I just want to live a good life

Chapter 366: You Can Only Marry One

Mu Yunting was still sad because of Xia Lian's words when a young eunuch hurried into the imperial study.

"Your Highness, this is bad. The Queen is going to punish Concubine Xia with a cane."

"where?"

Mu Yunting asked anxiously.

"In Fengyi Palace."

As soon as the young eunuch finished speaking, Mu Yunting had already left the imperial study.

He really didn't dare to move slowly. The last time the empress dowager wanted to examine Xia Qingyan, Xia Qingyan almost overturned the empress dowager's bedroom.

He was going to be caned this time, and he was so afraid that Xia Qingyan would chase the queen with a stick and beat her. If that happened, he was afraid that he would not be able to protect her.

Mu Yunting rushed to Fengyi Palace at the fastest speed in his life, and then saw his concubine being pressed onto the execution bench by two guards.

"stop."

With an angry shout and two bangs, the two guards were kicked far away by Mu Yunting.

Su Nuan was just thinking that she was doomed today when Mu Yunting suddenly showed up. She was so excited that she almost cried.

"Did they hurt you?"

Mu Yunting asked softly.

Su Nuan shook her head, and then her nose felt sore and she couldn't hold back her tears anymore.

This person can endure being bullied and wronged, but she is afraid of being cared for by those close to her. She didn't feel anything when she fought with the maids and nannies like a mad woman to protect her butt from being beaten, but she cried because of Mu Yunting's caring words.

Seeing her crying, Mu Yunting felt distressed. He reached out and took her into his arms, comforting her softly, "Don't cry, don't cry. I'm here, and no one will bully you anymore."

Then the maids and nannies in the yard who were beaten black and blue looked at the couple with complicated expressions.

Finally, it was Hong Xiao who stood up and said, "Your Highness, why don't you go in and see the Queen. The Queen is so angry that her headache has come back and she is feeling very uncomfortable right now."

Hearing this, Su Nuan sniffed and pushed Mu Yunting away.

She was so excited that she almost forgot that they were mother and son. If she hugged her and coaxed her now, she might be even crueler to her than the Queen if she was instigated by her.

Mu Yunting glanced at Hong Xiao with displeasure. This person was too short-sighted. If she wasn't a capable person around the Queen, Mu Yunting would have wanted to punish her by making her sweep the floor in front of the palace gate.

But no matter how unhappy he was, his mother was not feeling well and he should go and see what was going on.

"Did you pass on the imperial doctor?"

Hong Xiao replied: "I sent it, but it hasn't arrived yet."

Mu Yunting took Su Nuan's hand and walked towards the Queen Mother's bedroom.

Su Nuan shook off his hand with a little force, "I won't go in. The Queen probably doesn't want to see me. For her to recover soon, I'd better stay away from her."

Hongxiao agreed with her statement and kept nodding her head.

Mu Yunting thought about it and replied with two words, "Okay."

"Just wait for me in the side hall. I'll come find you soon." After saying that, Mu Yunting turned to Hong Xiao and said, "Have someone take good care of her."

Hong Xiao quickly called two maids to take Su Nuan to the side hall to rest.

When Mu Yunting came in front of the queen, the queen was leaning on the couch with her eyes closed and resting.

"Mother."

Mu Yunting called softly.

The queen opened her eyes and saw Mu Yunting, and the next moment her eyes turned red.

Mu Yunting was stunned. He had never seen his mother so fragile in his life. He was horrified at the time.

Could it be that Xia Qingyan had done something outrageous?

"Mother, what's wrong with you?"

The queen was the queen after all. Having experienced many storms, she quickly gained control of her emotions and forced back the tears in her eyes.

"Nothing, I'm just a little sad."

"..."

"Prince, your mother asks you, if you could only marry one woman, who would you marry? Think about it before you answer."

Mu Yunting didn’t know why the Queen asked him this question, but the answer came out almost immediately: "Xia Qingyan".

The Queen sighed.

Mu Yunting knew that this was a sign of dissatisfaction with his answer.

"Mother, if she made you angry, I will apologize to you on her behalf. I only ask that you do not look at her with prejudice. She has her good points. As long as you are willing to give her a chance, you will definitely discover her good points..."

"That's enough," the Queen interrupted Mu Yunting, waved her hand at him, and said, "Take her back to the Prince's Mansion. I don't want to see her again!"

Mu Yunting was hesitating whether to continue saying good things about Xia Qingyan when Doctor Chen arrived.

Imperial Physician Chen took the Queen's pulse and confirmed that she just had excessive liver fire and was not seriously ill.

He prescribed a prescription and told the queen to have a good rest.

After Doctor Chen left, the Queen drove Mu Yunting out in the name of rest.

Mu Yunting was curious about what Xia Qingyan had done to make his mother so angry, so he called several maids serving the queen to question her.

Then I roughly understood the whole story from the maids' descriptions.

The Queen summoned Xia Qingyan into the palace with the intention of punishing her. As soon as Xia Qingyan entered Fengyi Palace, the Queen made her stand outside the door for a quarter of an hour.

After they entered the house, the maid who taught etiquette in the palace explained the rules to them again before they started talking.

The content of the conversation was very simple. It was that the Queen Mother's birthday was approaching, and the Queen wanted Xia Qingyan to go to Qingquan Temple to pray for the Queen Mother.

This kind of blessing is not an ordinary blessing. It requires one to meditate and chant sutras with the monks every day for a full 100 years.

Xia Qingyan was unwilling, so the Queen scolded her for being unfilial and punished her to kneel outside.

Xia Qingyan knelt down obediently.

Everything was normal up to this point and was still under the Queen's control.

But who would have thought that when Xia Qingyan was punished to kneel, she actually brought a hand warmer with her and asked her maid to help her light it.

This scene happened to be seen by the Queen, which annoyed her. She wanted to cane Xia Qingyan. Although it was called a caning, it was actually very different from the current caning. The person who carried out the execution was just a maid in the palace, and the "cane" used was just a piece of bamboo.

But Xia Qingyan didn't know the difference. When she heard about caning, she exploded. She kicked the nanny who was holding her down to the ground, and beat several maids who came to help until they cried.

The Queen was even more furious now, and she personally ordered the palace servants to capture Xia Qingyan. As a result, all the palace servants in Fengyi Palace, except Hong Xiao who did not take action, were knocked to the ground.

Finally, the queen was so angry that she called the palace guards to subdue Xia Qingyan.

After listening to the whole process, Mu Yunting gave his Concubine Xia a thumbs up in his heart. She was worthy of being the one he chose, she was simply different from others.

At the same time, he also understood why his mother reacted that way when she saw him.

The Queen Mother also felt aggrieved, but her grievance was not in the right. It was she who deliberately made things difficult for her first.

At this moment, Mu Yunting was extremely grateful that he entered the palace today. If he had not come today, he didn't know how Xia Qingyan would have been beaten.

Scared to think about.

Don’t blame the Xia family father and son for blaming him, he really didn’t protect the person well.