The Third and Second Madams were still a little worried. Seeing that Old Madam Wei was calm and composed, they bravely asked her, "Old Madam, aren't you worried that the palace will investigate An An for the crimes she has committed?"
Old Madam Wei raised her eyebrows and asked, "What do you mean by insubordination? If even a polo match has to be distinguished by hierarchy, then why is it still called a match? Wouldn't it be better to just let the princess score goals? Since it's a match, there will naturally be conflicts and competition. Before this, it's not that the princess and Feng Shuyuan didn't compete with An An, they just couldn't win."
The Second Lady seemed to understand what Old Lady Wei meant.
The Third Lady was still somewhat puzzled: "Of course we all know this, but Princess Yonghe insisted that it was An An who pushed her down... This doesn't make sense..."
The Second Lady tugged at the Third Lady's sleeve, smiled and shook her head: "No, that makes sense. Just like the old lady said, it's just a competition..."
Old Madam Wei was worried before, only because the person with the most say in the Rongchang Marquis' Mansion was Princess Yonghe, and no one was more powerful than her. If she dealt with Wei An before Emperor Longqing and Concubine Peng De gave the order, then no matter who said anything, it would be useless.
Moreover, Princess Yonghe would probably not suffer any severe punishment afterwards. After all, there would be no evidence, so naturally she would have the final say.
But now Wei An is back safely.
Then the initiative is no longer in Princess Yonghe's hands.
If she wanted to convict Wei An, she had to go through Concubine Peng De and Emperor Longqing.
Concubine Peng De might deal with Wei An according to her wishes. After all, Wei An has to participate in this coming-of-age ceremony this time, and Concubine Peng De is also involved. She should be happy to see Wei An frustrated and unlucky.
But Emperor Longqing would never do that.
Old Lady Wei knew Emperor Longqing too well, and knew that with his indecisive and suspicious nature, it would be impossible for him to deal with Wei An at this time.
Not to mention that his daughter was injured, he would first send the Embroidered Uniform Guard to find out if there were any spies causing trouble. By then, all the truth would be revealed. Even if it was true that Wei An pushed Princess Yonghe, Emperor Longqing would not immediately attack Wei An at this juncture-----Wei Yangqing and Prince Zheng were still fighting desperately with Prince Jin in front, and Shen Chen, who liked Wei An, was on his way to Fujian to fight for him. How could he cut off his own arm and give others a chance to take advantage of it
These women are short-sighted and only care about personal grudges, but Emperor Longqing is not like that.
What's more, Wei An had already laid the groundwork - to outsiders, it seemed that she was avoiding the opponent step by step.
She had not originally thought of attending this coming-of-age ceremony. It was Princess Yonghe who asked Feng Shuyuan to send out the invitation, and Emperor Longqing would have known about it as soon as he checked. After Wei An went there, Princess Yonghe humiliated and ridiculed Wei An in public, making him lose face. Everyone saw this.
During the final polo match, there were so many spectators that they could all clearly see how Princess Yonghe and Feng Shuyuan pressed Wei An step by step.
Wei An has been so evasive, how could he take the initiative to push Princess Yonghe off the horse
Emperor Longqing would never believe it.
Princess Yonghe did have the opportunity to kill or cripple Wei An, but unfortunately, she missed the best chance.
From the moment she let Wei An step out of Rongchang Marquis Mansion, this opportunity was gone.
Princess Yonghe herself certainly knew this clearly, but she now had something more to worry about - Sun Yuanpan and Kong Yuanpan knew her secret...
Sweat broke out on her forehead and she was extremely nervous.
The nanny next to her immediately noticed that something was wrong with her and hurried to comfort her: "Your Highness, are you feeling unwell? We will be arriving at the palace soon. His Majesty and His Majesty are waiting..."
Princess Yonghe's forehead began to sweat even more.
By the time she met Emperor Longqing in the palace, she had really become a wounded soldier, with cold sweat all over her body and even her hair soaked, as if she had just been pulled out of the water.
Concubine Peng De couldn't help but be surprised.
After hearing Princess Yongqing say that Princess Yonghe fell off her horse on her own to slander Wei An, she thought that Princess Yonghe's injury was just a pretense. But now it seems that Princess Yonghe is clearly seriously injured.
She couldn't help but feel secretly happy in her heart - it was a good thing that Princess Yonghe was really seriously injured. Anyway, she didn't care about Princess Yonghe's life or death. She could also take advantage of Princess Yonghe's injury to get rid of Wei An, the scourge. It was really worth rejoicing no matter how you looked at it.
Emperor Longqing was furious. Seeing Princess Yonghe in this state, he was moved by his fatherly heart and immediately ordered the maid: "Hurry up and change the princess' clothes! Call Court Judges Kong and Sun!"
Everyone hurriedly agreed.
Seeing that he was furious, Concubine Peng De hurriedly said, "I'll go in and take a look too. Poor girl, she went to the Feng family to attend the coming-of-age ceremony, but she came back in such a state. The Feng family is really too outrageous!"
This is not about the Feng family, but about reminding Emperor Longqing the reason why Princess Yonghe was injured.
Emperor Longqing looked at her with a somewhat cold gaze, and after a while he said, "You should have stopped her if she wanted to leave the palace. The princess is a precious girl, a royal branch and jade leaf, she shouldn't have left the palace at will!"
Concubine Peng De was stunned by the roar, looking at Emperor Longqing in disbelief, simply unable to believe that he had just said such humiliating words of reproach to her.
He clearly knew that Princess Yonghe was going to leave the palace, and it was Princess Yonghe who asked him for permission, and he approved it. But now he blamed himself!
Emperor Longqing didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He had been so busy with the affairs in Zhejiang and Fujian recently that he had no time to take care of the affairs of the harem. In his opinion, since Concubine Peng De was in charge of the harem affairs, such things should not happen.
Of course he knew that Princess Yonghe had a conflict with Wei An.
He knew before that Princess Yonghe's purpose of leaving the palace was not right. Later, he heard that the Wei family postponed their trip to Fujian because they wanted to attend the Feng family's coming-of-age ceremony. He originally planned to deal with it and forbid Princess Yonghe to leave the palace, but who knew that Zhejiang had an urgent report. He was busy arranging these things and temporarily ignored Princess Yonghe.
But it was understandable that he neglected it, but Concubine Peng De was not prepared at all, and it was extremely irresponsible for such a thing to happen.
He was so angry that he didn't care about Concubine Peng De's feelings at all. When he saw Court Judge Kong and Court Judge Sun come in, he immediately waved his hands and said, "No need to kneel! Where did the princess get hurt? Why is it so painful that she can't even speak?!"
Dean Sun and Dean Kong looked at each other, both not knowing how to start the conversation.
Concubine Peng De felt very aggrieved and simply didn't bother to pass on the message. She just stood aside and watched silently.