C13

Inside the Tenglong Hall.

When Xiao Tianyue saw the Emperor, she cried out in grief, "Father, your daughter has been wronged …" Her tears fell down like rain.

"What is going on?"

Xiao Tianyue only cried. She looked like she had suffered a huge grievance. She was a princess and she only bullied others. When had it ever been someone else's turn to bully her? What's more, her face had been ruined. Wasn't it a huge grievance?

Emperor Yongying, who was behind the casekeeping, was furious when he saw this. He glanced at Xiao Tianyue, who was on the verge of fainting, and asked, "Imperial Consort Jing, tell me. Who is it? Who is so reckless as to hurt my precious daughter?"

Imperial Consort Jing repeated Xiao Tianyue's words with tears in her eyes.

She didn't exaggerate.

In the end, she wiped away her tears and said, "Your majesty, please find justice for Yue. Ji Huachang is lawless. She didn’t behave herself properly and actually destroyed Yue's face in front of so many people. How precious is a girl’s face? Not to mention that Yue is the daughter of the emperor, she even dared to casually beat her. Your majesty, this shows that she basically did not put the imperial family and the emperor in her eyes at all …"

"Imperial Consort Jing is right. We should severely punish her for this matter. It's just that Your Majesty, I saw that Third Princess's injuries were quite severe, so I think it's best to first summon Imperial physician to treat her. With such a deep wound, what would happen if scars were to truly appear on her face in the future? "

After Imperial Consort Jing said this, Empress Wang walked down from above and gently caressed the wound on Third Princess's face. Her expression was filled with worry and heartache and her words were sincere. She paused for a moment and she said angrily, "This Young Lady Ji is truly too ruthless. Just like what Sister Jing said, no matter how dissatisfied she is with Prince Ning, she can't possibly be this harsh to Third Princess."

On the surface, it looked like the Empress Wang and the Imperial Consort Jing had the same enemy. But in reality, not only did she sprinkle salt on the hearts of both Xiao Tianyue and Imperial Consort Jing, she had also successfully spoken ill of the Sixth Prince and made the emperor become more angry.

The Imperial Consort Jing was pampered and Xiao Tianyue was also deeply loved by the emperor as she was good at ingratiating. Moreover, Ji Zhan of Marquis Yongning, was now even more highly valued by the emperor. Therefore, she did not want to see the two parties successfully wed, as a result, she could not wait to blow this matter up. It would be best if Imperial Consort Jing and the Marquis Yongning broke off the relationship

and became the enemy!

Imperial Consort Jing was also an intelligent person. How could she not know what the Esteemed Empress was thinking?

However, she really couldn't swallow this down!

"Esteemed Empress is right. I beg the emperor to uphold justice for both me and Yue!" Imperial Consort Jing clenched her teeth and kneeled. Imperial Consort Jing knew what the Empress was thinking but she had her own considerations.

She resented the disgrace of having such a daughter-in-law. It was true that Ji Huachang deserved death since she had injured Yue. But she had already been injured. There were so many divine doctors in the world. She didn't believe that she couldn't find anyone who could cure Yue's face. If she let this matter get out of hand, it would truly be a joke for the enemy, which was trying to save a little but ending in losing a lot.

How would she do such a foolish thing?

Ji Huachang was infatuated with the Ning and everyone in the capital knew about it.

She could naturally use this opportunity to punish Ji Huachang to establish her prestige before their marriage. When Ji Huashang married and came into the Prince Ning Palace, she was able to get back at her as much as she wanted. Once she married her son, she would have to follow her rules. So what if the Eldest Miss of Marquis Mansion? With her means, couldn't she deal with a little girl?

If she couldn’t, then that would be a joke.

The Empress and the Imperial Consort Jing calculated in their minds. One of them was thinking of how to punish Ji Huachang to establish her might and take revenge, and the other was thinking of Ji Huachang as a tool to deal with her enemy and wished the emperor would execute her immediately.

Standing at the side with his head lowered, Fang Yuan couldn't help but silently light a candle for Ji Zhan in his heart.

Eldest Miss of Marquis Mansion?

Now she was only a fish to be slaughtered on the chopping board!

Marquis Yongning had just donated half of his family property for her to seek Emperor’s imperial edict . He wondered if he could save her life by donating the remaining half?

It was truly unfortunate for them to have such a daughter!

"Ask Qin Kun, the commander of Left Guard, bring Ji Huashang to my palace!" The Emperor Yongying gave the order directly and used the verb “bring”, instead of “ask” or “invite”, which obviously showed that the Emperor was already infuriated.

"Follow your order."

Fang Yuan did not dare to move slowly. He hurried forward to receive the order. As soon as he finished speaking, the entire hall shook strongly. The sound “Tok, Tok, Tok” could be heard over ten miles away.

It landed in the air above the Imperial Palace.

Even the dust on the eaves of the sculpted beams rustled down.

The voice did not stop for a long time.

The entire palace exploded like boiling water.

Empress Wang's face changed, “It's the sound of the battle drum. Why would there be the sound of the battle drum at this time? Could it be that there was another war at the border? No, even if there was a war, there would be scouts who would report the war. Why would the war drum suddenly ring?"

The face of the Yongying Emperor darkened as well. Fang Yuan hurriedly went out to check the surroundings and coincidentally met the great commander of the Left Guard, Qin Kun.

"The Emperor, Left Guard Commander Qin Kun wishes to meet you."

"Qin Kun, what happened?"

Qin Kun entered the palace and reported, "Reporting to the Emperor, it was the Miss Ji that had sounded the grievance drum, saying that she wanted to go to the great hall to report to the Emperor. She begged the Emperor to help her. Right now, she is outside the hall, waiting for the Emperor's summons."

"Beating up the Grievance Drum and asking for an imperial accusation? Who gave her the guts? " The emperor's expression slightly darkened. The third generation Emperor of Great Ye, Ming Zong, had indeed set up a grievance drum at the entrance of the palace. If there were any major grievances, people could beat the Grievance Drum up and report to the heavens.

But how could the imperial accusation be so easily sued?

The person who beat up the grievance drum must firstly suffer the torture of rolling on nails. If the wronged person was not dead, then the person’s petition could be delivered to the emperor in the imperial study. Only after the emperor ordered for a detailed examination of the case, would he decide whether to try the case personally or appoint an official to try the case again.

Its moral is to see the will of heaven.

If the person could survive the torture of rolling on nails and still be alive, it proved that this was the will of heaven. And that there was truly a grievance. If the person died, naturally, it would also be the heavens' will. It meant that the case was not wrong. Of course, this was to prevent people from taking advantage. After all, the emperor was in charge of the affairs of a country so how could he have the time to investigate and clear every case?

Naturally, the case would not have to be retried if the people who had filed the complaint were all gone.

All in all.

Prudent!

Because if you want to sue, you have to sue with your life!

The people in the hall were stunned for a moment. Then Empress Wang took the initiative to return to her senses. "Commander Qin, who is she trying to sue? What crime? Is there any paper? "

Qin Kun paused slightly and said while half-kneeling, "Reporting to Your Majesty, reporting to the empress, there is no paper. Miss Ji said that she wants to sue the Third Princess. She said that the Third Princess … the Third Princess was using her power to bully people and that she was not only shaming her in public by saying that she had a secret meeting with another man; she also wanted to kill her, the daughter of the court official, in front of everyone … "

"Bullshit! She clearly wanted to kill me but she still dared to backstab me!" Xiao Tianyue did not wait for Qin Kun to finish speaking before angrily interrupting and looking at the Emperor, "Father, look at my face. She was the one who used the whip to hit me. My face is completely ruined. It is her who tried to murder me!”

Emperor Yongying frowned but did not say a word.

The Empress Wang was unable to determine what the Emperor was thinking for a long time and she asked, "But now Miss Ji has actually sounded the grievance drum. If the Emperor does not investigate this case, I am afraid it will attract the criticism of the court officials and commoners. Your Majesty, what do you think we should do now?"

Yes, what should he do?

Although the Empress Wang looked worried, she had never felt this good in her heart.

This scene was getting more and more interesting.

Originally, when the Third Princess was injured, even if the emperor dealt with it, he wouldn't really take the girl’s life because of Marquis Yongning. But now that she had rung the grievance drum, the Emperor naturally had to accept it. It had been decades since anyone had rung the drum.

But how could national law be taken as a joke?

At the very least, she will definitely have the torture of rolling on nails. Even if the cat has nine lives, but a sick cat could not go through such a severe punishment, right?

Imperial Consort Jing also never thought that this idiot would actually try to beat up the grievance drum to seek for death. She truly wished for nothing more than for her death but Ji Huashang absolutely could not die at this time. If she died and the marriage between them would be gone. At that time, even if they wanted to marry Ji Yanran, she was afraid that Marquis Yongning would not agree.

This was not as simple as pushing Marquis Yongning to another camp. If Marquis Yongning was truly angry and kept his hatred in his heart, would he turn his spearhead to deal with the Sixth Prince?

That consequence was not what she wanted.

It had to be known that Ji Zhan had just acquired two hundred thousand soldiers. Combined with his original one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers, he already had a total of three hundred and fifty thousand registered official soldiers. He was the real important courtiers with power.

Who would be willing to lose such a great support?

"Bring her to me. Fang Yuan, call for Marquis Yongning to enter the palace and then summon all the relevant people over for me." While everyone was in shock, the Emperor swept his vulture-like sharp eyes across Xiao Tianyue and gave his order.

He had a majestic expression and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.

The meaning behind his words was clear. The emperor was planning to investigate this case personally!

Qin Kun slightly hesitated, swallowed his words down, and brought her in. With just a glance, everyone in the palace was so shocked that their eyeballs nearly popped out of their sockets.