Chapter 78 Princess Tong'an
In terms of rank, the eldest princess is indeed higher than the concubine, but who cares about rank in the palace?
One is the queen who is always favored by His Majesty and has the only two princes as her children. The other is one of His Majesty's dozen sisters. Except for the New Year palace banquets, she, like them, cannot even see His Majesty. It is obvious who His Majesty favors.
So after Princess Tong'an said this, Mrs. Guo laughed first, and many other officials and their wives also followed suit and laughed.
Princess Tong'an didn't react for a while, but when she saw the mockery and complacency on Jiang Shuyi's face, she finally understood. She stood up angrily and pointed at her and said, "Princess Jiang! You are too arrogant! I'm going to complain to my brother!"
It was the first time that Jiang Shuyi was robbed of her words to complain by someone else. She said bluntly: "Your Majesty is kind and merciful. Princess, as your Majesty's sister, pushed me into the lotus pond just because I accidentally bumped into you. How can this be considered as behavior? I was just about to complain about this matter. It would be easier if we do it together!"
Princess Tong'an was furious: "Who I push has nothing to do with you!"
Jiang Shuyi raised her eyebrows: "That's my fifth sister, what kind of relationship do you mean, Princess?"
Princess Tong'an was slightly stunned. She didn't know either. Since she was Concubine Jiang's sister, why was she wandering around in the garden instead of following Concubine Jiang?
But even if that's the case, you should be punished if you bump into her!
Princess Tong'an: "Who made your sister so blind that she bumped into me? This dress of mine was specially made for entering the palace. The embroidery is made of finely twisted gold threads. If she damages it in the slightest, I will strip her clothes off and make her unable to face people again!"
Jiang Shuyi was really angry this time.
She gritted her teeth and smiled, "It's so precious. It's definitely my sister who is wrong. How about I offer a cup of tea to the queen on her behalf as an apology?"
Princess Tong'an was just about to step down, and she raised her chin proudly: "Okay, toast to me and be respectful, and I won't bother with you!"
Everyone following Jiang Shuyi was trying to stop her. Why bother? They could just ignore this stupid princess and leave.
Jiang Shuyi didn't listen, she walked into the pavilion, picked up the teapot on the table in the middle, poured a little into the cup, frowned, and opened the lid of the teapot: "What kind of tea is this? Why is the color so strange?"
Princess Tong'an came closer curiously, and Jiang Shuyi poured the full pot of tea on her.
A scream from Princess Tong'an suddenly rang out from the waterside pavilion.
"Ah! My skirt!"
Jiang Shuyi said in a false voice: "My hand slipped, Princess, you won't mind, right?"
Princess Tong'an was so angry that she was shaking, especially when she saw the bright smile in Jiang Shuyi's eyes. She gritted her teeth and pounced on her to hit her.
Jiang Shuyi didn't expect that she dared to attack her. After being pushed to the ground and her butt hurt, she became furious. She grabbed Princess Tong'an's hair and bit her neck.
Seeing the favored concubine and the princess fighting each other in such an undignified way, the crowd who were watching just now suddenly exclaimed and rushed forward to separate them.
After Fang Chu pulled a palace maid and told her to call the emperor, she hurried forward to help the queen fight.
The two of them were fighting so fiercely that they couldn't be separated. Plus, there were too many people around and they were in a panic, so they couldn't stop each other for a while. It wasn't until the palace maids of Zhaoyang Palace, led by Fang Chu, finally held down Princess Tong'an that the fight finally stopped.
Jiang Shuyi's hair was completely disheveled and there was a scratch on her face. She was still breathing heavily with some anger left. Princess Tong'an was also injured. There were bite marks on her neck and face, and the embroidery on her clothes was completely torn. She was held down and cried non-stop.
Fang Chu nervously checked the wound on the empress's face. Only after confirming that it was shallow and no blood was seen did she feel a little relieved. She then shouted at the palace maids to quickly call the imperial physician.
"Your Majesty has arrived"
The eunuch's singing interrupted the chaos here.
Princess Tong'an stopped crying and was about to break free from these slave maids to complain, but she saw that Concubine Jiang, who had been glaring at her just now, suddenly changed her expression, from a tiger to a lamb, and whimpered weakly and pitifully.
Princess Tongan opened her eyes wide: "You..."
The next moment, Jiang Shuyi climbed up from the ground.
All the officials and their wives had already knelt on the ground to pay their respects to the emperor. As soon as Pei Yan walked outside the waterside pavilion, Jiang Shuyi threw herself into his arms. She hugged his waist tightly and cried as if she had suffered a great injustice: "Your Majesty, please make the decision for me!"
Pei Yan glanced at the many officials and their wives kneeling down, then looked at Tong An, who was sitting on the ground in shock with bite marks on his face, and whispered, "Let go first, I'll see if you're hurt."
Jiang Shuyi immediately let go of her hand and pointed at the scratches on her face, saying in a heartbroken tone, "It's all disfigured..."
Pei Yan's eyes darkened.
He gently stroked the skin around the scar and asked in a voice that everyone present could hear: "What happened?"
Jiang Shuyi and Princess Tong'an spoke at the same time, one calling him "Your Majesty" and the other "Brother Emperor", both trying to take the initiative to explain. Pei Yan interrupted with a gentle voice: "Princess Jiang, tell me."
This sentence made everyone present understand who the emperor favored.
Jiang Shuyi burst into tears and said, "Because my sister and mother got lost, I accidentally bumped into the princess while looking for her, so the princess threw my sister into the water and almost drowned her. I am just a humble person, and even though I felt sad and wronged, I dared not say anything. As a result, the princess was still not willing to give in, so I could only offer her tea to apologize. The tea was so hot that I couldn't hold it for a moment, and it soiled the princess's dress, so the princess came to beat me..."
Then the officials and their families who witnessed the whole process said: …
No wonder she is a favorite concubine.
Pei Yan didn't know how much truth there was in her words at this moment, but the girl who he had pampered in every way and who had snuggled up to his chest and acted coquettishly this morning was bullied like this after going out to play, which was enough to make him angry.
Princess Tong'an finally came to her senses from Concubine Jiang's confusion and hurriedly explained, "Brother, Concubine Jiang is talking nonsense! She splashed it on me on purpose!"
Jiang Shuyi sobbed again and said sadly, "Your Majesty, I really didn't mean it. If you really don't believe me, I will kneel down and apologize to you."
Tong An was so angry that he almost fainted: "You! You!"
Pei Yan hugged Jiang Shuyi tightly, lowered his eyes to look at her tearless almond eyes, gently stroked her waist, and gently scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, you are her sister-in-law, there is no reason in the world for a sister-in-law to kneel down to her younger sister."
Jiang Shuyi's waist was ticklish to begin with, and she trembled as she pressed against Pei Yan's body, trying to dodge, but that hand kept coming after her and causing trouble.
Princess Tongan was so incredulous that she didn't notice her brother's actions: "The Queen is my sister-in-law, she is just a concubine!"
Pei Yan: “How outrageous.”
Princess Tong'an also realized that it was too much for her to refute her brother in public, so she just continued crying.
"It seems that I have spoiled you, Tongan."
Pei Yan's eyes were dark, and he looked at Tong'an with a domineering look: "You have been ignorant since you were young. Every time you made father angry and wanted to punish you, I could not bear it. I pleaded for you again and again, and was willing to be punished for you. I thought it was for your own good, but in fact, I spoiled you and hurt you."
Princess Tongan was confused.
Is...is there such a thing?
She had been a bit naughty during the period when her mother was the most favored. It seemed that once when her father half-seriously said he wanted to punish her, her Sixth Brother pleaded for mercy. But apart from this one time, she really couldn't remember every time.
However, Pei Yan's regret and disappointment did not seem fake. He sighed and ordered, "Come here, take Tong'an away and let the nanny give her twenty strokes of the board. This will be regarded as my brother disciplining her on behalf of my father."
Princess Tong'an was so shocked that she could no longer think about anything else and shouted, "No! Brother! It's really not my fault!"
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