noffsinger Chapter 586 The Little Princess Who Depends on the Imperial Concubine in the World of Palace Fightin
Chapter 586 The Little Princess Who Depends on the Imperial Concubine in the World of Palace Fightin
In the courtyard of Yongshou Palace, the autumn breeze is blowing gently and the sun is shining brightly.
The emperor had a rare moment of free time, so he came to talk to Xia Yingying.
The two of them sat in the pavilion. Xia Yingying brewed tea with her bare hands, and the emperor looked at her with a smile. His eyes were so gentle that he didn't look like a king of a country, but more like an ordinary husband who loved his wife.
"Yingying looks beautiful in this dress today." The emperor took the teacup and his fingertips brushed her wrist inadvertently.
Xia Yingying glanced at him sideways: "Your Majesty is so sweet today, has he done something bad again?"
The emperor chuckled and was about to speak when he saw a little head popping out from behind a pillar - Miaomiao opened her big round eyes and looked at them curiously.
"Mom, Dad, what are you playing?" The little boy was very curious. He ran over happily and climbed up by grabbing Xia Yingying's knees.
Xia Yingying quickly hugged the little guy's chubby body, fearing that the little guy would fall.
The emperor was quick to act. He picked up the little girl by the back of her collar with one hand and handed her to Nanny Song beside him like a kitten. "Take the princess somewhere else to play."
Don't disturb his and Yingying's solitude.
\"Woo——Miao Miao also wants to play with mommy!" The little dumpling protested by kicking his short legs in the air.
Xia Yingying couldn't help laughing and patted the emperor's hand: "Don't bully Miaomiao."
"How dare I?" The emperor pretended to be wronged, but still put Miaomiao down and pinched her chubby face. "Go and have fun. Later, your father will ask the imperial kitchen to make you some sweet cakes. How about that?"
Miaomiao then burst into laughter and followed Nanny Song happily.
Royal Garden Open Space
"Xiao Qingzi! Higher!"
Miaomiao raised her little face and looked at the butterfly kite flying in the sky excitedly.
It was made by Xiao Qingzi himself. The wings, as thin as a cicada's wing, shone with colorful light in the sunlight.
Xiao Qingzi knelt on the grass, the corners of his mouth raised, carefully controlling the spool: "Young master, don't run too fast, be careful not to trip."
But Miaomiao was so happy that she spun around with the kite string, and accidentally -
"Snapped!"
The kite string is broken!
The kite, like a colorful butterfly, drifted away with the wind and finally hung on the treetops in the distance.
Miaomiao stared blankly at the empty spool, her mouth drooping and her eyes instantly reddened: "The kite flew away..."
Miaomiao hasn’t had enough fun yet.
The little guy is so aggrieved, so pitiful,
Xiao Qingzi quickly squatted down to comfort him: "I'll pick it up for you, it will be fine soon."
"Then come back soon."
The little brat pulled Xiao Qingzi's clothes and said.
"Okay, I'll be back soon." He turned to the palace maid beside him and instructed: "Take good care of the young master." Then he hurried towards the woods.
Without her kite, Miaomiao sat on the grass, her cheek in her hand, waiting for Xiaoqingzi to return. The palace maids gathered around her, some fanning her, others offering her snacks.
No one noticed that a red snake was quietly slithering out from the bushes.
"Ah! Snake!" a palace maid suddenly screamed.
Only then did everyone realize that the silver ring snake, which was as thick as three fingers, had swam to Miaomiao's feet, holding its head high and hissing!
Miaomiao was so scared that she stared blankly at the poisonous snake so close to her that she even forgot to cry.
The snake arched its body, ready to pounce and bite—
"Little master!"
A figure rushed over like lightning! Xiao Qingzi accurately pinched the snake's seven inches with one hand, exerted force with his palm, and twisted the snake with a click.
The whole process takes just a blink of an eye.
Only after making sure that the snake was dead did Xiao Qingzi throw it aside.
Miaomiao realized it later and burst into tears, throwing herself into Xiaoqingzi's arms: "Snake, the snake wants to bite Miaomiao..."
Xiao Qingzi knelt on one knee and patted her back: "It's okay, I'm here." He looked down at the snake on the ground with cold eyes - it was impossible for a snake to appear in the palace for no reason, this snake was obviously raised by someone.
He remembered that the fifth prince seemed to have a silver ring snake in his previous life.
The fifth prince's bedroom.
"Your Highness! It's not good!"
A young eunuch rushed into the inner room in a panic, fell to his knees with a thud, and sweat dripped down his forehead. "That snake... didn't bite the little princess, but was caught by the eunuch next to her!"
The teacup in Xiao Yan's hand slammed to the ground, sending porcelain shards flying everywhere.
He was only five years old, but his eyes were as sinister as a knife as he glared at the eunuch: "Useless! You can't even do this!"
The young eunuch trembled, his forehead pressed against the ground, not daring to look up: "Slave, slave, I didn't expect that young eunuch to be so agile..."
"Get out!"
When he was the only one left in the hall, Jamel Xiao clenched his fists tightly.
He had carefully raised that coral snake, which was not only extremely venomous but also extremely elusive. He had thought it was a foolproof plan...
Inside Yongshou Palace, the flickering candlelight made Xia Yingying's face grow even colder. She stared at the wooden box containing the coral snake on the table, tapping the surface lightly with her fingertips.
"Are you sure it was the Fifth Prince who did it?"
Xiao Qingzi stood with his head bowed, his voice calm but firm, "Your Majesty, the Fifth Prince is the only one in the palace who keeps a silver ring snake. This snake has shiny scales, clearly someone is carefully feeding it."
Xia Yingying sneered, with a cold light flashing in her eyes: "What a Xiao Yan, what a Concubine Rong."
She understood that the mother and son were blaming her for the incident involving Rong's father and son.
However, she is not afraid.
"Don't tell the emperor about this."
When the emperor found out, she felt helpless and couldn't do anything.
She looked up at Xiao Qingzi and said, "Go get a snake like that."
Xiao Qingzi's eyes flickered slightly, and he understood the imperial concubine's intention: "I will do it right away.
Three days later, in the Shangshufang.
The afternoon sun streamed through the window lattice, casting a shadow on the desk. The Fifth Prince was writing with his head down when he suddenly felt something slide past his feet.
He looked down and suddenly his whole body stiffened——
A coral snake was crawling up along the hem of his clothes!
He was very familiar with this snake; it was none other than the little flower he had raised! But it had clearly been taken away by that little eunuch...
The snake's tongue hissed, and its cold scales brushed against his wrist. The Fifth Prince wanted to shout, but his throat seemed blocked and no sound came out; he wanted to run, but his legs felt like they were filled with lead and couldn't move.
"what--!"
A shrill scream echoed throughout the Shangshufang. Everyone turned around and saw the Fifth Prince flailing his arms wildly, a silver ring snake biting tightly on his wrist!
The Grand Tutor was horrified: "Quickly call the Imperial Physician!"
In the chaos, no one noticed that Miaomiao in the corner was having her eyes covered by Xiao Qingzi, and no one saw Xia Yingying standing in the corridor, watching all this coldly.
When Rongpin heard that her son was bitten by a snake, she fainted on the spot.
After waking up, she grabbed the palace maid like crazy and said, "It's Xia Yingying! That bitch must have killed my son!"
The maid trembled with fear: "Your Majesty, please be careful with your words! The snake was raised by the Fifth Prince himself..."
"Nonsense!" Rongpin threw the teacup to the ground, "How could my son..."
She suddenly stopped and her face turned pale - yes, the snake was indeed raised by Yan'er.
If you trace it back...
"Your Majesty, the Fifth Prince is no longer seriously injured," the imperial physician reported, kneeling. "But the snake venom was very severe, and he will need to rest for over a month."
The emperor's face was gloomy: "Have you found out where the snake came from?"
Li Dequan whispered, "According to investigation, the snake was secretly raised by the Fifth Prince himself."
"Ridiculous!" The emperor slammed the table. "How dare you raise such a poisonous creature at such a young age? You've clearly neglected discipline! Pass on my decree that the Fifth Prince is under house arrest for three months. Rongpin has been demoted to a talented lady for failing to raise her son!"
Inside Yongshou Palace.
Miaomiao lay on Xia Yingying's lap, her little face full of confusion: "Mother, why does Fifth Brother want to raise a little snake? Snakes are so scary."
Xia Yingying stroked her hair gently and smiled gently: "Some people like to play with fire and get burned."
Outside the window, Xiao Qingzi stood quietly, and a piece of snake tail in his sleeve quietly slipped into the grass.