princess sighed, "Okay."
It seems that I will have to suffer for a while.
However, the living quarters in Anguo Temple were even more shabby than she had imagined, not even as good as where her second-class maids lived.
"You two go back to the princess's residence and move all the things from my bedroom here."
She ordered the eunuch Ping and the head palace maid Liuli.
Eunuch Ping and Liuli nodded in agreement.
When the two returned to the princess's mansion, they ordered the servants to pack up the items in the bedroom, put them on the carriage, and transport them to Anguo Temple.
Then send it to the dormitory and arrange it as it was.
Leaning on the familiar beauty couch, smelling the familiar incense, and flipping through the familiar picture book, the Sixth Princess's nerves, which had been tense for a day and a night, finally relaxed.
Wu Yaoming should be buried now.
She thought to herself.
It was such a good deal for him. Not only did he get the title of marquis for free, but he was also buried with the ceremony of a prince.
His mother actually dared to spit in her face. When she returned from Anguo Temple, she would definitely teach her a lesson.
Unconsciously, she closed her eyes.
Eunuch Ping and his companions tiptoed out of the room for fear of disturbing her rest.
A spider the size of a copper coin, shiny black with red serrated markings on its abdomen, crawled out of the golden silk sac, crawled onto her finger, opened its mouth and took a bite.
"ah!--"
She woke up instantly in pain.
When he raised his hand, he saw a black spider biting his finger. He was so scared that he shook his hand away.
Eunuch Ping and his men rushed in: "Princess, what's wrong with you?"
The Sixth Princess pointed at the black spider that she had thrown to the ground and was now rapidly crawling up the wall and shouted angrily, "How did you clean up?! Can't you see such a huge spider?"
When Eunuch Ping and the others saw this, their faces turned pale.
"The servants have cleaned every corner, so there weren't any spiders there just now..."
The Sixth Princess grabbed her finger and said, "Quickly call the imperial physician! Hiss! It hurts so much! This spider must be poisonous."
"I'll go right away!"
Eunuch Ping ran away immediately.
Liuli and the other two quickly found dusters and brooms and beat the black spider.
The Sixth Princess initially only felt pain in the bitten finger, but soon her abdomen began to cramp and she sweated profusely.
When the imperial physician arrived, she was already completely exhausted and could not see clearly.
"This spider is very poisonous!"
The imperial physician exclaimed and immediately gave her acupuncture and bloodletting.
But it didn't help.
The Sixth Princess had to be sent back to the Imperial Hospital urgently to seek joint treatment from the other imperial doctors.
The imperial doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau worked all night but were unable to save the Sixth Princess' life.
Upon hearing the news, the imperial concubine fainted.
When the news spread, the people in the capital were amazed.
"The Sixth Princess and the Marquis of Wu'an were truly deeply in love. As soon as one passed away, the other followed. If they couldn't be husband and wife in life, they would be in death."
At the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion, the wife of the Marquis of Wu'an gave her son a handful of paper money.
"Ming'er, I've already sent her to see you. You should be able to rest in peace now, right?"
“This is too weird.”
In Princess Yongning's mansion, Princess Yongning exclaimed.
It was obvious that the Second Prince of Beituo and the Sixth Princess were used by the Queen Mother to frame Feng. How come Feng was fine while these two people met with trouble one after another?
Could it be that Feng was behind this?
That's too scary.
Her heart suddenly turned cold.
When she went to Princess Anle's mansion to pay her condolences, she was a little nervous, fearing that a black spider would hang from the eaves and kill her.
So I didn't pay attention to other things.
Until the Seventh Princess came over and whispered: "Big sister, did you dye the nail polish on Prince Consort Qu's hand? The color is so beautiful."
She paused in thought.
Kou Dan?
The nail polish on Qu Mingzhang's hand?
She turned her neck stiffly and looked at Qu Mingzhang.
His hands, hanging beside his plain clothes, had bright pink nails, just like a woman's hands.
She nearly broke her back teeth.
"Yes, I dyed it."
She suppressed her anger and replied to the Seventh Princess word by word.
The Seventh Princess: "Big sister, you dye your hair really well. If I dye it myself, the color is always uneven."
She said woodenly, "Just practice more and you'll be fine."
After the condolences were over, she took Qu Mingzhang's hand and left the house.
"You must remove the nail polish from your hands immediately, right now! Otherwise, I will break all ten of your fingers!"
She gritted her teeth.
"I told you not to pretend to be a woman, but you ignored my words!"
"Why are you pushing so hard?"
Qu Mingzhang said in a delicate voice.
"You pulled my hand so hard it hurt."
She: (╬◣д◢)
"Speak nicely to me!"
Qu Mingzhang pouted: "Okay, I won't get involved in it anymore."
"No pouting!"
Qu Mingzhang's lip line immediately flattened.
Her eyebrows were still drooping, like a young wife who had been bullied.
She: (｀へ′*)ノ
If there weren't so many people coming and going, she would have beaten Qu Mingzhang up!
This guy has become even more outrageous since his cross-dressing fetish was exposed. He speaks and acts in a timid way, which makes her feel sick.
Just one look at him would make her feel internally hurt.
"Go back home!"
She said to Eunuch Wang.
I don't want to stand with Qu Mingzhang for a moment.
Eunuch Wang helped her into the carriage.
Qu Mingzhang came on horseback and went to untie his horse himself.
After returning to her princess residence, Princess Yongning just got off the car and saw Qu Mingzhang get off the horse. His legs went weak and he fell backwards.
The guard at the gate was quick to step forward and help him.
After Qu Mingzhang stood still, he smiled charmingly at the guard and said, "Thank you."
Princess Yongning: “!!!”
After entering the mansion, she called Qu Mingzhang to the bedroom and whipped him.
"You've already done it right in front of me, and you still say you only admire women?! I'll beat you to death!"
Qu Mingzhang dodged and complained, "When did I become gay? I just thanked the guard, is that wrong?"
"You're laughing like a rabbit, and you're right? I'm so pissed off you're killing me!"
Qu Mingzhang hid behind Eunuch Wang.
"Eunuch, please try to persuade the princess. I'm still injured and can't stand the beating."
Eunuch Wang's mouth twitched when he thought of Prince Consort Wu's "sudden death".
"Princess, please calm down and forgive the prince consort this time. If anything happens to the prince consort..."
But I have to go to Anguo Temple to "rest".
Princess Yongning understood what he had not yet said and slowly withdrew her hand.
Qu Mingzhang took the opportunity to escape.
Princess Yongning slumped down on the couch.
"How did he become like this? What am I going to do with the rest of my life?"
Eunuch Wang considered and said, "The Prince Consort has had this habit for over ten years, and I'm afraid he won't change. Dressing as a woman is considered indecent and against etiquette. If you don't want to live with him any longer, please ask His Majesty to allow you to divorce him."
Divorce your husband?
Princess Yongning had never thought about it.
But when she thought of Aunt Shouyang, who quickly found a new husband after divorcing her husband and lived a very comfortable life, her mind couldn't help but waver.
Qu Mingzhang was a man with only a good appearance but no sense of humor at all. He treated sleeping with the emperor like he was doing official business.
He is so stubborn that he won't even say a soft word, let alone be gentle and considerate.
She had long been impatient.
If I could divorce him and replace him with someone who is knowledgeable and interesting, it would be a blessing.
After thinking for a long time, she brought Eunuch Wang into the palace.
"Mother, I want to divorce Qu Mingzhang."
Queen: “…”
"Qu Mingzhang has a mistress?"
"No," she replied, "but it's even worse than having a mistress!"
After that, he told the story of Qu Mingzhang dressing up as a woman and seducing the guards.
Finally, he said, "If I continue to get along with him, sooner or later I will be unable to control myself and strangle him to death."
Queen: “…”
The Sixth Princess had just killed her own husband, and now her own daughter was going to follow in her footsteps?
Is there something wrong with the feng shui of the imperial tomb?
She rubbed her brows and said, "Let's put this matter on hold for a while. The Northern Expedition delegation hasn't decided on a marriage partner yet."
Princess Yongning raised her eyebrows and said, "I've already been married, how dare Beituo ask me to marry someone else?"
"That's hard to say."
The Queen sighed.
"Beituo has a custom of 'marrying the stepmother after the father's death, and marrying the sister-in-law after the brother's death'. It's completely unethical. Why would they care whether a woman has been married or widowed?"
"Just bear with it for now and wait until the Northern Expedition delegation leaves before divorcing your husband."
Princess Yongning frowned, "Mother, weren't you planning to use the Northern Expedition envoys to deal with the Feng family? Why are you now hoping they'll leave?"
Queen: “…”
Feng was so smart that she was almost a demon, and there was nothing she could do about it.
The Second Prince of Beituo has become a living dead, and the Ninth Prince of Beituo appeared out of nowhere. She wants to use him but doesn't know how to use him.
"We need to find another way to deal with Feng's matter. Don't act rashly."
Princess Yongning agreed reluctantly.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered the palace, Qu Mingzhang followed her in.
He went to see the emperor.
"Your Majesty, the princess, displeased with my tendency to dress like a woman, has beaten me, leaving me covered in wounds. I cannot bear the humiliation, and I beg Your Majesty to show mercy and allow me to divorce."
As soon as he saw the emperor, Qu Mingzhang undressed, revealing the scars on his upper body.
emperor:"……"
Is the Han family bloodline tyrannical?
The prince abuses his wife, Yongning abuses her husband, the brother and sister are of the same character, really...
He sighed, "It takes a hundred years to be able to cross the river together, and a thousand years to be able to sleep on the same pillow. It is fate that you and Yongning can be husband and wife. I will teach Yongning a lesson, so you two should just live your lives well."
Qu Mingzhang shook his head: "Your Majesty, I do not want to follow in the footsteps of Prince Consort Wu. Please show mercy."
After saying this, he fell to the ground and couldn't get up.
The emperor was also afraid of the death of another prince consort.
So he summoned Princess Yongning.
When Princess Yongning saw that Qu Mingzhang dared to complain, she was so angry that she kicked him in front of the emperor.
Qu Mingzhang fell to the ground, clutching his chest. "Princess, spare me! Princess, spare me!"
The emperor held his forehead.
"Yongning, the prince consort wants to divorce you, have you agreed?"
Princess Yongning was furious: "Father, I want to divorce my husband!"
The emperor allowed her to divorce Qu Mingzhang on the grounds that his words and deeds were inappropriate, violated the etiquette, and failed to behave like a minister.
As soon as the divorce letter was issued, Qi Yu, the chief envoy of the Northern Expedition Mission, went to the palace to see the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I wish to ask for Princess Yongning's hand in marriage on behalf of my father."
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