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"Your majesty, I don't have the face to see your majesty …" Ji Zhan's eyes were filled with hot tears. He got up and looked at An Su, then stepped forward with two fingers of his right hand fiercely pinching onto her neck, "Defiant girl, how could you do such an outrageous thing? You actually dare to make a move against the Princess. I will strangle you with my own hands today.”

The woman was paralyzed on the ground but was held up by the Marquis Yongning on the throat. The blood on the corner of An Su's mouth was not wiped clean. She stared straight at Ji Zhan, the Marquis Yongning. She did not resist or ask for help. In the eyes of others, she looked as though her emotions were no longer fluctuating, not caring about her life or death.

The anger that was filling Marquis Yongning's heart was suddenly vented out.

That force was unconsciously reduced by more than half.

"Ji Zhan, stop!" Emperor Yongying shouted.

After receiving the look, Qin Kun immediately went forward and grabbed Ji Zhan's arm, saying in a low voice, "The Emperor has his own sacred judgement here. Marquis should let go of this first. It's better to be patient."

After a long while, Marquis Yongning retracted his hand and glared at An Su.

"Cough, cough, cough …"

An Su staggered back a few steps then coughed heavily. She then looked up, blinked her eyes at Marquis Yongning, and laughed, "You are right, I should be standing there, not dodging and not getting hacked. I deserve to die. Why didn't you just strangle me to death?"

"Anyways, don't you still have Ji Yanran? See, how deep she and Sixth Prince love each other? All the servants in Marquis Yongning's Mansion know that the Sixth Prince likes Ji Yanran. Only I have been kept in the dark by you all. None of you want me to marry him at all. Well! Well! Well ... ”

The woman looked as if she had gone mad, saying three “well”, and suddenly knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, I beg you to take back the order and cancel the marriage between me and the Sixth Prince, and to grant marriage to my second sister, Ji Yanran and the Sixth Prince. As for me, it doesn't matter if I am framed or if I am guilty. You can kill me. It's up to you guys. I don't want my life. Whoever wants, take it! "

"Defiant girl, how dare you spout nonsense!"

The Marquis Yongning pointed at An Su and said angrily, "You still dare to talk to me like that? Look at you. Look at yourself. How are you worthy of the Prince Ning? The emperor was the one graciously bestowing the marriage on you but you didn't think of it as gratitude! You dared to harm the princess and even dared to threaten the emperor. You, I really regret giving birth to a degenerate like you …"

An Su looked at Ji Zhan, laughed, and then suddenly closed her eyes.

She didn’t say a word.

The way she completely disregarded life and death made Imperial Consort Jing clench her hands. Did this slut think that just because she was acting as if she helped Ning, she would thank her?

She wanted to strangle her to death!

Could a marriage could be bestowed casually? Could the person choose to be changed so easily? Since things had turned out like this, let alone the fact that the Emperor couldn't possibly give the order for the marriage between Ning and Ji Yanran as she had wished. Even so, she would never want a woman like Ji Yanran as Ning’s imperial concubine anymore.

"You, you …"

Marquis Yongning was immediately in pain and angry. With a flop, he knelt before the emperor and said, "Your majesty, It’s my fault that I didn’t teach her well. I did not teach her well and I know that I should not. I am willing to pay my life for my fault. I only hope that the Emperor can be merciful and spare the life of the defiant girl. I beg your majesty to be merciful … "

Emperor Yongying came forward to help Ji Zhan up, shaking his head, “Get up. This is not her fault. It's just a misunderstanding between girls. It was me who didn’t think enough. How about this? You can bring her back first but let's forget about this marriage. If she likes any other young man in aristocratic families in the future, we can propose marriage for her again. "

"Many thanks for the emperor's grace. I will not be able to repay you for your great kindness even after my death!" Tears streamed down Ji Zhan's old face as he glared at An Su, forcefully pulling her over, “Defiant girl, hurry up and thank the Emperor’s mercy!”. He pressed her head to make her give the Emperor three respectful kowtows.

An Su's eyes were wide opened. Her body was stiff as she laid down. She looked at the pair of dragon boots embroidered with gold and silver threads and her right hand suddenly gripped the dagger in her sleeve. It was the owner of these boots that gave the order to kill over a thousand of her An clan's people. He was her greatest enemy. They were currently so close at this time.

This was her best opportunity to behead her enemy.

The hand held the dagger tightened and the tip of the dagger shone with a silvery light.

"Your Majesty, this was left behind by Qian Puti."

An Su's heart shook and the dagger in her hand was withdrawn in a split-second. She turned to look beside him, only to see that there was an extra pair of black leather shoes next to him. Shao Feng then held the blue-and-white porcelain bottle and went up to him to report, "I have already given it to the Imperial physician to inspect it carefully. This is the good skin-recover ointment. I believe that it will have a wonderful effect on the injury of the Third Princess’s face. But whether the injury of the Third Princesses can be completely cured; we have to wait for the imperial physician to carefully inspect the injury ."

"I understand."

Emperor Yongying turned his head to look at the porcelain bottle but did not extend his hand to receive it. He swept a glance at the crowd and said, "Xie Wentao, Wang Xuanlang and Wei Jiaqi. As men, you three bullied the weak girl. Although you are not the main culprit, you are actually accomplices. According to my edict, the three of you are not allowed to be officials for five years. Your parents should take you back to discipline. If you were to repeat the offense, I would combine punishment for several offenses. At that time, I will not let you off lightly. The Third Princess relied on her identity as the Princess to commit all sorts of crimes. She framed and tried to kill Ji Huachang. She would immediately be sent to the Fa Hua Temple for a year once her injuries healed. Old Sixth forcefully barged into the Marquis Yongning's Mansion and committed murder. Lock him down for two months. Shao Feng will stay and the rest can leave. "

The emperor instantly made his decision.

"We will follow the order."

Everyone retreated and An Su was dragged out of the hall by the Marquis Yongning.

Empress Wang stepped forward to comfort the two of them for a while longer, "The Emperor has already made a holy Judgement so this is not Miss Ji's fault. Marquis mustn't blame her again when you return. I feel that Miss Ji's true nature is the best but it's a pity that I don't have that blessing. Marquis should return with Miss Ji as soon as possible. As her clothes were still wet, it would not be good if she caught a cold. On some other day, I will ask Big Brother to bring Xuanlang to your mansion to apologize. "

"Thanks for Esteemed Empress's love I will take my leave." Marquis Yongning only said one sentence, pulled An Su who was in the shape of a puppet and left.

After the father and daughter left, Imperial Consort Jing took a glance at Wang Xuanlang who was standing beside Empress Wang, "Esteemed Empress is truly capable. You have not forgotten to bribe the people yet. Unfortunately, the Emperor has already opened his mouth so the plans of the Esteemed Empress might not come to fruition."

"Imperial Consort Jing, oh no, Concubine Jing, Why do you say that?"

The Empress Wang stroked the phoenix hairpin on her head and said, "If it wasn't for the Third Princess messing around and making such a ridiculous scene, how could my nephew have been implicated? It is better for Concubine Jing to discipline Tianyue properly. If not, in the future, she would probably cause even more trouble. This time, you are only demoted. Someday, you might even lose your life because of her and might even implicate the Sixth Prince. "

"You …"

"The three of you, follow me."

The Empress Wang looked at Imperial Consort Jing in disdain and brought the three of them away, leaving the Imperial Consort Jing and Xiao Tianyue standing in front of the imperial garden. Looking at the back of the Empress Wang, she scoffed. The crown prince had long been abolished because he disobeyed the emperor for a woman. He even asked to protect the Royal Grave and didn’t return in all these years, so it would be hard for him to return in his entire life.

The empress had nothing to be proud of. One day, she would make a comeback.

"Mother …"

"Shut up, idiot. Why aren't you going back and waiting for the Imperial physician for treatment? Do you really want to discard your face?"

Imperial Consort Jing left Xiao Tianyue. When she passed by, she did not even look at Xiao Ning's expression but instead directly went back to the Tranquil Sky Palace. Looking at the entire room full of gorgeous jewelry and the objects inside, she took a deep breath and said, "Nanny Ying, do you think I have been too easy and unprepared for too long so that I was harmed so miserably by a little girl?"

"Lord, I actually think that Lord should leave the Tranquil Sky Palace earlier to eliminate the emperor’s wariness at this moment. As for the rest, we can try again later. "

"Oh? "What do you mean?"

Nanny Ying said, "I believe Lord has already come to a conclusion in your mind. Perhaps this matter is not a bad thing for us. Isn't this also the reason why lord has always allowed the Third Princess to go against Ji Huachang? "

Isn’t it a good thing?