Chapter 31: Mitigation
"The Celestial Empire?" The emperor played with it, and finally withdrew his attention from Qin Shao and looked at Li Zhaoxin.
This attention added a lot of pressure to Li Zhaoxin, his waist was two points lower, and he didn't dare to raise his head again.
"Say it." The emperor raised his hand, and King Rong's gaze also fell on Li Zhaoxin.
From Qin Shao's point of view, he could clearly see that Li Zhaoxin's Adam's apple rolled before he spoke: "Minister, subordinate received a letter from my father, saying that I was seriously ill again in the cold of spring, and my mother was seriously ill until summer, so I ...... Therefore, I would like to implore the suzerain, the lord of the country, to be gracious and let me return to the country. β
Li Zhaoxin kowtowed three times with red eyes, and his voice was mournful, but when he stopped, there was no sound in the empty hall.
The emperor's expression was subtle, and he looked at Li Zhaoxin but did not speak.
King Rong even raised his chin to look at the emperor, ignoring external objects.
As for Qin Shao, she had the heart to help, but she didn't have to think about this matter and she knew the result, it would definitely not work.
Not only did this plea fail, but even a year later, the king of Goryeo was seriously ill, and Li Zhaoxin was not able to return home, until he made the soul of Rong Su's sword, and the body was returned to Goryeo.
Or as a fleeing sinner, the body was repatriated.
Qin Shao closed his eyes.
Li Zhaoxin raised his head in a panic: "Please Your Majesty Mingjian, the vassals and ministers will only go back to see the mother concubine, and when the mother concubine's condition recovers, he will not dare to delay for a moment, and immediately leave to return to Chang'an, please Your Majesty Mingjian!" β
He kowtowed several times, this time, Li Zhaoxin was really flustered in silence, hating himself for speaking without sufficient preparation, and hating his embarrassing identity and limited steps.
But this time it was different, he ......
Li Zhaoxin looked up at Qin Shao suddenly, the prince of King Yu is the only son of the emperor's younger brother, and his status is outstanding, as long as Qin Shao is willing to intercede for him, there will be a turn for the better!
Qin Shao received Li Zhaoxin's gaze for help, but he just shook his head slightly, then turned his head and stopped looking at him.
Li Zhaoxin suddenly knelt on the ground.
It's that he's so naΓ―ve.
The prince of Yuwang did show favor to him and helped him, but those may be polite helpers, and they want to befriend him, but they will not work hard for him in such a big matter.
The emperor coughed lightly and looked at King Rong: "What does Rong Qing think?" β
King Rong clenched his fists and arched his hands: "The princess is seriously ill, Your Majesty can give medicine to fulfill this fist and filial piety for the prince." β
"Exactly." The emperor said, flicked his hand and ordered Li Zhaoxin to retreat, and turned to look at Qin Shao with a smile: "Where did you just say?" β
The little chamberlain went over to support Li Zhaoxin and asked him to leave the palace.
Li Zhaoxin recalled that when he was nine years old, he was sent to Chang'an, before leaving, his mother hugged him and cried bitterly, the ginkgo biloba leaves on the tree fell on the head of the mother, he personally picked them, and promised to wait for the leaves to be green and yellow, but five times, he returned.
But now that the leaves are yellow and green, it has been two or five years, and his return date is still far away, and tears are falling like rain.
Thinking that his mother was sick and his time was running out, not only did he not be filial to the son of man in front of the bed, but he couldn't even see the last side, Li Zhaoxin puffed and knelt on the ground again: "Holy Monarch!" Holy Lord, please be gracious, let me go back to see my mother for the last time! Li Zhaoxin, please! β
The smile on the emperor's face faded, and he turned his head to look at King Rong.
"The minister has a question, I don't know if the prince may solve the puzzle?" King Rong tilted his head to look at Li Zhaoxin.
Li Zhaoxin cried so much that his nose was red, and his forehead was also red, but thinking of King Rong and the emperor's allergic feelings, he immediately wiped his nose and looked at King Rong's chin: "Prince, excuse me." β
"When did the prince receive the letter?" King Rong looked with a smile.
Qin Shao's shoulders tightened suddenly, this question is deceitful!
But Li Zhaoxin didn't realize it, and only replied truthfully: "A month ago." β
"Oh, I see." King Rong was silent.
Li Zhaoxin looked at the emperor blankly, only Qin Shao sighed, Brother Li was still the same as back then, so he could be regarded as falling for King Rong's plan.
Sure enough, the emperor's face sank: "It's been more than a month, and the king of Goryeo has been communicating with you for more than a month, but I haven't received any news." Is it the great power of the prince, or is it the intention of the king of Goryeo to conceal it! β
The dragon case slapped on the ground, and Li Zhaoxin suddenly shuddered, and kowtowed: "Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry!" My father did not deliberately conceal it! β
In a panic, he didn't know how to speak, because he knew that if this question picked out the king of Goryeo, he couldn't get rid of the crime of private correspondence with his mother country!
The emperor snorted coldly: "It seems that the life of the prince is too comfortable, so that he forgets the subordination of the monarch and the minister, who rules the world!" β
"The Holy Monarch is angry! Zhaoxin is guilty, please punish the Holy King! Li Zhaoxin lay on the ground, hoping that the emperor's thunderous wrath would not be blamed on the people of Goryeo.
King Rong remained silent.
This Goryeo prince made it clear that he was self-inflicted, and he naturally would not offend the emperor for interceding for such an insignificant person, but Qin Shao ......
King Rong subconsciously glanced at Qin Shao.
On the matter of whether to summon or not, Qin Shao helped Li Zhaoxin, at this moment, will he still help?
King Rong squinted his eyes and looked like he was watching a good show, waiting for the emperor to send Li Zhaoxin down.
"Li Zhaoxin, the son of Goryeo, fornicated with his mother country," the emperor looked at the trembling young man who was prostrate on the ground, and there was no mercy in his eyes.
"Your Majesty," Qin Shao pinched his sweaty palms, and still stood up and clenched his fists and begged: "Please calm your anger." β
The emperor raised his eyebrows: "Shao'er, do you want to intercede for him?" β
Qin Shao looked up at the emperor, and then turned back to look at Li Zhaoxin who was prostrate on the ground, and the prince also raised his sweaty head and looked at Qin Shao pleadingly.
"Yes, my nephew has the courage to ask for a favor for the son of Zhaoxin." She said.
The Emperor was silent for a moment.
King Rong's face changed slightly, and he looked at Qin Shao and shook his head.
Qin Shao is favored again, but he is just a little prince with no official position, even if he came for the affairs of the prince, but now that his identity and position have not been determined, he has repeatedly interfered in the emperor's political affairs, and he is also bold and reckless.
I'm afraid that I will steal chickens and rice, which will make the emperor jealous.
King Rong was now holding Qin Shao, so he naturally didn't want Qin Shao to be suspicious of the emperor, so he stood up and wanted to exonerate Qin Shao.
It was Qin Shao himself who took his robe and knelt down first: "Shao'er lost his mother freely, and he couldn't help listening to Zhaoxin's sincere voice, and he hoped that Uncle Huang would spare his sins for the sake of his filial piety." β
Qin Shao's eyes were slightly red, and he looked at the emperor and choked up with his vocal cords: "Zhaoxin Shizi and his mother are lucky to be filial, Shao'er doesn't want to see him like me, so he can only send a pillar of fragrance in front of his mother's tablet every Qingming every year." β
This sentence alone reminded the emperor of the Xie family.
The Xie family in his memory is not the dignified appearance of Princess Yu's court clothes, but the coarse cloth hairpin on the Shanglin Yuan racecourse, and the dashing woman who dares to race horses and arrows with these men.
If he hadn't pressed too hard back then, Xie's loose and unrestrained personality would never have been depressed and dystocia and died of a blood collapse.
The emperor sighed and stretched out his hand towards Qin Shao.
Qin Shao stepped forward on his knees and held the emperor's hand, which was old but powerful and pulled her up directly: "Good boy, you are the same as your mother, you are an emotional person." β
King Rong put a heart back in his belly.
Fall on one's feet.
Shizi, he is really capable.