Chapter 187 Why do you want to provoke her?
Hearing Queen Mother Yin's words of support for him, Xie Zhuoning curled the corners of his lips in sarcasm.
If I hadn't dealt with Queen Mother Yin so many times in my previous life and knew that she wasn't that kind-hearted, I would have been moved to tears of gratitude after hearing what she said.
Queen Mother Yin spoke up for her, firstly because she wanted to use this incident to strike a blow against the Empress, and secondly because she wanted to win over their family.
In the court, Prince Yong and the Crown Prince were at loggerheads.
In the harem, Queen Mother Yin and Empress Sima each occupied the east and west.
In the power struggle between the two groups, she was just a chess piece being pulled by them.
But who says that chess pieces must be manipulated by others?
Xie Zhuoning suppressed the corners of his lips, raised his head, and looked at Queen Mother Yin gratefully, "Thank you, Queen Mother!"
When Queen Mother Yin saw that she appreciated her kindness, a smile appeared in her eyes.
As a result, there were disagreements on how to deal with Xie Zhuoning.
The Queen said: "Xie Zhuoning is so audacious that he destroyed the royal attire. His crime is unforgivable. According to the law, he should be exiled for three thousand miles!"
The Queen Mother said, "It is the Crown Princess herself who has ill intentions. Besides, the Marquis of Zhenyang has made great military achievements. To treat the girl from the Xie family like this, wouldn't it chill the hearts of the generals at the border?"
The queen then said, "Then give him 100 strokes of the cane in the court as a warning to others!"
The Queen Mother added, "It is extremely unlucky to see blood on the prince's wedding day!"
One wanted to punish, the other wanted to bail him out, and neither was willing to give in.
Although the Empress now has the final say on all matters in the six palaces, the Empress Dowager is the elder after all, and the pressure of filial piety is enough to render the Empress speechless.
Seeing the two arguing endlessly, the Empress Dowager, who was in the main seat, finally spoke majestically, "Okay!"
Queen Mother Yin and the Empress immediately lowered their eyes and nodded, "Grandfather, please calm down."
The Empress Dowager sighed and said, "What's the point of arguing about this now? We might as well find a way to solve the issue of the wedding dresses so as not to delay the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven! Queen, I remember that the wedding dress you wore that year is still there. Why not modify it first and give it to the Crown Princess to wear!"
The queen replied, "Yes."
"What the Queen Mother said makes sense. It is unlucky to see blood on the wedding day. Then we should lock up the girl from the Xie family first and deal with her after the wedding!"
The Queen Mother lowered her eyes and said, "Yes."
The Empress Dowager did not favor either party and just said a few words, and the matter was put to rest.
After all, the most important thing now is that the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven can be held smoothly!
Xie Zhuoning was taken away and detained.
After all, her superiors had not yet ordered her to be punished, and she was the daughter of an important official, so she was not imprisoned in a prison but in a side hall.
There are guards inside and outside.
But after a while, two figures climbed in from the window.
It’s Princess Yunheng and Xia Ju.
"Sister Ning, are you okay?"
Xie Zhuoning raised his eyebrows, "Do you think I look like I'm in trouble?"
Intact, not a single hair was damaged.
Princess Yunheng curled her lips and said, "Sister Ning, you sent Xia Ju away and went to the East Palace alone, but she couldn't do anything to you. You are so useless."
The reason why Xie Zhuoning didn't take Xia Ju to the East Palace was because she knew that Bai Yingxue would soon be unable to cause any trouble, so she decided to go and see what the other party had in mind.
But I didn't expect that Bai Yingxue would use the auspicious dress to cause trouble.
It so happened that when she was called away by the palace maid sent by Bai Yingxue, she was chatting with Princess Yunheng. They happened to talk about the Empress's plan to summon the ladies of various families to the Kunning Palace, and that the Grand Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Yin would also be there.
She just made a big deal out of it.
The incident became so serious that Bai Yingxue could no longer conceal it and had to report it to the empress.
She only needed to make a few excuses, and Queen Mother Yin, who was at odds with the Empress, would definitely stand on her side.
Everything was as she expected.
Princess Yunheng looked around and took a look at the environment in the palace. She was very dissatisfied and said, "It's a pity for Sister Ning to live in such a place."
After the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven is over, she will go find her uncle and go to her father to plead for mercy.
For the sake of our little uncle, the emperor will definitely release Sister Ning immediately!
Unexpectedly, Xie Zhuoning said nonchalantly, "Why feel wronged? I just let them lock me up on purpose."
Princess Yunheng's eyes widened. "Ah?"
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Meanwhile, the Queen asked someone to find the wedding dress she wore and have Bai Yingxue wear it.
After all, it was a style from decades ago and looked old-fashioned. Besides, Bai Yingxue's figure was slimmer than that of the empress, so it didn't fit her at all.
Thinking about her wedding, where she could only wear wedding clothes that had been worn by others, Bai Yingxue's eyes turned red with grievance.
Seeing Xiao Bicheng coming to pick her up to go to the altar, she rushed over aggrievedly, "Acheng..."
But before she could even utter a word of complaint, Xiao Bicheng suddenly said:
"Why did you mess with her?"
"What?" Bai Yingxue stood there in a daze, as if she had been struck by lightning.
"You knew she had a bad temper and would go crazy from time to time, but you still deliberately called her to the East Palace. What on earth were you thinking?"
I thought I would get some gentle words of comfort, but what I got was harsh questioning.
Bai Yingxue bit her lower lip in anger, her eyes reddened, "What about you? Today is our wedding day, why did you go to see her?"
Hearing this, Xiao Bicheng's face changed, "You sent someone to follow me?"
"I didn't... I just..."
She wanted to explain, but was met with Xiao Bicheng's disappointed eyes, "Xue'er, why didn't I realize that you are such a person? If you don't want to be the Crown Princess, there are plenty of people who can be the Crown Princess!"
When Bai Yingxue heard this, she was immediately panicked.
She immediately burst into tears and stroked her belly, "Ah Cheng, don't you want me and the child anymore?"
After all, she was someone he had kept in his heart for so many years. Seeing her crying like this, Xiao Bichen finally softened his heart and hugged her in his arms.
"If you are obedient, I will treat you and your children well for the rest of your life."
Bai Yingxue has heard these words a lot.
But she also began to realize that the sweet words spoken when love was at its peak were just floating clouds in the sky.
It looks pure, flawless and beautiful, but in reality it cannot be grasped or held, it is just a facade.
The current Crown Prince is no longer the young man with whom she had promised to spend her life.
She smiled without showing her teeth, looking obedient, dignified, decent and generous.
Xiao Bicheng led her out with satisfaction.
When the time came, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven began.
Xiao Bicheng and Bai Yingxue walked up to the altar step by step.
The ritual singer chanted the celestial book, and two people held wine vessels in their hands to worship heaven and earth.
Looking at the crowds of people kneeling on the ground below, Bai Yingxue finally felt proud.
From today on, she is the legitimate Crown Princess. She no longer has to hide in the darkness and be the Crown Prince's woman who cannot be seen in public!
At this time, new shoots began to grow on the jade floor around the altar and soon spread everywhere.
Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but shout -
"Spring comes from the passing of time, it is spring from the passing of time!"
"The Saint has appeared again!"
"Meet the Crown Princess! Meet the Saint!"
Hearing everyone's exclamations, Bai Yingxue was also surprised.
Although she was called a saint, she had no idea what was going on when strange phenomena happened several times.
Could it be that even God is protecting her?
Just when she was confused, the prince beside her suddenly grabbed her hand tightly and said lovingly, "Xue'er, you are really my lucky star. From now on, this world will belong to both of us!"
Bai Yingxue immediately put aside her doubts and looked over with the same affectionate look, "Your Highness the Crown Prince..."
Just when the two of them were about to glare at each other, a voice suddenly rang out -
"This is not a strange phenomenon from heaven. This is just a small magic trick performed by a troupe of jugglers that I specially invited for the Crown Prince's wedding!"