The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

Chapter 198 Li Ling takes the blame for his wife

As soon as Emperor Ming's words fell, a young eunuch came in from outside to report: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, Li Ling, the son of the Duke of Zhenguo, is asking to see you."

Emperor Ming guessed that his nephew came here to intercede for Mrs. Chen, and he replied with a serious face: "No see."

Li Dequan persuaded hesitantly: "Your Majesty, I heard that this Shen family is very popular with the Eldest Princess. If the Holy Majesty grants her death, what can the Eldest Princess ask if she is questioned?"

Li Dequan, the head of the palace, was single-handedly promoted by the eldest princess and Empress Wu, the biological mother of Emperor Ming.He had served Empress Wu and Emperor Xian, and after the death of Emperor Ming, he served beside Emperor Ming. He was quite experienced in this palace, and he knew how to repay favors. He was loyal to Emperor Ming, and he was also loyal to the eldest princess.

Emperor Ming was in a fit of anger, and after hearing Li Dequan's words, he replied angrily: "Then Shen Shi killed my nine princesses, and she should be given death. When the eldest sister asked, I would point out to her son another high-ranking princess who the eldest sister likes." It’s just a noble girl. I still have a princess who hasn’t surrendered yet, at worst I’ll pay my elder sister a daughter to be her daughter-in-law.”

Qingluan at the side heard what Emperor Ming said, and was so happy that she almost asked her father to marry her on the spot. Fortunately, the female officer beside her was still sober, and she kept winking at her, so Qingluan restrained herself.

As soon as Emperor Ming finished speaking, Princess Fuxi walked into the hall slowly.

The eldest princess doesn't need to be passed on to enter the imperial study, let alone a concubine's bedroom.

When Emperor Ming saw the eldest sister, he didn't care about being angry, and quickly got up to respond.

The eldest princess asked him with a calm face: "My son is seeking to see him outside, why didn't you see him?"

Emperor Ming said awkwardly: "Did Elder Sister hear about the matter of the eighth child today?"

The eldest princess naturally entered the palace to face the saint after hearing about such disasters. She knew that Qing Yuan was her younger brother's heart, so she sighed and asked, "How is Yuan'er now?"

Emperor Ming said with a sullen face: "What else can I do, one eye is completely blind."

Don't look at Concubine Meng daring to play wild with Emperor Ming, she never dared to do anything wrong in front of the eldest princess, now seeing the eldest princess she lost her temper just now, she just weeping secretly on the sidelines.

Emperor Ming turned his head and said coldly: "I have found out that the falcon was raised by the Shen family. The Shen family hurt my beloved daughter like this with the birds. I will never tolerate her."

The eldest princess replied: "Who said that the falcon was raised by Mrs. Shen? Mrs. Shen has always been virtuous and kind, why would she dare to hurt the princess with such a big bird?"

Emperor Ming said: "At that time, Qingyuan and Jinyan were arguing, so in order to protect Jinyan, Shen slapped the bird and hurt people."

Seeing her younger brother sincerely taking the knife against her daughter-in-law, the eldest princess argued with him: "As far as I know, it was Qingyuan who first went to the Zhenguo government's tent to make trouble first. Yan Yan's face, Shen just stopped her, as for the falcon hurting people, it is an animal after all, so it should be an accident."

After hearing what the eldest princess said, Emperor Ming snorted coldly: "Sister Chang said that, is she sincerely trying to protect that Shen family?"

Seeing that his younger brother was in a fit of anger, Fu Xi slowly persuaded him: "Qing Yuan is hurt like this, I know you feel sad, but you are the emperor, how can you blame the innocent because of this?"

Emperor Ming replied angrily: "Could it be that my beloved daughter was injured like this, so let's forget it?"

Fu Xi retorted: "Then what do you want? Are you willing to relieve your anger if my daughter and daughter-in-law pay for your princess' life?"

Emperor Ming said in annoyance: "I don't need to pursue Jin Yan, but this Shen family must be punished with death."

Fuxi also lost her temper when she saw that her younger brother was so reticent, her phoenix eyes were slightly annoyed, she clapped her jade hands on the table, and said sharply: "How dare you!"

Seeing that the two siblings were at odds, Li Dequan on the side hurriedly persuaded him: "Your Majesty calm down, the eldest princess calms down, this old servant dared to say something, and the son of the Li family asked to see him outside the hall. This happened in the Duke's residence. , why don't you call the Li family's son in, even if you want to convict, you have to ask clearly in front of the Li family."

Emperor Ming gasped and turned his head away without saying a word.

Fu Xi said to Li Dequan, "Call Bo Yue in."

Li Dequan agreed to go out of the inner hall, and after a while, Li Ling entered, and when he saw Emperor Ming, he bent down and knelt down, pleading guilty: "The falcon that I kept hurt the eighth princess, I am here to ask for death."

Li Ling knew the right and wrong of the matter, his mother must have made it clear with Emperor Ming, and his pleading this way was just giving Emperor Ming a step down.

Although Emperor Ming was not a Ming emperor, he was not a tyrant either. She couldn't bear to convict the niece who directly caused the disaster, let alone this nephew who was able to fight for him.

He still counted on Li Ling to help him guard the country, how could he be given the death penalty.

But his beloved daughter was injured like this, and he couldn't let him let it go like this.

Emperor Ming glanced at Li Ling, and said coldly, "The falcon is clearly raised by the Shen family, so don't take responsibility here."

Li Ling replied respectfully: "My wife is a girl, how can I raise a falcon? The falcon was given by an old friend of the minister when I went to Nanjun on business at the beginning of the year. I followed the holy driver to hunt in winter, so I brought this animal with me. I never expected that it would hurt Her Royal Highness, everything is my fault, and I ask the Holy Majesty to forgive me."

Before Emperor Ming could speak, Qingluan on the side lost his temper: "Cousin, father has already found out that it was Shen who hurt Eighth Sister with a wild bird, why bother to take the blame on yourself."

Li Ling raised his head, and shot Qingluan with a murderous gaze.

Qingluan wanted to go on, but seeing Li Ling's fierce look, she swallowed back the words that she wanted to frame Jingshu.

Emperor Ming said: "Bo Yue, I know that the Shen family is very fond of you, but she acts arrogantly. I heard that she is still barren. How can such a woman be worthy of you?"

Li Ling said firmly: "My wife is not what your Majesty said. Besides, this falcon was raised by my minister. I really don't want to do my wife's business for accidentally injuring the Eighth Princess. If the Holy Majesty punishes me, I will accept the crime willingly."

When Fuxi heard that the younger brother who is the king was still concerned about such trivial matters as whether the woman in the deep house could conceive, she looked at the unconvinced younger brother with an angry look, and said with a sneer: "You know There are quite a lot of them? It’s just that there are quite a few women in your harem, how many of them can give birth to you?”

During the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, the tragic death of the first-born concubine Wei was not an exception. Empress Cao and Concubine Meng fought against each other, fighting openly and secretly. There were not a few pregnant concubines in the harem of Emperor Ming who died tragically for no reason, and they were lucky enough to give birth to a baby boy , also died young.

Emperor Ming, who is in his 40s, now has only three sons under his knees: the crown prince, the king of Jin, and a king of Qi who was disabled due to illness when he was young.

The eldest princess was heartbroken that Zhao's descendants were being murdered by sluts, and she couldn't bear the sight of her younger brother who was so useless that he couldn't even protect his own flesh and blood.For this reason, she often talked about it with him.

When Emperor Ming heard the eldest sister mentioning this again, he impatiently argued: "The matter of heirs depends on the destiny, how can human beings do it?"

Fu Xi sneered and said, "Since you also know that this is destiny, why do you still use the matter of my daughter-in-law's infertility to force my son?"

(End of this chapter)