The ministers and nobles dispersed one after another, but there was one person who did not leave, and that person was the second prince. When the feast had dispersed, he was left alone.

The eunuchs began to clean up, while the emperor went to the pavilion in the garden. The second prince silently came to the pavilion and knelt down outside without saying a word.

This can frighten the eunuchs, why did this good second prince suddenly kneel down? What a guilty plea!

The emperor was very surprised to hear the eunuch's reply, and did not know what had happened.

Gao Feng gently came to the side of the second prince and whispered, "Your Highness, Your Majesty has announced that you will enter." ”

The second prince got up and silently followed Gao Feng into the pavilion, kneeling down silently in front of the emperor.

The emperor was surprised: "What's the matter?" Wasn't it okay at the banquet just now? Why did you kneel down without saying a word? ”

The second prince said in a deep voice: "The son is here to ask his father for his guilt. ”

The emperor frowned slightly when he heard this, and when he saw that he didn't speak directly, he whispered to the surroundings: "You all go down!" ”

Gao Feng led all the eunuchs to retreat and waited outside the pavilion.

Only then did the emperor say lightly: "Say, what happened?" ”

Only then did the second prince say in a low voice: "The son accidentally got stained with ink at the banquet, so he planned to go to the side hall of the concubine to change his clothes. ”

The emperor also noticed this at the banquet and didn't care about it, because it wasn't a big deal.

"After the son entered the side hall of the concubine, he found that someone was bathing in the inner room." The second prince said in a deep voice.

The emperor frowned and asked, "Who?" ”

The second prince said in a deep voice: "Lin Lan! ”

The emperor's face changed slightly, his pupils shrank, and he was shocked: "What? Lin Lan? ”

The second prince said in a deep voice: "Yes, it's Lin Lan." But Erchen didn't know, so he broke in, if Erchen knew that there were people inside, he would never have broken in! ”

The Emperor said in a deep voice, "You broke into the inner room? ”

The second prince hurriedly said: "No, Erchen didn't break into the inner room, after Erchen entered the side hall, he heard the sound of water inside, and Erchen stopped." ”

The emperor asked suspiciously, "Then how do you know that it is Lin Lan inside?" ”

The second prince replied: "At that time, Mama Chang walked in with the palace maid. Seeing Erchen in the main hall, he exclaimed that Lin Lan was bathing in the inner room, and Erchen quickly retreated after knowing that it was Lin Lan inside. ”

The emperor looked at the second prince quietly, and the second prince kowtowed and said: "Erchen knows that if this matter is spread out, it will damage Lin Lan's reputation, so he specially asks his father for his guilt and asks his father to punish him!" ”

The emperor had already recovered from the initial shock and said lightly: "Punishment? Can you be punished as if it never happened? ”

The second prince kowtowed heavily, and said in a deep voice: "Erchen also knows that this matter will damage Lin Lan's reputation, but Erchen definitely did not mean to offend. ”

After Erchen withdrew from the main hall, he blamed himself very much, and he also knew that this matter hurt Lin Lan. Erchen meditated hard to make up for it. ”

The Emperor said lightly: 'Oh? Make up for? How do you want to make up for it? ”

The second prince said in a deep voice: "The son has the courage to ask his father to marry Lin Lan to the son!" In this way, even if this matter spreads, it will not damage Lin Lan's reputation. ”

Marriage? The emperor looked at the second prince fixedly, and the second prince knelt quietly on the ground and waited for the final result.

After a long time, the emperor asked in a deep voice, "Do you want to marry Lin Lan?" ”

The second prince kowtowed and said: "Don't hide it from your father, your son does have a good impression of Lin Lan, but your son knows that the marriage should be handled by his father, so he has never shown it." ”

"Today's incident is definitely not Erchen's intention, but now that it has happened, so Erchen has this idea. The sons and daughters obey their father's orders in everything. ”

The emperor was silent for a moment and said lightly: "Well, you go back and rest!" ”

The second prince kowtowed and said, "Yes, the son of the minister retires!" ”

The second prince got up and slowly retreated. Gao Feng, who had been guarding outside the pavilion, quietly walked in and added a cup of tea to the emperor.

But the emperor didn't pay attention, but closed his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking. Gao Feng stood nervously on the side, and the atmosphere in the pavilion was very depressing.

The depression made Gao Feng almost out of breath, he had only experienced such a depressing atmosphere once, Tang Ning was assassinated in the suburbs last year, and the atmosphere in the Qianqing Palace was so depressing.

It's just that I don't know what happened this time, seeing that the second prince was kneeling outside the hall, it can be seen that something big happened.

I don't know how long it took, the tea on the imperial case was already cold, but the emperor kept his eyes closed and thought, and did not take a sip of tea.

Just when Gao Feng couldn't help but want to open his mouth to persuade him, the emperor said slowly: "Summoning Concubine De to see you!" ”

Gao Feng suddenly became agitated, and said in a low voice: "The slave obeys the order!" ”

Since sending away the Lin family's mother and daughter, Concubine De has been waiting in the dormitory, because she knows that the emperor will definitely summon her.

Sure enough, the summoned eunuch had already arrived.

"The concubines see the emperor." Concubine De walked into the pavilion and saluted.

The emperor opened his eyes and said lightly: "Calm down!" ”

After speaking, the emperor waved his hand gently, and Gao Feng immediately retreated with someone in a sense of interest.

The emperor said lightly: "Concubine De, do you know about Yu'er today?" ”

Concubine De replied: "The concubine knows that the concubine is about to ask the emperor for guilt!" ”

"At the banquet today, a palace maid accidentally splashed the sauce on Lin Lan's dress, and it happened that the concubine had just made a few dresses a while ago and planned to come to the palace to wear them, and Lin Lan and the concubine were about the same size, so the concubine asked Mama Chang to take Lin Lan to bathe and cleanse herself and change into a concubine's dress."

"It's just that no one expected that Yu'er would be covered with sauce to change her clothes, and now they ran into each other."

The emperor frowned and asked, "Could it be that there is not a single palace maid in your side hall?" Knowing that Lin Lan was bathing and purifying herself, didn't she even know to stop Yu'er when she saw her coming? ”

Concubine De said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, if you are in the palace, then there are naturally palace maids and eunuchs guarding you." But this is the palace, and the concubines didn't bring many palace maids, so they had to serve at the banquet and have to be placed in the cage. ”

"No one expected Yu'er to come back from the banquet, that's why they ...... Your Majesty, it's not Yu'er's fault, he immediately withdrew after hearing the movement inside. ”

The emperor asked, "What about Mama Chang?" She took Lin Lan to bathe, why did she disappear instead? ”

Concubine De explained: "Because the dress brought by the concubine is still in the cage, Mama Chang went to find the concubine's dress." ”

Concubine De Niangniang said: "Speaking of which, it is the negligence of the concubines, please punish the emperor!" ”

The emperor said in a deep voice: "I don't want to punish anyone now, what I want is how to explain to Xiang Nan!" Fighting in the south and south and fighting in the north, I have made great contributions to the Great Zhou! ”