"I know, so I still want to ask my father for mercy." Murong Xuanji seemed to have expected the emperor to say this, and calmly responded, "I hope that my father can release the eighth prince from the imperial concubine's bedroom." ”

"The Eighth Prince?" The emperor's expression was slightly surprised, but the surprise was not that the eighth prince was under house arrest by the imperial concubine, but that he was surprised how Murong Xuanji could make such a request to him.

"Although my father didn't say it, I think there is nothing in the entire capital that can be hidden from my father, especially the things in the harem, the eighth prince was placed under house arrest by the imperial concubine in this harem, I am afraid that the reason why the father didn't say it was just that there was no need to meddle in this matter, and I also believe that the imperial concubine must have her reasons for doing this." Murong Xuanji said calmly, and suddenly changed his words, "But Father, the situation is different now, and there is no one else in the court who can help the Nine Emperors except the Eighth Prince." ”

"How can you be sure that only the Eighth Emperor can help the Nine Emperors?" The emperor asked with some confusion.

"The Eighth Emperor and the Ninth Emperor are like brothers, in this palace, the brothers may not have as deep feelings as the two of them, so as long as the father and the emperor transfer the Eighth Emperor out of the capital, in fact, let the Eighth Emperor secretly look for the Nine Emperors, then no one will be suspicious, not to mention that the Eighth Emperor has asked his father to leave Beijing before, and this time he was placed under house arrest by the Imperial Concubine in the harem, as long as the father and the emperor made a holy decree, then everyone thought that the father just fulfilled the wish of the Eighth Emperor."

"Looks like you've thought things through." The emperor looked at Murong Xuanji and said, the expression on his face couldn't tell whether it was praise or ridicule, but at this time, Murong Xuanji didn't care what the emperor thought of him, as long as he could agree to his request and find Xuanyuan Hao, even if she was punished by the emperor, she would be willing.

"Father, please don't hesitate any longer, the Nine Emperors are still waiting for us to find him." Murong Xuanji urged the emperor eagerly. "Father, even if it is for the sake of Concubine Huangli's affection, please save the Nine Emperor Princes."

"You go back first." The emperor did not immediately agree to Murong Xuanji, and ordered someone to send her away and stayed in the house for a long time, and his eyes inadvertently saw the portrait of Huang Lifei, I don't know why when he saw the portrait of Huang Lifei today, the emperor felt that she didn't want to smile so gently as before, but there was a faint worry in her eyes. The emperor suddenly stood up and walked outside.

"Master, the emperor is coming this way." Mama hurriedly ran into the house and told the Imperial Concubine, "What should I do?" ”

Concubine Huangxian pondered for a moment, and asked with some puzzlement: "The emperor has not come to me for a long time, is it because of the Eighth Prince's business that he suddenly came here today?" What is the emperor's expression? Do you look angry? ”

"The slave didn't look closely, but when she saw the emperor coming over here, she hurried in to tell you." Mama said worriedly: "What if the emperor really came for the Eighth Prince?" Will you blame the master? ”

Concubine Huangxian took a deep breath, calmed down and said, "The matter has come to this point, it's useless to worry, let's go out to meet the emperor." Concubine Huangxian glanced outside, and then went out to greet the emperor with firm steps.

"There's no need to be polite, I'm also idle to talk to you." Seeing that Concubine Huangxian wanted to ask for peace, the emperor immediately excused her and walked into the house first.

Concubine Huangxian waited until the servant had served tea before waving her hand to the grandmother and asking her to keep the other people in the room before she asked bluntly: "The emperor came today, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as wanting to chat with the concubine." The emperor is here for the Eighth Prince? ”

"Yes!" Since Concubine Huangxian spoke, the emperor did not deny it, the smile on his face faded, and he looked at Concubine Huangxian seriously and asked, "How long do you plan to put the Eighth Prince under house arrest?" He is not only your son, but also my son, and my courtier, and I can't help but ask. I didn't ask before, out of respect for you, although I don't know what happened between you, but I also hope that you can solve the problem between you and him as soon as possible, but it doesn't seem to work, so I can't ignore it anymore. ”

"Your Majesty, the concubines are doing this not only for the good of the Eighth Prince, but also for the good of the Emperor and the entire royal family." The imperial concubine also looked at the emperor with a serious face and said: "The concubine knows that there are some things that she can't hide from the emperor, so since the emperor is here today, then the concubine will say everything, the eighth prince likes a girl, but this girl is not satisfied with the concubine, especially her identity is very different from the eighth prince, so the concubine tried her best to stop it." ”

"So that's it?" The emperor suddenly came to his senses, and somewhat understood the reason for Xuanyuan Jue's abnormality before, but now is not the time to care about this matter, thinking of Xuanyuan Hao, the emperor once again said with a cold expression: "You go and ask someone to call the Eighth Prince, I have something to tell him." ”

Concubine Huangxian hesitated for a moment, but finally got up and walked outside, explained a few words to the servants outside and walked back again, seeing the emperor's thoughtful appearance, she asked a little tentatively: "I don't know what the emperor wants to talk about with the eighth prince?" ”

The emperor did not answer the words of the imperial concubine, but asked other questions: "The eighth prince knows that there is a world of difference between him and that girl's identity and still likes it so much and does not give up, so why doesn't the imperial concubine take a step back, it is very common for men to have three wives and four concubines, so it is not enough to take that woman back to the mansion as a bedchamber, why bother to get into such a situation as incompatible with the eighth prince?" ”

Concubine Huangxian wanted to tell the emperor that Xuanyuan Jue wanted to marry Baoqing, but she was worried that saying it would cause the emperor's anger, although Xuanyuan Jue broke her heart, but after all, it was her own son, and Concubine Huangxian still couldn't bear it.

"It's the concubine's love for the son, even if it's a maid who sleeps, the concubine wants to pick the best one for the eighth prince." The imperial concubine took the responsibility on herself, "The concubine also believes that after a long time, the eighth prince will understand the concubine's good intentions." ”

The emperor just glanced at the imperial concubine without smiling, and did not speak, until the servant brought the eighth prince over. In just a few days, the eighth prince's haggard appearance made the emperor slightly surprised, his hair grew long, his beard also grew, his whole face was much thinner, and his eye sockets were sunken a lot.

"Father is auspicious." Xuanyuan Jue didn't even look at the imperial concubine, and greeted the emperor with a dumb voice and an expressionless face, and then he kept standing aside and bowing his head silently, no one could guess what he was thinking at this time.

"I've heard about you from your mother. I also told your mother that if you like that woman, you will take her back to the house and take care of you as a maid. I hope that the conflict between you and your mother can end here. The emperor said sternly.

"Since my father knows that Erchen likes that girl, he can't wronged her so much. Since neither the father nor the mother agree to the sons marrying her, the sons will not disobey your wishes, but you should not force the sons to marry other women, in this life besides her, the sons will not have a second woman. Xuanyuan Jue said to the emperor with a serious face.

"I'm becoming more and more curious about the woman you like now, who is a girl from the He family, and what is the ability to make my son say such a vow." The emperor was not angry because of Xuanyuan Jue's words, but became more and more curious about who the woman Xuanyuan Jue liked, and couldn't help but smile, thinking of what Murong Xuanji said just now, and said the brotherhood between Xuanyuan Hao and Xuanyuan Jue, the two were so similar in terms of feelings, which made the emperor feel that there was a feeling of sympathy between the two.

"The son can't tell his father who that woman is for the time being." In order to protect Baoqing, Xuanyuan Jue did not dare to reveal her identity to the emperor, "But Erchen can tell his father with certainty that even if she is worthless in the eyes of others, in the eyes of Erchen, she is more precious than that rare treasure." ”

The emperor just smiled calmly, and did not embarrass Xuanyuan Jue in this matter, but his attitude was a little tough and said: "I don't care who the woman you like is, and no matter how good she is, in short, you are my son, you can't lose my face, lose the face of our royal family, since you don't want to wronged him, I have to wronged you, I would rather let you be single for the rest of your life, but I will not agree to you marrying a princess who will lose the face of our royal family." ”

When Concubine Huangxian saw the emperor say this, the worry on her face was obvious, not letting Xuanyuan Jue get married was the last thing she wanted to see, although she had said cruel things before, but after all, she couldn't be ruthless, and now seeing that the two fathers and sons were so stubborn, Concubine Huangxian didn't know if she was right or wrong to stop Xuanyuan Jue before.

After speaking, the emperor sighed, remembering that he was not here for Xuanyuan Jue's affairs today, so he calmed down and spoke again: "Since you proposed to me before that you want to leave Beijing, instead of being buried in this palace by your mother's house arrest, it is better for me to fulfill you and let you leave Beijing." ”

"Your Majesty!" The imperial concubine looked at the emperor incredulously, and pleaded: "Your Majesty, the concubine is such a son, do you want to send the concubine's only son away from the concubine?" ”

"It's not that I want to send him away, it's that he begs me to let him go." The emperor calmly said: "The man is ambitious in all directions, since the capital is not a place where he should stay, it is better to let him leave." ”

Concubine Huangxian shook her head and refused, as if Xuanyuan Jue was about to leave the capital, and held his hand tightly and didn't let go, "No, the concubine can't let him leave, the concubine won't let him leave." ”

At this time, Concubine Huangxian's mood didn't know what words to use, her heart was like being cut by a knife, and her blood flowed like a river, but no one saw it.

Raising his head to look at the emperor, Bei Yan bit his lip tightly.

The emperor just looked at the two of them expressionlessly, and said indifferently: "I have finished saying what I want to say, Eighth Prince, you will come to my study later." After speaking, the emperor turned around and left the imperial concubine's bedroom.

Xuanyuan Jue looked indifferently at the pleading Imperial Concubine, and without hesitation, pushed her hand away and said coldly: "Since my father has already agreed, you don't have to object, just like my father said, instead of being locked up here by you and being a living dead, it is better to let me leave here and let me be free." ”

"Do you really want to leave your mother alone?" Concubine Huangxian looked at Xuanyuan Jue with a choked voice, hoping that he would dispel the idea of leaving Beijing.

"I'm sorry." Xuanyuan Jue apologized lightly, and turned to leave despite the pleading of the imperial concubine.