Emperor Qi was getting older and his energy was getting worse. In the past, he could finish reviewing the excerpts in one hour, but today he had to review them in two hours.
When he finally finished what he was doing, he saw that it was already dark outside.
He turned to look at the eunuch beside him, "It's getting dark today, why haven't you passed on the meal today?"
The eldest eunuch glanced at the time and said quickly: "Your Majesty, there are still about two sticks of incense left before it's time to pass on the meal. I guess the sun has been shining brightly in Kyoto these past few days, and God is holding back his strength to make it rain. This time
It’s going to be gloomy right now, and I’m afraid it’s going to rain in the evening.”
As soon as the eunuch finished speaking, there was a sudden roar, lightning and thunder from the horizon.
"Oh, what a coincidence. I just finished what I said. Isn't it going to rain?"
After he finished speaking, he suddenly slapped his head: "Your Majesty, my servant was negligent. It's going to rain, and King Huai is still kneeling outside! What should I do? Why don't you, my servant, advise King Huai to go back to the palace early?"
When Emperor Qi heard this, he became even more angry, "Still kneeling outside? Kneeling for two hours?"
The chief eunuch nodded.
"It's going to rain soon. He clearly wants to force me to agree to what he wants! This traitor! He doesn't understand my situation at all!"
Seeing that Emperor Qi was angry, Xie Yang quickly asked: "Do you want me to persuade my second brother to go back first?"
"What advice are you trying to persuade! I don't believe it! Can I let him control it? No one is allowed to control him! If he likes to kneel, let him kneel! When he kneels and wants to leave, let him do it on his own
Go back to Prince Huai's Mansion!"
With Emperor Qi's words, no one dared to persuade Xie Xun anymore.
But God was not kind to him. By the time Emperor Qi came out of the imperial study room to have a meal, it was already pouring rain.
Maybe it was like what the eunuch said, it had been hot and muggy for several days, and the rain was particularly heavy this time.
The light is already bad in the afternoon, and it’s almost hard to see clearly outside now.
But Xie Xun was still kneeling upright outside the imperial study room.
Heavy raindrops pattered on his body, and the cold wind mixed with the rain made it difficult for him to see the things in front of him.
When Emperor Qi came out of the imperial study, he saw Xie Xun kneeling in embarrassment in the heavy rain.
As if he hadn't seen Xie Xun, he followed the palace servant's guidance and walked through the corridor without even squinting.
At this time, Xie Yang was finally sure that Emperor Qi was really angry this time, and he was secretly happy in his heart.
He complained to Emperor Qi, "It rained heavily, so I went back first and did not disturb my father's meal."
After Xie Yang left, Emperor Qi said to the eunuch: "Where's Concubine Wan? Ask Concubine Wan to come and serve my meal."
"Your Majesty, do you want Sister Wanbin to accompany you for dinner? I am leaving now. Father-in-law, please quickly call Sister Wanbin."
The person who spoke was the imperial concubine who was coming towards me.
The great eunuch hurriedly said to Emperor Qi: "Your Majesty, you said you would have dinner with the imperial concubine at noon, but now you want to replace your concubine? I will go and pass it on..."
Emperor Qi originally didn't want to see the imperial concubine because of Xie Xun, but he thought that everyone was already here...
After all, the imperial concubine has a high status in the palace. It is not good for people to go back in despair, so she waved her hands irritably: "Forget it, the imperial concubine will be the imperial concubine."
The imperial concubine welcomed Emperor Qi in with a smile on her face. Although she was smiling, she was actually very anxious.
Again, the women in the harem actually have quite a lot of information about what happened in the previous court, so as soon as the court went to court today, she got the news from the court.
The imperial concubine's vision turned dark. She could never imagine that Qin Rushuang would ask Emperor Qi for peace!
In the flash of lightning, she thought of the conversation Qin Rushuang had with her when he left, and then recalled that Qin Rushuang once said that she would live a good life with her children in the future...
I didn’t expect it to mean that!
Qin Rushuang and her child were fine, and he put his Xun'er aside!
People's hearts are all biased. She knew that Xie Xun had gone too far in some things before, but she always felt that between the couple, if the husband was willing to give in, the wife would naturally give in, being gentle and virtuous. If both of them were tit-for-tat, then this
How can we live happily together?
No matter what others think, or what Emperor Qi agrees to, she will definitely save her!
Dinner had been prepared long ago, and the imperial concubine sat down to serve Emperor Qi.
After everyone sat down, the imperial concubine winked at the palace maid Yinghong.
Grandma Yinghong understood immediately and retreated quietly.
She took the oil-paper umbrella from the little palace maid's hand and hurried outside the imperial study room.
When she walked outside the imperial study room, she saw Xie Xun still kneeling in front of the imperial study room from a distance.
Next to him were two little eunuchs who were guarding him. They were already soaked to the skin.
She walked over quickly and held the umbrella above Xie Xun.
His eyes also looked at Xie Xun eagerly.
She knew that Xie Xun came here with injuries. It was okay if she didn't look at it, but she felt extremely distressed when she looked at it.
Xie Xun was wearing the attire of a prince, with a dark blue outer robe and a white inner robe.
At first glance, it looked fine. Nothing could be seen from the dark blue robe. But if you look into the collar from above, you can see the mottled whip marks on his neck. The wounds have been soaked and turned white due to the erosion of the rain.
And the white underwear has a faint hint of pink.
It seems that it was mixed with rain and blood and soaked into the clothes.
Aunt Yinghong has been in the palace for a long time and has some connections.
She immediately winked at a few little eunuchs who were standing by. The little eunuchs took the broken silver handed over by Grandma Yinghong and walked away.
"Aunt Yinghong, please stop saying a few words. Your Majesty is angry. We will be back in a moment."
Grandma Yinghong nodded: "I know, thank you very much."
Seeing that the person was gone, Grandma Yinghong hurriedly walked to Xie Xun's side.
"Your Majesty! It's raining heavily and you're injured. Get up quickly and go back to your house. Let someone make a bowl of ginger soup. What can you do if you have a fever again?"
Xie Xun heard a familiar voice, raised his head and saw that it was the eldest palace maid beside his mother, so he said: "Mommy, don't worry about me, I will ask my father to take back my life today."
Grandma Yinghong looked at Xie Xun's persistent look and didn't know why...
This picture overlaps with another picture from a few years ago.
That was when Qin Rushuang knelt down outside the royal study and begged Emperor Qi to let her marry into Prince Huai's palace.
It was the same, standing silently outside the imperial study room under the scorching sun;
It's the same, with a persistent and determined look, it seems that besides Xie Xun, there is no room for anyone else in her heart.
At that time, she thought that Qin Rushuang was so outstanding that she and his prince would be a perfect match.
Although the prince liked the concubine in General Qin's family at that time, how could such an unworthy person be worthy of his prince? Naturally, a woman like Qin Rushuang, with noble birth and generous personality, would be considered a good match.
Who would have thought that after all these years, the two of them would end up in such a situation...
And the people who humbled themselves in this relationship also made a switch.
Aunt Yinghong sighed and said to Xie Xun: "My lord, you are not in the palace now. Please go and beg the princess to change her mind. What's the use of kneeling in front of His Majesty's study like this except to make His Majesty angry?"
"Even if you are eager to acquit the princess of the border issues, you don't have to bump into this stall..."
Before Grandma Yinghong finished speaking, Xie Xun suddenly raised his head and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Grandma Yinghong was stunned and stopped when he asked, "You are kneeling outside the royal study, aren't you asking His Majesty to take back your order and stop investigating the military power at the border?"
Xie Xun opened his mouth, feeling a little ridiculous.
"I...I'm not here because of the military power thing. Didn't Rushuang beg my father to let us reconcile, and my father has already issued an edict. I'm here to beg my father to take back my life..."
Aunt Yinghong frowned: "Where did the news come from, Your Majesty?! The Concubine got the news. Today, His Majesty in the court just said that he would not interfere with the affairs between you and the Concubine. He agreed to the Concubine's divorce, but he still had to ask
The parents of the Qin family, and your Majesty, your Majesty just promised not to interfere in this matter."
Aunt Yinghong's voice dropped, and she was a little angry: "Someone must have sent wrong news to you, Your Majesty, which is why Your Majesty suffered here and made His Majesty hate you! You don't know that His Majesty went to have a meal.
Sometimes my face is as black as the bottom of a pot!"
Xie Xun couldn't listen to anything else.
All he could think about was, luckily, my father hadn't issued the edict yet, so he still had time... he still had time.
The breath in his heart suddenly relaxed, but his body could no longer bear the torture of the wound and the fatigue of kneeling for a day. After Xie Xun relaxed his mind, he fell straight down.
"Your Majesty!" Nanny Yinghong was shocked and looked at the two little eunuchs standing far away: "What are you doing standing there in a daze! Come and help Your Majesty up!"
