Chapter 505 Surveillance and Protection
The queen showed the trump card of the emperor in a timely manner, just to ease the relationship between the two. The emperor is the bond between the two of them. She knew that a large part of the reason why the emperor turned a blind eye to what she did was for her emperor's sake.
The emperor glanced at the queen and looked at her with a complicated gaze. He felt extremely disgusted that the queen would use the emperor as a shield at every turn.
However, he was helpless. As the saying goes, don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha. He loved his prince Hong Cheng'an, so he naturally didn't want to embarrass him too much. Because he was afraid of destroying the relationship between father and son, he couldn't be ruthless to the queen.
He wondered that the queen was suspicious, jealous, and vicious. However, the royal son Hong Cheng'an, who was born to her, is benevolent, filial and good-looking.
Speaking of the prince Hong Cheng'an, his birth was really an accident. This almost caught the emperor off guard.
At that time, he returned from the battle triumphantly, and heard the bad news that Xu Guifei's mother and son were buried in the fire, and the whereabouts of Imperial Concubine Su were unknown, so he couldn't bear the blow for a while and almost collapsed.
That day, he stayed alone in the Lanxiang Hall where Xu Guifei had an accident, facing a barren ruin, drinking sadly. He poured jar after jar of wine into his belly until he was drunk.
When he woke up the next day, he found himself sleeping in the dormitory of the Heavenly Phoenix Palace. The queen slept in the same bed with him and slept deeply.
He had a splitting headache, and he couldn't figure out what was going on last night. He was obviously drinking alone, drunk unconscious. How did you wake up in this Tianfeng Palace?
The current situation in front of him was obvious, the gentle traces of a bed, exuding an aura of charm, a ubiquitous hint that he shared the bed with the queen and lingered all night.
He was not very comfortable in his heart, and although he was unhappy, he could not get up. He and the queen are husband and wife, and it is understandable that they sleep together. Even if the queen sent someone to carry him here, it was no wonder that the queen was there.
It's just that he is extremely dissatisfied with this move. He already suspected that the queen had poisoned the two concubines. The truth is not clear, Xu Guifei's mother and son's bones are not cold, but he is looking for fun. He felt ashamed of them.
After that night, he learned his lesson and did not dare to get drunk again. and did not have sex with the queen again.
Soon after, the news came that the queen was pregnant with a dragon.
This news made the entire court shake, and everyone was happy. This is joy from heaven. As soon as the queen was pregnant, the ministers looked forward to the queen being pregnant in October and giving birth to the prince. In this way, there are successors to the country.
In the court, the voice of admonishing the emperor to take a concubine was gradually drowned out. This is a great blessing for the emperor.
This news made the emperor have mixed feelings, joy and sadness, panic and relief, and anxiety and anticipation. All in all, he is very conflicted.
He has always been suspicious of the queen's pregnancy. This seemed reasonable, but it was unexpected. The queen has not been pregnant for many years, and after a night of lingering, she is actually pregnant with a dragon species? It's a miracle.
He thought that this was a trap set by the queen. But even if it's a trap, it's not going to be helped. In response to this matter, it is not easy for him to pursue it. They are husband and wife, and it is common sense to share a bed. Even if the queen used means to get him, it was due to his neglect of the queen for many years.
He felt that he owed the queen, and the child in his womb should be made up.
However, he is still dissatisfied with the queen in his heart, and he has always been unable to let go. It took a long time for him to accept it.
It wasn't until after the birth of the emperor's son Hong Chengan that his thinking changed greatly. No matter what contradictions and grievances there are between him and the queen, the emperor is innocent. After all, it was his own flesh and blood, and his blood was thicker than water.
He loves the emperor Hong Chengan like a treasure. At this moment, the queen's mention of the emperor softened his heart. In order not to embarrass the emperor in the middle, he decided to make concessions.
The emperor took a deep breath and glared at the empress with a dark face: "Old past, let's not mention it for the time being." I ask you, why did you send someone to spy on me this time when you went out hunting? ”
Surveillance? The queen's face flashed quickly, and there was a hint of panic that was not easy to detect. However, she quickly calmed down. She had prepared a set of rhetoric about this in advance. At this moment, she just needs to calmly put that set of rhetoric on the original. Of course, if she can be paired with a vivid and flexible expression, the effect will be very much.
The queen had an aggrieved expression: "Your Majesty, you have wronged your concubines again." ”
Look at her like that, it seems that she has really been wronged. Listen to her words, it seems that the emperor often wronged her. The emperor furrowed his eyebrows and looked at the empress with a grim face.
The queen's voice carried a bit of intimacy: "The concubine's move is not to monitor, but to protect ......"
The Emperor interrupted her impatiently: "What a sharp mouth. I still need you to send someone to protect me? As he spoke, he glanced at the queen with an inquiring gaze, and said sarcastically: "Why, no longer crying and sympathizing?" It's really rare for the queen to still kneel and talk. ”
Protection? It's ridiculous. He saw through the queen's mind at a glance, and knew that she was pretending again, looking for cover for her despicable behavior. How could he not even be able to distinguish between protection and surveillance.
The queen stiffened, followed the emperor's wishes, and replied stubbornly: "The concubine knows that she has angered the emperor. If the emperor doesn't let the concubines get up, the concubines don't dare to get up. ”
It's a gesture. The emperor felt upset and was not interested in continuing to watch the queen act here. I didn't have the heart to listen to her cry. After being out of the palace for many days, there are many national affairs waiting for him to deal with, and many folds are waiting for him to review.
Anyway, he has passed on his dissatisfaction and anger to the queen today, and his goal has been achieved.
Although he can't impose a heavy penalty on the queen, a small punishment is still okay.
He had a grim look on his face, and the words he said were sonorous and powerful: "Whether to send someone to monitor or protect, I don't want to pursue it anymore." The queen likes to kneel so much, so kneel well. Before the sun sets, you are not allowed to rise without my permission. ”
This punishment is already very light.
Xia Wenxuan was shocked, her face changed with a frightened look, and her small mouth was open.
The queen was dumbfounded, with a stunned expression, as if she was about to be tortured. The emperor was too cruel to her. He actually asked her to kneel here, kneel until the sun sets. Let's not talk about kneeling like this, whether the body can bear it, first of all, you can't get over it.
The emperor is the Son of Heaven, and she just kneels in front of the emperor. Because, then she kneeling to the emperor is equivalent to kneeling to the sky, which is not ashamed. However, the emperor punished her to kneel in the imperial garden for a day, and when it was spread, where would she put her face. How can she show off her power in front of civil and military officials. Moreover, those palace people don't know how to chew the root of their tongue behind their backs.
It's just that she doesn't want to accept such a punishment, but she is helpless. She dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak.
After the emperor finished speaking, he smiled coldly and turned around to leave.