Chapter 42 It's Hard to Deal With
Ling Chan pretended to retract her legs, but changed direction when she saw Xiao Yi's disgusted look, and the sharp knife quickly slashed across Xiao Yi's cheek.
He only felt a pain on his cheek like an ant bite. He raised his hand and touched it, and it was a little wet.
"...Someone, someone." Aunt Qu saw the blood dripping from Xiao Yi's face and was stunned for a moment before she started shouting, "Someone, please."
When the guards at Zhaoyang Palace heard the noise, more than twenty of them came running over.
Nanny Qu looked at Xiao Yi and then at Ling Chan, but she couldn't utter the words 'Princess Wanyue assassinated Prince Huai'.
She still wants to stay with Ling Chan...
But the scars on Xiao Yi's face...
Ling Chan's sarcastic and provocative smile remained unchanged. "Why? King Huai is going to let everyone know... that I hurt you?"
Xiao Yi turned his face to the side so that people around him could not see the injuries on his face.
"It's okay here, let's all go down." His voice was stiff and unnatural.
Ling Chan had predicted what he was thinking. He really couldn't let everyone know that he was hurt by the woman he had always disliked.
The guards had no choice but to leave, but during this time one of them had already noticed the injuries on Xiao Yi's face.
"If King Huai is worried, go back home and treat your wound quickly. It will heal in a while." Ling Chan put her two feet together, touched them lightly, and the sharp knife on her shoe was retracted.
"A delicate person like King Huai would probably go see a doctor even if a fly bites him, right?"
"Anko, it's time to go."
Hongdou picked up the school basket and followed Lingchan closely.
Xiao Yi stared at her as she left, and for a long time he couldn't believe that Ling Chan had just mocked him like that.
He touched his cheek, and the blood had already coagulated...
Nanny Qu walked up to him worriedly and said, "Your Highness, you should go and see the imperial physician..."
"Old slave..." She looked at the master and servant who were walking away, and could only bow to Xiao Yi, "I'll take my leave first."
After looking back at Xiao Yi several times, Nanny Qu caught up with Ling Chan.
"Princess..." Madam Qu looked down at Ling Chan's embroidered shoes, which were barely visible. "Weapons are not allowed in the palace."
Ministers serving in the palace are not allowed to carry any weapons.
Ling Chan knew this sentence. Not to mention carrying weapons, even carrying a ruler was not allowed.
But she brought it anyway. "Madame Qu can go to the Queen Mother and complain about me."
Aunt Qu hurriedly explained, "Princess, that's not what I meant."
"This old servant is also doing this for the princess's own good."
Ling Chan raised her head slightly, "Since Madam Qu doesn't want to report me, I'll just keep this matter to myself."
Aunt Qu: "But, the princess injured Prince Huai, and this matter will definitely be reported to the emperor and the queen mother. Then..."
"That would be perfect." Ling Chan hoped the Emperor or the Empress Dowager would come to her about this matter. "Prince Huai stopped me and forced me to petition the Emperor to dissolve the engagement... I scratched him out of embarrassment."
"If the Emperor and the Queen Mother knew about this, they wouldn't let me suffer such an injustice, right?"
After hearing what she said, Aunt Qu finally understood the whole story.
The Queen Mother had clearly promised King Huai that they would cancel their engagement before next autumn, so why was King Huai still so impatient?
It was clearly the late emperor who granted them the marriage, but Ling Chan was asked to cancel the engagement... If this were to get out, how would the royal family maintain their reputation?
Nanny Qu secretly raised her eyes and looked at Ling Chan's confident profile. Was it because she was sure that the emperor and the queen mother would not pursue the matter, so she hurt Prince Huai unscrupulously?
If that's the case...
Nanny Qu sighed inwardly, if this was true, Ling Chan would be quite difficult to deal with.
It was almost dinner time when they returned to Ling Mansion. Gong Lan and Gong Yu bought a sumptuous meal and filled the table.
"Miss, you don't even know..." Gong Yu pointed at Gong Lan and laughed a little exaggeratedly.
"Mrs. Ling was going to buy some date cake for Ling Yu today, but Sister Lan stopped her." Gong Yu covered her mouth. "Miss, you didn't see Ling Yu's expression."
"Also in the afternoon, Ling Xueyao wanted to drink bird's nest, but the bird's nest was poured into the pot and was taken away by Sister Lan."
"Just now, Madam Ling asked Zhilan to go out and buy some food. Sister Lan happened to run into her and brought all the food she bought."
Ling Chan then understood why the table was so rich. It turned out that most of it was sponsored by Ruan Yiyu.
"Since Madam Ling is so generous, let's... enjoy it." Ling Chan asked everyone to sit down, but there were only four chairs in the room. "Madam Qu, you..."
When Aunt Qu saw Hongdou, Gonglan and Gongyu sitting down naturally, she felt a little hesitant.
"Princess, I am a servant..."
Yesterday, Hongdou and the others ate at the same table with Ling Chan. Considering that it was her first day there, Aunt Qu didn't say anything.
But today… “Servants cannot eat at the same table with their masters.”
Ling Chan had already picked up her chopsticks and took a bite of steamed fish. "Madame Qu used to be in the Empress Dowager's palace. Could it be that she had to take care of things like the Empress Dowager's eating and farting?"
Madam Qu was stunned for a moment, then she knelt down with a plop, "Princess, please be careful with your words."
"Since you can't control me, why bother me?" Ling Chan waved her hand. "If you want to stay here, you have to listen to me."
"Go get a chair and let's eat together."
Aunt Qu gritted her teeth and stood up, "Yes."
After she left, Ling Chan whispered a few words to Gong Lan beside her.
Gong Lan glanced at Aunt Qu who was carrying a chair back from outside the door and nodded slightly.
Nanny Qu sat between Gong Yu and Gong Lan, just opposite Ling Chan.
"Eat." Ling Chan said and started to eat with relish.
The restaurant in Beijing has some cooking skills, and the dishes on this table taste very good.
Gong Lan suddenly pushed a dish of steamed pork with rice flour from in front of her to Gong Yu and said... "Mother Gong... Yu, try this steamed pork with rice flour."
Gong Yu raised her eyes in shock, then glanced at Nanny Qu warily, and then took the initiative to look at Ling Chan.
But Ling Chan just smiled and said, "Why? Don't you like it?"
Seeing how calm she was, Gong Yu immediately understood what she meant.
Nodding, "I love to eat."
Steamed pork with rice flour is glutinous and fragrant, crispy and refreshing, how can you not like it?
She picked one up and stuffed it whole into her mouth, making a satisfied "hmm" sound.
At this moment, Aunt Qu lowered her eyes and fiddled with her chopsticks in the bowl. She seemed to be eating, but in fact she was thinking...
palace?
So the Queen Mother was right, these two people were indeed Gong Lele’s former female soldiers.
Almost everyone in Daqi knew that the female soldiers under Gong Lele were the women she rescued from various dangers and were taught by her personally.
These women were grateful to Gong Lele for saving their lives, so they voluntarily followed him and took the surname Gong.
They disappeared for more than ten years and suddenly appeared now. Could it be that it was because of what the Queen Mother wanted?
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