Chapter 135 Powerful

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Chapter 135: Chapter 135 PowerfulThat aggrieved little look, clearly right, but not allowed to demand rewards. All the palace attendants were dumbfounded watching. Inside the grand hall, it fell into a strange silence once again. Could it not be strange? Princess Shouning was stung unconscious by a wasp, the Empress sought to vent on the Eldest Young Madam of Duke Zhen’s Mansion, but instead, she was unharmed while the Empress got a half-year pay cut by the Emperor. The Empress was so angry she was about to faint. The Eldest Young Madam of Duke Zhen’s Mansion still felt it wasn’t enough and wanted the Emperor to reward her. They really wanted to ask— Is the Eldest Young Madam of Duke Zhen’s Mansion itching terribly for a spanking from the Emperor? Truly, this Imperial Palace has never seen someone so audacious. The Empress was furious, heavily smacking the Phoenix Chair, "This is the Imperial Palace, not your Qingyun Mountain, where you can speak nonsensically!" Su Jin glanced at the Empress Dowager and said, "If mine are nonsense, then the palace’s proper reasoning allows scheming against others, successful..." "Miss, Princess Shouning never succeeded," Xingxing chirped in joyfully. "...!!!" Xingxing’s triumphant little look. The Empress almost burst a lung with anger. Su Jin nodded, "Indeed, she never succeeded, but having brought it upon herself, the Empress and Empress Dowager intervening to punish me for her sake ensures a win-win situation, right?" Xie Jingchen held his forehead. What win-win situation. Encountering these master and servant, the chance of winning is negligible. They wouldn’t stop until they made the Empress Dowager half-dead from anger, to let her live long is already a blessing. The Empress was furious to the point of panting heavily. The Empress Dowager could not endure anymore and said, "This time, if the Emperor does not reward you, I will!" Xingxing’s eyes lit up. Indeed, the Empress Dowager is wise. But soon, she retracted this thought because the Empress Dowager angrily said, "I grant you thirty spanks!" Su Jin furrowed her brows. Was she making the Empress Dowager angry enough to lose face? Once shameless, one becomes invincible in the world. She was a bit overwhelmed. However, because Xingxing had kicked the maid earlier, even though the Empress Dowager gave the order, no one dared to drag Su Jin out to receive the spanking. Su Jin grimaced and said, "The Empress Dowager’s reward is too heavy, my frail little body can’t handle it." Xingxing said, "Our Marquis is strong and can handle it, could you wait until the Marquis returns to the Capital, and let him take the spankings for my lady?" Su Jin, "...." The Emperor, "...." Eunuch Fu suppressed a laugh. He liked this little maid. Not for anything else, but because Marquis Dongxiang was not held in high regard in her eyes. Soon enough, Eunuch Fu realized he was wrong. Xingxing tugged on Su Jin’s cloud sleeves, saying, "Miss, don’t ask for a reward anymore, save it, and when the Marquis returns to the Capital, let him ask for you, surely he’ll get more than you could yourself, and the Marquis counts interest." Su Jin, "...." The Emperor, "...." Xingxing spoke sincerely. If they can reward her with a beating, they surely can’t reward anything else. This is the Empress Dowager’s domain, they can’t do anything to her. But the Marquis can. As long as Miss asks, the Marquis will surely request a reward from the Empress Dowager to give to her, without her having to argue with her. These people are not reasonable at all. The Madam said the people in the Imperial Palace are difficult to get along with, she’s absolutely right. But Xingxing’s sincere words carried a sense of threat, gradually spreading across the entire Yongning Palace. What kind of temper does Marquis Dongxiang have? He’s someone who doesn’t even consider Duke Chong. He dotes most most most on his daughter. If his daughter was set up by Princess Shouning and beaten by the Empress Dowager, no one can guess what Marquis Dongxiang would do if he found out. Eunuch Fu looked towards the Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, actually, thinking carefully, what the Eldest Young Madam of Duke Zhen’s Mansion said does make sense..." The Empress suddenly turned to look at Eunuch Fu. However, leaning sideways, Eunuch Fu did not notice the icy glint in the Empress’s eyes. At this moment, a soft voice called from outside the hall, "Imperial Aunt Grandmother!" A child of about six years old ran in. Looking like carved jade. A pair of eyes rolling smartly. The Empress Dowager’s heart softened at the sight, saying, "Qiqi, come to Imperial Aunt Grandmother’s arms." The child ran over, making the bead curtains sway. Behind him was the Duchess of Duke Chong’s Mansion. This child was the Duchess’s legitimate younger son, the Sixth Young Master of Duke Chong’s Mansion. But nearing, the child glanced at the Empress Dowager’s wasp-stung swollen forehead, and his steps slowed down. The Empress Dowager embraced the child and looked at the bowing Duchess, saying, "With the wasp havoc in the palace, why bring Qiqi here, not afraid of him being stung." The Duchess said, "Qiqi knew the Empress Dowager was unwell, I was entering the palace to visit you, he insisted on coming along, otherwise, he wouldn’t let me go, I had no choice but to bring him." "Such filial piety at a young age is truly rare," the Empress Dowager held him in her embrace unwilling to let go. However, with each movement, her forehead and neck hurt causing sharp inhales of breath. The palace had plenty of good medicine, but because Su Jin had poisoned the wasp, using poison against poison, it weakened the toxicity and caused changes. The medicines to treat wasp poison in the palace did not work as well. After applying medicine for half a day, the swelling barely subsided. Instead, it was Eunuch Fu, who applied the ointment Xingxing gave him, and reduced the swelling significantly, though the Empress and Empress Dowager did not notice. But the palace maids and eunuchs noticed it. Eunuch Fu was in a dilemma. A commoner with no guilt is harboring a treasure, having the ointment given by the little bandit maid in his pocket, whether presenting it to the Empress Dowager or not was inappropriate. The Duchess said to her son, "Qiqi be good, Imperial Aunt Grandmother is unwell, don’t disturb her, come over here." The obedient and sensible child stepped down from the Empress Dowager’s lap. Upon exiting the bead curtain, he did something surprising. He rushed at Su Jin. Then — Su Jin was sneak attacked by Duke Chong’s youngest son. Before she could react, he bit down hard on Su Jin’s hand. Su Jin, "...!!!" "Let go!" Xingxing shouted. The response to Xingxing was a burst of crying. The little lord of Duke Chong’s Mansion started crying. Crying his lungs out. The whole hall was stunned by his cries. He bit someone, why is he the one crying? The Duchess quickly came over and said, "Qiqi, what’s wrong?" Little lord of Duke Chong’s Mansion turned his head aside. The Emperor choked on a sip of tea. The little lord of Duke Chong’s Mansion’s mouth was swollen. The Emperor, "...." Eunuch Fu, "...." Truly, whoever encounters Dongxiang Marquis Mansion is unlucky; even a child this small cannot escape. The Duchess’s face turned green, glaring at Su Jin, shouting, "What did you do to Qiqi?!" Su Jin was speechless. In full view of the public, what could she have done to her son? She was the one bitten, wasn’t she? She hadn’t even thrown a fit yet. She was hesitating whether to get angry. Because the one who bit her was just a child, though not very innocent, but didn’t bite hard at all... After a while, the bite mark would disappear. Xingxing looked at the tooth marks on Su Jin’s arm, they were faint. She thought it would draw blood. Was it because the lady’s skin was too tough and couldn’t be bitten through? "Sorry, before coming to the palace, to prevent wasp stings, I applied some medicine on my skin," Su Jin said. "...." "Not ordinary medicine, it’s a very very strong poison, even wasps don’t dare come near, we took the antidote before applying the poison," Xingxing said. "...!!!"

Chapter 135 Powerful

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