The carriage was moving at a very fast speed and soon arrived at the palace gate. It was just around noon at this time. King Dongyao was being served in the courtyard of his favorite concubine, Noble Lady Wang, while he was enjoying the flowers and catching butterflies and preparing for lunch. Then he heard the eunuch come to report in an urgent manner that Princess Xishan was terrified and the two Princesses Daqing asked for an audience with unfriendly expressions.
King Dong Yao didn't care much about Xishan's frightened face, but he had to pay attention to Fengming and the others' unfriendly expressions. These were distinguished guests whom he could not afford to offend.
"Do you know what happened?"
Prince Dongyao did not waste any time and sternly rejected Concubine Wang's pampered request to go with him. While waiting for the eunuch to pass the message to the main hall, he asked if there was any reference information.
"Your Majesty, I don't know the specifics of what happened. I only know that early this morning, the three princesses and the young prince of Daqing, at the invitation of General Sheng, went to the camp outside the city to watch a crossbow drill. It's said that when they arrived that morning, the princesses were all very happy. I don't know what exactly happened in the camp, but I do know that about half an hour ago, the three princesses, with stern faces, helped the young prince back to the guesthouse. After returning to the guesthouse, they immediately called a doctor. I heard that the young prince was injured and is currently recovering in the guesthouse. After settling the young prince down, the three princesses came to the palace to seek an audience with you, Your Majesty."
The eunuch did not dare to speculate too much, but simply reported the intelligence he received truthfully. However, some of the information revealed in this intelligence was not very good.
"The camp outside the city? Yes, yesterday evening, Ji Cheng did come to report that he would invite Princess Dongyao and the young prince to watch some kind of drill today. It was the same thing that the young prince had requested to see last time. Could something have happened?"
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King Dong Yao rushed to the main hall where Feng Ming and the others were, full of anxiety and confusion. Feng Xiyun, the "victim", was eating, drinking and enjoying life in the guesthouse, while his most respected sister Feng Ming had a serious expression on her face, but she was constantly thinking about how to help Xin Wu collect some interest.
"Oh, the princess came so suddenly. I'm sorry for not welcoming you."
King Dong Yao strode into the main hall, his sunny voice conveying his good mood.
"My daughter pays homage to her father."
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
Xishan, Fengming and Feng Yuyun, who were all preoccupied with their own thoughts, only noticed that King Dongyao had arrived when they heard the voice and turned around to salute.
Although Feng Nuan was angry inside, she remained polite on the surface, showing the demeanor of a noble princess of the Celestial Empire to the fullest.
"Haha, haha, please stand up quickly, you don't have to be so polite."
King Dongyao cheerfully walked to the main chair and sat down, then asked with the air of a kind elder, "I wonder what is the matter today that requires the princess to suddenly come and ask for an audience?"
Fengming did not cooperate with his performance. He put down his teacup, stood up and bowed solemnly to King Dong Yao.
"I'm here to take my leave today. Thank you, Your Majesty, and Sister Xishan, for your hospitality these past few days. Today, I plan to return to the capital with Xiyun and my third sister."
"Ming'er?..."
Xishan didn't hear Fengming say a word about leaving. She only knew that she came to the palace today to seek an explanation. Who would have thought that she would actually leave Mingcheng when she opened her mouth? This scared her.
King Dong Yao naturally didn't know either. It was said that Feng Ming would stay in Mingcheng to play until after General Mu Yun's wedding. He had even asked Feng Ming's father for a reward letter. Who knows, he might get some good gifts. Why did he suddenly leave?
"Princess, you're joking with me. Haha, you've only been here a few days, and the wedding you want to attend is still some time away. Why are you leaving so suddenly?"
"Even if the king doesn't ask about this matter, I have to tell you. I'm worried that if we stay here any longer, we three siblings might suffer some harm in your country!"
Fengming's voice was clear and gentle, but his tone was cold and merciless, and his expression was serious and angry. His whole body conveyed the meaning of King Dong Yao: "You are in trouble, you are really in trouble, you are in big trouble."
King Dong Yao did not expect Feng Ming to speak so directly. Shouldn't they all talk to each other politely for a few rounds, and then talk about the matter briefly, giving him enough time to investigate the whole story before taking action?
King Dongyao had a worried and disbelieving expression on his face. He angrily slapped the armrest and asked, "What's going on? Who dares to hurt the princess and the young prince?"
The palace servants were so frightened that they knelt down in unison, as if they had rehearsed this before, and shouted, "Your Majesty, calm down."
Feng Ming just looked at them coldly. She could see that King Dong Yao and Sheng Jicheng were of the same kind. They were indeed so arrogant that they couldn't see the difference between Dong Yao and Daqing. They were treating her like an ignorant little girl.
But she didn't say anything, she just wanted to see what else King Dong Yao could do.
"Xishan, the king assigned you to accompany the two princesses on their outing. Now the princesses have been hurt. Tell me, what happened?"
Xishan looked panic-stricken. She hadn't thought it through in the first place. Although Fengming told her that watching the crossbow drill in the camp outside the city was a conspiracy of Sheng Jicheng, and she did feel that it was a bit strange that the crossbow arrows would hit the viewing platform where they were standing, she just couldn't believe that Sheng Jicheng had the guts to openly murder the princess of Shangguo and the young prince.
“This matter…this matter…”
Xishan hesitated and looked at Fengming. Fengming's expression remained unchanged and he did not look at her. Xishan was helpless. After all, Feng Xiyun was indeed hit by a hail of arrows under her nose. No matter whether this was really Sheng Jichen's conspiracy or the mistake of the soldiers during the training, it was all Dongyao's problem.
"This morning, General Mu Yun invited a few of us to the camp outside the city to watch a crossbow drill. He asked us to stand on the viewing platform. Unexpectedly, a crossbow arrow hit the platform and almost injured... accidentally injured the young prince."
Xishan used the word "accidental injury" with some hesitation. She actually felt that the possibility of accidental injury was greater. Again, even though Sheng Jicheng had been highly valued in recent years, how could he dare to openly murder the prince of the Celestial Empire?
When Fengming heard the word "accidental injury", his expression turned cold and became even colder.
King Dong Yao's expression naturally softened. He thought, "Oh, it's just an accidental injury, no big deal. Feng Ming and Feng Yuyun are sitting here well."
King Dongyao spoke his mind, and after hearing Xishan's explanation, he said, "Haha, Your Highness, since this is just a misunderstanding caused by accidental injury, we can just talk it out. Why do we have to leave?"
Fengming looked at King Dongyao coldly, and then looked at Xishan with some disappointment.
"Misunderstanding? Your Majesty, you just brushed it off as a misunderstanding. Do you really want to let this matter go?"
The silly smile on King Dongyao's face froze. At this moment, the eunuchs' voices echoed from outside the palace: "Prince Mu Yun has arrived~"
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