Qixia Palace
That night, Xingnan tossed and turned in bed. She had no idea what was happening outside, and she was still struggling over whether she should tell the eldest princess's sister-in-law the truth.
Daji pushed the door open and walked in, quickly coming to her bedside. He looked at her sitting on the bed, sized her up and down, then swung his arms and said viciously:
"That Ning guy deserves to die for daring to do this to you. Let's go back to Nanping State and ask our father to raise an army. We'll wipe out every last one here and raze the Daning State Palace to the ground."
"Brother, what happened? Don't worry, just listen to me first."
"You don't need to explain in detail. I know everything about you, and now most of the people in the palace know it too. Don't worry, I will take care of it for you. Let's go back to Nanping Kingdom now."
"Brother, it's not like that..."
She wanted to explain the truth to Daji, but Daji didn't give her the chance.
He shouted directly to the girl outside:
"Come here, pack up your things and go inform Concubine Zhengui that we will return to Nanping immediately."
After explaining, he looked at Xingnan again.
"We have to leave. The little sister-in-law poisoned the Empress to get you the throne. We don't know how the Emperor of Daning will punish her, but I think the people of Daning seemed to have been prepared for this. She fell for it and is now imprisoned in the Sky Prison. Although this is her own fault, there's no guarantee that she won't implicate us. Xingnan, let's leave here quickly and return to our Nanping Kingdom. Don't worry, I'm here and I'll make sure nothing happens to you."
"What happened to the little sister-in-law?"
"She's been imprisoned in the Sky Prison. Didn't you hear what I just said?"
Imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison? How could this happen? She didn't want to marry the Emperor of Daning Kingdom, so why did she insist on doing this?
She gritted her teeth and shook her head vigorously.
"Brother, I don't want to leave. I want to stay here. I like Brother Ning."
"Why do you like him? He hurt you this time. The Emperor of Daning has ordered him to be imprisoned and will be beheaded soon. For the sake of your reputation, you must never mention this matter to anyone again. Just pretend it never happened."
"Why is he imprisoned? I want to go and seek justice from the Emperor of Daning..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Qin Shun's voice came from outside.
"The Emperor has arrived!"
Daji's brows suddenly frowned. The emperor rarely came to Qixia Palace. So many things happened last night, and he came today. It must be nothing good.
Thinking of this, he placed his hands on Xingnan's shoulders and warned with a serious expression:
"Xingnan, no matter what the emperor asks you later, you must insist that it was that Ning who bullied you and that you didn't do it voluntarily. Remember that?"
Just when Xingnan was at a loss, Leng Yu came in with the imperial physician, and Yongping, who had learned the news, also followed in.
She quickly came to Leng Yu and asked,
"Your Majesty, why did you bring so many people here so early in the morning?"
Leng Yu glanced at Xingnan, then said to Yongping:
"I have brought the imperial physician to diagnose Princess Xingnan's pulse."
Yongping's face immediately turned cold.
"Your Majesty, you brought so many people with you, mobilizing such a large force. You're not trying to treat Xingnan, but to embarrass her, right?"
Leng Yu waved his hands at the servants.
"Everyone, please leave. Doctor Wang, please stay."
Seeing this, Xingnan shook his head timidly.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I am not sick and do not need to be examined."
Leng Yu looked at Xingnan curled up on the bed, and said to Prince Daji, who was full of anger:
"This Imperial Physician Wang is the most skilled physician in the Imperial Hospital. He's very tight-lipped and trustworthy. Now that Princess Xingnan has suffered such an incident, I'm deeply disturbed. I've specially summoned the Imperial Physician to examine her pulse. Once the matter is confirmed, I can punish the person responsible."
Leng Yu's words made Yongping take a few steps forward in dissatisfaction.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? Do you suspect this is false? Would Princess Xingnan be willing to use her own innocence to frame others?"
Princess Xingnan knew she was in the wrong. She clutched the corner of the quilt tightly with both hands and wrapped herself in the quilt tremblingly. She hated herself for saying such words in a playful manner, but she didn't expect that others would take her words seriously.
If the imperial physician placed his hand on her pulse, her lies would be exposed. How would she explain then? Everyone would call her a liar and look down on her. What would she do? How would she end this?
Seeing Yongping's ugly face, Leng Yu replied nonchalantly:
"Of course I don't doubt Princess Xingnan. I brought the imperial physician to check her pulse out of kindness. Why did the eldest princess insist on stopping me?"
"I……"
Yongping hesitated for a moment and simply waved his hand.
"Okay, you can ask the imperial physician to take her pulse, but I have to tell you beforehand that if this happens, the emperor will never let Ning off lightly."
"Of course. I've already made up my mind. If he really does something like that, I'll have him torn into pieces and his head severed, to apologize to Princess Xingnan."
When Leng Yu said this, Xingnan thought of that scene in her mind. She suddenly shook her head in fear.
"No, you can't do this to Brother Ning."
Hearing these words, Leng Yu's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a barely noticeable smile.
Seeing that Xingnan was very resistant, Daji immediately stepped forward, patted her shoulder and comforted her:
"Xingnan, I know you were frightened by him. Don't worry, the Emperor of Daning will take care of you, and your brother will also take care of you. Let the imperial physician examine you now, and after that, we will return to Nanping."
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