Xianyue did not tell Xia Qing about Xin Bin. She was too emotional right now. If she knew about the fate of Xin Bin and Yongxuan, she would probably do something stupid. She would wait until Xia Qing calmed down a bit.
They spent that night in the paddock. The next morning, the palace people had packed up the things in the palace and set off back to the palace. Along the way, Xia Qing guarded Yongxuan's coffin, but the situation was better than last night.
, at least willing to eat something.
After a day's journey, he returned to the Forbidden City before sunset. As soon as Hongli returned to the Yangxin Hall, before he could make arrangements for Yongxuan, someone from the palace came to report that the steward of Guangxiu Garden was outside asking for an audience.
Hongli frowned and said, "What is he here for?"
"I don't know, but Butler Zhao only said it was an urgent matter." Seeing the palace servant say this, Hongli pinched the bridge of his nose and said tiredly: "Call him in."
Shortly after the palace maids left, Butler Zhao walked in, knelt down with fear on his face and said, "This slave is guilty, please punish me!"
His words made Hongli's heart sink, and he said coldly: "What happened?"
Butler Zhao said in a trembling voice: "Madam...she knows about the Wei family."
"What?" Hongli stood up suddenly, stared at him and said, "Didn't I tell you not to allow anyone in Guangxiu Garden to discuss this matter? How did she know about it?"
Butler Zhao said with a bitter face: "I don't know this either. I clearly followed the emperor's instructions and issued a ban, and no one else is allowed to enter Guangxiu Garden. I really don't understand how the lady knows."
Hongli snorted coldly and said, "Did Wei Xiuyan ask you to come?"
Butler Zhao glanced at him cautiously and said, "Yes, Madam said she wanted to see the Emperor."
Hongli thought for a while and said, "Go back and tell him that I have something to do now and will go see her in a few days."
"My lady said... if she can't see the emperor before dark today, she will... just..." Butler Zhao said bravely: "Abort the fetus!"
As soon as he said this, Hongli's expression changed with horror, and he shouted with a hint of fear: "She dares!"
The child in Wei Xiuyan's belly was the only hope to save Yongxuan, especially after Yongxuan's accident and what Tang Qizhang said again, this child was the top priority and must not be lost; so when he heard
When I said that, I suddenly broke into a cold sweat.
"I have tried to persuade you a lot, but your attitude is very firm. I really have no choice but to..." Before he could finish his words, Hongli said: "Xiaowu, prepare your horses immediately. I am going to Guangxiu Garden."
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Xiao Wu responded, and said a little embarrassedly: "The funeral of Brother Eleven..."
Hongli thought about it and said, "You stay and go to Kunning Palace to tell the queen and ask her to take charge of this matter. I will come back as soon as possible."
"Hey." Xiaowu followed the instructions and went down to make arrangements. As soon as the horses were ready, Hongli immediately rode straight to Guangxiu Garden, with his guards following behind. After galloping for nearly half an hour, he finally managed to ride the horse just before it got dark.
Kan rushed to Guangxiu Garden, and after ordering the guards to guard the outside of the garden, he quickly walked in.
As soon as he stepped into the front hall, he saw Wei Xiuyan sitting in a chair, holding a bowl of dark concoction and about to drink it. Seeing this, Hongli rushed up and knocked the concoction out of her hand, growling.
: "Why are you crazy?!"
Wei Xiuyan looked at Hongli with an indifferent expression, "Are you finally willing to come see me?"
Hongli took a breath, stared at her and said, "I came here as soon as I found out about this. Are you crazy? You actually want to kill your own child?!"
Facing his gaze, Wei Xiuyan slowly stood up. Her face, which was extremely thin due to the shame, was filled with endless grief and sorrow, "Yes, I am crazy. I am so crazy that I actually gave birth to a child for a person who killed my whole family!"
"As she spoke, she stared down at her protruding belly, shook her head and said, "He shouldn't have come to this world at all!"
Hongli gritted his teeth and said: "He is my child. Whether he lives or dies is not up to you to decide!"
"Why not?" Wei Xiuyan said coldly: "He is in my belly, and I have countless ways to kill him!"
Hongli stared at her with a gloomy expression for a long time, and then said in a cold voice: "If you dare to do this, I will make you regret living in this world!"
"I regret it so much now!" As these words blurted out, tears continued to drip from her eyes like broken pearls, "You said you would let them live, and I believed you.
What did you get in exchange? It was your deception, your lie! Hongli, you are the emperor, how could you not keep your word? You even...you let Butler Zhao and the others hide it from me and trick me around!
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Hongli said expressionlessly: "They have committed too many wrong things and their crimes are unforgivable. The reason why they hide it from you is for your own good. I don't want you to feel sad about it!"
"For my own good?" Wei Xiuyan chuckled and said sarcastically: "In that case, do I still want to thank you for everything you have done, Your Majesty?!"
Hongli said coldly: "I know you feel sad, but the situation has come to this. No matter what you do, they can't survive. Besides, as far as I know, they are not good to you."
"No matter how bad they are, they are still my family, the parents who gave birth to me and raised me. Now..." Wei Xiuyan stared at Hongli angrily and said, "But you have killed them all."
"I said that they deserved what they deserved!" Before she finished speaking, Wei Xiuyan said: "If you really thought that their crimes were unpardonable, you shouldn't have promised me in the first place. If you go back on your word, what kind of king are you?" After a moment,
She added: "Also
I, my surname is Wei, and I deserve it, why don't you kill me? Kill me! You killed me too, and completely wiped out the Wei family!" When she got excited, she clenched her fist tightly.
Wearing Hongli's clothes, his expression was indescribably ferocious.
Hongli pulled her hand down and said: "You are like this now. No matter what I say, you can't listen. I will accompany you in to rest. If you have anything to say, we can wait until tomorrow."
Wei Xiuyan shook his hand away hard, shook her head and said, "I have nothing to say to you. Now, either you kill me, or... I kill this child!" As she said that, she raised her hand,
Hongli grabbed him and twitched his cheeks and said, "Wei Xiuyan, you have to go against me, don't you?"
Wei Xiuyan gritted her teeth and said, "Yes!"
"You!" Hongli was so angry that he couldn't speak. If he hadn't cared about the child in Wei Xiuyan's belly, he would have killed her long ago. After a long time, he suppressed his anger and said: "The Wei family's matter is indeed my fault.
I lied to you, but the child is innocent, and you should not be angry with him; these days, he has grown up slowly in your belly, sharing the joys and sorrows with you, and you really have the heart to kill him and deprive him