The emperor, who had not walked far, almost slipped and fell when he heard Gu Xiangning's words. He turned back and glared at Gu Xiangning fiercely before quickly leaving.
When they arrived at the Cining Palace, the Queen Mother was glaring at Concubine Yan and looking at the maids around her: "Beat her for me, beat her hard!"
Of course, eunuchs could not be used to beat the imperial concubine, only maids could do it. But in fact, some maids were much stronger than eunuchs, so they beat her more severely.
After the blow, Imperial Concubine Yan was stunned by the pain: "Ah, it hurts so much..."
The screams really sounded like those of a person who had eaten a lot, and they were very strong. Ning'er, who was standing by, bit her lips and dared not make a sound.
When the emperor arrived, Imperial Concubine Yan had already been beaten with two boards and was screaming. The emperor was stunned by the sound and looked at everyone, "What are they doing? Why is it so noisy?"
When everyone heard the emperor's voice, they were all startled, then turned their heads, looked at the emperor, and quickly saluted: "Greetings to the emperor."
The emperor waved his hands and looked at the queen mother: "Mother, what's wrong? You are so angry, why did you hit someone?"
When Concubine Yan heard this, she quickly said, "Your Majesty, help me, it hurts so much. I am dying of pain, please save me."
The Queen Mother's face darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye. The Emperor also frowned: "Mother, look at how miserable Concubine Yan is, why don't you just forget it. Look, she has also been taught a lesson."
The emperor looked at the queen mother and seemed to be really angry. He continued, "It's just a little turtle. If you like it, I will get you a few more."
The Queen Mother glanced at the Emperor and said, "In your eyes, this is just a matter of a little turtle?"
The emperor was a little confused. Could it be that this wasn't the little turtle's fault? What else could it be? Ran'er stepped forward and looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty, the queen's turtle must have been killed by someone. The queen must have been wronged."
Hearing this, the emperor frowned and said, "Is that so? The little turtle died in your Yuyang Palace. No matter what, you should give the Queen Mother an explanation. Go and investigate this matter thoroughly."
Ran'er was somewhat helpless, but she had no choice but to investigate the matter. The Emperor turned to look at the Queen Mother and said, "Mother, this is not Concubine Yan's fault. Please stop beating her."
After the emperor arrived, the maids stopped doing it. The queen mother was angry and could only snort: "Okay, I want to see how you investigate and give me an explanation."
Hearing that the Queen Mother had given in, the Emperor turned around and held Concubine Yan in his arms: "Then my son will take Concubine Yan back to rest first. Someone, call the imperial physician."
Seeing the emperor carrying someone away, the queen mother frowned and glanced at the people around her: "Everyone go away."
If they didn't leave at this time, they would just gossip. But Concubine Chen stayed. She looked at the Queen Mother and said, "Aunt, how much of the Emperor's feelings for Concubine Yan are sincere and how much is just acting? This Concubine Yan is really amazing."
She always believed that Concubine Yan was a scheming woman, and the Queen Mother gradually believed it under her leadership. As for whether Concubine Yan was really a scheming woman, it didn't matter. Anyway, I think you are, so you are.
The Queen Mother frowned, not knowing what she was thinking. She glanced at the Concubine Chen and said, "Okay, let's leave it at that for now. Go back and have a rest. We'll see who is pushed out over there first."
This matter must have a result, otherwise, it would be unfair to her. The Queen Mother just needs to wait for the result slowly. At the same time, Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao also arrived in Kyoto with their children.
Kyoto was still very lively. There was a group of people gathered in front, pointing and talking about something. Qian Jiujiu couldn't help but feel curious, so he squeezed into the crowd and asked an aunt next to him.
"Auntie, what happened? Why are there so many people gathered here?"
The man glanced at Qian Jiujiu and pulled Qian Jiujiu back a little: "I say, woman, you are so pretty, why are you trying to squeeze in? If you are noticed by that guy inside, you will be in trouble."
Qian Jiujiu felt that this was not right. He frowned and said, "What guy? Who do you like? Auntie, can you tell me in detail, what's going on?"
The aunt sighed and said, "It's like this. There's a poor girl inside. Young Master Wang has taken a fancy to her and wants to take her back! Young Master Wang has been here for a short time and has already bought many girls."
"As for others, we can't do anything about it. After all, they were bought with money. The families of those girls are greedy for money, so if you are pretty, don't get close to the young master of the Wang family. I'll tell you in secret, in fact, many girls are not greedy for money, but are forced to do so."
Qian Jiujiu found it a little unbelievable and widened his eyes: "No way, this is Kyoto, under the feet of the emperor, how could such a thing happen?"
The aunt sighed, "Oh, it was impossible before, but it's different now. The emperor dotes on the imperial concubine from the Wang family, so doesn't the young master from the Wang family feel proud?"
Young Master Wang? Qian Jiujiu was actually interested: "I'll go in and take a look."
Just as she was about to go in, she was pulled out by the auntie: "Why don't you listen to me, madam? I told you not to go in, but you insisted on going in."
Seeing the auntie's anxious look, Qian Jiujiu was a little amused, "Auntie, thank you, but I'm not really afraid of the Wang family, so don't worry."
The aunt looked at Qian Jiujiu dumbfounded, but Qian Jiujiu had already walked in. In the center of the crowd, there was a woman with a pale face. She was called a woman, but in fact she was just a little girl, who looked about ten years old, but she was really beautiful.
Qian Jiujiu felt that she liked this kind of little girl very much at first sight, and the people around the little girl seemed to be her family members. They had very conflicted expressions on their faces, as if they were a little scared and angry, but they didn't dare to resist.
The young master of the Wang family looked very proud and said, "I gave you a hundred taels. You took the silver, but you don't want to hand me over. Do you think I'm easy to bully?"
The little girl's mother murmured quietly, "We didn't collect any money, you are wrongly accusing me and trying to take my woman away."
Although it was very quiet, Qian Jiujiu still heard it. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and glanced at Ziyuan beside him: "Ziyuan, go investigate this Young Master Wang's matter. I'll go save him first."
Ziyuan nodded, turned around and left to pass on Qian Jiujiu's order. Qian Jiujiu walked directly to the little girl and asked, "What's your name?"
Originally, because of Young Master Wang, there was a large empty space in the middle with no one there. Qian Jiujiu now stood up and appeared directly in front of everyone.
The little girl looked at Qian Jiujiu with a confused look on her face: "My name is Xiaoya."
Qian Jiujiu nodded: "Xiaoya, how about I buy you? Come to my house, I have a lot of family members, but they are all very nice."
Xiaoya looked at her parents with some confusion. Xiaoya's parents looked at Qian Jiujiu with ecstasy on their faces. It was better to follow this lady than to follow that young master of the Wang family. It was said that the little girls brought back by that young master of the Wang family would not live long.
Qian Jiujiu heard the discussions of the people around, so he concluded that the young master of the Wang family must have some abnormal hobbies, otherwise he would not have targeted young girls.
Young Master Wang was stunned. He looked at Qian Jiujiu with his eyes wide open: "This young lady is really pretty. How much do you want for her?"
Qian Jiujiu was stunned. She really didn't expect that this person was so powerful. When he dared to say this to her, Qian Jiujiu's first reaction was not anger, but laughter: "How much do you think I'm worth? When my husband comes over later, you can ask him."
When Master Wang heard this, he felt that he had hope: "You are quite interesting, woman. Other women get angry when they hear this, but you are the first to react like this! It will be very interesting when you come back home with me."
Qian Jiujiu smiled and said, "I have a son and a daughter! Are you in the mood to take them in as well?"
Young Master Wang frowned: "Did you come here specifically for me? You have good taste, haha."
Being so narcissistic, Qian Jiujiu lowered her eyes and looked at Mu Yexiao who was already walking over with the child: "Husband, someone wants to buy me. I want to ask you, how much am I worth?"
Mu Yexiao's face suddenly darkened: "Xilin, arrest him."
Xilin went up and attacked. The guards of the young master of the Wang family rushed to protect their master: "You are so brave. Do you know who my young master is? How dare you attack? The emperor's favorite concubine Yan is my young master's biological sister."
Imperial Concubine Yan? Qian Jiujiu was still a little confused, who was that? But then she realized that this was the young master of the Wang family: "Imperial Concubine Yan? Wang Yanran? She's an imperial concubine, is she very favored? To what extent?"
Although Young Master Wang was doomed to die in Qian Jiujiu's eyes, she still wanted to find out more. The Wang family servant thought that the two men were scared and spoke quickly.
"My Imperial Concubine Yan has forced the Empress to shut herself up in the palace. Now she is the only one who rules the harem! She even killed the Empress Dowager's pet, and the Empress Dowager didn't dare to say anything."
Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao looked at each other in bewilderment: "Has the emperor become a tyrant now?"
Everyone was stunned. They never expected Mu Yexiao to be so bold as to say that the emperor had become a tyrant. This was too bold.
"How dare you! Do you want your entire clan to be executed? You actually dare to say that the emperor is a tyrant."
Mu Yexiao snorted coldly: "Kill my nine clans? Come on, capture them all, these people are going to rebel."