Xing'er said something in Jin'er's ear, and Jin'er quietly retreated.
Princess An Ning snorted coldly and said, "My uncle is the Prince of Zhennan, in charge of the entire southern army. Would he need your help? Besides, you are just the daughter of the General of Zhenbei. One of you is in the northwest and the other is in the south. How can you save him? I'm afraid no one will believe you if you say that everything is fine between you two?"
Chen Qiu was a little amused by An Ning's words, but he took a deep breath and said, "Two years ago during the Qingming Festival, on the outskirts of Kyoto, I met him when I came back from the northwest. He was attacked by a group of men in black, and I brought my guards to help him."
Madam Zheng continued, "Come to think of it, two days before Qingming Festival two years ago, I remember the Emperor held a farewell banquet for the Prince of Zhennan. That day, the Prince of Zhennan said that he would return to the south on Qingming Festival."
Princess An Ning glared at Madam Zheng. Madam Zheng did not stop talking just because she was a princess. Instead, she continued, "We ladies were all there at the farewell banquet!"
Some of the ladies standing together chose to keep their responsibilities to themselves and remained silent, while others nodded in agreement.
Xing'er continued, "I come to see the princess. It was me who rescued the Prince of Zhennan with the madam."
"Before my wife got married, she would return to Kyoto from the northwest around Qingming Festival every year. This is something everyone in Kyoto knows. It just happened two years ago when the Prince of Zhennan was under siege, and we ran into each other."
Princess An Ning turned to look at Xing'er and said, "How can a servant like you have the right to speak here? Zhu'er, slap your face!"
Chen Qiu immediately said: "Xing'er, whoever hits you, just kick her away and I will take the responsibility!" Chen Qiu was very angry. He didn't expect that Princess An Ning would never stop.
Zhu'er, who was walking towards Xing'er, stopped and looked at An Ning when she heard Chen Qiu say this.
An Ning pushed Zhu'er away and went forward to hit Xing'er, but Chen Qiu was quick-witted and pushed An Ning from the side, and An Ning sat down on the ground.
An Ning looked at Chen Qiu in disbelief and shouted, "Aren't you afraid of bringing disaster to your cousin? I'm a princess, it would be easy for me to kill you!"
"Who wants to kill my Qiu'er? I'll kill her first!" After Jin'er retreated from here, she ran straight to find Ye Chen.
Originally, it was against the rules for male guests to come to the female guests' side, but Ye Chen didn't care about that. An Ning was a princess, and he was afraid that Chen Qiu would suffer a loss if he went against An Ning in order to avoid causing trouble for him, so he hurried over.
Ye Chen walked directly to Chen Qiu, hugged Chen Qiu and asked: "How is Qiu'er? Are you hurt?"
Shen Qiu shook his head. An Ning sat on the ground and sneered, "She hit me, how could she get hurt?"
Ye Chen looked at Chen Qiu and said, "I'm glad you're not injured. I'll take you to my mother's palace to rest for a while. How about I take care of things here?"
Chen Qiu looked at Ye Chen and said, "She wanted to hit Xing'er, I pushed her and she sat on the ground. I really didn't use much force!"
Ye Chen said: "I know, let's go!"
Then he said to Xing'er, "Lan Yu is talking to the Queen. Go call Lan Yu over and tell her that Qiu'er is frightened. Ask her to come over and take a look!"
An Ning looked at Ye Chen, who had never looked at her directly from beginning to end, and her heart sank little by little.
After Ye Chen and Shen Qiu turned around, An Ning gritted his teeth, suddenly got up and rushed towards Shen Qiu. Shen Qiu was a martial artist, so he naturally heard the sudden movement behind him.
When An Ning was about to hit Chen Qiu, Chen Qiu jumped to the side with Ye Chen. An Ning used a lot of force and couldn't stop for a moment, and crashed straight into the rockery in front.
Xing'er hurried forward and grabbed the hem of An Ning's clothes, and then An Ning stopped. Everyone was really shocked. Seeing that An Ning stopped safely, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Ye Chen hurriedly asked Chen Qiu: "You just used force, how is it? Is there any discomfort?"
Chen Qiu smiled and said: "No, I'm not that pretentious, it's just..."
Then he looked at An Ning and said, "It's just that the princess seems to be a little unwell!"
After An Ning was grabbed by Xing'er, because both forces were so strong, An Ning turned around, and a lot of the headdress on her head flew out, and her hair bun was a little messy.
At this time, the emperor and Lu Chenyuan, who had received the news, also rushed over, along with the empress, imperial concubine and Lan Yu. As soon as the emperor arrived, the palace guards cleared away all the irrelevant people.
When the emperor saw that it was An Ning again, he glared at Concubine Lu and shouted, "Take the princess back. No one is allowed to see her without my order! And she is not allowed to leave Jingshuzhai!"
The imperial concubine hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, it's unfair that you locked An Ning up before you even asked what happened!"
Ye Chen snorted coldly and said, "Princess, you are spreading rumors here to damage my wife's reputation. Just now, you even hit my wife with great force. Your Highness, please tell me if this is fair to my wife."
Then he said to Lan Yu: "Lan Yu, come over and take a look at Qiu Er, I'm worried!"
Lan Yu walked directly to Chen Qiu and took his pulse.
The emperor gritted his teeth in anger and shouted: "Black Cloud Guards!"
Then, suddenly, two guards in black clothes with golden cloud patterns appeared from nowhere. The emperor pointed at An Ning and said, "Send her back to the palace and have her guarded by the Black Cloud Guards. She will be confined to her house for a year. Do you understand?"
The two men responded and drove away in An Ning.
The imperial concubine suddenly pulled Lu Chenyuan and said, "Brother, you can't ignore An Ning! Her reputation will be completely ruined if she is confined for a year."
The emperor looked at Concubine Lu and said, "How do you want your brother to manage An Ning? Should he use the 300,000 troops he has?"
Lu Chenyuan immediately knelt down and said, "I dare not, Your Majesty, please calm down!"
Concubine Lu also knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I was just anxious for a moment. Your Majesty, you cannot confine An Ning!"
The emperor angrily pointed at Concubine Lu and said, "Her reputation is almost ruined. Look at what she did in such an occasion? She collides with Madam Chen'er like a shrew. With so many people watching, her reputation is already gone!"
"If you really want to do this for her own good, then give her some advice. Otherwise, no one can help her!"
After saying that, he left, then turned to Ye Chen and said, "Chen'er, let's go to my sister's palace. It's a mess outside every day!"
Then everyone left, leaving only Concubine Lu and Lu Chenyuan kneeling there.
Lu Chenyuan said: "Sister, I can't protect you for too long. You also know that I am not suitable to be the King of Zhennan. All I want is to live a carefree life."
"Besides, you always bring me out. Aren't you afraid that you're asking for my death? No matter how good-tempered the emperor is, he's still the king. No one wants to have a knife hanging over his head."
"I think it will be difficult for me to return to Binzhou after returning to Kyoto this time."
Concubine Lu looked at Lu Chenyuan and shed tears. She destroyed her father, and was she going to destroy her own brother too?
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