Chapter Eighty-Three: Escape Smoothly
Huo Lingxiao saw that the emperor fell into deep thought, no longer bothered, and stood there quietly with his hands down, waiting for the emperor to make a decision.
"Since that's the case......" The emperor hesitated to speak, seeing that things were not as Wei Feiyu said, he hesitated to let Wei Xiyue free, "Then it will be as the emperor said......
Before the words fell, he heard the door "squeak-" and was vigorously pushed open, and Concubine Yao covered her face and ran in.
"See...... I've seen the emperor. She sniffled and leaned down in salute.
"Love the concubine is exempt." The emperor smiled kindly and ordered Concubine Yao to get up.
"Concubine Ai is here, I don't know what the so-called thing is?" It was expected that it must be related to Huo Lingyu's arrest by Huo Lingxiao, but the emperor still pretended to be indifferent and asked knowingly.
"Back to the emperor's words, the concubine got up in the morning and heard that Ling Yu was detained by his third brother, and for a while, she was shocked, but the concubine watched Ling Xiao's child grow up, and knew that he would not do such a 'fratricidal' thing for no reason, so that she came to Your Majesty and wanted to ask Your Majesty to administer justice for our mother."
Concubine Yao sobbed, intermittently because she spoke clearly.
Huo Lingxiao looked at her face in this pretended posture, and his heart was bored, after all these years, Concubine Yao still hasn't grown, and she still has this fake posture, and her father still eats her.
Seeing Concubine Yao's delicate appearance, the emperor glared at Huo Lingxiao reproachfully, and personally stepped forward and helped Concubine Yao up.
"Ai Fei ......" The emperor took Concubine Yao into his arms, patted her back gently, and said softly: "What Ling Xiao said does make some sense, this matter may be Ling Yu's carelessness, don't take it to heart." ”
Ling Yu ...... Ling Yu is the most cautious person, we Ling Yu don't fight or grab, what did he do wrong? Speaking of this, two lines of tears flowed down from Concubine Yao's face, and she looked up at the emperor with a sad face.
The emperor looked at Concubine Yao's poignant face, his heart was soft, and Huo Lingyu also struggled to pass, a scene of quiet years, family and beauty.
Seeing them behaving like this, Huo Lingxiao felt very sad in his heart, his father, the male lord of the generation back then, had fallen to this......
He was no longer polite, and immediately came up with more sufficient evidence, which Huo Lingshen came to investigate yesterday with the Queen Mother's token.
"Father," Huo Lingxiao said coldly, breaking the warmth of the "family of three", "This is the evidence I collected after yesterday's investigation, please take a look at it." ”
He didn't mention Huo Lingshen's name because he didn't want to involve Huo Lingshen in this matter, and tried his best to avoid the emperor's reproach for Huo Lingshen.
The emperor took Concubine Yao to sit on the chair and took the evidence handed over by Huo Lingxiao.
Those confessions came from the prescriptions mentioned by Wei Feiyu, the jewelry shop opposite the pharmacy, and the shop Xiao Er of the Furong restaurant.
Flipping through the pages, the emperor's face became more and more solemn, and there were contradictions between the three confessions and words, and he frowned and fell into deep thought.
According to the pharmacy, there was indeed a woman like Wei Xiyue who came to buy medicine that day, but it was not a prohibited medicine; The owner of the jewelry shop said that he happened to supervise the workers outside the store yesterday and did not see Wei Xiyue; As for the second child of the restaurant, it is another set of rhetoric......
The emperor pondered for a moment, it seems that Wei Xiyue has really cleared most of the suspicions of committing the crime, and it seems that this person has to be released.
He glanced at Concubine Yao and Huo Lingyu comfortingly, and then said to Huo Lingxiao cordially: "I have worked hard Lingxiao to investigate, I know, but Miss Wei has suffered a disaster......
Hearing what the emperor said, Huo Lingxiao relieved his heart, arched his hand towards the three of them, and left safely.
The emperor looked at Huo Lingxiao's departing figure, looked back at Concubine Yao and Huo Lingyu, sighed, pointed to the evidence, and turned to leave.
Yao Guifei supported Huo Lingyu on the chair, picked up the scattered papers, and flipped through the pages one by one, Yao Guifei's brows gradually tightened, and her lips were also pursed into a thin line.
Her hands gradually tightened, holding these papers tightly in her hands, and Concubine Yao gradually couldn't suppress the anger in her heart, crumpled them into a ball, and threw them on the ground.
The emperor was busy with official business in the palace, and suddenly heard the report of the prince asking to see, he was full of suspicions in his heart, the prince has always been not very close to him, and this time he suddenly came, and he didn't know what to say.
With a wave of his hand, he called someone in.
"I've seen my father." After the prince entered the palace, he saluted lightly.
The emperor laughed loudly: "Why is the emperor here? ”
The prince saluted politely and politely, waved his hand and said, "Bring people up." ”
The emperor frowned secretly, what is this for?
The crown prince watched his subordinates escort the man forward, he kicked him hard, kicked him in front of the emperor, and then slowly raised his head and showed a smile to the emperor.
"Father, do you look familiar with him?"
This child's temperament is still so extreme, it has never changed for so many years, the emperor shook his head, and looked at it, that person was Huo Lingyu's personal guard.
The crown prince slowly stepped forward and kicked the man in the back, "Say, tell me what you told me yesterday, and tell my father about it." ”
The prince's kick didn't seem to be strong, but it actually kicked the person's injury, and the personal guard trembled fiercely, and unconsciously let out a "whimper", and the pain was so painful that he broke out in a cold sweat, and he lay on the ground for a long time and couldn't open his mouth.
Seeing this, the prince was about to kick up again, but the emperor glared at the prince and slowly shook his head.
The prince took a few steps back unwillingly, looked at the man quietly, and said no more.
"The Emperor...... Your Majesty, I was originally the personal guard of His Royal Highness, but it was unfortunate that day, I ...... bumped into the Fourth Highness and used Wei Feiyu to fornicate with the girl, and was expelled by the Fourth Highness......"
"What?!" When the emperor heard this, he was shocked, according to what he said, that Wei Feiyu was actually in collusion with Huo Lingyu, and the community colluded to calculate himself.
With a touch of trust in Concubine Yao in his heart, the emperor didn't want to listen to what the personal guard said, but with him coming one by one, it was obviously conclusive evidence, which made the emperor have to believe it.
"It's ........ This ......" The emperor looked at the crown prince, and then at the personal guard on the ground, and his heart was at a loss.
It was all Huo Lingyu's doing, and he firmly thought of this in his heart, this matter had nothing to do with Concubine Yao at all.
Facing the crown prince who exposed the truth, the emperor was a little annoyed and angry, "You! He glared at the prince.
"You moody temperament, how many times have you really said that you just don't change, and now you have started to attack your own brother, go back and reflect on me!"
In the face of the emperor's anger, the crown prince did not look very afraid, but smiled slightly, and dragged the personal guard to leave by himself.
The emperor looked at the back of the prince in the distance, and when he saw that he was so rude, his anger was even worse, but because of the identity of the second prince of another country, it was difficult to say anything.
Before sitting quietly back on the bookcase, the emperor thought twice and ordered Huo Lingyu to be grounded.
After the crown prince left the emperor's place, he slowly walked into justice, and he thought carefully all the way.
"Huh." He sneered, and a trace of mockery crossed his handsome face, "Wei Feiyu, Wei Feiyu, you don't blame you for being ruthless, if you don't let you remember it for a long time, I'm afraid you will still be unrepentant next time......"
In the past few months, several princes in Beijing have been reprimanded by the emperor, and for a while, there was a lot of rumors, and everyone in Beijing was in danger, and everyone was extremely cautious and did not dare to provoke a trace of mold.
Huo Lingxiao got the emperor's permission, and personally went to the heavenly prison to bring Wei Xiyue out.
Standing outside the prison, Wei Xiyue looked at the blue sky that she had not seen for a long time, breathing the taste of freedom, she let out a long sigh of relief, turned her face, and smiled.
Looking at Wei Xiyue's somewhat haggard face, Huo Lingxiao's heart swelled with an indescribable feeling, it may be pity, it may be self-blame for his powerlessness......
"Xiyue, you've worked hard these days." His words were earnest, and his eyes revealed a lot of distress.
Wei Xiyue's heart moved, solemnly bowed down, and said, "Thank you for your help." ”
Huo Lingxiao waved his hand again and again, hurriedly stepped forward, and helped Wei Xiyue up with his own hands.
"Xiyue, with the relationship between you and me, there is no need to make this big gift." As soon as the words turned, he replied: "Xiyue, seeing that you are so haggard, why don't you go back to my house to freshen up first, what do you think?" ”
Huo Lingxiao's words were very intimate, Wei Xiyue was even more grateful in her heart, and without too much hesitation, she immediately agreed to what Huo Lingxiao said, and followed Huo Lingxiao to the Three Princes' Mansion together.
Thinking about her mother and younger brother, Wei Xiyue returned home with a heartfelt heart, but in a quarter of an hour, she hurriedly finished freshening up.
"Third brother, Xiyue has taken her leave first, thank you third brother!"
"Xiyue, if I go back with you, if something happens, you can deal with it with me."
This time, thanks to Huo Lingxiao, Wei Xiyue wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, her mother still didn't know how her body was, Wei Qinghe was also young, and her killer weapon was only Huo Lingxiao.
Huo Lingxiao thought about it so thoroughly, she was very moved in her heart, and she didn't add much politeness, just arched her hand, thanked Huo Lingxiao, and got into the carriage with him.
On the carriage, Wei Xiyue thought twice and said to Huo Lingxiao: "Third brother, if nothing happens, please ask the third brother to hide the traces first." ”
Huo Lingxiao said curiously: "Why is this? ”
"I'm going to go to Tianci Academy to study soon, my mother and younger brother are isolated, if I tear my face, I'm afraid ......"
Wei Xiyue didn't say much, Huo Lingxiao, who grew up in the center of the whirlpool of power since he was a child, naturally understood the unfinished meaning in Wei Xiyue's words.
He nodded, and responded to Wei Xiyue's invitation, and secretly decided in his heart that after Wei Xiyue left, he would pay more attention to the Wei family.