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Chapter 344 I Don't Know What Mistake I Made
The inner garden of the Song Dynasty Imperial Palace.

The dark-skinned Ma Guogong knelt in front of the Song Emperor, his head was sweating under the crown, there were still some tears in the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, his body was trembling, and he looked so pitiful.

He bowed his body and arched his hands towards the emperor, and said:

"Your Majesty, when I knew that the dog was talking nonsense in order to provoke the son-in-law, I was so angry that I beat him up again, and then I hurriedly brought him to the Majesty to confess my mistake. Please, Your Majesty...Please, Your Majesty... ..."

Ma Guogong pointed to the person lying on the stretcher next to him, bowed down again with tears, and said:

"Your Majesty, please punish me."

There was a gloomy resentment in the eyes of the emperor of Song Dynasty. He just set his eyes on Ma Shuo when he saw Ma Shuo move and vomit a mouthful of blood.

The Emperor Song looked away speechlessly and bored, turned his head to the side, raised his sleeves, put his hands on the armrest of the dragon chair, and did not speak.

Ma Guogong has already walked anxiously to his son's side, crying and shouting:

"Son, what's the matter with you? Don't die... Dad always has a son, and you are the only one. If you die, the Ma family will have no descendants..."

"Father... I have chest tightness, I can't breathe..." Ma Shuo said in a voice like a mosquito.But in the huge empty palace, it is still very clear.

Ma Guogong turned his eyes and saw that the emperor was sitting on the throne, with obvious anger on his tilted face, but he just didn't speak.

So he amplified the cry a little more, with the meaning of reluctantly parting with love and killing relatives righteously, and turned to the emperor and said:

"Your Majesty...my son has been severely injured by Jie Ma. The old minister is licking his face and begging His Majesty to punish him...just leave him a sigh of relief. Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

The emperor has a deep bond with Duke Ma, even deeper than the bond between Shen Liuzhen's father, Duke Shen.

When they revolted to overthrow the old dynasty, Ma Guogong had always been his confidant, and Shen Qingzhi only joined later.

Otherwise, at the beginning, he would not have thought of marrying his prostitute, Princess Huaizhen, to Ma Shuo, and would be in-laws with the Ma family.

However, Princess Huaizhen did not agree, the disturbance was really outrageous, and finally the marriage failed.

This Ma Shuo was also stubborn, and he never married a regular wife since then, just thinking about Princess Huaizhen's change of heart.

However, the emperor never expected that such a shameful and absurd situation would occur.

Just now, Ma Guogong intentionally turned Ma Shuo's words about his affair with Princess Huaizhen into a lie made up to provoke his son-in-law Xie Yuan, just to save face for the royal family and save his son's life by the way. Get rid of the crime, what does he not understand?
But even if Ma Guogong put this step under his feet, he still felt extremely upset and panicked.

First of all, he knew that Xie Yuan was a girl, and one of his guards, Ma Shuo, was beaten so helplessly? !

The Imperial Guard under him is so useless that he can't fight a woman head-on. Isn't this problem serious enough?Isn't that enough to make him flustered?
In addition, he has always felt that Princess Huaizhen's temper is a bit arrogant even though she speaks...

He was also arrogant when he was young, so he naturally liked her character.

The point is, he feels that his daughter is also smart and sensible, and he has never failed to do anything that was entrusted to her.

But now? ...Okay, how could she suddenly do such absurd things that shamed the royal family?

Ma Shuo didn't have the guts to fabricate such a lie to slander and insult the royal princess.

Then it must be Princess Huaizhen's voluntary initiative and selfishness with him, so he has the confidence to say this in public.

But didn't Huai really despise him all the time?How could he suddenly do such shameless things?
What happened? ! !
The Song Emperor looked at Ma Guogong who had been wiping his tears and crying, and finally felt upset and noisy, so he said angrily:
"It is said that Princess Huaizhen reconciled with the son-in-law and came to the palace for questioning! Then call an imperial doctor and show it to Duke Ma's son. Don't let him die!"

"Yes..." Eunuch He on the side responded, then turned around and arranged for people to do things.

"Thank you Your Majesty, thank you Your Majesty!!!" Ma Guogong kowtowed to the ground excitedly.

After a while, several eunuchs came and carried Ma Shuo to the side for diagnosis and treatment.Ma Guogong also followed his son all the way back.

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When Xie Yuan and Princess Huaizhen went outside the hall together, waiting for the transmission.They each kept silent with their thoughts in mind, and they were all a little apprehensive.

What Xie Yuan was worried about was: ever since the emperor knew she was a girl, he always seemed to dislike her, and never announced that she had seen her again, and he even refused to ask to see her.

The words that Shen Liuzhen asked her to bring back at the beginning were still told to the master Shen Qingzhi, and the master went to the palace to tell the emperor.

So what about "please fight and return to the barracks", the job of the instructor of the imperial army is now run by the master for her, and she has never seen the emperor's face from the beginning to the end.

Since the emperor hated her so much, but picked such an opportunity to announce her entry into the palace, it couldn't be a good thing...

And Princess Huaizhen was nervous: when she knew that Ma Shuo was publicizing, she had already expected this moment.

She knows her father's temperament best, this scandal has lost the face of the royal family, father will never let her off lightly!
At this moment, a young eunuch opened the door and said, "Princess, Your Majesty let you in first, and the son-in-law will wait outside."

Princess Huaizhen took a look at Xie Yuan next to him, his usual haughty eyes flashed with uneasiness, and followed them in.

Not for a while, I heard a "slap" sound coming from inside. The sound was so loud that it could be heard outside.

Xie Yuan suddenly raised his eyes, looked at the door in front of him, and pursed his lips.

Soon the door suddenly opened again, and a young eunuch said, "My son-in-law, Your Majesty has sent you in."

Xie Yuan took a deep breath and walked in.Just bypassing the partition wall of the Nuan Pavilion, she saw Princess Huaizhen lying on the ground with her bun loosened, covering her face with tears streaming down her face, it was extremely miserable.

Xie Yuan knelt down and kowtowed silently: "Mr. Xie Yuan, see Your Majesty."

Just as she straightened up, a teacup flew towards her.When Xie Yuan raised his eyes, he saw a white spot in front of his eyes, his whole body tensed up instantly, and he subconsciously raised his hand to catch the teacup.

When the teacup was already in her hand, she realized that it was the teacup that the emperor had thrown at her, and she shouldn't have picked it up...

"..."

Xie Yuan watched the emperor froze, holding the teacup awkwardly at a loss.

Everyone in the hall was dumbfounded... Princess Huaizhen's crying was choked up, she covered her face and looked at Xie Yuan, her red lips parted slightly.

The emperor was also stupid... I thought to myself: How many years has he been, no one dares to hide from his beating.How dare she accept it? ! !
Xie Yuan hesitated for a moment, then gently placed the teacup on the ground beside him, clasped his fists and said:
"Your Majesty... I didn't pick it up on purpose, it's the subconscious reaction of a martial artist..." She pursed her lips and paused, her Danfeng eyes drooping obediently, and then said, "... I don't know what mistake I made? "

(End of this chapter)