无翼乌工口里番无色无摭挡

Jiang Ning smiled and said, “The Princess Consort can’t eat, but she has time to come here and show off to Your Highness.”

Ms. Ma’s expression changed slightly, and her tone turned colder, “The Princess Consort of Yu is really good at playing dumb. You hid the emperor’s eldest grandson in the Prince of Yu’s mansion, dare to tell the truth to the Queen Mother?”

“The Princess Consort of Yu has already told me about this,” the Empress spoke up, “His Majesty allowed her to take Xiaoqian out of the palace to play, and I knew about it.”

Ms. Ma hesitated slightly: “Your Highness, I am not talking about this matter. As it was getting dark, I was worried about the emperor’s eldest grandson, so I sent someone to Prince of Yu’s mansion to pick him up. But not only did they not release him, they also let their rude servants injure the eunuch I sent. He looks like he won’t make it.”

The Empress looked at Jiang Ning, “Is this true?”

“It is true.”

Jiang Ning stretched out her hand, rolled up her sleeve, revealing a slender and fair arm.

The originally perfect skin had several blue and purple marks, which looked like they were caused by fingers gripping tightly.

The Empress frowned, “What happened?”

Jiang Ning said with a wronged expression, “Deshan, the person in charge of the East Palace, looked down on me. He grabbed my hand like this. My servant, anxious to protect me, hit him a few times. I have already scolded them.”

“You should not have scolded them; what’s wrong with protecting their Master?” The Empress glanced at the Princess Consort with some dissatisfaction, “The servants from the East Palace seem to consider themselves superior, even daring to lay their hands on the Princess Consort of Yu.”

Ms. Ma hurriedly knelt down, “Deshan would never dare to do so…”

“So you mean, the Princess Consort of Yu is framing a servant? But more than one person witnessed it.”

“This…” Ms. Ma was at a loss for words, she hesitated for a moment, lowered her head and said, “Your Highness, don’t worry, I will definitely punish that dog servant severely.”

The Empress nodded, then patted Jiang Ning’s hand, “Does it hurt? Why didn’t you say something earlier? You peeled lychees for me for so long; it’s pitiful.”

Jiang Ning smiled, “Peeling lychees for Your Highness actually made it stop hurting. But… I’m worried about Xiaoqian.”

“What’s wrong with Xiaoqian?”

“Xiaoqian saw me being bullied by Deshan and got frightened; he couldn’t eat properly during dinner.” Jiang Ning sighed, “After all, he is still a child. I think it would be best not to send him back to the East Palace for now, so he won’t be scared when he sees Deshan.”

Ms. Ma was dumbstruck.

How could this person be so good at making baseless accusations?!

This was clearly meant to drive Deshan to death.

Although the Empress is old and weak, she still cares for her only biological grandson. Hearing this, she frowned and said, “The Princess Consort is too careless, not even able to manage a few servants properly, and causing the emperor’s eldest grandson to be frightened!”

Ms. Ma could only kneel down again to apologize.

Deshan would not live long.

As long as Deshan was alive and stayed in the East Palace for one more day, Jiang Ning would still have a reason not to return the emperor’s eldest grandson.

“Why not bring Xiaoqian here to me?” suggested the Empress.

“Your Highness, your health has not been good recently, you should be resting quietly. After all, Xiaoqian is a child and can be quite noisy.” Jiang Ning laughed, “Let him stay at Prince of Yu’s mansion for a few days. There’s plenty of room there for him to play.”

The Empress said with pity, “You’re not having an easy time either, taking care of yourself and the two little ones. And your husband is not around as well.”

“Your Highness, don’t worry, I am still young and can handle this. Your health is the most important compared to everything else. You should take good care of yourself, and once you are well, Xiaoqian can stay by your side. I always feel uneasy about letting him stay with outsiders.”

Ms. Ma frowned, “Princess Consort of Yu, what do you mean by that? How did I become an outsider?”

Jiang Ning smiled slightly, “I didn’t say it was you; I was talking about those dogs who are disloyal to their masters. Princess Consort, why are you so eager to take offense?” Ms. Ma was furious.

This was clearly scolding her as a dog servant..