Hongli didn't say anything. He managed to stay up until dark. He immediately got up and walked to Kunning Palace, followed closely by Wei Jingxuan and Sixi.
When we arrived at Kunning Palace, the moon had just climbed onto the treetops that had lost all their yellow leaves, shedding a cold silver glow, and the cold wind was roaring in the night.
The lights in Kunning Palace were dimly lit, trying to dispel the ubiquitous darkness. When the palace guard saw Hongli approaching, he quickly knelt down and saluted.
Hongli walked through the courtyard and came to the main hall. As soon as he entered, he saw a woman with her back to him. Hongli subconsciously called: "Mingyu..."
The woman moved and slowly turned around, but it was not the Fucha Mingyu that Hongli had imagined, but... Xianyue!
Hongli's expression changed continuously, and he calmed down after a while, and said in a cold voice: "Is it you? Why are you here?"
She had expected this to happen, but when she actually faced him, Xianyue still couldn't help being hurt by his indifference. She secretly took a breath, knelt down and said, "I have met the emperor, and the emperor is blessed."
Hongli looked at her indifferently and said again: "Why are you here?"
Xianyue slowly straightened up, faced his chilling gaze and said, "Is this concubine not even qualified to appear in the eyes of the emperor? If this is the case, I can leave immediately."
There was a trace of struggle in Hongli's eyes. As they passed each other, he took Xianyue's arm and said in a deep voice: "I don't mean that, but... I don't understand why you..."
Xianyue lowered her eyes at the hand on her arm and said in a deep voice: "I heard the rumors, so I wanted to come and have a look. I wonder if the Queen is really still lingering in Kunning Palace. I... really want to see her.
Meet her."
Hongli stared at her and said, "Don't you resent the queen so much? Why do you still come to see her?"
The corners of Xianyue's lips curved slightly and she said: "The person is gone, why should we still cling to the grudges and grudges we had during our lifetime? I have already let go of it long ago, but the emperor has never let it go."
Hongli let go of his hand and said coldly: "If I really let go, Yonghuang wouldn't have said those words that day."
"Yonghuang was reckless and contradicted the emperor because he felt sorry for me and was unwilling to suffer injustice. He regretted it very much afterwards. He..."
"That's enough!" Hongli interrupted her coldly, "Do you think I will forgive Yong Huang if you say this? He contradicted me and was disrespectful to the queen. His crime is unforgivable."
Xianyue expected that Hongli would have such a reaction, and immediately said: "Excuse me, I am brave, dare to ask the emperor, if someone scolds the queen mother, will you stand by and watch and do nothing?"
Hongli said without thinking: "Of course not."
"In this case, how can you ask Yong Huang to look on coldly? If Yong Huang doesn't have any filial piety, is he still worthy of being the emperor's son?"
Wei Jingxuan interjected: "Is the Imperial Concubine comparing herself to the Queen Mother?"
Xianyue's eyes flickered, and she stared at her coldly and said: "I am talking to the Emperor, when will it be your turn to interrupt as a palace servant?"
Wei Jingxuan looked at her for a moment, and when she was about to speak, Hongli tilted his head slightly and said, "Jingxuan, please step aside."
After Wei Jingxuan stepped aside as instructed, Hongli said indifferently: "I don't want to talk about Yonghuang anymore. If there is nothing else, the imperial concubine may kneel down and pay her respects."
Xianyue's lips moved, but she didn't say anything in the end, and retreated as she was told. She didn't know that when she turned to leave, Hongli also turned around, silently watching her leaving back until he couldn't help but
Goodbye, he just looked away, and the next moment, a heavy sigh escaped from his lips.
Wei Jingxuan moved a few steps forward and said cautiously: "Why does the emperor sigh?"
Hongli remained silent. Just when Wei Jingxuan thought he would not answer, a low voice sounded in her ears, "What she said was right. Although Yonghuang made a big mistake, it was because of his eagerness to protect his mother that he made a mistake.
Out of filial piety, I was a bit harsh on their mother and son; in fact... the person who should be blamed most is not Yonghuang, but me. If I hadn't forced the queen to death, nothing would have happened."
Wei Jingxuan heard the wavering in Hong Li's words, fearing that he would be soft-hearted towards Xiayue, so she immediately said: "The emperor is the emperor, how could he be wrong? My eldest brother..."
Hongli raised his hand to interrupt her, "The emperor is also a human being. As long as he is a human being, he will make mistakes, just like when I was young, I was killed because I believed in Hongli."
Wei Jingxuan lowered her eyes and said: "The emperor also said that you were still young at that time. Ten years ago, the late emperor handed over the Qing Dynasty to your hands because he believed that you would not make mistakes again. In any case, it is wrong for the eldest brother to disrespect the queen.
." Speaking of this, she
Suddenly he knelt down and said: "I know that I have a humble status. Whether I am the imperial concubine or the eldest brother, I am not the one to discuss. But when I think about my master's death, I will be criticized by others. I feel uncomfortable in my heart. I really can't bear it."
live."
Hongli said warmly: "I know, so I don't blame you. Get up." After that, he walked slowly in Kunning Palace with his hands behind his hands. During such a walk, he thought of his time with Mingyu, and also thought of
He reprimanded Yong Huang and others mercilessly that day.
In the end... was Yonghuang wrong, or was he too harsh?
After walking for an unknown amount of time, Hongli saw an unusually bright fire in the dim light. Sixi also saw it. At the same time, a piece of paper floated to their feet in the wind. Sixi picked it up and exclaimed in surprise.
: "Your Majesty, someone is burning paper money." It is forbidden to burn these things in the palace. Unexpectedly, someone secretly burned paper money in Kunning Palace.
Hongli quickened his pace and walked towards the light of the fire. As he got closer, he saw a little eunuch kneeling in the light of the fire with a stack of paper money in his hand. When he saw Hongli coming, he looked panicked and hurriedly handed over the remaining money.
Throwing all the paper money into the brazier, he quickly kowtowed to Hongli and said in a trembling voice: "I see you, Your Majesty. May Your Majesty be blessed with good fortune!"
Si Xi shouted sharply: "You are so brave. You dare to burn paper money in Kunning Palace. Do you know that this is a capital crime?"
The young eunuch said anxiously: "I acknowledge my guilt, but I do this because I hope the Queen can rest in peace as soon as possible and stop lingering."
Hongli's expression changed and he said eagerly: "Queen, have you seen the queen's soul?"
The little eunuch was too scared to speak, until Sixi urged him, he stammered: "Yes, slave... I have seen the queen's figure. She said that she... couldn't swallow the water in her throat, so
I can’t take the road to the afterlife!”
After listening to what he said, Sixi said: "You...were you the one who was found unconscious that day?"
The little eunuch raised his head and glanced at him, then quickly lowered his head and said, "If I say it to my father-in-law, he is just a slave."
Hongli asked: "What else did the queen say?"
The little eunuch swallowed his saliva and whispered: "The Queen just... just said that she couldn't embark on the road to death and it was very painful."