There is a black lotus in the deep palace

Chapter 76 Seeking death and seeking life
Xia Houjue looked at her with no expression on his face.

In the next second, he suddenly turned around and bent over to pick her up.

"Hey! Put me down in the crowd!" She struggled.

"Don't move!" He scolded, frowning.

Tang Wanning couldn't break free, so she could only admit cowardly.

She was born petite, and after being raised in the palace for half a year, her skin gradually became fair and delicate, her facial features were exquisite, her cheeks were flushed, and she was wrapped in snow-white fox fur.

Huddled in his tall and wide arms, like a cat.

The cat in her arms was very obedient, and the corners of Xia Houjue's lips curled up at some point.

……

After the ancestor worship ceremony.

Outside the palace ordered to enter the palace to pay his respects, the emperor received ministers of civil and military affairs, this was the business of the emperor and empress, so Yuqing Palace was left idle.

After returning to the palace, she ate some food and covered herself by the charcoal basin for a long time before Tang Wanning recovered.

"It's too cold! The wind and snow in this capital is colder than in the northwest! How can those delicate beauties in the palace bear it!" She murmured while hugging the brazier.

Xia Houjue took a sip of tea and smiled, "You still know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade!"

"That's right, in our Northwest, these tender-skinned little girls don't know how expensive they are! Anyway, I haven't seen many of them!"

After meeting so many by chance, she couldn't help feeling sorry for her as a girl.

The corner of Xia Houjue's mouth twitched, he felt that he married a man.

Tang Wanning didn't feel anything, anyway, she didn't expect any relationship between husband and wife, so it's okay to be a good gay buddy.

Suddenly thought of something, she approached mysteriously, with a strange smile.

"Hey!"

"After the new year, how about I give you a surprise?"

Xia Houjue's back turned cold, and he always felt that this woman couldn't say anything good. As for surprises, he didn't expect them at all, as long as they weren't frightened.

He licked his lips and subconsciously asked, "What surprise?!"

"Secret!"

Her eyebrows were beaming, her eyes were like the brightest stars in the sky.

Xia Houjue suddenly felt dry mouth, swallowed unconsciously, and turned his head to one side.

"Oh!"

Damn it, he actually had such a glimmer of expectation!

……

After lunch, the two took a short lunch break.

In the afternoon, the queen seemed to be idle, so...she brought someone here to find something.

When she came, she was very aggressive, and she was accompanied by Miss Yun who was scared away by the toad last night. Now the little girl was wearing a fox fur coat, weak and crying.

Xia Houjue brought Tang Wanning out to greet her, and smiled faintly: "Why is your mother free to come to Yuqing Palace today?"

The queen kept a cold face and didn't answer, she took people straight to the main hall of Chaoluan Hall, and she spoke sharply after she was seated.

"Jue'er, kneel down!"

Xia Houjue sneered in her heart, but knelt down anyway. Tang Wanning didn't speak, and knelt beside Xia Houjue obediently.

After kneeling, the queen began to perform.

"Jue'er, you really disappointed the queen mother!"

"Miss Yun was invited by my mother to be a guest, how could you treat her..."

Xia Houjue was puzzled: "Please tell the queen mother what happened to her son?"

The queen snorted coldly and turned to Miss Yun.

"Don't be wronged, tell me everything that happened last night, I will make the decision for you!"

Yun Xianmeng took the handkerchief and nodded her eyes, then knelt down in front of the queen with tears in her eyes.

"Go back to Empress Empress, I went to the side hall to change clothes last night, I didn't expect the prince to come too!"

"He seemed to be drunk, he came up and tore off the clothes of my courtier without any explanation, my courtier struggled desperately, and was almost..."

She covered her face and began to cry.

"My daughter is ashamed to face others, I beg the empress to give my daughter a glass of poisoned wine, and let me end my life like this!"

The queen stared at her: "Do you have any evidence in your hand, if you don't have it, it's slandering the prince, and death!"

Tang Wanning watched the queen's every move.

On the surface, he was making decisions for the prince, but in fact he was leading the woman to tell the truth, and he couldn't help but sneered in his heart, 'Do you really think others are fools? '

After a while, the woman really took out a Cangyu Pendant.

"This was pulled from the waist of His Highness the Crown Prince during the panic last night!"

"Because of the emergency, it has not been returned!"

She looked at Xia Houjue, her face turned red.

The queen asked someone to take the jade pendant, and after looking at it carefully, her face became more solemn.

"Jue'er, this is indeed the jade pendant your father bestowed on you last year. What else can you say?"

The object was thrown into the hands of others, which is physical evidence, and Ms. Yun is looking for life and death, this is witness evidence.

With all the witnesses and material evidence, the facts are confirmed.

Xia Houjue smiled coolly: "My son, I have nothing to say!"

There is really nothing to say, the queen is a adoptive mother, it is not surprising that she has her own things in her hand, even if he can prove that he did not wear this jade pendant last night, she will have other 'physical evidence', it is better to let it go.

Since they wanted to squeeze into this backyard even if they broke their heads, so what if he made it possible for them?Instead, it saves you a lot of trouble in the future.

Tang Wanning understood what he meant and followed his words.

"Mother!"

"Since my husband has taken a fancy to Ms. Yun, why not wrong Ms. Yun..."

The queen seemed to be waiting for this sentence, first she gave Xia Houjue a lesson, and finally said.

"Miss Yun was born into a scholar's family after all. Although her status as a side concubine is not good enough, it just makes up for her grievances. Let's settle the matter like this!"

"Return to my palace to report to the emperor, and canonize and rectify Miss Yun's name!"

Xia Houjue and Tang Wanning looked at each other and thanked each other in unison.

"Thank you mother!"

The queen eased her complexion, gave some advice, and took Miss Yun away contentedly.

Back in the inner room, Xia Houjue's face remained unchanged, and Tang Wanning was very happy.

"Another sister is coming to the backyard, and it will be even more lively in the future!"

Xia Houjue played with the sweet white-glazed teacup in his hand, and the corners of his lips curled up with a hint of coldness.

"Don't play too far, if someone dies, I can't protect you"

Tang Wanning was very happy in her heart, she really deserves to be her good friend, she really has a tacit understanding.

"Don't worry! I have a sense of proportion!"

……

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, all the eminent ladies in the palace can receive their families.

According to her grade, Tang Wanning is also qualified, but unfortunately her family is in the northwest, so her surroundings are also desolate.

Looking at the family letter sent by her father and mother years ago, she picked up a pen and wrote a reply letter seriously.

Before sending it out, she also sent back a lot of all kinds of fresh gadgets collected from the capital to the third brother and little nephew.

Matryoshka dolls from the East, glazed beads and pocket watches from the West, opals from Persia, sapphires from Sumatra, models of foreign ships, various mechanical gadgets from the West, and even a gun.

Although they are not valuable items, but the northwest is remote, these things may not be seen, the third brother must like them.

When Xia Houjue came over to prepare for lunch, she was still busy tidying up.

Xia Houjue picked and picked among the pile of things, and finally commented on "extraordinary skills".

(End of this chapter)