Mingyu said gently: "It's up to you. I'll leave two palace servants waiting outside. Remember to come back early before it's too late. You still have unfinished homework!"
Yong Lian said quickly: "I know, I would like to thank you, Queen Mother."
After Mingyu left, Xianyue beckoned Yonglian to come closer, caressed his cheek and said, "Second brother, did you really see me arguing with Concubine Hui?"
Before Yonglian could speak, Qi Kuan knelt down and said, "My slave is guilty, please forgive me, Master."
Xianyue looked at him in surprise and said, "What happened?"
Yonglian said softly: "Mother, actually I didn't see anything. After feeding the cat, I played in the imperial garden for a while and then went back. I never went to Jie Lin. Everything I said just now was all a lie."
Although Xianyue always felt that Yonglian appeared too soon and something was wrong, she never expected that it turned out to be a lie.
Qi Kuan knelt down and said: "After the master was sent to Jingren Palace, the servant knew that the situation would be very unfavorable to the master. The only thing that could help the master reverse the situation was to find witnesses. Unfortunately, no one else passed by Jie Lin at that time.
.So, there is only one way before the servant, and that is to find someone to give perjury. But time is tight, and the servant has no time to bribe the palace man, and what the palace man says may not be trustworthy."
Xianyue said expressionlessly: "So you finally found the second elder brother?"
Qi Kuan nodded and said: "Yes. The second elder brother has a distinguished status and is young. No one thinks that he can lie. With the second elder brother coming forward, he can definitely restore his innocence to the master."
Xianyue stared at him and said: "Qi Kuan, do you know how risky it is to do this? Fortunately, no one asked just now who had been to Kunning Palace to find the second elder brother. If they had asked, do you think you can still stand here now?
Is it? Not only you, but also the second elder brother will be implicated!"
Qi Kuan did not dare to raise his head and whispered: "I know it is dangerous to do this, but if I don't do it, my master will suffer unjust injustice."
Yong Lian looked at Qi Kuan who was kneeling on the ground and couldn't bear to say: "Mother, please don't blame Qi Kuan. He wants to help me, and he has good intentions!"
Xianyue didn't really blame Qi Kuan. On the contrary, she was very grateful for everything Qi Kuan had done for her. If Qi Kuan hadn't found Yong Lian as a "witness" in a hurry, she would have been banished to the cold palace.
"For the sake of the second elder brother interceding for you, get up." Following Xianyue's words, Qi Kuan thanked him and stood up. However, what happened next made him stunned. Xianyue actually stood up and bowed towards him.
Salute with sleeves.
Qi Kuan quickly stepped aside and stammered: "Master, you...you...what are you doing? This slave can't stand it!"
"No, you can bear it!" Xianyue said sternly: "I have always been clear about grudges. I scolded you before because you took it upon yourself to go to the second elder brother to give false testimony. Once the incident happened, the implication would be very big; now I am scolding you.
This gift is to thank you for clearing my grievances and allowing me to be safe and sound."
Qi Kuan quickly waved his hand and said: "All this is what a slave should do. I have always kept in mind the word loyalty that my master said when he first came to Yanxi Palace."
"Okay!" Xianyue looked slightly excited. In the past few months since entering the palace, Qi Kuan can be said to be her biggest gain. In addition to A Luo, she will have one more person available in the future.
After talking to Qi Kuan, Xianyue knelt down and said to Yong Lian: "Why do you listen to Qi Kuan and help me lie? Aren't you afraid that once the lie is exposed, your emperor will blame you?"
Yong Lian tilted his head and thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid, but Yong Lian is even more afraid that he won't be able to see your empress in the future."
Xianyue was startled and then said: "What if Qi Kuan lied to you? Maybe I really harmed Concubine Hui's unborn child."
Before Xianyue finished speaking, Yonglian shook his head vigorously and said in an unusually firm tone: "No, Yonglian believes that the queen is a good person, and the queen must have been wronged."
Xianyue stared at those innocent eyes, where she read trust and dependence for the first time. The next moment, her chest seemed to be blocked by something, and she was so uncomfortable that she could not speak.
Seeing that Xianyue kept staring at him without saying a word, Yonglian couldn't help but said: "Empress, what's wrong with you?"
Xianyue quickly shook her head and said: "It's okay, I'm okay." As she said this, tears fell down, one drop after another.
Yonglian quickly stretched out his little hand to wipe away Xianyue's tears, "Mother, don't cry. Yonglian will feel uncomfortable if you cry. It's okay. If anything happens to you in the future, Yonglian will help you and protect you. Don't worry.
Is it okay to cry?"
"Okay, I won't cry! I won't cry!" Xianyue said while hugging Yonglian, her mood has never been as complicated as it is now.
It's really unfair that God gave all the good things to Fucha Mingyu, his mother's identity in the world, the man who loved her deeply and... such a sensible and intelligent son.
She should hate the child in her arms. If it weren't for him and his empress, she might not have been secretly betrayed by Hongli, and she wouldn't have had no heirs for many years. However, she can't hate it now. Her previous decisions and beliefs
, is gradually collapsing and disintegrating...
After hugging her like this for a long time, Xianyue finally made an extremely difficult decision, which would affect the path she takes in the future.
Yonglian, you saved my life, and in return, I will protect you in this life and not let anyone hurt you!
After making this decision, Xianyue felt indescribably relaxed. She loosened her hands and said gently: "Yonglian, would you like to call me aunt from now on?"
Yonglian called out without thinking, "Auntie!"
"So good!" Xianyue gently stroked Yonglian's head and said, "My aunt has something to tell you. You must remember it firmly."
After Yonglian nodded, she said: "I have indeed never harmed Concubine Hui or the dragon fetus in her belly. This time, although you lied, you were not wrong. But this is just this time, don't do it again in the future.
Trust others easily, remember?"
"I remember, but Yonglian doesn't understand why we can't trust people easily?" Faced with Yonglian's doubts, Xianyue smiled and said, "Because not everyone in this palace is a good person, such as Concubine Hui,
She framed me, do you think she is a good person?"
Mentioning the Gao family, Yong Lian said angrily: "She harmed my aunt, she is a bad person, Yong Lian doesn't like her!"
"That's it. There are good people and bad people in this world. If you believe in the bad people, wouldn't it mean that you are helping them do bad things?" Hearing what Xianyue said, Yonglian nodded quickly, "I understand. From now on, I will only believe in the emperor."
Amma, Huang's mother and my aunt are three of them."
"Be good." After Xianyue warned Yong Lian a few more words, she asked the palace servants to take him back to Kunning Palace. Looking at Yong Lian's small back, A Luo said softly: "Master, what do you mean to the second elder brother...