Chapter 9 How Do You Want to Ask?
This sentence successfully made Jiang Jingyue's smile freeze on her face.
Thinking of the reason why she came, she felt an unbearable sting and humiliation in her heart, "The prince was punished by the emperor to copy books last night. He was so exhausted that he fainted in the morning. The queen said that I, the prince, should take his place." The prince atones for his sins, let me...let me..."
Yan Li looked at her with a calm look that made people feel chilled.
Jiang Jingyue pinched her palms tightly, and after a while she forced out a smile: "The Queen said that I should be a virtuous and generous Crown Princess, so I came to ask for your forgiveness today."
When Jiang Jingyue said these words, she was already feeling extremely uncomfortable in her heart.
She was so happy when she heard the emperor's marriage proposal yesterday, but now she was in such a gloomy mood. She never thought that the emperor was so partial to Yan Li that even the prince did not escape heavy punishment.
The emperor arranged for someone to take her into the palace early in the morning. She thought that there would be a phoenix crown and a beautiful robe, and she would pay homage to the prince in a graceful manner, but there was nothing. The queen's face looked like an eggplant beaten by frost, cold and weak. His attitude towards Jiang Jingyue, the new daughter-in-law, was much colder.
It can be clearly seen from the Queen's attitude that the Prince did not have an easy time last night.
"The prince spent all night copying scriptures last night and fainted from exhaustion early in the morning." Before he had time to worship, he heard the queen say these words, "The emperor ordered him to copy the Tao Te Ching fifty times. I copied it all night last night and haven’t finished it six times. You can calculate how many days it will take you to copy it fifty times.”
Jiang Jingyue couldn't believe that the emperor would treat the prince like this. Before she could recover from the shock, she listened to the queen's order again, "You sisters are easy to talk to. You go see Yan Li first and ask her to ask for a favor from the emperor, earlier." The prince is exempted from punishment."
So she got up before dawn to dress up and put on the most exquisite makeup just to enter the palace to apologize to Yan Li?
Jiang Jingyue felt like a basin of cold water had been poured over her head. As cold as her heart was, her hatred was as deep as her heart. She really wanted to cut this little bitch Yan Li into pieces. If he hadn't complained in front of the emperor, how could His Highness the Crown Prince be punished? So cruel?
However……
"How to ask for it?"
Jiang Jingyue came back to her senses instantly and looked at Yan Li blankly: "Wha, what?"
"Aren't you going to ask for my forgiveness on behalf of the prince?" Yan Li finished the bowl of bird's nest porridge, turned around and handed the bowl and spoon to the maid beside her, "What do you want to ask for?"
Jiang Jingyue's face froze and she looked at Yan Li in disbelief. Is this still the weak and submissive cousin who lives under someone else's roof?
"Girl, are you tired?" Bai Die came over and gently held Yan Li's arm, "Are you still injured? Don't stand for too long. I will help you to rest."
Yan Li held her hand and looked at Jiang Jingyue calmly: "It's not difficult to get my forgiveness."
Jiang Jingyue hated her so much in her heart, but she had to smile with her at this moment: "My cousin is the most kind-hearted..."
"Kneel down." Yan Li said indifferently, "The prince was punished by the emperor to kneel for two hours yesterday. He went back to the East Palace to kneel and copy the Tao Te Ching all night. As the prince, shouldn't you share the same difficulties as the prince?"
Jiang Jingyue's smile froze and she looked at her in shock: "Cousin?"
"Two hours a day." Yan Li turned around and walked towards the inner hall, "When will my injury heal and my body can move freely? When will your punishment end?"
Jiang Jingyue gritted her teeth and said in disbelief: "Yan Li, I am your cousin, and now I am still the crown prince. What right do you have to punish me?"
"I have no right to punish you, even if you snatched my position as Crown Princess." Yan Li said indifferently, "So in order to express your sincerity of apology, you are punishing yourself."
Jiang Jingyue's face turned livid with anger.
"Forget it if you don't want to, I won't force you." Yan Li lay down on the bed, "I want to rest, you can go out."
Jiang Jingyue wanted to rush in and slap her in the face.
Damn little bitch!
Relying on the emperor's favor, he dared to humiliate her and the prince wantonly? Do you really think the Queen will let her go?
Jiang Jingyue took a deep breath, forced herself to suppress the anger in her heart, and walked in: "Cousin, this is the palace. His Royal Highness is the crown prince of a country. Even if you feel a little aggrieved, you can speak out in person and let the Queen Empress send you. It’s okay for someone to investigate and clear your name, so why make it so tense?”
Yan Li lay on the bed to rest: "If you are willing to kneel, go out and kneel. If you are not willing to kneel, just leave Fengyang Palace. I am in a bad mood now and don't want to listen to nonsense."
Jiang Jingyue clenched her hands tightly, a cold and resentful look flashed in her eyes.
Damn little bitch, what kind of style do you have?
Staring at Yan Li for a moment, Jiang Jingyue closed her eyes: "Okay, in order to show sincerity, I am willing to punish myself and make amends. I also hope that my cousin will recover soon. I will definitely ask the queen and the prince to compensate my cousin well." ”
After saying this, she turned around and walked out, kneeling down in the outer hall.
This is self-punishment, not kneeling to Yan Li.
Yan Li, a little bitch, is not qualified to make her kneel.
Jiang Jingyue stared at the floor tiles and thought ferociously that ten years is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. It would not take ten years for her to deal with Yan Li. Ten days was enough.
She could endure it for ten days at most. When Yan Li's body recovered, we would see if the emperor would still protect her every day.
The emperor had to deal with many things every day. He had to go to court and approve memorials. There were so many concubines in the harem waiting for his favor. She didn't believe how well the emperor could really protect Yan Li.
The queen is in charge of the harem, and the prince is in charge of the east palace. Dealing with a little orphan girl is just a matter of fingers.
Jiang Jingyue kept encouraging herself in her heart, telling herself that if she endured the humiliation for a while, she would return it to Yan Li double in the future. However, no matter what she thought, no one shared her pain at this moment. The hard palace bricks were not for people to kneel on. She only knelt for a while before her knees began to hurt. Tianlai Novel Network
Jiang Jingyue began to pray in her heart that the emperor would come soon, so that the emperor could see with his own eyes how selfish Yan Li was, how narrow-minded she was, and how cruel she was to her sister.
As long as the emperor could see Yan Li's true face, he would definitely not favor her anymore.
But it still hurt.
Jiang Jingyue couldn't help but kneel back for a while, stretching out her hand to rub her knees. At this moment, a voice rang out from outside: "The Queen is here!"
Jiang Jingyue was shocked, and immediately knelt up and straightened her back.