Madam, she always wants to run away

Chapter 33 Sanctions
The commotion in the side hall quickly attracted the Queen Mother.

"Ying'er, what's the matter with you?" As soon as the queen mother stepped into the side hall, she saw Li Ying crying silently in front of the mirror.

"The Empress Dowager..." Li Ying had already been comforted by Xiao Lian, but as soon as he saw the Empress Dowager, the feeling of grievance surged up again.

"Woooooo..." Li Ying shook off Xiao Lian's hand, threw herself into the Queen Mother's arms, and said, sobbing, "The Queen Mother... I have a scar on my head, will I lose my hair in the future?" ...Woooooo...I'm going to be ugly..."

The queen mother couldn't laugh or cry for a while, she patted Li Ying's back and comforted her: "No, why would there be scars? Aijia has the best scar cream here, I guarantee you won't leave any scars. Mommy, go get it quickly."

After a while, Nanny Xu came in with a small bottle, Li Ying opened it and smelled it, there was a faint fragrance.

"This scar removal ointment is made of dozens of precious medicinal materials. Ai's family will guarantee it for you. If there are scars, you can only ask about it." The Queen Mother said, dipping some ointment with her fingers, gently Wipe it on Li Ying's wound.

The empress dowager said that Li Ying finally calmed down. She sniffled and said embarrassingly, "Thank you, empress dowager, I made you laugh."

"What's the matter." The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Which girl doesn't love beauty? When Aijia was young, she was even worse than you."

The two chatted and laughed, Xiao Lian, who was ignored the whole time, complained abruptly: "Why can't I be coaxed so hard, the Queen Mother just said a few words and you laughed out of tears?"

The queen mother laughed loudly when she heard the words: "It's true that I can see everything after living for a long time. One day, my grandson will become jealous of me, an old woman!"

"You still have the nerve to say it." Li Ying said angrily, "How did you comfort me just now? It doesn't matter if you have no hair, you don't dislike it. If anyone dares to say that I have no hair, you just shut his mouth... Queen Mother, listen to me, will I be happy after hearing these words?"

The Empress Dowager laughed so hard this time that her face was full of creases and she couldn't care less about it.

Facing the old and the young, Xiao Lian had no power to resist, he just laughed, what else could he do.

At Li's house, Xiao Lian had already sent someone to pass it on.Knowing that Li Ying was fine, except for a small scar on his head, the family of three breathed a sigh of relief.

Poor Li Xuan, who was severely taught a lesson.If it hadn't been for Xiao Lian's clarification for Li Xuan in every possible way in the letter, and Li Xuan was very good at admitting mistakes, saying "I was wrong" on the left, "I dare not again" on the right, and "I will definitely listen to it from now on." "Sister's words", they insisted on blocking the words of Li Huan and Zhao Minyi not allowing him to continue practicing martial arts.

In the end, Li Xuan was ordered to contemplate behind closed doors for half a month, and the matter of martial arts was saved.

At the same time, Renshou Palace is about to stage a big drama.

Xiao Lian told the truth about Cao Wenxiang being drugged and Li Xuan being blamed, and told the queen mother, who frowned for a long time.

It's not that she doesn't know what Xiao Ling did to Xiao Lian since she was a child.But the palms and backs of the hands were all flesh, and both of them were her own grandsons. She beat and scolded, but that kid Xiao Ling insisted that she was biased, and showed no intention of repentance.

If she had a way, how could she watch Xiao Lian leave his homeland when he was a teenager and go to the frontier alone...

After all, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked.If Concubine Rong hadn't been swayed by selfish desires and had instilled in Ling'er behind her back the words "you are the proud son of heaven" and "you are going to be the orthodox person from now on", Xiao Ling would not have become intolerable to others in her eyes now. look.

Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager became furious. She thought that Xiao Ling had grown up and became more sensible, but who knew that he just used more insidious means and planned more covertly.The Empress Dowager tightly clenched the handkerchief, if she let it go, then Concubine Rong must take Xiao Ling to the ditch!
"Mommy, go and call the emperor, imperial concubine, and four princes to Renshou Palace."

"Yes."

In the side hall, Xiao Lian squeezed Li Ying's hand and said, "You said earlier that you were afraid of His Majesty, but when he comes later, you don't have to go out, just stay here."

"Then how are you going to testify against Xiao Ling?"

The corner of Xiao Lian's mouth twitched, and he raised a hand to pinch a strand of her hair behind her ear, and said, "To testify against him, I alone will be enough, and it's not my wife's turn."

In the Changchun Palace on the other side, Concubine Rong felt a little uneasy.

"Ling'er, why do you think that old woman suddenly told us about our past? Could it be..."

"Mother don't have to worry. Although the son failed in one attack, luckily he won't expose himself. The soldier mingled into the crowd after finishing his job. Even if Xiao Lian had great skills, it would be impossible to find him."

"What about Duke Zhen and Duke Fu? There shouldn't be any trouble, right?"

"What do those bastards know? They don't even have full hair, so they deserve to ruin my business?" Xiao Ling said disdainfully.

"That's good." Concubine Rong rubbed her chest with her hands, trying to suppress her beating heart.

After Xiao Ling walked out of the palace with Concubine Rong Gui, the sixth princess Xiao Zicha poked her head out from behind the pillar, her face was bloodless.

If the fourth brother knew what she had promised her cousin, would he have skinned her and cramped her?But thinking of the conditions promised by his cousin, Xiao Zicha still clenched his fists to cheer himself up.

In the Renshou Palace, people from all walks of life came together one after another. The empress dowager and the emperor sat on the throne, and this good show kicked off.

"Queen Mother, what's the big deal about bringing us together in Renshou Palace today?" The emperor looked puzzled.

The queen mother sneered: "Why don't you ask your imperial concubine what good things she has done?"

Concubine Rong and the Empress Dowager have never dealt with each other, so she didn't even bother to pretend, and replied in a weird way: "This is so strange, I am in my own Changchun Palace, and I don't know how to offend you. Empress Dowager?"

"Hmph, it's a minor thing if you offend me. If you want to be sad, you'll get used to it. But you shouldn't put your mind on Lian'er!"

"Queen Mother, you have to talk about evidence. If you open your mouth like this, I really won't be able to cleanse myself by jumping into the Yellow River."

The queen mother rolled her eyes: "You want evidence, don't you? Wait. Lian'er, report all the evidence you found to the emperor one by one."

Concubine Rong looked back at Xiao Ling uneasily when she heard that, Xiao Ling patted her on the shoulder, signaling her not to panic.

"Your Majesty, please read this guide first."

The emperor took the Lu Yin handed by Xiao Lian and said: "Yin Pei, a person from Shi'an County, Tongzhou, went to Beijing two years ago. Lian'er, who is this?"

"Your Majesty, this person is the owner of the Changyin Building in the capital city. About half a month ago, he drank the ecstasy powder in the wine of Cao Wenxiang, the son of Xuanping Houfu, and made Cao Shizi and a scholar named Qin Chuan under the eldest prince's sect. There was a conflict, and it went to the Three Law Departments."

"Oh, what else? Why would he do this?"

"Your Majesty is not in a hurry. Apart from this, there is another matter. Yesterday, I took my brother-in-law to the military training ground to practice martial arts. I happened to meet the sons of Zhen Guogong and Fu Guogong's family there. My brother-in-law and Zhen Guogong Zhang Sangong During the competition, someone fired this poisonous needle at Mr. Zhang San." As Xiao Lian said, he presented the poisonous needle wrapped in cloth to the emperor.

Concubine Rong clutched the armrest tightly, she couldn't help straightening up and looking in the direction of the emperor, for fear that he would really see something.

"It's unreasonable, how can anyone dare to do such a vicious act in a military important place?!"

"I think that the murderer wanted to poison Mr. Zhang so that he could put the blame on my brother-in-law."

The emperor is not stupid, he quickly understood the purpose behind this: "So, your wife's house is being targeted?"

"Your Majesty is wise. Since I am married to Mrs. Li, the husband and wife are both prosperous and the other is damaged. The people behind must have seen this, so they desperately wanted to drag Li's mansion into the water, and even Lian Xuanpinghou's mansion It’s all doomed.”

The emperor looked at Concubine Rong, stroked his beard and said, "Lian'er, who do you think did this?"

"Don't dare to lie to Your Majesty. After the incident, I have been doing my best to find the person behind the plot. It's a pity that the Yin family was pierced through the heart with a sword by the minister, and there is no witness."

Hearing this, Concubine Rong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, her body was no longer stretched and straight, but she leaned back slightly on the back of the chair.

But before Xiao Lian could finish his sentence, he said again: "Fortunately, Emperor Tian pays off. After what happened yesterday, I finally found witnesses."

Concubine Rong's heart sank, but she didn't think that Xiao Lian could find any witnesses. This must be Xiao Lian playing tricks.

"Since I have found it, I will pass it on. I can tell which is right and which is wrong."

"Yes. Someone, pass on the third son Zhang from the Duke of Zhen Guo's mansion."

Zhang Xian?Standing behind Concubine Rong, Xiao Ling almost laughed out loud, is Xiao Lian so capable?Zhang Xian knows what a fart.

Zhang Xian stepped into the hall in response.

Xiao Lian asked: "Mr. Zhang, as far as I know, you and Mr. Cao and others have been practicing martial arts in the courtyard of your mansion. Why did you suddenly come to the training ground yesterday?"

In fact, Xiao Lian had already asked Zhang Xian about this question yesterday, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with his answer, so he replied: "A few days ago, I ran into the sixth princess by the rockery in the imperial garden. Asking where I practice martial arts on weekdays, she heard that when I was practicing martial arts in the mansion, she casually said that the training ground is full of weapons, and it is extremely empty, it is an excellent place to practice martial arts, so I made an appointment with Cao Chang Wait until someone gets there."

"Alright, Zhang Xian, I have two questions to ask you next. The first question, do you know how far the Changchun Palace where Concubine Rong lives is from the Imperial Garden?"

Zhang Xian shook his head.

"It's a full five miles. There are countless rocks and rocks in Changchun Palace. Why does the sixth princess want to go far away and play on the rockery in the Imperial Garden?"

"This...maybe it's the Sixth Princess who is wandering around with nothing to do?"

Xiao Lian nodded, this reason was barely justifiable.

"Second question, have you ever thought about how the Sixth Princess, a yellow-haired little girl under ten years old, has never even touched a sword before, so why would she know which venue is suitable for martial arts?"

"This..." Zhang Xian was stopped by the question.The sixth princess was at the age of innocence. What she said, Zhang Xian agreed without any defense, without any doubts. It was not until Xiao Lian reminded him that there was something weird about it.All right, why did the sixth princess suddenly care about his martial arts?

"Your Majesty, I'm done asking." Xiao Lian saluted the emperor.

"I understand what you mean. If the Sixth Princess is ordered by others, then Concubine Rong, you are the first to bear the brunt." The emperor's eyes fell on Concubine Rong's face coldly, seeing that Concubine Rong lost her position for a moment.

"Father, there are a lot of people in the palace talking. It's not uncommon for Sixth Sister to listen to her somewhere. Why can she insist that it's the mother concubine's doing?" Xiao Ling replied on behalf of Concubine Rong.

"Yes, yes, it's none of my affairs. I didn't teach Zicha to say those words, such as martial arts and venues, it's inexplicable!" Concubine Rong immediately answered.

"Your Majesty, I propose that the Sixth Princess will find out if she asks her face to face."

"No!" Concubine Rong refused straight away.

"If the noble concubine has done nothing wrong, why don't you confront the sixth princess face to face?"

"Zicha is only very old, and I am afraid that she will be frightened by such a big battle."

"Heh." The queen mother sneered, "I don't see how precious Zicha you are on weekdays, but now I feel distressed again."

"Queen Mother, you really don't feel pain in your back when you stand and talk. Although Zicha is not my own, she has food and clothing. How can I miss her? They say it's hard to be a stepmother. I believe it. It's thankless." Whoever likes to do the job will do it!"

"Your concubine, you said this yourself. If Zicha doesn't want to stay in Changchun Palace anymore, don't stop her." Xiao Lian said.

"Xiao Lian, what do you mean? Now you are even meddling in the internal affairs of my Changchun Palace, right?"

"Don't argue!" the emperor shouted, "I'm talking about investigating the case, where is it going? Just do as Lian'er said, and I want to ask Zicha personally if someone taught her to say these words !"

Soon, the sixth princess was led into Renshou Palace by a nun.

"Greetings to the father, the queen mother, and the queen mother." The voice of the sixth princess was weak, and she was always timid and fearful, and she had never even spoken loudly.

"Good boy, get back down." The Queen Mother took Zi Cha's hand and led her to her side.

Xiao Zicha quickly felt two sharp eyes falling on her head, she didn't dare to raise her head.

"Ja'er, my father heard from Mr. Zhang San, the Duke of Zhen, that you ran into each other by the rockery in the Imperial Garden a few days ago, and chatted for a while. Is there such a thing?"

Xiao Zicha nodded.

"Why did you go there?"

Xiao Zicha was about to raise her head to say something, but when she looked up and saw Concubine Rong's warning eyes, she quickly lowered her head again.

"Boldly say, with the emperor around, no one can bully you."

"Aunt Chunxia took me there..."

Chun Xia is the eldest maid of Changchun Palace.

"Xiao Zicha, you have to think it over before you talk." Concubine Rong said with gritted teeth.

"Shut up!" The emperor slapped the table, and Concubine Rong fell silent with an ugly expression.

"Then why do you know that the training ground is suitable for martial arts?"

Xiao Zicha was so intimidated just now that he dared not speak for a moment.

The emperor asked, "Did someone teach you?"

She hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Is that person here now?"

Xiao Zicha's legs were trembling, she squeezed her fists, as if to cheer herself up.

She finally nodded.

"Tell me, who is it?"

Xiao Zicha slowly stretched out her hand, and finally pointed at Concubine Rong——Xiao Ling standing behind her!
(End of this chapter)