Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 185 The Emperor's Tears
The screen was quickly withdrawn, and soon some palace servants stepped forward to help the prince who was already sweating profusely and exhausted.

The prince was trapped in the screen for a while to rest, and he has regained some strength. The ritual knife was picked up again and held in his hand. He turned his head and saw Princess Xingnan sitting on the ground, covering her face with her hands as if she was sobbing. The big and small eyes suddenly stared: "How dare you hurt my sister!"

"Aliu, I'm fine!"

Princess Xingnan wiped away the tears on her face, and uttered a voice to stop the prince who was about to rush towards the palace to provoke him.

She has never been used to showing timidity in front of others, but recent events have made her mood much more sensitive.This time, besides helping the mother to fight the injustice, there are other meanings. It's just that these emotions are mixed together in her heart. At her age, she can't tell the difference at all. It's just that the sadness came from her heart, and she suddenly became sad. Not as stubborn as ever.

The prince stopped his movements after hearing the words, glared at the palace people angrily, then walked up to the princess, waved the ceremonial knife to force the palace people back, and put on a posture of protecting his sister, but he didn't know that with his short and fat body, , In the eyes of adults, there is really no deterrent effect.

After a while, Song Ji came out from the hall, stood sideways on the porch and bowed her head and said, "Your Majesty called the prince and princess into the hall to talk."

Hearing this, the prince's expression suddenly became tense, and he looked at Princess Xingnan with a bitter face: "Sister, will father blame us..."

"What are you afraid of! This time I forced you to come here, and I will bear all the responsibilities!"

Princess Xingnan stood up and patted the dust on her body. There was a trace of determination on her small face, and tears were still rolling in her eyes: "I will be kicked out of the house by them, what punishment is there to fear!"

"Sister..."

The prince could finally feel the princess's sadness. He grabbed the corner of the princess's clothes with his little hand, and walked behind the princess into the hall with his head down. It was only when he passed by Song Ji that he remembered what he was going to do today, and pointed at Song Ji. Ji scolded: "You woman, although you are beautiful, you make mistakes. Why do you make things difficult for my mother and make her cry every day?"

Shouting, he cautiously looked at the princess and the palace again, worried that his elder sister would be dissatisfied if he said something wrong, and feared that his father in the palace would blame him if he heard it.

"Aliu, don't talk nonsense with her!"

The princess gave Song Ji a bitter look, she didn't know too much about human affairs, she only knew that because Song Ji suddenly had a sense of presence in the garden, many things were completely different.In the past, the father who loved her more and more was rare, and the queen mother treated her more and more harshly, until now both parents can't wait to push her out of the house.

Although she has a strong mouth and refuses to be underestimated and ridiculed for showing disappointment and sadness, she has little affection or even hatred for Song Ji, the initiator of many changes in her life in her mind.

Song Ji saw the princess and the prince walking in front of her into the palace, but there was a helpless wry smile on her beautiful face.She is just a poor person like catkins in troubled times. She dare not do evil and is not worthy of doing evil. The emperor wants to use her to cover up some things, and she doesn't even have the qualifications and courage to refuse.The princess's resentment towards her, even though she felt wronged in her heart, she didn't dare to make more defenses.

Although she was looked down upon by the princess, Song Ji didn't have much resentment in her heart.Although the status of this girl is different from hers, when it comes to the sad situation she faces, although the circumstances are different, the meanings are always the same, most of them are powerless and resigned.It's just that the princess is much luckier than her, and she can still resist and vent a little bit, but she is not qualified to be presumptuous.

But recently, every day in front of the lord, seeing a respected person in the world continue to live like a fly, suffering, humble and tenacious, just to fulfill a duty that she should do, it made Song Ji feel that a person is alive In this world, there is really no need to complain about others, as long as you can endure a lot of suffering, you must work hard to live.

She raised her hand to gently stroke the center of her eyebrows to drive away a trace of tiredness, put away many reveries in her heart, and then hurried into the hall.She is the most aware of the emperor's condition, and she may faint at any time due to lack of energy. If she is not serving by her side, the two princes and daughters may be frightened.

After entering the palace, Princess Xingnan lowered her head, she knew that she had made too much trouble today, and she was afraid that her father would inevitably punish her severely.It's just that many emotions have been lingering in my heart recently, even though I know that I have done something wrong, it is difficult to bow my head and admit my mistake at this moment.

The emperor saw the princess walking into the palace with a sullen face from behind the screen. The stubborn expression on her brows was exactly the same as when he was young. Recently, a smile subconsciously appeared on his face, which was so thin due to illness.Until he saw the timid but strong-armed prince behind the princess, the emperor's face became even brighter.

It is true that in his heart he loves the Xingnan princess who is the most similar to himself in temperament, but the prince is his successor to the throne, how could he not care, but the requirements are different, and the ways of paying attention are also different.But the emperor was somewhat relieved that the prince, who was usually so cowardly, dared to rush into his dormitory with the princess today.

He didn't want the prince to be a rebellious and rude tyrant, but he also didn't want to see his son cowardly and without his own opinions.Especially in today's world, both he and the first emperor suffered from the restraint and confinement of powerful officials.It is definitely not a good thing for the prince to be weak and patient.

"Aliu, come here."

The emperor's heart moved, and he spoke behind the screen.

Hearing that the father only called out his own name, the prince's small face suddenly wrinkled, looked at Princess Xingnan and cried: "Sister, I..."

"Don't be afraid, we didn't do anything wrong!"

Princess Xingnan comforted the prince, but her eyes turned red in an instant. His father really hated seeing him, so he only called Aliu in but didn't call her name.Sure enough, she is already redundant in the garden, no wonder the father is so anxious to marry him off!
At her age, when the affairs of the people are just beginning to dawn, even though the palace servants dare not speak much in front of her, she has heard about the rush of the marriage behind her back, and then smoldering in her heart.There was a lot of fuss today, there was no lack of desire to see the father and ask what happened, but the father didn't want to see her at all...

After watching the prince walk into the screen, Princess Xingnan turned around and looked at a carved wall, she couldn't help but shed tears.She clenched her teeth and tried hard not to let out a sob, and when she heard Song Ji's footsteps entering the palace, she felt even more ashamed and annoyed. She raised her face to look at the beam, and let the tears drip down her chin.

After a while, she felt the corner of her clothes being pulled, the princess looked down and saw the prince standing behind her, with a hint of joy on her face, she whispered: "Sister, Father didn't scold me, but even praised me..."

"Oh."

Princess Xingnan wiped away the dried tears, turned around and walked out of the hall.

"Sister, sister...Father still wants to see you!"

Seeing the princess turned around and left, the prince hurriedly waved his hands and said loudly.

After hearing this, the princess paused, then turned to look at the screen, but she didn't hear the voice of her father, and the disappointment in her eyes grew stronger.She pondered for a while, then strode towards the expert: "Aliu, wait for me here for a while."

She must see her father today, and ask the questions that are lingering in her heart clearly!

The light behind the screen was slightly dim, the princess walked in for a while before recovering her sight, and soon she saw several palace people gathered around the couch, the abominable Song Ji was turning her back to her, just blocking her father's face, and she could only see To the corner of the clothes.

Smelling the smell of strong medicinal soup in the room, Princess Xingnan's heart sank. She walked a few steps forward and saw her father leaning on the couch with his eyes closed and letting the palace people manipulate him. It was very different from what she remembered.

"Song Ji, you dare to harm my father!"

Seeing this scene, the princess's heartstrings were already tense, and in a hurry, she still remembered to pull out another hidden ritual knife from the boot, and rushed forward with a shout.

"Xingnan stop!"

The emperor chatted with the crown prince for a while, and his spirit was exhausted. He was served by the palace servants and drank the decoction. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the princess rushing up with the ceremonial knife with a somewhat ferocious expression, and hurriedly shouted to stop.

Hearing the emperor's shout, Song Ji tilted her head slightly and her expression changed, she hurriedly lay down on the couch, the instrument knife wiped her back shirt and fell to the ground.Princess Xingnan threw away the knife and pushed Song Ji to the side with all her strength, her expression full of vigilance: "Quickly step back from my father's side!"

The emperor stretched out his hand, grabbed the princess's wrist and pulled her closer, then waved his hand to signal Song Ji and the palace people to back away, and then a smile appeared on his face: "My little daughter already knows how to think about the safety of the emperor... ...My Xingnan has grown up!"

"Father, what's wrong with you?"

Princess Xingnan grabbed the emperor's thin fingers with protruding bony joints, her expression was full of surprise, horror, and sadness. Although she was young, she could see that the emperor's current situation was worrying.

The emperor raised his head with some difficulty and looked at his daughter's tear-stained face. Although there were many emotions and sadness in his heart, there was still a smile on the corner of his mouth: "My father occasionally feels a little sick, and I feel better. I can't bear to see my family." Girl, it's just that I'm afraid I'll startle you with this appearance..."

"Father, lie down."

The princess clumsily wrapped the quilt around the emperor, but her tears rolled down again, sobbing, "I was wrong, Father...I shouldn't, I...I just miss Father, and I'm afraid I'll never see you again." less than..."

The emperor stretched out his hand to grab the helpless princess: "Children love and miss their parents, how could it be wrong? It's just that father didn't know how to take care of his body earlier, so he couldn't always be with my little girl. Xingnan, let father take a closer look at you... When you come to your husband's house in the future, remember not to do things capriciously, you must understand the gentleness of women, so that you can live in harmony with your husband and wife..."

"Father, I don't want to marry! I don't want to...I want to guard you, I want to see Father every day, I, I won't fight with Ah Liu anymore...Father, I know I was wrong! Don't drive me away Home, okay?"

Even though the ten-year-old girl was stubborn, she couldn't hold on anymore at this moment. Princess Xingnan lay on the bed in tears, expressing her heart.

The emperor smiled wryly, and lightly rubbed the tears on his daughter's delicate cheeks with his fingers: "Don't say such stupid things, men should marry and women should marry, this is the right principle of human relations. Children love their parents, but parents can't always accompany their children. My little daughter, One day you will have children of your own, and by that time, you should understand that my father has never hated seeing our girl, but many things in the world are helpless, and self-willedness cannot survive..."

"But, but father is the king, you can do whatever you want! Father, I really know I was wrong...don't drive me away..."

Hearing this, the emperor closed his eyes, and tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes: "I think so much... Alas, Xingnan, although father is the emperor, he is also a widow... If I have a choice, I would like to take my wife with you." Qianzi, with my girl, travels with Changqianli, wandering all day long, boating on the Qinhuai River, picking lotus and fishing, never returning home at night..."

Princess Xingnan stopped crying suddenly, she had never seen her father cry in front of her.Right now, she still doesn't know the meaning of this scene, but her father's melancholy and yearning expression is deeply imprinted in her heart. Every time she thinks about it, the more people and things she sees, the more she feels.

(End of this chapter)