When Yong Lian's death was mentioned, Mingyu suddenly became extremely excited and said sharply: "I did not kill Yong Lian. It was your fault and Fucha Wanxiu's fault. It was you who killed Yong Lian!"
"That's enough!" Hongli interrupted their argument and said, "Queen, do you know your mistake?"
Mingyu bit her lip hard and said, "I know my mistake, please forgive me!"
Hongli stared at Mingyu with a gloomy expression, obviously thinking about how to deal with Mingyu. Xianyue was worried that Hongli could not bear to punish Mingyu severely, so she knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, you said before, but who committed the crime
, you will give justice to A Luo, please deal with the queen and Wei Jingxuan beside her according to the law!"
Wei Jingxuan, who had been trying her best to hide behind Mingyu, panicked when she heard what she said, and said quickly: "It's none of my business. I haven't done anything. Please tell me, Your Majesty!"
Hongli ignored her and just stared at Mingyu, fighting fiercely in his heart. How on earth was he going to deal with Mingyu?
Considering what Mingyu had committed, it would not be an exaggeration to even depose the empress. However, Mingyu was the queen he personally selected, and she was also the most important person in his heart. After deposing the empress...he could not bear to do so.
Thinking of this, he secretly took a breath and turned his gaze to Xia Peng, "How do you want me to give A Luo justice?"
Xianyue understood that he was asking her in disguise how to deal with Mingyu. Hongli was always cruel to Mingyu; but this time, even if Hongli wanted to complain, she would never let Mingyu go.
!
Xianyue kowtowed slowly, her voice calm and unshakable, she said, "I dare not lie, but the emperor breaks the law and the common people are guilty, and the queen should do the same."
Mingyu could hear the hatred for her in her words, and was afraid that Hongli would really deal with it according to the law, so she quickly said: "Your Majesty, I really know my mistake this time. Please forgive me once more!"
Hongli thought for a long time and ordered everyone to go out first, leaving Xianyue alone in the palace. Hongli walked up to Xianyue with his hands behind his back and said, "Is that okay with a year's salary and a year's grounding?"
Xianyue's heart sank and she said in a solemn voice: "Does the Emperor think that this punishment is enough to offset the crime committed by the Queen?"
"But she is the queen after all, and I have to take into account the face of the royal family!" Before Hongli finished speaking, Xianyue said sarcastically: "Is it because of the face of the royal family, or is it because the emperor simply cannot bear to deal with the queen!"
When she mentioned the central issue, Hongli sighed and said, "I know that you are very angry about A Luo, but what happened has already happened. No matter how much I punish the queen, it can't be changed."
"But at least I can give justice to A Luo." Before Hongli could say anything, she added: "This is also what the emperor promised. Jun Wu is joking. I hope the emperor can keep his promise!"
Xianyue's aggressiveness made Hongli feel unhappy, and said coldly: "Do you have to force me to depose the queen to be satisfied?"
Xianyue lowered her head and said: "I don't dare, but the queen... deserves it!"
Faced with Xianyue's unkind words, Hongli lowered his face and said, "If I am not dead, how will Concubine Xian be treated?"
Xianyue met his cold gaze and said word by word: "The late emperor chose the emperor to inherit the throne among all the princes because he believed that the emperor would be a wise monarch who would make the Qing Dynasty more prosperous.
But now that the emperor knows that the queen has made a mistake, he still wants to protect her, which is really not the behavior of a wise king. If the late emperor is alive and sees all this, he will definitely be disappointed."
Hongli's face became more and more gloomy, and he said coldly: "Concubine Xian, you have passed!"
Xianyue knelt down and said: "I know that I am guilty, and I am willing to let the emperor do whatever he wants. However, I cannot give in on the queen's issue!"
Hongli stared at her for a long time, then turned around with his sleeves turned away, his back to Xianyue and said: "My mind has been made up, you don't have to say it anymore!"
Xianyue stood up slowly while looking at his back, and said with a sneer: "The Emperor is really very affectionate towards the Queen, so much so that he is willing to bear the name of a faint king to cover up the mistakes she made."
Hongli felt guilty, but for the sake of Mingyu, he had to grit his teeth and said: "Whatever you say, this matter is over here. I will find a way to compensate him for A Luo."
"Compensation? How does the emperor want to compensate A Luo? Can you restore her innocence? Can you make her forget the miserable, helpless and humiliated days?" Before Hongli could speak, she shook her head sadly and said: "No.
, the emperor can only reward some external things, and these things, I will not want, and neither will Aluo!"
Hongli turned around, held her shoulders, and said: "Concubine Xian, can you forgive the queen one more time? Just treat it as... I am begging you!"
Hearing Hongli's words, Xianyue's eyes felt sour. Tears that had not appeared in these days rushed out. After the eye sockets were full, the remaining ones flowed down the corners of her eyes one drop after another.
Either it falls on the back of Hongli's hand, or it falls on the gold brick
Above all, without exception, they were all shattered into pieces. "Should I feel gratified that the king of a country can say the word 'please'? But I am not happy at all. On the contrary..."
She pointed to her chest and said, "It hurts here... it hurts so much!"
In Hongli's silence, Xianyue took a deep breath and choked up: "Every time... every time the queen makes a mistake, the emperor will be tolerant in every possible way. Even if you have wronged yourself, you will still protect the queen; but she has been considerate.
Is it your painstaking efforts? No, never. She only has herself in her heart, and all her joys, sorrows, and joys revolve around her. Neither you nor Yonglian is as important to her as herself.
; But even so, you still treat her, still... give her the deepest and heaviest love. I am so envious. Sometimes I think about it, if I can become a queen, even if I live ten years less, my life will be twenty years.
I am willing to do it every year." When she said this, she suddenly laughed, but even when she was laughing, her tears kept falling, like a butterfly with broken wings, falling into dust and unable to fly...
"But I know in my heart that even if I am willing to spend all the years of my life, I will not be able to become a queen; I am a concubine, and I can only be a concubine for the rest of my life!"
Hongli listened to her words silently, his chest filled with silent soreness and emotion. He hugged Xianyue into his arms and said with emotion: "I am very happy to have you treat me sincerely. I promise you, I will
I will always treat you well; after this incident is over, I will make you a noble concubine!"
Xianyue closed her eyes and said, "Your Majesty should know what this concubine wants?"
Hongli said eagerly: "Just this time, Xianyue, just this time, okay?"
"The Emperor loves Empress Zhong so much, how can he only tolerate her this time, so...I'm sorry!" After saying the last word, she held back her tears and forcibly withdrew from Hongli's arms, stepping back step by step, "Your Majesty.
I said that if I want to seek justice for A Luo, I must do it. I cannot allow A Luo to be humiliated in vain!"