238. This princess is here.
Outside the Crown Prince's residence.
The guards of the Marquis of Beiding's mansion could no longer hold out, and one by one they collapsed to the ground with injuries. Marquis Jiang Xiyue of Beiding was forced to the side of the carriage by the guards, his face solemn.
Standing on the steps, Li Bo frowned and coldly shouted at the guards, "What are you all standing there for? Keep an eye on the person! I'll deal with him after I find out where the County Magistrate of Fukang is!"
Just then, the little princess suddenly broke free from Qu Zijin's hand, ran onto the carriage, ripped off the blue cloth covering her head, revealing her angry little face, and shouted loudly at Li Bo: "Stop! You dare to touch anyone from the Marquis of Beiding's mansion! I'm here!"
The guards were stunned, looking at the little princess and then at Uncle Li.
Uncle Li looked up at the carriage and hesitated.
He frowned and looked at it again and again.
The small face in front of me overlapped with his face at the palace banquet.
She really is a princess!
Upon recognizing the young princess, Li Bo frowned even more deeply, his tone stiff and restrained: "Why is Your Highness here? This matter concerns the Crown Prince's residence and the Marquis of Beiding's residence. Please do not interfere."
He knew perfectly well that the princess was of noble status.
After all, she was the emperor's darling, his only daughter!
If the princess were to be injured by accident, it would be a real disaster.
You must understand, they are now in the capital, and the lives of their heir apparent are in the Emperor's hands.
"I'm going to intervene!" The little princess said, hands on her hips. "Uncle and Aunt of the Marquis of Beiding are good people, and Little Moon is a good person too. You're the one who arrested people without even knowing the facts! Tell your men to leave! Otherwise, I'll go back to the palace and tell Father that you bullied me!"
Uncle Li's face darkened, and he was about to say something when Dou Shichen's voice suddenly came from behind him: "Uncle Li! Don't wrong an good person!"
Li Bo turned around abruptly and saw Dou Shichen leading the little dumpling quickly towards them.
“Uncle Li, you’re mistaken! The county princess just told me that the person Tao Wanbi is targeting isn’t Father at all! I’ve carefully recalled what happened that day, and when Tao Wanbi spoke to me, she didn’t mention Father’s name at all. I was upset at the time and got confused, and then you misled me. It’s all a misunderstanding!”
"Your Highness, what...what did you say? Not the Prince? How is that possible? You clearly said back then..." Uncle Li didn't finish his sentence, his gaze sweeping over the little dumpling, his brows furrowing, his suspicion undisguised, "Did she say something to you? Don't be fooled by her! After all, she was involved, maybe she's trying to exonerate herself!"
“The moon did not deceive Prince Bright Bean!” Little Dumpling immediately said.
Li Bo was about to argue when the little princess jumped down from the carriage, ran to the little girl like a gust of wind, grabbed her arm, turned to Li Bo, put her hands on her hips, and glared at him: "You idiot! You misheard but won't admit it, insisting on blaming Xiao Yue Liang. Isn't this framing someone? If I hadn't been here watching, Uncle Bei Ding Hou, Aunt Bei Ding Hou, and Xiao Yue Liang would definitely have been wronged to death by you today! You incorrigible old stubborn!"
Li Bo's face turned pale and then red as he was scolded, his fingers clenched so tightly they cracked, but he dared not retaliate because of his status as a princess, and could only feel a tightness in his chest.
Just then, the sound of rapid hoofbeats came from afar.
Qin Fengsong arrived at breakneck speed with a troop of imperial guards. Upon seeing the little princess standing beside Xiao Tuanzi, he breathed a sigh of relief, dismounted, and hurried forward: "Your Highness! Are you alright?"
It turned out that the young prince couldn't find the little princess anywhere in the palace, so he knew something was wrong and quickly went to Qin Fengsong to tell him that the little princess was missing.
Qin Fengsong was so frightened that his hair stood on end, and he quickly gathered people to search for him.
He quickly discovered that the last person the little princess met was Qu Zijin, and that Qu Zijin had already left the palace.
His heart sank.
He was even more frightened when he learned that Qu Zijin had actually brought a strange little girl with him during the battle between the Marquis of Beiding's residence and the Crown Prince's residence.
They hastily assembled an entire imperial guard and rushed over.
"I'm perfectly fine!" The little princess waved her hand and gestured towards Uncle Li with her chin. "It's this guy who arrested people from the Marquis of Beiding's residence without any explanation and even ordered his guards to beat them up. You have to do something about it!"
Qin Fengsong's face darkened. He turned to look at Li Bo and Dou Shichen, and sternly ordered the Imperial Guards behind him, "Surround everyone in the Prince's residence! Detain these two first, and await His Majesty's decision!"
The Imperial Guards immediately stepped forward, forming a circle with their spears, trapping Li Bo and Dou Shichen in the middle.
Dou Shichen stamped his foot anxiously: "Commander! This is a misunderstanding, I have already figured it out..."
"Whether it's a misunderstanding or not, His Majesty will find out after his interrogation!" Qin Fengsong's tone was firm, giving no chance for explanation.
Li Bo's face fell completely when he saw the Imperial Guards surrounding him, but he still stubbornly refused to bow his head.
No sooner had the commotion subsided than the little princess, along with her little dumpling, hopped over to Marquis Beiding and Jiang Xiyue.
Jiang Xiyue hugged her daughter tightly, her eyes red-rimmed: "Yue'er, are you alright? Have you been wronged?"
Marquis Beiding patted his daughter's back, filled with regret: "What was I thinking? How could I be so certain of the Prince of Zhennan's character? I should have come in the first place!"
Qu Zijin kept asking questions from the side, afraid that they might have harmed the little dumpling. He breathed a sigh of relief after receiving a negative answer: "At least they still have some sense of propriety and didn't dare to use torture on you."
“Yue’er is alright,” the little dumpling hugged her mother back. “Hurry up and save Grandpa Butler. He was knocked unconscious, and Yue’er couldn’t take him with her when she escaped.”
Qin Fengsong immediately sent someone to search for her. Only then did Marquis Beiding, Jiang Xiyue, turn to the little princess and sincerely thank her: "Thank you for your help today, Your Highness. If it weren't for you, we would probably have been wronged and who knows what would have happened."
They still feel scared when they think about it now.
If it weren't for the little princess's arrival and insistence on rescuing the little dumpling, they would probably still be waiting foolishly.
Even if I were to pick up Xiaotuanzi, I wouldn't bring many people.
Judging from Li Bo's behavior, they will probably be locked up as well.
"You're welcome!" The little princess puffed out her chest, shook her head proudly, and then turned to look at Qu Zijin beside her. "Grand Tutor, today was so much fun! Take me out to play more often in the future, and I can even help you solve your problems!"
Qu Zijin sighed and rubbed his forehead, then said sternly to the little princess, "Your Highness, today is a special case. Leaving the palace without permission is a violation of palace rules, and you must never do it again. From now on, you must inform His Majesty and obtain permission before leaving the palace."
The little princess's smile vanished instantly, but she knew the Grand Tutor was telling the truth. She could only pout and mutter softly, "I know, this is so boring..."
On the other side, the imperial guards stepped forward and bound Li Bo and Dou Shichen's wrists with ropes.
Dou Shichen kept turning around, his gaze fixed on the little dumpling. He wanted to say something, but the Imperial Guards pressed his shoulders and pulled him forward. He could only watch helplessly as the little dumpling's figure was blocked by the crowd.
Uncle Li followed behind, his back ramrod straight, his eyes filled with gloom, and his lips pressed into a cold, hard line.
The little dumpling stood there until it saw the steward being carried over by the servants of the Marquis of Beiding's mansion.
The bruises on his face had been treated with medicine, and although he was pale, he was already awake.
As soon as the butler saw her, he struggled to sit up and said, "Miss, I'm fine. I'm sorry to have troubled you."
The little dumpling finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Grandpa Butler, you must go back and rest well. Yue'er will come back to see you."
Marquis Beiding and Jiang Xiyue also expressed their concern and gratitude to him.
The butler nodded with tears in his eyes.
Afterwards, the group headed towards the palace.
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Just as they arrived at the palace gate, they saw a figure running quickly towards them; it was the young prince.
He was sweating profusely from running, his clothes flapping in the wind. The moment he saw the little princess and the little dumpling, he didn't stop, rushing straight to the little dumpling, grabbing her wrist, his voice filled with urgency and fear: "Little Moon, how are you? Are you hurt? I heard you were locked in the woodshed, I was so worried I almost ran out of the palace!"
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