Rebirth of the Princess She is weird

The next morning, Lu Yanxiu left. After a while, the palace said that the Queen Mother had returned with his second brother and wanted Yuan Fuge to enter the palace.

Yun Ping followed behind him with lingering fear. When passing by the yard, Yuan Fuge subconsciously wrinkled his nose. The yard had been cleaned and there was not a trace of blood.

The people under this major general are quite efficient.

Yun Ping stayed in the carriage for a few seconds and asked, "Princess, Queen Mother..."

Yuan Fuge glanced at the person outside, signaling that the wall had ears, and said loudly, "It's okay, the Empress Dowager must have something to do, so she came back early."

After what happened yesterday, she felt that the current situation was very unfavorable to them and she had to be more careful with her words and actions in her daily life.

Since entering the Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager had a cold face. She dismissed her attendants and then called a few of the emperor's grandchildren to come and see her.

The Third Prince was also limping like Yuan Fuge. She asked in confusion, "Eh? I remember that day Third Brother just fell on his back, how come he is the same as me now?"

Yuan Yang's face darkened immediately, and he said, "I made a mistake the other day, and my father punished me."

She whispered, "The beating was too severe, was it because of the five-colored jade?"

Yuan Yang's face turned pale. Yuan Fuge continued, "I already said I gave it to you. Why did you punish me?"

The Queen Mother snorted heavily, interrupting their whisper and said, "Shu Wan, do you know your mistake?"

"My granddaughter doesn't know. Please give me some advice, Grandmother." Yuan Fuge put down the tea bowl.

Seeing that she was playing dumb, the Queen Mother simply pointed it out, "Why haven't you found a husband in such a long time? Are all the talented people in Chang'an not to your liking?"

Yuan Fuge quickly said: "No, no, no...My granddaughter didn't win the first prize that day, so I am too embarrassed to meet you all."

"With your horsemanship, there's no way you can lose."

She glanced at Yuan Yang and stammered, "Maybe it's because horses don't like me very much..."

"Ridiculous! How could the Lu family use defective horses?" The Queen Mother glanced at Yuan Yang and said coldly, "Tell me the truth!"

She stammered, "...My third brother said he wanted to take the first prize and give it to Yu Fei as a wedding gift, but I remembered what my grandmother said. When I competed with my third brother, the horse got scared and my third brother and seventh sister got injured. So I gave the gift to my third brother."

"What's going on?" The Queen Mother immediately looked at the Emperor's grandson. It seemed that she didn't know that his father had punished him. She only knew that she hadn't seen the person she let in, but she didn't know who was her spy.

He stood up and fell down without paying attention, making a "hiss" sound.

The Queen Mother immediately asked the servant to look at her with concern, "Hurry up and show me where you are hurt."

After all, she was just like the emperor, feeling sorry for this well-read sickly man, but she didn't know that this hypocrite acted one way in front of them and another in front of outsiders.

Yuan Yang shrank his neck, blushed when asked, and stammered, "I've already seen the imperial physician, don't worry, Grandmother."

After seeing his injured foot, she asked even more, "This is not serious, how does the Lu family do things?"

Yuan Fuge said hurriedly, "Don't worry, Grandmother. I returned home early that day, and later heard that a lowly woman broke into the Lu Mansion and disturbed the distinguished guests. Maybe it was that woman who caused the trouble."

Everyone in the hall was silent. After the court meeting yesterday, everyone knew that the Third Prince had gone to snatch the five-colored jade for the sake of a lowly woman. Pian Yuan Fuge had been recuperating in the mansion for the past few days, and like the Queen Mother, he didn't know about this. The Shen family was powerful, and who dared to offend them these days?

After a moment, Yuan Yufei smiled and said, "I think it was because my brother was weak and had to act like a hero, so he got bumped by that woman."

The Queen Mother warned, "Oh, you are weak, so just stay in the palace and don't run out to join in the fun."

What the Empress Dowager hated most was women of low status. The Emperor's grandfather had previously brought in a woman of low status, which caused the Empress Dowager's son to die. At that time, the Empress Dowager had nowhere to turn to, so she finally adopted the Emperor.

Since then, there has been an unwritten rule among the royal family that people of low status are not allowed to be included in the royal family aristocracy, lest they pollute Yuan Zhao's world. Last year, a minister favored his concubine and killed his wife, and wanted to make a woman of low status the eldest. After being impeached, the empress dowager drowned the woman in a pond without saying a word, and threw the minister into the prison and tortured him to death.

Fortunately, Yuan Fuge didn't say anything else, otherwise the Queen Mother would definitely beat his brother to death if she knew the truth.

Man proposes, God disposes. The Queen Mother still saw the injury on Yuan Fuge's foot.

She asked seriously, "What's going on with this foot injury? Haven't you finished talking?"

"I..." Yuan Fuge lowered his head and paused, then lowered his voice and said, "I don't know what happened between my seventh sister and third brother. My seventh sister's horse rushed straight towards me, and the horse got startled and lost control, and then... this happened."

"What? What's wrong with Luo Xia? Why did you bump into your eldest sister?"

When the Queen Mother got angry, Yuan Luoxia became panicked and afraid.

Yuan Fuge raised a sarcastic arc at the corner of her mouth and said in a cold voice: "Seventh sister, have you forgotten your lofty ambitions? I still remember that you were resentful that I won, so you bumped into me, startled the horse, and caused the three of us sisters to get injured."

Yuan Luoxia sobbed, "I... I just want that five-colored jade, and besides, Third Brother is doing this for that maid..."

After she finished speaking, she realized that she had said something wrong and quickly covered her mouth.

Yuan Fuge clenched her handkerchief tightly and asked in confusion, "Maid? But my third brother told me that he wanted the five-colored jade for my fifth sister's marriage?"

Yuan Yang's heart was in his throat, and he was eating cakes dryly in the back.

Yuan Luoxia was vague, "It's just, it's a woman next to him..."

"If I remember correctly, was it the woman in pink with my third brother's jade pendant tied around her waist?" Yuan Fuge pondered and turned to say, "Grandmother, my granddaughter returned home last night. It was Yunping who replied on her behalf."

The Queen Mother was also confused. She felt that something big had happened at the Princess' polo match. She asked anxiously, "Yun Ping, do you remember what the woman that the Lu family caught last night looked like?"

Yun Ping bowed respectfully and whispered, "The Queen Mother... is also a woman in pink clothes with a jade pendant tied around her waist."

Yuan Yang couldn't eat anymore and asked, "You are talking nonsense. What evidence do you have?"

Yuan Fuge smiled and said, "If you ask someone whether it is a lie or not, you will know. Someone go and ask Officer Xu."

"Yes!"

The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes and frowned, "Shu Wan, what does this have to do with Officer Xu?"

Yuan Fuge held the small table, turned around and said seriously: "My granddaughter was also wondering why my third brother insisted on having the five-colored jade that day. I just remembered that my third brother just told me that father punished him. But according to the palace rules, the virtuous concubine should have punished him that day, but why did father punish him yesterday? I'm afraid only father knows this, but father is busy with many things every day and can't come here, so I can only ask father's personal attendant Xu to talk about it."

Yuan Yang fell to his knees with a plop, and quickly defended himself, "Grandmother, please understand. I just wanted the five-colored jade as a gift for my younger sister, and I had a few words with my elder sister in a hurry. Then I heard my elder sister falsely accuse me of having an affair with a lowly woman. Is my elder sister trying to frame me?"

The Queen Mother's face froze, thinking that the children had quarreled and couldn't remember anything, and frowned and said, "But how do you explain your jade pendant?"

Yuan Yufei covered her sleeves and cried, "As the maid of the eldest princess, of course she is thinking about her master."

The Queen Mother looked hesitant. Seeing this, Yuan Fuge suddenly chuckled and said respectfully to the Queen Mother, "Grandmother, you don't have to rush to draw conclusions. Why not wait until Officer Xu arrives?"

She was a cautious person. After the incident at the Shen family last time, she felt that what her granddaughter said made sense, so she nodded and said, "Yes, it doesn't hurt to wait."

After a long time, Officer Xu came. The empress dowager leaned on the couch and listened to him explain what happened that day. The more she listened, the darker her face became.

Yuan Yang and Yuan Yufei looked at each other, their faces darkened.

The Queen Mother never expected that her obedient and lovable grandson would change overnight and imitate his royal grandfather to do such uncivilized things.

The Queen Mother was immediately furious. She raised her hand and a tea bowl flew over. Yuan Yang dodged in shock.

The Queen Mother angrily scolded, "You are really a failure. Instead of studying hard in the palace to assist the government, you spend all day fooling around. Where did you learn these stupid ways?"

Yuan Yang turned pale with fear, and his knees fell to the ground. Yuan Yufei hugged him and cried, saying sadly: "It's all my fault that I didn't take good care of my brother. Grandmother, please punish me. My brother is weak and can't bear the punishment..."

Yuan Fuge rubbed salt into their wounds, "Don't cry, sister. How can you be punished? You will be getting married in a few days..."

Yuan Yufei glanced at her, then turned around and complained, choking with sobs, "Grandmother, please don't punish my brother since my granddaughter is getting married in a few days. He still has to lead the way for me."

As she spoke, she shed tears, her eyes were full of tears. The empress dowager could not help but be stunned for a moment.

Yuan Yufei actually put her marriage on the agenda for Yuan Yang's sake. She thought that victory was in sight, but this was exactly what she wanted. Speeding up their wedding was just to make her trip to Jiangnan go more smoothly.

She helped Yuan Yufei up and said politely, "Grandmother, Yufei is so sincere and my father has punished her. Why don't we just forget about it?"

"But he ruined your marriage!"

"Go and look for him, granddaughter. There are so many talented people in the world." Yuan Fuge said fearlessly.

The Queen Mother once again admired her granddaughter's tolerance and nodded, "Okay, but after Yu Fei gets married, Yuan Yang and Luo Xia must be confined to the palace!"

"Do not..."

Yuan Yufei glared at Yuan Luoxia and said loudly: "Thank you, Grandmother, for your grace!"

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