Chapter 446 Guilty
"I've already found it. I just came here to ask if you want to continue?" Ying Er asked embarrassedly, scratching his head.
Xie Siheng looked at him sullenly: "What do you think?"
Ji Changying looked at Ying Er's silly look with some shock.
Wow, I didn’t expect that this guy looks a little stupid, but he is just as good at torturing people!
"You guys take care of things first. I have to go back. I'll go to the palace with my mother tomorrow."
After saying this, Ji Changying ran away with a complicated expression on his face.
Chuan Qiong had just walked in and hadn't had time to say hello when he saw someone rush past him like a gust of wind. He looked at Ying Er in surprise, "How dare a young lady from our Criminal Investigation Department step into our office! The princess is truly extraordinary! What did you say just now? Why didn't you invite the princess to have breakfast before leaving?"
"I didn't say anything. I just asked Lai Mama if she wanted to torture me again, and then the princess ran away."
Chuan Qiong's eyes widened after hearing this, and he jumped up and slapped Ying Er: "You idiot, you scared people away!"
Ying Er slapped his chest and retorted loudly: "You're talking nonsense! The princess is as heroic as I am! You haven't seen her killing people. The princess doesn't even care about such a small thing! I won't let you ruin the princess's reputation!"
"It's fine if you're a rough and brave guy, but don't bring a girl with you. Who would be like you? If you can't speak, just shut up! You've dragged down the adults..."
Xie Siheng had a headache watching this: "Stop joking, Ying Er... No, Chuan Qiong, you sneak into Prince Duan's mansion yourself and make contact with Prince Duan."
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Ji Changying couldn't sleep because he had something on his mind, so he got up early and asked Yanyun to invite Nanny Hua over.
"Mammy, can we go directly to the palace?"
Upon hearing this, Aunt Hua's face lit up with joy. "Of course! Princess and Princess, if you want to go anytime, just let me know and I'll prepare it for you right away!"
Oh my God!
The young masters in her family finally remembered the queen!
Seeing Aunt Hua so happy, Ji Changying felt a little embarrassed.
She had previously thought that they had to wait for the palace to summon them before they could go!
"Then I'll trouble you, Madam. We will go to the palace to see the Empress later."
"Okay!" Aunt Hua happily went downstairs to prepare.
Mrs. Hu had recently been learning how to be a housekeeper from Nanny Hua. Upon hearing the news, she hurried to join in the preparations. Even Ji Changchuan was pulled out from his studies and followed his parents into the palace.
By the time we packed up and set off, half an hour had passed.
When she went out, Ji Changying saw Qingfeng with a pair of panda eyes looking at her resentfully.
She smiled reservedly and pretended not to see it.
As the family rode in the rickety carriage towards the palace, Ji Fengshou complained bitterly to his wife and children:
"Alas! Being an official is such a hell of a job! I have to get up before dawn and rush to the palace. I have to wait in the square outside the palace from 3:00 AM to 5:00 AM. My legs tremble and I shiver at the slightest breeze. I have to wait until 5:00 AM to 7:00 AM before I can enter the palace to attend court!"
"Then I was overwhelmed by the heat inside, and then I heard the adults talking to each other. I was so tired, sleepy, and hungry that my eyelids kept drooping, but I didn't dare to sleep. If I wasn't careful, one of the adults' shoes might hit me on the head."
Ji Fengshou always used to fantasize about how great it would be to be an official, but when he really stood at the morning court, he found that it was not much different from the vegetable market.
The only difference is that those people speak in such a flowery way that it makes people want to sleep.
Zhou was a little angry: "Why did those adults hit you with their shoes?"
Ji Fengshou felt hopeless: "Who knows? They often start quarreling while talking. You wouldn't believe it if I told you. Those adults who seem to be enjoying themselves outside, when they get angry, not only will they take off their shoes and throw them at people, they will also spit at each other! The kind that spit in each other's faces and say 'Pah, Pah, Pah...'"
As he spoke, he pinched his waist to demonstrate. Ji Changchuan and Ji Changying were stunned and could not look at the adults directly.
Zhou moved away from Ji Fengshou with a look of disgust on her face: "You are so dirty!"
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The news of their entry into the palace was reported to Emperor Mingde early on.
When Emperor Mingde heard that they had come to the palace to visit, his expression, which had been gloomy due to his worry about the empress's health, improved a little.
"Liu Quan, you go to the palace gate to greet them in person. Bring the princess and the others to me first, and don't let those ignorant people bump into them again."
snort!
He later heard what the old lady of Duke Cheng's Mansion said at the last palace banquet.
If the old lady of the Chengguo Mansion was not too old to be scolded, how could he let her go so easily?
Emperor Mingde's words made Eunuch Liu take it seriously, and he immediately took people to the palace gate to greet him in person.
The timing was just right. As soon as Eunuch Liu arrived at the palace gate, Zhou and the others walked in from outside.
"This old servant pays homage to the princess, the prince consort, the princess, and the young prince!"
Eunuch Liu led his men to bow and salute, and the young eunuchs behind him knelt on the ground.
"Get up!"
No matter how many times someone knelt on her, Zhou always seemed a little uncomfortable. Eunuch Liu was lifted up by her without even bending his waist.
The wrinkles on Eunuch Liu's face began to smile a little. "The Emperor is so happy to know that the princess has brought people to the palace. He is waiting for you in the Yangxin Palace right now!"
Ji Fengshou's face was filled with apology: "We didn't have time to prepare anything for Her Majesty's birthday before. We have been discussing what to give Her Majesty this whole time, and we have been delayed for a few days. How rude!"
What he said was somewhat unethical, but Ji Fengshou forced himself not to reveal it at all.
In fact, they have been busy helping the Zhou family to tidy up their mansion these days...
When Ji Changying heard her father say this, she quickly took out the bottle she was holding and gave it to Eunuch Liu: "Look! This is what we prepared together for grandma."
Eunuch Liu looked at the white and green branches in the vase and was surprised: "The Queen will definitely be very happy to see this!"
When they arrived at the Yangxin Palace, all the emotions on Emperor Mingde's face had been withdrawn. Sitting at the top, it was impossible to tell whether he was in a good or bad mood.
As soon as Zhou entered the room, she took a few secret glances at him.
To be honest, she and her biological father...are not very familiar with each other.
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you!"
As soon as they entered the door, Ji Fengshou and Ji Changchuan knelt on the ground to pay their respects to the emperor. Seeing this, Zhou reluctantly pulled Ji Changying forward...
Squat down.
Ji Fengshou's heart skipped a beat.
It’s over, how could I forget to tell you this!
Emperor Mingde's veins throbbed as he watched, "Mingyue, who taught you to squat like that?"
Zhou didn't react to the word "Ming Yue". Ji Changying tugged at her sleeves and said, "Mother, I'm talking to you!"
"To answer your Majesty, I taught you that!"
Ji Changchuan raised his upper body, lowered his eyes slightly and looked at the ground. He spoke in a neither humble nor arrogant tone, "Because my mother's reaction is always slower than others, she always forgets to kneel when she meets an important person on the road to exile. To avoid being scolded or punished, the ministers reminded her. When she encountered such a situation, she would immediately follow suit... squat down after us."
At the end of his speech, Ji Changchuan's tone also had some guilt.
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