Pei Nianyun's cry suddenly broke the tense atmosphere in the hall, but made the atmosphere at this end become weird. Everyone's eyes turned to the baby in my arms, and the second prince was struggling inside.

, even the baby is moving.

Pei Yuanhao frowned slightly and looked back: "What's going on?"

I raised my head: "I don't know, the second prince suddenly cried."

While talking, I picked up the child and carefully patted the swaddling clothes to comfort him, but this time he cried more and more fiercely, his little face turned red, and his two little hands struggled harder and harder.

Xiao Nianshen immediately ran over and held my sleeve, whispering: "Aunt Qing, what's wrong with my brother?"

I didn't say anything and coaxed Pei Nianyun more carefully. Chang Qing glanced at me and gently pulled Xiao Nianshen behind her.

Pei Nianyun was still crying, and the continuous crying made the aroma of wine flying above the hall become a little dry. Everyone stopped talking and drinking, and all looked up. Pei Yuanhao's brows became tighter and tighter, and his voice

There was a trace of displeasure at being interrupted: "Why didn't you cry when Concubine Li was hugging you just now?"

Upon hearing his words, Nangong Lizhu immediately said: "Let me take care of the second prince."

As she said that, she was already getting up and coming over.

Seeing her walking up to me, I did not hand over the child who was out of breath from crying. Instead, I raised my head and said to Chang Qing: "Empress, there is something wrong with the way the second prince looks like this.

”

When Chang Qing heard this, she immediately said: "What's wrong?"

"Weichen has seen the second prince cry before, but he has never cried so hard."

When Nangong Lizhu heard this, her expression became a little strange and said, "Children cry like this."

After saying that, I was about to come over to pick up the child, but I calmly raised my head and looked at her: "Ms. Li Fei, is it possible that the second prince always cried like this in the Yuhua Palace?"

She was a little stunned for a moment and hesitated: "Yes, yes."

As soon as she finished saying this, she froze for a moment, and I carefully handed the child to Chang Qing and said calmly: "Wei Chen Guan, the second prince is not crying like an ordinary child.

It’s more like——”

"What does it look like?"

I didn't say anything, but carefully untied the outer layer of swaddling clothes. When Nangong Lizhu saw it, he immediately panicked and said: "Yue Qingying, what are you going to do? The second prince -"

Before she finished speaking, I had already taken off the swaddling clothes. Pei Nianyun was wearing a close-fitting clothes, which had been rubbed a little messy by himself. At a glance, I saw a dazzling purple patch on his little arms.

bruises.

When Chang Qing saw it, she couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ah!"

Pei Yuanhao's brows were already tightened, and there was anger in his eyes. I bit my lower lip, raised my head and said to Pei Yuanhao: "The second prince is crying because he is in pain."

He looked at me in disbelief, and then looked down at the child who was still crying. He wanted to reach out and take it, but when he reached out and touched him, he stopped again, as if he was afraid of himself.

I was as careful as touching the child in pain. There was a hot stove burning in the hall, but I was still worried that the child would catch a cold, so I took him back into my arms, and this time I touched him again. Nianyun cried so much

It’s getting even more powerful.

Not all the ministers below heard clearly what I just said, but looking at the faces of the people above, they probably guessed something. They all became quiet and looked at us with bated breath.

I stretched out my hand and carefully untied several knots of Nianyun's underwear. I saw several bruises on his small arms. Although the injuries were not big, they were still visible on the child's snow-white body.

Above, it’s extremely shocking.

When the other concubines saw it, their expressions changed. Wen Sisi and Pang Yan had already turned red, covering their mouths and saying, "How could..."

"So pitiful..."

This time, I no longer spoke, but raised my head and looked directly at Pei Yuanhao.

The anger on his face had turned into a tremor that was almost convulsive. He kept looking down at the child and said word by word: "What's going on."

Although this sentence did not mention anyone by name, it was clear that the person he was asking about was Nangong Lizhu.

When the first bruise appeared on Nianyun's body, Nangong Lizhu's complexion had already changed. Her face was so pale that even makeup could not hide it, and cold sweat broke out all over her forehead. She murmured: "I--I, my concubine

, I don’t know.”

I said calmly: "These injuries are bruises, they must not have lasted for a day or two. The second prince was entrusted by the Queen to Concubine Li to take care of her early in the morning. Just now Ruizhu and the others were saying that Concubine Li usually takes care of the prince.

, how could you not know?"

I have had many confrontations with her, and she has probably never seen me so aggressive, yet as calm as an ice lake, and she froze for a moment.

Chang Qing took advantage of the situation and stood up: "Li Fei, what on earth is going on?!"

Nangong Lizhu subconsciously took a step back: "No, I don't know."

"I don't know? There are so many bruises on the second prince's body. You can just brush them off without saying anything?!"

Chang Qing's voice was not loud, but it seemed a bit deafening in the main hall. As soon as the ministers below heard the words of the second prince and bruises, they immediately reacted. They all stood up and looked up. They all looked at each other and whispered.

Get up.

Pei Yuanhao stretched out his hand and caressed Nianyun's cheek. The child was still sobbing in the pain of his body. He couldn't feel it at all, but the people around him could already feel the radiance from the emperor.

His anger lowered the surrounding atmosphere to a lower level, and everyone felt an unspeakable suffocation.

He slowly turned around and looked at Nangong Lizhu: "Zhu'er, tell me."

"..."

"Where did these injuries come from?"

Nangong Lizhu's face was as pale as paper, and she stared at Pei Yuanhao with a pair of beautiful but innocent eyes, then looked at the child who was still in pain, and shook her head desperately: "It's not me, it's really not me, I didn't—

—"

At this point, she seemed to suddenly remember something and turned to look at me.

I was still calmly putting the little clothes on Pei Nianyun, and carefully wrapping the child in swaddling clothes. While doing these things, I said to Chang Qing with red eyes: "Empress, look at the injuries on the second prince's body. I don't know.

How long have you been hurt? The injury is so serious, I’m afraid I’ll have to have the imperial doctor come to see you.”

When Nangong Lizhu heard this, her eyes turned red: "Yue Qingying, you are so bloody!"

After hearing this, I raised my head calmly: "Why did Concubine Li say this?"

After the momentary panic passed, she glared at me and said: "The second prince was fine in my arms just now, but he started crying when you held him in my arms. Could it be that his injury wouldn't hurt in my arms? It was obviously you who held him

The second prince took the opportunity to do evil!"

When she said this, her eyes lit up, as if she had found an exit, and she hurriedly turned to Pei Yuanhao and said: "Your Majesty, everyone knows about the grudge between Yue Qingying and Shen Rou. She lost her child because of the sinful woman.

, I’m afraid I might take the opportunity to retaliate, but I don’t know.”

Pei Yuanhao turned his head and looked at me, his eyes narrowed slightly.

I raised the corner of my mouth a little: "Ms. Li Fei, not to mention how audacious the ministers are to do evil at the annual banquet in full view of the public. Just look at the bruises on the second prince's body.

Will it cause?"

"..." She was startled for a moment, and was blocked for a moment.

I said slowly: "It is wrong to say that these injuries were caused before the Second Prince went to Yuhua Palace."

"..."

"The second prince has not bathed even once in the past few days since he was with Concubine Li. How could no one see it? If he saw injuries on the prince, he should have reported them to the emperor. Why did he hide them?"

"..."

"Unless someone has done evil, they have to take the opportunity to do it perfunctory. If it hadn't been revealed today, I'm afraid the second prince would have suffered even more."

Seeing that my words were getting sharper and sharper, everyone around me seemed to be frightened. Chang Qing lowered her voice and said, "Yue Qingying, how dare you talk to Concubine Li like this?!"

I shut my mouth.

Although I closed my mouth, Nangong Lizhu couldn't answer the words. Her cherry-red lips trembled, and she made a gurgling sound in her throat, but she couldn't say a word. She seemed to be choked.

After a while, he raised his head and looked at Pei Yuanhao, almost crying: "Your Majesty, I have not..."

Pei Yuanhao never spoke. He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at me and her.

The surrounding concubines did not even dare to breathe too loudly, and they all looked at us with bated breath. If it was me, Chang Qing and Nangong Lizhu who had to deal with Shen Rou before, in "Three Heroes vs. Lu Bu", today's game

It’s obvious that I’m the only one picking out Li Fei.

In the years since I entered the palace, I have been canonized, deposed, and then left the palace, I have experienced so many things, but I have never seen me formally attacking anyone like this, and talking at such a banquet where all the civil and military officials were present.

The most favored concubine in the harem was so choked by me that I couldn't speak. Not only those people, but also Chang Qing looked at me with a bit of solemnity.

I didn't even look at them, not even Chang Qing. I just looked straight into Nangong Lizhu's eyes calmly.

The previous few times, it was because of my gaze or my faint smile that irritated her. This time when she met my calm and almost cold gaze, Nangong Lizhu's eyes were filled with anger again, pointing.

He looked at me and said: "Yue Qingying, you keep saying that the injuries on the second prince's body were caused by me, do you have any evidence?"

"Your Majesty, I did not say that the injuries on the second prince's body were caused by your Majesty, but -" I looked at her calmly: "My Majesty was entrusted by the Queen to take care of the Second Prince. Now that the Second Prince's body is covered with bruises, Your Majesty should

There is an explanation."

"You - you are so brave, you dare to talk to me like this."

"Justice is in the heart of the people. Today I am just asking for justice for a child who cannot speak. Do you dare to say that these injuries were not caused by your Majesty?"
To be continued...