Chapter XV: Accountability
"Let's all go down, this palace and the princess will talk. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
As soon as she arrived at Fengyang Palace, the queen waved away all the maids.
Xia Ruqian caught a glimpse of the maid who left last to close the door of the main hall, and immediately felt that something was wrong.
However, before she could figure out what was wrong, the queen slapped Xia Ruqian's left cheek.
The queen of this slap did her best, but Xia Ruqian was unguarded, and was thrown to the ground by that force.
She immediately covered her face and looked at the queen. The queen was almost furious, and pointed at Xia Ruqian and reprimanded loudly: "You scourge, what are your intentions?" Why did you save the Nine Princes last night? All the emperor's painstaking management was ruined by you, saying, did you betray the emperor? ”
Xia Ruqian's face turned pale for a moment, and she immediately understood what the queen meant.
If he didn't intervene last night, then the prince would definitely die, then there would be no game, and the throne would naturally be stable.
However, his unintentional actions made him lose a game of chess that he was bound to win, and he was originally a person from the emperor's side, so the assassin should not hurt him, and his escape with this move is problematic in anyone's eyes.
No wonder the prince asked himself why he saved him, no wonder the queen was so angry.
It seems that if he hadn't been wearing the hat of the princess, he would have been given death by the emperor a long time ago.
With a flash of heartbeat, Xia Ruqian hurriedly knelt down: "Queen Mingjian, the situation suddenly happened last night, and Qianqian was panicked for a while, but he didn't expect it to be the emperor's plan, and he didn't choose the way to panic, not because he had the intention to save the prince, let alone betray the emperor!" ”
"Hmph, don't choose the way to panic, did you just save the prince by the way?"
"Queen Mother, although she has seen the market, she is also a little girl after all, and she is panicked when she sees an assassin, not to mention that she is your cousin, can she still go to others?!" Xia Yilin walked out of the side hall and said hello to Xia Ruqian.
Xia Ruqian was a little surprised, it turned out that this was her cousin, no wonder her father was from the emperor's side, the queen shouldn't be too embarrassed about herself, and hurriedly said: "Sister, Qianqian is really frightened, how can I save that Yi Junze, didn't I marry him just to get rid of him!" ”
The queen was obviously a little shaken, but still refused to let go: "Even if this is the case, do you think the emperor will let you go?" ”
"Please also ask the queen to be gracious." Xia Yilin knelt down as he spoke.
Xia Ruqian was busy learning and also bowed down: "Please be gracious sister." ”
The queen sighed and helped Xia Yilin up: "Uncle, please hurry up, the emperor's temperament and uncle also know, the ninth prince Yi Junze is his own brother, and he has military merits, so it is not easy to deal with it blatantly, but there are many people in the government and the opposition who support him, and the emperor has trouble sleeping." Finally, the spies came to report that all the secret guards were dispatched for some reason, so they got such a loophole. The boiled duck flew, how willing was the emperor! ”
The queen turned her head to look at Xia Ruqian: "It's been a long time since I married into the palace, and I haven't sent any useful news, and I don't see you paying attention to what you're looking for, it's really a waste, it's really not okay to let Ruqi go to the palace too!" ”
"Yes, Ruqi is also a clever one! If she joins forces with Ruqian, maybe she can find out! Xia Cheng thought about it and said: "However, don't worry, the queen also knows that the queen mother has been looking for shallow trouble in recent days, and she can't cope with the queen mother, how can she bother to find something!" ”
"As my father said, recently, the Queen Mother has always entered the palace with a shallow appearance, and she really can't spare time!" Xia Ruqian hurriedly said.
"Well, the queen mother is dissatisfied with you, and the palace also knows about it, and the palace will tell the emperor about this matter, but you also have to play up the spirit of twelve, what should be done and what should not be done, you must weigh it carefully! Don't do such things again, when the time comes, no one will be able to protect you! The queen said sternly.
"Remember my sister's teachings!"
"Alright, let's go down!" The queen rubbed her temples to indicate that she was tired.
Xia Ruqian hurriedly retired, and withdrew with Prime Minister Xia.
"Shallow, what the hell is going on with you? Did you know that you almost lost your life?! Prime Minister Xia Cheng's face was stern.
"Father, if you know that you are wrong, you will definitely not make such a mistake again." Xia Ruqian knew that this was not the time to resist, and he had to follow them.
Prime Minister Xia asked Xia Ruqian a few more words before letting her go.
When Xia Ruqian left the palace, his head almost stopped. She didn't even know how she got into the carriage or how she got into the yard.
Mind full of what to do, what to do?
If it weren't for the title of princess here, I'm afraid I would have been a dead corpse a long time ago.
Even if he is still alive now, one day the prince dies, and the emperor will not let himself feel better.
I can't wait, I have to go to a showdown with the prince, and I have to seek the protection of the prince.
Anyway, he stays in the palace more often, and besides, he saved the prince's life, maybe he will let himself go.
Xia Ruqian jumped up from the bed, wearing only a profane suit, and ran out barefoot.
The Royal Study.
"As the prince expected, there is indeed a traitor, do you want your subordinates to dispose of him?"
As soon as the incident appeared last night, the Nine Princes knew that it must be someone who had been mixed in by the Secret Guards, otherwise the emperor would not be able to take advantage of this loophole, so he returned to the palace and immediately asked Li An to investigate, and sure enough.
"Hmph, no one can calculate that the king does not pay the price, this person is like this, and the emperor is the same, you don't have to worry about him, I have my own arrangements."
After the ninth prince finished handling the business, he turned off the lights and prepared to rest. Suddenly, I heard a commotion outside, and immediately became alert.
"Lord, the princess is here." Ang Lee said loudly.
The Ninth Prince didn't understand, in the middle of the night, did she come to sleep?
"Let her in."
The Ninth Prince was a little amused by herself, she wouldn't be able to sleep with the enemy army!
When I looked up and saw her, I couldn't laugh.
"What's wrong with you?"
"I", Xia Ruqian ran out only to realize that he was not wearing a coat and shoes, the night was cold, and he shivered from the cold.
The Ninth Prince looked at Xia Ruqian for a long time, but still walked over and hugged her horizontally, while telling Li An to go to the kitchen to bring a bowl of ginger soup, he put her on the bed, pulled the quilt over her, and sat on the edge of the bed to watch her.
Xia Ruqian is aggrieved, when he encounters these inexplicable things, no matter how strong a person is, he is afraid that he will collapse!
Therefore, this cry is to cry happily!
Xia Ruqian saw the Nine Princes staring at him, and felt that he was his life-saving grass, so he opened his hand and was about to hug him.
Seeing her leaning over to him with her hands outstretched, the Ninth Prince immediately frowned and fell backwards.
This time, Xia Ruqian cried even more fiercely!
The Ninth Prince frowned, ruthless, and finally came back to his original position, letting Xia Ruqian hug him.
The Ninth Prince understood that in order to save herself, she was afraid that she had suffered a lot of grievances this morning, but she was crying like this, and she didn't know if there was any other reason.
The Nine Princes patted Xia Ruqian's back wordlessly, letting her wet her clothes with tears.
After a long time, Xia Ruqian's crying gradually stopped, and the Ninth Prince was a little surprised when he heard her breathing, and he helped him up to see that he was really asleep.
Are you reassured to me? Can you fall asleep in the arms of this king?!
The ninth prince smiled self-deprecatingly, put Xia Ruqian down on the bed, covered the quilt, and let her go to Duke Zhou.