HLnovel Chapter 427 Something happened?
Chapter 427 Something happened?
Seeing that they could not get any benefit from it, the Queen and others decided not to humiliate themselves any more.
He gave a look to his confidant, then changed the subject to look at the officials' husbands who came with their sons of marriageable age.
After Ji Xingle left the banquet hall, he started to inquire about where the Queen was going.
The empress, still in shock, had just sat down and was about to ask the nanny if she still remembered the beating she had received earlier when she heard the guard say that Ji Xingle had arrived.
Hearing this, the queen was startled again and almost fell off the chair. The nanny quickly supported the queen.
"Your Majesty, are you okay?"
"No...it's okay."
The queen waved her hand and sat up straight. After taking a deep breath, she let Ji Xingle in.
Ji Xingle bowed to the empress happily, and then asked a few questions about the empress's health.
No one knew what Ji Xingle was planning, but in the end the empress couldn't help herself and sent all the maids, guards, and palace servants out.
"you..."
Ji Xingle raised his eyebrows and pretended to be stupid;
"what happened?"
The courage that the Queen had mustered up was deflated at this moment;
"No, what do you want to see me for?"
"Oh! I came here to ask if you have time now? Xinyue and I haven't discussed the betrothal gifts and dowry yet!"
"Doesn't this matter require the elders of both sides to discuss it?"
Hearing this, Ji Xingle said unceremoniously;
"I saw that you were busy hosting the banquet and winning people over, so I was afraid that you would forget it!"
"you..."
The Queen was about to lose her temper, but her reason prevailed and she said in a calm tone;
"You're overthinking it. I agreed to the Queen's banquet because I wanted your mother and father to have a good impression of the Shui Fan Kingdom. After all, I heard that..."
After a pause, the Queen suddenly said with shame;
"I heard that the older generation of Phoenix Country hates Shui Fan Country very much, saying that Shui Fan Country has repeatedly provoked wars... causing them to lose their children..."
Seeing the Queen's sad look, Ji Xingle pursed his lips and thought of a sentence: crocodile tears.
“Isn’t this normal?”
"Huh? What did you say?"
The queen asked in disbelief. She had originally thought that her self-torture plan would succeed, but Ji Xingle did not play by the rules.
Ji Xingle rolled his eyes;
"Would you feel good about someone who invaded your country?"
Queen: "......" Can you be more tactful? After all, we are almost a family, why bother about so much?
"What? I'm asking you a question! Go ahead!"
The Queen's mouth twitched, and she smiled and fooled it away;
"We are all family, so don't talk about hurtful things like this."
Seeing Ji Xingle looking at her expressionlessly, the Queen was a little nervous. In order to quickly send her away, she tried to test him:
"How about I ask someone to invite my in-laws to the imperial study to discuss the follow-up of the marriage?"
Unexpectedly, Ji Xingle nodded and agreed;
"Row."
Upon seeing this, the Queen breathed a sigh of relief and quickly sent someone to invite him.
After waiting for a long time and no one showed up, the Queen sent someone to ask what happened.
The palace man whispered in the maid's ear, and the maid walked to the queen's ear with a serious face and whispered, and the queen said with a sullen face;
"Let the queen handle the matter properly. If she fails to do so, she will be asked to hand over the Phoenix Seal and she will no longer be the queen."
Seeing that the empress was so angry, the nanny dared not say anything and quickly sent someone to pass on the message.
Ji Xingle smiled at this time;
"What happened? Why are you so angry?"
The queen glanced at Ji Xingle and saw that she was full of gossip, so she winked at Gong Nan and asked him to speak.
Gong Nan received the Queen's gaze and was stunned for a moment. Is this something he can say? Isn't it better if fewer people know about it?
The Queen asked him to speak, so Gong Nan told her everything that happened at the men's banquet.
A son of an official drank drugged wine by mistake and accidentally had sex with a guard.
He now said that the glass of wine was given to him by the fifteenth prince. The fifteenth prince said that he did not know there was anything wrong with the glass of wine, and that he was going to drink it himself, but the official's son snatched it away and drank it.
They went back to find the palace servant who had poured the wine, but he was already dead, so there was no evidence. Now they were arguing with each other, each holding their own story.
The point is, the official son insulted Yue'e's father again, and the fifteenth prince was so angry that he asked the official son to apologize. As a result, the official son relied on the support of the queen and was not afraid of the fifteenth prince at all.
After the two men behind whispered for a while, the official's son was kicked away by the fifteenth prince.
Now they are clamoring for justice, hoping that the queen will punish the fifteenth prince, but the emperor thinks it is the fault of the official's son, so the son makes a fuss, and the elders make a fuss...
As for why Ji Caifu did not come to the appointment, it was because she heard that something happened to the male guests, and was afraid that the Zhao brothers and several sons-in-law would be implicated, so she waited outside.
Hearing this, Ji Xingle asked Gong Nan;
"Is the fifteenth prince injured?"
Miyako replied;
"Master Ji, don't worry, the fifteenth prince is not injured."
Ji Xingle looked at the Queen again. The Queen, who was already irritable, instantly calmed down after seeing Ji Xingle's look.
"Don't worry, I'm here to seek justice for Xinyue..."
"Okay, with your words, I feel relieved."
After Ji Xingle finished speaking, regardless of the Queen's ugly expression, he said hello and prepared to go find Huangfu Xinyue and the others.
Unexpectedly, a large group of them came to the Queen to seek justice. Yue'e's father did not believe the Queen and thought that she would take revenge on him.
The queen was extremely angry, but there was nothing she could do. She asked her confidant to arrange for the banquet to end, and then followed Yue'e's father to find the empress.
As soon as the people arrived, they hadn't even stood up straight after the ceremony! The official's husband started to complain.
Ji Xingle looked carefully and thought, wow, isn't that Princess Jiaoyang? It turns out that the official son who was abused is him!
No wonder Yue'e's father didn't believe the queen. If it were her, she wouldn't believe it either.
Ji Xingle looked around and didn't see Ji Caifu and the others. He asked someone and found out that they were drinking tea and waiting on the other side.
Ji Xingle breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Huangfu Xinyue and asked silently;
[Is there anything wrong? Do you need help? ]
Huangfu Xinyue smiled and shook her head;
【Don't worry, I can do it myself. 】
Seeing this, Ji Xingle sat aside and watched the fun.
The two sides argued back and forth, and the content of the argument was almost the same as what Gong Nan said.
The Queen was upset by the noise and scolded;
"Shut up."
The official's husband was frightened and looked at the queen for help. The queen shook her head gently, signaling him to stop talking.
The official's husband was furious, but he did not dare to act rashly in front of the empress.
Then the Queen asked them one question after another, and they answered flawlessly, and they all firmly believed that they were innocent.
After a round of questioning, the queen got the answer and asked everyone to wait.
Wait?
Everyone was confused and didn't understand why the Queen asked them to wait...ˉ\_(ツ)_/ˉ