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Zhao Pingqing lowered her eyebrows and said, "Last night, when the cuckoo was preparing her clothes, she didn't check them carefully. She took the stained clothes and missed the hour that Mother and Queen Mother had to pay their respects." After saying that, she anxiously continued, "Prince, don't worry. I will properly teach the cuckoo. I definitely won't do the same mistake again."

Her words were a reminder to Dongfang Zhi. He looked around and asked, "Where's the cuckoo? Why haven't we seen her?"

Zhao Pingqing was twisting the handkerchief in her hand. Her eyes lit up as she said, "She …" My body is not feeling well, so I let her rest in the room. "

"Is that so?" Dongfang Shou looked suspiciously at Zhao Pingqing. The next moment, his eyes fell on Zi Yan. "Since your master is unwilling to tell you, then tell me!"

Zhao Pingqing was embarrassed. "My lord …"

Dongfang Qin raised his hand to interrupt her. He said to the hesitant Zi Yan, "Just be honest with what you say. This king will take responsibility for you."

Zi Yan glanced at Zhao Pingqing, then told him everything that had happened this morning in detail. She shed tears as she said, "My lord, the words that Dujuan just said were just to protect the Empress, without any ill intentions. The wangfei was determined not to let it go, and not only had she been ordered locked up in the woodshed, she was forbidden from eating or drinking for two days." The more she spoke, the more sorrowful she became. She kowtowed and said, "I plead to the prince to uphold justice for the Empress and for the cuckoo!"

Zhao Pingqing said worriedly, "My lord, don't listen to Ziyan's nonsense. There is no such thing."

"This King knows which is which." Dongfang Qin said blandly to Cai Yuan, "Pass on this king's order to release the cuckoo and give her two silk yarns as rewards."

After hearing those words, how could Shen Xijun possibly endure it? She said, "My prince, there is no respect and no mercy in the eyes of the lower members of the cuckoo clan."

The corners of Dongfang Shou's lips curled up. "If a cuckoo should be punished for offending its superiors, then what about the wangfei?"

Shen Xijun looked extremely uncomfortable as she asked, "What's wrong with me?"

"You were the one who dirtied the concubine's clothes, yet you lied in front of Imperial Mother saying that the concubine was the one who dirtied her own clothes. You are much heavier than the cuckoo. "

Shen Xijun bit her slightly pale red lips and said unhappily, "How can a prince compare me to that girl, Dujuan?"

"You are a human, and she is also a human. Why can't we compare?"

Shen Xijun refused to accept it and said, "She is a servant with a lowly status. She is simply unworthy to be compared with me!" After looking into each other's eyes for a moment, Dongfang Nian suddenly smiled and nodded, "You're right, a cuckoo really can't be compared with you."

Shen Xijun had yet to have the time to be happy when the following words were like a bucket of cold water that was poured over her head, causing her entire body to feel ice-cold, "Because you have committed the crime of deceiving me!"

With a face full of mockery, Dongfang Nian said, "You caused such a disaster the second day after the wedding. Princess, you really make this duke look at you in a new light."

Shen Xijun clenched her teeth and said with a trembling voice, "Your highness only heard one side of Zi Yan's words and you've already decided that I am deceiving you. Don't you think that this is too unfair to me?"

"Why didn't you mention the word 'fair' when Princess Consort used the empress dowager to suppress your lordship?"

Seeing Shen Xi Jun being questioned by Dongfang Zhi left him speechless, Zhao Pingqing felt a sense of relief. In this mansion, status never represented anything.

She hypocritically persuaded him, "Your Highness, I did indeed dirty my dress by myself, it has nothing to do with the wangfei. As for the matter of the cuckoo, that girl made the first mistake. No wonder wangfei punished her."

"There's no need for you to cry and be merciful here!" Shen Xijun glared at Zhao Pingqing in disgust and said aggrievedly, "Then what about you, your highness? What's wrong with staying in a concubine's room on your wedding night?"

Zhao Pingqing was also called "the mistress" and her name was recorded in the book. However, she was still a concubine after all.

"It is This King's freedom to rest where it is. It is not up to you to interfere!" Before she could recover her composure, Dongfang Qing's voice rang out once more, "Since I have already married you as my first wife, I will give you everything that your first wife deserves. However, you must always remember your own identity. Otherwise, the next time we meet will be more than just this." After pausing for a moment, he picked up his chopsticks and said, "Alright, let's eat."

"Yes." Zhao Pingqing put the stewed Red Braised Meat into Shen Xijun's bowl and fawned on her, "Sister, eat more!"

Shen Xijun resisted the urge to throw the bowl towards Zhao Pingqing. She stood up and looked towards the east with a rigid face, "I suddenly feel unwell. I'll take my leave first."

She left quickly without waiting for a reply. Zhao Pingqing looked at her and said with guilt, "It's all because of my bad health that you and your sister got into an argument."

"It has nothing to do with you. Eat your food."

"Yes." Zhao Pingqing said that to test Dongfang Zi's attitude. She was secretly happy that Dongfang Ze said that, but she just took a sip and saw Dongfang Ze walking in with a puzzled look on his face. "Seventh Brother, I met Princess Hua-Yang when I came in. How come her eyes are red? Did you two fight?"

"It's nothing." "Why are you here?"

Dongfang Ze grinned and said, "Of course I'm here to curry favor with Seventh Brother." Then, he said to Zhao Pingqing, "Does Consort Ping mind?"

Zhao Pingqing smiled and said, "Of course not." After the maid was ordered to bring him another set of tableware, she said to Dongfang Shou, "Prince, I think it's better if you go and take a look at the wangfei. You and the Ninth Prince can enjoy yourself."

After watching Zhao Pingqing and her servants leave, Dongfang Ze raised his eyebrows and said, "She knows what to do. He knows that I must have something to discuss with Seventh Brother, so he avoided me as an excuse."

"She has always been very tactful. Otherwise, how could she have gotten so far?" If Zhao Pingqing turned around, he would be shocked by the coldness in Dongfang Xi's eyes. It was like when she was facing Shen Xijun... They were even more numerous!

After eating for a while, Dongfang Ze remembered what happened just now and asked, "What happened to the wangfei?"

Dongfang Gu swallowed the rice in his mouth and said indifferently, "Have you forgotten what I said to you before?"

"Before …" Dongfang Ze thought for a while and asked, "About the army?"

After receiving a positive answer, he knitted his heroic eyebrows tightly. "Will she fall for it?"

"Although Shen Xijun is arrogant and tyrannical, her thoughts are not complicated. In order to curry favor with me, she will definitely follow the path that I've arranged for her." Just as she finished speaking, a servant walked in and leaned over to whisper something into Dongfang Gu's ear.

"Understood, you may leave." After the servant left, Dongfang Ze curiously asked, "What happened?"

"Shen Xijun has just left the mansion. She should be heading towards the Pingyang Kingdom." After this sentence, there was a long silence in the hall. Dong Fang Shan raised his head, puzzled. He saw Dongfang Ze holding his cheek with one hand as he looked at him with a strange expression, "What's wrong?"