Daughter of the royal palace

Chapter 16 The Sad Concubine Liu
"Sister Han?" Xiao Qilan walked up to Ling Xihan who was standing there in a daze, and called softly.

"Well, what?" Ling Xihan recovered.

Xiao Qilan stared at Ling Xihan with hesitant and strange eyes.

"Sister Han, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay." Ling Xihan glanced at the emotion in her eyes, and noticed Prince Yi's searching gaze on her.She looked up and smiled faintly: "Thank you Prince Yi for your help today, Changle is very grateful. It's getting late, I'll take my leave first."

She glanced at Xiao Qilan, "Qilan, I'm going back first."

"Sister Han." Xiao Qilan held her hand, with worry in her eyes: "I'll accompany you back." When Sister Han went back like this, she was worried that the group of Zhongyi Palace would bully her.

"Don't worry." Ling Xihan smiled faintly, and his eyes flashed: "Perhaps the father has returned." The queen took so much effort to plan, now that the chess game is over, her father and elder brother should also be back.The queen's edict should have already reached Prince Zhongyi's mansion.

Ling Xihan's guess was correct, when she stepped into Prince Rui, the father-in-laws who announced the imperial edict also stepped into Prince Zhongyi's mansion one after another.Ruoyu and Ruoxue had just brought Concubine Liu to Qingxin Pavilion, when they heard the butler say that the father-in-law from the palace came.Everyone was shocked at the same time, Princess Zhongyi's eyes moved slightly, and something flashed in her eyes.He said calmly, "Let's go."

All the guests in the hall had already knelt on the ground, listening to the queen's order.

When the eunuch finished reading the content of Yizhi, everyone was taken aback, and Qiqi turned their attention to Princess Zhongyi and Concubine Liu.

Concubine Zhongyi's expression was as usual, "The minister's wife accepts the order."

Concubine Liu was stunned on the spot, and after she realized it, she began to cry and shout.

"Let me go, let me go..." She struggled to free herself from the guard who was holding her, and yelled frantically.

At this moment, there was a noise at the door.

Everyone looked back and saw two people walking in at the door, they looked like a father and son.The one on the left is about 40 years old.Wearing a blue robe, wearing sea-patterned golden boots, hair tied with a silver belt, and a jade-colored belt wrapped around the waist, a green jade pendant is pinned to the waist, with bright yellow tassels hanging down.His eyebrows are like swords, his eyes are like stars, his nose is straight and straight, his complexion is wheat-colored, his thin lips are tightly pursed, and his soft lines reveal hardness and majesty.Between the brows is the mature charm of a middle-aged man.

This person is the loyal king Ling Jueshang!

Beside him is a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, dressed in a jade-colored robe, with a jade crown and hair tied, with a graceful figure, simple yet noble, generous and calm.The eyebrows are seven points similar to that of King Zhongyi, especially those eyes, shining like the brightest stars in the dark night.The facial lines are soft, gentle and elegant, looking like a delicate scholar.But the deep light occasionally flashed in the eyes, but people dare not underestimate it.

He is Ling Hong, the eldest son of the loyal prince.

"My lord..." Upon seeing King Zhongyi, all the beautifully dressed female family members in the palace swarmed up, with joyful eyes.

King Zhongyi frowned slightly, and said majesticly: "Go down." Can't these women let him be quiet for a while?
"Yes." Seeing that he was displeased, those women had no choice but to back away embarrassingly.

"Hey, King Zhongyi is back." Eunuch Shun walked up with a smile on his face.

"My lord." A pleasantly surprised female voice sounded, looking for her reputation, it was Concubine Liu.At this moment, because of her struggle with the guards earlier, her hair was disheveled and she was in a mess.When she saw King Zhongyi, it was like seeing a savior.

"My lord, save me..." She looked at King Zhongyi weakly and pitifully, with tears rolling in her eyes, trying to arouse King Zhongyi's sympathy.

But she looks like this now, she is dressed in a mess, her makeup is all messed up, her hair is slightly messy, and her headgear is scattered all over the floor.The whole person looks not much different from a beggar on the street.King Zhongyi didn't like Concubine Liu at first, but now seeing her ghostly appearance, he was even more annoyed.

"Drag her down." Since it was the Queen's order, and it is today, it must be for Han'er's affairs, how could he disobey it?
Concubine Liu did not expect King Zhongyi to be so heartless, she leisurely opened her eyes wide and looked at King Zhongyi in disbelief.

"My lord?"

"What are you still doing in a daze, drag her down quickly, and miss the time set by the empress, be careful of your heads." When Eunuch Shun saw this side concubine Liu, he looked impatient, and saw that King Zhongyi didn't plead for her at all. Meaning, he naturally didn't need to be polite, and gave orders to the guards with a cold face.

"Yes." The two guards who were dragging Side Concubine Liu shuddered, and hurriedly dragged her down.

"No, don't, I don't want to become a monk..." Concubine Liu woke up suddenly, despair and panic came to her heart, and she screamed sharply.

"No, you bastards, who allowed you to treat me like this, let me go...Queen, Luo Qingyan...You bitch, you're going to die...uh..." She hadn't finished cursing , has been gagged.

Eunuch Shun stood where he was, with a cold and disdainful expression on his face.King Zhongyi's face was also not good, and he glanced at the people in the hall with different expressions.His eyes fell on Princess Zhongyi, who was dressed in plain clothes and had plain eyebrows. He caught a glimpse of the bright yellow scroll in her hand, and something seemed to flash in her eyes, which was so fast that people couldn't catch it.

Seeing that Concubine Liu was dragged down, Eunuch Shun faced King Zhongyi again, with his signature smile on his face again.

"King Zhongyi has worked hard all the way." He said with a fake smile: "The emperor said that next month will be the empress's 40th birthday. Originally, the Qionghua Banquet will be held in seven days, and the empress does not like extravagance and waste. Therefore, the emperor Said that this year's Qionghua Banquet will be postponed to the queen's birthday."

Princess Zhongyi tightened her hand holding the imperial decree slightly, a light flashed in her eyes, and soon disappeared without a trace.

King Zhongyi's gaze was slightly rippling, and the lines of his face seemed to soften a little.

"How is the queen's phoenix body?" His usual cold voice was mixed with a little concern.Princess Zhongyi's eyes tightened, and her hand holding the imperial decree tightened even more.

Eunuch Shun's eyes flashed, "The empress has been bedridden with illness for the past year, and now she has contracted a cold again..." A look of worry flashed in his eyes.

"The queen caught the cold?" King Zhongyi's slightly startled voice was full of eagerness.

Eunuch Shun glanced at him meaningfully, and then said with a smile: "My lord, don't worry, the empress will be taken care of by the emperor himself. Now that His Royal Highness is about to return to the palace, the empress will be well soon." These words seemed normal, In fact, there are both reminders and warnings.How could King Zhongyi not understand?His gaze moved slightly, and his long eyelashes drooped down, casting a shadow in his star-like eyes.

"Well, it's my king who overstepped." He smiled lightly, "Is there something else, father-in-law?"

"Old slave..."

(End of this chapter)