Chapter 19 - What is your heart?
In the Qianqiu Palace, screams resounded one after another.
“Fight! Take a good lesson from these scumbags who don’t keep their duties!”
“Princess Yunying is about to get married. You servants don’t take good care of her and let her run outside the palace at will. If something happens to you, will you be responsible?!”
“When will the princess return to the palace? When will the cane torture stop? Please pray that the princess will come back before you die!”
The arrogant reprimands accompanied by the screams never stopped. The mother Chu who spoke was arrogant, as if she was the lord of the palace. After she finished speaking, she turned around and saw that a group of people appeared at the door of the temple at some point.
The woman in the lead was dressed in a red-bottomed black gauze and jinluo skirt. She was tall and looked contemptuous, like a mandala of demon flowers blooming under the Nine Serenities.
The man beside her is like an immortal plant in the snowy sky in the spring, proudly rising to the sky, Yunhua is unattainable, the two of them stand side by side, like the yin moon and the blazing sun, which cannot be looked down upon.
“Taoxiang, Danxue!” Without giving Mammy Chu and others time to react, a frightened voice sounded from the woman’s lips: “Do it!”
The two figures were as dexterous as monkeys, rushing out from behind her and rushing towards Mammy Chu and others, Xiao Jue glanced at Lingfeng, who followed closely.
Mother Chu’s face changed greatly, before she could say “bold”, Taoxiang punched her face directly.
“It’s against the sky! The Qianqiu Temple has rebelled, come here soon-“
A moment ago, Mama Chu and others, who had been arrogant a moment ago, suddenly became the one who was beaten and scurried around.
Several guards rushed out of the hall upon hearing the sound, and the **** headed hurriedly shouted.
“stop!”
The three Momoka who had the upper hand had no intention of stopping.
“Bold, this is the order of the Empress Dowager, and you dare not listen to it?!”
Queen Mother? Didn’t it say that this time only the queen came?
Lingfeng tilted his head and glanced in the direction of Tsing Yi.
popping.
With two crisp slaps, everyone’s eyes turned forward. I saw that red shadow with a graceful figure coming, arrogant and charming, with a luxurious and luxurious look that made people unable to take their eyes off.
“Come back.” Tsing Yi clapped his hands and said lightly, “Don’t let the blood of these few dog slaves splatter this place in this palace.”
Taoxiang and the others stopped when they heard the words.
The **** who came out to spread the word also breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Tsing Yi with a strange expression, his eyes flashed a little nervous when he touched Xiao Jue beside her.
“Eldest Princess, the empress dowager is in the palace, so you’d better go in with the servant to say hello.” Because of Xiao Jue’s presence, the **** was a little cautious.
Tsing Yi hummed without changing his face, and went inside.
Seeing Xiao Jue walking side by side with her, the eunuch’s expression changed slightly, as if he wanted to stop him. But the other party glanced at him lightly.
The atmosphere in the Qianqiu Hall was slightly depressed.
A figure sat high on the main seat, dressed in a royal blue satin palace robe, with pearls and lapis lazuli on the hem, golden embroidery and the tail of the robe to outline a colorful golden phoenix, graceful and luxurious, not to be looked down upon.
The empress dowager was nearly seventy years old, and her hair was covered with silver threads. At this moment, she closed her eyes and massaged the acupuncture points until she was close to the maid, without any intention of opening her eyes.
There was another person sitting on her left hand side, in a phoenix crown and luan suit, it was Empress Du. It’s just that she was smiling at the moment and looked gentle and kind. Although Empress Du is over forty years old, she is well maintained and her black hair is still as charming as ink. In addition, she has been in a high position for a long time, and she has an unusual grace.
It’s just that the blackness between her brows is too dark, her face also has evil lines, and the whites of her eyes are slightly blue, which is obviously contaminated with too much debt, but it’s just that no one else can see it.
After Tsing Yi and Xiao Jue came in, her eyes followed closely. When she saw Xiao Jue’s figure, she swayed slightly, and quickly covered her nature. With a motherly smile on her face, she took the initiative to get up and greet Tsing Yi. past.
Without waiting for her hand to reach out, Tsing Yi paced sideways to the side, passed her directly, and rushed forward with Xiao Jue to salute, “Meet the Queen Mother.”
Empress Du was directly left to the side, her beautiful eyes moved slightly, but she was not angry, she stood dignifiedly on the side, with a little sadness in her smile, and she vividly portrayed the generation of virtuous queens.
Seemingly hearing Xiao Jue’s voice, the Queen Mother slowly opened her closed eyes, glanced at the two of them, and closed it lazily, “The regent has also entered the palace.”
“Yes.”
“No wonder even the people of the Ai family dare to move. With the support of the regent, it is natural to have no fear.”
“Weichen dare not.” Xiao Jue cupped his hands and said lightly, seemingly bowing his head, but his back was straight from beginning to end, and his expression was neither humble nor arrogant.
Tsing Yi tilted her head to look at him, Xiao Jue suddenly turned to look at her, and the two of them looked at each other.
The corner of Xiao Jue’s lips twitched, and his eyes suddenly became slightly playful.
The Queen Mother’s words were clearly aimed at her, but she was better, as if her hands were watching the play next to her, she seemed inaudible.
After a long silence in the hall, the queen mother snorted suddenly, opened her eyes and looked at Tsing Yi coldly.
“The eldest princess is now more capable, and even dare not answer the Ai family’s questions!”
Tsing Yi’s face remained unchanged, and she said lightly, “Is the Queen Mother talking to me? I thought you were reprimanding Xiao Jue.”
The empress dowager stared at her like a sharp sword.
“Eldest Princess.” Empress Du looked nervous beside her, and knelt down to face the Queen Mother: “Mom, please calm down. Eldest Princess, she is still young, so she didn’t deliberately contradict you. Please don’t blame her.”
“Queen!” The queen mother looked at her with deep eyes: “Aijia knows that you have a kind heart, but now that your majesty is seriously ill, you should have the courage and skill to rule the six palaces. The eldest princess disregarded the laws in the palace and went out of the palace privately. Meeting a foreigner in person, contradicting Aijia, this is a serious crime and cannot go unpunished!”
“Queen Mother, Tsing Yi would never have been so disobedient in the past, you can forgive her this time.”
“You also said it was in the past!” The anger in the queen mother’s eyes did not diminish: “It’s good to have a harem, what is it like now?! Since you are all here now, the Ai family just asks clearly why Du Mingyue and the palace maid Shaoyao died. In the palace?!”
When Empress Du heard the words, her face was filled with grief, her eyes immediately turned red, and she covered her face with tears and said, “I don’t know about this, the queen mother sees a crime, Mingyue’s good character is definitely not as good as the rumors say that he will have an affair with the palace maid, It’s even more nonsense to say that you die for love, there must be grievances here.”
The queen mother looked gloomy and looked at Xiao Jue: “Prince Regent, Aijia heard that the bodies of Du Mingyue and that palace maid were taken away by you, and the matter involved the ministers in the court and the reputation of the harem. Not at all?”
“Judging from the autopsy results and on-site exploration, neither Du Mingyue nor Shaoyao had obvious trauma, and there was no third person at the scene, so the possibility of murder is not high.”
Xiao Jue finished speaking calmly.
“Impossible.” Empress Du immediately retorted, a flash of chill flashed across her eyes and she immediately returned to her previous mourning look, “How could two such good-looking people commit suicide? The Prince Regent said that there was no third person present, but you were in Qianqiu Palace yesterday. That’s not what you said!”
After finishing speaking, Queen Du looked at Tsing Yi, “Princess, I heard that you were in the Spring and Autumn Pavilion the night Mingyue was killed, what happened that night? You are the closest to Mingyue, how could you bear to watch him go without understanding? what?”
Empress Du’s words were mournful and heartfelt, her eyes clenching her Tsing Yi tightly. A pun revealed the relationship between Tsing Yi and Du Mingyue, and the intention was not sinister.
Tsing Yi’s beautiful eyes looked at her, and sneered: “The closest thing? He Du Mingyue is worthy of being close to this princess? This princess Yun Ying is not married, but you, as the queen, say that I am close to your nephew. , what’s your heart?”