11. Chapter 11 "How about you pledge yourself to me?"
Author: Yan Rugu
Jun Muxi frowned slightly and turned to stare at the girl next to him with interest.
Qiao Qingqing looked back, a hint of cunning overflowing from her eyes.
She curled her lips without leaving a trace, kowtowed devoutly to the high platform, and said quietly:
"Your Majesty, I just observed this Buddha statue and found that it is not the one that the prince gave to the Queen Mother."
"Sister Qiao, please don't be rude in front of your father!"
The prince took a step forward and was about to help Qiao Qingqing up, but Qiao Qingqing was afraid that something would happen if she looked at him again, so she could only lie down and bury her face deeply in her arms.
A wave of emperor's pressure came from top to bottom, which made Qiao Qingqing feel a little tight in her chest, but she still adjusted her breathing and spoke in a sonorous and powerful voice:
"Before returning to the capital in triumph, the prince ordered someone to send a letter to his daughter. The letter complained... Well, the letter said that the Buddha statue he prepared for the Queen Mother was bitten by wild wolves looking for food. He asked
My daughter... I asked my daughter if she knows a reliable, uh, gold and silversmith with excellent skills..."
After saying this sentence, Qiao Qingqing felt that her tongue was about to get tied up.
"Fortunately, I write ancient Chinese poetry, so the wording is not too outrageous..."
She was secretly glad in her heart, but she didn't expect that on the other side, Qiao Xiaoxiao's voice suddenly sounded:
"Third sister, when did you receive the letter from the prince?"
As she said this, Nuonuo glanced at the prince and pretended to remind her, "I know that the third sister is kind-hearted and wants to excuse the prince, but... But the third sister is already engaged to the prince, so she is having a secret affair with the foreign man like this.
I'm just afraid..."
Jun Muxi interrupted coldly, "My brother has never sent a letter to Miss Qiao San."
"Your Majesty, I am not afraid of being implicated. When I returned to Beijing when I was five years old, my daughter encountered bandits and her life was hanging by a thread. It was the prince who saved my daughter. Now that my prince has been wronged, how can I just sit back and ignore it?"
As she spoke, she straightened her back, avoided the prince's gaze, and said firmly:
"Since my daughter is engaged to His Highness the Crown Prince, then in my heart, the prince is the future emperor's uncle. As the saying goes, a person who is upright is not afraid of a slanted shadow. As for a person with a heart, naturally everything will be seen as dirty."
There was also the phrase "to myself", which she almost blurted out out of habit.
"You..." Qiao Xiaoxiao blushed with anger and almost fell to the ground.
The emperor on the high platform was staring at the frail girl under the high platform for a moment, as if thinking about who gave her the courage.
You can hear pindrops all around.
After a long moment of silence, the emperor finally spoke in a gloomy voice, "Xi'er, is this possible?"
Having reached this situation, Jun Muxi naturally would not deny it anymore. He coughed lightly, and his voice could not detect any emotion or anger, "Brother Huang, this is indeed the case."
"In that case, come here," the emperor raised his eyes, "check this Buddha statue to see if there are any traces of being bitten by wild wolves."
As soon as he finished speaking, a palace official came forward to check. After a while, the palace official said respectfully:
"Back to the Emperor, there are no teeth marks of wild wolves on this Buddha statue."
Qiao Qingqing deliberately averted her eyes to the opposite side of the prince. It was precisely because of this move that when the palace staff were inspecting the Buddha statue, she saw Qiao Xiaoxiao walking up to Qiao Qianqian and whispered a few words to her.
"What kind of evil does she want to do?"
Qiao Qingqing glared at Qiao Qianqian fiercely. As expected, after listening to Qiao Xiaoxiao's whisper, Qiao Qianqian became excited at a speed visible to the naked eye.
As soon as the palace man finished speaking, Qiao Qianqian couldn't wait to take a step forward:
"Since there are tooth marks on the Buddha statue, how about the prince and the third sister each write down where the tooth marks are on the Buddha statue?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Qiao Qingqing laughed briefly and thought to herself, I thought she had some ability, but she turned out to be smart.
"Okay, it's not a secret."
After some operations, the two of them wrote the word "ear" at the same time. At the same time, the announcement outside the hall sounded again:
"Back to the emperor, the assassins have been caught, but they are all dead. Only a Buddha statue was found in a side hall."
At this point, Jun Muxi's suspicion had been cleared, and the emperor naturally did not want to act anymore, so he had to order someone to carry the Buddha statue.
Witnessed by all the civil and military officials, two deep tooth marks on the earlobes of the Buddha statue that was brought in came into view. It looked like it had been done by wild wolves.
Jun Muxi lowered his eyes and said calmly, "Are you a wolf?"
"I happen to have two tiger fangs." Qiao Qingqing grinned. The two fangs, one on the left and one on the right, shone dazzlingly under the sunlight.
"If you show your love for nothing, you are either committing adultery or stealing."
Jun Muxi's mouth was unforgiving, and the coolness in his lowered eyes disappeared without a trace.
"I saved your military power for you and saved you from jail. How do you plan to repay me?"
While everyone was observing the tooth marks on the Buddha statue, Qiao Qingqing quietly stood up on her tiptoes and bumped Jun Muxi with her shoulder.
"Just ask for what you want. I have returned this favor to you. From now on, please don't bother me anymore."
Qiao Qingqing pursed her lips and glanced sideways at Jun Muxi, "How about you pledge yourself to me?"
Jun Muxi's face darkened, and he quickly looked away, "Change."
"Then kiss me." Qiao Qingqing took a step closer, leaned forward, and kissed her cheek very naturally.
"Qiao San, do you have any sense of shame?"
Jun Muxi subconsciously looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he hurriedly took a step back to avoid it.
Qiao Qingqing ignored her. She tilted her head and thought for a moment, then spoke again:
"Forget it, you can give me a kiss. I, Qiao Qingqing, have been single since I was born and grown up. I have never smelled a man's fragrance. I finally wrote a car and was either imprisoned or deleted..."
She was complaining in a low voice when she heard the system suddenly speak:
[The main mission is advanced, and a writing overtime card is rewarded.]
Qiao Qingqing immediately became happy!
Seeing her bright smile, Jun Muxi kindly reminded her, "Qiao San, you just said that in your heart, I am the future emperor's uncle. You are so indifferent..."
"Uncle," Qiao Qingqing interrupted with a smile, "it's even more exciting!"
Looking at the blush on Jun Muxijun's face, whether it was anger or shyness, Qiao Qingqing's smile gradually began to change:
"Find an opportunity later to be alone with me..."
Jun Muxi snorted coldly and turned around with a puff of sleeves.
Facts have proved that just such a joke caused the two of them to fall into another trap again.
After the banquet was over, Qiao Qingqing was about to leave the palace with Qiao Lianyi. When they passed through the nine-turn corridor, they bumped head-on into a palace maid!
The other party took the opportunity to slip a note into her. Qiao Qingqing opened it and it read clearly, "Let's meet Liu Yunxuan."
Huh? Liuyunxuan? Isn’t that the place where Jun Muxi’s mother and concubine once lived?
Qiao Qingqing raised the corner of her mouth and said coyly, "Man, are you playing hard to get with me?"
[Beware of scams, double-standard dogs.]
"It's not you who said it, the heroine should take action and take the initiative!"
Thinking of this, Qiao Qingqing covered her stomach with one hand, grabbed Qiao Lianyi's sleeve with the other and shook it, "Sister, I want to pay tribute..."
Qiao Lianyi covered her face and coughed lightly, then glanced at her helplessly, "Go back quickly, don't cause trouble."
During this period of verbal quarrels, Qiao Lianyi was already a little disturbed by this sister whose temperament had changed drastically.
Qiao Qingqing blinked and said playfully, "Don't worry, I never take the initiative to cause trouble. If he is targeted by me, it means that he is destined for this fate..."
