Chapter 8: The Empress's Punishment
The disappearance of the sudden fire in the prison of the criminal department alarmed the entire Chang'an City, and the fierce fire almost covered most of the criminal department, and the magnificent scene of the fire under the night could be seen from a few streets away. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Her Majesty the Empress, who was having a headache for the destruction of the palace today, heard about the fire in the prison and suddenly had a big head, and after hearing that the person who caused the fire was the nephew of the princess who protected the country, she was so angry that she was angry, and in a fit of rage, she asked her to immediately go to the prison and bring the culprit to her for personal interrogation.
So, Li Xiao, who had just escaped from the fire and had not had time to breathe, was invited into the palace overnight by the Ouchi guards.
Zhao Jianfeng is the third husband of Her Majesty the Empress of the Great Qin Empire, he is nearly fifty years old, he still maintains a thirty-year-old appearance, a prince's unique four-clawed python robe perfectly outlines his strong physique, flowing long hair hanging down on the back, vicissitudes of handsome face, delicate sword eyebrows, and a high nose bridge, all of which reveal his handsome appearance.
It's a pity that all of this was ruined by his narrow cross-eyed eyes and his chin-covered beard.
If you look closely, his appearance is seventy percent similar to that of the sixth princess, and even his beard is the same luxuriant.
The moon and stars are scarce, Zhao Jianfeng walked slowly in the palace garden under the guidance of several lantern eunuchs, and suddenly he keenly sensed a familiar breath not far from him, it was his beloved little daughter, the sixth princess Wu Meier.
Roaring excitedly, he rushed towards the oncoming six princesses in surprise.
Quickly passing through a gazebo, he saw a few bright lights in the dim place in front of him, and his daughter was walking towards this side surrounded by the palace maids, and in addition to being excited, he rushed towards the sixth princess with open arms and wanted to hug her, when he suddenly saw a monster with a big beard on the side, and immediately shouted: "What the hell!" Without thinking about it, he jumped up in the air and kicked the monster in the stomach and kicked it out.
"Poof!" The sixth princess, who was supported by the palace maids, spat out a mouthful of bitter water, and her body flew out upside down like a cannonball, falling heavily on the ground and rolling a few times.
Falling smoothly to the ground, Zhao Jianfeng held his head high and said angrily: "Hmph! The little monster dares to sneak attack the daughter of this king!
"Who dares to bully our daughter?" An angry voice came from inside the house, followed by an old woman in a dragon robe, with sparse white hair and wrinkles on her face, who looked to be in her eighties, walked slowly with a cane, and when she passed by the dizzy sixth princess who was lying on the ground, she fell to the ground head-on, and slowly got up, she looked down, "Huh, what the hell?"
She was so frightened that her white hair stood up like an electric shock, and she quickly hid behind Zhao Jianfeng as quickly as if she were teleporting, poking her head out in horror and looking ahead.
"Your Majesty, don't be afraid, it's a monster that attacked our daughter!" Zhao Jianfeng walked up to the sixth princess, bowed his head and pointed at it.
"Is this bastard sneaking up on our daughter?" the old woman opened her eyelids, her dark eyes flashed, and she raised her cane behind Zhao Jianfeng and smashed it hard, "Let you sneak attack your daughter, let you sneak attack your daughter...... Hurry up and help, we have subdued him and given him to our daughter as a mount. ”
"Okay!" Zhao Jianfeng heard the words and joined the action of besieging the six princesses.
Li Xiao stood aside and looked at everything in front of him, his heart was completely cold, the father of the sixth princess was not only cross-eyed, but also had a heavy taste, not to mention that he didn't even recognize his own daughter, as for the old woman on the side who was sixty years old and still had a child, and now he couldn't even tell the difference between his own daughter......
"Father, Mother, don't fight, I'm Mei'er! You hit the wrong person!" The sixth prince wanted to cry without tears, lying on the ground and shouting desperately, but he got a cold snort from the old woman, "Hmph! The little monster actually dares to use my daughter's voice to confuse us, you can't treat us as blind?"
After a while, maybe she was tired, the old woman grabbed the neckline of the sixth princess and dragged her tearful to Li Xiao's side and said kindly: "Mei'er, frightened, right? Don't be afraid, I have already subdued this monster, and it will be your mount in the future, okay, I asked the imperial dining room to make you your favorite osmanthus cake, let's go eat it." ”
As he spoke, one hand hooked the placket of the sixth princess with a cane, and the other pulled Li Xiao towards the house not far away.
As for Zhao Jianfeng, he seriously asked Ying to go out of the palace overnight to buy a few animal cages, just in case, and left in a hurry after getting the permission of the empress.
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In the gorgeous room, the candlelight was flickering, and Li Xiao sat in front of the table full of pastries and looked stupidly at the old woman in the yellow robe and silver hair in front of her, and her face was full of wrinkles.
Beside him, the sixth princess Wu Mei'er was rubbing her puffy face, sulking angrily.
"Mei'er, do you know why the mother ordered someone to come to you?" staring at Li Xiao lovingly, the old woman stretched out her rough hand and grabbed the teacup on the table and stuffed it into her mouth under the stunned gaze of the two opposite, "Squeak, squeak" and chewed, "Huh, how is today's pastry faint?"
"Mei'er, what's wrong with you? Why didn't the mother answer when the queen asked you?" The old woman saw that Li Xiao didn't speak, and looked at him puzzled.
"Uh...... Your Majesty, I don't know what you've asked me to do, but I know it must be a good thing!" Li Xiao came back to his senses, sweating nervously.
"Silly boy, how can there be so many good things in the world? However, what the mother wants to tell you is really a good thing, in fact, the mother wants to tell you that in a few days, your father and I plan to find a husband for you, and you are not young, and it is time to marry a husband and raise children. ”
As she spoke, the empress reached out and grabbed the porcelain plate on which the pastries were placed, took it in her hand, opened her mouth with only a few teeth left, and bit it down violently.
"What! marry someone, I don't want it, I don't want to marry the mother!" the sixth princess shouted in panic.
The empress glared at the sixth princess angrily, "Little monster, be honest with the emperor! I didn't say anything about you, what are you anxious about! If you dare to interrupt me, you will be sent to the imperial dining room to cook!"
The sixth princess closed her mouth angrily, and her big eyes kept blinking at Li Xiao, suggesting that he should not talk nonsense.
"This ......" Li Xiao was about to open his mouth to explain, but he heard the empress's stern words, "What this and that! You are so old that you are going to get married after all! This matter cannot be refused by you! By the way, the princess of the protectorate mentioned this matter to me a few days ago, what do you think of her nephew Li Xiao?"
"Not good! Not good!" Li Xiao broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Your Majesty! Li Xiao is a bully of men and women, and he does all kinds of evil, and he is a tumor of the empire, I hate him when I see him, how can a person like him be worthy of a princess! Please think twice! Re-elect a good horse!"
"Boom...... Groan...... "Eating the porcelain plate with relish, the empress said vaguely: "Look at what makes you nervous, I just say it casually, since you think Li Xiao is not suitable to be a concubine, then do you have someone you like in your heart? You might as well tell the mother emperor, and the mother queen will make the decision for you." ”
"Someone you like?" Li Xiao turned his head sideways and cast a distressed gaze at the sixth princess, seeing her touching her beard and pondering, she secretly shouted in her heart: "Your Royal Highness the princess, don't keep touching your beard!
Seeing that Li Xiao had been staring at the monster around her, the empress suddenly said, "Could it be that Mei'er, you like this monster?"
"Your Majesty, she is not a monster. Li Xiao said embarrassedly: "She is...... She's Li Xiao! You're mistaken. ”
"What! He's Li Xiao," the empress opened her eyes and looked at the sixth princess again, "I said how come it feels a little familiar, so you have taken a fancy to this guy? No wonder you behaved strangely just now, and you kept spitting and spitting, it turns out that the person you want is by your side! ”
"Why do you get darker and darker?" Li Xiao suddenly felt weak, "Your Majesty, I don't want to marry someone now, and if I want to marry, I will also be a young talent in the empire, and it will definitely not be Li Xiao!" I hope Your Majesty will give me a little time, and I will consider the candidate for the concubine." ”
"Okay, then the Empress will give you some time to think about it!" the empress nodded in agreement, and then looked at the sixth princess sharply, and said solemnly: "Li Xiao! You are guilty! Breaking into such a big disaster is enough to destroy your whole door!
"Your Majesty! Don't! Don't!" Li Xiao was startled, stood up and stood up in front of the sixth princess and said, "Your Majesty, don't behead Li Xiao! He was wronged! In fact, there is another culprit, please investigate clearly before you do it." ”
"Haha! The empress grinned and slyly said, "Mei'er, don't worry, the empress is just joking." ”
"Your sister, don't joke casually, okay, it'll scare people to death!" Li Xiao said with a gloomy face.
"However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped!" The empress looked at the sixth princess lightly, "I will punish you to go to the royal martial arts arena to break through the life and death pass, after passing, all crimes can be exempted, and if you don't, you will be severely punished!" Li Xiao! You can accept the emperor's conditions?"
"Accept! Accept!" Li Xiao winked at the sixth princess.
"Your Majesty!
"That's right. The empress nodded with satisfaction, put her hand into her sleeve and said: "Li Xiao, this time to participate in the martial arts field to break through, it is very dangerous, I see that you don't have any good equipment, so I will privately sponsor you with 10,000 taels of silver, you have to save some flowers." ”
"Ten thousand taels of silver?" The sixth princess was in high spirits, trembling with excitement, and saw the empress take out a stack of yellowed paper from her cuff and stuff it into the sixth princess's hand, she couldn't help but be stunned, "This is ?......"
"These are ten thousand taels of silver tickets. The empress grinned and said: "Take it and spend it, don't worry about running out soon, I still have a lot here, it's not enough to come to me again, and the maximum amount is 30,000 taels." ”
"Thank you...... Thank you, Your Majesty. The sixth princess was speechless while holding a stack of waste paper.
"You kid, be polite to the emperor. The Empress smiled warmly, "By the way, give me all the scattered silver on your body." ”
"Broken silver? why?" the sixth princess said in confusion.
"If you have a golden ticket, you don't need to bring broken silver, the emperor is afraid that you will be tired, so I will put it away for you first. The empress smiled kindly, stretched out her hand to take off the bulging money bag around her waist and put it into her sleeve, got up and left slowly with a cane, "It's not early, you hurry up and do your own thing." ”
"My silver ......" The sixth princess stretched out her hand to stop the empress, but she still didn't have the courage to speak.
"Princess, it's not early, the grass people will retire first!" After Li Xiaomu sent the empress away, he put aside his words and hurriedly ran out of the room.
"Stop!" Princess Ben ......" The sixth princess wanted to say something, but seeing that Li Xiao had already run away, she had to stomp her feet angrily, gritted her silver teeth and said angrily: "Dare to pretend to be this princess as a prestige, I'm afraid you still don't know whose territory the royal martial arts arena is, right?