She turned around and saw Xuan Tianming sitting in a wheelchair being pushed towards her by Bai Ze. The golden mask on his face and the golden embroidered purse on his waist were shining in the sunlight, which was very beautiful.
But she had no mood to appreciate it. When she saw Xuan Tianming, she quickly ran over and said anxiously: "Xuan Tianming, Seventh Brother is not right."
Xuan Tianming ignored her words, staring at her neck, the purple lotus between his eyebrows tightly gathered - "Who pinched you?"
Feng Yuheng froze in place, subconsciously raised his hand to wipe his neck, and then asked him: "Is it obvious?"
Xuan Tianming didn't say anything, but she could clearly feel the cold and gloomy aura emanating from his body.
Bai Ze answered for him: "It's quite obvious, five finger prints."
"Third brother." Xuan Tianming suddenly smiled and stretched out his hand towards the little girl in front of him, "Come here."
She shoved her claws into his palms, "It's okay, I didn't hide. If I wanted to hide, he couldn't hurt me."
Xuan Tianming certainly knew that if Feng Yuheng hid, no one could hurt her, but no matter what her original intention was, she was hurt now. Xuan Tianming had never suffered such humiliation since he was a child. His woman was beaten? Even if it was the king of heaven, he would peel off the skin of the king of heaven.
"Well..." The cold aura became even stronger. "Seventh Brother has avenged me. I just found out today that Xuan Tianye can't beat Seventh Brother! Seventh Brother is so powerful." She was deliberately trying to change the subject, but she really wanted to know what happened to Xuan Tianhua. "Can you tell me what happened to Seventh Brother? He's not right. I can see it."
This time, there was a definite answer. Xuan Tianming told her, "Every year, the four countries send envoys to pay tribute to Dashun. This year, the ones who chose to pay tribute on the first day of the Lunar New Year are Zong Sui from East Florida and Qian Zhou from North Border." As he spoke, Bai Ze pushed him into the Jade Palace. "The one who came from Qian Zhou is a princess and her daughter, and the one who came from Zong Sui is a prince, who brought a portrait of his sister."
Feng Yuheng frowned, as if he had figured out something. "The most reliable diplomatic relationship is marriage. Could it be that the princess of Zong Sui is here to marry?"
Xuan Tianming nodded, "That's right. The prince brought a handwritten letter from Emperor Zong Sui, not only requesting a marriage, but his sister also specifically mentioned the seventh brother."
It is indeed so.
The two had already entered the hall. A palace attendant quickly stepped forward and bowed in front of them, saying, "Your Highness, County Lady, please take a seat quickly. The Emperor and the Empress will be here soon."
Xuan Tianming held Feng Yuheng's hand tightly for a moment, then let go, "Go."
She nodded and returned to her seat. As soon as she sat down, Emperor Tianwu brought the empress and a group of concubines to the palace. All the people in the palace stood up and knelt down to the emperor and empress on the high platform, shouting in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, and a thousand years and a thousand years of live the empress."
Then Tianwu said confidently: "Everyone, please stand up."
The people below stood up again in a hurry.
Because it was New Year's Day, some polite words were unavoidable. After everyone was seated, Tianwu ordered him to start his New Year's speech. He said a lot of things, mostly hoping that everyone would be well and that everything would go well in the coming year.
Feng Yuheng had no intention of listening to these polite words. She was thinking about Xuan Tianming's suggestion that the princess of Zong Sui wanted to marry a foreign prince. Zong Sui was a small country, and it was dependent on the power of Dashun and had to pay tribute every day. Even if they wanted to marry a foreign prince, the candidate should be decided by Dashun, so they could not name the princess.
But looking at Xuan Tianhua's expression today, it is obvious that this marriage is a foregone conclusion. This doesn't make sense!
On the high platform, the Emperor's speech had just ended when the Empress began again. Feng Yuheng felt as if he was attending a commendation meeting in the army. It was extremely boring.
But who knows if her words "boring" were guessed by someone, the queen was talking when she suddenly heard a whip crack, followed by a crash, and without any warning, a table broke in two. The fruit plate on the table fell to the ground, and the tea spilled all over the third prince Xuan Tianye.
People looked over there in surprise, and saw Xuan Tianye suddenly stand up, staring at the Ninth Prince Xuan Tianming, and shouted: "What are you going to do?"
Everyone then noticed that the Ninth Prince Xuan Tianming was pulling back his whip. As he pulled back, he said, "The table is really not strong. It broke after just one whip. I wonder if Third Brother's neck is stronger than the table."
As soon as these words came out, Xuan Tianye couldn't help but understand why he was beaten, but even if he understood, he couldn't save face, not to mention what kind of occasion this was? The Queen was speaking, and this Old Nine dared to be so arrogant?
He was so angry that he wanted to ask the emperor and the queen to judge the situation, but before he could open his mouth, he heard the queen coldly say: "Ye'er, you are becoming more and more ignorant!"
ah?
As soon as these words came out, not only Xuan Tianye was stunned, but everyone was stunned.
This ignorant person... should be the Ninth Prince, right?
But the queen also had her reasons: "If the table is broken, replace it with a new one. Everyone is sitting quietly, why did you suddenly stand up?"
Xuan Tianye stared at the queen with eyes wide open. Is this what a human being would say?
The Queen was not happy again: "Ye'er!" Her voice suddenly rose, "Why are you looking at me like that? Are you planning to rebel?"
Plop! Ye Tianye knelt down directly - "I dare not!" The queen said whatever she wanted to say, and she just said she was rebelling. He wanted to ask what the queen was going to do. Unfortunately, he didn't dare.
Everyone knows that the emperor and the empress of this dynasty have a very happy cooperation! The empress is best at guessing the emperor's thoughts. As long as the emperor gives her a look, she knows how to sing the next play even without a script.
Since the Queen has expressed this attitude in this matter, it should be regarded as the Emperor's attitude. The Emperor has expressed his attitude, so who can say anything?
Moreover, the situation in the court is now very clear. The Third Prince has never been able to gain the emperor's favor. Even though he was highly valued by the emperor in the past two years, he has not gained any substantial benefits or recognition. However, the popular eldest prince has been recognized by Emperor Tianwu again and again. It can be seen that the Third Prince's loss of power is a foregone conclusion. He is already a useless prince.
Xuan Tianye didn't know that after the whip was lashed out, the hearts of those in his party who were originally on the sidelines had quietly shifted, and even Feng Jinyuan began to have reservations about him.
He knelt on the ground, his cheeks burning, feeling that this was a great humiliation, but he was powerless to resist. From childhood to adulthood, God knows how many times he had been bullied by Xuan Tianming, but every time it was like this, everyone blinded their eyes and hearts to Xuan Tianming, completely disregarding his feelings. Today was the same, on the first day of the new year, in front of all the ministers and even their families, Xuan Tianming once again trampled on his dignity.
"I know I was wrong, please forgive me, mother." He knocked his head to the ground, and a fishy-sweet taste surged in his throat, but he swallowed it back.
"Yes." On the high platform, the queen nodded solemnly, "It's good that you admit your mistakes. I always hope that everything will be fine for you, especially you, Ye'er, you have to fight for Concubine Xu De!"
Hearing her mention Concubine Xu De, Xuan Tianye's heart tightened, and he hid his hands in his sleeves and clenched them into fists. "Your son, I will follow your mother's instructions."
"Get up!" Finally, after the Empress had basically dealt with the matter, Emperor Tianwu spoke. "It's New Year's Day, Ming'er is just for the atmosphere, why are you so boring?"
All the ministers began to roll their eyes. The emperor and the empress were really a perfect match. Who else did the ninth prince resemble in personality? He was a carbon copy of the emperor.
Xuan Tianye stood up, stood with his hands hanging down, and dared not speak again. The palace servants around him had quickly cleaned up the mess on the floor and replaced a new table for him. The queen then said, "Why are you still standing? Sit down!"
Only then did he dare to sit down. At this moment, Xuan Tianye wanted to turn around and see what kind of person Xuan Tianming was. If possible, he really wanted to pick up a knife and fight with him. However, he knew in his heart that even if he drew his knife, he would not be the opponent of this ninth brother. What's more, the emperor was staring at him, so he didn't even dare to turn around.
After a small disturbance, the Queen's speech continued again, but the people below had no intention of listening to her official speech that she had to repeat every year. Instead, they were wondering in their hearts why the Ninth Prince suddenly took action against the Third Prince.
Someone whispered, "Just now outside the Jade Palace, I seemed to see the Third Prince and Princess Ji'an clashing. Could it be that the Ninth Prince was venting his anger on Princess Ji'an?"
Someone else followed suit and said, "It's more than just a conflict. I heard that the Third Prince grabbed the neck of the Princess of Ji'an County."
As soon as these words came out, the people who heard them all looked towards Feng Yuheng. Sure enough, some sharp-eyed people saw the obvious mark of strangulation on her neck.
Feng Yuheng didn't know if it was intentional or not, not only did he not cover it up, but he pulled the collar down again, making the pinch marks more visible.
"The Third Prince has gone too far." The situation in the court has quietly changed for more than two months. Whether it is the ministers of the former court or the women in the backyard, everyone knows that the Third Prince, who has never been favored, seems to have lost even the most basic trust of the emperor, so they are reckless and spare no effort in making up stories about him. "No matter what grudge he has with the Ninth Prince, why does he want to take revenge on a woman?"
"That's right! I see, he just can't beat the Ninth Prince, so he goes to show off to the future princess."
"My father once praised the Third Prince for his generosity and steadiness, and for being a responsible person. Now it seems that he is just a mean man who only cares about women."
"Oh, be careful with your words. What do you mean by before? There was no before. Your father has never praised the Third Prince before."
The young lady who had just spoken turned pale at this, and quickly nodded in agreement, saying repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, my father never praised him."
Almost in an instant, the Third Prince Xuan Tianye had become the plague god that everyone wanted to avoid. He held his teacup and listened to all the gossips, and took every word to heart. Sooner or later, he would make up for today's humiliation!
At this time, the queen had finished her words, and she heard a eunuch beside her raise his head and shout at the top of his voice: "Send the envoy of the Sui Kingdom, Li Kun, to the audience!"
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