With suspicion in her heart, An Jing asked, "You must be the youngest son of Minister Shen, right? I ask you, how did you offend the Third Prince?"
The young master Shen felt very guilty. He just deceived his father because he didn’t want his father to bla him. He never expected that his father would bring him to confess, so at this mont, he could only tell the sa lie with a stiff face: "This commoner was playing with companions and didn’t notice the Third Prince passing by, so I didn’t tily salute him, causing the Third Prince to beat and kick ."
Minister Shen imdiately added, "It was my son’s failure to salute the Third Prince promptly, my son is at fault first. My son being beaten is truly deserved, I hope the King and Queen will forgive my son this ti."
"Nonsense!" It was Xiao Changyi who spoke. His third son was naughty, but he wouldn’t randomly hit people. He didn’t believe a word the young master Shen said.
An Jing, Tobanya, and ng Zhuqing didn’t believe it either.
Hearing Xiao Changyi’s anger, Minister Shen imdiately kowtowed in fear, "Emperor, please calm down! Emperor, please calm down! Emperor, please calm down!"
The young master Shen was also trembling with fear. He had heard that the King and Emperor could take a person’s head at will.
Xiao Changyi didn’t even look at them but instead ordered ng Zhuqing, "Go and find Qinger, I need to personally ask what exactly happened!"
"Yes!" ng Zhuqing imdiately went to find An Yiqing.
The three little beauties had never seen Xiao Changyi angry before, and seeing how ferocious he was, they imdiately stopped playing with water and quickly hid behind An Jing and Tobanya.
An Jing then asked Tobanya to take the three little beauties to play elsewhere.
Tobanya was worried and, after taking the three little beauties to another place and having maidservants look after them, she returned.
An Jing saw Tobanya return and didn’t say anything. She believed Tobanya was sensible; since Tobanya had returned, it ant the three little beauties were properly settled.
Xiao Changyi sat silently in the main seat.
An Jing, disinclined to stand, also took a seat. She gave Tobanya a glance, and soon, Tobanya sat down as well.
Minister Shen and the young master Shen still knelt on the ground.
An hour later, ng Zhuqing brought back An Yiqing. As soon as he saw the young master Shen, An Yiqing got furious and rushed forward to hit him again.
"Did I not say I would hit you every ti I see you? How dare you appear before !"
An Jing and Tobanya quickly stood up and held back the furious An Yiqing.
Seeing An Yiqing return made the young master Shen tremble even more. Would his lie be exposed? Would it cause trouble for him and his father?
Minister Shen, completely unaware that his son had deceived him, kowtowed respectfully, saying, "Queen, please release the Third Prince. If beating my son to death can vent the Third Prince’s anger, I am willing to give up this son."
An Jing ignored Minister Shen, sincerely thinking of him as an annoying old fox. She only asked An Yiqing, "Qinger, what’s going on? Why did you want to hit him?"
An Yiqing didn’t speak, he just glared angrily at the young master Shen, looking extrely resentful.
"Qinger, tell Mother, why did you want to hit him?" An Jing asked gently again.
"Yes, Qinger, if he did anything wrong, just say it, your King Father and Mother are here and will stand up for you," Tobanya also coaxed warmly.
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