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Xu Guifei was too sad, so the emperor accompanied her for one night in Tianxi Palace.

Because it has reached the end of the month, the early dynasty will not be on it.

Every day, if the emperor has anything, he summons the ministers into the palace and goes directly to the study to discuss.

Coming out of Tianxi Palace, the emperor went directly to Runzhi Palace. I haven't seen Concubine Zeng Li all night, and I don't know if she has eaten breakfast, and Concubine Zeng Lifei's mood is also very low these days.

Runzhi Palace was very quiet, and the palace maid and eunuch knelt on the ground, because Concubine Zeng Li was also kneeling there.

"Aifei, what are you doing here?" The emperor saw Concubine Zeng Li kneeling on the ground, wearing only pajamas and nightdresses, and she didn't comb her makeup, her long hair was red and swollen, as if she was pleading.

"Your Majesty, the concubine is guilty, please expel me from the palace." Concubine Zeng Li kowtowed.

"Hurry up, who says you're guilty?" The emperor stepped forward and forcibly helped her up, but Concubine Zeng Li's knees were numb because she knelt for too long, and she almost fell to the ground again.

"Your Majesty! The mother had been kneeling all night, and the slaves and maids begged her not to get up. The palace maid who served Zeng Wan cried.

When the emperor heard this, he suddenly became even more distressed, picked up Zeng Wanzhi and put him on the bed, gently lifted her nightdress and saw that her knees were already bruised.

"You all go down." The emperor said to the kneeling subordinates.

When the subordinates all withdrew, the emperor reprimanded Concubine Zeng Li with a sinking face: "What are you messing around?!" ”

"Your Majesty, the concubine is guilty, you can help me release me from the palace!" Concubine Zeng Li stubbornly said: "The saint is the honor of the Son of Heaven, and I can't be criticized because of me." That day, the palace maid said that I had brought disaster to the country and the people, and she was not the only one in the world who thought so. What's more, the girl of the Xu family committed suicide because of this incident, and the concubine must have hated me in her heart. The harem was originally peaceful, and since I came, it has been long-sleeved. I'm an ominous person, Your Majesty, just let me go! ”

"You treat me well, don't think nonsense, Xu Zhixi's death was not caused by you, it was she who wanted to harm others first." Although the emperor's words were full of anger, he only felt distress in his heart.

"But if it weren't for me, without the lotus bud, there wouldn't be anything later." Zeng Wanshi shook her head painfully, still unable to forgive herself: "As long as the emperor leaves the palace, there will be no more things that upset you." ”

"Don't say it again, I will never let you out of the palace, I am the son of heaven, can't I protect a woman?" The emperor didn't let Concubine Zeng Li say more: "Are you hungry?" I sent someone to pass the meal. ”

"Of course, the emperor can protect me, but everyone wants to be protected by the emperor, but the concubines only want to alleviate the troubles of the saint." Zeng Wanzhi cried and said: "Your Majesty, you have worked too hard, and the concubine really can't bear it, and I can't bear to worry about you anymore." ”

"Don't cry anymore," the emperor hugged her in his arms distressedly: "You are not wrong, don't say that you are guilty." Even if you don't come to this palace, won't you have a plan to fight? You're just kinder than they are. ”

Zeng Wanzhi was still sad and said: "The concubine was supposed to visit Concubine Xu, but I was afraid that she would be even more angry when she saw me. ”

"You don't have to go over, I have already spoken to her for you. Xu Guifei is sensible, she will not blame you. In the future, you should be worthy of sisterhood, and don't have a problem because of this. The emperor said.

"But......" Zeng Wanzhi wanted to say something, and the emperor stretched out his hand to cover her mouth and said, "Don't say anything, don't think about it, and recuperate well." ”

"Your Majesty, you should accompany the concubine more these days, and the queen will try to go there more often. Presumably, because of Miss Wei's matter, the queen mother was also frightened for several days, and I felt uneasy when I thought of this. Zeng Wanshi curled up in the emperor's arms and said silently in tears.

"I know, don't worry about it anymore." The emperor patted her gently on the back, like coaxing a child.

"Your Majesty, will you always trust me so much?" Zeng Wanzhi knelt all night, and he had barely eaten in the past two days, so he was tired and sleepy, and his speech became a little slurred.

"Yes." The emperor replied: "You are good for me not to be mixed with thoughts, and I will always trust you." ”

"Your Majesty, you have to believe me, no matter when, no matter where I am, I will always think of the emperor in my heart." Zeng Wanshi's voice became quieter and quieter, and finally fell asleep.

At the same time, in Tianxi Palace, Xu Guifei cried hoarsely, and her face was red and swollen.

Ding Neijian held a bowl of bird's nest porridge beside him, and persuaded diligently: "Niangniang, you can get up and take a bite!" Since yesterday, I haven't beaten my teeth with water and rice, and I can't stand it even if I beat my body with iron! ”

"Have you checked it again?" Xu Guifei asked in a hoarse voice.

"Back to the mother, the slave has checked inside and outside several times, and I didn't see any suspicious traces, the girl did commit suicide." Ding Neijian said: "Niangniang, please mourn, I don't blame you for this." ”

"It's easy to say, what face do I have to meet my brother and sister-in-law?" Xu Guifei said that tears fell again: "They entrusted Zhixi to me, but what they went back was a corpse." I just said a few words about her, why can't she think about it? ”

"Niangniang, Miss Xu probably couldn't think about it because she was expelled from the palace. You think, she has always wanted to marry the prince, and being expelled from the palace is equivalent to losing her qualifications. Eunuch Ding tactfully persuaded on the side: "The teenage girl's family regards lifelong events as bigger than the sky, and among the people, because their father and mother do not allow them to marry their sweethearts, there are many people who throw themselves into the well and the river." ”

But even if Eunuch Ding persuaded her like this, Concubine Xu still couldn't help but be sad.

The queen was a little uncomfortable in the past two days, so she invited the imperial doctor to diagnose the pulse, and the prince came to visit, and mentioned the second prince again.

"The queen mother doesn't have to worry about Mao Ji, I went to my grandmother to say goodbye, my grandmother said, tomorrow she will tell her father that she will release the second brother during the New Year." The prince said: "Speaking of which, it was also because my father was angry at that time, so the punishment was more severe, and when he was angry, he also knew that his temperament of caring for the front and the back was not strict with his subordinates, but he would never encourage them to do evil. ”

"If he is half as sensible as you, how can he anger your father again and again?" The queen sighed and said: "It's really a mother's birth, the personalities of the two of you are very different, I really don't know when he will be sensible, let me worry less." ”

"It would always be a few more years," the prince was not worried: "I guess he will be much more careful after this incident." ”

"I hope that you will get married next year, and when Qingqing enters the palace, your diet and daily life, I will have a lot more peace of mind to have her take care of me." When the queen said this, she suddenly felt much more comfortable.

Xiao Qingqing, the prospective crown princess, she has always been very satisfied.

The prince accompanied the queen to lunch again, and after watching him eat more than usual, the prince left with peace of mind.