Chapter 100: Holding Thighs and Not Letting Go
Ji Qingwu covered his right face, his shoulders shuddered, and his voice sounded aggrieved and inarticulate.
"It's easy to find a pretext to accuse someone of something. Your Highness Princess should calm down even if she's still angry. She just slapped me without caring about anything. Isn't that enough?"
Ji Qingwu's eyes were red, his body was shaking, and he was so weak that he looked like he could be blown down by a gust of wind.
Princess Qingyun looked at her expression and was unable to refute her.
Yuchi Lianping frowned, he didn't expect Qingyun to be so ungrateful.
He sighed in his heart, although this Miss Ji Wu had gained some understanding, it was still not enough.
She should have just run over, hugged the emperor's thigh and refused to let go, crying as she spoke.
No, maybe she didn't even need to shed tears. She could just look at the emperor with red eyes and she didn't even need to say a word.
Before everyone arrived, Ji Qingwu had always been calm and composed.
Her sudden expression of grievance also reminded Princess Qingyun that it was this seemingly fragile fifth cousin who saved her life despite the danger.
She is also a woman, and she will be afraid too.
"Zhao Jiayun."
At this time, someone said three words in a calm voice.
Princess Qingyun's full name is Zhao Jiayun, but no one has called her that for a long time. Everyone respects her by her title. No one in the palace dares to call her by her name...
Emperor Wu Su sat high on his horse, his expression dull, looking down at her with unfathomable depths in his eyes.
Princess Qingyun took a look, her eyes trembling as she immediately stopped talking and lowered her head.
Li Yuzong coughed and said, "Princess, why don't you bow when you meet His Majesty?"
Eunuch Li's words were meant to wake her up. Princess Qingyun quickly knelt down and said, "Brother, I was just frightened, so I lost my composure in front of the emperor."
"Who did you just say deserves to die?"
Princess Qingyun knelt down obediently with her head down, not daring to act presumptuously again.
Emperor Wu Su looked stern, lowered his eyebrows and looked at her: "I see, it's you."
Princess Qingyun's pupils shrank.
Although the emperor and she were not born of the same mother, he had been quite indulgent towards her since she could remember, and rarely scolded her when she made mistakes. This was the first time he had spoken such harsh words to her.
Emperor Wu Su's words made her realize it clearly.
The person in front of her was the unattainable emperor, not a brother who could tolerate her throwing tantrums.
Emperor Wu Su's eyes fell on the marks on the ground again. He could imagine how dangerous it was at that time, and said in a deep voice: "If Miss Ji hadn't saved you, you wouldn't have survived until now."
"You tracked the prey without knowing your own limitations, and even after you managed to escape, you were still not sober, dragging others down the cliff with you, and you were so mean to the person who saved your life. This is the rule you have learned since you were a child. Who taught you that?"
Princess Qingyun pursed her lips. She wanted to explain a few words, but her brother was right. It turned out that what she did was so unreasonable.
Emperor Wu Su seemed to be extremely disappointed with her, his eyes were frozen, and he said directly: "You are not even as good as a four-year-old child. You make me lose face."
These words made her feel a thousand times more uncomfortable than a slap in the face.
Princess Qingyun's eyes were filled with tears as she begged, "Brother, I know I was wrong."
Emperor Wu Su said coldly: "If you know you are wrong, kneel here and reflect on it."
"Royal brother..."
Princess Qingyun only dared to call him in a low voice and did not dare to anger him again.
What will be the fate of a princess who falls out of favor and loses the emperor's heart? There are bloody examples in the previous dynasty. She was sent to a barbarian land to marry three people, a father, a son and a brother, and suffered insults and ridicule.
Ji Qingwu also felt that the princess should change her willful nature.
Kneeling on the edge of the cliff was a good punishment. It allowed her to recall how thrilling the experience was.
Ji Qingwu quietly raised his head and glanced at the emperor, only to find that he was still staring at the edge of the cliff, with veins bulging on the back of his hands, as if he was trying to hold back emotions that were about to explode.
Everyone was waiting quietly, but Emperor Wu Su rode away on his horse, the sound of horse hooves gradually fading away.
A group of people also left.
Ji Qingwu looked at the disappearing shadows of the large army, frowned, and felt mixed emotions.
She supported herself on the ground and stood up, walked to the princess who was kneeling as punishment, and walked around her.
Princess Qingyun was scolded and punished. She didn't dare to look at her with a guilty look in her eyes and her arrogance disappeared.
Ji Qingwu knew that the feeling of loss in his heart was not because of Qingyun.
Li Yuzong still stayed here, and walked up to Li Chengxun and said, "Master Li, the princess is kneeling here to be punished, but she cannot be left alone, so please keep an eye on her."
Before leaving, when passing by Ji Qingwu, Eunuch Li coughed a few times, as if urging her to leave quickly.
This was exactly what she was thinking, and she didn't want to stay here with these two people.
The pure black horse was still waiting for her nearby. It was still some distance from here to the camp. Ji Qingwu's mind was in a daze and she really didn't want to walk.
She climbed onto the horse and pulled at the reins, only to belatedly feel the unbearable pain in her right arm and shoulder. She probably thought it was because she was hanging on the tree and exerting too much force.
There were only two people left on the cliff.
It was already dark. Princess Qingyun was kneeling on the sandy road covered with hard stones in her dirty clothes. After kneeling for only a short while, her knees were so painful that she started sweating.
Li Chengxun frowned and said, "Princess, Miss Ji and I are innocent. You shouldn't make a scene in front of His Majesty." Princess Qingyun felt extremely guilty and uncomfortable.
She was awakened by the emperor's words and realized that she had gone too far.
But it’s fine that the emperor scolded her, she also had to accept Li Chengxun’s teachings. Qingyun said angrily: “Not only did you save her first, but you also spoke for her. Who knows if you two did something behind my back, just like you and the maid in Liangxiang Pavilion.”
Princess Qingyun still found out about Mo Lingling.
No one in the royal family is really stupid. It is easy for her to track down Li Chengxun's whereabouts outside the palace. After the Queen Mother knew about this, she advised her not to take it too seriously. It is inevitable that a man will cheat outside, and the two have not yet officially married.
After all, that lady is just a prostitute. Send someone to investigate. If the maid is really pregnant, it can be solved by drinking a bowl of abortion pills. It is not worth hurting the relationship between the two.
But Qingyun just couldn't get over it, and he and Li Chengxun were in a bad mood for several days.
Li Chengxun sighed and said, "Princess, after the Luming Banquet that night, my colleagues said they wanted to celebrate for me again. I went to Liangxiang Pavilion out of necessity. I was drunk and confused and mistook her for you, so..."
This turned out to be the truth. Qingyun's anger that had been bothering him for several days was gone, and even his knees didn't hurt as much anymore. He said shyly, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I misunderstood you for so long."
He lifted up his robe and knelt beside her, which made Qingyun feel even sweeter in her heart.
Seeing that the princess was coaxed, Li Chengxun lowered his eyes, frowned slightly, and the hand that was holding Ji Qingwu slowly closed.
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Ji Qingwu was sitting on her horse, passing by the forest where the wild beast had just appeared. She moved her ears and heard some tiny noises inside. Her heart tightened, thinking that the wild beast would not be around.
It shouldn't be so unlucky...
She squeezed the horse's belly and wanted to leave this place quickly.
Suddenly, she heard something rushing towards her from behind, as fast as a gust of wind, passing by her.
She didn't even have time to exclaim.
The man pulled Ji Qingwu's soft waist from the horse as easily as picking tender leaves from a tree.
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