Chapter 5: Nowhere to Turn
Then again.
"Did my cousin say where he went?" The corners of Su Zirong's eyes glistened with tears, and he asked faintly, "He...... How are you doing now? β
Bai Rushuang comforted her and said: "The fourth prince has always been adrift, and now where he has gone, we don't know very well. However, my brother said that he was doing well, and my sister didn't have to worry! β
As soon as he heard that he was wandering in a foreign land, Su Zirong was sad, and couldn't help but blame himself: "He, he was so harmed by me that he couldn't go back, and I don't know if I owed him or he owed me in my last life......"
Zi Ling was about to persuade him, and Aunt Qiu Ji's report sounded at the door: "Concubine Rong Niangniang, Gonggong Li has come to announce the emperor's will." β
Li Zhaolai to pass the decree? What holy decree does Meng Hongyu want to give Su Zirong? The three women hurriedly sorted out their clothes and groomed their faces, and rushed to the hall to receive the order with a stomach full of doubts.
A room of people quietly knelt on the ground and bowed their heads to listen to the order: "Rong Concubine Su, anger the holy word, disobedience to the queen mother, and loss of woman's morality." According to my will, the position of concubine was abolished, and it was reduced to a promise, and she moved back to Xihuatang, and she was not allowed to meet with Concubine Xiao without my will. Chin this. β
Su Zirong knelt on the ground steadily, and did not get up to thank her for receiving the order, Zi Ling hurriedly reminded her softly: "Sister Rong......"
Li Zhao also reminded her softly: "Rong agreed...... You'd better hurry up and take the order. The minions have to go back to their lives. β
Su Zirong was still kneeling on the ground motionless, and suddenly, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, revealing a sad smile, and her eyes were shining.
Zi Ling hurriedly got up and took the thin piece of paper in Li Zhao's hand, the ink on the paper had not yet completely dried, and the red cinnabar mark in the lower left corner was shockingβhe wouldn't even use a decent holy decree on her?
Li Zhao glanced at Su Zirong, sighed deeply and said, "Rong promises, you ...... Let's go back to Xihuatang and live your life peacefully...... "Since Su Zirong walked out of Xihuatang, the emperor has been in a mood swing, and he is no longer as good as before, he Li Zhao has really suffered a lot of sins!"
Seeing that Meng Hongyu was about to isolate himself from Su Zirong, Ziling couldn't help but be angry and hateful. Throwing the holy decree in her hand on the table, she hurriedly followed behind Li Zhao and hurriedly went to find Meng Hongyu.
Su Zirong still knelt firmly on the ground, his face expressionless, like a cold stone......
When she arrived outside the imperial study, before she could step up the steps, Li Zhao stopped her: "Guifei Niangniang, the emperor said that no one will be seen today." β
Zi Ling didn't hear Li Zhao's words, and walked up the steps to push open the door of the imperial study. Lu Yao stretched out his hand and stopped her stiffly: "Niangniang, please go back." β
Zi Ling said angrily: "This palace is pregnant, be careful of hurting the imperial heir!" Lu Yao was startled, and quickly took a step back, Zi Ling took the opportunity to reach out and push the door open, and broke into the imperial study.
Meng Hongyu sat behind the wide desk with a gloomy face, looked at Zi Ling with a cold look in his eyes, and said angrily: "What are you doing here!" β
Zi Ling didn't care that he was angry at this time, looked directly into his eyes as cold as a sword, and asked him word by word: "Why did you separate me from Sister Rong!" β
His tone softened slightly, and he said, "I'm doing this for your good!" If she is always by your side, you will not be able to stand the stimulation sooner or later. β
"If the emperor is really good for me, don't separate me from Sister Rong!" Zi Ling was also so angry that he said that "I" was coming.
"Bold! I have made up my mind, no one wants to intercede for her, let her pack her belongings quickly and go back to Xihuatang today! He said loudly in anger.
Zi Ling's eyes were full of pleading, and he looked at him quietly for a long time, and suddenly fell to his knees with a plop: "If the emperor doesn't withdraw the holy decree, Zi Ling can't afford to kneel for a long time!" She knew that she was pregnant and couldn't kneel for a long time, presumably Meng Hongyu would definitely give in because of the child in her womb.
Ziling was also so stubborn that she refused to back down half a step, because she didn't want Su Zirong to go back to the cold Xihuatang, suffering unspeakable pain alone, crying night and day after day; She didn't want Su Zirong to gradually open her heart, and the door was closed again; She doesn't want to lose the only good sister who treats her sincerely and takes care of her desperately!
"If you want to kneel, kneel well! Don't forget that you still have a child in your womb, and it's not just my child, it's your child. He deliberately put the last four words very heavily - how could he not understand that she was "threatening" himself? Since she knows how to use the child as a shield, he also knows how to fight back fiercely!
He snorted coldly, then leaned down, looked at Zi Ling's eyes evilly, and said, "Don't forget, I still have the child in Yao'er's womb, and youβonly this one child!" β
Zi Ling couldn't help but shudder, yes! He has three thousand beauties, and there are countless women who can bear children for him, so he can not care about the child in his womb and can ignore her "threat". And what about her? She only has this weak bone and blood, how can she joke with her own flesh and blood?
Zi Ling stood up with a bone, and then blamed himself deeply - child, my mother is sorry for you!
Sure enough, Meng Hongyu saw her stand up, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "As I expected", and then said triumphantly: "Yes!" This is my good concubine. β
Zi Ling was so angry that her intestines were about to tie up, she held back the anger in her belly, and begged him: "Even if the emperor makes a heavy oath in front of the queen mother, it doesn't matter if Zi Ling is not the queen in this life, but Zi Ling only begs the emperor not to separate Zi Ling from Sister Rong......
What the? She can even be without the back position, not his "wife", but also with Su Zirong? ! Could it be that in her heart, the sisterhood between her and Su Zirong is more important than the love he gave her? She cares more about Su Zirong than about herself?
Meng Hongyu was furious when he heard this, swept the pen holder on the table to the ground, and roared angrily: "Could it be that Su Zirong is more important to you than me?!" β
When Zi Ling heard this, he couldn't help but think of Su Zirong's kindness to him, and he burst into tears and said, "At least, Sister Rong is wholeheartedly good to Zi Ling!" And what about the emperor? How much affection can you give to Zi Ling with your heart? In this palace, Ziling only has a sister to rely on! β
He strode up to her and squeezed her underneath hard, his gaze shooting like an arrow into her eyes. He asked her coldly, "You mean, I can't let you rely on?" β
She looked directly at his anger, endured the pain of her jaw being pinched and was about to crack, and squeezed out the words from between her teeth: "Didn't the emperor think that Zi Ling coveted the back position, and he had always been careful to guard against Zi Ling?" You say, how can Zi Ling rely on such a person who doesn't trust Zi Ling? β
When Meng Hongyu heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned - yes! She told the truth in one sentence, what else could he say? - I didn't trust her and the Xiao family first, but now, how can I ask her to trust him and rely on him?