Qi Rongxuan was on the male guest's side. He received the news and hurried over. He didn't even look at the group of people blocking the entrance to the courtyard. He carefully asked people to get out of the way, squeezed in quickly, and hurried inside.
Before he even got close to the door, Xu Manjin, who was sitting on the chair, suddenly stood up.
"Qi Mingyue!"
Xu Manjin gritted her teeth and walked towards Qi Mingyue angrily. With everyone watching, she slapped Qi Mingyue on the face and cursed mercilessly,
"You bitch! You plotted against me!"
"Are you still not human?!"
She was so angry that she exerted all her strength and slapped Qi Mingyue so hard that the corners of her lips were broken.
Qi Mingyue's eyes filled with tears, her eyes widened and she spoke in shock,
"You, what did you say?"
"Sister Xu, what do you mean?"
"How did you..."
She looked helpless, confused, painful and aggrieved, as if she didn't understand what Xu Manjin was talking about.
Xu Manjin was so stimulated by her behavior that she raised her hand to slap her again. Qi Rongxuan, who had not yet recovered, stepped forward and grabbed her wrist, "Jin Niang!"
"let go!"
Xu Manjin was just angry at first, but the moment she saw Qi Rongxuan, she almost collapsed.
She raised her other hand, slapped Qi Rongxuan without hesitation, and pushed him hard: "Qi Rongxuan, you beast, your family, your family doesn't want me to come in, to put it bluntly, I
Xu Manjin has also been taught by the court since childhood and has behaved himself for twenty years. What did I do wrong that made you ruin my innocence like this?"
"Jin Niang, Jin Niang, please calm down. It can't be Ming Yue. Everyone in the capital knows that she and Prince Chen are in love. There is no way she would do such a thing. Don't worry, I will give you justice. It'll be okay.
Jinniang, it's okay, trust me, I won't cancel our engagement because of this incident. I've been waiting for you for so many years, don't worry, I will never let you down..." For fear that Xu Manjin couldn't bear it, Qi Rongxuan also
Regardless of whether the occasion was appropriate or not, or even what others thought, he hurriedly took her into his arms and tried to comfort her.
Xu Manjin beat him hard and refused to let him get close: "Let me go, let me go..."
"Miss! Miss, what's wrong with you?!" Behind them, the maid cried out in surprise. It turned out that Qi Mingyue couldn't stand the stimulation and fainted.
The eldest princess of Xiangyang looked at this scene, and Lian Jinchen, who was standing at the door without saying a word and with a gloomy face, felt a sharp pain in her head. If she had known that this kind of thing would happen today, she would have lost even a little bit of face.
If I don’t stay, I will never send a message to Qi Guogong’s Mansion.
It's a pity that there is no regret medicine.
This incident happened in her house or at her birthday banquet. If she didn't deal with it reasonably and spread the word, wouldn't it mean that she bullied an orphan?
"Where's the doctor? Diagnose her pulse." Princess Xiangyang called out and glanced at several people.
"Since something has happened, no one should leave until we make it clear."
"Come here, wait for the masters to tidy up,"
After saying that, she turned around with the help of Grandma Zhou, and when she saw the group of spectators, she almost fainted.
She glared at Yin Mu Shang fiercely. Is she really going to find trouble for her? Why are you running here with a group of people so well? You can't even cover up what happened today.
What's all this about?
The eldest princess of Xiangyang was so angry that her chest was tight, but she had to greet the smiling Qing Hui with a smile on her face, "I'm going to make the imperial concubine laugh. The imperial concubine is here today, so why don't we come together to bear witness." Xu
The mourning period has just passed, and I cannot allow anyone to bully the Xu family girl under any circumstances."
"Okay, I'm also happy to help."
Qing Huan smiled brightly and raised her eyes to look at Lian Jinchen with the corners of her lips curled up.
When he met Lian Jinchen's gaze, Qing Hui's eyes quickly flashed with mockery, then he turned around and left with Princess Xiangyang.
Lian Jinchen looked at the direction Qing Hui turned and did not move.
He didn't miss her mocking look.
His heart was burning.
It seems that I have never been so embarrassed.
He recalled that day in the Garden of Strange Beasts, when he stood in front of her, and then when he raised his head, he saw her saving him.
He comes from a good family, has been smart since childhood, and has good looks, so he has always been a little conceited.
Be confident that what you are doing is right, be confident that you can handle everything, be confident that you are capable and ambitious, and you will be able to secure the country and even dominate the world in the future.
He thinks he can do it.
But he didn't know when he started to realize that he seemed somewhat useless.
Very useless.
He is always being saved by others, by people who he considers to be weak, or who he doesn't like at all.
Then he fell into the scheme inexplicably, watching Qi Mingyue faint from grief and pain, and seeing other people's good marriages ruined.
No one would blame him.
Even Qi Mingyue was so sad that she questioned Xu Manjin.
I won't ask why he would do such a thing,
It seemed that he was sure that it was not him who was at fault.
Is it really not him?
If it had happened in the past, he would have been furious if something like this happened. He would have hated those who dared to plot and manipulate him behind his back, and would have wanted to immediately pull them out, skin them and remove their bones.
But now, he suddenly began to question, is he too useless for this kind of thing to happen?
Just like back then, how could he be so gullible and so gullible as to the ridiculous method of exchanging hearts for hearts?
She was even possessed by someone who wanted Qi Wan to give her heart.
Why?
What was he thinking at the time? He felt that Qi Wan had to pay the price for the past sixteen years of upbringing. Even if Qi Wan really had to pay the price for this, it shouldn't be him. He shouldn't be the one to ask her.
Do this.
What happened to him?
Obviously when he was young, his mother-in-law happily said that she had found a good wife for him, and asked him to quietly take a look at Qi Wan and ask him if he agreed to marry Qi Wan, and he agreed.
He also felt that a generous and bright woman like Qi Wan was suitable to be a princess, and even suitable to accompany him to a higher position and a farther future.
When did it change?
It was during that battle that he was injured and disappeared. When he thought he was destined to die, he met Qi Mingyue and was rescued by her. He thought he had met a fairy, but the fairy left him without hesitation.
He has never forgotten it since then.
But so what?
He has known since he was a child that he was chosen as one of the heirs. If he wants to compete with other brothers and become the heir in the future, he must understand his responsibilities.
It was obviously his responsibility to marry Qi Wan.
Why did he blame Qi Wan?
Just because Qi Wan and Qi Mingyue fell in love, is the person he was supposed to marry the fairy he couldn't forget?
But even so, why should Qi Wan repay his life-saving grace?
It was he who owed Qi Mingyue his life, not Qi Wan.
So why did he become obsessed step by step and finally reach that ending?
Lian Jinchen was in a daze, so dazed that for some reason after such a ridiculous thing happened, he remembered that past event.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?" The maid's shout interrupted Lian Jinchen's thoughts.
"Huh?" Lian Jinchen looked over.
The maid said cautiously: "The princess ordered me to take the prince to freshen up."
Lian Jinchen looked down at the messy folds on his clothes, feeling very embarrassed.
But not one ten thousandth as good as his heart.
He followed the maid away in silence, without looking back at the house again.
…
By the time the eldest princess of Xiangyang sent the guests to have lunch and returned to the flower hall where she was preparing to deal with things, it was already half an hour later.
The mistress of the Xu family was in poor health and was bedridden all year round. The person who came was Xu Manjin's younger brother Xu Chengyu, who was only fourteen years old this year.
The eldest sister was bullied outside. Even though Xu Chengyu was still a teenager and everyone present was more powerful than him, he still looked extremely protective, like a cub about to bite, standing in a protective posture.
At Xu Manjin's side.
Qi Rongxuan looked worried, but Xu Manjin refused to see him since he went to change clothes.
It seemed that no matter what he said, she didn't want to listen anymore.
Qi Rongxuan had no choice but to see his sister who was still unconscious.
There was an imperial physician at the eldest princess's residence. Qi Mingyue was so angry that she fainted, but soon woke up under the medical treatment of the imperial physician.
But she seemed to have been greatly stimulated, her eyes were always red, and her whole body was weak.
Qi Rongxuan couldn't even ask her what was going on.
The room was deathly silent.
Until the next person reports,
"The eldest princess of Xiangyang has arrived, and the noble concubine has arrived——"
Everyone stood up and waited for the eldest princess of Xiangyang and Qing Hui to sit at the top of the table, as well as Lian Jinchen and Mrs. Dou of the Duke of Fengguo who had arrived late.
Mrs. Dou is Lian Jinchen's maternal grandmother. She is nearly seventy years old and no longer goes out to visit guests.
It must have been Lian Jinchen who personally sent someone to pick him up just now.
The eldest princess of Xiangyang also breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her old man coming.
Everyone sat down, but Mrs. Dou stared at Qingshan for a moment before looking away.
Qi Rongxuan, who had just finished his salute and sat down, raised his head. When he touched Qing Hui's face, he stood up excitedly and looked at her blankly. But the next second, when Qing Hui glanced at her, a flash of light flashed across his eyes.
Feeling a hint of pain, he apologized to everyone with a pale face, and then sat back down again.
Just the fingers tightly clasping the seat revealed the extreme unrest in his heart at this time.
He knew that it wouldn't be Qi Wan, it wouldn't be his "sister",
"Okay, since everyone is here, let's talk about what happened first." Princess Xiangyang knew that the process of the matter was no longer important, but there must be an explanation.
She looked at Lian Jinchen and said, "Prince Chen, please tell me."
"I would like to apologize to Miss Xu first. This is my fault, and I am responsible for it." Lian Jinchen stood up and saluted Xu Manjin, and then said: "I received a message from the maid, and clearly... Qi
The girl asked me to meet, so I went there. When I arrived, I felt something was wrong with the smell in the house. I was worried that something had happened, so I went in to take a look, and then I was drugged, and what happened next happened."
In fact, he knew that he and Xu Manjin would not have any substantial relationship in the future, but it was a fact that he was frivolous about Xu Manjin, and he could not shirk it.
The eldest princess of Xiangyang asked Xu Manjin again, "Miss Xu, what do you think?"
Xu Manjin has probably calmed down. Although her face is still pale, she has become much calmer.
Her voice had no fluctuation and she calmly told what happened.
"I accompanied that one... I accompanied Qi Mingyue to change clothes. When we got to the wing, she said she felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to rest for a while, so I stayed with her."
"After a while, she complained of chest tightness and wanted to go out for some air. I said I wanted to accompany her. She said that King Chen made an appointment with her and asked me to stay and wait for her for a while. I passed out while waiting."
There seemed to be nothing wrong with what these two people said. Princess Xiangyang finally asked Qi Mingyue,
"What about you? Miss Qi."
Qi Mingyue's cheeks were still a little swollen after being beaten by Xu Manjin, and her eyes were red. She looked very pitiful, "I know Brother Chen... I knew King Chen was coming, so I asked the maid to find him and wanted to meet him. The maid came back.
He told me that King Chen thought it was not appropriate to meet in the wing, so he asked me to go to the garden to wait for him, so I took the maid to the garden. I waited for a long time but didn't see anyone. I thought he was delayed by something, which was not good.
I asked Sister Xu to wait for me and then went back, who knows..."