In the heavy snow, a carriage left Xia Mansion at high speed.
"hurry up!"
In the car, Xia Shang repeated two words.
The coachman waved his whip quickly, but the horse could not run very fast under the heavy snow. The carriage behind was bumping and shaking, and it felt like it might roll over at any time.
Xia Shang was the only one in the car. At this time, Xia Shang's expression was cold and stern.
As a party involved, you can judge the reliability of the matter just by listening to the little maid briefly explain what happened.
Thinking about the beautiful but cunning woman before leaving Beijing a year ago, and the night when I was trapped in the palace on the line between life and death...
She said that she fell asleep with her in a daze.
But afterwards Xia Shang felt that he was the one who was slept with.
None of these things are important. What is important is that if a seed was really left that night, a child would really be born soon if we calculate the time.
In other words, everything the little maid said is very credible.
And she said Huairou would get rid of the child behind her back...
Xia Shang felt chills on his back just thinking about it.
This thing is also quite credible.
First of all, if this child is born and other people learn about his life and death, it will not be a problem for Xia Shang alone to lose his head, but the entire family will be implicated.
As the woman in charge of the family, Qin Huairou is also a woman who takes the overall situation into consideration. From her perspective, the best solution is to get rid of the child and die without evidence.
Even if it were him, Xia Shang felt that he would make the same decision as Qin Huairou.
Moreover, Liu Ruyan and Li Xiaoxin followed Qin Huairou. It was obvious that these women had united their opinions and were already taking action.
Xia Shang could understand these women's decisions, but he still couldn't calm down the sigh in his chest.
On such matters, women have women's opinions, and men have men's decisions.
In any case, the child is innocent. If his own safety depends on the life of his child, Xia Shanghui will live in a nightmare for the rest of his life.
Therefore, Xia Shang must not let such a thing happen.
The family has made preparations. As long as the child can be taken over, Xia Shang will immediately take the whole family to leave the capital. Don't worry about power and money. He will find an isolated place to live peacefully with the woman he likes.
Finish this life.
Such an ending might make Xia Shang feel a little unwilling, but when he thought about it carefully, his heart became lighter.
There is no need to worry about the struggle for power, and there is no need to worry about any masters. You just need to try your best to escape from this endless battle, and everything in the future will start again.
Half an hour later, the carriage finally arrived in front of the palace.
Xia Shang added a car, and his driver was waiting not far from the palace. Then he went to the palace guard and took out his badge.
"I am the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and I have something important to report to the Emperor."
The title of the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is still very important, and there would never have been any hindrance in the past.
But this time it was different. The guard said respectfully to Xia Shang: "My lord, I can't help but apologize today. The emperor once issued an oral order. In the past month, without the emperor's oral order, no one can be put into the palace. Even if you are
Neither can the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate."
Xia Shang frowned: "This matter is of great importance. If it is delayed, even the heads of the whole family will not be enough!"
"I hope you will forgive me. If we let people in like this, we will really bring harm to our family."
Seeing that these guards refused to give in, Xia Shang really got into trouble.
What Xia Shang came to the palace to do cannot be publicized. If he caused trouble here, I'm afraid his family and children would be in greater danger.
So it’s impossible to do it hard!
Xia Shang thought for a while and prepared to bribe several guards, but the result was the same.
Just when Xia Shang didn't know what was wrong, a group of people came out from the palace.
The leader seems to be the newly promoted imperial eunuch.
The father-in-law was stunned as soon as he met Xia Shang, and then he said with a smile on his face: "Hey! Isn't this the first master?"
Xia Shang looked puzzled and handed him over.
"I never thought that there would be such a coincidence in this world! Our family was waiting for Mr. Xuan Xia to enter the palace. Unexpectedly, Mr. Xia was waiting at the door. It seems that Mr. Xia and the emperor really have a good understanding!"
Hearing what he said, Xia Shang was stunned.
Before Xia Shang could recover, his father-in-law came up and made an invitation gesture: "Master Xia, what are you waiting for? Come with our family to meet the emperor."
"The emperor really summoned the subordinates?"
"Can it be false? Although there is no imperial edict, our family does not dare to speak nonsense of the emperor's oral instructions."
Xia Shang's thoughts were a little confused. He didn't know why the emperor summoned him at this time. He couldn't care about that much at the moment, so he just followed.
The father-in-law entered the palace.
Although the palace has come in, the problems faced by Xia and Shang have not yet been solved.
Xia Shang came to the palace to find Qin Huairou and the others to see what they were doing.
If you want to find them, you have to go alone. You must go to see the queen. Xia Shang wants to ask her personally what is going on.
Xia Shang can ignore this woman, but if she really has her own flesh and blood in her belly, he will help her give birth to the child no matter what, and then discuss who should raise the child.
But now Xia Shang was trapped by someone and couldn't get out.
And because of the sudden incident, Xia Shang went to the palace alone without any helpers.
In desperation, Xia Shang could only follow his father-in-law to see the emperor first, and then find an opportunity to escape.
But now when he saw the emperor, there was something else that made Xia Shang very uneasy.
Did the emperor summon him because there were more and more people in the capital and some measures had to be taken, or because the emperor knew about the queen's pregnancy?
If it was the latter, Xia and Shang's trip would have been a bit dangerous.
Xia Shang was in a daze, and he arrived in front of the Jinluan Palace after an unknown amount of time.
The accompanying father-in-law had no intention of entering together and made an invitation gesture to Xia Shang.
"Sir, please come inside. The Emperor is inside."
Xia Shang nodded and stepped into the Jinluan Palace anxiously.
The magnificent Jinluan Palace was empty except for an old man lying on his side on a high dragon chair.
The old man was wearing gold silk casual clothes and taking a nap with his eyes squinted. He looked a little older than before, with more wrinkles and age spots on his face.
"I will join you, Your Majesty." Xia Shang shouted to His Highness.
The emperor above did not seem to wake up.
Xia Shang wanted to leave early, so he raised his voice and shouted again.
At this time, the emperor finally sat up with his eyes wide open and looked at Xia Shang below with some surprise: "Huh? Did I oversleep?"
"Just now, the official was outside the palace and happened to meet the father-in-law who was summoned, so he came a little early."
"Oh oh oh..." The emperor responded casually, rubbing his eyes, his voice was weak, maybe due to his health, but it lacked the majesty of the past and looked more like an ordinary old man, "I am here to give you a gift today.
Errand."
Errand?
When Xia Shang heard this, he felt at ease, at least the emperor had not known about the queen's affairs.