Chapter 53: I do
Bingying sent Huangfu Ruoxi back to the palace and had nothing to say all the way.
At this time, the emperor had received a report from the palace guard and knew that Ximen Bingying had brought his four sons to plead guilty to him, so he sat in the imperial study and pretended not to know anything. It was not until Duke Chen informed Ximen Bingying that he allowed the two to enter the imperial study.
"Sinner Ximen Bingying knocked on the emperor." Bingying didn't know what the emperor knew, but since the emperor didn't mention it, she had to plead guilty first.
Huangfu Ruoxi naturally knelt down and whispered, "I kowtowed to my father and asked him to be punished."
The emperor put down the memorial in his hand, looked at the two people kneeling in front of the case, and pretended to be surprised, "What are you doing? Get up quickly, I'm confused by you. By the way, why are you with Ruoxi?
In fact, the emperor has always called her ' Ying' after knowing the identity of Simon Bingying. Even if she has been appointed as a god now, she is still called that except for formal occasions. It seems that he is very kind to Ximen Bingying and has the attitude of an elder to the younger generation. A slightly smarter person can see that the emperor's attitude towards her is like the father-in-law's attitude towards his daughter-in-law.
Bingying said, "Your Majesty, I took the fourth prince from the heavenly prison last night without the emperor's permission. So today, I sent the fourth prince back to the palace and plead guilty to the emperor and asked him to punish him.
The emperor said 'h', as if he was a little surprised. Then, he turned his eyes to Huangfu Ruoxi and asked, "Ruoxi, what's going on?"
Huangfu Ruoxi lowered his head and replied, "Yes... It was the second brother and the third brother who went to the Tian prison to visit the minister. Lord Ximen and the second brother and the third brother had some misunderstandings. They thought that the second brother and the third brother were unfavorable to the minister, so they took them away."
Bingying praised that Huangfu Ruoxi's words not only shook off the lynching of the prince and the third prince, but also prevented the emperor from thinking that he was provoking right and wrong. It seems that although he is timid, he is still very smart.
"Is there such a thing?" The emperor was stunned. It seemed that the guards did not tell the truth, but it was no wonder that no one dared to chew their tongue in front of him. However, Ximen Bingying is different. She is not afraid of the prince and is interested in his four sons. Naturally, she can't see the prince lynching the four sons, and it is inevitable to save people.
"I offended the prince and took the fourth prince out of the palace. Please punish him." Although Bingying had expected that the emperor would not punish her, she still had to say this face.
"Ying'er, Ruoxi, you all get up. I also know the prince's temper and wronged you. As the emperor spoke, he left the dragon chair and went down the steps to Huangfu Ruoxi.
At this time, Ximen Bingying and Huangfu Ruoxi had already stood up, and the emperor opened Huangfu Ruoxi's clothes to confirm the injury. As a result, he really found several shocking blood stains on his back. It seemed that he was injured by the soft whip of his third son, Huangfu Lijie. He said sadly, "How dare you hurt my four sons like this? Lao San is really lawless!"
"My father is angry, and my son is fine. This is just a misunderstanding." Huangfu Ruoxi didn't think that if his father punished the third brother today, he could do anything good. On the contrary, the third brother will hold a grudge and double the target and torture him in the future. Therefore, he hopes that this matter will end here, and the result will be a good thing for him.
Besides, if Simon Bingying hadn't saved him twice, his father would not have suddenly been close to him. Although he was bullied, he was not stupid. How could he not see the light in his father's eyes? He thought that if his father didn't want him to approach Ximen Bingying to do something, he also hoped that he could sneak into Dongliu Villa as an insideer.
However, Ximen Bingying is the only person who treats him well except for her mother and wet nurse. Even if she has a purpose, she saved him twice, and he can't hurt her.
"How does this work? He dares to beat my son today, and he dares to beat me tomorrow!" At this time, the emperor had pushed all the charges on the head of the third prince, but the founder, the crown prince, did not mention it. He turned his head and ordered Chen Yi, "Go and spread my decree and punish the 20 boards. If you dare to commit it again in the future, double the punishment!"
"I obey the order." Chen Yi took a look at the fourth prince and thought that the fourth prince would always have a good day, so he quickly went out of the imperial study to preach the decree.
"Father..." Huangfu Ruoxi was anxious and wanted to persuade him again, but he aimed at Ximen Bingying and shook her head gently at him, so he had to swallow the words behind him. He sighed in his heart. Since she meant so, he followed her, but in the future, he was afraid that he would be even more sad.
After simply dealing with the things in the prison, the emperor looked at Ximen Bingying. He still has doubts about whether she really likes Huangfu Ruoxi. However, as an emperor, he can ask her this question directly. Of course, you have to avoid Huangfu Ruoxi.
"Yinger, will you stay in the imperial study or send Ruoxi back to the palace first?" The emperor's eyes were shining, as if he was looking forward to her answer.
Bingying paused and replied, "I will send the fourth prince back to the palace first." She thought clearly all the way. If she had saved Huangfu Ruoxi twice, she would let him go, but I'm afraid it would hurt him. Not to mention the prince and the third prince, even the old emperor will no longer treat him well. However, before making a decision, she still wanted to ask Huangfu Ruoxi what she meant, so as not to make her hot.
"Okay, then come to see me after you send Ruoxi back to the palace." The emperor suddenly smiled. To be honest, he is not happy to ask him to abandon a prince to get his son-in-house at Dongliu Villa.
Because he has only ten princes, except that the eldest prince died at birth and the fourth prince has not been liked by him since he was a child, the other eight princes are all dragons and phoenixes, and he is not willing to go to anyone. But now it looks good. Ximen Bingying has a special preference, but prefers the fourth prince, but he is happy to see it.
"I will leave."
"My son retreated."
Bingying and Huangfu Ruoxi both left the imperial study and led Huangfu Ruoxi to the harem. When she arrived at the door of a palace, Bingying noticed that the palace door was so many that even the palace eunuchs could not be seen. After Huangfu Ruoxi greeted a cold eunuch, the eunuch taught Huangfu Ruoxi a few words before she realized that this was a cold palace, and Huangfu Ruoxi lived in the cold palace with the good concubine since she was a child.
She couldn't help but be surprised: she had expected that Huangfu Ruoxi would not be treated well, but she had never thought that he had lived this kind of life since he was a child. I'm afraid that he is also a lot of people's white-eyed, and it is also possible to abuse. Thinking of this, she felt more sorry for him.
"Who are you? The cold palace is not where you stay, where you come from and where you go!" The eunuch looked at the woman in front of him strangely and said.
Bingying was wearing a fast-catching suit specially given by the emperor in the palace. The official hat covered her face and looked more serious. She looked at the eunuch and smiled and said, "It doesn't matter who I am. I'm just ordered to send the fourth prince back to the palace. You don't need to ask."
At the order? The eunuch looked at the woman in front of him and suddenly remembered the recent big red man in front of the emperor. He suddenly thought: She is not the Miss of Dongliu Villa, and now she is Ximen Bingying, who is a divine arrester, right?
Without waiting for the eunuch to react, Bingying had already pulled Huangfu Ruoxi into the cold palace. The only thing that gratified her was that the cold palace was finally not locked and no one was allowed to enter or leave. Thinking about it, the emperor is still for the sake of Huangfu Ruoxi.
"The wet nurse." Huangfu Ruoxi's eyes were a little wet. He looked at the woman who was wiping his mother's cheeks and called softly.
The 40-year-old woman immediately rushed over in surprise, pulled Huangfu Ruoxi to look left and right, and said repeatedly, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back."
"It's my fault to worry the wet nurse." Huangfu Ruoxi first admitted his mistake and then introduced to her, "This is Lord Ximen. She saved me from the heavenly prison."
The woman looked at Ximen Bingying in surprise for a while and immediately knelt down: "Lord Ximen saved the fourth prince. Please worship the slave maidservant Lin Lan." She knows that she has heard everything. She not only wanted to thank the woman in front of her for helping the fourth prince, but also hoped that the woman would continue to protect the fourth prince, otherwise the fourth prince would always live in darkness in the future.
"Get up quickly, it's just a piece of cake." Bingying stretched out her hand to pull, but Lin Lan refused to get up. Bingying suddenly knew a little about it, but it happened that she would not ask Huangfu Ruoxi in person again.
Lin Lan choked and said, "I have a ruthless invitation. I hope Lord Simon will agree."
"Please say, if I can do it, I will agree." Bingying didn't pull her anymore. She looked at Huangfu Ruoxi and said.
Lin Lan was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "The fourth prince has been bullied since he was a child. The slaves and maidservants saw it and hurt in their hearts, but there was nothing they could do. The maidservant knew that Lord Simon was very good, and it was easy to save the fourth prince. Therefore, the maidservant wanted to ask Lord Ximen not to alienate the fourth prince, so that the emperor would treat the fourth prince well, and the other princes would not dare to bully the fourth prince again.
Huangfu Ruoxi's heart jumped wildly, and the wet nurse said that he was looking forward to it, but Ximen Bingying just wanted to get the testimony of his mother's concubine. Even if she is temporarily close to him and gets what she wants later, I'm afraid she won't look at him again...
Bingying pondered for a moment, looked at Huangfu Ruoxi and said, "I can protect the fourth prince, but I don't know if the fourth prince is willing to be protected by me. I don't like to force others, so I have to ask the fourth prince about this.
"Fourth prince, Lord Ximen agreed. The fourth prince, speak quickly, say that he is willing to be protected by Lord Ximen, say it quickly..." Lin Lan was so excited that she couldn't help herself. She grabbed Huangfu Ruoxi's hand and shook it desperately and urged desperately. After all these years, there is finally a person who is willing to stand up for her master and the little master. She is willing to die.
Huangfu Ruoxi blushed under Bingying's gaze and whispered for a long time, "I do." Well, even if she just takes advantage of him, let him have this short-lived happiness and peace...
Bingying smiled, helped Lin Lan up and said, "In this case, we will be a family in the future. I will treat you like relatives, and the emperor will say that I will not let you live in this cold palace again.
Lin Lan thanked repeatedly, and Huangfu Ruoxi also smiled.
Bingying looked at the good concubine and saw her foolishly holding the comb and playing with it, but it was much quieter than usual. She smiled, and one day the good concubine will take the initiative to come to her...