Chapter 127: Is this a game of playing hard to get?
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Mingzhe's expression froze visibly, his handsome face turned red, even his ears turned red.
The man looked at her in disbelief: I asked you to make up a few words, not to talk nonsense...
"Really?" Empress Dowager Liu's wrinkled face suddenly lit up, and she patted Fang Qianxue's shoulder happily, "Good! Good! Mother was right about you. Qianxue, you are a meritorious minister. Mother doesn't have anything to reward you, so this is a gift for meeting you."
After Empress Dowager Liu finished speaking, she took out a brocade bag that she had prepared long ago from behind her back and handed it to Fang Qianxue.
The brocade bag was a bit heavy, so Fang Qianxue asked carefully, "Mother, can I open it and take a look?"
"Look."
Fang Qianxue opened it and saw a jade seal inside the brocade bag: "Could this be... the jade seal of Shou'an Palace?"
Although she was a female official in charge of the seal, she had never even touched the jade seal before. After all, this was the jade seal that could depose and enthrone emperors!
"That's right," Empress Dowager Liu smiled, "I'm old now, and keeping this jade seal with me is a calamity rather than a blessing. You can keep it."
"Mother, this seal is too important. It's safer to leave it in Shou'an Palace." Fang Qianxue didn't dare to take it. She still wanted to live a peaceful and stable life.
"You should accept it if your mother asks you to." Xiao Mingzhe said, "You will need it in the future. Anyway, if you don't tell anyone, no one will know that the jade seal is in your hands."
Fang Qianxue refused for a long time, but the Queen Mother had obviously made up her mind today, so she had no choice but to agree.
The two of them took the carriage back to the gate of the palace and saw Lu Changqing standing in front of the door.
Under the scorching sun, his handsome face was tanned red by the sun, his tall figure stood straight, his back was soaked with sweat, it was obvious that he had been waiting for a long time.
Xiao Mingzhe glanced at Fang Qianxue and asked with a smile, "Your ex-husband is here. How is it? Do you want to reconcile?"
Fang Qianxue glared at him fiercely.
"How come you have time to come here today, Lord Lu?" Xiao Mingzhe helped Fang Qianxue jump off the carriage and said in a pretentious manner, "I got married last night and wanted to invite you to watch the fireworks."
"Nineteenth Prince," Lu Changqing glanced at Fang Qianxue leaning on his arms, his heart ached, and he bowed perfunctorily to Xiao Mingzhe and said, "I am here today to pick up Yaoer and Yuaner. Their household registration is still in my Lu family. I hope Your Highness will not prevent us from reuniting as father and son."
Fang Qianxue looked up at Xiao Mingzhe, and the latter knew what she meant. She had been acting with him for the whole morning, and now it was his turn to take action.
"I don't know what nonsense Lord Lu is talking about. The two children have already been settled in my Beining Palace as stepchildren," Xiao Mingzhe said, turning his head to look at Qingcong who was driving, and the latter hurriedly threw a household registration page in Lu Changqing's face.
"Master Lu, look carefully! The two children now have the surname Fang, and have nothing to do with your Lu family!"
Lu Changqing took the page of paper off his face, took a look at it, and clenched his fists angrily.
"Fang Qianxue! Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're a princess. Be careful or I'll expose all the ugly things your Fang family has done!"
"I despise you, a man, for writing such a threatening letter out of desperation. Right and wrong will be judged by the public. If you want to frame a loyal minister, you will be retaliated sooner or later!" Fang Qianxue heard the blatant threat in his words, pulled out a letter from her sleeve and threw it in his face.
Lu Changqing took the letter that contained the love handkerchief between the two and crushed the paper with force: "Just wait!"
Xiao Mingzhe helped Fang Qianxue walk into the gate, then turned back and said, "My patience is limited. If anyone comes to the gate of the palace and talks nonsense again, I will break their hands and feet and send them to Yangji Temple."
Yangji Temple is a place in Shangjing City that specifically takes in beggars. Qingcong kicked Lu Changqing in the waist, causing him to stagger: "Why don't you get out of here?!"
Lu Changqing held his waist and swore as he walked: "Just wait and see! Fang Qianxue! I will make you kneel down and beg me!"
Fang Qianxue sneered in her heart. Lu Changqing was weak after all. He didn't dare to scold King Beining and only knew how to vent his anger by scolding her.
"How is it? Is this backer of mine still useful?" The two of them entered the courtyard, and Xiao Mingzhe still held the person in his arms.
"Thank you!" Fang Qianxue looked around and saw that there were servants from the mansion nearby, so she did not struggle to break free, and the two of them went back to the house.
On the second day, Fang Yaozong suddenly fainted during the interrogation by the Ministry of Justice due to being unable to bear the torture. The doctor said the situation was critical, so Yan Fenghua hurriedly sent someone to report the situation.
Fang Qianxue was teaching her two children to read. When she heard the news, she did not even bother to inform Xiao Mingzhe and took her maid to the Ministry of Justice.
The trial of this important case was not open to the public, but she was now the Princess of Beining and a relative of the Fang family, so Yan Fenghua found a way to help her get a chance to attend the trial.
"The princess went to the Ministry of Justice?" Xiao Mingzhe stood on the ladder and rolled his eyes.
He was rummaging through the bedding in the box and just found a nice-looking sachet. He wanted to call Fang Qianxue over to ask what it was.
"Yes, I heard that Fang Yaozong fainted and is in critical condition." Snow Wolf replied, "Master, do you want to go and take a look to prevent the princess from getting hurt?"
This is a joint trial by three judges. Even a tough guy like Fang Yaozong can't handle it. The princess will definitely suffer if she goes!
Xiao Mingzhe frowned and walked down the ladder holding a fragrant quilt: "It's not time yet. This case will take at least half a month to try. Why are you in such a hurry?"
At night, Xiao Mingzhe finally slept in his own bed, but somehow it was even more unbearable than the previous nights. He couldn't help but think of some indescribable scenes.
Seeing Fang Qianxue fell asleep, he reached out his hand into her quilt, but he didn't expect that as soon as he touched something soft, he was kicked in the waist.
"Ah!" He covered his waist, cried out softly, and quickly got up and went to the clean room.
A basin of cold water was poured on him. The more Xiao Mingzhe thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He was not a dissolute and immoral person. He had practiced Buddhism for ten years. Why did he keep thinking about those beastly things these days?
He suddenly remembered the faint fragrance.
This woman wouldn't plot against him, would she? If so, why did she kick him?
You can never judge a person by his appearance. He knows how attractive he is to women. Could it be that the woman is actually very scheming and is playing hard to get?
Xiao Mingzhe was thinking about these things in a daze the whole night. The next day, when he saw Fang Qianxue go out, he called Xuelang in.
"Go check the contents of this sachet to see if there's anything wrong." Xiao Mingzhe threw a pink sachet to him and quickly transferred a few beads from the agarwood Buddhist bracelet in his hand to him.
If he finds out anything, he will make her explain it clearly! Why is she pretending? Let's see if she dares to kick anyone again in the future!
"Ah?" Xuelang took the sachet and asked, "Master, is this the right time to do this? The princess is in the Ministry of Justice for trial! In addition to Lord Yan, the people in the Supervisory Department and the Dali Temple are all very powerful!"
"Why are you so anxious?" Xiao Mingzhe moved two more Buddhist beads and said calmly, "What is bound to come will eventually come. Besides, she is not your wife."
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