Chapter 8 Who do you think you are!
The figure behind the tree finally revealed itself. The man was dressed in a grey robe, and his eyes showed neither sadness nor joy. His expression only fluctuated slightly when he looked at the red in the courtyard.
His status does not allow him to interfere, so let Emperor Jingyuan handle it.
"I understand." The attendant lowered his head and replied, "Sir, do you want to take Xiao Huang back first? This is the harem after all. If people find out."
Xiao Mingxuan looked up at the cat in the servant's hands, reached out to take it, touched it twice, and calmed the cat's restlessness.
"It's okay, just go ahead, I'll be back in a moment."
Xiao Mingxuan hid in a tree and watched the scene in the courtyard quietly, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
This was not his first time in the harem. Ever since he raised Xiao Huang, it liked to run around everywhere. In order to find this little guy, Xiao Mingxuan had figured out the location of the harem, but this was the first time he saw the little princess.
He was not a person who liked to meddle in other people's affairs. People died in this palace every day. He was not a saint, and he did not need to save everyone.
But only this little princess, the moment he saw her, his dead conscience showed signs of revival.
Yuanyang Palace,
"You mean that whether it was the palace maid that day or the wound on Xihe's body, it was all instructed by Concubine Cheng?" Emperor Jingyuan's low voice sounded a bit like gnashing of teeth, and his chest rising and falling proved his immense anger.
Sanping knelt down, becoming increasingly respectful. "Your Majesty, that's what the palace maids and eunuchs said. According to the guards in the cold palace, Concubine Cheng was very happy when she was pregnant, but when she found out it was a princess, she flew into a rage. Over the years, she's been constantly beating and scolding the little princess. Aside from the palace maid Yunhui, the rest of the servants have also been disrespectful to the princess, all with Concubine Cheng's tacit approval."
"Who does she think she is! How dare she attack the royal heir! Bitch! I should have killed her from the beginning." Emperor Jingyuan threw the teacup on the imperial table, and the sound of the porcelain breaking seemed to hit Sanping's heart.
"Your Majesty, please calm down." Sanping didn't dare to offend anyone at this time, so he had to bring up the little princess. "Your Majesty, fortunately the little princess has been taken away by you. With Your Majesty here, the little princess will not suffer any more."
When hearing Xihe's name, the delicate little meat ball flashed before Emperor Jingyuan's eyes. She was in so much pain that she wanted to curl up into a ball, but in order not to worry him, she kept silent and even comforted him. Such a well-behaved and sensible daughter was tortured by that bitch for five years. If his daughter had not run away that day, who knows what kind of abuse she would have suffered.
"Why hasn't Xihe come back yet?"
I just wanted to pick something up, and it's been an hour and there's still no news.
Sanping breathed a sigh of relief. As expected, as long as the little princess was mentioned, His Majesty would suppress his anger no matter how angry he was.
"Then shall I go and take a look?"
Emperor Jingyuan was afraid that something might have happened to his little daughter, so he planned to go look for someone himself. As soon as he reached the door, he saw the person downstairs talking to someone. The person seemed very anxious and kept trying to force his way in.
"Sanping, who is that?"
Sanping calmed down and looked at it, "Your Majesty, this seems to be the attendant beside the Ninth Prince of Beili."
Emperor Jingyuan frowned and went to pick up his daughter in a hurry, with no intention of meeting her at all.
Unexpectedly, when the attendant saw Emperor Jingyuan, he rushed over and knelt down.
Emperor Jingyuan was so furious that he had no place to vent his anger and was about to execute this tactless servant, but the next second his eyes suddenly widened.
"Your Majesty, I am here to report that the little princess is being harassed in the cold palace."
"What did you say?" Emperor Jingyuan's face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water was about to drip. "Who dares to embarrass the little princess?"
The attendant prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to look directly at her. "This servant did not know. I only saw several palace maids and eunuchs pulling the little princess, and she even fell to the ground. That's when I came to report it."
"Why didn't you report it earlier?"
Xihe has been gone for an hour. It only takes half an hour at most to get from Yuanyang Palace to the cold palace. Why did he come back only now?
The attendant raised his head and glanced at the eunuch who had just stopped him, and whispered, "I came here early, but was stopped..."
"I deserve to die, I deserve to die." The eunuch who stopped the people suddenly turned pale, knelt down with a thud, and kept begging for mercy.
Emperor Jingyuan raised his leg and kicked the eunuch, sending him flying. He hit the pillar hard and suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood.
"I don't know when such a person appeared before the emperor. He actually dared to intercept the news without authorization." Emperor Jingyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes without any warmth as if he was looking at a dead person. "Sanping, peel off his skin, pull out his tendons, cut off his head, and hang it at the Meridian Gate!"
"I obey your order!"
"Where are you going, Your Majesty?"
Emperor Jingyuan looked up and saw the elegant Consort Chen and Consort Yun coming. He didn't want to pay attention to them, but when he thought of his own plan, he said in a deep voice: "Consort Chen and Consort Yun, please come together."
Emperor Jingyuan left quickly. He was now obsessed with the cold palace. He told Lady Cheng that it would be better for her to be sensible and not touch Xihe, otherwise he would tear that bitch into pieces if even a hair of his little daughter died.
Emperor Jingyuan hadn't arrived yet, but the cold palace was abuzz. Concubine Cheng was determined to beat Yunhui to death, but Xihe refused to let her. During the struggle, she reached out to grab her daughter and give her a beating.
The next second, a stone flew out of the air and hit Cheng Meiren's arm, forcing her to take several steps back.
Xihe looked at Cheng Meiren with an innocent look, "What's wrong, mother? Is there a ghost? Xihe is scared."
As she spoke, the little princess snuggled into Yunhui's arms, "Sister Yunhui, there's a little ghost. He said... he said he wants to eat mother. Sister Yunhui, Xihe is scared."
As soon as Xihe finished speaking, everyone around her hurriedly took a few steps back. Even the palace maid who had just supported Cheng Meiren let go, as if she was avoiding some plague.
Lady Cheng was so angry that she raised her hand and slapped Xihe in the face. A slap mark immediately appeared on Xihe's cheek, which showed how hard the other party had hit her.
"I think you really don't know your place. Today I will..."
Before Concubine Cheng could finish her words, she suddenly fell out, hit her head against a pillar, and spat out a mouthful of blood. Her hairpins and rings were disheveled, and she did not look at all like a queen.
"Who do you think you are to teach her?" A sinister voice came from behind, and if you listened carefully, it could even contain a hint of gnashing of teeth.
"Daddy, hug me~" Xihe opened her arms and hugged Emperor Jingyuan's thighs tightly as if they were first meeting. Her slightly trembling body revealed her fear.
Emperor Jingyuan quickly picked up his daughter and caressed her red cheek lovingly, with a hint of violence in his eyes.
Xihe's little hand touched Emperor Jingyuan's brow, "Daddy, it's okay, it's just a pat like before. Daddy will give Xihe a blast and it will stop hurting."
Concubine Cheng finally realized what had happened and quickly crawled to the feet of Emperor Jingyuan, pretending to be about to cry, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you have finally come to see me."
(End of this chapter)
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