Chapter Forty-Eight: Spare Her Life

"Does the emperor remember this clothing material? You said that the concubine looked good in this color, and she specially rewarded it, and the concubine was really happy at that time. ”

"This is not a reason for you to frame your concubine and mutilate the imperial heir." The emperor tried his best to put on a light appearance, and the jade beads rolled on the tips of his fingers one by one, but the outside of the unconcerned was already turbulent.

He really loved the queen, otherwise he would not have disobeyed the advice of the queen mother and insisted on marrying her into the palace. But when did he not love her? The emperor thought about it carefully, probably guessing in his heart that the queen hurt people for the first time, probably when he knew that the queen was favored and pretended to be sick and competed for favor, probably... It was when I first met Yao Chuxi.

In the past few years, the emperor's patience and tolerance have long been worn away by the queen, so what reason is there to forgive her?

Although sad, although there is still a little reluctance in my heart, but the emperor is the emperor, and what is carried on his shoulders must be something that others can't carry.

The softest place in his heart was given to the queen when he first saw him, and then it slowly hardened, and even he thought he wouldn't fall in love with anyone anymore, Yao Chuxi appeared.

Under the roses that day, the woman wearing a light cyan skirt was really entering his heart.

The queen knelt on the ground with pear blossoms and rain, and the emperor didn't want to see it, so he stood up and shook the sleeves of his robe, and Pan Zhen'an on the side hurriedly came over to put on his cloak for him.

"Take all the people in Fengluan Hall away and torture them severely."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Pan Zhenan gave way to the position after tying the knot for the emperor, and waited for the emperor to walk over before he quickly followed.

He glanced at the queen before leaving, and saw a lot of emotions in the queen's eyes.

There is resentment, disappointment, anger and fear, but there is no regret.

Hopefully she won't regret it.

Before taking away the people of Fengluan Palace, Pan Zhenan called Ding Zhou and talked to him for a while.

"This is thanks to you, if it weren't for you to deliver the news in the past two years, I really wouldn't have imagined that the queen has done so many bad things."

Ding Zhou smiled helplessly, "Father-in-law Pan said that I laughed, I also want to save my life, but I don't want to be with the queen." ”

Pan Zhenan also smiled, "Don't worry, after this is done, I won't trouble you again." ”

"There's nothing troublesome about it, it's all for the emperor, you just need to deliver a sentence if you have something."

Pan Zhenan smiled again and followed the emperor's royal roll.

"Tell Ding Zhou clearly?" The emperor asked on the royal roll.

"Back to the emperor, it's all clear."

The emperor didn't say anything, and looked at the palace wall of Fengluan Palace.

He suddenly remembered that when he first ascended the throne many years ago, he went to Fengluan Hall for the first time. At that time, the queen had just become a queen, everything was new, and she was very beautiful when she wore the queen's palace clothes, especially when she smiled, like a beauty in a painting.

Thinking about it now, the emperor feels very familiar, but he doesn't dare to recall, because the more he recalls, the more his mind is full of things about the queen's harm.

After leaving the Fengluan Palace, the emperor went directly to the Yunyan Pavilion.

"The concubine asks the emperor for peace."

The emperor didn't speak, he directly helped her up, and reached out to comb a few locks of her hair that were blown away by the wind.

He hadn't seen him for a few days, and he felt that Yao Chuxi seemed to have changed. Lost some weight? Taller? Whiter skin? He didn't know exactly what had changed.

"What is the emperor looking at?"

Hearing Yao Chuxi's question, the emperor came back to his senses, "It's windy outside, go in quickly." ”

The tea on the tea in the rain and the sunset, the dim sum on the dim sum, and after a while, the square table was full.

"How are you doing these days? Do you feel uncomfortable in your body? ”

"Nope." Yao Chuxi shook his head slightly, "The concubine is very good." ”

The corners of the emperor's mouth finally rose a little.

He kept a straight face all day long, and Pan Zhenan didn't dare to say a word.

It seems that Yao Cairen is really a good medicine for the emperor! Pan Zhen'an thought.

"How is Han Shang Palace?" The emperor asked again, but this time he asked not Yao Chuxi, but Luoyu.

"Back to the emperor, Han Shanggong has drunk the decoction and medicine better."

The emperor nodded, and his eyes returned to Yao Chuxi, changing from the previous fierceness, and his eyes were all gentle.

"I have something to tell you."

"Tell me." Yao Chuxi held his chin in his hand and looked at the emperor like a big hero.

"I've found out who caused your miscarriage."

Yao Chuxi's heart was shocked, and his hand holding his chin also trembled.

The emperor continued, "It was the queen who did it, I have already asked Pan Zhenan to take away all the palace people in Fengluan Hall and torture them, no matter how much the matter is, she will always be convicted." ”

Yao Chuxi didn't say anything.

She remembered that the relationship between the emperor and the queen was not bad, would this incident make the emperor embarrassed? Or is the emperor sad?

As soon as he thought of his unborn child, Yao Chuxi felt as uncomfortable as if he was pinching it. But now the murderer behind the scenes has been caught, but he doesn't have the comfortable feeling he deserves.

"Your Majesty... How did you find out? ”

The emperor's eyes dimmed when he looked at her, and he paused for a while and said, "It was the two little eunuchs who caused Zhao Cairen's miscarriage, and the queen sent someone to kill them, and it happened that the eunuchs passing by heard it, so they found Duan Kui..."

The emperor said everything word for word, and Yao Chuxi also kept listening, but he didn't seem to listen.

"Do you understand?" The emperor asked.

Yao Chuxi was stunned and nodded symbolically.

"Then what does the emperor plan to do with the queen?" Yao Chuxi asked again.

That's what she wants to know most now. The queen is not only a woman who shares the same man with her, but also a murderer who caused her miscarriage, she hates, she resents, but no matter how many wrong things the queen does, as long as the emperor has the heart to protect her, he can give her an innocence.

The emperor didn't answer her question for a while, his eyes moved from her face to other places, and the two looked at each other without saying a word for a long time, and finally someone broke the silence.

"Your Majesty... But reluctantly? ”

When Yao Chuxi said this, he suddenly felt so uncomfortable, sour and astringent, as if he had been grabbed by his hand and pinched.

"I want to spare her life." The emperor looked at Yao Chuxi and said seriously, "When I first ascended the throne, there were many unpleasant things, big and small things were all by the queen's side. ”

Yao Chuxi's eyes were filled with mist, don't look over your head and not look at the emperor.

She didn't mean to lose her temper with the emperor, but she just couldn't get over the hurdle in her heart.

When she heard the emperor say spare her life, she actually agreed. But the words that the emperor said later made her sad.

The emperor continued, "When the results of the court situation come out, I will confine her to the Hidden Pavilion, and I will not see her in this life, do you think it is okay?" ”

"Your Majesty... Are you discussing with your concubines? Yao Chuxi couldn't control himself a little, and took a handkerchief from the table in a panic and wiped his tears.

The rain on the side felt sad when they looked at this scene, but they couldn't interject a word.

The emperor stretched out his arm and wrapped his arms around Yao Chuxi's shoulders and hugged her tighter into his arms.

Her head rested on the emperor's chin, and her hairpin swayed slightly with a crisp sound.

"I'm talking to you, so I'm begging you to spare her life, okay?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room, including Yao Chuxi himself, was stunned.

Pan Zhenan's eyes widened even more. Ever since he served the emperor, he had never heard him discuss things with anyone, let alone ask for anything or not, this is a scene that he can't even dream of.

He swallowed his saliva carefully, for fear that he would not be able to hear every word the emperor said.

"Your Majesty..."Yao Chuxi shed a tear, which happened to hit the back of the emperor's hand.

The emperor's hand around her shoulder tightened a little, "Don't worry, I won't allow anyone to hurt you again, including the queen." ”

Yao Chuxi then shed two more tears and nodded silently.

The events of this day immediately spread throughout the harem, and even caused a storm in the previous dynasty.

The queen's father, Chen Qiuhe, was the first to sit still.

He sent three folds in succession, but none of them were sent to the emperor, and he was directly picked out by Pan Zhenan.

The next morning, Chen Qiuhe wanted to play the emotional card with the emperor, but he was confused by the emperor's rhetoric.

"You and I are monarchs and ministers, but you don't talk about things in the court, do you have any intentions?"

"Your Majesty... Minister..."

After Chen Qiuhe's words were finished, the emperor continued, "The queen has done countless wrong things, but I have forgiven her with so many years of affection, and it can even be said that I don't care about it at all, isn't this still forgiving her?" If Aiqing still tells me something today and gives her one last chance, don't blame me for being polite. ”

Chen Qiuhe had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.

The emperor has the dignity of an emperor, but it's a pity that their Chen family has never understood.

At first, he just thought he would be the emperor, so he married his daughter into the palace. Then her daughter became the queen, and Chen Qiuhe also lost her official title and became a higher level.

It was a good hand, but because of the Chen family's increasing expansion, it was played poorly.

The emperor gave them all the glory and wealth that he could give them, but the Chen family always wanted to ask for more, and even started the most undesirable thoughts.

It's like a pot of steamed buns. The emperor himself wants to keep five, and then give five to the Chen family and the queen, and one for each of the concubines in the harem. The arrangement was very good, but the Chen family was not satisfied, the queen had harmed so many people in the palace, and the Chen family was still worried about the benefits in the hands of the emperor, could the emperor still tolerate them?

If they fail, they will lose because they don't know how to be content, they don't know how to restrain, and they don't know how to cherish.

Trying the emperor's bottom line step by step, he actually stretched out his hand to the highest place of power, is the next step to drag the emperor off the dragon chair? The emperor felt chills when he thought about it.

After the abolition is not a trivial matter, the ministers have been on the fold to talk about the benefits, some feel that the emperor is doing right, some hope that the emperor will think twice, and finally the emperor has a sentence in his heart and pressed back those objections.