Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 9

Ming Shengdi clenched his knuckles holding the teacup tightly, and his eyes narrowed instantly.

"Where did you say she went...?"

Xia Ziqi said: "Xiguan courtyard... I don't know why sister Zijin went to that place. My sister is a kind person. Maybe... maybe it's to pay homage..."

Ming Shengdi smashed the glass cup in his hand with a bang, which really shocked Xia Ziqi.

"Father..." Xia Ziqi was still kneeling on the ground, his knees were a little numb, but he didn't dare to get up by himself, and looked at Concubine Yue for help.

Concubine Yue's heart skipped a beat when she heard Xia Ziqi's words just now, this Pearl Princess doesn't look like a ignorant girl, what a forbidden place that Xiguan Courtyard is, even she dared not step in on her own.

Concubine Yue Gui had spent more than a dozen years in the harem, looking at her daughter's nervous expression, she guessed it was nine out of ten.

"Your Majesty, don't get too angry. Zijin has just come back from the palace. It's inevitable that he doesn't understand the rules in the palace. Let's teach him slowly."

Concubine Yue seemed to be speaking for Xia Zijin, but she had already been convicted of trespassing the forbidden area. She lowered her phoenix eyes and gave Xia Ziqi a wink, and the latter understood.

"Father, go and see sister Zijin, she doesn't know the rules, and violates your will to break into the forbidden area, if you don't teach her to distinguish right from wrong, everyone in the palace will learn it in the future But how can it be good!"

Ming Shengdi's dark eyes were obscure, he swept his wide sleeves, and then stepped forward, his brows were frowned, as if he was remembering the incident back then, guilt and the arbitrariness of the imperial power were entangled in his heart.

On Xia Zijin's side, she was sitting on the ground, and her ankle was really twisted. The maid opened her trousers and saw that Bai Yu's delicate skin was red and swollen, and when her finger touched Xia Zijin lightly, it hurt a lot. Terribly.

"My princess has a sprained ankle. I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the empress's place. You go back to the Mosheng Garden and ask Xiao Huanzi to send someone to pick me up!"

The palace maid bit her lip, feeling embarrassed, the fourth princess had not finished her task, if she just sent Princess Mingzhu back to Qiluo Garden, the fourth princess would definitely not let her go lightly...

"Princess Pearl..." She stammered, but she still wanted Xia Zijin to follow her.

"Why, this princess can't control you anymore?" How Xia Zijin couldn't see the maid's mind clearly, she lowered her face, and her tone became a little hard, "Even if you are the empress, you should understand High or low, if this princess suffers from some kind of illness because of your son's delay, how can your little maidservant bear it?"

The palace maid trembled, she knelt down and kowtowed in fear, she thought to herself that Princess Mingzhu looks soft, but she is not a fool to be fooled, if she really delays Princess Mingzhu's treatment of her sprain, she may not get good results .

On the other side of Ming Shengdi, the holy driver drove to the front of the Xiguan courtyard in a mighty manner. Everyone got off the sedan chair and walked over the bumpy road, and the desolate scene came into view.

Xiguan Courtyard was originally the noble place in the palace second only to the Empress's Qianqing Palace and the Empress Dowager's Shoukang Palace. The palace walls with carved beams and painted buildings are now covered with vine-green creepers, even if the gray-black smoke marks on the cinnabar red gate have passed After so many years, it still hasn't faded. Ming Shengdi wanted to be angry with Concubine Dong, and remembered how miserable she was ordered to be burned alive, so he clenched his fists tightly.

"Where is Princess Pearl?"

Ming Shengdi's voice was low and hoarse, and the surroundings were splashed with cold air.

Xia Ziqi rolled his eyes and looked in front of him. Except for the abandoned palace, there was no trace of anger, let alone Xia Zijin's shadow.

"she……"

"Didn't you tell Zhen that Princess Mingzhu came to Xiguan Courtyard? My eyes are not blind, fourth girl, you should think about it carefully."

Facing the suspicious gaze of the Holy Emperor Shangming, Xia Ziqi shook her body. She faltered for a long time and said, "Maybe it's because sister Zijin was afraid of being scolded by the emperor, so she hid quietly..."

She was angry in her heart, this Fei'er was really getting more and more useless, the person she was looking for couldn't even handle this kind of thing well, and Qi Luoyuan was raising them every day for nothing.

Ming Shengdi narrowed his eyes slightly, and was about to speak, but heard a eunuch trotting over from a distance, knelt down and reported: "Your Majesty, Princess Mingzhu was found 100 meters east of Xiguan Courtyard."

The corners of Xia Ziqi's mouth lightly raised, and his heart exclaimed, this move seems to have not been abandoned yet.

"Hmph, she is really here, tell her to roll over and see me!" Ming Shengdi waved his palm, his face already filled with anger.

The eunuch paused, then hesitated and said: "Your Majesty...Princess Mingzhu sprained her foot, I'm afraid she will have to be carried here."

Sprained your foot?Xia Ziqi was suspicious for a while, thinking that Xia Zijin was a trick to get rid of a crime, so he couldn't help laughing.

"Then bring it over!" Ming Shengdi's patience gradually disappeared, and he raised his voice and reprimanded.

The eunuch didn't doubt that he was there, so he immediately led the four guards down and trotted to the east for 100 meters.

After a while, four guards came slowly carrying the sedan chair. Xia Zijin sat cross-legged on the cushion, rubbing his ankles with his hands, with a slightly disconcerted expression.

The guards landed the sedan chair, and Xia Zijin couldn't stand up, so he kowtowed with his hands on the cushion.

"Greetings to my father, my father is safe."

Ming Shengdi snorted coldly, and looked at Xia Zijin's gauze-bound ankle, which didn't look like a fake, but he was still dissatisfied with his trespassing in the forbidden area.

"Who told you to come here, Zijin, you have been in the palace for a long time, and you don't know what the palace rules are? My majestic Ninth Five-Year Supreme, since this place is a forbidden place, why do you knowingly commit it?" He asked sternly, his sharp eyes like a goshawk fixed on Xia Zijin.

"Father and Emperor Mingjian!" Xia Zijin's clear voice was like a spring flowing in the mountains, and he felt the holy wrath but did not show the slightest timidity.

"Zijin has never done anything against the palace rules, and I don't even know what the emperor meant by breaking into the forbidden area!"

How could Xia Ziqi let go of such a good opportunity to add fuel to the story, she took a few steps forward, pointed at Xia Zijin and said, "Sister Zijin, why bother to lie in front of my father? My palace servants really saw you going Those who went to the Xiguan courtyard, can there be a fake? My sister is really confused, then Concubine Dong deserves to die, why are you worshiping her?"

Emperor Ming's eyes darkened, what Xia Ziqi said just now made him feel cold, worship... Is she here to worship Concubine Dong?Dissatisfied with his actions?
Xia Zijin was not in a hurry to argue, she changed the position of her sprained leg, shook her head thoughtfully and said, "Zijin doesn't know what fourth sister is talking about, Zijin has only entered the palace for a few days. I haven’t identified all the rooms in the middle, so how do I know what Concubine Dong is? It’s strange to say that the queen empress sent someone to send Zijin to the Qianqing Palace to talk about it, and this palace official led me all the way here. "

Xia Zijin pointed to the court lady who was kneeling beside her. She shivered and lay deeply on the ground, but she didn't dare to move.

Xia Zijin's composure made Ming Shengdi shake again. She was right. Concubine Dong's matter had been locked in the Xiguan Courtyard and burned in the palace. She had been in the palace for less than half a month, so how could she know so much? ?

"Are you from the empress's palace?" Ming Shengdi looked at the court lady kneeling on the ground, his voice was low.

The palace lady was shaking like a sieve, she didn't dare to refute, and she didn't dare to answer. If she said that she was from the queen's palace, it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor if she said she was not from the queen's palace. Yizhi is also responsible for the crime.

Her lips trembled, and she looked at Xia Ziqi for help, her eyes filled with anxiety.

Xia Zijin had already seen all this in her eyes. Her thin lips parted slightly, and she said casually: "What are you doing looking at Fourth Sister? The emperor is asking you something."

Ming Shengdi also saw it clearly, the eyes of the court lady and Xia Ziqi met, and Xia Ziqi's gracious report today, all showed the real reason behind the incident.

"Shameful thing." Ming Shengdi was very angry, pointed at Xia Ziqi and cursed angrily. He disliked the intrigue in the harem the most, and he couldn't tolerate Xia Ziqi's making a fuss about Concubine Dong.

"Father, I..." Xia Ziqi wanted to refute, but hesitated for a long time but couldn't explain why.

"Go back to your Qiluo Garden, and be confined for half a month. Without my order, you are not allowed to step out of the palace gate!"

Xia Ziqi bit her lips and stomped her feet, but she had to lower her body to say yes. She glared at Xia Zijin, who was calm and breezy, and she couldn't let go of her heart.

Back in Mosheng Garden, the sun has gradually set in the west.Xia Zijin came back in a sedan chair and walked to the front of the garden. Xiaokui and the others had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw her come back, they immediately walked over to help her.

"Xiaokui, take it easy, my princess' feet are still hurting."

"The princess also said that she twisted her foot even though she was walking well." She was holding Xia Zijin's arm, and the bulging ankle wrapped in gauze looked a little funny.

"If I hadn't twisted my foot on purpose, the person who has been grounded for half a month would be my princess, wouldn't she?" Xia Zijin said lightly, as if the pain didn't grow on her foot.

"These four princesses are really wicked, but the princess said a few words to her that day, and she actually wanted to harm you, the princess! Fortunately, the emperor is a god, and she didn't have to let her succeed, otherwise you will die unjustly, princess! "Xiaokui has a real temper, and she can't hide her words. When she heard someone pass the word to Mo Shengyuan that Xia Zijin twisted her foot, and what happened in front of the Xiguan courtyard, she didn't get angry at all. The fourth princess has always been domineering. , but I don't want my mind to be so bad.

Xia Zijin moved his lips, and was about to reply, but saw a man in a blue robe standing outside the door, looking at him from a distance.

"Xia Shengqing?" She asked in confusion, and saw him slowly approaching, he seemed to be holding something in his arms, and there were fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

"It's so late, what are you doing here?"

Xia Shengqing pursed her lips, staring at her injured ankle, showing a distressed expression.When Xia Zijin was taken out by the palace maid, he felt that something was wrong, so he ran to the Qianqing Palace to verify it, but he learned that the queen had never sent anyone to summon Princess Mingzhu, so he was shocked and fooled, looking for Xia Zijin everywhere, But it was still a step too late.

Hearing that she sprained her foot, he was even more distressed. The fourth princess spent so much effort to frame her, probably because she stood up for him...

(End of this chapter)