mynovelweb Chapter 116 The situation is tense
Chapter 116 The situation is tense
Feng Jia was led by palace servants through a series of solemn and majestic archways. On both sides of the imperial road, there were green trees and fragrant flowers. The palace buildings were magnificent and golden, and every detail demonstrated the royal majesty and magnanimity.
Walking along a wide and flat imperial road until we almost reached the end, we finally arrived at Concubine Xiao’s bedroom, Zhengde Hall.
Concubine Xiao loved flowers and plants very much, so many precious flowers were grown in Zhengde Hall. Waves of subtle fragrance spread through the lungs and were refreshing. Feng Jia looked at the most thriving plants in the corner, her eyes slightly gloomy, as if thinking about something.
Then he turned around and whispered something to Song Huai. Song Huai understood and slowly left the Zhengde Hall.
Empress Xiao was sitting in the pavilion admiring the flowers. A little palace maid went to pass on the message and came back a few moments later saying, "Ninth Miss, let's go. The Empress has something to ask you!"
Feng Jia withdrew her gaze, followed the palace servant who was leading the way, and knelt on the ground obediently. She felt a sharp gaze falling on her head, and then looking down, carefully looking at her.
It seemed like an intentional harassment. Without the order from Concubine Xiao, Feng Jia naturally could not stand up on her own. She could only kneel there with her back straightened. The bright sun above her head shone on her face, making her dizzy. Concubine Xiao was lying in the shade, and palace servants kept adding ice cubes to the iron bucket beside her. They all felt the heat was unbearable. Naturally, they thought that Miss Xie Jiu, who was being roasted under the scorching sun, would soon beg for mercy.
However, Concubine Xiao made a mistake. Feng Jia did not move until all the incense sticks had burned out.
Concubine Xiao was furious and asked with cold eyes: "You are Xie Lanzhao. I heard that your biological mother was a prostitute in a brothel?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the palace servants serving around immediately showed smiles as if they were enjoying a good show. Feng Jia raised her head slightly. Concubine Xiao was already thirty years old, with no wrinkles on her well-maintained face. Now, with a mocking smile on her lips, she looked down at her, deliberately teasing her.
"Your Majesty, my biological mother did come from a brothel, but she was a courtesan, different from a prostitute." Feng Jia remained calm.
"A prostitute is a prostitute, why are you still trying to make excuses!" Concubine Xiao snorted, with a look of disgust on her face: "It's really immoral!"
Today, Concubine Xiao came to her specifically to vent her anger on behalf of her niece Zhou Muqi. Feng Jia naturally knew this, but her expression remained unchanged.
Concubine Xiao had a fierce look on her face: "Do you know why I called you here today? It's to kill your spirit and know who can be offended and who can't be offended!"
"I heard that you have been in Shicheng for thirteen years, and you painstakingly planned to come to the capital, and you stirred up trouble in the Prime Minister's Mansion. It was not easy for you to get to your current position. So I want to remind you that no matter how capable you are, you are just the child of a lowly prostitute. Don't think you are so great! I have watched Mu Qi grow up since she was a child. I know her character and personality, so if I hear you slander Mu Qi again, don't blame me for being rude to you!"
"It's easy for me to kill you!"
Feng Jia bowed slowly: "Your Highness is right."
Concubine Xiao frowned slightly. She had heard that the ninth daughter of the Xie family was a cruel and hard-headed person, but today she saw that she was so soft-tempered. How could she let her do whatever she wanted?
But it made sense. A country girl must have been scared to death when she saw the imperial concubine. Thinking of this, the contempt on Concubine Xiao's face became even heavier. However, before she could speak, she heard the person lying on the ground suddenly say, "Lan Zhao also thanks the queen for clearing up the confusion of this minister!"
"Excuse me?" Concubine Xiao was confused.
Feng Jia said with a look of mockery or sympathy in her eyes, "Your Majesty, I used to wonder why Zhou Muqi, the daughter of a third-rank civil servant, would be so arrogant and domineering, bullying the weak. Now that I have met Your Majesty Xiao, I know... it turns out that my niece takes after her aunt."
"How dare you!" Concubine Xiao suddenly stood up from the lady's chair and slammed her hand on the table with such force that even the armor on her fingers cracked.
The maids were so frightened that they knelt down one after another, their faces filled with terror.
A figure flashed among the flowers. The person was wearing a gorgeous and flowing skirt, and was as radiant as the Lady of the Nine Heavens. Feng Jia retracted his gaze and looked at Concubine Xiao straight in the eyes, neither humble nor arrogant.
"Bitch! Don't think I don't know. You are mocking me!"
Feng Jia was not afraid, and even looked at Concubine Xiao straight in the eye: "Your Majesty, I am telling you the truth, why are you so angry?"
Concubine Xiao felt her heart was blocked and she was so angry that she almost couldn't breathe. She was the biological mother of the Ninth Prince! Everyone knew that the Ninth Prince was the most favored in front of His Majesty! With this relationship, even the Queen had to give her some courtesy! How dare Xie Lanzhao!
"Someone, come here! Smack her mouth!" After saying that, she felt it was too light, and said with red eyes: "Just drag her out and beat her to death!"
"Let's see who dares!"
Feng Jia shouted angrily, and the two maids who came to arrest her were frightened by her aura and actually stopped in their tracks.
Feng Jia stood up, her eyes cold, and shot straight at Concubine Xiao: "Your Majesty, no matter how bad I am, I am still the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. I don't know which law of the Dali period I broke that you want to beat me to death? Even if I am guilty, I will be taken to the Dali Temple and convicted after a joint trial by the three courts. Your Majesty wants to carry out private punishment in this harem, aren't you afraid of the pen of the historian!"
"You are so sharp-tongued!" Concubine Xiao's eyes flashed with a ruthless look, and she said loudly: "My daughter Lan Zhao was ordered to enter the palace, but when she first entered the palace, she panicked and fell into the deep pool."
"When I found her, she was already dead." With these few words, Feng Jia's life or death was decided. Concubine Xiao sneered, "Xie Lanzhao, is this the way I grant you death?"
"Someone! Drag him down! Drown him in the pond!"
Two strong maids came forward, holding Feng Jia's hands and feet on the left and right, and dragged her out. Suddenly, a shadow appeared in front of them.
"Wait!"
The person who came was wearing a bright yellow floor-length dress and a phoenix crown on her forehead. The mermaid pearls on her head trembled as she moved. The woman had on delicate makeup, and every strand of her hair was carefully groomed. Her aura made people dare not look at her closely.
"Let me go!"
The two maids did not let go, but turned around to look at Concubine Xiao. Princess Pingchang narrowed her eyes and raised her hand slightly. Two guards stepped forward and kicked the two maids in the chest one by one, knocking them to the ground and foaming at the mouth.
Concubine Xiao's expression changed: "Princess Pingchang, what are you doing!"
Princess Pingchang did not answer, but just looked at Concubine Xiao coldly.
A maidservant with an unfamiliar face followed behind her. When the maidservant saw Feng Jia, she naturally stood behind her. Concubine Xiao immediately understood what was going on and glared at the nanny beside her. The nanny also realized what was going on and her face turned pale, not daring to look up.
"Empress Xiao, why are you so angry for no reason?" Princess Pingchang said slowly after her men surrounded the Zhengde Hall.
Concubine Xiao had always been at odds with this princess. She was usually polite to her, but now she stopped pretending and said coldly, "What wind blew you here?" Her eyes fell on Song Huai again, "Or was it some blind person who brought the princess here?"
Princess Pingchang smiled instead of getting angry: "I just heard that my ninth sister entered the palace, so I came to see her, but I happened to see Concubine Xiao getting so angry at her..."
Princess Pingchang took two steps forward, took Feng Jia's hand and placed it in her palm affectionately: "My sister is clumsy, and she said something to make you unhappy. I hope that Concubine Xiao will not punish her for my sake."
Princess Xiao looked at the two people's hands clasped together and frowned slightly. She had never heard of any friendship between Xie Lanzhao and Princess Pingchang, so how come when they met today, they seemed to be so inseparable?
Concubine Xiao said coldly: "Xie Lanzhao, a little daughter of the prime minister, is disrespectful to me. If I let her off easily, how can I maintain my authority in this palace!"
"So this bitch must die today! No one can stop it!"
"Let's see who dares!" said Princess Pingchang.
The atmosphere was tense for a moment.