C17 Difficulties in the Imperial Garden

Although there were only passersby along the way, no one made a sound as they watched these lords talk. It was quiet and peaceful.

Slightly looking left and right, the Venerable Li and Zheng Rui walked with ill intentions, their hearts stifled. They didn't know what these two would do, but they hoped that they would walk faster and not cause any trouble.

While she was calculating this matter, she was also thinking about whether that prince in the imperial garden had left or not. If he was still here, and if he pulled her over to talk, perhaps this nosy noble Li would add fuel to the fire.

"Why does Sister Xie always look so absent-minded?" She had never taken her eyes off Xie Zhi. Such a woman appeared a bit more beautiful, but there was nothing out of the ordinary about her. She really didn't know why the emperor doted on her so much.

"No, no." Su Sou suddenly heard a sound and came to her senses.

"Sister looks so absent-minded, I'm afraid you don't want to travel with us, right? Do you think the emperor will pass by the Imperial Gardens at this hour?" Zheng Concubine looked at Xie Zhi with a half-smile and half-unfriendly eyes.

"No wonder you wanted to come with her. She refused like this because she was afraid that the emperor would see a transcendent immortal child walking with us." Noble Li also followed with an unfriendly tone.

She saw that the two of them were singing the same tune without any intention of letting her go, and only felt that people's words were frightening. It seemed that if she wanted to survive in the harem, it wouldn't be a simple matter.

She said with a serious expression, "The things that you two sisters said are gone without a trace. I just caught a cold recently so I'm afraid of infecting you two, but seeing how passionate you two sisters are about to leave with me, I feel really warm in my heart."

"You!" Honorable Li instantly turned hostile. "Woman, you don't need to rely on the emperor's deep love and pampered her like this!"

"That's right. You've only been in the palace for a few days, and the emperor favored you so much that you and your sisters had a falling out. If these things were to spread to the emperor's ears, I'm afraid it would have a lot of impact on you." When Zheng Xianzi saw that Noble Li was angry, she naturally added fuel to the fire.

"I'm not afraid of a slant." With a cold expression, she turned to leave.

A group of palace maids came towards them. Judging from their dressing, they should be the palace maids that were hired by Madam Rongde's palace. Sou Sou was originally like two women that avoided trouble behind her, so she walked a little more happily, not being able to clearly see what these palace maids were holding in their hands.

Someone suddenly pushed her from behind, causing her to lose her balance as she pounced towards the palace maid beside her.

The palace maid was originally walking quite well when she suddenly saw a nobleman rushing towards them. She was carrying something in her hand and was unable to dodge in time.

There was a sound, and Jiu Ming's scream. By the time Su Sou realized what was happening, she had already fallen to the ground.

The palace maid, who was carrying something, started to sob.

"How is your benefactor? Are you okay? " Jiuming helped her up.

"I'm fine." Cousin Su slowly got up.

"Who was that?" Before she could finish her words, Zheng Consort, who was standing beside her, looked at Xie Zhi in shock.

"Why, isn't this Mrs. Rond's favorite china bottle of cloisonné?" Zheng Xianzi looked at the fragments on the ground, her heart aching.

"What should I do?" The palace maid, who was holding a bottle of Jing Tai Blue, was already kneeling on the ground, crying incessantly.

"I'm sorry." Ye Zichen felt helpless. Although she really felt someone push her from behind just now, it was because of him that she fell.

"Since the identity of a noble is so precious, Lady Rongde naturally won't blame you. But this servant is finished. This servant will be miserably harmed by you." The palace maid cried her heart out as she felt a burst of heartache.

"Don't be afraid. Since I was the one who did this, I will not let you suffer any punishment." She comforted her and was ready to drag her to Lady Jung's palace to plead her guilt.

"Halt!" Zheng's wife called out to her.

"Niangniang Zheng, I wonder if you have any other advice for me?" The tone of her voice was gentle and unkind. The person who gave her a nudge just now was Zheng Xianzi, who couldn't get rid of her responsibility. Her cold eyes swept over the crowd.

"What do you mean?" She was a reckless woman who had only paid her respects when it was too late. Now that she had lost the Jingtai Blue porcelain bottle of Madam Rongde, how could she be allowed to run over and beg for forgiveness? He had to make good use of it.

Su Sou ignored her and turned to leave. She walked up and pulled at the door. "Thank you for your arrogance, noble person. You purposely destroyed the things that are dear to you. I shall kindly teach you the rules."

"Men, capture that noble Xie." She had the highest rank here, and the palace maids and eunuchs she brought with her were also the most competent ones. Upon hearing her orders, she stepped forward to pull Xie Zhi along.

Jiu Ming followed suit and was pushed aside.

"You can't be like this, you're really going too far!" Jiu Ming couldn't be stopped. This was a person under Zheng Concubine's command, like a wolf or a tiger, not to mention the help from Honorable Li.

Although An Jian's skills were not bad, he couldn't go up against them.

In her heart, she thought to herself, a wise man doesn't fight when the odds are against him. She still obediently watched what this Zheng Concubine was up to. Thinking of this, she obediently knelt down on the ground.

"I don't have anything else to teach you, so just obediently kneel here until the afternoon. If you're full of sincerity, then go and beg for forgiveness from Madam Rong!" She said.

Honorable Li saw that Xie Zhi had become obedient and her mood was elated. She just couldn't bear to see Xie Zhi being so uncaring all day without putting anyone in her eyes. Now that she was kneeling at the bottom of her feet, she couldn't help but feel at ease.

She stepped forward with the intention to slap Xie Zhi. Xie Zhi was clutching her hands and had nowhere to run. She thought to herself, I probably won't be able to dodge this beating.

The pain she had anticipated did not come. She slowly opened her eyes and saw a bright yellow figure standing in front of her. The two of them knelt on the ground, prostrating themselves.

"Zhi`er, how is it?" Are there any injuries? " Qin Buzhou looked at her lovingly, with a pampered expression on his face.

"Greetings, Your Majesty. Your consort is fine."

"Zheng Consort!" Noble Li! What are you all doing? " Qin Buzhou's voice rang out without anger. Zheng Concubine wanted to explain, "Your majesty, it was Imperial Highness who deliberately destroyed Madam Rongde's Jingtai Blue porcelain bottle. Your consort only wanted to teach her the rules …"

"Noble Li? This is how you plan on teaching her the rules. If I hadn't appeared, wouldn't you have had even more vicious methods! "

Qin Buzhou helped Xie Zhi up and gently massaged her cheeks. He clearly didn't hit her, but the emperor was unexpectedly biased.

"Your majesty, it was indeed because chenqie accidentally broke the porcelain bottle …"

"It's just a small bottle. So what if it was broken on purpose?" The Emperor asked her back, but it was as if he had said it to all the men kneeling on the ground.

"I'll go to the storeroom later and pick out two of the best ones to deliver to Mrs. Rongde." The Emperor instructed the ingots beside him.

"All of you should just quietly kneel here and reflect on your actions. Don't get up after six hours."

With that, he dragged Xie Zhi and left the imperial garden.