Chapter 131 His Majesty Just Named Me the Imperial Concubine
The man also kowtowed desperately: "Your Majesty, spare my life! Miaoyan really didn't mean it. Please let us take Miaoyan back to Jiangning and pray for His Royal Highness Prince Yong!"
"How dare you!" Emperor Ming threw an inkstone over, hitting Xu Miaoyan in the face, splashing black ink all over her face.
Pray for blessings? Praying for blessings is useless!
His son, grandson, daughter-in-law and granddaughter are all dead!
"Your Majesty, please calm down and take care of yourself!" Yang Shijun hurriedly supported the staggering old emperor.
Emperor Ming took a few deep breaths and managed to hold his breath so as not to faint.
“Yan Fenghua! Draft an edict to posthumously confer the title of Prince of Yong’an on Xiao Chi and bury him in the imperial mausoleum. The rest of his followers… shall be released without charge.” Emperor Ming supported Yang Shijun and looked at Lu Changqing in the crowd. “The Lu brothers have deceived me, which is very despicable. Lu Changli’s coffin shall be sunk into the sea, and Lu Changqing shall be taken to the Dali Temple Prison to await punishment! Xu lied continuously and was demoted to a palace maid!”
***
Fang Qianxue took Fang Yaozong, Fang Yaozu and Fang Jue home, and it was already evening when they settled them down.
She returned to the main courtyard and ordered someone to serve food. The two little kids sat at the table early, but Xiao Mingzhe was still nowhere to be seen.
"Where is the prince?" Fang Qianxue asked.
"The prince is in the study. Xuelang said he is... busy. Princess, please go and see him when you have time." Cuishuang said.
Tsk, don’t you want the princess to go and invite him in person?
"Is he not done with his work yet?" Fang Qianxue wondered. Since yesterday, Xiao Mingzhe had moved to the study room by himself and was not seen even for breakfast, as if he was deliberately avoiding her.
Today, because he helped the Fang family get rid of the crime, Fang Qianxue specially ordered the kitchen to prepare some delicious dishes to thank him properly. However, he stayed in the study as soon as he returned home.
"I saw that the prince was not busy. He just chatted with Liaoyuan Hou for a few words and then sent him away," Cuishuang said, "Now he is alone in the study room and I don't know what he is doing."
Fang Qianxue frowned, looked at the table full of delicious food, and then looked at the two little kids drooling.
"You guys eat first, no need to wait any longer," Fang Qianxue stood up, "You guys serve the young lady and young master, I'll go take a look."
Before she even entered the study, she heard Xuelang's excited voice: "Prince! The princess is here!"
"What are you shouting for?" Xiao Mingzhe asked coldly, "Can't you see I'm busy?"
Fang Qianxue walked into the house, and Xuelang bowed awkwardly and left.
The light in the room was dim. Xiao Mingzhe, wearing a round-necked suit, was leaning lazily against the window reading a book without even raising his eyes.
"Let's eat first, and watch later," Fang Qianxue walked over and said with a gentle smile, "Today I specifically asked Snow Wolf what you like to eat, and asked the kitchen to make a few dishes you like."
Xiao Mingzhe then looked up at her: "Why?"
"Of course I want to thank you for inviting Marquis Liaoyuan, as well as Xu's parents. If it weren't for you, my uncle, my uncle, and Fang Jue would have died," Fang Qianxue said. "I heard from Nanny Jiang that you also invited a teacher for Yao'er and Yuan'er. I should thank you very much."
"How are you going to thank me?" Xiao Mingzhe put down the book in his hand.
Fang Qianxue thought for a moment and said, "I can tame beasts. If you want a Qilin, I will make it obey you."
The room was quiet for a moment. Under the light, the man's eyelids twitched slightly: "You are very smart."
Fang Qianxue smiled softly: "Your Highness has ambitions for the whole world, so he won't marry me just to quell those rumors."
"So what do I want?"
Fang Qianxue took two slow steps, looked at the void outside the door and said, "Imperial power."
"Good guess."
"Which man can resist the temptation of imperial power?" Fang Qianxue stopped pacing and turned to look at him. "Although I don't know why, you must have heard about my fate, so you asked to marry me."
Xiao Mingzhe took a deep breath and finally said, "It was a monk named Lechen who said that I had a noble fate but had committed several disasters. Sooner or later, I would die under the hooves of the chaotic army, unless I was supported by the Phoenix Girl."
"Sure." Fang Qianxue smiled faintly, "You saved my family, so it's only right that I save you."
In the original book, King Bac Ninh did jump off a cliff and die under the attack of both the imperial army and the enemy forces from the Western Regions.
Xiao Mingzhe lowered his eyes and looked at the page, but he couldn't read a single word: "Aren't you here to invite me to dinner?"
"I forgot everything," Fang Qianxue said, "Let's go!"
She took two steps towards the door and turned back to find that Xiao Mingzhe had not followed her. She stopped again and was stunned to find that he stretched out his hand to her.
He was so arrogant that he asked someone to help him up.
“Ahem!” The man stretched out his hand awkwardly, “Give me a hand. My legs are numb from sitting for too long.”
"Yes!" Fang Qianxue smiled and took his hand, "Your Highness, please."
***
Weiyang Palace, Imperial Garden.
Concubine Song and Concubine Yun were watching the lotus flowers in Tianshui Pavilion.
At this time of year, the lotus flowers have all withered and the scenery in the Imperial Garden is mediocre, but the two sisters have no way to relieve their boredom and can only appreciate the flowers.
"Jiang Xu was taken back to the southern border by Marquis Liaoyuan. I heard that he was going back to inherit the throne of the crown prince. I don't know how many noble ladies in the capital were heartbroken by his departure." Concubine Yun wiped her tears with a handkerchief.
"Stop crying! He never even looks at us when he's in the capital. It's better not to look at him than to see him." Concubine Song threw fish food into the lotus pond in annoyance. The koi were too full to fight for food.
Dark clouds were rolling in the sky, and the entire Tianshui Pavilion was shrouded in an atmosphere of impatience that wanted to destroy everything.
"I heard that the concubine of the son of the Ministry of Personnel, the Du family, was pregnant and sent a love letter to Jiang Xu. As a result, she was caught and beaten by the mistress. The baby in her belly was not saved. The baby was already formed when she was beaten," Yunpin sighed, "What a sin."
"You are talking about Lu Changqing's sister, right?" Concubine Song sneered, "Lu Changqing was imprisoned. She has no one to rely on and is still jumping around. It would be strange if the mistress of the Du family didn't beat her."
"Speaking of Lu Changqing, his mistress Xu is so shameless that she actually seduced the emperor!" Yunpin was angry when she talked about it, "She was demoted to a palace maid, but the emperor let her stay overnight in the Yangxin Palace these days."
"Who are you calling shameless?!" A woman's voice suddenly came from the wooden plank road, and then Xu Miaoyan led two palace maids to come towards them, "I was wondering who it was, it turns out it was you two ugly people who were causing trouble. The emperor didn't even want to look at you, what qualifications do you have to criticize me?"
"Bullshit!" When Concubine Song saw Xu Miaoyan, she immediately jumped up from the wooden chair and raised her hand to hit her. "It's true that the rumors say you are a whore. You seduced the emperor. You are courting death, you slut!"
Unexpectedly, a senior palace maid grabbed Concubine Song's wrist.
"Are you rebelling? Let me go!" Princess Song was furious.
"Heh," Xu Miaoyan looked down at her slender white fingers, "You don't know yet, do you? His Majesty just made me the Imperial Noble Consort."
She didn't want to be a concubine, but... if she didn't become a concubine, she would be the one being beaten now. People go to high places and water flows to low places. She did nothing wrong.
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