Emperor Zhou Yuan looked at Xiao Ling's behavior in disbelief and was extremely angry.
Xiao Ling stood in front, and the guards did not dare to step forward.
Xiao Ling suddenly knelt down, holding back the tears that were about to burst out of her eyes, "What my father said is that my son has no respect for his elders and does not know the rules. I beg my father to punish my son and spare the innocent people."
"Okay... you really have strong wings, how dare you contradict your father!"
Emperor Zhou Yuan was so angry that he spoke incoherently. He put one hand on his hips and pointed at Xiao Ling with the other. He said nothing for a long time.
Wang Gonggong was the most discerning and quickly persuaded Xiao Ling in a low voice: "Fifth princess, don't be angry with the emperor, please be subdued."
Emperor Zhou Yuan glanced down at Xiao Ling, and when he saw that she was still deaf and motionless, he was instantly furious. He glanced at the rest of the people in the hall and said angrily: "Okay, since you want to take on this responsibility,
I will comply with your wishes! You can go get it on your own..."
Before he finished speaking, the prince beside him was frightened and reminded him in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's getting late. It's time to go to the morning court."
When Eunuch Wang interrupted like this, Emperor Zhou Yuan also realized that he had spoken too harshly, so he immediately changed his words: "Go and kneel outside the palace, and when you think about it, you can get up again."
After saying that, he angrily walked away.
"Thank you, Father." Xiao Ling bowed her head and sent him away.
After everyone in the palace left, Yun An quickly stepped forward to help Xiao Ling get up.
"Princess, you don't have to be like this."
Yun An looked at Xiao Ling whose eyes were full of tears. Her long and dense eyelashes shone slightly with tears, and there was a trace of fear in her firm eyes. She slowly raised her head and looked at the back of Emperor Zhou Yuan, who was getting farther and farther away.
exhale,
"Scared me."
Xiao Ling was about to wipe the tears on her face with her sleeve, but found that the sleeve was a little dirty. At this time, a handkerchief was handed to her. She looked up at Yun An, and naturally took the handkerchief and wiped the tears on her face.
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"That's a big fifty. If I don't stop you, your life will be in danger." Xiao Ling smiled proudly at Yun An, not taking his punishment to heart at all.
"This subordinate has a despicable life, why should I let you be punished?" Yun An's tone was not as distant as before, and there was a trace of distress in his eyes.
Hearing this, Xiao Ling frowned slightly, "What are you talking about? From the moment you came to Qianling Palace seven years ago, you have been a member of Qianling Palace. How can I ignore your lives?"
Yun An stared at Xiao Ling silently and said nothing for a while.
Xiao Ling put her hand on Yun An's wrist and stood up, and the two of them walked towards the entrance of the palace.
Xiao Ling walked out of the hall, looked up at the weather, and said with satisfaction: "Fortunately, the weather is good today, there is no sun, and it is quite cool."
Xiao Ling straightened her skirt and knelt upright in the middle. She looked sideways and asked, "Why are you kneeling down?"
"I will accompany you," Yun An said calmly.
"...Why do you need to find someone to keep you company when you are being punished? Get up quickly."
However, Yun'an was still the same Yun'an as before, kneeling with his back straight and refusing to get up.
That's all, it's easier than being hit by fifty.
Xiao Ling stopped trying to dissuade him.
Xiao Ling had so much fun last night that he knelt here without even having breakfast, and soon became tired.
Her straight back gradually relaxed, her buttocks sat on her heels, she lowered her head and yawned sleepily.
Seeing that Chen hour is almost over, why hasn’t the emperor gone to court yet?
Xiao Ling gently hammered her numb legs, turned her head and looked outside, and whispered: "Why aren't you here yet?"
She looked away from a distance, and saw Yun An behind her who was still upright and his eyes were always following her, and asked doubtfully: "Aren't you tired?"
"It's okay." Yun An replied briefly.
Xiao Ling nodded, that's right. People who practice martial arts do have much tougher bodies.
She continued to lower her head, playing with the accessories around her waist, while her eyelids kept fighting.
I don't know how long it took, but gusts of cool wind blew on my body. Xiao Ling's back felt cold, and he shivered all over. He suddenly became more awake.
"Why has the situation changed?"
Xiao Ling opened her eyes and turned to look at the dense black clouds. The black clouds were almost so heavy that they were weighing on top of her head. The strong wind blew the branches outside and lowered their waists.
"Yun'an, what time is it?"
The overwhelming black clouds weighed her down, making Xiao Ling feel uneasy.
"It's almost noon."
Noon...
A strong wind blew past, causing Xiao Ling's clothes to fly and her hair accessories to be messy. She could hardly open her eyes.
Yun An silently moved behind her, straightened his back, and blocked the wind for her.
"Look at the weather, it might rain heavily. You should go back first." Xiao Ling shouted to Yun An with louder voice.
"My subordinates won't leave."
"..." Xiao Ling said helplessly: "Father hasn't come here yet. Maybe something big has happened in the court and he has no time to take care of me. It's useless for you to stay here. If you get caught in the rain for nothing, it's better to go back to Qianling."
Gong reminded Mo'er to prepare ginger soup for me."
Xiao Ling spoke sincerely, but in exchange he only received three words from Yun An, "I won't leave."
"..."
In the Cining Hall, all the doctors were in a hurry.
"Here comes the medicine. Here comes the medicine." Qing Lai hurried in with the freshly prepared medicine.
"Give me the medicine, and I will personally serve the Queen Mother." Emperor Zhou Yuan reached out to take the medicine, and Qing Lai carefully helped the Queen Mother up.
"Mother, take the medicine quickly." Emperor Zhou Yuan blew the medicine in the spoon carefully, and coaxed and coaxed the Queen Mother to take the medicine in a soft tone.
"This medicine is very bitter. The Ai family doesn't like to take it..." The Queen Mother turned her head away in disgust. She really didn't want to smell the smell of Chinese medicine.
"Your body is so weak. How can you do without taking medicine? Take another bite."
Emperor Zhou Yuan coaxed her patiently, but the Empress Dowager regretted: "The Ai family has been in poor health recently, and even the Ai family was not able to attend Xiao Ling's birthday yesterday. Fortunately, Xiao Ling has been sensible since she was a child, and came to the Ci family early yesterday morning.
Ning Gong sends his regards to the Ai family."
Emperor Zhou Yuan lowered his head and listened to his mother's teachings. When she was tired of talking, Emperor Zhou Yuan gave her a spoonful of medicine: "My mother is right, how about taking the medicine first?"
The Empress Dowager glared at Emperor Zhou Yuan angrily and said with disdain: "Can't you hear the meaning of Aijia's words? Aijia misses Xiao Ling. Please let Xiao Ling come and accompany Aijia. What's wrong with Aijia?
All illnesses are cured."
"But Queen Mother, you need to drink this decoction while it's hot."
"But what? The soup you feed is not as delicious as what Xiaoling feeds. The Ai family likes to drink what Xiaoling feeds."
"..."
Emperor Zhou Yuan glanced at Qing Lai who was standing aside. Qing Lai understood and stepped forward to persuade her: "Empress Dowager, it's windy and rainy outside right now. If the fifth princess comes here right now, she's probably going to catch a cold."
It was noon at this moment, but the room was so dark that it was too dark to see clearly. A strong wind blew through the roof and blew out the candles that illuminated the room. The maid quickly re-lit the candles, and the light returned to the room.
Even inside the house, you can clearly hear the pounding rain outside.
The Queen Mother listened to the commotion outside and shook her head, "We must not let the little spirit get cold."
Sure enough, they are relatives from another generation.
Emperor Zhou Yuan shook his head helplessly and said deliberately: "Hey, since the medicine given to Xiao Ling is better, I can't let my mother drink such bitter medicine. Wang De, go and bring Xiao Ling."
The Queen Mother was anxious, "You are such a bastard..."
Before she could finish her words, she saw Wang De on the side with an ugly look on his face and stepped forward to remind him in a low voice: "Back to the emperor, the fifth princess is still kneeling outside the Wende Hall."
!!!
Emperor Zhou Yuan suddenly remembered and slapped his thigh, almost knocking the medicine out of his hand, "Little Ling is still kneeling in Wende Hall?"
"Yes, you personally gave the order not to allow her to get up."
Feeling the gloomy gaze from the Empress Dowager next to him, Emperor Zhou Yuan quickly said: "When did I say such a thing? I clearly told her to get up after she thought about it clearly."
"But the fifth princess hasn't thought about it clearly yet."
"..."
Something happened in court today, and he was already in a state of distress. After the court, another palace maid reported that the Empress Dowager refused to take medicine. He hurried to Cining Palace and unexpectedly forgot about the little spirit outside Wende Palace.
He originally thought that due to Xiao Ling's temperament, he would have gone back long ago.
"You actually punished Xiao Ling?" The Empress Dowager's eyes widened with anger, and she reached out to hit him. Emperor Zhou Yuan was so frightened that he quickly handed the soup medicine in his hand to Qing Lai.
The Empress Dowager pointed to the closed window, "It's raining so heavily outside, but you are so cruel that you let her kneel down? Poor little girl from the Ai family. She has been loved and smart since she was a child, but now she has been punished in vain."
"Mother, I am not punishing her without reason." Emperor Zhou Yuan tried to explain himself.
"So what?" She didn't ask the reason, she just pretended to cry: "Even if Xiaoling did something wrong when he was still young, can't you, as a father, be more tolerant? You have to be more patient and teach him.
She thought that when you climbed up to the Jinluan Palace to lift the tiles during the late emperor's early court, did the late emperor ever say anything to you? Didn't he teach you patiently?"
"..." He really didn't say a word to me. He just chased him all over the imperial garden with a feather duster. In the end, he couldn't get out of bed for three days.
"Yes, yes, my mother taught me that."
The Empress Dowager slapped her on the couch and asked in her soul: "Then what are you still doing here?"
"ah?"
"Why don't you hurry up and see the Ai family's precious granddaughter!"
"Mother, it's raining outside." He is also an elderly man and needs shelter from the cold.
"If you didn't hurry up if you knew it was raining, if you gave the little soul typhoid fever, the Ai family would not let you go."
"..."
Outside Wende Hall, there were two drowned chickens kneeling stubbornly on the spot, refusing to leave.
Xiao Ling and Yun An were kneeling at the door of the main hall. Although it was covered by the eaves, the evil wind was blowing wildly today, and water was already flowing on the stone steps.
"Princess, the storm is so severe that your body may not be able to bear it. Why don't you go back to the palace?"
Yun An's clothes were already soaked, but he still knelt behind Xiao Ling with his back straight, silently shielding her from most of the wind and rain.
Xiao Ling turned around and looked at him. He was soaked all over, and even his hair was dripping with rainwater. Xiao Ling's fingers touched the hem of her skirt that was mostly wet. Her legs were already numb. There was an urge to get up in her heart, but she gave up.
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"That's all, if I leave now, wouldn't I admit that my father is right? Then there will be fifty big boards waiting for you, and our kneeling today will be in vain."