When the word "execute" fell, it was like rumbling thunder, pressing down, making everyone's hearts tremble with fear.
Jin Quan's lowered hand trembled slightly, feeling that today's matter could not end well. The thought of the Regent daring to lead soldiers to surround the imperial palace for the Princess made him wish he could faint on the spot.
Qin Xiaorong raised her head abruptly, looking at Nan Shiying in disbelief, her voice shrill: "How dare you!!"
"Why wouldn't I dare?" Nan Shiying sneered, finding Qin Xiaorong as foolish as a pig.
"My aunt is the current Empress Dowager. If you dare to touch me, my aunt will definitely not let you go!!"
"Empress Dowager?"
Nan Shiying wanted to laugh. Who knew if the current Empress Dowager was the same as before? Even if she was, what could she do? Expect to scare her off with the Empress Dowager's name? This Qin Xiaorong must have lost her mind!
"If the Empress Dowager knew you intended to harm me, she would probably tear you apart herself!" Nan Shiying idly played with the hairpin in her hand, showing no regard for the Empress Dowager, her words clearly laced with mockery. Jin Quan wished a hole would appear on the spot for him to jump into and bury himself, anything to avoid hearing these words that could cost him his head several times over.
"You are insolent!" Qin Xiaorong reprimanded sternly.
A glint flashed in Nan Shiying's eyes, and she turned to Jin Quan, "Shopkeeper Jin, did you see it all?"
Jin Quan swallowed, not daring to say no, and could only nod desperately with a mournful face.
Lü Wan, carrying pastries, walked upstairs. Seeing the private room door wide open, her heart gave a jolt. She quickly ran into the room and was slightly stunned by the scene before her.
"Your Highness!"
She placed the pastries on the table and positioned herself in front of Nan Shiying, shielding her.
Nan Shiying casually threw the jade pendant to Lü Wan and said to her, "Go, summon the guards from the Prince's mansion, and have them surround this Jin Xiang Jewelry Shop. I want to see today who dares to take Qin Xiaorong away!"
"Yes!"
Seeing that her Highness was about to make an example of Qin Xiaorong, Lü Wan quickly took the jade pendant and hurried to the Prince's mansion.
Hearing this, Jin Quan's legs went weak.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, this shop..."
Nan Shiying glanced at him, and a single look made Jin Quan swallow the rest of his words.
Qin Xiaorong immediately panicked. She grabbed her maid's hand and urged her to return to the mansion to report.
Nan Shiying did not stop her, allowing the maid to leave.
The shop assistants called for a doctor, who hurried in with his medicine box and examined Qin Xiaorong's pulse. "She has been affected by the pregnancy qi. She needs to lie down quickly, but where..."
The doctor looked around and did not see a suitable place to lie down. He then said to Jin Quan, "Owner, quickly find a place for the lady to lie down!"
Jin Quan dared not reply. The doctor became a little anxious, "Speak!"
Nan Shiying threw the hairpin back onto the tray and smiled at the doctor, "She cannot leave this room today. If she needs to lie down and rest, fine, then let her lie on the ground!"
The doctor's eyes widened in anger. He never expected that the person who looked like she walked out of a painting would utter such vicious words. Enraged, he said, "How can you be like this? This lady has been affected by the pregnancy qi. If this continues, the child may have problems, you..."
Seeing the doctor becoming more and more out of line, Jin Quan was almost scared out of his wits. He sternly rebuked him, interrupting the doctor's words, "Doctor Wang, be careful with your words!"
"Owner..."
"This is the Princess, the Regent's Princess!"
Jin Quan deliberately emphasized the words "Regent's Princess." When the doctor looked at Nan Shiying's smiling yet unsmiling face again, he felt as if he had just narrowly escaped death.
"But!" He hesitated. The ground was cold in winter, how could he let a pregnant woman lie in such a place?
"Jin Quan, you say it!" Nan Shiying was too lazy to explain.
Jin Quan said, "This lady intended to harm the Princess!"
The doctor immediately stepped back several paces, almost pushing Qin Xiaorong. Nan Shiying glanced at him with a half-smile. He had just appeared to be benevolent and kind, but now that he heard she intended to harm, he was as evasive as if she were a snake. He almost pushed her away, truly,呵呵~
The doctor was instantly filled with shame and guilt. He took a deep breath and said to Nan Shiying, "Your Highness, even if this lady intended to harm, the child in her belly is innocent. May I be permitted to treat this lady?"
"As you wish!"
After thanking Nan Shiying, the doctor took out his silver needles and stabilized Qin Xiaorong's pregnancy.
...
The maid did not go to the Zou residence but ran to the Jin Yang Marquis residence.
When Qin Qianyu heard that his sister had been detained by Nan Shiying at Jin Xiang, he returned to his room, took the imperial sword, and hurried towards Jin Xiang, saying to the maid, "You quickly go to the Zou residence to report!"
He mounted his horse and rode swiftly.
He arrived before the guards from the Prince's mansion.
"Your subject Qin Qianyu greets Your Highness!"
Qin Qianyu, carrying his sword, stepped onto the second floor and bowed at the entrance of the private room to greet Nan Shiying.
"Brother!"
Seeing Qin Qianyu, Qin Xiaorong's anxious heart finally settled. It was fortunate that her maid was clever enough to report to the Qin family first. If she had relied on the Zou family,呵~ the Zou family would have wished Nan Shiying would kill her and then collect her body!
Seeing Qin Xiaorong's pale and drawn face, Qin Qianyu's heart ached. He strode forward, scooped her into his arms, and turned to leave.
"Qin Qianyu, did I permit you to take Qin Xiaorong away?"
Qin Qianyu turned back abruptly, his fierce eyes like venom, deeply imprinted on Nan Shiying. His voice was deep, as if imbued with something, "Your Highness, do not go too far!"
Nan Shiying smiled and shook her head, feeling that the siblings from the Jin Yang Marquis residence had both been spoiled.
"Qin Qianyu, Qin Xiaorong attempted to assassinate me. Do you think I would let you take her away?"
Qin Qianyu suddenly lowered his head and glanced at Qin Xiaorong. Her maid had not told him this. Qin Xiaorong desperately shook her head, denying, "Brother, it's not true, I didn't!"
Qin Qianyu naturally believed his sister. In his eyes, this was just an excuse for Nan Shiying to make things difficult for his sister!
"Your Highness, my sister is pregnant. How could she do such a thing? It must be a misunderstanding. I implore Your Highness to spare her, considering my sister's delicate condition!"
"Misunderstanding?"
"What, you think I deliberately framed her?"
"Qin Qianyu, no one can take Qin Xiaorong away today. You can try!"
Qin Qianyu sneered and stepped forward. Nan Shiying picked up a hairpin, threw it forward, and the hairpin sliced through the air, shooting towards Qin Qianyu's back!