Ferocious Princess - C370 Other actions by others
Seeing the way the two of them were behaving, everyone here was smart and observant, so there was no need for them to stay. They quickly went out and closed the door.
“Muhou …” Not knowing how much courage he mustered, Shangguan Minghao still called out, but he still didn’t dare look straight into the empress dowager’s eyes.
The empress dowager’s expression was already too calm, as if she had already predicted that Shangguan Minghao would behave like this.
“I wonder what’s the matter for the Emperor to come to the I Palace so late at night? It’s a deep night but you, the ruler of a country, must take care of national affairs. You must pay attention to your own body!” Although the empress dowager’s words were spoken calmly and without any ripples or even an expression, Shangguan Minghao could still faintly feel the gentleness hidden deep within.
“Your son, your son has come to apologize to the empress dowager!” Shangguan Minghao actually knelt in front of the empress dowager.
The empress dowager never thought that Shangguan Minghao would behave in such a way. She didn’t know what kind of start it was, but it could be that Shangguan Minghao had started to act a little unique since he thought that his wings were full.
“You …” At that moment, the empress dowager actually cried, her tears recklessly welling up in her eyes and spreading to her face. She revealed a smile, which was filled with endless sorrow, because she thought that she had actually agreed to the emperor’s request back then, that the current emperor was such a ridiculous question. Who would’ve thought that not only did she not receive a reward, but her own son had misunderstood her for so many years?
Shangguan Minghao waited for the empress dowager to leave her tears as he watched quietly. He actually still understood, understood that he was insensible in the past, and understood the things that the empress dowager was carrying on her back. He wanted to know the truth behind all those years ago.
In fact, the empress dowager had overestimated Shangguan Minghao. After all, Shangguan Minghao had survived in this palace where the strong preyed on the weak, and he had been colder than most. How could he repent so easily?
“Your son would like to know about the agreement between you and the royal father back then!” Shangguan Minghao’s words were still as gentle as water, as if he wanted to know the truth so that the empress dowager wouldn’t feel so sad and burdened with so many things.
Her Majesty started, then shook her head. “I can’t say!”
Shangguan Minghao’s gentle face instantly turned into ice. “We will tell you the truth, and tell us what happened that year!”
He was always wearing a wolf skin. Unlike some people, he was wearing a wolf skin and had the heart of a sheep. And some people had the skin of a sheep, the heart of a wolf!
The empress dowager looked at Shangguan Minghao with a complicated expression. Seeing how cold his eyes were, he was able to freeze the empress dowager awake. In the end, she was too naive, how could Shangguan Minghao be so easily moved?
Her Majesty sat down, pulled the Emperor over, and, with a sigh of grief, began to narrate the events of the past.
“Your majesty, what did you say?” The empress dowager, who was also the empress back then, looked at the man before her in disbelief. This was her husband. Was this what a husband should say to his wife?
Shangguan Yao, the Emperor, the royal father of Shangguan Minghao all those years ago, held the empress’s shoulders with both hands and said with a face full of sadness and helplessness, “I will let you and the National Lord Wei have fun together!” Shangguan Yao said these words word by word. How difficult it was, he had no other choice, this was his only way. As the ruler of a country, how could he be willing to put on a green hat for her wife?
The empress’s body shuddered, her balance faltering as she fell backwards.
“Xin Er!” Shangguan Yao held the empress.
The empress’s eyes were filled with tears as she looked at Shangguan Yao with unprecedented despair, “Why me, why me, can’t other people do the same? “Yes, other people, don’t you have other concubines?” The empress seemed to come to her senses at once, and said happily.
Shangguan Yao sighed, with a hidden bitterness in his eyes, “Unless you think it’s better to not let Minghao ascend to the throne!”
The Empress looked up at Shangguan Yao in despair. “Explain to I why this is related to Ming Hao’s throne!”
Actually, the empress wanted to make a scene, but she was born into a noble family, so this was her limit.
In the end, Shangguan Yao explained his reason, but it was somewhat vague. It was because the empress’s mind was a little muddled. Listening to Shangguan Yao’s words, she vaguely knew that the blood curse was left behind by some ancestor.
When the empress dowager said these words, her tears seemed to have dried up long ago. Although her heart was in pain, there wasn’t a single tear left, only that her entire person had aged up.
Shangguan Minghao heard the whole story, but he shouldn’t tell the story. It should be said that it was the truth, and when he looked at the empress dowager, he felt a lot more tender towards her, but it was just a little bit more, he had already been wiped clean by this palace, this mountains and rivers.
“You’re in for it!” This was his personality, she would never truly pity anyone. Even if it was the empress dowager, if the only one who could make him return to her senses a little more natural, it would be Fei Yan.
“Was it you who did the disappearance of Fei Yan?” Shangguan Minghao looked straight at the empress dowager, as if he was trying to find some clues. From his point of view, the fact that the empress dowager had been able to sit her seat up until now was also because of her shrewdness and shrewdness.
The empress dowager, on the other hand, was as calm as the ocean, without the slightest ripple.
“There’s still the I for her to leave, but I’m afraid someone else is the one doing the other thing!” Her Majesty spoke without fear, as if she were telling the truth.
Shangguan Minghao still wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn’t ask. Since the empress dowager had already said it was worth it, who else could it be?
“We don’t want to hear about anyone hurting Fei Yan in the future. Otherwise, don’t blame us for being impolite!” Although Shangguan Minghao did not state his surname to the empress dowager, no one could read the inklings behind his words.
Shangguan Minghao glanced at the empress dowager. After a long period of time, he finally could not help but ask, “Imperial Mother, will the current you still plead for mercy on behalf of National Lord Wei?” He did not know what Shangguan Minghao meant by saying this, or whether he was still testing the authenticity of the empress dowager’s words.
This time, the empress dowager looked very openly, the buddhist beads in her hands spinning steadily without any signs of panic.
“The I still hopes for the Emperor to keep him. As for the rest, we will rely on the Emperor to make the decision!” Her Majesty spoke without suspense. Even that hope was neither servile nor overbearing, as if this was the best thing to do.
Shangguan Minghao looked at the empress dowager for a long time before he turned around and left the Frozen Gentle Palace.
For the entire night, Shangguan Minghao experienced many things, but it also seemed to be very little. He was so much that he couldn’t make sense of the situation, and yet it seemed like there was only one person who was entangled with everything.
Tomorrow, should he really fulfill National Lord Wei’s wish, and have him accompany the Old General Zhuo? Actually, Shangguan Minghao had his doubts about the Zhuo Family’s loyalty, but this contradiction made him very vexed.
Forget it, let’s sleep first. I will make the arrangements tomorrow, maybe I really am tired. With Shangguan Minghao’s fall, he actually fell asleep.
When Zhuo Lei returned to the Zhuo Mansion, the first thing he did was to go to Fei Yan’s room. Everything seemed to be outside of his expectations, but it was also within reason.
At that moment, the servant was kneeling on the ground, accepting the rage brought by Zhuo Jun.
“If you can’t even look at someone properly, why would our Zhuo Mansion raise you?!” For a martial general’s table boy, he was probably not patient enough. It was as if all of this was the fault of that servant, and he had done nothing wrong.
When the people in the room saw Zhuo Lei returning, they were all shocked, but they knew that this matter could not be hidden. Who exactly was so bold as to take advantage of the fact that no one was around to kidnap Fei Yan, who was still unconscious, away?
“Big Brother, I’m sorry, it’s all my fault that Lady Fei Yan was taken away by someone. Please forgive me Big Brother, I have already sent people out to look for her. Zhuo Jun could only think of this one sentence, but he really couldn’t think of anything else to make up for her mistake.
After saying that, everyone looked up nervously, waiting for Zhuo Lei’s scolding. Or some other way, at least it was not the way it was right now.
They were always afraid, this was the calm before the storm.
“Big Brother, if you want to beat us up we’ll scold you. Please say something! If you don’t speak like this, then we don’t know what to do either. If you feel sad, then don’t hold it in!” In their eyes, a man of manhood was either laughing, cursing, or crying. There had never been any act of a woman like these scholars.
Zhuo Lei had made them so anxious on purpose. This was what a punishment meant, but in reality, things had already happened, and even beating up and cursing could not solve the problem.
“Recall the men you sent!” Zhuo Lei laughed, wanting to ease the atmosphere, but it seemed that his smile did not ease the atmosphere, instead, it made the atmosphere even weirder, with a few of them nervously jumping into their throats.
“Big brother, we will quickly find him. Don’t be nervous, it can’t be despair, right?” Zhuo Wei finally could not understand, could it be that this big brother was too sad or something? If there was something wrong with his mind, what would happen? He quickly gestured to Little Four Xiao Wu for them to call the doctor.
Little Four Xiao Wu and Zhuo Wei’s thoughts were the same, they hurried out to get a doctor.
“Come back!” When Zhuo Lei said this, he purposely put on a stern face, which made everyone present feel that things were not as simple as they seemed.
Zhuo Lei turned his head to look at the two people at the door. One of his feet had already stepped out, and he didn’t know if the other foot was because of him stopping them in their tracks, but he was in a difficult position, “Fei Yan is fine, so you guys don’t have to worry!”
Everyone finally heaved a sigh of relief, but their eyes were filled with strange looks, this Zhuo Lei had obviously gone into the palace to become a saint, how would they know?
Zhuo Lei did not think about explaining anything, because he actually didn’t know about the details either. He kept having the feeling that Fei Yan was different from everyone else, that time she had a fortuitous encounter, she was obviously taken away by something, and she had returned safe and sound, just that ever since she came back, she had started to be taciturn, he always felt that Fei Yan meeting that time was extremely important to him.
“Big brother, big brother …” Seeing Zhuo Lei lost in his own thoughts, the few of them were worried, and were a little confused.
“Ugh!” “It’s fine.” Zhuo Lei forced a smile, but at the same time, it was somewhat awkward. “Get him to come back, I want to hire him!” Now that he was a member of the Zhuo Mansion, he needed to control these people. However, he had other plans for this grand search. Thinking of this, Zhuo Lei gave a profound smile.
“Yes sir!” The few of them had already experienced Zhuo Lei’s plan before, and now they were following his plans even more. They all felt that there must be some big clues here, if they were to do it themselves, who knew if they would be used.