The little palace maid pulled open the palace door of Qingren Palace and welcomed Murong Zhining into the courtyard, "So the princess is looking for her ah? She was chastised by the emperor and has been paralyzed in bed, afraid ... of being crippled even after her injuries are healed. She originally even here can not live, to move to a more dilapidated compound, only because of the heavy injury, the eunuch in charge let her get well, then move away."
Cai Sang sucked in a mouthful of cold air, "After receiving a mere ten strokes of the board, where would she be crippled? Lead the way, we, Princess Feng Yi, are going to visit her."
The little courtesan respectfully led the way in front, "Princess does not know, this court cane, is a move that can kill a person, if you are unlucky, a few strokes down on the life are gone. Princess inside please!"
Cai Sang pulled Murong Zhining stopped in the courtyard, from a compartment with a broken hole in the window, came out Cui
Su Li stuffed a handkerchief into Shouting Yun Ping's hand, poured a cup of hot tea and handed it forward, "The slave girl thinks that Princess Feng Yi's visit to the capital this time around may not be for the purpose of hooking up with the Emperor. Could she really just be bent on visiting Tai Fei Hui?"Shouting Yun Ping gritted her teeth and said, "The fact that she accepted His Majesty's tenderness so heartily doesn't say everything?"While the two were talking, Chengfu shouted from the courtyard, "Your Highness, Princess Feng Yi seeks an audience."Su Jie softly said, "Your Highness, it's true that when you speak of the devil, the devil arrives. If the empress is upset, the slave girl will go and return to her."Shouting Yun Ping sat up and straightened her hair, "Let her in."Murong Zhining and scolded Yun Ping met the salute, smilingly handed over a round-shaped gold lacquered wooden food box, "Feng Yi today went to visit aunt mother, for her to
Murong Zhining pity, "This deep palace women, body can not help, really poor! Cui Beauty is just a little crazy in words, and not guilty of this!"Cai Sang pouted and looked at Murong Zhining with disgusted eyes, "You're the only one who's kind, you're the only one with a good heart, everyone else is evil! No wonder the General called you Little Lady Dong Guo, you can't be cruel to a wolf that almost took your life, let alone a human being!"Shouting Yun Ping looked at Murong Zhining, the corners of her mouth presenting a light smile of unknown meaning.Saying goodbye from Ming Hui Palace, Cai Sang raised her hand to beckon the warm sedan chair, and Murong Zhining stopped her, "Locked up in the house all day long, I want to take a walk, get some air on one side, and look at the scenery in the meantime!"Cai Sang will rebuke Yun Ping returned a box of snacks, handed to the accompanying small eunuchs hands, straightened the Murong Zhining body fox fur, help her
Yan Feng picked up Murong Zhining, who had fainted, and placed her behind the screen in the innermost part of the imperial study, where there was a soft couch for his temporary rest. Yan Feng's gaze on Murong Zhining's face was a mixture of jealousy and heartbreak.Qi Shangming was called into the imperial study, and when he saw Murong Zhining on the couch, he said in horror, "Your Majesty ... are you roughing up Princess Feng Yi? How did she ..."Yan Feng said angrily, "Are you blind? The clothes on her body sharp, I am this kind of beast in your imagination? Outrageous, you say scolding cloud Yuexuan gave her eat what ecstasy ... forget forget forget, I with a dead person to bother what?"Qi Shangming lowered his voice, "Your Majesty is telling Princess Feng Yi about General Chiyun's death? Alas Your Majesty ...""Shut up! I can't lie to her for the rest of her life! Go ask Imperial Doctor Gao to come, the princess is weak, take this opportunity to mend her
Huayan Country’s capital, inside the Imperial Palace.Young Emperor Yan Feng flung wide his arm, sweeping the pile of reports on his desk to the ground with a dark face. Trembling before him currently were princes and officials kneeling all over the Imperial Court. Facing the Son of Heaven’s seething fury, no one dared to utter a sound.Prime Minister Ning Zezhi was amongst those prostrated on the floor, the wings on his officer hat quivering nonstop due to its wearer’s fear. He spoke hesitantly in a small voice, “Your Majesty, please quell your anger so as to maintain your well-being. This old man implores Your Majesty, please let me handle Vice-Minister of Justice Zhuang Cheng’s corruption case!”Yan Feng swung his sleeves out as he shouted, “It’s not just a day or two that Zhuang Cheng has been taking bribes and bending laws. Except for me, who in my Imperial Capital doesn’t know of this? Yet, you lot cover for each other. None of you, not one, once stepped out
Murong Zhining’s expression was utterly calm, not a trace of fear could be seen on her face. “Your Majesty, if you only give me a chance, I can prove that I’m not the Zhuang family’s daughter-in-law. If Your Majesty insists on punishing me because of my offensive words to you earlier, then I have nothing more to say.”Yan Feng had never intended to give Murong Zhining a chance to prove her innocence at all. After all, if this girl called him a fatuous ruler, what else would she dare to do? However, what she just said left Yan Feng with no other choice. If he sentenced her to death now, it would prove that the emperor was a petty person who took advantage of his position to carry out personal revenge. Would he be any different from a fatuous ruler then? Watching as Murong Zhining remained calm in the face of this crisis and recalling the sharpness hidden in her words, Yan Feng was shocked. This girl, she wasn’t simple at all!Yan Feng impatiently waved his hand. “
Yan Feng noticed that Cai Qin and Cai Sang all were sneaking glances at the desserts on the table in front of him. Secretly amused, he smirked. He suddenly came up with an evil idea to punish the ignorant and audacious Murong Zhining.Yan Feng said to Cai Qin and Cai Sang while wearing an amiable expression, “I like servants who know to not shoot their mouths off, but I don’t want to leave you two idle either. You can eat the deserts here. Go on.”This is how Yan Feng thought Murong Zhining would react: Nursing a hungry stomach, she would watch as her friends enjoyed the delicious pastries, while she could barely endure the torment of starvation by herself, feeling as if a sharp claw was repeatedly scratching at her heart. She would finally realize how stupid it was to oppose the emperor. She would then kneel on the ground while bawling her eyes out to ask Yan Feng for forgiveness. She’d beg him to tolerate her senseless resistance, that a person of great moral st
Yan Feng’s expression grew darker and darker, looking more and more furious. Everyone was left to guess. Maybe the girl is still a virgin? Is that why His Majesty is so angry? Because he can’t condemn her?After hearing the complete report, Yan Feng let out a scornful laugh. Brought back a bit later, Murong Zhining knelt down. With utmost contempt, Yan Feng hatefully glared at Murong Zhining. “Listen closely, you lowly servant. Not only are you an impure woman, you’re pregnant! This is a crime against the emperor. I can’t believe there exists a woman as shameless as you in this world. “Men, come! Take this lowly servant and also the maid that made up false evidence back to prison until punishment is decided. As for that girl called Cai Qin, she has done a good deed reporting. Reward a hundred silver taels and return her freedom. She can leave the palace and lead her own life.”Cai Qin was exhilarated. She never thought that her small scheme would not only t
Murong Zhining’s eyes were tightly closed; she had been unconscious for two days so far. The girl seemed completely lifeless. The only proof that she was still alive was the occasional fluttering of her long eyelashes.Murong Zhining had been wandering inside her dream all along, unable to escape. In the dream, there was a young woman who she’d been calling “nanny” since she was little. As long as she could remember, she and nanny had been pursued by people with murderous intent towards them. During their run, nanny was once sold to be some old farmer’s wife in the mountain, then snatched away by the bandits and forced to be their leader’s wife. No matter how much hardship she had to endure, nanny always kept Murong Zhining by her side and treated her like her own daughter. In the end, nanny led her away from the brigands’ lair.Escaping the bandits, they arrived at a place called Horsefarm Village and lived incognito there. Murong Zhining didn’t know what her nam