CHAPTER XXXIII

The aunt sat leisurely and elegantly on the purple and gold carved chair in the main hall, burning incense beside her, and the tea soup was golden on the table, she was wearing a purple dress, her face was full of grace, and when she saw Hao Xi rushing in angrily, she slowly raised her head, raised her eyebrows slightly, and then said calmly: "What's the matter!" What a big thing that burns your eyebrows deserves such a panic! ”

"Queen Mother!" He didn't look at the eunuch palace maid who was kneeling all over the ground, he went straight to his aunt and sat down, and said angrily: "Queen Mother, have you heard the news of Mu Yan's marriage?" ”

"I heard!" The queen mother's hand holding the teacup paused, her gaze slowly slid over me, but finally she raised the teacup and took a slow sip.

"Queen Mother, Ruo'er must not go to kiss!" He grabbed his aunt's sleeve and said eagerly.

The aunt hesitated for a moment, and finally said lightly: "If the child is the daughter of the queen mother's own nephew, how can the queen mother be willing to let her go, but with your father and the emperor here, this matter is not for the queen mother to decide." She paused slightly, with a coaxing tone: "If you haven't made it yet, even if you decide to get married, it will not be possible to get married for a while, don't worry, your father will consider it." ”

"But what if my father agrees?!" Hao Xi didn't seem to notice the strangeness of her aunt at all, and continued: "Queen Mother, go and ask to see your father, and your father will definitely listen to you!" ”

Before Haoxi finished speaking, her aunt had already interrupted coldly: "This is court politics, and the harem has always been forbidden to interfere in politics, and if Ruo'er is my own niece and nephew, if this palace goes to intercede, it will inevitably attract criticism, so stop this matter!" Everything is waiting for your father to decide! ”

Even though I would have thought that this matter was not trivial, I never thought that my aunt would be so indifferent, and I was stunned and carefully digested all this. Yes! All this will never be as simple as she said, even if this matter is related to the diplomatic relations between the two countries, but it is not indisputable, and besides, even if there is really nothing to be done, the attitude she showed has already explained everything, I think, she should be worried about Hao Xi's feelings for me, worried that there will be a mistake in the marriage with Wei Xiang, so she wants to marry me far away, only in this way, Hao Xi will die.

However, how could the emotional Hao Xi guess this layer, his face turned red, he stood up with a bang, knocked over the tea on the table, and the teacup fell to the ground, instantly in a mess......

"Haoxi!"

The aunt's brows furrowed deeply, and she slapped her palm on the tabletop, and the long armor knocked on the heavy golden silk nanmu tabletop, and the sound of "knock knock" fell.

Haoxi was unmoved, pulled my sleeve, paused, but never looked back, and said coldly: "If the queen mother can't deal with Ruo'er, then the minister has to go to his father!" ”

"Ridiculous!"

He had ever seen his aunt lose her temper like this, she pointed at Hao Xi from afar, her fingers trembled slightly, but she couldn't say a word for a while.

However, Hao Xi didn't give her a chance to have a seizure, he didn't stop any longer, pulled me up, and ran in the direction of Taihe Palace.

I don't know if it's my delusion, the palace is exceptionally quiet today, and even the eunuchs who sprinkled and swept it were barely seen along the way. Taihedian was in front of him, but he suddenly stopped, faced me and held my hand. I thought he was scared, but I didn't want him to smile and whisper to me like a child: "Ruo'er, can you go back and wait for me first?" ”

The long wind blew past him, bringing up dust from the ground, glowing a dark golden mist under the slanting light of the setting sun.

I couldn't tell what kind of mood I was in, but I nodded mechanically, and then, watching him run in the direction of the Taihe Temple, the sunset setting behind him with brilliant brilliance, like a huge oil painting......

"Bang!"

The teacup shattered to the ground, and all the people in the Taihe Hall fell to their knees in panic. There was a dead silence in the hall, and there was no sound.

"This is Taihe Palace, not a place for you to mess around, get out of here!" Ling Zeyun sat in the wide golden silk nan wood carved dragon throne in the Taihe Palace, his face was pale, and his lips were pursed.

Haoxi knelt at his feet with his back straight, his face was pale and ugly, but he didn't flinch at all: "Father, the son is rude, but Ruo'er can't go, Ruo'er is just fourteen years old, and he hasn't reached the end yet, his uncle and aunt left early, and his son can't and can't bear to let Ruo'er leave his hometown!" ”

"Humph!" Ling Zeyun snorted coldly, and his tone was as cold as Bing Ling hanging under the eaves: "This is not something you need to worry about!" ”

"Father!" Ling Haoxi's fingers trembled slightly, but he didn't flinch at all, he raised his head and looked at his father who was high above, his voice was full of sorrow and anger: "Father, if you are alone in this palace, your son can't ignore it, and I hope that my father will be perfect!" ”

"Fulfillment?" Ling Zeyun's voice was even more indifferent: "Didn't you make enough jokes on the Zhengyuan Festival last year?" Do you want to be fulfilled? What are you going to perfect? Will I give you Su Ruoxu? Darn! ”

"Father! Erchen had no such intention, Erchen was just worried about Ruo'er, Xingyao is a barbarian land, Su Ruo married to Xingyao alone, walked without relatives and left her hometown, how could her daughter stand it! ”

"Don't say that there is no will now, even if there is a will, other princesses can stand it, but Su Ruo can't stand it? Harmony is an honor, a supreme honor given by the court, not your own opinion! Ling Zeyun touched it, picked up the ink inkstone in his hand, and smashed it in the direction of Ling Haoxi.

The ink inkstone smashed on Ling Haoxi's head impartially, and for a while the ink and blood splattered, and the black ink and red blood mixed together, spilling black and red spots.

"Your Majesty!" Wu Yunduo, the chief eunuch, walked to Ling Zeyun's side, and his head was deeply buckled on the ground: "Don't be angry, Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness is just in a hurry, not intentionally contradictory!" I hope the emperor will forgive the sins! ”

Ling Zeyun frowned and looked at Ling Haoxi who was kneeling in front of him, his fists clenched tightly, blood dripped down his forehead, across his cheeks, and his heart couldn't help but ache, this is his son, a son who has been stubborn since he was a child, and a son who is most like himself, but he is too young, so young that many things can't be seen clearly. He took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and said, "I still have political affairs to deal with, step down!" ”

Ling Haoxi knelt there silently, as if the blood was not shed by himself, for a long time, he raised his eyes to look at his father, his eyes were straight without a trace of waves, he just bowed mechanically, and then, turned to leave......

The moonlit night is getting deeper, and the original clear early spring, but there is a strong wind at night, and the cold wind mixed with the cold rain is coming, and the silent palace is even more bleak......

I stood far away in a corner outside the gate of the Taihe Temple, standing silently, the lights scattered on my face through the rain curtain, my fingers grasping the corners of my clothes hard, with dead force, and my knuckles turned white. I heard the sound of the heavy and luxurious carved door of the Taihe Hall opening, and then saw Hao Xi's somewhat stumbling figure. Blood and rain ran down his cheeks, leaving pale pink marks. I saw an imperial doctor rushing in in a hurry, but he pushed him away and stubbornly knelt at the door of the Taihe Palace.

"Your Highness! Please! More than blood, your injuries will be more serious! The Imperial Physician chattered and comforted him, and a few of his attendants stood sparsely beside him.

"Get out of here!" He pushed down the imperial doctor beside him, not knowing if it was because of excessive blood loss, Tie Qing's face was a little pale.

"Haoxi!" I couldn't help it anymore, I couldn't care about the most powerful king in the world behind that door, I didn't care about those gossips, at this moment, I couldn't care about anything, I only saw the blood that was slowly flowing, and I saw the cold rain and despair in the cold night.

The light blue embroidered palace boots crumpled in the rain and clamped around my feet, splashing a little on the bluestone slab, and I rushed over to hold down the wound on his head. The blood quickly penetrated the silk handkerchief in my hand, and it instantly smeared a ......

"Ruo'er, why are you here?" His outstretched hand suddenly froze in mid-air, and the refusal he blurted out suddenly stopped at this moment, turning into soft care: "Go back quickly, the rain is so heavy, what if you are soaked in the air conditioner!" ”

"You also know that it is raining heavily, why are you still kneeling here?" I asked him rhetorically, tears rolling down my face.

He didn't speak, stubbornly kneeling.

I sighed and reached out to take the medicine box in the imperial doctor's hand, and several clever attendants had already gathered around us with umbrellas to make it easier for us to bandage.

He tried to refuse, but I held him down.

"Ruo'er, go back quickly!" It would have hurt to clean the wound with medicinal wine, but he didn't even blink an eye, just blindly urging me to leave.

"If you don't bandage it properly, then I won't go back!" I pressed his hand, and he wanted to push it away, but he couldn't bear it, so he had to obediently let me do it.

After a while, the bandaging was already completed, and he kept urging me to leave, but how could I bear it?! Because of me......

"Obedient, Ruo'er, hurry up and go back!"

"Haoxi, shall we go back together? Isn't it just marrying Xingyao? I'll go! Can't I go?! "I don't know if it was blood that pierced my eyes, or if this kind of bitter pleading made me desperate, after all, my emotions were a little out of control, and in a stalemate, I turned around and ran in the direction of the Taihe Temple.

"Ruo'er!" Haoxi pulled me deadly: "I won't let you go!" ”

"Haoxi!" I turned around and tore his hand: "Hao Xi, I don't want you to do this for me, I don't want you to suffer this kind of grievance, if I stay in exchange for this, then, I'd rather go to Xingyao!" ”

I didn't even dare to think that my strength was suddenly so great, or maybe it was because Hao Xi had lost too much blood, and in the entanglement, I finally got rid of him......

I ran towards the temple with all my might, and at this moment I forgot about life and death, and I forgot that the people in the room could easily control my destiny......