Chapter 82: The Great Commotion in the Imperial Palace
I "thudded" down on my knees. But don't get me wrong, this had nothing to do with fear. It's just that it wasn't my cue yet.
"What crime have we committed, Your Majesty?" Qi'er stepped forward, his face unchanged.
"You deceived me, saying the Empress was poisoned. This is a crime of deceiving the Emperor!" The sound of bamboo hitting metal echoed. It seemed that he and the Crown Prince did not get along well.
"I think you may have misunderstood, Father. Qi'er never said that Empress Dowager had anything to do with it. It's all just your own speculation."
"My conjecture? It's clearly you people who are putting on an act and misleading me first, otherwise how could I have been misled?"
"May I ask, Your Majesty, if we had intended to deceive you, would we still have bowed to you when you arrived? Isn't this a major flaw in our plan? We did so only because we thought you were here to watch the play."
"Want to watch a play?" Jun Qin's heart was full of doubts.
"That's right, the day after tomorrow is Liang'er's birthday. This is a play specially arranged by me. It's being rehearsed now, who knew you would arrive just in time? I naturally thought you came to watch the play."
"Why didn't you remind me earlier?"
"Didn't the king advise me to see things through to the end? My play is not over yet, how can I talk to the king? So, whatever questions the king asks me, I actually haven't answered, it's just that the king has taken the lead. Thinking that the queen mother had something on her mind, that's why this situation has arisen."
"Moreover, I don't know if Your Majesty still remembers, when you summoned the imperial physician, my wife asked you why you wanted to do so. She also wanted to explain it to you, but unfortunately, Your Majesty wouldn't listen." Finally, it's my turn, I finished saying my lines in one breath, and then waited for Jun Qingzhu's reaction.
It seems reasonable after a round of conversation. Jun Qin Bamboo is speechless.
Lin Xuan's consciousness had fully recovered by this time. Lying in Jun Qin's arms, she said: "Qier, it seems you deliberately targeted your father the king."
"I don't dare."
"Yan'er, are you awake? Is everything all right?" Junqin asked hastily, holding the person in her arms tightly.
"I report to Your Majesty, I am not seriously injured." Lin Xuan smiled slightly, "I don't know what brought Your Majesty to the Snow Palace today? Since it has been confirmed as a misunderstanding, if Your Majesty has no other business, I will take my leave soon."
It was originally a warm and beautiful scene. But Lin Xuan's words suddenly turned sharp, her tone piercing. The atmosphere instantly froze.
"Yan'er, are you still blaming me?" Jun Qin Bamboo asked after a long silence.
Lin Xuan's face turned cold, and the warmth in her eyes was replaced by deep disgust and despair: "I dare not. But since Your Majesty prioritizes state affairs, there is no need to come to the Xue Palace every three to five days. To avoid the ministers saying that I am disturbing the imperial court."
"Yan'er you..." The emperor's words got stuck, and in the end, he didn't say anything. He flung his sleeve and said, "Rest well, I'll come see you again another day."
"I bid farewell to Your Majesty." Lin Xuan's face was expressionless, his voice devoid of emotion, cold and detached.
I watched the emperor leave the palace with a mixture of emotions. To be honest, after Lin Xiang fainted, I had planned to let Qi'er bring the emperor over. But unexpectedly, he came to Xue Palace himself - what was his intention?
This plan, though seemingly aimed at the Emperor, actually had a deeper purpose - to use this event to test the Emperor's true feelings towards Yan Jie. The result showed that the Emperor loved Yan Jie deeply, even to the point of being etched in his bones. But this depth of love was also matched by Yan Jie's hatred for him.
One loves irreparably, one hates irreparably.
These two people are really contradictory.
