Fast Transmigration: Cannon Fodder

Chapter 17
"Qiao Qiu, don't think that you are superior now. Let me tell you, the Emperor still has pity for me. Just wait until you fall." After saying that, Qiao Dong aimed at his face and scratched it.

"No, Fourth Miss!"

"Ahhhh!"

There was a gash on Qiao Dong's left cheek, and it was full of blood. The pain made her almost faint. Big drops of sweat came out on her forehead, wet her hair, and she was very embarrassed.She got up and forced the blood-stained hairpin into Qiao Qiu's hand.

Hong Lan saw it, and immediately went to grab the hairpin and threw it on the ground, scolding: "Qiao Dong, are you shameless?!"

"Haha, if you scold me again, I will take revenge on your master." After Qiao Dong laughed wildly, his expression immediately turned painful, then he covered his face and stumbled to a place where there were people, "Someone! Someone! Save! Me! Empress Rong Hua has killed someone, she wants to kill me!"

"Crazy, crazy, what a crazy woman, empress, what should we do now?" Hong Lan stomped her feet angrily, but Qiao Dong had already been supported by a passing court lady and eunuch, and it was too late to chase after her.

The maids and eunuchs took a look here, and like hiding from the plague god, they lifted Qiao Dong and ran away.

After a while, a large number of Imperial Forest Army came running here.

Qiao Qiu put his hand on Hong Lan's shoulder, and said calmly, "Hong Lan, be safe and don't be impatient."

Hong Lan turned her head and saw Qiao Qiu's calm eyes. Miraculously, she also calmed down.

"Yes."

The Imperial Forest Army ran over, drew their swords at her, surrounded her, and waited for the emperor's order.

Hong Lan had never seen such a scene before, so she hid behind Qiao Qiu in fear.A little relieved, she felt something was wrong.Taking another look at the calm Qiao Qiu, looking away, and looking at the calm Qiao Qiu again, I realized something was wrong after all, her mother was very calm from the beginning to now!

Is this really the 15-year-old Fourth Miss who loses her temper when things go wrong?
"Ma'am, are you worried?"

Qiao Qiu squinted at her, and asked lazily with a slightly nasal voice: "What are you worried about? What is there to worry about?"

"It's just... Your Majesty, why are you reacting so slowly." Hong Lan was worried for her, could it be that she was so calm because she didn't think of anything?Silly lady, she didn't even know she was tricked.

Qiao Qiu pursed her lips into a smile, and there was a little warmth in her eyes as bright as stars. Don't say she didn't do this thing, even if she did it, so what?Is she still afraid of being thrown into the cold palace?Besides, what Zhao Yuce said last night is still fresh in her memory, why don't she take some practical actions to show her now?
Everything was under Qiao Qiu's control, so she naturally wouldn't worry about anything, but she couldn't help but be moved when she saw Hong Lan who treated her wholeheartedly, and sighed softly, "Silly girl."

"Your Majesty, you still call me stupid, then Qiao Dong is clearly setting things up, you..."

"I know everything."

"You, you know?" Hong Lan was stunned.

At this moment, Xiao Shunzi ran over and saw the Imperial Forest Army aiming at Qiao Qiu with knives. He was almost scared out of his wits. He stumbled and ran over, hitting the hands of the Imperial Forest Army holding knives with his orchid-fingered hand, "Put it down! Let it go! How dare you point a knife at Empress Ronghua, I don’t want to live anymore!”

"Ah?" The situation was beyond Hong Lan's expectation, she was completely dumbfounded.

There was a smile in Qiao Qiu's eyes. After looking at each other in blank dismay, the Imperial Forest Army all put down their knives and knelt down, "Please forgive me, Empress Ronghua."

Qiao Qiu waved his hands, and said calmly: "I am very satisfied with your actions. If you didn't take action against me on your own initiative, then I will let you go and step back."

"Thank you madam."

Hong Lan watched Qiao Qiu finish speaking, and gained a new understanding of her.

After all, Xiao Shunzi is a well-informed person, so he quickly put away his surprise, and ran to her with a flattering smile, "Your Majesty, the emperor asked your servants to invite you to the imperial study."

"Let's go."

Arriving at the imperial study room, Qiao Qiu saw Qiao Dong kneeling on the ground, covering half of his face with his hands, tears welling up in his eyes, so pitiful, even a woman would not bear it.However, when Qiao Dong looked over, the provocative look in his eyes made her want to go up and give him another slap.

The handsome emperor had been approving the memorial all the time, and when he saw her coming in, he immediately closed the memorial and greeted her with a smile on his face, "I love my concubine."

The emperor passed by her without even looking at Qiao Dong.

Qiao Dong's heart became cold little by little until it seemed as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, making her shiver.

At this moment, she knew that she had lost.

Qiao Qiu stood and looked at Qiao Dong for a while, then smiled and said, "Your Majesty, why didn't you announce an imperial physician?"

The emperor considered for a while whether to grab his hands or hug her directly, and finally decided that it was better to hug her directly. He was about to reach out to her, when he heard this, he replied: "She likes to make faces. If not enough, I have plenty of sharp weapons here."

Qiao Qiu glanced at him and said with a half-smile, "You don't think I scratched her face?"

The emperor continued to stretch out his hand and said with a smile: "Love..."

"The Queen Mother is here!"

"Damn woman, she dared to assassinate her own sister. Will she be able to assassinate the emperor in the future? Is there any law left? Come and arrest this bitch!"

The Empress Dowager walked into the imperial study, and ordered the old mother to arrest people domineeringly.

The emperor swept over displeased, fixed his cold eyes on the old mother, withdrew his hand, walked in front of Qiao Qiu, blocked the Queen Mother from looking at her, and said coldly: "The Queen Mother is fine in Yangfu Palace, you can go to Burning incense and worshiping the Buddha in Tan'an Temple, it is not your turn to shout in my harem."

The queen mother swayed, her face was ugly, "Emperor, what are you talking about? The Ai family is your mother queen! Everything the Ai family does is for you."

"For me?" The emperor seemed to hear something funny, and laughed twice, "What a 'everything is for you', Queen Mother, you can still sit in this position now, it is because I don't care about you, but If you are a little restless, then don't blame me for being rude. Come and send the Queen Mother back to Yangfu Palace."

Both the Empress Dowager and the Emperor were well aware of the matter, their eyes met each other, neither would let the other go, and the two imperial guards who came in did not dare to move.

After a while, the Empress Dowager was defeated and turned around with her sleeves thrown, "Hmph, I don't need you to see me off, I'll go by myself."

The queen mother only had a cup of tea when she came in and left. She said she was here to seek justice for Qiao Dong, but she didn't even have the corner of her eye.

The situation is so clear, what else does Qiao Dong not understand?It turned out that the Queen Mother had been using her all along, using her to trip Qiao Qiu up.Everything the queen mother did to love her was just acting.She just wanted to use her hands to get rid of Qiao Qiu.Now that people haven't got rid of her, she's useless, so the queen mother threw her away as a useless pawn.

Qiao Dong really wanted to look up to the sky and laugh, she wanted to ask why fate played tricks on her like this?Could it be that letting her come back is to let her see how loving the emperor and Qiao Qiu are?
Qiao Dong cried, this time she was really sad.

(End of this chapter)