The Imperial Guards insisted on arresting Hou Xiangxiang, but Grand Tutor Xu pointed at her and said that she had insulted an official of the court.
Let's go then. Huo Xiaolong isn't wearing his python robe today, but who in the palace doesn't recognize her? The main thing is that the big girl next to him, dressed in grassland attire, isn't even pretending anymore. "I am the grassland queen, what can you do to me?"
"Your Highness, what...what's wrong?"
The Imperial Guards wanted to put shackles on Hou Xiangxiang, but Huo Xiaolong stopped them. With just a wave of his hand, the Prince of Zhenbei made the man in front of him dare not take another step.
"Aren't you going to arrest her? I'm going with her too, I'm with her, I'm her accomplice."
"That grassland king...you?"
"Ah, I came here today, and...on the way, yes, we just happened to run into each other. I cursed a couple of times, so I'll come along too. We're just one person short to play mahjong."
The Imperial Guards dared not touch the two girls, so why bother with shackles? They could only lead the group of adults who had been fighting and the girls to wait at the entrance of the Imperial Study.
The first to be summoned by the Emperor were the group of ministers. Yuwen Xuanhong was already used to Fan Tiezui's fighting. After all, he had been the Emperor for more than ten years, and regardless of his merits or demerits, he felt that he had done the Censorate the best.
For the sake of public support, we can tolerate anything as long as they don't hog our necks.
You are indeed respectful and competent, but what do you mean by fighting in front of the main road in the capital, leading the Imperial Hospital and those civil officials in a brawl?
What were you thinking?
Isn't that shameful?
You're just an Imperial Censor, a second-rank official! Second-rank!
Is one's face really that worthless?
"Your Majesty, I didn't strike first," Fan Tiezui replied, bowing.
Yuwen Xuanhong, dressed in bright yellow, asked incredulously.
"Can you refrain from making the first move?"
"I am truly not Your Majesty."
The emperor turned his gaze to Grand Tutor Xu. He didn't believe that Chief Physician Wang, who usually ran away faster than a rabbit after treating him, would make the first move. He was truly afraid of dying.
"Grand Tutor Xu?"
He straightened his official robes and said with an air of uprightness and incorruptibility.
"It was indeed this old minister who gave the order first, but it was that young brat who spoke rudely to this old minister."
"Your Majesty, please investigate! This has absolutely nothing to do with my junior sister. It was Grand Tutor Xu who first slandered her sister. My junior sister was just trying to protect her sister, so she..."
Wang, the head of the academy, clasped his hands in front of his head and knelt down to hurriedly explain.
—The Empress's Bedchamber, Phoenix Palace
The head maid of Fengyi Palace rushed in anxiously. The Empress was feeling drowsy when she heard someone beside her say...
"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! Miss Hou has committed some crime and is now being held by the Imperial Guards at the entrance of the Imperial Study, awaiting questioning."
Her drowsy eyes snapped open, and the woman said with a hint of anger in her almond-shaped eyes.
"She's just a child, what crime could she have committed? She must have been bullied by others!"
The Empress felt a pang of anxiety as she recalled the carefree smile that the young girl would give her every time she took her pulse.
"Your Majesty, what should we do now?"
"She's kneeling outside the Imperial Study, waiting for her fate?" the Empress asked.
The head palace maid shook her head and replied.
"No, I heard from the maid that the Prince of Zhenbei and the Prince of the Grassland were both with them. Neither of them knelt, and neither did she."
"I'm afraid the Emperor will get angry and I won't be able to protect her." The Empress stood up, took a few steps, and then turned back to speak to those around her.
"Here's what you're going to do: go to the Emperor now and tell him I've fainted."
"ah?"
Oh no, Your Majesty, you can't just faint like that.
"Go quickly."
Then the woman, whose face was slightly pale, collapsed beside the bed. The eldest daughter of the palace hurriedly shouted...
"Guards! Her Majesty the Empress has fainted!"
Yuwen Xuanhong pressed his nose and listened quietly as Fan Tiezui explained the whole story.
"You two are fighting in broad daylight in front of the Prefect's residence just because of a conflict between two young girls! My important ministers really have some nerve!"
"And you! You're usually so fast! What are you doing meddling today!"
The emperor pointed at the head of the royal court kneeling beside him, his head throbbing with rage.
"And you! Can't you even arrest people properly? What's the point of arresting the Prince of Zhenbei and the Prince of the Grasslands?! Are they just watching a show?!"
"Let the Empress and the Imperial Concubine handle matters of the inner quarters. What are you men meddling in?"
Including the leader of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, not one of them escaped being scolded.
"So my Pear Blossom was beaten for nothing?"
Fan Tiezui was not convinced. He would rather beat up Grand Tutor Xu in front of the Emperor right now.
"Your Majesty, the Empress has fainted..."
Lu Kai jogged up to the Emperor and reported in a low voice.
"Have her faint and summon the imperial physician! Even I cannot cure her illness!"
Yuwen Xuanhong's mind was in complete turmoil, and to make matters worse, the Empress was giving him trouble.
Marital affection?
If you can't even help him, you might as well marry a blockhead.
Moreover, emperors don't need sincerity; sincerity is the least important thing.
"Your Majesty, the Empress's illness is now being treated by that Miss Hou at the gate, and... the pillars of the Imperial Hospital are all here with you..."
The emperor waved his hand, signaling Lu Kai to take them all to the empress and let Xiao Lanhua resolve the matter of those young girls.
In the Phoenix Palace, under the golden curtain, Hou Xiangxiang lifted the veil and saw the Empress staring wide-eyed.
"Your Majesty, you..."
"Shh..."
The woman put her index finger to her lips, signaling her to be quiet.
Xiao Lanhua was mediating the matter between Miss Fan and Miss Xu outside when Da Ni'er and Huo Xiaolong accompanied Hou Xiangxiang in. They were also surprised to see the radiant Empress.
"I heard you were arrested and taken to the palace?"
"I guess so, anyway, I just followed the Embroidered Uniform Guards in."
Did they make you feel bad?
The little girl shook her head and said with a grin.
"No, the King of Zhenbei and the King of the Grasslands are with me."
"You."
The Empress breathed a sigh of relief, then looked Hou Xiangxiang up and down at her attire for the day.
"Why do you like this outfit so much? You wore this when you went to the palace last time."
"It looks beautiful, Your Majesty."
The woman leaning against the bed nodded, glanced at the sky outside, and then asked...
"Have you all not had lunch yet? Why don't you eat something in my palace?"
Huo Xiaolong and Da Nier nodded vigorously, "Okay, great, the food in the palace is indeed delicious."
Hou Xiangxiang was taking pulses and administering acupuncture there, while Long'er and Dani'er were busy cooking outside.
"What? Are you in a hurry?"
Seeing Xiangxiang's eyes constantly peeking outside, the Empress teased her.
"A tiny bit~"
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