The empress stepped into the inner hall, and saw Yun Shang sitting on the bench with her back to the door. She vaguely saw a man half crouching in front of her. The empress frowned and said coldly, "Lady Rui?"
Hearing this, Yun Shang turned her head suddenly and looked surprised at the empress. "Your Majesty?"
The empress was about to speak when she suddenly saw the face of the man kneeling in front of Yun Shang. She paused and her eyes flashed a surprised look. "Prince Rui? Why is Prince Rui here? "
Luo Qingyan didn't respond her question. He fetched a small bottle of jade, poured some ointment from the bottle on his hand, and carefully applied it on Yun Shang's arm. Yun Shang looked down at Luo Qingyan, and then turned back, "just now my arm was burned by accident in the Wei Yang Palace. The servants were too nosy, so they went to the Taiji Palace to report it to the prince. The prince heard about this, and then hurried to come here."
Everyone who came in with the empress looked at the harmonious scene in front of them and had a strange expression on their faces. The empress frowned and said unhappily, "this is the Lady Xiang's bedroom. How can Prince Rui get in and out freely?"
Hearing this, Luo Qingyan glanced up at the empress, stuffed the small bottle of jade into the box, put it aside, and stood up. "You are right. I really shouldn't have come to the palace of the imperial household. But the first time I came to the palace, I had made it very clear that shang'er is my treasure. If anyone who dares to hurt her even a little bit, I will pay them back in ten times or even a hundred times."
The empress was in a rage. Hearing what the Prince Rui said, she was even more displeased. She snorted coldly. "It's just the servants' carelessness. If Prince Rui insists on haggling over these affairs, I'm afraid it's beneath your dignity."
Luo Qingyan sneered in a cold way, "what I said is not about this matter. I believe some people will understand what I mean." Then he helped Yun Shang up and asked, "are you feeling better? Go to the Taiji Palace for the banquet? "
Yun Shang nodded her head, stood up slowly, and gave Luo Qingyan a faint smile, "I'm fine now."
Luo Qingyan held Yun Shang's shoulder and led her around the empress and other ladies, heading outside. Seeing this, the empress clenched her hands in the sleeves secretly.
Luo Qingyan walked to the door, but suddenly turned around and said gently, "by the way, when I was applying medicine to herr highness just now, a man in woman's dress was trying to break into the palace and said that the empress sent him to look for Lady Rui. He insulted the Empress' reputation so much that I thought someone must want to do something bad to Yun Shang. And he was also trying to frame the empress. So I have punished him without authorization. I hope you can forgive me that, your majesty. This is very concerned with your Majesty's reputation. I'm afraid your majesty will have to make a thorough investigation on this."
Luo Qingyan curled his lips into a smirk as he spoke. He swept his eyes over the crowd and walked out of the Xiang Zhu Palace with Yun Shang.
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