Chapter 6 The Empress

She wiped the blood and sweat from her forehead, straightened her clothes, and followed Mammy inside.

The splendor of the palace reflected her shabbiness and embarrassment. She tried her best to step on vain steps, steadying her body and moving forward. Step by step, she felt extremely difficult.

There was a figure shaking in front of her eyes. In fact, it wasn't the figure shaking, but she was very dizzy. She could only vaguely see three people sitting in the main hall, the one in the middle was wearing a bright red brocade palace dress with a high bun, and she felt graceful and luxurious just by taking a casual look.

She knelt down with a plop, "My daughter Xia Zi'an, I'm here to greet the empress!"

There was silence in the hall, and even the sound of breathing seemed to be inaudible. The lights on the walls of the palace emitted a pleasant light through the glazed lampshade, reflecting everything in front of us, like a dream.

It took a long time before I heard a female voice that was so indifferent that there was almost no warmth, "Raise your head!"

Zian put his hands on the ground and slowly raised his head.

A pair of sharp, almost mean-spirited eyes stared at her, with a dark blue glint in those eyes, reminding her of a time when she was in danger in the desert when she was a military doctor. Stare at her.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw beside the Queen. There was a person sitting on the left and the right. The one sitting on the right was King Liang. King Liang looked very displeased. He turned his face away, as if he didn't even want to see her.

Seeing King Liang here, her heart was half relieved, at least her plan could be carried out smoothly.

As for the man in black clothes sitting on the left, she has never seen it before, and the original owner probably has never seen it either, because she has no memory of it.

Zian was a little startled by this man's aura, and he didn't dare to look at his face carefully. He just sat idly by the side, holding a porcelain cup in his hand, such a faint meaning gave people a strong sense of oppression.

Zian secretly guessed in his heart, could he be the emperor's younger brother, the regent Murong Jie?

Not allowing Zian to think about it, the queen spoke slowly, changing from the sharpness just now, with a faint smile on the corner of her lips, "You are Xia Zian?"

"Returning to the empress, the subject is Xia Zi'an!" Zi'an replied, his throat seemed to be blocked by a ball of cotton wool, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

The queen smiled, her eyes froze suddenly, and her voice floated over lightly, "I heard that you don't like King Liang."

Such an understatement is already a question.

Zi An kowtowed, and then slowly raised his head, his eyes were sad and said: "Empress Empress, I know that today's death crime is hard to forgive, so I don't ask Empress Empress to forgive me. It's just that I didn't intend to make you feel guilty by doing this today. His Royal Highness Liang did not come to Taiwan, it was really a last resort. His Royal Highness Liang was hurt, and the courtiers also felt guilty and uneasy, so no matter what the empress empress and His Royal Highness Liang treated the courtiers, the courtiers were willing to absolve their crimes."

"Oh?" The queen's eyes turned slightly cold, "Why is there no other choice? Tell me."

When the regent Murong Jie heard this, he smiled slightly. She was smart, she didn't deny her crime in every possible way, but directly said that her death crime was unforgivable, but if she justified herself, it would definitely cause the empress How can there be any chance to continue speaking?

Zi'an knelt up straight with difficulty, and said: "Empress, just now the mother said that in order to pray for the empress dowager, the empress ordered the ladies who enter the palace within one month to kneel three times and knock nine times. The daughter is very touched. Today, the minister would rather risk death than get on the sedan chair. Although this heart is not as pious as the empress's empress, it is also for the sake of the mother. The empress's empress must have heard about the status of the minister's daughter in the prime minister's mansion. If the minister If a woman can marry His Highness, she will be a concubine and enjoy all the glory and wealth, but a courtier can't only care about her own happiness, but leave her mother in the dragon's pool and tiger's lair. **sins are dismissed and sent out.”

Murong Jie was slightly surprised, it seems that she had expected to be called into the palace for questioning today, and even these words were probably prepared in advance, she didn't say that she didn't want to marry King Liang, and she didn't show any interest in this marriage. If there is a little bit of reluctance or grievance, she only wants one thing, filial piety.

Murong Jie wanted to see how long she could last with the queen, so he said indifferently: "The seven rules are not only the crime of adultery, why are you so sure that your father will divorce your mother for such an unbearable crime?" ?”

Zian looked at the god-like man through his wet forehead, and he was also staring at him, exuding an air of idleness all over his body, but it still made people feel unattainable.

However, he seemed to ask casually, but he helped her tell the empress that her father really wanted to divorce his wife long ago.

Why should he help himself?

Zi'an smiled bitterly: "My lord, there are seven rules, and there are three not to go. My mother took care of my grandfather's sick bed for three years and sent him away in sackcloth and filial piety. This is why I won't go. Only the crime of adultery is not subject to this restriction. Father If you want to divorce your wife, you can only use this crime."

The queen was unmoved at all, and said coldly: "So what? Could it be that your father won't divorce your mother if you refuse to get on the sedan chair?"

Zi'an said guiltily: "Today, I have no choice but to expose my father's intention to divorce his wife in front of so many princes and ministers. If everyone knows it, he will not dare to do it again. Even if he divorces his wife, he will do it in other ways. It is also the only way for a courtier to keep her mother alive, because once she is dismissed for adultery, her mother will definitely not be able to survive."

King Liang was furious, "You actually use this king? Anyway, it's a death penalty!"

Zian raised his head, his eyelashes were already stained with tears, his lips trembled slightly, and his face was covered with scars, "Your Highness, I'm sorry, actually, I've always wanted to tell you something clearly, but I couldn't see it. You, my father will never tell you, and because of this, I refused to get on the sedan chair."

Liang Wang was stunned for a moment, "What is it?"

Tears finally fell from the corners of Zi'an's eyes, and his whole body trembled as if he couldn't control himself, appearing desperate, "My body is weak and cold, and I can't bear children. Let me ask you, how dare I marry His Royal Highness Liang Wang with a barren body? You are a nobleman , I... just the dust that was trampled on the soles of my feet."

"What?" The queen finally couldn't hold back her anger, "How dare he deceive me like this?"

Marrying an infertile daughter to the current prince would not dare even if he had a thousand guts, unless, he knew something, a murderous intent flashed in the Queen's eyes.

King Liang also trembled all over, his face suddenly turned pale, and he stared at Zian intently, as if he was trying to figure out whether he was telling the truth or had something else to say.

"Come on, pass on the royal doctor!" Liang Wang was so angry that he shouted like crazy.

Zian panicked, wondering why King Liang suddenly became so mad. Although she expected the imperial doctor to come, King Liang shouldn't be so angry. After all, today she refused to get on the sedan chair, so humiliating. For his sake, he didn't even provoke him on the spot. Now that the empress is here and the regent is here, why did he suddenly change his appearance?