Chapter 75: “Cold Palace” Misery
Han Jun immediately wanted to go out with Fang Qingxue.
Fang Qingxue paused for a moment under the door, then said towards the emperor, “Your Majesty, I have a few words, and I’d like to ask for your discretion.”
The emperor looked over, “Speak.”
Fang Qingxue bowed: “The evidence that I submitted up is true, and I wouldn’t dare to plead for Shi En, but the court’s law is not aimed at punishing crimes, and although Shi En committed a crime and has his own faults, but looking at the top and bottom of it, he is nothing more than a target that He Sheng and the others are staring at.
“And the reason why he is treated as a target is because of this position he is in. He has only made this one mistake in so many years as an official, and the Empress Dowager’s insistence on preserving him is bound to be a matter of cherishing talent as well.”
“You are still pleading for him.”
Fang Qingxue looked at the ground, “Your Majesty, I never thought that crimes should not be severely punished. If not, Fang might have walked over when he saw the Empress Dowager.
“But, talents are still used as well! No one is perfect, if everyone who makes a little mistake is directly beaten down, no one in the dynasty may be able to use it.”
The great hall was quiet for a while.
Marquis Qing Yun did not make a sound either.
A few moments later the emperor turned his face and was about to speak when Si Xi hurried in through the door, “Your Majesty, someone has come from the Ci Ning Palace side! The Empress Dowager has asked Miss Su to stay in the palace with immediate effect to copy the scriptures for the late Emperor, and has asked to send a message to the Marquis saying that Miss Su will not be going back for the time being, and when she will go out, we will discuss it at that time!”
Marquis Qing Yuan changed color after hearing this, “The Empress Dowager left her to copy the sutra? With her dog-like writing, what scriptures will she copy?”
Speaking of this, he abruptly turned to the Emperor, “Your Majesty! The empress dowager is moving towards Sister Su’er! Sister Su’er is also considered to be giving the court credit in disguise, you must save her!”
“Da Dudu don’t be anxious, I will think of a way!” The Emperor immediately turned to Si Xi: “Where is Sister Su now?”
“I heard that the Empress Dowager had someone pack up Changle Palace and let Miss Su live in it.”
“To Changle Palace? Isn’t there no one living in the harem except for Ci Ning Palace? Not only is this not copying scriptures, it’s practically seclusion ah! –No, I have to go to the empress dowager to argue about it!”
Marquis Qing Yun said as he was about to head out.
“Great Capital Governor calm down!”
The emperor called out to her, “The empress dowager has put her in the harem in the name of copying scriptures, at this point in time, to the outside world, she is just copying scriptures, the great capital governor is going, even if it’s not a cold palace, it has to be a cold palace!
“It will not do Sister Su any good to have this word spread.
“What’s more, earlier in the Ci Ning Palace intercepting people is me, this action is very disrespectful, seriously, we also deserve to lose. Da Dudu this go, I’m afraid that reason did not discuss, on the contrary to be the empress dowager reprimanded in front of me slandering.”
Marquis Qingyun inhaled deeply, helplessly stabilized.
The emperor slowly said, “Da Dudu is dedicated to protecting me, and this matter is due to me, don’t worry, give me a little time, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer.”
“Then the minister is counting on Your Majesty.”
The emperor nodded his head.
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Changle Palace is also within the western six palaces, Gao Shu guided Zhao Su out of Ci Ning Palace boundary, halfway couldn’t help but stop: “Dare to disobey the empress dowager’s decree, in addition to the Qin Wang Duan Wang, and the emperor, the rest is only the girl. The empress dowager’s anger is really rare, the girl should endure.”
Zhao Su did not make a sound. This is not a matter of whether to endure or not, although she is a person who is weak and afraid of death, she is still clear about what is right and wrong. If the emperor is not so strong, then she will definitely swear to protect those evidence and take it to Empress Lu.
Since she doesn t have that ability to protect …… it, then she can only go along with the situation and say her true thoughts.
Gao Shu sighed, and said: ”But the Empress Dowager is not a cruel person, right now is only in the anger, and so on a few days after the anger subsides, will naturally put the girl back. More or less have to look at the marquis face.”
Zhao Su of course knows that Marquis Qing Yun will save her.
But Lu dowager empress ruthless this point …… is to see the wisdom. The flower and moon will be the matter of how much the Empress Dowager Lu valued, she also knows. Early threatened to throw her to the nunnery to go, this time did not pinch a crime to throw her directly to the nunnery, has been regarded as a grace.
However, although some of the Empress Dowager Lu unreasonable, but in fact has never moved to her real anger – except this time. She was invisible in Ci Ning Palace, and sometimes did not hold the etiquette that should be expected of an empress dowager, and Empress Dowager Lu never made an issue of it. In the face of the emperor’s cross-examination, she even covered and excused herself, and did not blame herself for letting the emperor catch her in the act.
So perhaps this time she did fail Empress Dowager Lu’s expectations and trust a bit – after all, she had promised her with a pat on the back, and at least in the matter of dedicating herself to the welfare of women, Empress Dowager Lu’s original intention was also admirable.
Thinking of this she said, “Eunuch just open the door, don’t turn around and get you involved as well.”
Gao Shu nodded his head and asked the little eunuch to take out the key and unlock the palace door of Changle Palace.
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After Marquis Qingyun left, the emperor sat in his original position for a while, pinched his finger on his brow, and then summoned Si Xi: “Set up the carriage and go to Cining Palace.”
Ci Ning Palace at this moment is the time of afternoon tea, Empress Dowager Lu is looking at the menu …… right, on the last time to eat after the hot pot after she personally listed the list, calm, can not see the joy and anger.
The emperor entered the door of the temple, lifted the pearl curtains into the end of the bow: “The son of the minister kowtow to the mother.”
Empress Lu was indifferent, her eyes fell seriously on the list, as if reading into the god.
The emperor stood for a long time, covered his mouth and coughed, and bowed down: “Mother, son came to make amends.”
Empress Lu looked up: “Yo, perform such a big gift?”
The emperor nodded: “Earlier, the matter was urgent, the son of the court bumped into the mother, specially came over to make amends to the mother.”
Empress Lu hooked her lips, “What is this? You are the emperor, this world is all yours, my little Cining Palace, how can I control you?”
Here she looked toward the door: “I’m ready to remove my guards, and the palace wall is also torn down, so that the emperor next time over to do something still have to cross the door, how delayed things? Don’t you think so?”
Gao Shu under the curtain bar nervously glanced between her and the emperor.
The emperor lowered his eyes and stepped forward, “I know that even for the sake of upholding the court’s laws, I shouldn’t have acted wildly in front of my mother, and for this reason I’ve come here to ask for forgiveness, so you can forgive me.”
“Take the bramble and ask for forgiveness?” Empress Lu glanced at him, “Are you serious?”
“Of course I do.”
“Then you must have the appearance of taking a bramble to ask for forgiveness.” Empress Dowager Lu withdrew her gaze.
“I don’t know what sincerity Empress Mother is talking about?”
“You’re so smart, would you not know what sincerity I want? If you’re doing this for the sake of beating a dead horse with me, then you’ve made this trip more than necessary.”
The emperor was silent. A moment later, he said, “Mother, Shi En’s embezzlement is a fact, and the court cannot condone it. Pardoning his sins and allowing him to remain in his original position is impossible.”
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