The Fourth Lady
Chapter 408 A Small Punishment (Ⅱ)

The next morning, when Emperor Hongjia left the court, he saw a figure dancing not far from the hall. He frowned and looked the eunuch who was standing beside him. "Who is that woman? Why is she dancing there? Hurry up and let her get out of!" Emperor Hongjia said coldly.

Seeing this scene, Xuanyuan Yvzhen walked up to Emperor Hongjia and said respectfully, "father, that person is the granddaughter of Marquis Jingguo."

When Marquis Jingguo heard Xuanyuan Yvzhen mentioning his name, he tensed up all over. He seemed to be waiting for what Xuanyuan Yvzhen would say next.

Xuanyuan Yvzhenn looked at the expression of Marquis Jingguo and smiled. "I heard that the granddaughter of Marquis Jingguo offended my mother and was sent there to dance. If she doesn't get the approval of my father, she has to jump dance all the time." Hearing what Xuanyuan Yvzhen had said, Marquis Jingguo frowned. Ning Yuelan should have been sent to Ning Sicai. He wondered why she was in Qilian Yvran's palace now, and why she had offended Qilian Yvran.

Seeing the facial expressions of Marquis Jingguo, Emperor Hongjia snorted in his heart, and then looked at the girl who was dancing trippingly, feeling more indifferent. "In that case, let her jump from there all the time." After taking a glance at Marquis Jingguo, he turned around and left.

Marquis Jingguo didn't dare to plead for Ning Yuelan. Instead, he had a plan in his mind.

"Don't worry. It's not a big deal. She might just make a small mistake, or the imperial will go give her such a punishment." Murong Jingxuan walked up to him and said coldly, "you should have wanted to plead for your granddaughter. But now, it's not a good time." Marquis Jingguo felt a chill in his spine. He had offended Xuanyuan Yvzhen and Murong Jingxuan in the court this morning. But it didn't matter. The most important thing was that if Xuanyuan Yvfan could get a higher position in the army, then everything would be fine. "What are you talking about? I'm just telling the truth." Looking at Murong Jingxuan, Marquis Jingguo answered, "Fourth Prince can't be compared with Second Prince at all."

Huh. Murong Jingxuan sneered in his heart, but did not take Marquis Jingguo's words seriously.

After all, their goal now was to make Marquis Jingguo to attack them first. In this way, Marquis Jingguo's motives would be very obvious.

Looking at the receding figure of Murong Jingxuan, Marquis Jingguo was lost in thought. A plan was brewing in his mind.

***

When Emperor Hongjia arrived, Qilian Yvran was pruning flowers in the garden. When she saw Emperor Hongjia she put down the quilt in her hand and said with a smile, "Your Majesty." "Ranran, what did that Ning Yuelan do to you? Where do you ask her to dance?" Emperor Hongjia walked to her and helped her up.

Hearing that, Qilian Yvran giggled while covering her mouth. "Not really. I just find an excuse to ask Marquis Jingguo to do something. Yanyan told me that the best way now is to have Marquis Jingguo take the initiative. In this case, the Second Prince will be involved." Hearing what Qilian Yvran said, Emperor Hongjia recalled what Marquis Jingguo said in court this morning. Currently, Suyun and Luo Guancheng were for sure to support the Crown Prince. However, there were many people who supported Xuanyuan Yvfan, but only few of them supported Xuanyuan Yvzhen. Judging from the expressions on Xuanyuan Yvzhen's face, Emperor Hongjia understood their intention.

After all, it was not a good time to show his true power. The best way was to wait. When everything was ready, they could defeat the enemy.

"Your Majesty, what's on your mind?" Seeing the expression on Emperor Hongjia's face, Qilian Yvran said with a smile, "I once said we do not need to talk about court affairs."

Hearing what Qilian Yvran had said, Emperor Hongjia held her hands and said, "this morning, Marquis Jingguo has said something against the Fourth Prince. It seems that they don't know that the Fourth Prince is planning to fight for the throne now."

"Okay!" "In that case, my son can hide his real strength. If so, they have nothing to say when he gets the throne." Qilian Yvran said, intrigued.

Emperor Hongjia agreed with Qilian Yvran. "Ranran, Fourth Prince was still defending the Crown Prince in the court this morning, but Crown Prince didn't take it seriously. He seems to have a better solution now."

Thinking of what the empress had said before, Qilian Yvran raised the corner of her mouth. "The empress is from a famous family, and naturally a lot of people are willing to help the Crown Prince. Besides, now that General Luo and General Su are on the side of the Crown Prince, he has nothing to fear."

"Of course, the Crown Prince can still not get their military leadership," Thinking of the smug expression on Crown Prince's face, Emperor Hongjia felt disgusted.

"Your Majesty, since you are here, why don't you come with me to trim the flowers and plants here?" Then Qilian Yvran put the scissors into the hands of Emperor Hongjia. "Do you know how carefully I have taken good care of the flowers and plants in the yard in the past five years?"

Looking at the scissors in his hand, Emperor Hongjia smiled and said, "well, I'll also feel the happiness of ordinary people."

Xuanyuan Yvzhen and Murong Jingxuan arrived at the garden and saw Emperor Hongjia was pruning flowers and plants with Qilian Yvran. It looked very harmonious, as if they were only the common people who were lucky, not the emperor and his concubine. "Mother, father, by the time we arrived here, Marquis Jingguo had already been to Zhaoyi Ning's palace. I think he should be questioning her now." Xuanyuan Yvzhen stared at their backs and slowly stated.

"But we don't need to worry about her since she has been informed of how to deal with it." Murong Jingxuan continued with his words, "but according to Marquis Jingguo's character, Zhaoyi Ning would be hurt."

"Of course not." Looking at them, Qilian Yvran said indifferently, "Even if Ning Sicai had been hurt before, she would not be injured this time, and Marquis Jingguo will suffer this time."

Thinking of the man next to Ning Sicai, Murong Jingxuan curled his lips into a smile. "Mother is right. But I neglected it. After all, Xvrao is now her bodyguard, and he only listens to her. If she is hurt, then Xvrao won't let go of Marquis Jingguo."

"We allow Xvrao to be with her so he can protect his sister, but Zhaoyi Ning is really a honest person." Qilian Yvran couldn't help praising her when he thought of the character of Ning Sicai. 00000