Chapter 493 Seeing Blood
The east was about to dawn, and the palace walls covered with a thin layer of gauze gradually became clearer as the morning mist passed over them.
The four gates of the imperial palace opened one after another, and palace servants hurriedly came and went.
Today is the day that Princess Duanhua sets off for Xiling.
The Jinxiu Palace, where no one was seen in the past, is now bustling with people.
The palace maids respectfully and carefully dressed Qiao Wanyan up and put on court robes. Zi Yuan stood aside and looked at her master who was still as dazzling as ever, but she did not feel happy in her heart.
An elderly palace servant said, "Miss Ziyuan, the princess has arranged for a group of people to serve her at the Xiling Ministry of Rites, so you don't have to go with her. Now please follow me out of the palace and go to the Qiao family."
Qiao Wanyan turned around and looked at the palace maid.
Zi Yuan immediately said, "I don't want to. I will go wherever the princess goes. I want to go to Xiling with the princess!"
The palace maid remained calm and continued, "This is the emperor's order. Do you want to disobey the imperial order? You are just a maid in the minister's house. If you act recklessly in the palace, you will lose your head."
"presumptuous!"
Qiao Wanyan scolded, and the palace maid immediately turned around and leaned forward with her head lowered.
"Princess, please forgive me. I just told you the truth. A maid like this who doesn't know the rules won't be able to take good care of you if she follows you to Xiling. After all, you are the daughter of a minister and you haven't received any education or knowledge in the palace. I dare to say that you are the one who indulged this maid."
Qiao Wanyan picked up the hairpin on the tray in the hand of a palace maid and lifted her chin. She looked down at her with her sparkling peach blossom eyes with a chilling coldness.
"Zi Yuan has been with me for many years, and thousands of maids cannot serve me as attentively and properly as she does. Instead of trying to scare me with palace rules, why don't I tell you what the rules are?"
The hairpin in Qiao Wanyan's hand fell on the corner of her eyes, and slowly slid downwards until it landed on her throat. She applied a little force and frightened the palace maid so much that she dared not even breathe, her eyes wide open.
"Princess, I am not one of those ordinary lowly maids outside the palace. You will pay the price if you kill me!"
Qiao Wanyan: "The palace maids are not worthless, but if I kill you now, no one will punish me, because no one dares to stop me from leaving the palace at this time."
"The emperor would never care about such a small matter, so the question is, who sent you to disgust me?"
The palace maid didn't say anything, and Qiao Wanyan used the hairpin in her hand to pierce her skin hard.
The palace maid's scalp felt tingling and she wanted to retreat to keep a safe distance, but she didn't know when Zi Yuan appeared behind her and grabbed her neck, making it impossible for her to dodge.
"It's Concubine Shu!"
Qiao Wanyan half closed her eyes, exerted force on her hands, and the sharp tip of the hairpin pierced into the palace maid's skin.
Suddenly, blood splattered on Qiao Wanyan's body and jaw.
In an instant, there were screams from the palace maids in Jinxiu Palace. They stepped back and saw the palace maid falling to the ground with her eyes wide open, blood gushing out of her neck.
Kill, kill someone!
Princess Duanhua actually killed someone like this!
The guards outside the palace heard the sound and immediately ran over, wanting to find out what was going on, only to see a palace maid lying on the ground, dead.
Princess Duanhua looked at the corpse on the ground calmly, with blood dripping from the hairpin in her hand.
The picture is strange and enchanting, with an extremely impactful beauty.
Qiao Wanyan turned her head to look at the palace maids hiding in fear, and said calmly: "What are you still standing there for? My clothes are dirty, why don't you go find some clothes for me to change?"
The court dress was hastily made by the Imperial Clothing Bureau overnight. Where could there be a second one for her to change into?
The palace maid ran to Kunning Palace to ask how to solve the problem, and the guards went to the Yangxin Palace to report the murder of the palace maid.
The emperor asked: "Why kill people?"
The guard had asked in advance, "To answer your question, Your Majesty, it was Concubine Shu who sent a maid to take away the princess's personal maid, saying that she didn't need to accompany the princess to Xiling. The princess didn't want to, so she killed the maid directly."
The emperor sneered, "It's not worthy of being put on the table."
Birds are birds after all. They always like to do things that are insignificant and not worth the cost.
"Go down, and get her out of the palace as soon as possible as usual."
The guard responded, "Yes."
There was no time to clean the court dress and there was no second set, so the Queen sent someone to temporarily give her the Crown Princess's court dress. After all, she was going to be the Crown Princess when she went to Xiling, so it couldn't be considered as crossing the line.
He Zhiyu was waiting at the palace gate, along with Chen Che and the Xiling envoys.
The team that came to welcome Chen Che back to Xiling was quite large, and the huge crowd at the palace gate did not look messy.
A long line, waiting in a very orderly manner.
Although both are princes and outstanding people, He Zhiyu and Shen Che have completely different expressions.
Shen Che was in a good mood, squinting his eyes lazily and looking in the direction of the palace gate.
There was a slight curve at the corner of his mouth, exuding a youthful aura that was rarely seen before.
He Zhiyu had no gloomy emotions, no coldness, just the same calm and indifferent as before.
It was as if the person kneeling outside the Palace of Tranquil Longevity was not him.
The figure of Princess Duanhua appeared in sight, followed by the palace maids and the Chief of the Imperial Censorate and his guards.
"Wan Yan."
Qiao Wanyan nodded slightly, "Your Highness, I wish you all the best."
He Zhiyu's expression suddenly dimmed, "I..."
Before he could finish his words, Qiao Wanyan said, "Your Highness loves me so much that he appointed me as a princess and sent me to Xiling as an envoy to marry her. I really remember what I said to Your Highness that day, and he is willing to help me and your Highness."
He Zhiyu didn't quite understand.
Qiao Wanyan said softly, "I once said that I wanted to be the Crown Princess, so Your Highness sent me to Xiling to be the Crown Princess. Your Highness is going to leave the Crown Princess to my sister? Isn't Your Highness helping me and you?"
He Zhiyu was eager to explain, "That's not the case. I didn't know that the emperor wanted you to marry. If I had known, I would never have asked for a title for you!"
Qiao Wanyan didn't say anything, but got on the carriage.
She knew he didn't, but it would be a shame not to retaliate when she had the chance.
If I am unhappy now, then I hope no one else will be happy either.
Chen Che walked to the front of the carriage and stretched out his hand. Qiao Wanyan glanced at him, put her hand on the back of his hand and pinched it hard before getting on the carriage.
I wish they all died.
Qiao Wanyan has never been very strong, but when she pinched someone, she only pinched a little bit, and the pain became a piercing pain.
Chen Che gritted his teeth but acted as if nothing had happened. He turned around and smiled at He Zhiyu's obscure expression.
No matter how you look at it, that smile is full of provocation and disdain.
There is also a little distortion, because the back of the hand is so painful that it cannot be endured no matter how hard you try.
No one was allowed to approach the palace gate, but Xu Shujian, as a court official, still appeared here and watched the scene in front of him calmly.
The time has come.
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