After spending three hours in the imperial study room, the royal ministers finally reached a consensus that the prince should not have a mother who killed the queen mother. Prince Rui finally offered a plan to avoid deposing the prince, but this must be done tonight.
, an announcement will be made to the court the next morning to stop Youyou's mouth.
When he left the imperial study, Eunuch Mu Ru hurriedly reported the matter. In a rage, he led people to Qingyu Palace.
Yuan Qingling's injury has been taken care of. Strictly speaking, there is no big problem with the injury, but the pain is inevitable.
Concubine Xian's hairpin was picked up and placed on the table. Emperor Ming Yuan glanced at it with an angry look. The hairpin was very familiar. He gave it to Concubine Xian, but the hairpin was polished to be very sharp. Was it polished?
With the hairpin on her bun, who is she trying to kill?
He ordered someone to look through it, only to find that almost all the hairpins in Concubine Xian's jewelry box had been polished to this sharp look.
Emperor Ming Yuan was already murderous, and he couldn't wait any longer. The princess's wedding was only eight days away, and he couldn't wait any longer.
However, Emperor Ming Yuan did not deal with Concubine Xian immediately. Instead, after appeasing the Crown Princess, he asked her to wait in the Qiankun Hall.
Emperor Ming Yuan punished Empress Chu and the imperial concubine, saying that they were ineffective in managing the harem. The power of co-managing the six palaces was temporarily handed over to Concubine De. They were not allowed to deal with any affairs in the harem for the time being. They knew that this was a small punishment but a big warning. The emperor
Knowing that they were innocent, they couldn't help cursing the concubine Xian for being implicated.
After Emperor Ming Yuan returned to the imperial study, he invited the patriarch of the Yuwen family, the Minister of Rites, and the chief minister of rites to come to the imperial study for an audience. He then ordered someone to invite the prince. After the prince entered the palace, he was ordered to wait in the Qiankun Hall.
Yu Wenhao didn't know that Yuan Qingling had entered the palace at all. It wasn't until someone from the palace came and asked him to come into the palace immediately that Man'er informed him of what the people in the palace had reported.
Yu Wenhao's heart tightened and he immediately rode into the palace.
Eunuch Mu Ru was waiting for him at the gate of the palace. When he saw him coming, he immediately invited him to the Qiankun Palace. He said that the princess was injured. Yu Wenhao ignored the rule in the palace that no horses were allowed to be beaten, so he grabbed the reins and ran inside.
They arrived at the Qiankun Hall without asking any questions along the way, and the eunuch who sent the message didn't tell them the specific situation.
Prince Anfeng and the Supreme Emperor were in the palace. The Supreme Emperor was squatting on the chair like a businessman, smoking his pipe and blowing out a smoke ring before saying: "Don't worry, I'm fine."
Prince Anfeng said: "It's inside, go in and take a look."
Yu Wenhao's eyes burned, and he quickly walked over, opened the curtain and entered the inner hall. When he saw Yuan Qingling lying on the Arhat bed, the clothes behind him were soaked in blood, he was so frightened that his heart almost stopped.
Yuan Qingling slowly stood up and was supported by him with one hand. He didn't dare to touch her. He didn't know if she had any other injuries besides her back.
Ah Si was already talking next to him, "Prince, don't worry, Sister Yuan's injuries are not very serious. They were all on her back. She was stabbed twelve times by Concubine Xian. There was a bit of bleeding, but her lungs and liver were not hurt, and she recovered."
good."
After hearing what Man'er said, Yu Wenhao had already guessed that Concubine Xian had done it. Now that Ah Si had said it himself, his eyes slowly darkened. He hugged Yuan Qingling and said hoarsely: "I'm sorry!"
Yuan Qingling said softly: "It has nothing to do with you, don't say you're sorry, I'm fine, don't make it look like I've been hurt too much."
Yu Wenhao slowly let go of her and looked at her eyes that were red and swollen from crying. He felt unspeakably uncomfortable in his heart. He didn't know what to say. All the sounds were stuck in his throat.
Yuan Qingling held his hand and said, "Did the father call you here?"
"Um!"
He nodded gently, "He said he would let me wait here for now, and he would announce something important later."
"It may be about deposing the crown prince. I heard from the queen that today my father convened a group of princes and ministers to discuss it."
Yu Wenhao nodded again, his eyes red, "Okay, we don't care about that."
Yuan Qingling sighed softly, "But... your mother and concubine, I'm afraid my father will not forgive her lightly."
Yu Wenhao held her hand and was speechless for a long time. She hurt the imperial grandmother, hurt her sister, and now she hurt Yuan Qingling. He was very angry and angry. He just wished he could never have any contact with her.
good.
However, he could not hate her when she was facing life or death.
He still felt very uncomfortable in his heart.
The two of them just sat holding each other's hands, neither of them speaking. They were thinking the same thing, but their words were pale.
Ah Si also went out, the light was taken away by the darkness, and the wind lamp slowly turned on outside, filtering in through the window.
After a while, Eunuch Chang personally brought the food and blood-tonifying soup to the palace, saying that it was for the Crown Princess.
Yuan Qingling didn't want to drink it, and Yu Wenhao couldn't eat it. However, in order to persuade Yuan Qingling to drink the soup, he put the food on the coffee table of the Luohan bed.
Both of their hands were trembling slightly, as if they were counting down the end of a person's life, and that person they both hated but had to care about.
Any disturbance outside the palace made them tremble with fear.
When You Qi heard the footsteps, he looked up almost reflexively, fearing that someone might come and declare that the emperor had given death to the virtuous concubine.
They all know that it will happen sooner or later, but their hearts are still hanging there.
"Since I was a child," Yu Wenhao put down his bowl and spoke slowly, "my mother and concubine have taught me to be respectful to my brothers and sisters and to respect my elders. Especially to the elders of the Su family, I should treat them as close relatives. My mother and concubine even taught me
In the future, I will share my worries for my father. My father likes his sons to be both civilized and martial, so she urges me to get up early in the morning to study and practice martial arts in the evening. When there is a war in the court, she immediately asks me to recommend myself to the battlefield. She says that I must achieve military exploits.
Only then can I be impressed by my father. My sense of responsibility for my family and country actually comes from my mother-in-law."
He gently flicked the flame of the candle with his hand and smiled sarcastically, "But I realized today that parents do not expect their children to become dragons or phoenixes one day, but only hope for a stable and smooth life, just like we do for them.
Desserts have the same expectations.
She asked me to perform military exploits and compete for the crown prince's position, but it was not for me, but for the Su family. Especially today, she actually held her biological daughter hostage to ask for grace for the Su family. How heartless and crazy is that?"
Yuan Qingling said softly: "She has lived for the Su family her whole life. She is actually very pitiful."
Yuan Qingling said this, but she didn't mean it. Is the Concubine Xian pitiful?
Maybe, but did the Su family force her?
No, she did it voluntarily.
In modern times, she has seen many people who were exploited by their mother's family and bought a house for their younger brother to marry a wife. They were all blackmailed by their original family with affection. But Concubine Xian was really not the case. After she entered the palace and became a concubine, what could the Su family order her?
Instead, I want to worship her and beg her.
Perhaps Concubine Xian likes to be a family hero from the bottom of her heart. She feels that single-handedly making the entire Su family take off is a great achievement and can be worshiped by the Su family forever.
Yu Wenhao's eyes were condensed, looking at the jumping light, he slowly closed his eyes and sighed deeply.