Back and forth: I brought supplies to help the impoverished prince

Qiao Shinian's eyes suddenly widened. The imperial concubine looked very young, and her delicate makeup completely concealed her fine wrinkles. Her eyes were clearly smiling, but her mouth spoke chilling words.

"Your Majesty, please think twice! I have no plans to get married, so please take back your joke." Qiao Shinian didn't know what to say, but she didn't want to have an intimate relationship with anyone in this world.

Of course, Wen Jiu is an exception. Wen Jiu is almost her spiritual pillar now. She needs Wen Jiu to survive.

Wen Jiu clenched his fists under his wide sleeves. He smiled and bowed to the imperial concubine and said, "My Lady, that guard is not worthy of her. She is mine, the one who sleeps in my bed."

Concubine Liu sneered and waved her hand, and immediately a palace maid came forward.

"I hate people who don't follow the rules. I'll slap them fifteen times."

Princess Yu'an looked at Wen Jiu with a sneer, and she felt happy in her heart. It turned out that being too kind would make people look down on her. How could she have been frightened by such a poor prince before?

Qiao Shinian watched as a palace maid who was about her age walked up to her, gently lifted her sleeves, and slapped her in the face.

Perhaps because she had been kneeling on the ground for a while, her knees were basically covered with coldness, and there was a slight chill on her cheeks, and she felt a little bit of pain.

Two slaps landed on her face, and she felt a hint of burning sensation.

Wen Jiu did not stop him, but just looked at Concubine Liu with a smile, "Concubine, are you trying to show me your power by doing this to see if I will do what I said?"

"No, you are new here, you should have someone to back you up. I see that you have a kind heart, so I want to give you someone to back you up.

"The Royal Guard has been with my son Fu Yue for many years, and your maid will live well with him. And you don't need to threaten her life at every turn. As a prince, you should have dignity, right?"

Wen Jiu smiled and pinched the palace maid who was about to slap Qiao Shinian again with his backhand, "How about this, let's exchange. You keep your palace maid and I'll give you another one." He pinched the palace maid's wrist tightly.

The palace maid cried out in pain and looked at Concubine Liu begging her. She had followed Concubine Liu for seven years.

'Ka'

In silence, any sound seems particularly abrupt.

The sound of broken hand bones came from Wen Jiu's grasping hand, but Wen Jiu did not let go. He still held the palace maid's hand tightly. His knuckles turned white, showing how hard he was exerting.

Concubine Liu saw that Guo'er's hands and wrists were obviously misaligned, but Wen Jiu acted as if he didn't know and continued to hold Guo'er's hand with a smile.

"Ah~ah~ah~" Guo'er screamed, her voice wailing in pain, like the growl of a wild beast.

Qiao Shinian gasped and forced himself to stare at the scene with wide eyes.

'No one here is innocent, no one is innocent. I will also be one of the sinners. I just want to go back alive, to see my parents, and to live in my own time.'

'I can't be a Madonna, I can't be a Madonna, that girl is right.'

'Live, I want to live, nothing can stop me. Those who hurt me will be hurt by me, those who harm me will be harmed by me. Those who love me I love, those who pity me I pity.'

"Mother!" Princess Yu'an suddenly widened her eyes and looked at Wen Jiu who was smiling, her pupils suddenly shrank.

For some reason, she felt scared. This was clearly their territory, but Wen Jiu's behavior made her feel creepy. Wen Jiu's expression seemed to tell her that if he wanted to, he could break her neck.

Concubine Liu gently patted Yu'an's shoulder and said, "Don't be afraid, the Thirteenth Prince is just joking with us."

Wen Jiu nodded, looking innocent.

"Yes, little princess. We are discussing the issue of protection. I will give you a maid to marry your guard. In return, you should also give us someone to give us peace of mind."

Concubine Liu smiled and looked at Wen Jiu with murderous intent in her eyes.

Qiao Shinian raised her head and looked at Wen Jiu. Wen Jiu noticed her gaze and gave her a comforting look: "Sister, you will always be mine, and this cannot be changed."

"Oh, the imperial concubine is here." The shrill and weird voice belongs only to powerful eunuchs.

Qiao Shinian remembered this eunuch, who was someone close to Emperor Zhou.

"What about the Imperial Concubine and the Thirteenth Prince?" The eunuch walked up to Wen Jiu, bowed to Imperial Concubine Liu, and then smiled and said, "Your Majesty ordered me to come and get the Thirteenth Prince's letter to the Emperor of Chu Wenguo. Is it convenient now?"

The eunuch was wearing dark red clothes with embroidered patterns. When he walked in front of Wen Jiu, Qiao Shinian could still smell the faint scent of ambergris on him. It seemed that he had been staying in the palace with Emperor Zhou.

Concubine Liu glanced at Wen Jiu and knew that Emperor Zhou already knew about what happened today, and that sending Eunuch Fu was a way to save face for both sides.

Besides, she had never heard of any family letter. Now that Eunuch Fu came to pick up the family letter, it must be true. The messenger from Chu Wenguo should arrive in the next two days.

She knew that the Zhou treasury suffered heavy losses, otherwise it would not have easily missed the opportunity to pursue the Chu Wen Kingdom. In addition, the heavy snow this year froze many people and livestock to death, which made the people of Zhou even more difficult and miserable.

I think the Thirteenth Prince has been so arrogant recently because he has calculated that nothing will happen to him. Even if he does get into trouble, Emperor Zhou will turn a blind eye for the sake of money.

"Today is the first day of the lunar new year. I came to see if the Thirteenth Prince has gotten used to living here. After the visit, I will leave first." She turned around and then remembered something. "If the Thirteenth Prince likes the maid in my hand, I will give it to you."

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I don't want to stay here. Please have mercy on me." Guo'er never thought that Concubine Liu would give up on her like this.

Wen Jiu let go of his hand and bowed to Concubine Liu: "This is your concubine's person, how can I steal her away?"

As he spoke, he reached out and held Guo'er's other intact hand, and said with a smile: "I scared you just now, are you okay?"

‘click’

With a crisp sound, Guo'er screamed and wailed.

"Tsk, sorry, I used too much force." Wen Jiu said apologetically, then looked at the back of Concubine Liu leaving with Guo'er with a cold face, waved his hand, "Come often when you have time."

Looking at Wen Jiu's silly smile, Eunuch Fu who was standing beside him said nothing, but just clenched his hands slightly. What a terrifying power it was to be able to break a person's hand bones.

Concubine Liu shouldn't have been so humiliated, but the Zhou Kingdom was short of money at the time, so Wen Jiu was able to safely avoid this difficulty.

Thinking of this, Eunuch Fu's eyes dimmed slightly. It seemed that the rumor that Emperor Chu Wenguo did not care about the Thirteenth Prince was not credible. Now he wrote a letter specifically to inquire about it, which forced Emperor Zhou to pay more attention to Wen Jiu.

"Sister, get up." Wen Jiu helped Qiao Shinian up in front of Eunuch Fu, regardless of his status as a prince.

Qiao Shinian staggered and almost lost her balance. She lowered her head and wanted to say something, but when she saw Wen Jiu shook his head slightly, she remained silent and let Wen Jiu support her back to the bedroom.