Chapter Twenty-Six: Gaining Sympathy
"Xue Qing said, you deliberately let her fall into the lake, and then deliberately caused a group of people to laugh at her, and the prince and Feng Sujing were both invited by you, is there such a thing?" The emperor looked at Xiao Liyue solemnly.
After listening to the emperor's words, Xiao Liyue admired this Xiao Xueqing in her heart, and thought that this Xiao Xueqing was really able to talk about it. But in front of the emperor, she couldn't show her domineering side, and she could only pretend to be aggrieved like Xiao Xueqing.
Xiao Liyue twisted hard at the root of her thigh, and tears fell from her tears.
Xiao Liyue hurriedly said aggrievedly, "Huh? My sister really misunderstood my sister, how could my sister do such a thing? Besides, my sister has just been cured from the cold, and her body is very weak, where is the strength to do that? Ahem, ahem, ahem, ......! Saying that, Xiao Liyue pretended to cough a few more times.
"Oh? Do you also have a wind chill? The emperor's attention was suddenly brought to the topic of Xiao Liyue. Xiao Liyue suddenly felt a warm heart, it seems that this emperor does not love her.
"Yes, father, my daughter was accidentally infected with a cold a few days ago, and the queen mother went to visit her daughter." As she spoke, Xiao Liyue deliberately glanced at the queen's expression with her afterglow.
The queen probably didn't expect Xiao Liyue to pull out the matter of her own cold, and her expression was slightly embarrassed. Then quickly play sloppy and continue to pull the topic back.
"Even if you are infected with the wind cold, you can't be unhappy when you look at other people's health and let people get sick like you, right?" The queen continued to frame Xiao Liyue.
"How can the queen think of her daughter so much?" As she spoke, Xiao Liyue twisted her leg harder. I thought, compared to tears, how can I not compare to you Xiao Xueqing.
Then he continued, "The daughter is naturally cowardly, and even a subordinate is reluctant to beat and scold and blame, let alone treat her sister so viciously, this is not something that a daughter can do at all, and the father should know the temperament of the daughter." ”
The emperor hesitated a little, lowered his tone and said, "I know your temperament, you have been gentle since you were a child. However, this time your third sister almost died, and my father had to give her justice. If it's really you who are doing it, it's best to be able to admit it yourself. ”
"When it comes to justice, my daughter also wants justice. My sister misunderstood her daughter for no reason, and her daughter was really heartbroken. Saying that, Xiao Liyue cried even harder.
"Don't pretend there, you and the prince walked together when you left, and everyone saw it. If not, why do you want to go together? Xiao Xueqing questioned Xiao Liyue.
When my sister said this, my sister had to say that my sister was stupid. If I really made an appointment with the prince's brother, then we shouldn't be together when we leave, wouldn't it be a self-confession? Xiao Liyue continued to refute herself, and then cried more and more.
Xiao Xueqing was not to be outdone, crying a mess at that end, and the emperor was obviously a little anxious by this scene.
Xiao Liyue looked at the emperor's tangled expression, and estimated that the time was almost up, and it was time to perform her acting skills.
"Father," Xiao Liyue suddenly raised her voice, "My mother left early, and she doesn't have a mother's love like Sister Xueqing." Although the queen mother is also very kind to me, can you understand the feelings of a child who does not have his biological mother by his side? It is precisely because of this that I have been careful in everything I have done since I was a child, for fear of annoying my brothers and sisters, the queen mother and even my father, and my daughter usually doesn't even dare to step on an ant to death, and she doesn't dare to speak loudly, how dare she do such a hurtful thing? I saw that Xiao Liyue became more and more emotional the more she spoke, and suddenly she lay on the ground and fainted.
Of course, this faint is fake.
Xiao Liyue thought to herself, compared with my acting skills, you are far behind.
I've watched a lot of palace fighting dramas, isn't it just acting?
When the emperor saw Xiao Liyue fainting, he was naturally a little anxious. The queen and Xiao Xueqing also panicked at this time, and the emperor hurriedly ordered the servants to pass on the imperial doctor.
As soon as the imperial doctor's message was issued, Shuang'er came in with the imperial doctor, which was also arranged by Xiao Liyue early in the morning.
As soon as Shuang'er came in, she didn't care about so many courtesies, so she hurriedly pounced on Xiao Liyue. If there are any film and television awards at this time, then Shuang'er must definitely be the best supporting actress, and the crying scene is no worse than Xiao Liyue. I didn't have to twist my thighs at all, and tears fell with tears in my eyes.
Frost cried and shouted, "Princess, what's wrong with you?" Wake up! You're not completely cured yet, and you've been kneeling here for so long, your body will definitely not be able to bear it! ”
The imperial doctor came over and stuffed a pill into Xiao Liyue's mouth, and Xiao Liyue slowly opened her eyes very cooperatively.
At this time, Shuang'er hurriedly knelt down on her knees to greet the emperor and report what happened.
"Your Majesty, my princess was infected with a cold some time ago and has been in poor health. Originally, the imperial doctor had to go to check the princess's pulse every day, but today the imperial doctor arrived and couldn't wait for the princess to come back, so I was worried about the princess's body, so I took the imperial doctor to come over in advance. ”
The emperor nodded, and did not mean to reproach Shuang'er for being reckless. I just asked the imperial doctor with some doubts, "How can a wind cold make the princess's body so weak?" Are you giving the princess a good pulse? See if there are any other conditions. ”
This imperial doctor is the confidant of His Royal Highness the Prince, and the prince ordered last time that once there is anything, the fifth princess must be maintained.
The imperial doctor hurriedly returned to the emperor, "The fifth princess has always been weak, but please rest assured, the fifth princess is indeed only because of the wind and cold this time, but Weichen didn't figure it out, the fifth princess had already seen a good look, and her condition suddenly worsened half a month ago, and the high fever did not go away for a few days. ”
The emperor questioned this statement even more, and asked Shuang'er, "How did you serve your princess?" The condition has improved, why does it suddenly worsen? ”
Shuang'er buried her head almost under her knees, "Back to the emperor, the slave doesn't dare to say it." ”
"Presumptuous! There is nothing to say here in the widowhood. The emperor scolded Shuang'er loudly.
Shuang'er glanced up at the queen, and the queen's face was already white at this time.
Shuang'er bit her lip and said, "Then the slave and maid will risk death to tell the truth, even if there is a crime of killing the head today, the slave and maid will ask for an explanation for the princess." ”
Then Shuang'er told the story of how the queen bullied Xiao Liyue half a month ago.
The more the emperor listened, the more ugly his face became, "Shuang'er, don't say it." Xiao Liyue pretended to interrupt Shuang'er.
Ignoring Xiao Liyue's obstruction, Shuang'er continued, "My princess is kind by nature, and even a slave dares to bully my princess. If you don't believe the emperor, you see. As she spoke, Shuang'er lifted Xiao Liyue's sleeves.
On Xiao Liyue's arm, the bruised finger prints were still left on it.
Xiao Liyue hurriedly pushed away the frost, covered her arms with her sleeves and said, "Father, it was my daughter who accidentally touched herself." ”
The emperor became even more angry when he saw it, and said to Shuang'er, "Go on, what's going on?" ”
Shuang'er said, "It was left behind by the two minions in the queen's palace who grabbed the princess too hard." ”
The emperor stood up and shouted at the queen, "Look at the good things you have done, you have always claimed to be fair, but have you done a bowl of water to your daughter and the widow's daughter?" Starting today, I will punish you to eat fasting and recite the Buddha, and you are not allowed to go out of your boudoir for half a step without the order of the widow. ”
Then the emperor glanced at Xiao Xueqing again, and Xiao Xueqing looked at the emperor aggrievedly. The emperor said, "Nian is young and ignorant, and you can't raise it, your father's fault, this time I have suffered a little more, I will spare you for the time being." Next time, if you have another conflict with your sister, I will not spare you. ”
After punishing their mother and daughter, the emperor ordered someone to help the five princesses back to Yuexi Pavilion.
Xiao Liyue and Shuang'er, who returned to the Moon Tide Pavilion, smiled and leaned back.
Xiao Liyue praised Shuang'er and said, "There is really a master and a servant, you performed very well today, I decided to add an extra chicken leg to you for dinner." ”
"Princess Chitose." Shuang'er hugged Xiao Liyue excitedly.
Just when the two of them were proud, Xiao Xueqing came.
Seeing that she was still embarrassed, she must have rushed over without bothering to go back to freshen up.
As soon as she entered the house, Xiao Xueqing said reluctantly, "Father asked me to apologize to you, but Xiao Liyue, don't be complacent too early, I will have to avenge this revenge sooner or later, I didn't expect you to become so insidious and cunning now." ”
"Insidious and cunning? I can have today because of my sister and mother. If you hadn't kept wanting me dead, I wouldn't have wanted to live all the time. I didn't want to hurt the innocent. However, I want to live. Xiao Liyue didn't plan to pretend anymore, so she just spoke openly and honestly to Xiao Xueqing.
Xiao Xueqing was not to be outdone, and continued, "Okay, since that's the case, then let's see who is the final winner in the end." Today you have made my mother suffer these sins, and I will pay them back in the future. In the past, I underestimated your means and didn't take you seriously at all, so I took it lightly, and I hope you can be careful everywhere in the future. ”
Xiao Liyue smiled disapprerovingly, and said close to Xiao Xueqing's ear, "There is one more thing I have to explain to my sister today, you said that I made an appointment with the prince's brother." Then, I will also tell you that the prince's brother really happened to pass by, and you are wrong about this. If I really made an appointment with the prince's brother, I would never let him save you, I would have watched you drown. ”
Xiao Xueqing's face turned pale after hearing Xiao Liyue's words, she also knew that she couldn't take advantage of anything today, whether it was in action or language, she flicked her sleeves and left stupidly.
After Xiao Xueqing left, Xiao Liyue's heart was mixed.
She knew that the road ahead would be more and more difficult, but she had to be strong and courageous.
However, one thing she can be sure of is that the emperor is not ruthless to her.
Even if she is not his biological daughter, it can be seen that he does not care about her, maybe it is just because there is a hurdle in his heart.
Now the emperor doesn't know that she knows her life experience, so Xiao Liyue doesn't plan to tell this matter, and wants to continue to enjoy her father's love in this confusion.