Chapter 264 I can’t stand you alone
However, Xiao Ce shook off Qin Zhao's hand and kowtowed to the emperor several times: "If the father severely punishes the imperial concubine, the sons and ministers will not be able to kneel down!"
"Are you forcing me?!" The emperor's face looked very ugly.
"My son, I am here to eliminate harm for the people and the harem. The reason why the imperial concubine has become as willful and reckless as she is today is the result of my father's connivance." Xiao Ce knelt down straight on the ground and looked directly at the emperor.
Under Xiao Ce's gaze, the emperor smiled angrily: "Okay, very good, are you going to ruin the father-son relationship with me because of the Qin family?"
"Is it possible that the father wants to destroy the good father and emperor in the eyes of his sons for the sake of a vicious and arrogant concubine?" Xiao Ce asked back.
The emperor was so angry that he picked up the teacup on the table and threw it at Xiao Ce.
Xiao Ce did not dodge, but was thrown away by the teacup, which hit him on the forehead.
For a moment, tea and blood slipped from Xiao Ce's forehead, but he still knelt straight and looked directly at the emperor: "My son, I ask my father to execute the imperial concubine to eliminate harm for the people!"
When Qin Zhao saw that what had happened, he was heartbroken and knelt down in front of the emperor: "The imperial concubine despises the East Palace and does not take His Highness in her eyes, which means she does not take the imperial power in her eyes. The imperial concubine has no respect for the king and is arrogant and vicious.
I beg the emperor to execute the imperial concubine and bring justice to the Eastern Palace!"
When Baozhu and Baoyuan saw this, they also knelt down at the same time.
Concubine Wu looked sharply at Qin Zhao, but Qin Zhao never gave her a look.
She looked at the emperor again and found that his eyes were cold and he had not looked at her at all, as if he was hesitating whether to kill her or not.
Her heart went cold, and she hugged the emperor's legs and cried for mercy: "Your Majesty, no matter how many concubines I have, considering that I have served the emperor for many years, the emperor is really reluctant to spare my life.
Leave the Emperor..."
The emperor looked at Concubine Wu with blurred eyes and thought of the favor he had shown her over the years, but he still could not issue the order to kill her.
Even though he knew that Concubine Wu's crime was unpardonable this time, he still couldn't bear to kill her.
"From now on, Concubine Wu will be thrown into the cold palace!" The emperor looked at Xiao Ce again: "Prince, this matter ends here, don't push me anymore."
Xiao Ce wanted to say something when he saw the decadent emperor. When he saw the white hair on the emperor's temples, he finally chose to give in: "I obey the decree!"
The emperor in front of him is not only an emperor, but also his father, and his father is old...
The moment he stepped out of the Yangxin Hall, Xiao Ce looked at Qin Zhao, who was silent beside him: "I can't stand you alone."
She suffered this disaster, but he couldn't even seek justice for her.
Qin Zhao hurriedly replied: "It's nothing. Your Highness has done enough, and he saved me again today. I think, as long as I'm still alive, everything else doesn't matter."
Of course she knew Xiao Ce's difficulties. Although he was the prince, the person who really made the decision now was not him, but the emperor.
Concubine Wu was the emperor's favorite concubine, and the emperor was reluctant to kill Concubine Wu, so Concubine Wu could come back again and again.
This time, Concubine Wu was thrown into the cold palace, but her title was not revoked. As long as Concubine Wu used some cruel tactics against the emperor, the emperor would relent.
In addition, the Empress Dowager is about to return to the palace, and she always dotes on Concubine Wu. If she knew that Concubine Wu was thrown into the cold palace because of her, the Empress Dowager would not have a good impression of her, and might even make excuses to embarrass her.
Thinking about it this way, she felt that her life in the future would not be too easy.
Xiao Ce held her hand and said nothing more.
When Qin Zhao returned to Wangyueju, the sky was already dark.
Xiao Ce took the ointment and wiped the scar on Qin Zhao's neck. With such a deep mark, we know she must have been in pain and scared at the time, right?
"Just say it if it hurts." Seeing Qin Zhao's silence, Xiao Ce thought he moved too much when applying the medicine.
Qin Zhao smiled: "It doesn't hurt at all."
Looking at her smiling face, Xiao Ce asked again: "Are you hungry?"
Qin Zhao replied quickly: "I'm not hungry at all..."
As soon as she finished speaking, her stomach started to sing a little song uncooperatively.
She was a little embarrassed for a moment, but in the end she was thick-skinned and said calmly: "Actually, a little bit, but seeing that His Highness seems to enjoy applying the medicine on me, I can't bear to deprive His Highness of the pleasure of applying the medicine."
Her words caused Xiao Ce to get angry.
Perhaps because of fear, Qin Zhao felt that she was starving to death. She ate two bowls of rice before she felt full. On the other hand, Xiao Ce looked very worried, probably still worried about not being able to kill Concubine Wu.
"It's a good thing that Concubine Wu has been thrown into the cold palace. There will be opportunities to deal with her in the future. There is no need for Your Highness to be deprived of food for Concubine Wu. It's not worth it." Qin Zhao said as he handed Xiao Ce the food, with rare tenderness: "Your Highness just now.
I didn’t use my chopsticks and just ate some."
Xiao Ce looked at her gentle eyebrows and his heart suddenly calmed down, and then he also had an appetite.
That night, Xiao Ce stayed overnight at Wangyue.
Qin Zhao was puzzled when he saw this: "Didn't His Highness want to 'alienate' me? If His Highness spent the night here, wouldn't everything in the past be in vain?"
"I'm here to accompany you tonight, you don't need to say anything." Xiao Ce opened his lips indifferently.
Seeing his resolute attitude, Qin Zhao knew that he would not change his mind, so he stopped wasting his words.
After taking a bath, she passively leaned in Xiao Ce's arms. Although Xiao Ce didn't say anything, she knew that Xiao Ce felt so guilty that he decided to stay at Wangyue Residence to spend the night with her.
"The reason why I came late today is because I was in Wangqiu Pavilion at the time and didn't know that Baoyu was looking for Gu. Wu Liangyuan said she had something to tell Gu and asked Gu to go to Wangqiu Pavilion, but after Gu left, Wu Liangyuan didn't say anything
It was something important. I felt something was wrong at that time. It was precisely because of this delay that you were tortured like this." Xiao Ce felt that it was necessary to explain to Qin Zhao the reason for his late arrival.
Qin Zhao suddenly realized: "It seems that Wu Liangyuan also knew Concubine Wu's plan to deal with me, so she deliberately delayed His Highness. However, I always believed that Your Highness would come to the Royal Garden in time, so I was not afraid at all at that time."
She herself also delayed a lot of time on her way to the Royal Garden.
She calculated that Concubine Wu would deal with her in the Royal Garden, but she was so concentrating that she actually joined forces with Concubine Wu while Wu Xiyu was banned.
Even though she was lucky, Xiao Ce rushed over in time and saved her life at the critical moment.
"It's not just Concubine Wu who is vicious, Wu Liangyuan is also too generous. It's Gu who underestimated the Wu family." Xiao Ce's eyes were cold.
Qin Zhao got out of his arms and met his cold eyes.
Xiao Ce realized that he had lost his composure. He quickly calmed down all his anger and touched Qin Zhao's hair: "You must be tired. Go to sleep."
"Your Highness will have an early morning court meeting tomorrow and go to bed early. Today's events are over. I think it is a good thing that Concubine Wu was thrown into the cold palace. At least after being thrown into the cold palace, Concubine Wu will not be able to cause trouble in the harem."
(End of chapter)
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