Duotong quickly knelt down and lay on the ground: "I don't dare."
"It's okay if you don't dare. Take him away. I don't want to see him again." After saying that, I turned around to prove my determination that I didn't want to see him.
Duotong has no choice, because I am the king and he is the guard. Although he is the leader of the dark palace, he still cannot disobey the king.
"What are you doing standing here? Your Majesty's decree is to let you go, so why don't you thank me!" Duotong said with a bad breath.
I don't have to look back to know what Yan Xitong's expression will be. He must be particularly disdainful. That's fine... In fact, I should have studied hard with Pei Yuan and not gotten close to anyone else. In that case, anyone's life or death would be at stake for me.
I won't keep it in my heart, and I won't be so embarrassed, afraid of letting this person down or hurting that person.
But who knew that during these times, the one I hurt the most was myself.
Not wanting to be hurt is just an excuse to escape, and fear of letting down is just because you are too weak and cannot bear the expectations of others.
I slowly sat on Xia Yan's dragon chair and looked at the empty space below.
Suddenly I understood a truth.
Blind kindness and honesty will only be swallowed up by the strong. Even if I am the queen of Xia State, I am still under Xia Yan and will always obey his orders, whether it is right or wrong.
Duotong is back. He is Xia Yan's most capable subordinate. From what I understand, Xia Yan seems to have never spoken to him as harshly as I did today. Duotong is still young after all, and he looked aggrieved when he came back.
"Your Majesty, the former king has left."
"Duotong, how long have you been with me?" I asked slowly.
Duotong was stunned for a moment, and raised his head in astonishment, his eyes full of confusion, but he soon recovered and replied in a deep voice: "It has been twelve years, Your Majesty."
I nodded with satisfaction: "Perhaps I am upset because of the disappearance of the queen and princess. Please go and deliver the order. I will not go to court for the next two days. I will go to court in three days to discuss matters."
Duotong heard the comfort in my tone and said with tears of gratitude: "Your Majesty, don't worry, we will do our best to find the whereabouts of the queen and the little princess."
Then I really want to thank you.
"Well, you go down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for forgiving Duotong for his mistake just now."
Looking at Duotong's leaving figure, I said softly in my heart, in fact, I should thank you, Duotong, it is you who made me understand a truth, no matter how sincere you are, as long as you are of low status, you will always be lying on the ground.
At the feet of the emperor.
Yan Xitong's departure caused quite a stir in the court, but since I didn't go to court, everyone just talked about it and didn't bother me.
Because they knew that the missing queen and princess were more important than Yan Xitong.
I declined anyone's visit and locked myself in Panlong Palace to wait. I was waiting for a complete exchange with Xia Yan, and I left this huge mess to him to clean up.
"King Rui, King Rui, you can't go in." There was an argument at the door, and even the sound of fighting.
I was in a bad mood, so I stood up and asked sharply: "What's going on?"
Xiao Guozi hurriedly said: "Reporting to the king, it's King Rui... King Rui heard that after the king let Yan Xitong go, he was furious and kept clamoring to see the king. Now the minions are stopping him."
"Then stop her!"
"Xia Yan, come out." Rui Xueji's high-pitched voice reached my ears.
