"I know, old man, you are now worried about Zhao Ming. You feel that I was the one who cut off the marriage between Xi'er and Mu Qingze arbitrarily. But there is no absolute in everything. I personally chose Zhao Ling. Look, they are not the same now. Are you getting along well?"
In the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart, Emperor Sheng De, who was getting healthier day by day, was still leaning on the couch. Although he lowered his head and pretended to cough from time to time, the smile on his face was genuine.
As the head of the state, Xie Boyuan had already taken a backseat a few years ago on the grounds of old age and frailty. The last time he went to the palace to meet the emperor was at the New Year's Eve palace banquet the year before last.
But don't look at the fact that this person who lives in Jian now has no merit. At that time, besides his good brother Qi Yuanming, the other person was the other person who assisted him in ascending to the throne.
It can be said that for him who was forced to fight for the world at the beginning, this civil and military force was all he relied on. Without his good brothers, he could not conquer the world, and without his father-in-law, he could not stabilize the government.
After all, those ministers who come from well-known families must have a reliable scholar to lead them.
His teacher retired early, wasn't it all thanks to his father-in-law?
Therefore, even though Emperor Shengde did not agree with the other party's point of view, he immediately sent Zhao Xi to the Princess Protector's Mansion to summon those unlucky things who could cause trouble for him even if they stayed in the mansion.
"Your Majesty, to be honest, when the Qi family was in decline, but you still insisted on carrying Qi Xiao into the princess's mansion, the old minister did not agree. At that time, that girl Feng Xi also came to the door and cried and begged, but on the one hand, that was What you mean, on the other hand, the old minister was a little disheartened towards her at first, so he didn’t go to the palace to speak.”
Xie Boyuan sat beside the bed, his tone also quite remorseful.
He is now seventy-two years old and has long been an old fool.
But no matter how old a fool is, it is impossible not to love his juniors at all.
But that boy Xie Lang is incompetent, right?
Feng Xi was even worse than him back then!
Killing slaves, framing relatives and friends, setting horses to hurt people...
"That's all. When her mother and grandmother were newly deceased, she didn't shed a single tear and even watched the dance behind her back...Yes, she was still young at the time, but I still felt..."
Xie Boyuan spoke intermittently, but Emperor Shengde did not refute.
He knew very well what Feng Xi was like before.
To put it bluntly, he has been thankful more than once these days that this unlucky thing is crazy...
Every time he thought of this, he would feel sorry for that girl. After all, what are you glad about? You are glad that your daughter is sick.
Fortunately, Xie Boyuan quickly stopped reminiscing about Feng Xi, and instead talked about Qi Xiao's father, Qi Yuan Mingdao:
"As the saying goes, there are tensions between culture and martial arts, but it is normal for these cultural relics to be at odds or even antagonistic. For example, Lao Chen and Qi Shuai, they are two big wine barrels that will explode at the drop of a button!"
Hearing Xie Boyuan talk about this, Emperor Shengde, who was just about to lower his head and pretend to cough, couldn't help laughing.
Isn’t it just civil and military discord?
The military men thought the civil servants were indecisive, and the civil servants scolded the military men for not being flexible.
In short, when he first came to power, these two groups always quarreled when they met...
Military generals could not defeat civil servants, and civil servants could not defeat military commanders, especially his old friend and father-in-law. Their ability to serve as officials in the same court depended on him being the middle man!
"What kind of temper does that guy Qi Yuanming have? He's a wolf who refuses to obey! Didn't the old minister say a few more words to him at the beginning? What about him? He turned around and asked people to throw dirty water on me on the street."
Speaking of this matter, Xie Boyuan, an old man, puffed up his beard and glared, obviously holding a grudge:
"Look, you and Lao Mu both said that Qi Xiao is the most similar to his father. Now think about the murderous hand that girl Feng Xi had on him. Will that girl still have a way to survive when he is in power?"
Emperor Shengde understood.
Sure enough, his father-in-law had laid so much groundwork, wasn't it just to raise this point again?
I have to say that this old man has some things to say about people. After all, Qi Xiao himself admitted what he had thought.
But now...
Emperor Sheng De was about to speak out to express his condolences to the old man in front of him, but he heard a young eunuch coming from outside the palace to report hurriedly:
"Your Majesty, the Duke and the Princess Protector have arrived."
Well, that's it. As soon as the little eunuch's report came down, Feng Xiren was already sitting on the soft cushion where he usually sat when he came to Yangxin Hall.
After sitting down, she reacted for one second, two seconds, three seconds...
After a long time, she finally seemed to remember something and shouted to Emperor Shengde very perfunctorily:
"Long live father, long live long live~"
Emperor Sheng De: "..."
Xie Boyuan: "?"
The old man has been an official in the court for many years, and he has never seen such a young man who does not understand the rules, and this is his granddaughter.
If she offends her father by acting like this, will this girl have to live the rest of her life?
What's more, he still wanted to help her beg Mu Qingze on behalf of the emperor today...
Thinking of this, Xie Boyuan opened his mouth to scold Feng Xi for not understanding the rules. After all, if he scolded her first, the emperor would have no chance to get angry.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Sheng De's mouth was faster than his, and he cursed angrily:
"You unfilial thing, if I don't call you into the palace, are you going to stop coming in to see me?"
Feng Xi nodded sincerely:
"Yes, you know why you still ask?"
Emperor Shengde: "?"
I am still humiliating myself here, right?
Resisting the urge to reach out and slap Feng Xi on the head, Emperor Sheng De finally coughed a few times and said:
"Stop messing around with me here. Have you seen your grandpa? Why don't you call someone soon?"
Seeing Emperor Sheng De mentioning him, Xie Boyuan, who had just been surprised by the way the father and daughter got along, couldn't help but sit up straight.
The girl today was wearing a maple-colored palace dress, her bright eyes were as clear as butter, and her skin was like cream. Especially when she raised her eyes to look at him, it actually reminded him of his wife and daughter who died young.
However, Feng Xi just glanced at the old man lightly and said matter-of-factly:
"Ke Erchen has already written an oath in the imperial edict, saying that he will sever ties with the Xie family and never have any contact with us until death. Father, you are so eloquent that you cannot keep your words without keeping them."
Emperor Shengde: "?"
My golden words?
So except for the first part of the imperial edict, which was written by me, didn’t you fill in the middle part yourself?
Emperor Shengde was so angry when he mentioned this imperial edict!
That was what he used to save the life of this unfortunate thing, what about her? She actually used it to break off the relationship!
Seeing that Emperor Sheng De was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, Xie Boyuan on the side also sighed deeply:
"That's all, Your Majesty, what happened a few days ago was my fault with the Xie family. I have nothing to blame for the princess's actions."
"The head of state..."
After looking at his unmoved daughter, and then at his father-in-law who felt he was in the wrong but did not raise any objections, Emperor Shengde could only helplessly shake his head.
"It is clear that the old Duke came to the palace today to plead guilty for the actions of Xie Lian and the two that day. After discussing with the old Duke, I decided to remove Xie Lian from his official position as Minister of Dali Temple and ordered him and Xie Lang to spend half a year at home. Also, which one do you want to choose, the white moonlight or the cinnabar mole? Have you thought about it on the way to the palace?"
Emperor Shengde spoke earnestly and thoughtfully, and then heard his daughter, who had been sleeping on the carriage entering the palace, say:
"White Moonlight, Cinnabar Moles, you need to be able to choose these. You don't have much to choose from? Will I give you a choice?"
Emperor Shengde and Xie Boyuan: "?"
