Chapter 108 It’s better not to shout
Tianfeng, who was at the door of the tent, heard this and went to fetch water.
The imperial physician took another look at Shi Jianli's back, handed her a pair of scissors from the medicine box, and seeing that Mingzhao was still close to her, he said, "Prince, please use the scissors to cut open the girl's clothes at the wound."
Mingzhao also took another thinner quilt and covered Shi Jianli's waist with it. He carefully cut open the clothes around her bleeding wound with a serious expression.
The imperial physician placed his fingers on Shi Jianli's wrist to take her pulse.
The curtain of the tent was lifted, and in came Lanxing and Xianyue, holding water with worried looks on their faces.
Mingzhao also cut a hole in the clothes on Shijianli's back, just enough to reveal a little more of the wound that was still bleeding, and a piece of gravel the size of a little finger was embedded in the flesh.
When Xianyue saw this, tears almost burst into her eyes. She followed the imperial physician's instructions, picked out the broken stones with wooden tweezers, and cleaned the wound.
When he looked down, he saw that Li had fainted and her face was extremely pale.
The imperial physician took her pulse and examined the wound, then gave Xianyue some elixir and said, "The lungs aren't injured. The girl fainted from excessive blood loss. The wound is deep, but fortunately, no bone has been broken. Apply the elixir and change it daily."
"After the scar forms, apply some scar-removing ointment and take more restorative measures."
Mingzhao breathed a sigh of relief, smoothing down her pear-shaped hair and saying to Lanxing and Xianyue, "Be careful to change your girl's clothes and take good care of her."
"Yes, Prince."
Mingzhao finally had the mind to settle the score, and when he went out, he met Qiao Ruoying outside the tent.
Qiao Ruoying pulled his arm and asked, "Zhao Huan, what happened to Li'er? Is she okay?"
"She injured her back and fainted. We can't tell you exactly what happened or how she got hurt until she wakes up." Mingzhao consoled her, "Cousin Li is fine. Second Aunt can go in and see her. I'll go and seek justice for her."
After he finished speaking, Mingzhao didn't bother to talk to Yuan Yuhe, and strode towards the imperial tent.
Yuan Yuhe followed Qiao Ruoying in and saw Lanxing coming out with a basin of blood, and her heart tightened.
"Second Madam, Madam Duke."
Yuan Yuhe nodded. When she arrived at the bedside, the imperial physician had given her a prescription for scar removal and was packing up the medicine box to go out.
"The little face is pale. Is it an arrow wound or something else?" She said with concern when she saw Shi Jianli's face.
The imperial physician replied, "Madam, based on my experience, it seems like he was injured by a fall."
"Injured by a fall?"
"Yes, my back hit a sharp rock and I'm bleeding a lot. Fortunately, I didn't break any limbs, so my bones are fine."
Qiao Ruoying wiped her tears and choked up, "Why are you lying down? Did you hurt your back?"
"Yes." Xianyue tucked the corner of the quilt for Shi Jianli and nodded.
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After Ming Yuelin notified the commander of the Jinwu Guard and the commander of the Yulin Guard, he rode back to find Shi Jianli and left the funeral arrangements to Ji Rangzhou.
Ji Rangzhou glanced at Gong Pingting who was half-dead on the ground, then glanced at the Fifth Princess who dared not move. He threw away the arrow, grabbed the Fifth Princess's collar, pulled her off the horse, and threw her to the ground casually as if she were some dirty thing.
"Ji Rangzhou, how dare you! I am the princess of the Great Zhou, how dare you do this to me!" The fifth princess screamed and glared at him in pain from the fall.
Ji Rangzhou looked at him calmly, "I'm sure the Fifth Princess has also heard of the Dali Temple's Ten Cruel Tortures. It's best if you don't scream."
Thinking of Ji Rangzhou's reputation as the Cold-Faced Yama, the Fifth Princess shuddered and her scalp went numb.
In the imperial tent, the emperor was frowning as he listened to the imperial physicians' diagnosis of Princess Kangning.
"Your Majesty, the princess is just in a coma. It seems that she has taken a large dose of sleeping pills. The wound on her arm will heal after a few days of applying ointment. I have already given Princess Kangning medicine, and she will wake up soon." The imperial physician wiped the unnecessary sweat from his forehead under the emperor's gaze.
"Yu Heming, tell me what happened?" the emperor pointed at Yu Heming and asked.
"Your Majesty, when Ming Jingyao, Ji Youqian, and I arrived, we heard the Fifth Princess ordering her study companion, Gong Pingting, to ride her horse and trample upon His Highness Kangning and Jingyao's fiancée, Miss Shi."
"At that time, Miss Shi was holding His Highness Kang Ning, and her body was covered in blood. The blood on His Highness Kang Ning was also Miss Shi's."
"Bastard!" the emperor slammed the table and shouted angrily.
Upon hearing this, the queen, who was always dignified and gentle, turned around and slapped Concubine Jiang in the face.
Concubine Jiang covered her face with her hands. When she looked up, her eyes were sinister for a moment. Then she hugged the emperor's legs and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, there must be some misunderstanding. Peiyi would not dare to do such a thing!"
The Queen kicked her in the chest again, knocking her to the ground. She sneered, "Misunderstanding? Even if I kicked you, it was a misunderstanding! It was just a minor quarrel in the past, but now your good daughter wants to kill my Hong Jing!"
"He's been jealous and vicious since he was little, just as sinister and vicious as you!"
The fourth prince is weak and dark, the fifth princess is stupid and vicious, the seventh prince is brainless and cruel, each of them is a disaster, and none of their children are good!
Her son was always eyeing her son's position as crown prince, and her daughter was always busy opposing her daughter, grabbing this and that without any desire.
The Queen felt aggrieved and angry. In the past, when the old witch Empress Dowager was still alive, Concubine Jiang had often taken advantage of her power to bully others. Now that the old witch Empress Dowager was dead, she wanted to take advantage of her.
Concubine Jiang was kicked in the chest so hard that she couldn't stand up and her face turned purple.
The palace maids and eunuchs nearby knelt on the ground, and the imperial doctors were silent and dared not say a word.
A eunuch came in from outside and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, General Ming requests an audience."
The emperor waved his hand, slightly calming his anger, and said, "Let him in."
Mingzhao entered the tent, lifted his robe, and knelt. Seeing Concubine Jiang half-prone on the ground, he said without looking away, "Your Highness, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, and Your Majesty. The Fifth Princess murdered Princess Kangning and persecuted my fiancée. I beg Your Majesty to make this clear!"
The emperor looked at his young minister, who was now kneeling upright in front of him, with bloodstains of varying sizes on the hem of his clothes.
The emperor looked gloomy as he stared at Ming Zhaohuan for a long time before speaking, "How is your fiancée? Where is the fifth princess?"
"My fiancée has lost blood and is unconscious. The Fifth Princess is being cared for by Ji Rangzhou. I think she's almost been brought back."
"My fiancée lost her father many years ago and has always been very cautious, rarely leaving the house. I don't know how she angered the Fifth Princess, and why she wants her life."
"When I arrived, my fiancée was lying on the ground, hugging Princess Kangning, whose life or death was uncertain. She was covered in blood."
Yu Heming echoed, "Your Majesty, I saw it with my own eyes. Miss Shi was protecting Your Highness at that time."
Upon hearing this, the Queen kicked Concubine Jiang again and said, "I think Zhou Peiyi wants to kill Hong Jing and is using an innocent person as a pretext. She always loves to play this trick of pushing a scapegoat to take the blame."
The emperor looked at the queen's irritable look, pinched his brows and pretended not to see it.
For so many years, the Queen had indeed been wronged and had to suppress her temper.
"Even if you are the queen, you can't touch me like this, right? I am a royal concubine after all. How can you beat me like this in front of the emperor? Do you think the emperor should be respected?" Royal Concubine Jiang was in so much pain that she couldn't breathe. She dug her nails into her palm and pretended to be pitiful.
"I care about the emperor, but I don't care about you." The queen snorted coldly, trying to put on a veil for her.
"Your Majesty, Lord Ji and the fifth princess request an audience." Another young eunuch came in to deliver the message.
"Let them in."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you." Ji Rangzhou saw Concubine Jiang and bowed again, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
The Fifth Princess was escorted in, and as soon as she was released, she ran towards the Emperor, "Father, Ji Rangzhou is a traitor. How dare he hurt me? He doesn't care about the royal family, nor about you, Father!"
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