"Do you know why I asked you to come to the palace today?"

Tang Qiyue knelt down obediently, "I don't know."

"You don't know?" Emperor Yongqing narrowed his eyes, "Very good, then I will tell you."

Eunuch Fu'an standing by didn't dare to breathe, and didn't even dare to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Yesterday, didn't you hit the mouth of the censor's daughter at the city gate? You even hit her mouth until it bled? This morning, the censor cried to me, saying that his daughter now has a swollen mouth and face. Did you know about this?" Emperor Yongqing questioned every word, causing the pressure in the imperial study to drop sharply.

Tang Qiyue was still kneeling, with her head slightly lowered, "I don't know."

Before Emperor Yongqing could get angry, she added, "I know that the censor's daughter's mouth was smashed, but your majesty is talking about me smashing it, which I don't know."

Okay, it was Xie Changjin who hit the person, it doesn’t matter whether she is Xie Changjin or not.

However, since Eunuch Fu'an had reminded her before entering the palace, it would be better for her to tell the truth.

"Oh?" Emperor Yongqing raised his eyes and stared at Tang Qiyue, "Do you know the consequences of deceiving me?"

"A common woman..."

"Your Majesty, I smashed it." Before Tang Qiyue could finish her words, she was interrupted by Xie Changjin who came hurriedly.

He went to the military camp for training before dawn this morning, but Mo Yu came to tell him that Qi Yue was called into the palace because of something at the city gate. He immediately rode back to the city and entered the palace.

Xie Changjin strode over and knelt side by side with Tang Qiyue, "I was the one who hit him."

"You!" Emperor Yongqing stood up. "Did I let you enter the palace? Did I let you speak?"

"I know I was wrong." At an angle where Emperor Yongqing couldn't see, Xie Changjin grabbed Tang Qiyue's wrist, and his warm big hand wrapped around her, giving her enough sense of security.

Tang Qiyue's heart felt as if it was gently stroked by a feather, and all the worries she had before entering the palace disappeared completely.

"Do you know you are wrong? What do you know you are wrong? You even dare to hit someone in the face at the city gate. I think you are very bold and presumptuous!" Emperor Yongqing sat down angrily.

When eunuch Fu'an next to him saw Xie Changjin appear, the sweat of worry immediately disappeared. Today's incident should not be serious.

"I know I was wrong." Xie Changjin continued to repeat, "Your Majesty, I have no excuse for slapping the censor's daughter in the face, but if I could go back to that day, I would still do it."

Emperor Yongqing narrowed his eyes in confusion, "Why? You are a man, why do you want to fight with a weak woman?"

There was silence in the imperial study for a long time, and then Xie Changjin's cold voice slowly rang out. As he spoke, Emperor Yongqing's expression became more and more ugly.

Tang Qiyue stole a glance at him from the corner of her eye, and her heart immediately felt much more at ease. She should have expected that the censor must have not told Emperor Yongqing the whole story when he accused her of beating Lu Pingting.

Now, Xie Changjin said that the censor who made the accusation might be in trouble.

It was indeed not good. When Censor Lu learned that Emperor Yongqing not only summoned Tang Qiyue into the palace, but also Xie Changjin, he almost fainted from fright.

He just wanted to vent his anger for his daughter and wanted to use Emperor Yongqing to teach Tang Qiyue a lesson. She was just a country girl, but she dared to be so arrogant.

Who knew that he would end up shooting himself in the foot!

After a long silence, Emperor Yongqing spoke up, "Is every word you said true? You are not lying to me?"

Xie Changjin clenched his fist and kowtowed, "I guarantee with my life that every word I said is true."

Suddenly, the sound of a memorial slamming heavily on the table shocked people's bodies.

"I thought that July was relying on your status to do whatever he wanted in the capital, but I didn't expect it was all fake! Censor Lu, oh Censor Lu, you actually dared to deceive me! How dare you!" Emperor Yongqing was really angry.

He vaguely understood that it seemed that Censor Lu's daughter had fallen in love with A Jin, but he didn't expect that A Jin liked Tang Qiyue. She turned love into hate and did so many things that were inconsistent with her status as a daughter.

"Let's put an end to this matter. I will give you two an explanation."

Tang Qiyue and Xie Changjin came out of the imperial study and saw the fourth princess in red coming towards them.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Cousin, I heard that father was very angry today?" Xie Mingzhu looked curious and stretched her neck to look into the imperial study.

Xie Changjin didn't look at her, his eyes were fixed on Tang Qiyue's face, "I'm late today, does your leg hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt." Tang Qiyue bent over and rubbed her knees, shaking her head, "You don't have to worry about me. After all, this is all caused by me."

Xie Changjin reached out and rubbed her head, "I'm glad you're okay."

"The princess is talking, can you hear me, cousin?" Seeing that no one paid attention to her, Xie Mingzhu stomped her feet and pouted in dissatisfaction, glaring at Tang Qiyue angrily.

Tang Qiyue coughed lightly, signaling Xie Changjin not to be so careless about the occasion, "Why did the Fourth Princess come here suddenly?"

"The reason I came here is because I heard that you were summoned into the palace by our father, and I'm curious about what it's about." Xie Mingzhu crossed her arms and raised her head proudly.

"Oh." Tang Qiyue said lightly and didn't say much.

"Speak up! What's the matter? I heard that you beat up someone's daughter?" Xie Mingzhu, who had some information but was not sure, was extremely curious.

Xie Changjin glanced at her calmly, "Mingzhu."

"Cousin, don't be so fierce! I just want to know."

Tang Qiyue pulled Xie Changjin's sleeve and briefly told Xie Mingzhu what happened.

"Is this really the case? Is it really you, cousin, who beat the person at the city gate? Oh my God! Why wasn't this princess present? I'm so disappointed!" Xie Mingzhu's focus was not on the point at all.

She continued to chatter, "But I think my cousin was right to beat her! How dare she say such nonsense to the lovely Zhao Bao? If I were here, I would never let her go home with her head held high!"

Tang Qiyue felt warmed in the heart. It was Zhaobao's fortune to have such a good elder.

"Hehe! This princess has met that Lu Pingting twice, and I didn't have a very good impression of her anyway. I guess her heart that was hung on my cousin will be shattered this time. Maybe she will turn around and run away when she sees my cousin in the future, hahahaha."

Tang Qiyue was also amused by the Fourth Princess' words and burst out laughing.

Xie Mingzhu glared at her and said, "You are the future wife of the prince. Many people in the entire capital are afraid of you. So, you don't have to be afraid of anyone. With your cousin here, no one can bully you!"

"However, if my cousin is useless, this princess will reluctantly protect you."

The stubborn but cute Fourth Princess made Tang Qiyue smile all the time. Seeing how happy she was, Xie Changjin, who was standing next to her, did not stop Xie Mingzhu from talking nonsense.

When they walked to the palace gate, they saw Censor Lu hurriedly bringing Lu Pingting into the palace.

The two sides didn't collide with each other, but Xie Mingzhu still hummed a few times. However, the two people were so frightened that they couldn't hear anything from this side at all.

"Father will definitely not let them off easily."

Tang Qiyue didn't think so. After all, the other party was an imperial censor, so he might just give him a light punishment or a severe warning.

"Do you still have the soap you bought last time? I want ten pieces each. I won't take it for free. I'll give you silver."

"Yes!" Tang Qiyue did not hesitate and immediately took the silver that Chunzhi brought over, saying that she would have someone deliver it to the palace gate later.

Only then did Xie Mingzhu feel satisfied and left with his people.

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