Sometimes, rumors could spread very quickly. For example, the love and hate between Dai Rong Princess and Emperor Jia You. Right now, the latest version had spread in Jing City. The main idea was that Dai Rong Princess was vain and didn't want to return to the bitter and cold country of Jing so she tried all she could to become the Emperor's feipin. She even went to the Emperor and the Empress to recommend herself to sleep with them. Who knew that the Emperor would reject her multiple times. Because of Dai Rong Princess's actions, the Emperor was already dissatisfied with the country of Jing. Even the Crown Prince of Jing's request for an audience was rejected.
There were also people who said that the person who had slandered the Empress and the able officials was Dai Rong Princess. Because she wanted to enter the palace as a fei, she purposefully spread rumors to ruin the reputation of the Empress.
In the minds of the people of Jing City of Da Long, they looked down on a small country like the country of Jing. Before, when the rumors had been about how outstanding Dai Rong Princess was, no one had said that the Empress couldn't compare to Dai Rong Princess. They only suspected that the Emperor was greedy for novelty and liked Dai Rong Princess.
Now that what had happened in the imperial palace had passed into the ears of the people of Da Long, it exploded. What princess of Jing didn't know shame, what princess of Jing didn't want herself to sleep with the Emperor, she couldn't even compare to a finger of the Empress. Maybe she was a woman without beauty and wanted to take the chance to curry favor with their Da Long. There were even people who started to say that this princess of Jing had ulterior motives and wanted to enter the Da Long Imperial Palace to give birth to an imperial son to fight for the throne of Da Long and disrupt the hundred years of Da Long.
When Tu Er returned to the palace wearing the clothing of the country of Jing, his expression was extremely ugly. He angrily stormed into Jiao Xiang Yuan. Seeing Dai Rong throwing a tantrum at a servant girl, he said in a heavy voice: "You still have the face to throw a tantrum. Our country of Jing has lost all face because of you!"
"Why are you shouting at me, you aren't the king of the country of Jing right now," Dai Rong had been humiliated by He Heng and didn't have a way out. Hearing Tu Er use a reproachful tone to speak to her, the embarrassment inside turned to anger, "Don't think that just because you're the crown prince, you can order me around. It's still early!"
"I don't want to order you around," Tu Er angrily kicked aside the stool in front of him and pointed at Dai Rong, "But think about what you've done since you entered Da Long Jing. Did the prosperity of Da Long dazzle your eyes?"
"Yes, so what if I was dazzled by the prosperity of Da Long?" Dai Rong's eyes were red as she said, "I'm the most beautiful woman in the country of Jing, mother's most favored daughter. Why can't I live the most luxurious life? The feipin of Da Long aren't as beautiful as me, why can't I enter the palace?"
"Because the queen is stronger than you!" Tu Er roared out. Seeing his meimei was still unrepentant, his tone icy as he said, "I told you before, the Emperor and Empress of Da Long are deeply in love. The feipin in the hougong are just decorations. You use the feipin in the hougong to compare with you, it means that you know in your heart that you can't compare to the Empress of Da Long."
"How can I not be compared to her?!" Dai Rong's embarrassment turned to anger, her voice becoming extremely sharp, "Just because she's a noble of Da Long?"
"You're wrong, the Empress isn't a noble of Da Long," Tu Er looked disdainfully at his meimei who thought she was clever, "When you and the Qin Clan worked together to scheme against the Empress, didn't you ask them about the Empress' birth? The Empress' mother died early, her father and stepmother were not kind, her family was confiscated and demoted long ago. Her family is a stain on her. But even so, the Emperor still treats her the same, and even said in the imperial edict that the Empress was peerless in the world, that it was the favor of the Heavens to have the Empress. And you, where did you get the confidence to think you can compare to the Empress? "
Dai Rong shook her head and said: "Impossible, the Qin Family said that the Emperor treats the Empress well because of the Tian Family, impossible!"
"The Tian Family might have a good reputation, but they don't have any real power. Everything they have was given to them by the Emperor. You think that the Emperor of Da Long is a useless ruler?" Tu Er snorted, "My pitiful meimei, you've been tricked by the Qin Family."
Dai Rong stilled. A beat later, she looked in disbelief at Tu Er: "Why do you know everything about Da Long so well, you … …" Had he long schemed for the position of Crown Prince so he knew so much about Da Long?
"You finally became smart for once," Tu Er saw her react and smiled as he walked in front of her, "I'm not like you, spoiled by your mother to the point where you don't know what's important and what's not. I know better than you what it means to adapt to the circumstances, and what it means to spend time where it is needed. So, you lost, my pitiful meimei. "
Dai Rong stumbled, as though it was the first time she had met her mediocre and useless gege. But looking at the other's smiling face, she couldn't say a word.
In Tian Qi Palace, Qu Qing Ju smiled as she looked at the men and women kneeling at her feet. Among them, the woman wearing an old sky blue robe was someone she knew. She played with a jade scepter in her hand, sighing as she said: "Ben gong didn't think that the Qin Family had a part in the rumors in Jing. If it wasn't for the Emperor's investigation, ben gong would have been kept in the dark for the rest of my life. " Speaking of this, she tilted her head to smile at He Heng sitting beside her, "Bai Lu and ben gong have been sisters-in-law for two years. Your Qin Family is too heartless."
"If Empress wants to kill or torture, just say so, there's no need to say such things … …" Before Qin Bai Lu could finish, her mouth was covered by the matron beside her. This matron's face was ashen as she kowtowed, "This sinful woman has not taught her daughter well, begs Emperor and Empress for forgiveness."
Qu Qing Ju watched as Qin furen kowtowed in apology for her daughter, but Qin Bai Lu was still looking at her with hatred. She couldn't help but sigh: "Qin Bai Lu, ben gong doesn't understand why you hate ben gong. Ever since we started interacting, it has always been you purposefully making ben gong embarrassed. When has ben gong ever schemed against you? "
Qin Bai Lu moved her mother's hand away and gave a self-mocking smile: "You naturally don't understand why I hate you. But if xiandi hadn't changed his mind when he decreed the marriage, our identities would have been switched. The one sitting here right now would be me, and the one kneeling below would be you."
The faces of the Qin Family were ashen from fright. Qin furen didn't dare to cover her daughter's mouth, only kneeling at one side as she trembled in fear.
Qu Qing Ju heard the funny words and instantly snorted. She didn't even have the courage to speak to Qin Bai Lu. How big of a brain did it take to place her misfortune on herself? Qu Qing Ju didn't think she had such ability. Could it be that He Yuan wanting to divorce Qin Bai Lu was also instigated by her?
Xiandi had been the one to decide how xiandi decreed the marriage. Was it her who forced xiandi to give the Imperial Decree?
"Zhen had once thought that the present Qin Family was vulgar. I didn't think that they didn't even have brains," He Heng, who hadn't spoken all this time, coldly looked at Qin Bai Lu, "A thing like you dares to compare herself to the Empress, it's laughable."
"But if xiandi hadn't decreed her to Emperor, then she would be Rui Wang Fei right now. Even if I couldn't enter Emperor's eyes, she wouldn't be your woman, "The smile on Qin Bai Lu's face was filled with madness and hatred," You think I'm the only one who thinks like this? You're wrong. Even He Yuan is regretting the marriage that year. Right now, his heart is thinking of Emperor, your good Empress! "
The Qin Family wanted to strangle Qin Bai Lu to death. If it wasn't that the furen of the family had always acted valiantly, they wouldn't have allowed a woman who had been divorced to live in the family. But if they had known that she would do such daring things, and say such daring things, even if they had to shed all pretense of cordiality, they would have sent her away to prevent her from dragging down the entire family.
At this time, He Heng's expression was as cold as ice. No man was willing to hear the woman he loved being targeted by someone else, especially when this man had almost replaced his position.
"Have you ever heard of Heaven's Will?" Qu Qing Ju's expression was calm as she looked at Qin Bai Lu, as though she was looking at a pitiful stray dog, "You said that xiandi changed the target of our marriage. That means that in xiandi's heart, I am the most suitable person for the Emperor, I am the woman destined by the Emperor. You can be jealous of ben gong, you can hate ben gong. Ben gong has won the Emperor's favor, what can you do to me? "
Qin Bai Lu had pushed their conflict onto He Yuan. Then she would purposefully misinterpret it as Qin Bai Lu being jealous that she had won the Emperor's favor. The two seemed to be the same thing, but the feeling it gave others was different.
She wanted He Heng to know that the one she wanted was him, the one she was paying attention to was him. Only this way wouldn't leave behind any future troubles, and would cause He Heng to trust and value her even more.
"Even the Heavens are helping ben gong. What do you have to compete with ben gong," Qu Qing Ju turned to look at He Heng. As expected, he had a smile on his face. She glared at him, her mouth forming the words "womanizing" before turning to say to Qin Bai Lu, "You weren't willing to lose to ben gong and colluded with the princess of the country of Jing to purposefully spread rumors to ruin the reputation of my Da Long court. Such evil intentions, no wonder even the Heavens helped ben gong become the woman by the Emperor's side. If you became the Empress of my Da Long, wouldn't the world be in chaos? "
"You!" Qin Bai Lu hadn't thought that Qu Qing Ju would say such a thing. She opened her mouth to curse but Qin furen, who was at the side, gave her a heavy slap on the face, causing her to fall to the ground.
"Shut up!" Qin furen choked out, "You unfaithful and unfilial daughter, do you want to kill our entire family?"
Other than Qin furen's cries, there was no other sound in the hall. Qin Bai Lu covered her face and didn't look at her mother. Instead, she looked at the Emperor and Empress sitting at the front, hatred in her eyes. She pulled out the sharp silver hairpin from her hair, suddenly stood and charged at Qu Qing Ju.
"Niangniang!" At the side, Mu Jin was so frightened she leapt from behind Qu Qing Ju. After the crisp sound of porcelain hitting the ground, she heard a muffled grunt from nearby and then the entire hall started to clamor.
Raising her head in confusion, she saw Qin Bai Lu lying disheveled to the side. The Emperor was blocking in front of the Empress, a corner of his robe creased.
"Emperor, are you alright?" Qu Qing Ju stood, her face panicked as she examined He Heng's entire body. She released a breath and said angrily, "What are you doing, there are so many people here, why did you run in front of me!"
The entire hall instantly became deathly silent. Those who were panicking, those who were holding Qin Bai Lu, those who were begging for forgiveness, all seemed to be strangled, unable to make a sound.
"There are so many people in the hall, who allowed you to block in front of me, are you showing off your long legs?! Ah! Do you want to die, who needs you to save me. I'm not an idiot, would I just sit and let her stab me?! Do you have a brain?! Ah! "
Mu Jin gaped as she looked at the Empress' angry state. She watched as the Emperor retreated a few steps from the Empress' scolding. She couldn't help but shake her shoulders and swallow.
At the side, Qian Chang Xin, Ming He and the others were also dumbstruck. Who had seen the Empress act so valiantly?! Who had seen the Empress scold the Emperor? As the personal attendants of the Emperor, they should have stopped the Empress' finger from stabbing towards the Emperor's chest, should have reprimanded the Empress for such disrespectful actions, but … … they didn't dare to speak, didn't even dare to breathe loudly!
"Get out of the way!" Qu Qing Ju kicked aside the Qin Family head who was kneeling at the very front, scolding, "Everyone says that your Qin Family is a scholarly noble family, but what have you done? You have no manners, your actions are barbaric, disloyal and unjust. To say you are a scholarly noble family is an insult to the word! Qin Bai Lu is so daring, it's all because you have spoiled her! "
After the Qin Family members were scolded, they finally reacted. Each of them banged their heads on the ground, begging the Emperor to spare their lives. A member of the family that tried to assassinate the Empress, that was a great crime that would implicate the entire clan.
"Qing Ju … …" He Heng reached out to hold Qu Qing Ju's hand and found that her hand was trembling slightly. A fawning smile appeared on his face, "Don't be angry, don't be angry. Anger is not good for the body."
Qu Qing Ju waved his hand away and sat back down on the chair. She raised the teacup and lowered her head to drink, not looking at him again.
Qian Chang Xin and Ming He silently took back the left foot that they had finally gathered the courage to stick out. Since even the Emperor who was being scolded had a smile on his face, as servants, what else could they say?
But the Empress' appearance when she was angry, it was too terrifying. Nothing could compare to the roar of a lion.
"The daughter of the Qin Family has no manners, and dared to assassinate the Emperor and Empress. The Heavens cannot tolerate it. Three days from now, she will be executed." He Heng saw that Qu Qing Ju wasn't paying attention to him and sat down next to her. He ordered coldly, "The Qin Family did not teach their daughter properly, and dared to frame the Empress and the court officials. All of them will be sent to the Heavenly Prison to be sentenced another day."
"Have mercy, Emperor!" Before the Qin Family members could beg for mercy, their mouths were covered and they were all dragged away. As to Qin Bai Lu, who had tried to assassinate Qu Qing Ju, she had been knocked unconscious by He Heng's kick. When she was dragged away, she was already unconscious.
"Leave," He Heng looked inside the hall and waved his hand. After everyone had left, he pulled Qu Qing Ju into his embrace, "Don't be angry, I know you are worried about me."
"Who's worried about you!" Qu Qing Ju pushed him. Seeing that she couldn't push him away, she didn't waste any more energy and allowed him to hug her.
"Even if a silver hairpin was stuck in the body, it wouldn't kill. Even more, I told you, I've practiced martial arts. Do you think I can't do anything to a woman?" He Heng lightly patted her back, "You've already scolded me, don't be angry, alright?"
"What if it was stuck in the organs?" Qu Qing Ju frowned, "I don't want to be a widow at such a young age!"
"Alright, I know I was wrong. Don't be angry. Let's go see Tun Tun, he must be missing us." Even though he was scolded, He Heng felt happy. If it wasn't that she was worried about him, with Qing Ju's usual conduct, she wouldn't have done something so inappropriate.
Even though it was a bit cowardly, but this feeling was still … … good.
"All of you, watch your mouths," Qian Chang Xin looked at the palace maids and taijian that had retreated from the hall. These people might be people that the Emperor and Empress often used, but he still had to remind them, "If the slightest rumor gets out, the thing on your neck won't be necessary."
Everyone agreed. Mu Jin turned back with lingering fear to look at the hall behind her. She couldn't help but wipe the fine sweat on her forehead.
The Empress was really … … powerful!
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