concubines

Chapter 17
Concubine De took a deep breath when she saw her face clearly, "My son, what's going on? You are a princess, and someone dares to beat you?" Concubine De carefully held her face and looked left and right.

Tears overflowed from Xia's eyes, she turned her face away and wiped away the tears with a handkerchief, and said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, don't ask, Wan'er is fine."

My child was being bullied, how could I not ask?Seeing how she dared not be angry or speak, Concubine De understood a little, "Don't be afraid, aunt will decide everything for you, tell aunt honestly, is it the Qin king's hand?"

Xia Shi didn't speak, just lowered his head and secretly wiped his tears, which was a tacit agreement.

Concubine De helped her to sit on the side, and asked the maid to take the medicine and help her to apply it herself, and said angrily: "What is this called? He is a majestic prince, how can he beat the concubine?"

Xia Shi pretended to be pitiful without changing his face, "The prince has been in a bad mood since he fell off the horse, so..."

Concubine De interrupted her angrily, "He didn't take it out on you when he was in a bad mood. After taking the medicine, we will go to see the emperor. King Qin really went too far this time."

"No need," Xia grabbed Concubine De's clothes, "Your Majesty, it's a small matter in the palace, don't make trouble with the emperor. Besides, the prince has gained a new favorite recently, he probably won't hit me again."

Xia's virtuous and magnanimous hide was full of knives, before he could say a few words, he sued Zhou Shuxuan first.

Concubine De poked her on the forehead hating iron and steel, "You child, you don't tell the truth to aunt. I don't think he has a bad temper. He must have been instigated by that bitch. Any new favorites are all seducers. stuff."

In her own palace, there were close people on the left and right, Concubine De scolded as soon as she opened her mouth, she had been fighting in the palace for so many years, and she was used to those things.

The Xia family saw that it was almost done, and threw herself into the arms of Concubine De and cried bitterly, "Mother, Wan'er dare not say it. The prince wants to divorce me because of that woman. I am afraid that if I pester me endlessly, he will kill me directly. Yesterday he didn't know Listen to what someone said, saying that I was greedy for the money of the mansion, and withheld money from my side concubine, so I was beaten up and my yard was confiscated. Madam, Wan'er is really wronged."

He didn't dare to say anything about the gunpowder, but Zhou Shuxuan needed another reason to be angry, so Xia had to make up a random one, and Miaoli was connected inside and outside the words.

After hearing these words, Concubine De burst into anger, and with a dark face, she said loudly to the maid next to her, "Go and invite the emperor to come over." Then she turned her head and wiped away tears for Xia Shi, "You are the princess, the mistress of the house. Their money will be deducted. And why are you looking for them because of them? Don't cry, what's the use of crying, let those bitches bully you to the top of your head. When the emperor comes, we will let him judge."

Over there in Qinzheng Hall, Xia's father said a lot of good things about Zhou Shuxuan in front of the emperor, paving the way for the Xia family to sue later.Let the emperor know that his Xia family treats Zhou Shuxuan wholeheartedly, but Zhou Shuxuan treats his daughter like this, the emperor will definitely have another thought in his mind.

When the maid from Concubine De's side came, Father Xia praised Zhou Shuxuan again, saying that he is talented and virtuous, but the emperor's face was not very good and he didn't speak, I don't know what he was thinking.

At this time, the palace maid came in and kowtowed, "My maidservant is here to see the emperor, and the empress of Defei invites the emperor to come over."

The emperor glanced at Father Xia and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Going back to the emperor seems to be for Princess Qin."

The emperor frowned and asked Father Xia, "Princess Qin has also entered the palace? Xia Qing, do you know why?"

Father Xia stood up and bowed and said: "Going back to the emperor, it seems that the prince and the concubine had a little quarrel, it's not a big deal."

"Princess Qin has always been obedient and sensible. If she hadn't been wronged, she wouldn't have gone to the palace to file a complaint. As a father, why don't you care about your children at all?"

The emperor remembered that Father Xia was the father of Princess Qin, but he didn't seem to remember that he was the father of King Qin.

The emperor pointed to Xia's father and said: "Let's go, someone came to invite me, I'll go over and have a look, you can kneel down first."

Xia's father was still praising Zhou Shuxuan just now, but now his daughter has come to sue, it's really a slap in the face.The emperor had an imperceptible smile on his face. He knew that Zhou Shuxuan was the best among his sons, but he was destined to not like him because of such a biological mother.

Qinzheng Hall is very close to Yuqing Palace, and it takes less than a quarter of an hour to arrive.

"The Emperor is here!"

Hearing the eunuch yelling outside, Concubine De took Xia Shi to kneel down in the room and greeted her with a big gift.Xia Shi clenched her handkerchief tightly, whether she will live or die today depends entirely on the emperor's words.

"Get up, why did you call me here?"

Concubine De pulled Xia Shi up and pointed at her face and said, "Look, Your Majesty, the King of Qin ordered him to beat him up. The King of Qin favored his concubine and killed his wife to such an extent. If it wasn't for this child who came to the palace to see his concubine, I don't know if he would have been tortured." How many grievances. The emperor wants to make decisions for her."

No one can bear to see that bruised face, the emperor's face is not very good-looking.But he still has a little understanding of Zhou Shuxuan. Although his temper is not very good, he is reasonable, and it is impossible to hit someone for no reason.

The Xia family took a peek at the emperor, ordinary people still help their son at home, not to mention Zhou Shuxuan is still a prince, if the emperor wants to help Zhou Shuxuan, it will not be easy.The emperor didn't speak for a long time, Xia's heart was pounding, and cold sweat kept breaking out from his palms.

(End of this chapter)