Chapter 214 The Queen is Looking for Trouble
Thinking of this, Emperor Longxing couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He knew that Jia Cong was his legitimate son, so he would naturally do his best to protect him no matter what. However, in the eyes of the retired emperor, Jia Cong was the orphan of the late crown prince.
The fact that he was willing to give up the Zhen family for the orphan of the late crown prince was because Emperor Longxing was not as good as the late crown prince, or was it that the retired emperor had too many regrets and indebtedness for what the late crown prince had done in the past?
"Father, I am the winner after all!" Emperor Longxing thought to himself. He even looked forward to the day when the retired emperor would know Jia Cong's true identity.
After a moment, Emperor Longxing said slowly, "Please report back to my father and tell him that I know about this."
Dai Quan obeyed the order and left.
In addition to the Supreme Emperor and Emperor Longxing, Concubine Shu and the Queen also got the news!
"What? How could this child be so reckless!" the Queen said anxiously, "Noble Zhou, take this imperial edict and leave the palace immediately. Do not let anyone hurt the child. If necessary, bring him to me!"
A female official at the side hurried forward and wrote the imperial edict. The empress stamped it, and then Chief Steward Zhou left in a hurry.
After Zhou Gui left, the queen's eyes showed a bit of fierceness, "What a Nanyue King! Are you bullying my little He'er because she has no mother to protect her? How dare you! If I didn't let you know how powerful I am, wouldn't my child have been bullied by you? Who gave you the courage to snatch my daughter-in-law?"
The Queen naturally knew who Baochai and Daiyu were, and she also knew the relationship between Jia Cong and the two. Now someone was trying to sabotage and snatch them away. How could she bear it?
"Your Majesty, Concubine Shu is here!"
"Well, I was just about to cause trouble for her, and she showed up at my door. Let her in!"
A moment later, a woman with a voluptuous figure and charming face entered the hall. She was the daughter of the Zhen family in Jiangnan, one of the four concubines, and the mother of the second prince Li Wei.
"Sister greets elder sister!" Concubine Shu bowed, then stood up and wanted to go forward.
However, just as she stood up, she heard the Queen say indifferently, "Did I ask you to stand up? As a concubine, you don't even have this little bit of etiquette?"
Concubine Shu's face froze. Did the queen take the wrong medicine today? The queen was usually gentle and virtuous, and was very friendly to other concubines. She treated her like a sister. Why did she turn against her after not seeing her for just a few days?
Her expression changed, and she suppressed what she wanted to say in her heart, and immediately bowed again and said, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to the Queen!"
The queen ignored him and said to the female official beside her, "Go and fetch the sachet I almost finished embroidering yesterday."
Afterwards, the Queen embroidered the sachet stitch by stitch, while the Concubine Shu waited in a posture of blessing.
This posture, which was neither squatting nor standing, was definitely extremely uncomfortable. After persisting for less than a quarter of an hour, Concubine Shu's legs were so sore that her whole body was shaking.
After another cup of tea, Concubine Shu felt that her legs were no longer her own. Then her whole body went limp and she fell directly to the ground.
"Okay!" The Queen stopped her work with a cold face, "I just asked you to pay your respects to me, and you are so dissatisfied? What crime should you be punished for being disrespectful in front of me!"
"Your Majesty, I deserve ten slaps on the face!"
"What are you waiting for? Do you want me to teach you how to slap someone in the face?" The Queen scolded, and the female official immediately walked towards Concubine Shu.
Concubine Shu was horrified, "Your Majesty, I am one of the four concubines appointed by Your Majesty. How can Your Majesty humiliate me like this?"
"Your Majesty appointed me?" The Queen sneered, "Your Majesty carried me in from Chengtian Gate on a royal carriage. Who do you think you are? Or do you think that you, the Concubine, are more powerful than me, the Queen?"
Without waiting for Concubine Shu to say anything, the female official slapped her mercilessly!
“Bang!”
A crisp sound was heard, and a clear slap mark appeared on Concubine Shu's delicate face.
The queen sneered at this scene. "Your son dares to bully my son, so I will bully you as his mother! My son will naturally be protected by me, who do you think you are?"
After being slapped ten times, Concubine Shu was completely stunned! She had come to the Queen to talk about how Jia Cong was so arrogant and dared to surround the palace. After all, everyone in the palace knew that the Queen was close to the Marquis of Guanjun! But she didn't expect that she would be slapped several times without saying anything. How could she say anything? What else could she say?
"What's the matter that brings Shufei to Fengzao Palace?" the Queen asked calmly.
Concubine Shu gritted her teeth and wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, "I just came to pay my respects to the Queen!"
"Well, I understand. If there is nothing else, please leave!"
Supported by a maid, Concubine Shu walked out of Fengzao Palace with hatred, "Okay! Okay! When my son becomes the emperor, I will have the time to punish you. You are a childless and helpless queen, let's wait and see who will have the last laugh!"
Jia Cong naturally didn't know that because of his incident, trouble had also broken out in the palace!
Outside the Nanyue Palace, if looks could kill, Jia Cong would have died at least a hundred times by now!
The entire palace was filled with Jia Cong's personal guards and soldiers from the Military Affairs Department. After an unknown amount of time, Lu Feng returned and winked at Jia Cong and said, "My Lord, we only caught a few suspicious people, and we haven't found the others yet."
Just as Jia Cong was about to speak, the soldier guarding the door suddenly came to report, "My Lord, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Lord Tu Huai, wants to see you."
When Li Wei, who was standing by, heard this, his eyes lit up immediately, "Tu Huai!"
"Jia Cong, you can't leave now even if you want to!" Li Wei said with gritted teeth, "I want to see if you dare to fight your way out of the Jinyiwei."
Jia Cong narrowed his eyes. He understood clearly! The soldier said "seeking an audience", and Tu Huai did not just barge in! If Tu Huai really came to arrest him under the order of the emperor, he would definitely not have this attitude.
"Someone, please bring in Master Tu Huai!"
Soon, Tu Huai led a group of Jinyiwei into the palace.
"Jinyiwei Commander Tu Huai greets His Majesty, and greets the Marquis of Guanjun!"
"Tu Huai, are you here to arrest Jia Cong on the orders of our father? Hurry... arrest him. Not only did he surround the palace, but he also killed the senior officials under my command. This is definitely a crime of treason."
However, facing the excited Li Wei, Tu Huai said calmly, "Your Majesty, I am indeed here on orders, but not to capture Marquis Guanjun, but to help Marquis Guanjun capture the wanted criminal!"
After these words were spoken, not only Li Wei was dumbfounded, but even Jia Cong's eyes twitched. Hou Jing and Shi Ci, who had just arrived, racked their brains but still couldn't figure it out. Could it be that... we are really catching a wanted criminal?
