Chapter 23: Confrontation
"Princess, the king, please go to the Imperial Palace. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info" An An came in with some worry on his face.
In the morning, when she looked at Mrs. Zhaohua's appearance when she went out, she was a little worried.
Although rectifying Mrs. Zhaohua could make the princess feel a little better, when she saw the handprint on Mrs. Zhaohua's face, she still felt that the princess was a little impulsive. Even if you want to hit it, you shouldn't hit it on the face so obviously!
"Okay, I got it." Qing Ning had expected that Mingmei would go to sue, but if she didn't go, she would feel strange.
Glancing at the golden hairpin placed on the dressing table, Qing Ning picked it up, held it in his hand, and slashed it towards his slender white neck without hesitation, and suddenly a dazzling blood mark was imprinted there.
When An An saw it, he hurriedly snatched the hairpin from Qing Ning's hand, and said in horror: "What is the princess doing?" β
"It's okay, it's just a little blood, and it can't hurt your life." There was no superfluous expression on Qing Ning's face.
Looking at such Qingning, An An didn't know what to say. I could only immediately go and get the medicine box and come over to treat Qingning's wounds.
After carefully cleaning the wound, An An just took the bandage to bandage Qing Ning, but Qing Ning pressed An An's hand and said, "Isn't the king summoned, let's go now." β
"But princess, the wound on your neck ......" An An asked, holding the bandage in her hand and looking worried.
"Since the king has summoned, if he goes late, I'm afraid it won't be good." Qing Ning said and walked out directly.
Even though the collar of the winter coat is high, it doesn't seem to be able to completely cover Qingning's wounds.
When he arrived at the Imperial Palace, Ming Xu was sitting behind the table, and on the right side of the lower head was sitting and crying lowly, wiping his tears with a silk handkerchief from time to time.
"The concubine has seen the king." After Qing Ning entered, he stepped forward without hurry, with an appropriate smile on his face, and bowed respectfully.
Ming Xu raised his head and just wanted to ask, but when his eyes touched the faintly exposed wound on Qing Ning's neck, he immediately frowned and asked, "What's the matter with the wound on the neck?" I don't want people to deal with it. β
When the words fell, he immediately ordered the people beside him: "Go and call the imperial doctor." β
Qing Ning didn't look at Mingmei, and the expression on his face didn't change because of Mingxu's words, and he still replied respectfully: "It's no big deal, it's just that I was cut by the hairpin in the morning, fortunately it's not deep, and it will be fine after a while." β
As soon as Qing Ning's words fell, before Mingmei could react, she felt a cold gaze fall on her. As soon as he turned his head, he just met Ming Xu's angry eyes.
immediately thought of something, and hurriedly spoke: "King, this is not about the concubine, the concubine has not touched a single hair of her at all." It was she who beat the concubine and asked the king to be the master of the concubine. β
Before she finished speaking, Mingmei suddenly knelt on the ground, tears pouring down her face, looking pitiful that she had been greatly wronged.
Seeing Mingmei like this, Qing Ning sneered in her heart. How humble and naΓ―ve he was at the beginning, he let someone like Mingmei harm his child.
She, Uzhumuqin? Qingning, the dignified princess of the grassland, although she can't afford to be scheming and smart, but she is not a submissive and stupid pig.
It's really ridiculous to think about it, I worked hard to cater to the life of the Xiliao harem for Mingxu before, endured it again and again, ignored those intrigues, and trampled my pride on the soles of my feet.
If it weren't for the heart-rending blow, she would have almost forgotten that she was the proudest princess galloping on the grassland.
"Did Lone ask you?" Mingxu glanced at Mingmei, who was kneeling on the ground, leaning down and crying, "What are you in such a hurry to justify!" β
Mingmei was frightened by this voice, and immediately froze there, not daring to say another word, and even the crying was trying to suppress it.
The atmosphere in the entire Imperial Palace was very strange, and even the imperial doctor who had just arrived was keenly aware of the strange atmosphere.
The imperial doctor put down the medicine box, and just wanted to salute, Ming Xu, who could hear it, said in a deep voice: "No need to salute, go and deal with the wound on Mrs. Ning's neck first." β
"Yes, my lord." The old imperial doctor lowered his head and walked quickly to Qing Ning's side.
Because Qingning was still kneeling on the ground, the imperial doctor could only follow and kneel on the ground, and after carefully examining Qingning's wounds, he carefully applied the medicine and bandaged it.
When everything was almost dealt with, a person that Qing Ning didn't expect also hurried to the Yuxiong Palace.
"Minister, see the king." King Zheng Hou saluted without hurry.
Qing Ning glanced at it slightly, although this Zhenghou Wang had arrived, he was not respectful enough. It can be seen from this that this person is so arrogant in the court.
"King Zheng Hou came here without a summons at this hour, is there something important to do?" Ming Xu said in a majestic tone.
Hearing Ming Xu's words, Qing Ning couldn't help but think in his heart, it seems that Ming Xu has not completely torn his face to King Zheng Hou. There was anger in his eyes, but there was no trace of anger in his tone except for majesty, which showed that Ming Xu had not been able to eradicate the power of King Zheng Hou in one fell swoop.
King Zhenghou glanced at the kneeling side, looking aggrieved, looking at his brightness pitifully, and then said loudly: "I heard that Mrs. Zhaohua was slapped by someone, so I came here for this matter." β
Without waiting for Ming Xu to speak, King Zheng Hou immediately said: "Great King, although Mrs. Zhaohua is a woman, she is also a hero of this dynasty. Now that he has been slapped for no reason, isn't this a slap in the face of the king! As an old minister and a father, for the sake of my Xiliao face, I hereby invite the king to severely punish this person who did it! To Mrs. Zhaohua, to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and to the world an explanation! β
After listening to the words of King Zhenghou, Qingning had to say that King Zhenghou really deserved the words "old treacherous and cunning". Such a thing can be pulled so far and said so big.
However, Qing Ning did not ignore a message in the words of King Zheng Hou: Mingmei is a hero of this dynasty?
In a moment, Qing Ning's mind had turned thousands of explanations, but he couldn't find a reasonable one. If you say that the hero who helped Ming Xu ascend the throne, he and the soldiers and horses of the grassland definitely deserve the first position.
But according to the words of King Zhenghou, it is obvious that Mingmei's contribution is not small, but she never knew that there was such a person before, even after attacking the royal city, she had never heard of Mingmei's name.
The first time I saw Mingmei, it was also at the enthronement ceremony. In this way, what is the merit of brightness?
"The news of King Zheng Hou is really well-informed!" Ming Xu said with some meaning, "Even Gu was only half an hour ago, and Mrs. Zhaohua came to this Yuxiong Palace to find out about it, and the prince knew everything one step earlier than Gu!" β
It takes nearly an hour to enter the palace from the palace of Marquis Zheng, even if it is by carriage, and King Zhenghou can enter the palace at this hour, it is true that as Ming Xu said, he knew about this earlier.