The Doctor's Concubine: Kick the Scumbag King and I Want to Be a Dandy Girl in the Capital

In the west courtyard, Gong's room.

Gong, Xiu Yiran and Xiu Erran, mother and daughter, were talking about the corner gate being blocked.

"I've been thinking about it, but I still don't think it's something your uncle would do."

Xiu still didn't say anything. Did the order from his uncle make any difference? He was afraid that from now on, the door leading to the east courtyard would not be easy to pass through.

Xiu Erran took over his mother's words:

"Mom, are you saying that it was our eldest cousin who didn't let us go?

The maid said that several princes went to the East Courtyard and they blocked the door and wouldn’t let us women pass through. They were afraid that we would snatch the marriage of that dead girl.”

Gong felt upset when she saw Xiu Erran. This child was too straightforward and outspoken, and he couldn't keep things to himself. She was very worried about him.

She glanced at Xiu Yiran. Her eldest daughter was a promising one, but most of the time, she, as her mother, had no idea what she was thinking.

Alas, it would be better if these two children had even temperaments.

Princes went to the East Courtyard, but no one knew which ones they were and what they were doing there.

Gong thought that this was not going to work. She had to find out what happened in the East Courtyard today. She didn't want the East Courtyard to be out of her control.

The future of her children lies in the East Courtyard.

A maid came in: "Second Madam, the young lady from the East Courtyard is here."

Before Gong could speak, Xiu Erran shouted:

"What is that damn girl doing here? Tell her to go back!"

Xiu Erran’s face still hurts a lot from the beating she received last time.

Gong was just looking for an opportunity to find out about the situation in the East Courtyard. Now that the opportunity had come, how could she let it go?

"Er Ran, go play with your third sister. Don't disturb your mother from doing her work. Go ahead."

Xiu Erran left reluctantly.

Soon, Xiu Luoran came in.

"Aunt, I want to buy something and need some money."

Gong smiled: "Luoluo, do you want to withdraw money? Yes.

I heard that several princes went to your East Court today, is that true?"

"it is true."

"Which princes went? What happened?"

"How would I know? I don't know them and I haven't spoken to them. Second Aunt, give me the money. I'll take the money and leave."

"Luoluo, don't worry, the door on our side..."

"You are not in a hurry, but I am. I am in a hurry to buy clothes, jewelry, and delicious food. If you don't give me money, it will be dark soon."

"I just want to ask you, your side..."

"Will you give me money? If not, I'll ask my dad for it."

Gong gnashed her teeth in hatred, but there was a smile on her face:

"You look so anxious. Tell me how much you want."

"Take one thousand taels first."

"What? One thousand taels?"

Xiu Luoran was angry: "Why are you yelling? Did I spend your family's money? What's wrong with one thousand taels? I don't want one thousand taels anymore, give me five thousand taels, hurry up."

"Why are you so anxious, kid? I'll give you the money right now. One thousand taels, okay?"

"Then hurry up."

"well."

Gong brought a silver note of 1,000 taels and Xiu Luran put it away:

"It's my family's money, you can spend it however you want. I'm here to take some that you don't want to give. What right do you have to not give? Is it your family's money?"

After Xiu Luoran finished speaking, he slammed the door and left.

Seeing Xiu Luoran walking away, Gong was so angry that she swept all the cups on the table to the ground and sat there panting.

Xiu continued to speak calmly:

"Mom, why are you so angry? Isn't what she said right? Why don't you give them their money?"

Gong calmed down and glanced at her eldest daughter:

"You're right. I can't be angry. There's no point in being angry."

This damn girl from the East Courtyard came back just to piss her off. Humph, I just am not angry. I am not angry at all.

This damn girl is really like Erran in some ways, but fortunately, she is not like her father and elder brother.

Even so, some things need to be planned early so that it won't be too late.

Xiu Luoran returned to her room. She sat on a chair and thought about Gong's reaction just now.

This move of "knocking the mountain to scare the tiger" should have a satisfactory effect, but if I want to deal with the Gong family, I lack help.

Although eldest brother Xiu Lingce can help, he has difficulty walking.

Besides, to treat her brother's leg, she had to have surgery, and she needed an assistant for the surgery. She hadn't found the right person yet.

It has been many days since I came back, but I still haven't seen my second brother, third brother and youngest brother, and I don't know what kind of people they are.

Alas, there are too many things to do, let’s take it slow.

"Mochou, come in."

"Miss, what are your orders?"

"From today on, when you have nothing to do after running, go for a walk..."

……

Imperial Palace, Council Hall, morning court.

Emperor Yi Dingyao sat on the dragon throne and saw clearly the actions of the civil and military officials below.

Xiu Yuancang, who had not attended court for a long time, actually brought his eldest son to court today. Both father and son looked like they were worried.

Looking at the fourth son Yi Jingyang standing in the front, he also had a stern face.

Yi Dingyao knew that Yi Jingyang had gone to Xiu Mansion yesterday to discuss the marriage. Did the talks fail?

In recent years, the Tianhe Dynasty has enjoyed good weather, peace and prosperity.

Today's court was the same as usual. The ministers discussed some irrelevant issues, and the censors impeached some trivial matters.

Yi Dingyao saw that it was getting late, so he said to the officials:

"Okay, let's end today's morning court here. Yang'er and Xiu Aiqing and his son will stay, and everyone else can go."

"I'm waiting to retire."

All the civil and military officials had left, but they could not control their gossipy nature and secretly looked at the father and son of the Xiu family before leaving.

They all knew that the young lady who had just returned from the Xiu family was engaged to the fourth prince Yi Jingyang.

Now, the only ones left in the entire council hall were the emperor, the chief eunuch, eunuch Zhan, Yi Jingyang, and the Xiu family father and son.

Xiu Yuancang knelt down. Xiu Lingce saw this and wanted to get out of the wheelchair and kneel down, but Yi Dingyao stopped him:

"Xiu Aiqing, please stand up and speak."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xiu Yuancang stood up and helped Xiu Lingce sit back down. He said:

"Your Majesty, I am here with my eldest son to apologize."

Yi Dingyao glanced at Yi Jingyang, who had a gloomy face, and asked Xiu Yuancang:

"My dear Xiu, where did you get this from?"

Xiu Yuancang clasped his hands together and saluted:

"Your Majesty, my father and I have come here today to plead guilty, and we are going to cancel the engagement."

Then, Xiu Yuancang recounted the entire story of Yi Jingyang's visit to the Xiu family, without exaggerating at all. Finally, he said:

"Your Majesty, my daughter grew up in a nunnery and lived there for fifteen years.

On the way back, he was assassinated again and a big hole was made on his head.

She was not in good health to begin with, and was as thin as a stick. She was frightened and looked very weak.

She was very happy when the Fourth Prince came to her house.

However, she was not dressed appropriately, her words were often offensive to the Fourth Prince, and she even tried to hit him. It was understandable that the Fourth Prince looked down on her.

The Fourth Prince is right. My daughter is not well-educated and not good-looking. She is really not suitable to be a princess. I beg the Emperor to grant my permission."

As he spoke, Xiu Yuancang knelt down again, with his head almost touching the ground.

The marriage was granted by imperial decree, but he came to cancel it. This was a slap in the face of the emperor.

The emperor ignored Xiu Yuancang and asked his son standing aside:

"Yang'er, what do you say?"

Yi Jingyang bowed his hands and said, "I will follow your father's instructions."

Yi Dingyao thought for a long time and said nothing.

Eunuch Zhan saw a young eunuch peeking at the door of the hall. Knowing that the young eunuch had urgent business, he hurried out to meet him.

The young eunuch said a few words to him, and Eunuch Zhan quickly ran to Xiu Yuancang:

"My Lord, there's a report from your mansion saying that the carriage that the second and youngest sons of your mansion were riding in overturned!"