Chapter 149 Xie Guifei knelt down at night and begged for forgiveness
After Xie Guifei sent Lu Chen back, she thought about countermeasures in the Yingyue Palace. If she had a lot of time, she could plan slowly, or find an opportunity to go back to the house to discuss with her father, mother and others, but it was too late at this time. What's more, the emperor obviously wanted to isolate her from the outside world. How can she be allowed to leave the palace again? Moreover, this matter was made by the queen's brother. The queen led the harem, so it was even more impossible to let her go.
At this time, Xie Guifei really felt her indifference, and an unprecedented sense of powerlessness surged into her heart and almost suppressed her breathing. Originally, her father was powerful. She was the eldest daughter of a prominent prime minister. When she was in the boudoir, she was the object of all the ladies in Beijing. Later, she married the emperor and the prince at that time. Even the princess from the princess never dared to show her face.
Later, she was awarded the title of noble concubine. Although she was not alone in the palace, she was also the wind and rain. Even if she felt the feeling of being neglected for the first time after Ling Xiao was spoiled, she had never been so helpless. She always feels that with the emperor's feelings for her and the power of the family, everything will turn around and will always be good. In fact, even if the emperor neglects her, he has not caused any actual harm to her.
But this time it's different. This time, it's her eldest brother, her closest relative, who will be executed. Xie Guifei has never felt so desperate. She has been so afraid. She doesn't know what she is afraid of. It seems that it's not just because the eldest brother is about to be executed. She always feels that there will be a storm waiting for the Xie family in the near future.
In fact, Xie Zhiqing doesn't care much about politics, and she doesn't have a very sensitive political sense, but the emperor's attack on her relatives makes her intuitively feel fear and deep worry. However, at this moment, she can't control so much. She must plead for mercy and know that she can't do it.
However, the result was almost predictable, and Feng Yuqi didn't even see her at all. Xie Zhiqing had been kneeling outside the Cheng'en Hall until the moon star did not get up. She still knelt straight, stared at it with her eyes, and mechanically shouted, "Your Majesty, please be kind." No matter how others persuaded her, she refused to get up and was more exposed. Her single clothes were as thin as a ruined leaves after autumn in the cold wind, and her voice became more and more hoarse, full of grief.
Xie Zhiqing couldn't help laughing at herself. This was her most disdainful means in the past. In her opinion, this kind of bitter trick not only could not impress the emperor, but would only make him bored, and maybe it would be completely counterproductive. What's more, she is the daughter of the high-ranking prime minister and the empress of the noble concubine. The sense of nobility in her bones does not allow her to abuse herself like that.
But now, she is doing what she used to do the most disdain. In the face of impermanent world affairs and supreme imperial power, she has to lower her head, which she once thought was noble, in exchange for the cheap sympathy of the emperor with a humble posture. The knife-like cold wind blew on her body and face, and she had no consciousness, leaving only numbness, but there was still a trace of hope in this numbness, supporting her body that was about to fall like a faint candlelight.
And at this moment, Feng Yu in the inner hall did not fall asleep, and Lin Xuanyu lay awake beside him.
"Your Majesty, would you like to go out and have a look?" Lin Xuanyu looked at the top of the tent, and the faint Panlong auspicious cloud lines were a little ethereal in the candlelight.
"No, go to bed early." For a long time, Feng Yuqi said that he was a foot away from the people around him.
Fengluan Chun'en car sent Lin Xuanyu into Cheng'en Hall in front of Xie Guifei. Feng Yuqi didn't want to take into account the woman's various requests outside, and even wanted someone to drive her away. However, when he heard the sad pleas over and over again, he couldn't harden his heart. He couldn't help but remember what Xie Zhiqing looked like when he first came to him in the East Palace. There are many women in the harem. Maybe he doesn't love them all, but if there is no real feeling at all, it seems too ruthless.
After a while, the only light in Cheng'en Hall also went out, just like the faint light of hope in Xie Zhiqing's heart gradually darkened. Another palace man came to persuade her, "Your concubine, please go back. The emperor has rested for a long time, and the little master Xuan is still in it." This has been said very vaguely.
Xie Guifei was paralyzed to the ground and still said something numbly. She seemed to be stubbornly to pray for the emperor's forgiveness, but the people inside would not listen to her at all. At this moment, Xie Guifei vented all her hatred on the queen. She stood up tremblingly and looked at the direction of Zhaoyang Palace, and her eyes were full of anger.
"Is Xie Guifei still outside the Cheng'en Hall?" In the morning, when Ling Xiao got up to dress up, after hearing Erlan's report, he asked in surprise, and then relieved that Xie Zhiqing was also stubborn.
Er Lan lowered her head and answered, without any emotion in her eyes, let alone judge. She just objectively stated a seemingly sparse and ordinary thing. "When the emperor went out to court, he came out with the little master Xuan. When he passed in front of Xie Guifei, he didn't even look at her."
Ling Xiao remembered Xie Zhiqing's proud chin, which was always full of pride and slightly raised. Thinking about her downfall today, it was really sad. However, the thin camel is bigger than the horse. What's more, the Xie family is not doing well, but they may go to a son and can't touch their roots.
"Change my clothes for me. I'll go to Zhaoyang Palace to meet the queen later."
When I arrived at Zhaoyang Palace, I really didn't see the figure of Xie Guifei. Some people from Yingyue Palace came to ask the queen for leave. The queen was not embarrassed. She also told the noble concubine to have a good rest.
"Is Ling Zhaoyi in good health? Why don't you rest for a few days? It's still cold, but it's not good not to hurt your body. After the people around the noble concubine left, the queen asked Ling Xiao. Seeing that her cheeks were thin, she showed a little worried, "Zhaoyi has lost a lot."
Ling Xiao stretched out his hand and patted his face gently. He smiled and said, "I can't wait. In the past, this face was always a little fat, and it was full of meat, but now it's finally a little bit."
"It seems that the Queen can rest assured that Ling Zhaoyi can laugh like this. It seems that it's really good." The nobleman responded on one side, "The Empress Zhaoyi looks blessed." In the second half of the sentence, she did not continue to say that she would soon be pregnant with the dragon seed again, but she did not say it directly to avoid picking Ling Xiao's sadness.
Ling Xiao half lowered her eyes, but she was also a good-hearted person. The people in the hall only quietly did not speak, and they had their own thoughts. Today's big news, the fact that Xie Guifei knelt in front of Cheng'en Hall all night, had naturally spread all over the palace. Now it's not much time until the third quarter of the afternoon. I heard that Xie Guifei almost wanted to rush to the front hall desperately, but she was finally stopped by the people around her. At this moment, she was waiting on the corridor where the emperor returned to the palace.
Xie Guifei is not used to it in the palace. How have you ever seen her look like this? Everyone felt happy and cold at the same time. Even Xie Guifei had such a day, let alone them? The death of the rabbit and the sadness of the fox inevitably makes people sigh.
I don't know if it's because today's early morning was particularly late. When the concubines in Zhaoyang Palace were all invited to return to the palace one after another, Xie Guifei still knelt stubbornly on the roadside. Although his eyes are blind and his face is full of fatigue, the momentum of the whole body is still not diminishing at all, which is not to be underestimated.
After returning to Qiluan Hall, Qingwu couldn't help whispering to Ling Xiao, "Xie Guifei is really worthy of coming out of the door."
Ling Xiao is not very concerned about the outcome of Xie Shaoyuan himself, but Feng Yuqi's treatment of him actually shows the attitude towards the whole Xie family and even the Xie family. Ling Xiao is not interested in politics, but if the previous dynasty will inevitably affect the direction of the harem, then she will not be allowed to pay attention to it.
"Tell me the news after noon." Ling Xiao held a copy of Qianxi Chronicle in his hand, but his mind was extremely confused. After explaining the matter, he asked people to take out the embroidery rack that he had not touched for a long time and went to the warm pavilion to do embroidery work.
When there is something to do, time passes quickly, and unconsciously it is time for lunch. Ling Xiao put down the needle and thread in his hand, went outside and looked up at the sun. He didn't say anything and sat at the table and ate some casually.
Qiluan Hall is still the same as usual, and there is nothing strange. However, Ling Xiao knows that in the outside world, I'm afraid it has already caused an uproar. I just don't know how the progress is over there at this moment.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, it will arrive soon. The bright sun hangs in the sky, but it can't dispel the cold of winter. Today's wind is very small, and even the leaves have not shaken much. They can only peep through the faint ripples on the lake. Everything seems to be very calm.
"Mother, I'm going to be executed." At that time, there was news coming in. Ling Xiao was shocked that Xie Shaoyuan was really cut down. It seemed that Feng Yuqi was going to attack the Xie family.
No one in the palace knows how the Xie family is at this moment. All they know is that after this matter, Xie Guifei has not left the palace for two days in a row. However, surprisingly, on the third day, she actually came out to say good-to the queen, and she looked very strange except that she was a little haggard.
The queen comforted her, "My condolences should be the noble concubine."
Xie Guifei leaned down to salute, and a trace of resentment flashed on her face, so fast that people thought it was wrong. "Empress Xie is sympathetic. My concubine and brother deserve it. She deserves it. She really shouldn't be like this."
Ling Xiao was shocked. Although she didn't know Xie Zhiqing very well, she also knew that these words should not be said by her, and today she really respected the queen too much.
Ling Xiao also knows a little about this matter. Xie Shaoyuan's death has nothing to do with the queen's brother. I'm afraid that Xie Zhiqing hates the queen to the bone at this time. Even if it is the final order of Feng Yuqi, people are like this. When you have nothing to do with the real responsible person, you will often get angry with others.
In the next few days, there seemed to be no change in the harem and seemed to be very calm. But life is like this. Although it is very bloody, there is still a drama that has been played badly. After a strange calm, there was finally a terrible storm.