The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

Chapter 363 The Best of Both Worlds

Since King Jin returned to the palace smoothly, the imperial city seemed to be calm, but in fact there was a dark tide secretly.

The Cao family was very powerful, and Emperor Ming did not dare to act rashly even though he had the heart of easy storage, but the mother and son of Meng Guifei couldn't wait any longer.

Faced with Concubine Meng Gui's frequent search for death and life, Emperor Ming was the first and the second eldest, and felt extremely irritable.

On this day, Concubine Meng Gui had just finished crying in the Palace of Qinzheng, when Emperor Ming, who was very bored, announced that his nephew Li Xiang had come.

Li Xiang was only a fourth rank in the Forbidden Army, it wasn't that Emperor Ming didn't want to promote his nephew, but that Li Xiang had no intention of official career at all, so Emperor Ming couldn't force him to do so.

Emperor Ming's favorite nephew was the capable Li Ling. Although Li Xiang served in the palace, Emperor Ming seldom announced to see him. Li Xiang was a little surprised to hear that Emperor Ming summoned him suddenly.

He followed the servants to Qinzheng Hall, and was about to salute Emperor Ming, but Emperor Ming waved his hand to stop him. Emperor Ming slumped on the dragon chair exhaustedly, and said lightly: "There is no one else, so there is no need to be more polite, I call you Come, just to ask you a few words."

With that said, Emperor Ming pointed to the chair beside him for Li Xiang to sit on.

Li Xiang leaned forward and sat down, and asked: "Your Majesty summoned the minister, but what are your orders?"

Emperor Ming had indeed been exhausted by the battle for the reserve position these days. He was already in his early fifties, and he was already showing his old age.

He looked up at his little nephew and asked, "Didn't your mother say that she would return at the beginning of this month? It's been more than ten days, why hasn't she come back? Has she sent a letter back, and did she say when she will return?" ?”

The Duke's government has always maintained a neutral position in the battle for the throne. Li Xiang was originally worried that Emperor Ming would declare him to be the crown prince. Now that Emperor Ming asked him about his mother, he couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and replied truthfully: " At the beginning of the month, my mother sent me a letter from my family, saying that she and my father had a great time traveling abroad, and that they would postpone their return date, but as for when they would be able to return, my mother did not explain."

The eldest princess and the Duke of Zhen have been wasted for more than twenty years because of misunderstandings, and now they are finally reconciled. The two cherish the time together very much. The old couple spends most of the year wandering outside.

All along, Emperor Ming relied most on this eldest sister. Now that the two sons are making troubles over the position reserve, he is unable to solve it, so he hopes that the elder sister can help him make up his mind.

Now hearing that the elder sister's return date has not been fixed, Emperor Ming heaved a long sigh: "Hmph! Eldest sister will be happy, so I will take the whole country and society on my shoulders."

As he said that, Emperor Ming glanced at Li Xiang and said displeasedly, "Write a letter to your mother as soon as you get back, just say"

Emperor Ming knew that the eldest sister was the most impatient with his two sons, he paused halfway through his words, cleared his throat and said: "The letter said that the family misses her, especially the grandchildren who are clamoring for grandma every day. , and Pingyang is pregnant again, you said that Pingyang is also weak now, and she needs to come back and take care of her."

Li Xiang suppressed a smile in his heart, solemnly nodded towards Emperor Ming and said: "I know."

Emperor Ming glanced at his nephew meaningfully, and added: "Your mother has been away for too long, I just miss him a little bit."

Li Xiang replied: "I understand."

After speaking, he got up and bid farewell to Emperor Ming, who hurriedly added: "Don't mention me in the letter, understand?"

Now Li Xiang couldn't hold back a "puchi" laugh, the jade bone fan in Emperor Ming's hand slapped him on the head, and scolded with a smile: "Little bastard, what are you laughing at?"

Li Xiang hurriedly said he didn't dare, just as he was about to bow to leave, Li Dequan, the chief servant, bowed in and replied: "Your Majesty, the empress is seeking to see you outside."

As soon as Emperor Ming heard that Empress Cao came to see him again, the playful smile he had just had with his nephew disappeared immediately, and he said in a cold tone, "No see!"

As soon as Emperor Ming finished speaking, Empress Cao walked in on her own.

When Emperor Ming saw Empress Cao, he said coldly, "I didn't announce you to come in, how dare you trespass?"

Seeing this, Li Xiang hurriedly bowed and slipped away, and Li Dequan retreated knowingly.

Facing Emperor Ming's cold and ruthless questioning, Empress Cao did not compromise this time, and she Shi Shiran gave a big gift to Emperor Ming.

Seeing this, Emperor Ming wondered, "What are you doing?"

Empress Cao got up and replied: "'The husband is the guide for the wife' all husbands and wives in the world regard their husbands as their heaven, but ordinary couples are husbands who don't want to see their wives, and wives who force themselves to see their husbands can't violate the king's law. Since the concubine is the emperor's wife, if she came in without His Majesty's announcement, it would be a crime of disrespect."

Empress Cao paused for a moment, and continued: "As a queen, although she is the most honorable woman in the world, she is also the one who is bound by the most rules."

Emperor Ming heard something in Empress Cao's words, he was silent for a long time, and replied: "Which woman in the palace is not like this, you are not the only one suffering."

Empress Cao sniffed, and replied: "The concubine is not a person who is afraid of suffering, what the concubine is afraid of is being treated unfairly by your majesty, and being rejected by your majesty."

Emperor Ming glanced at Empress Cao, and snorted coldly: "Why do I despise you? You know in your heart. Do you think that I really don't know about the things you did? I just think of your Cao family's contribution to the community Come on, I’m too lazy to pursue it.”

Empress Cao met Emperor Ming's gaze and asked, "Could it be that Your Majesty only cares about Cao's meritorious deeds? Does Your Majesty not care about our husband and wife relationship for more than ten years?"

Concubine Meng Gui complained that he did not stand up for his son and ignored their husband and wife relationship, and so did Empress Cao.

When Emperor Ming was enjoying the blessings of the people of Qi, why didn't he also suffer from the troubles of the people of Qi?

Although Emperor Ming had always favored Concubine Meng Gui, he was a soft-hearted person. Faced with such questioning by Empress Cao, who had always been calm and reserved, he was not without a little guilt in his heart.

He glanced at Empress Cao with a guilty conscience, and said in a muffled voice: "Bi'er was not yet eight years old and I made him the crown prince. Why did I not care about our husband and wife's bond in my actions like this?"

After hearing this, Empress Cao shed tears and said: "Your Majesty, it is true that you pushed Bi'er to the position of crown prince, but now you have the idea of ​​changing to crown prince. Have you ever thought of Bi'er in this way?" What is the situation? If he is deposed, there will be no way out for him in the future."

Speaking of this, Empress Cao was already very sad. He stepped forward and grabbed Emperor Ming's cuff, crying and said, "Your Majesty, Bi'er is your own flesh and blood. Do you really have the heart to see him die unhappily?"

The palms of the hands and the backs of the hands were full of flesh. If Emperor Ming didn't like Zhao Bi any more, he naturally didn't want to see his son-in-law end up in misery, but he couldn't even see his beloved son's son being framed.

He slumped on the dragon chair powerlessly, pinched his brows, and said in a low voice: "Let me think about these things carefully, and I must come up with a way to get the best of both worlds."

(End of this chapter)