However, Xie Ruzhuo understood this in his heart, but did not show it on his face. He still bowed respectfully, agreed, and then turned around and went out.
Concubine Ye looked at her leaving figure, nodded with satisfaction and said, "This girl is rare to be steady."
The maid on the side smiled and said, "After all, I am the princess, and I am the one you like, my empress. How can it be compared to others?"
This was a roundabout compliment to Concubine Ye. She glanced at the maid with a smile and said, "You have a sweet mouth."
After leaving the palace gate, Xie Ruzhuo walked directly towards Jin Jieyu.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at Jin Jieyu's place, he heard a burst of laughter from inside. After Xie Ruzhuo entered, he realized that he didn't seem to have arrived at the right time.
Xiao Junlu sat next to Jin Jieyu, holding tea and chatting with his mother and concubine, while Jin Jieyu smiled with joy.
Xie Ruzhuo showed a smile and saluted, "Greetings to your Majesty, Prince Ping is here too."
Xiao Junlu stood up and said with a smile, "How come third sister-in-law has time to come over?"
Xie Ruzhuo took the brocade box from Jiang Zhu's hand and said, "The mother-in-law asked me to give something to the empress." As she said this, she presented the brocade box to the empress and said with a smile, "I originally wanted to stay with the empress for a while. It's not the right time to come if you don't want to. My wife will come another day."
Jin Jieyu took the things with a smile and said, "Thank you, Princess Jing, for making a trip. Why are you in such a hurry? Let's sit down and have a cup of tea."
Xie Ruzhuo thanked her, only exchanged a few words with her, then stood up and left. It was rare for Xiao Junlu to come to the palace today to pay his respects. It would be unwise for her to disturb the reunion of mother and son.
Jiang Zhu helped Xie Ruzhuo out of the palace gate and asked with a smile, "Princess, should we go back now, or should we wait for the prince to come with us?"
Just as Xie Ruzhuo was about to answer, he saw two figures walking not far away.
She narrowed her eyes and sneered, "Let's wait for them."
Shen Jingci and Shi Mo were not far away, obviously waiting for her on purpose.
If I didn't know how to do it for a while, wouldn't I have failed Shen Jingci's hard work
"What a coincidence. I thought that walking around the garden would be boring, so I didn't want Princess Jing to come out so early."
The person who spoke was naturally Shen Jingci, but there was no trace of surprise in her eyes.
Hearing her words, Xie Ruzhuo smiled and said with unclear meaning, "It is indeed a coincidence. It seems that we must visit the imperial garden today."
Shi Mo stood behind Shen Jingci and cast a worried look at her, but Xie Ruzhuo just pretended not to see it.
She wanted to see what kind of game Shen Jingci had laid for her today!
Shen Jingci ignored the sarcasm in her words and smiled gently, "Actually, I'm waiting for you here specially, Zhuo'er. I want to apologize to you." She was extremely sincere when she spoke. , and then said with some caution, "I was ignorant in the past two years and did many wrong things. What I regret most is losing you as a sister. Zhuo'er, can you forgive me?"
Her acting skills are indeed good, wasn't Xie Ruzhuo defeated by her hypocrisy in her previous life
It's a pity that Xie Ruzhuo may not lose to her in today's acting competition.
"I didn't blame you. Didn't you say you wanted to enjoy the flowers? Let's go."
Xie Ruzhuo smiled as if relieved, turned around and walked forward. It's just that the hidden weapon in his sleeve has slipped silently to his palm, keeping an eye on his surroundings at all times.
Shen Jingci smiled gloomily behind her and followed her.
It is spring time, with peach blossoms red and apricot blossoms white, and warblers singing in the pavilion. Hundreds of flowers are blooming, making it look full of spring.
It's a pity that they both have their own thoughts, and no one really puts their eyes on these flowers and plants.
Suddenly she saw a pavilion in front of her. Shen Jingci smiled first and said, "Let's go sit in the pavilion for a while. I feel really tired after walking for a while."
Xie Ruzhuo nodded noncommittally and followed Shen Jingci up.
The pavilion is built on a high place, and you need to walk dozens of steps to go up. However, after going up, the scenery is indeed better than before.
The location here is not too remote, but it has always been sparsely populated.
At this moment, a nun came over. When she saw the two of them, she bowed first and then asked with a smile, "What do you two masters want to eat? I will go to the royal kitchen to get it for you."
Xie Ruzhuo was wary, but Shen Jingci smiled and said, "I'm really hungry, Shi Mo, you can follow this grandma."
After Shi Mo followed the nanny and left, Shen Jingci smiled and asked, "Zhuo'er, can I tell you what's on my mind?"
The obvious meaning of her words was that she wanted Jiang Zhu to leave.
Jiangzhu's face froze, and just as he was about to speak, Xie Ruzhuo said calmly, "Jiangzhu, go down and wait for me."
Seeing his master speak, Jiang Zhu had no choice but to bow reluctantly and walked away.
Fortunately, there weren't many trees here. Although I couldn't hear what the two said, I could clearly see their movements.
As soon as Jiang Zhu left, although Shen Jingci still had a smile in her eyes, her words had turned cold, "Xie Ruzhuo, the scenery is nice today, isn't it? You really dare to follow me."
"Why, are you so eager to break up?"
Xie Ruzhuo only smiled, and the indifferent look on his face made Shen Jingci even more angry.
"Have we ever reconciled? Do you want to know why I invited you here today?" Shen Jingci approached her, stood side by side with her, and touched her belly with one hand.
Xie Ru took an incomprehensible step back, clutching the dagger in his hand tightly, with a calm expression on his face, "I don't want to."
"It doesn't matter, I can tell you if you don't want to. Do you know how much I hate you? You are also a daughter of a noble family, but you do everything well, but I can only be inferior to others! Xie Ruzhuo, what's so good about you? I won’t accept having everyone surround you!”
At this point, Shen Jingci looked down at her belly again and said, "Just like now, you and I are both pregnant, but as soon as the child is born, yours is destined to be nobler than mine! You said, I still Do I want this in my belly to come into this world?”
Xie Ruzhuo's heart rang with alarm bells. He took another step back and said coldly, "What does this have to do with me?"
"Don't worry, it will be relevant soon—"
When Shen Jingci said this, she suddenly grabbed Xie Ruzhuo's clothes and fell backward together!
"ah!"
A woman's sharp voice came, piercing the sky, and also attracted Emperor Jing and Xiao Junhan who were not far away.
As early as when Shen Jingci grabbed him, Xie Ruzhuo immediately slipped the dagger out of his hand and stabbed Shen Jingci.
Shen Jingci was in pain, her feet were empty, and she immediately rolled down the steps. Blood flowed out instantly, staining her skirt red.
Looking at Xie Ruzhuo again, although his face was pale, he hugged the pillar in time and sat on the ground.
There was only one step left, and it was she and Shen Jingci who fell together just now!
Xie Ruzhuo still underestimated Shen Jingci after all. She originally thought that the other party would use the child to harm her, but she never expected that the other party was actually determined to defeat her!
Jiang Zhu was so frightened that all the blood drained from her face. She stumbled over and ran up, helped Xie Ruzhuo up, and said in a voiceless voice, "Princess, are you okay?!"
The scene just now scared her heart so much that if something happened to her master. ．．．．．
But at this moment, a rich male voice sounded, "What's going on? Go and call the doctor!"
Xie Ruzhuo looked up in shock and saw faces with different expressions.
Emperor Jing's face was filled with anger, but Xiao Junhan ran to Shen Jingci's side in time, acting like a loving wife, "Ci'er, how are you doing, Ci'er?"
Although Xie Ruzhuo looked pale, she did not forget the rules. She let go of Jiang Zhu's hand and said to Emperor Jing, "My daughter-in-law has met my father."
But before she could finish her sentence, she suddenly fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Jiang Zhu had quick eyes and hands to support her, so she was not hurt.
The father-in-law beside Emperor Jing hurriedly went to ask the imperial doctor to call someone. At this time, Shen Jingci opened her eyes weakly, pointed at Xie Ruzhuo and said, "Zhuo'er, even if you don't forgive me, you don't have to be so cruel. Bar?"
There was a mark scratched by a dagger on her raised hand, which was so deep that it was almost bone-deep. The blood on it mixed with the blood under her body, dyeing the air with a strong smell of blood.
Only now did Xie Ruzhuo realize that he had been plotted by Shen Jingci.
It's just that her hands and feet are weak now, her face is pale, and she still has the dagger used in the crime in her hand, and she can't even argue. So Xie Ruzhuo just knelt on the ground and kept silent.
On the other hand, Jiang Zhu said bitterly, "Concubine Shen said so irresponsibly. It was obviously you who wanted to drag my princess down with her, so she fought back! From the moment I saw my princess today, you deliberately lured me this way. Later, I even pushed your maid away, it turned out that you directed and acted in such a play! They say that a tiger's poison cannot eat its seeds, you are really ruthless!"
She told the truth of the matter in a few words, but the instigator passed out at the right moment.
Xiao Junhan immediately hugged Shen Jingci and panicked, "Ci'er, Ci'er!"
At this moment, a group of chamberlains rushed over, carrying soft cane chairs with thick mattresses, and carried Xie Ruzhuo and Shen Jingci up respectively.
Emperor Jing waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Go to the nearest palace and invite King Jing over."
In the current chaotic situation, handling is the second priority, and ensuring that people are safe and sound is the first priority.
But before he left, his eyes swept across Xiao Junhan's face intentionally or unintentionally.
At that time, he said that he wanted to come to the Royal Garden, saying that it was a good time in spring and he would feel better outside. But then these things happened, and he couldn't help but doubt it.
Xiao Junhan looked down at Shen Jingci, and a shudder ran down his back at the glance. He tried hard to steady his mind and pretended to be sad.
After sending the person to the nearest palace, the imperial doctor came soon.
Xiao Junxi ran over almost like crazy after getting the news. As soon as she entered the palace and smelled the smell of blood, her face turned pale again and again.
He even went straight into the inner hall to see his wife without even bowing when he saw Emperor Jing.
After seeing Xie Ruzhuo lying on the couch intact, with her face gradually returning to rosy color, Xiao Junxi breathed a sigh of relief, walked over, grabbed Xie Ruzhuo's hand and asked, "Zhuo'er, how are you?"
The imperial doctor who was taking the pulse at the side froze. He looked at Xiao Junxi's hand that had been snatched away. He didn't know whether he should snatch it back and continue to diagnose the pulse, or just wait awkwardly.
It was Xie Ruzhuo who reacted first, took his hand out of his, and said angrily, "I'm fine, doctor. Is the child fine?"
She had been so frightened just now, so she hoped her baby was not frightened.