Chapter 307
"What's wrong with you?"
A loud question rang in everyone's ears.
Everyone present looked over.
Ji Yunqing appeared in front of everyone like a storm.
Ruirui's eyes lit up, and she ran over with a baby voice: "Mom!"
Ruirui's two maids seemed to have finally seen their savior. They couldn't help but take a few steps forward, looking at their master eagerly.
Ji Yunqing caught the little guy who was running over. He first scanned the situation at the scene and finally fell on King Zhao.
She bowed according to the rules, then looked at King Zhao and asked directly: "My Lord, what is going on now?"
King Zhao looked at Ji Yunqing in front of him with a calm and composed expression: "When I came here, I saw Concubine Cui fell to the ground, and Ruirui was right beside her.
I just came here to ask about the situation."
But Ruirui's face was full of grievance, his little eyebrows twisted into a ball, and he looked at his mother with grievance.
"Mother, Ruirui clearly didn't meet this strange person. It was this person who insisted on talking to Ruirui.
Ruirui had already left, and she appeared out of nowhere."
Concubine Cui was subconsciously startled when being pointed at by the child's short fingers.
Ever since Ji Yunqing showed up, she had been hiding herself in the maid's arms, not daring to speak.
She wished that the maid could use her pointed chin to hide it for her.
Ruirui was still complaining: "But they all said that I pushed her, and that she didn't know when she provoked me, but I really don't know her."
Ji Yunqing looked at Ning Lan who was being pointed at.
Ning Lan immediately shook her head to clarify: "It's not me, I just heard what these two girls said!"
After she finished speaking, she wanted to bite her tongue. The prince was right beside her, so what was she afraid of?
No matter how powerful she is, Concubine Ji, can she still dare to question the prince in front of him?
Ruirui was filled with grievances and could only tell her mother everything: "When you were not here, this prince said that I didn't know the seriousness of the matter. I didn't..."
Ji Yunqing finally turned his gaze back to King Zhao.
King Zhao couldn't help but look away, but he managed to hold himself back.
He had no intention of arguing with Ji, but this was really a good opportunity.
As long as the child is sent away and Ji gives birth to a new child - preferably a daughter, everything will return to normal.
"Ji..."
"Your Majesty!"
The two men spoke at the same time. King Zhao paused when he heard them, thinking that he would wait for Ji to speak first.
But Ji Yunqing obviously had no intention of "letting the prince finish speaking first". She didn't care what Prince Zhao said at all. She said directly with a gloomy face:
"Should the prince give Ruirui an explanation for this matter?"
King Zhao was confused. What did this have to do with him?
The others were also confused. What nonsense was Concubine Ji talking about?
Ning Lan was confused, but she actually felt relieved in her heart. It turned out that Concubine Ji did not mean to scare her just now. Concubine Ji treated the prince like this all the time!
Regardless of what others thought, Ji Yunqing said bluntly: "Your Majesty, how could it be so coincidental? Concubine Cui happened to appear here? She just happened to fall down?
A child just happened to fall? And you, Your Majesty, just happened to see it? This is really a series of coincidences, isn't it? "
Ji Yunqing emphasized the word “a series” very heavily, and his eyes were full of obvious doubt.
All I had to do was throw the words "Did you set this up on purpose?" in his face!
King Zhao was so angry at these words that he laughed. It sounded as if he had deliberately instigated Concubine Cui to frame Ruirui. Is he such a person?
Ji Yunqing stared at him intently, and when he saw his lips move, he immediately shouted: "Your Highness, you are still laughing! Are you too proud of yourself because you have succeeded in framing me?"
Ruirui is a child but not a fool. He can hear so many things and can accurately complain to his mother. He immediately understood what was said.
His aggrieved eyes were filled with tears. He pressed his soft body against his mother's thighs and cried out in a sobbing voice:
"Mother, was it the prince who framed Ruirui? The prince is too...too bad!" The child couldn't curse yet, so he could only say this one sentence.
Ji Yunqing patted Ruirui's head comfortingly, acting particularly righteous:
"Rui Rui, don't worry. Even if your mother sacrifices her life, she will never let these sinister and cunning people put the blame on you."
"Woo woo~ Mother... Ruirui doesn't want you to die"
"Rui Rui, be obedient. Mother has no choice. You will be an orphan without a mother and can only wander around begging for food."
In the blink of an eye, the mother and son became poor little creatures about to be separated from each other by life and death.
King Zhao's temples throbbed, and he thought that he had no intention of letting Ji die, so it didn't matter if he couldn't send Ji away this time.
At this moment, the princess and Concubine Wen rushed over after hearing the news.
Upon seeing the pitiful scene of Ji Yunqing and the child, Concubine Wen, who was always gentle and kind in front of her cousin, exploded first.
"Your Majesty!"
She didn't even call him cousin, which showed that she was very angry: "How did you bully Ji? If you don't like her, just ignore her. Why do you deliberately make things difficult for her?
Is this what a grown man does? With such a big palace, can't they afford to support a woman and a child?"
"Cousin, if you really can't afford to raise him, then I can take care of him. I don't mind this little money."
King Zhao seemed to not believe his ears: "...Who are you raising???"
"What are you raising!"
"I can afford it!"
Does my woman need to be supported by others?
Ji Yunqing looked at Concubine Wen with moist eyes, pitifully saying, "Sister Concubine, forget it.
Since the prince deliberately set up a trap and really can't tolerate us orphans and widows, we can go out and beg for food!"
"How can this be let go?"
Concubine Wen felt even more distressed after hearing this: "Why are you so stubborn? Why don't you come to me when you are bullied?"
The princess knew the general idea of what happened at a glance. Moreover, she had learned the whole story on the way. It was such an obvious setup, she didn't believe that the prince couldn't guess it.
But in this situation... the princess felt extremely depressed. The prince's attitude towards Ruirui was really very strange.
A thought suddenly flashed through my mind: unless this child is not the prince's!
Once this idea took root in the princess' mind, the more she thought about it, the clearer her mind became.
Thinking about it this way, the prince's sudden coldness towards the child seemed to have a reasonable explanation.
She glanced at Ji Yunqing in surprise. She never thought that Concubine Ji was so courageous.
But looking at the child's appearance, he really looks like a prince!
Could it be one of the prince’s brothers?
But even if he is a nephew, given the prince's temperament, he wouldn't kill him, right?
Just a woman and child!
But it’s just as well this way, the princess thought to herself.
Thinking of this, the princess slowly spoke: "Your Majesty, since Concubine Ji and her son have offended you, why not send them directly to the manor, where they can keep company with the sisters there."