"Guilty? What crime? Is it worthy for the two of them to kneel outside the palace at dusk, looking terrified and at a loss what to do?"
In the Yangxin Hall, Emperor Shengde, who had just had dinner, frowned slightly, feeling that things had been really troubled recently.
"Zhao Ling, what do you think?"
Looking across Qi Xiao and Feng Xi, Emperor Sheng De finally looked past his daughter, who had always been silent, and looked directly at his extremely worry-free son-in-law.
What surprised him slightly was that Feng Xi slowly turned her head and looked at Qi Xiao, as if she was also waiting for the other party's answer.
This scene was so rare that even Emperor Shengde couldn't help but become curious.
Not only Emperor Shengde, but Qi Xiao himself was also a little surprised.
But he couldn't figure out what the little phoenix meant for the moment, so he had to do what he thought:
"Since they said they are guilty, it is not groundless. My father is not in a hurry to announce them to the palace. Let's see how sincere they are."
Judging from his limited knowledge of Concubine Liu Xian and Concubine Feng Yunxuan, these two people must be extremely cautious people who can move around between Concubine Fang Guifei and Concubine Chu Shu.
Therefore, their appearance here must be a last resort, and there must be a big secret behind this last resort.
In this case, they cannot act too eagerly and let the other party take the initiative.
"Indeed, let them wait."
Emperor Sheng De nodded. He didn't care much about Concubine Liu Xian and Feng Yunxuan.
It's not that he is really very partial, but that he really has no feelings for Liu Xianfei.
It was the other party's request to take her as a concubine, and it was given by the late emperor. If she didn't favor him, the people below would think he was not good enough, and the road to support him would be unstable.
The late emperor would think that he did not give him face, and Concubine Liu Xian's life in the mansion would be even more difficult.
In addition, he himself is a person who has seen many wives and concubines of the late emperor and the chaos of the court, and he is really not very enthusiastic about the relationship between men and women.
Therefore, the two of them have always treated each other with respect, except when Concubine Liu Xian was the only one in the palace, which was common. After establishing the harem, they even met less often.
And his eldest son, Feng Yunxuan, was born after he weathered the storm and finally ascended to the throne of God.
At that time, many courtiers wrote letters saying that Yunxuan was an auspicious sign for the new dynasty, and that he could be made the crown prince and support his mother in the palace.
It's not like he didn't consider it at that time...
"Yunxuan is the eldest son, and Concubine Liu Xian has been with me for many years. I thought that my foundation was damaged by the battle with the former crown prince, and I could stabilize the country by establishing a crown prince earlier. Unexpectedly, Concubine Fang, who had just entered the palace not long ago, and Concubine Chu Shu also got pregnant one after another, and Concubine Liu Xian even said that her mother's family was a criminal, and Yun Xuan was not made to be a prince. She was too devoted to worshiping Buddha and had no chance to interfere with the affairs of the harem..."
"In other words, Concubine Liu Xian refused to be the queen herself?"
Feng Xi seemed to be looking at Emperor Sheng De as if she were listening to a story, but in fact, she was comparing it with the plot of the original book.
how to say?
She always felt that Concubine Liu Xian's behavior was strange and indescribably weird.
But she has no brains, so she just takes the high road:
"I think there is something wrong with Concubine Liu Xian, a big problem, but I don't know exactly what the problem is. If you are as smart as you, you must have a solution, right?"
Emperor Shengde: "?"
You've started to give us high hats again, haven't you?
Qi Xiao, on the other hand, rubbed a certain smart little head and asked softly:
"What does Xi'er know?"
He still remembers her saying that she wanted to spoil the story, but was afraid of killing her whole family.
Although he didn't know why the spoilers killed the whole family, he had heard a saying that "the secret must not be revealed", so let's just think that it was a secret.
"Know, but not completely."
Seeing Feng Xi being so honest, Qi Xiao asked tentatively:
"You really can't say anything. If you say anything, will you be punished by God? I remember that you didn't say anything before, and never avoided me?"
As he spoke, Qi Xiao's deep peach eyes revealed a hint of grievance, which made his old father, Emperor Shengde, look at him with his jaws agape.
He thought in his heart that this kid kidnapped his daughter and made her closer to him than to his old father?
In front of her beauty, seeing Qi Xiao looking at her aggrievedly, Feng Xi finally said with a complex expression:
"You really want to know?"
Qi Xiao nodded, his face full of confusion.
"All right."
Feng Xi spread her hands and said:
"It's nothing. The books of our time all have character introductions. Aren't you the protagonist Long Aotian? Long Aotian doesn't have many wives. Bah, how can the wives and concubines be called Long Aotian? So you have four in total Wives and concubines, um... not wives and concubines, right? Without concubines, they seem to be just wives side by side."
Qi Xiao: "!"
Emperor Sheng De: "!!!"
At this moment, Qi Xiao wanted to cover Feng Xi's mouth, but Emperor Sheng De wanted to grab his daughter's shoulders and shake her desperately.
He didn't understand the book or Long Aotian, but he understood that this kid Qi Xiao actually had four wives, and all four of them were tied!
Then where would he put his unfortunate daughter?
Hang it on the wall?
But Feng Xi didn't seem to realize how explosive the content of her words was, and she continued to speak straightforwardly:
"Except for cannon fodder like me, your first wife, I told you about, is your childhood sweetheart Xie Wanyin."
Emperor Sheng De: "!!!"
Qi Xiao: "..."
My little Phoenix, can I say this in front of my father-in-law?
Besides, this was done by me in the book, so I’m innocent now, okay?
But Feng Xi didn't care whether he was innocent or not. The next sentence he spoke was even more explosive than the previous two:
"Actually, Xie Wanyin is the least outstanding among your four wives. After all, she only focuses on gentleness. The second one is more powerful. She disguises herself as a man and is very scheming. She has been hiding it for almost ten years in order to get close to you. . It seems that I finally became the queen with your help. Well, I succeeded my cheap father to the throne."
Emperor Shengde: "?"
Qi Xiao: "!"
"Zhao Ling, Zhao Ling, why didn't I see that you are this kind of person!"
Picking up the candlestick next to the soft couch, Emperor Sheng De instantly started chasing his son-in-law.
And Qi Xiao, who looked confused, shocked and speechless, ran away. No, he didn't expect that he would be that kind of person in the original work!
After a while, the woman disguised herself as a man and was scheming. She endured it for ten years in order to get close to him, and finally ascended to the throne with his help.
Why can she inherit the throne?
Could it be justified by his recognition?
How can this be?
Therefore, Qi Xiao turned his head to look at Feng Xi almost instantly, and said in a rare dry voice:
"Could it be that you're talking about..."
Looking outside the palace, he had not paid close attention to the man disguised as a woman, but he did seem to have had something to do with that person ten years ago.
He saved Concubine Chu Shu from her deliberate embarrassment, although in his opinion it was just a simple effort...
Then he heard Feng Xi confirm:
"Yes, it's my cheap brother, oh no, it's my cheap sister."
Qi Xiao: "..."
Emperor Shengde: "Qi Xiao!!!"
