Ming Dynasty: Empress Ma and I swapped clothes!

Chapter 60 Kunning Palace, Ma Xiuying awakens from imprisonment

Two days have passed!

In a post station in Daming Prefecture, Ma Wenxiang let out a long breath. Looking at the slightly dilapidated surroundings, he suddenly felt as if he had come back to life.

Although the environment and food in the palace were good, the atmosphere was too suffocating, especially with Su Qing'er and Sun Miaoran watching over them at all times.

In the bustling Kunning Palace, he felt more like he was in a dungeon of imprisonment.

It's fine for a day or two, but if it goes on for too long, it might really drive people crazy.

"He's alive..."

Ma Wenxiang muttered to himself, got up, pushed open the door, and strode out, but the next second he was dumbfounded. "Where is this? Why isn't this the Ma family courtyard, nor the previous Ma residence, but a completely unfamiliar place?"

All around were elite soldiers clad in heavy armor and wielding long swords, who were on guard near the post station, and there were nearly a thousand of them.

With such a grand display, does Ma Wenxiang even deserve it?

Could it be...?

Ma Wenxiang had a sudden, unbelievable thought: Could it be that the Empress herself has also revealed her identity?

"Your Majesty, in about half a month, or at most a month, we will be able to return to the capital."

"Your Majesty, are you alright?"

Ma Jin walked up to Ma Wenxiang, showed respect, and cupped his hands in greeting.

Ma Wenxiang stared, completely dumbfounded.

The title and the pomp clearly indicate that they are treating him as a real empress.

……

On the other side, at Kunning Palace.

Ma Xiuying rubbed her Qingming acupoint, feeling that her body seemed to have lost some weight, but she did not feel the same pain as when she had been tormented by Zhu Shuang and Zhu Gang. Instead, she felt a heavy tightness in her chest.

Although the doors and windows of Kunning Palace were well-ventilated, the atmosphere around her felt incredibly heavy. Moreover, whenever he made a slight movement, it was as if countless eyes, both inside and outside the palace, were secretly watching her every move.

Let's not talk about things far away, just things nearby.

Su Qing'er and Sun Miaoran on her left and right sides stared at her as if she were looking at a heartless person, their gazes complex and resentful, as if she had done something to wrong them.

Upon realizing this, Ma Xiuying was startled, her pupils dilated, and her thoughts became completely chaotic.

I really didn't expect that.

This young man is so lustful; could it be that he has already ruined two young women?

But then she thought, no, how could a woman's body be "ruined"?

Moreover, even if Ma Wenxiang had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to do such a thing.

What happened then?

Ma Xiuying never liked to worry about other people's affairs, much less get caught up in the entanglements of those involved, so she asked directly, "What's wrong with you all?"

But as soon as she opened her mouth, Su Qing'er turned her head away, pouted her pink lips, and said to him in an annoyed tone, "Your Majesty, please don't talk to me. I don't want to talk to Your Majesty right now."

"When did Su Qing'er's temper become so big? Or has that brat spoiled her rotten?"

Ma Xiuying was a little confused for a moment.

Ma Xiuying called out to Sun Miaoran again, and Sun Miaoran sighed, holding her forehead: "Actually, Your Majesty has come to this point, so why say anything more? Between you and me, it's already self-evident."

Although she said a lot, Ma Xiuying didn't understand much of it, and the awkward feeling in her heart became even stronger.

"Have you two fallen into some kind of hysteria? Why are you spouting such nonsense?"

Ma Xiuying frowned, her tone stern.

Upon hearing this, Su Qing'er pouted and muttered under her breath, "It was clearly Her Majesty who said something inappropriate."

"Su Qing'er".

Ma Xiuying shouted sternly, "You dare to talk back?!"

"It's Your Majesty, it's Your Majesty who's in the wrong."

Su Qing'er had been holding back her anger for a long time, and now she let it all out at once.

But when she finished speaking and looked at her mistress again, that familiar look in her eyes, and the way she raised her hand to pick up the small bamboo stick on top of the cabinet, seemed so natural.

When he disciplined this ignorant little maid, his manner was something that no outsider could ever imitate.

"Smack."

With a crisp sound, the small bamboo stick whistled through the air and struck her shapely buttocks hard.

"Su Qing'er, when did you become so bold? You even dare to disobey Her Majesty's words. If you don't discipline her strictly now, won't she be out of control when she gets to her husband's family?"

"I think you need to be taught a lesson today."

Ma Xiuying shouted as she worked, her movements swift and decisive.

Upon seeing this, Sun Miaoran silently stepped back, her slender hands instinctively protecting her delicate bottom.

"It seems Her Majesty has returned; the person in front of us really looks like Her Majesty."

Sun Miaoran secretly rejoiced that she hadn't joined Su Qing'er in arguing earlier, otherwise she would be the one getting beaten up now.

can only say.

"Sister Qing'er, I'm so sorry."

"Your Majesty! Qing'er was wrong. Your Majesty, please don't hit me, it hurts so much!"

Su Qing'er begged for mercy loudly, but the small bamboo stick continued to strike her again and again.

Who told her to just turn against the Heavenly Gang, almost pointing at Ma Xiuying's face and cursing her out?

If this kind of thing isn't taught a lesson today, this little girl will become even more unruly tomorrow, and then she'll be even harder to discipline.

Within the vast Kunning Palace, only Su Qing'er's sobs soon filled the air: "Your Majesty! Qing'er truly knows she was wrong. She will never dare to do it again, never dare to do it again. Waaah..."

Unfortunately, this kind of pleading trick might work on Ma Wenxiang, but it won't work on Ma Xiuying.

We must still fight; the rules of the palace must never be disregarded.

"Your Majesty, Sister Miaoran also has her share..."

Su Qing'er lay on the low bed next to her, her small eyes almost swollen from crying, looking aggrieved, but she also knew that she had gone too far.

It was in this Kunning Palace that they were killed; if they were outside, their heads would have rolled long ago.

"If you say that again, I won't apply the medicine to you."

Sun Miaoran's simple words silenced Su Qing'er.

She was, after all, a lady-in-waiting of Kunning Palace. If the people below knew that she had been beaten like this by the Empress and was still crying and wailing, what prestige would she have left?

So, Su Qing'er silently wrote down this "grudge" in her little notebook.

She can't afford to offend the Empress, but she can't afford to offend you, Sun Miaoran?

Young girls have a lot on their minds.

……

At this moment, Ma Xiuying had no time to care about the two of them, sensing that something was amiss in the atmosphere within the palace.

She instinctively wanted to leave Kunning Palace and go outside to check the situation.

But as soon as she arrived outside Kunning Palace, people from the Imperial Guard Commandery came to greet her, bowing and saying, "Your Majesty, His Majesty has ordered that Your Majesty is not allowed to go out for the next few days."

"roll."

Ma Xiuying is not as easy to bully as Ma Wenxiang.

She was undoubtedly the mistress of the palace and the empress who ruled the world.

Ignoring the threats from the Imperial Guard Commander's Office Inspector, he continued walking outwards.

But the inspector followed closely behind, stopping her again: "Your Majesty, please return to the palace and do not make things difficult for me. I must obey His Majesty's decree."