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The distance from the General Mansion to the Imperial Palace was quite far, so Qu Ling knew in his heart the condition of his body and did not try to force himself to walk over.

After waiting at the back door for a while, he picked up a long wooden pole and used it as a walking stick. He waited until Xiao Yi led the carriage over before grabbing the wooden pole and frantically climbed up.

As they entered the carriage, they did not forget to instruct Xiao Yi, "Get on the carriage and drive it. Quickly, don't let your family's general catch up."

Xiao Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Madam, that's your general."

Qu Ling's disapproving voice came out from the carriage, "Mine is mine. Hurry up, don't grumble! "

Since it was impossible for Xiao Yi to do so, he could only do as he was told.

On the way, Qu Ling suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Who spread the news about the Eleventh Princess?"

Xiao Yi was silent for a moment, then said, "It should be, it should be the general."

It was just dawn today, and he was about to send General Chen back when the two of them walked out of the manor and bumped into the people sent by the palace.

That person did not know what to say to their master, who just laughed and told Xiao San to go out and do something.

Not long after, rumors about the Eleventh Princess's slander of his wife spread through the streets and alleys.

Hearing that, Qu Ling slapped his thigh, "Well done!"

As expected of the man she took a fancy to.

Xiao Yi couldn't help but laugh.

This was not a good thing to do, but he felt it was good.

They dared to slander the mother of their family, so they were easily dealt with.

Qu Ling sat in the carriage, holding his knees. Just as he was thinking about what kind of position he should use to complain when he entered the palace, the carriage suddenly stopped.

She was about to ask when Xiao Yi's voice came from outside, "Madam, Young Master Li from the Minister of War Palace requests an audience."

Qu Ling crawled over and pulled open a corner of the curtain.

Li Chenxuan clasped his hands and asked: "Does Mrs. Xiao wish to go to the palace to seek redress?"

Qu Ling blinked his eyes, "How did you know?"

Li Chenxuan did not answer, his gaze quietly sweeping across the hat on Qu Ling's head, and asked gently: Can you bring me one?

Qu Ling was startled, and immediately reacted.

Earlier, Xiao Jingyue had sent troops to surround the Minister of War Palace, so those imaginative commoners naturally linked the matter of her "disappearance" to the Young Master of Li Clan. Since she had 'lost her virginity', the Li family's Young Master couldn't stay out of this matter.

He must have pulled Li Chenxuan along when he spread the news to her, causing him to wonder where he had heard that she was going to sue him, hence he followed her.

With her and the young master of the Minister of War Palace, this matter would definitely cause the Eleventh Princess to lose a layer of skin.

Thinking about it this way, Qu Ling immediately found Li Chenxuan a bit more pleasing to the eye, and smiled: "Please."

Li Chenxuan gently nodded and rode beside the horse carriage.

The carriage continued to move.

Li Chenxuan lowered his voice and said: "Mrs. Xiao's medicine is very useful, thank you."

Qu Ling laughed: "No need to thank me, just do your best in a while."

The response she got was the man's low laughter.

Half an hour ago, I received a secret letter from the crown prince. His Highness said that when you heard about Eleventh Princess's orders today, he had slandered you profusely, so you would definitely come to the palace to report it, and told me to wait here. I never thought that he would actually guess correctly. "

Qu Ling could not laugh immediately.

Seeing that she did not say a word, Li Chenxuan did not mind. He suddenly sighed and said softly: "Your Highness really understands Mrs. Xiao."

Qu Ling was still silent, he grinded his teeth and cursed at Li Chenxuan and Zhao Yu, the two cousins, from the bottom of his heart.

Xiao Yi, who was driving outside, also silently helped them.

When the carriage reached the entrance of the palace, they were no longer allowed to enter.

Xiao Yi couldn't enter either, and could only watch helplessly as his mistress feigned to use a wooden pole to enter the palace with that ill-intentioned Young Master Li.

Fortunately, he wasn't worried for long, and the master who was being punished was here.

Xiao Jingyue dismounted from his horse, and asked coldly: "Where is he?"

Xiao pointed to the entrance of the palace. "He went in with Young Master Li."

Hearing this, Xiao Jingyue's face instantly darkened to the point that almost water could drip from his face.

Ye Zichen glanced at him coldly, then threw the reins back to him, then quickly walked into the palace.

and Li Chenxuan respectively got on the palanquin. After arriving at the imperial harem, they didn't go in the same direction.

Men could not casually step into the harem. Furthermore, Li Chenxuan had gone to look for Imperial Concubine Li, so naturally, Qu Ling had gone on a different path from her.

Qu Ling came to the empress's Phoenix Nest Palace, and just as he got off the palanquin, he started crying while knocking on the wooden stick, "Aunt, you must avenge Ah Ling!"

The Queen who was drinking tea in the palace heard Qu Ling's wails and her eyelids twitched.

Before he could say anything, the Little Prince by his side ran out.

Before long, the crisp voice of the Little Prince came from outside the hall, "Muhou, big sister is so pitiful, quickly come and help big sister!"

The empress: "…"

The esteemed empress sighed, put down her teacup, and left the hall.

When he saw his niece leaning on the wooden stick with a pale face, he was shocked.

He could not bother to call for the court lady anymore and quickly went forward to help her into the palace hall. He asked worriedly: "Ah Ling, what's wrong?"

Prime Minister Jiang did not inform the Queen about Qu Ling's injury, because she was shocked when she saw Qu Ling's injury.

Qu Ling threw away the wooden stick and threw himself into the empress's embrace.

Perhaps it was because she was in too much of a hurry, or her hat was not properly worn, so the hat fell off her head.

That bald head was instantly exposed to everyone.

The empress: "…"

Little Prince: "..."

Within Phoenix Palace, it was so quiet that the sound of a needle dropping could be clearly heard.

Little Prince was the first to recover from his shock. With widened eyes, he raised his hand to cover his mouth as a muffled voice came out from his palm: "Elder sister, how are you bald?"

The mama serving the empress was also shocked, but she quickly reacted.

He quickly picked up the hat on the floor and helped Qu Ling put it on, muttering: "Put the hat on properly, don't catch a cold."

Qu Ling, "..."

After the Queen dismissed the other people from the Palace, she asked Qu Ling what was going on with his head.

Qu Ling did not dare to speak the truth, and could only speak vaguely: "There are evil people who poisoned my hair, and there is no cure, so I'll just shave them all."

The empress's heart tightened as she asked, "Have you caught the culprit yet?"

Qu Ling shook his head.

That bastard Rong Xi had gone somewhere to die. If he wanted to catch her, he must shave his head!

The empress was about to ask more questions when she suddenly heard a court lady's announcement from outside.

It's the emperor and Xiao Jingyue coming over.

Qu Ling's eyes turned, he immediately picked up the wooden stick on the ground and pretended to be extremely weak, as though he needed to rely on his walking stick.

Little Prince stood to the side, stunned.

The emperor and Xiao Jingyue entered the palace hall one after the other. The empress immediately led the people in the palace to salute.

The emperor waved his hand with a slight headache. "All of you, get up."

Just as everyone in the hall stood up, Eunuch Xi who was waiting outside saw them and walked in quickly. He raised his voice and said, "Imperial Concubine Li and the Crown Prince seek an audience."

The emperor thought back to when he heard that the young master of the Minister of War Palace had also entered the palace, and immediately understood the reason for Imperial Concubine Li's visit. His head hurt even more.

A moment later, Imperial Concubine Li led the crown prince and Li Chenxuan in.

This was a good opportunity to deal with Yi Fei. Even if he couldn't bring her down, he could make her suffer a punishment. Naturally, Imperial Concubine Li wouldn't let him off.

Before long, a group of people stood within the usually cold and quiet Phoenix Nest Palace.

After Imperial Concubine Li and the two others bowed, Li Chenxuan and the crown prince looked towards Qu Ling who was standing beside the Empress.