The arrow was on the string and had to be shot. Under the influence of alcohol, the fourth princess also wanted to know why the emperor doted on the young master so much.
The Fourth Princess stepped forward and looked the Emperor in the eye. "Isn't he? Before Father came to the capital, I was your most beloved daughter. Why did you change after he arrived?"
Now Concubine Li's face was full of despair. She never expected that the Fourth Princess could even say such words.
She wanted to step forward to cover the Fourth Princess's mouth, but was pinned to the ground by the nanny sent by Empress Zhang. She could only struggle desperately: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Jingyu is unintentionally hungry. She drank too much and spoke without thinking. Please forgive her."
If the Fourth Princess continues to say this, the Li family will be finished.
The emperor walked down and stood in front of the fourth princess, carefully looking at the daughter he had doted on for more than ten years.
He thought Chu Jingyu would figure it out under Concubine Li's guidance, but it seems that this is not the case.
"Jingyu, do you know what you are talking about?" The emperor asked coldly again. After all, she was his own daughter. The emperor couldn't bear to punish her and wanted to give Chu Jingyu another chance.
The fourth princess didn't notice that the emperor was giving her a way out. She just said bitterly, "Who the hell is Ruan Zhu? Why do you all protect him so much? I like Han Xiao. Is it wrong for me to want to marry him? Father, you have doted on me for more than ten years. Jingyu has no other requests. I only ask that you issue an imperial decree. I am willing to marry Han Xiao, even as a co-wife..."
The Fourth Princess knelt on the ground while speaking. Han Xiao clenched his fists and immediately knelt on the ground as well: "Your Majesty, I don't want to. I've said before that there is only Ruanruan in my life. Please think twice..."
Han Xiao was really afraid that the emperor would not be able to withstand the Fourth Princess's pleading and would issue an imperial decree, saying that their Han Family Temple was too small to accommodate the Fourth Princess's huge Buddha statue.
The Fourth Princess looked at Han Xiao in disbelief. He actually rejected her in public.
But Han Xiao didn't even look at her. He just knelt firmly on the ground with his head down. He wouldn't get up until the emperor agreed.
Han Xiao wanted to see how the fourth princess would force marriage.
Concubine Li finally broke free from the nanny's restraints, crawled to the side of the Fourth Princess on her knees, and hugged the Fourth Princess's shoulders: "Your Majesty, Jingyu is talking nonsense, I will take her back now..."
As she spoke, Concubine Li tried hard to pull the Fourth Princess back, but the Fourth Princess seemed determined to get an answer from the Emperor, and knelt on the ground motionless.
Concubine Li lived a life of luxury in the palace, so there was no way she could move the Fourth Princess. In desperation, she could only slap the Fourth Princess hard in the face.
With a "bang" sound, everyone in the tent was stunned. Eunuch Dexi was so scared that he lowered his head, and the young master was so scared that he shrank to Han Xiao's side.
He looked at the Fourth Princess angrily and held Han Xiao's arm tightly. What on earth was the Fourth Princess trying to do? Why was she staring at her husband?
The Fourth Princess covered her cheeks and looked at Concubine Li in disbelief. Concubine Li had always doted on her since she was a child. Sometimes, even the Fifth Prince was not as favored as her. But today, she actually beat her in public.
The fourth princess' eyes were red, and tears could not help but roll down from her eyes. Concubine Li was heartbroken when she saw this. She suppressed her urge to move forward and said in a cold voice, "Jingyu, come back with me!"
The fourth princess's delicate face soon became red and swollen. She touched the slap mark on her face, as if she didn't hear it. She raised her head and looked at the young master with an even more terrifying look.
It’s all because of him. If he weren’t there, her mother, who doted on her the most, wouldn’t have beaten her.
The emperor frowned and noticed that the fourth princess was in a bad mood. He didn't want to talk to her anymore, so he prepared to ask Eunuch Dexi to send someone to take the fourth princess away.
After all, she is my daughter, so let the Fourth Princess calm down for the next two days.
Before the emperor could say anything, he saw the fourth princess pull out the hairpin on her head and rush towards the young master.
The young master was behind Han Xiao, and Han Xiao was kneeling in front of him, forming an obstacle to the Fourth Princess. When she pounced on him, Han Xiao instinctively turned around and hugged the young master in his arms.
The fourth princess's hairpin was inserted into Han Xiao's back. It was obvious that this hairpin was not an ordinary hairpin, but a sharp blade. Usually, the fourth princess used it for self-defense.
I didn't expect to use it here this time.
Han Xiao groaned and felt a sharp pain in his back, and bright red blood immediately spread on the blue satin.
The emperor was horrified and shouted, "Imperial Physician, quickly find the Imperial Physician..."
Then a guard came in and grabbed the Fourth Princess. She said almost frantically, "Why, why on earth, Han Xiao, are you willing to sacrifice your life for him?"
Han Xiao endured the severe pain in his back and turned around. This time he really wanted to kill the Fourth Princess. He thought that the Fourth Princess was just trying to pester him, but he didn't expect that she would kill the young master.
The emperor's expression became even uglier, and there was something wrong with the way he looked at Concubine Li.
He asked Eunuch Dexi to guard the tent, and the imperial physician was not far from the tent and came in quickly to bandage Han Xiao.
The fourth princess's hairpin didn't hit any vital parts, so all she needed to do was rest after stopping the bleeding. The young master looked at Han Xiao with tears in his eyes.
After the imperial physician bandaged Han Xiao, the young master couldn't wait to check Han Xiao's injuries. If his husband hadn't just asked him to block the knife, he would have been the one injured.
The young master couldn't help sobbing softly. He wanted to get closer to Han Xiao, but was afraid that it would affect Han Xiao's injuries, so he could only look at Han Xiao pitifully.
Han Xiao used his other hand to wipe away the tears from the young master's face: "It's okay, they are just minor injuries, don't worry."
The young master shook his head and cried, unable to speak, feeling very guilty.
So when he saw the fourth princess being captured, he stood up angrily, walked to the side of the fourth princess, and slapped the other intact half of the fourth princess's face.
The young master cried and beat him: "My husband has already said that he doesn't like you, why are you still pestering me? My husband and I are the best match, you are not worthy..."
This was almost the harshest words the young master had said in the past twenty years. After saying it, he ran to Han Xiao's side and glared at the fourth princess fiercely.
The Fourth Princess was completely stunned by the young master's beating. Not only her, but also the emperor. The emperor knew that the young master had a soft character, but he didn't expect that the young master would hit someone because Han Xiao was injured.
This is good, at least it shows that the young master is not a punching bag. Even a rabbit will bite when it is angry.
However, the emperor is now troubled by how to deal with the Fourth Princess. The Fourth Princess's attack on the young master has completely angered the emperor. If he lets her off so easily, who knows what she might do next.
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