As soon as Princess Taiping came in, she explained anxiously: "Mother, believe me, anything that happened last night had nothing to do with my daughter."
The old emperor looked at Taiping, at his daughter who had just arrived at the end of the time he had set for her in his heart.
He asked softly: "It has nothing to do with it? You said it very easily. But do you know? Wu Yangui has confessed that you arranged for him to stop the people who were looking for the imperial doctor for Xiao Hongzi.
Then, the poison was given to Xiao Hongzi by your people.
And coincidentally, so many things happened last night, but you were safe and sound. How are you going to explain to me that this has nothing to do with you? "
When Taiping heard this, he immediately shook his head and denied: "Mother, believe me, my daughter, what Wu Yangui said is not true. My daughter did not want to poison Eunuch Su, nor did she arrange for him to intercept anyone.
Mother, if you think about your daughter's character, even if she wants to attack Eunuch Su, she will never use poison. You believe my daughter. "
After saying that, she gathered up her skirt and sleeves, squatted on the ground, and performed a blessing ceremony.
Nowadays, both men and women generally bow their hands in salute. Unless there is an important event, there is no need to kneel down when meeting the king.
Very few people perform blessing rituals anymore.
The old emperor was moved when he saw Tai Ping's gift.
She personally taught Taiping such blessings.
At that time, Taiping was only three years old and could not stand very steadily. He followed the instructions sloppily and sometimes fell to the ground on his side.
That cute little appearance makes people laugh and love her endlessly.
At that time... there was still him, beside me, playing with Taiping...
The old emperor closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them again, the look of nostalgia had completely faded from his eyes, and had completely faded away.
Facing Taiping, he said in a cold voice: "Taiping, you can deny it completely, but you are treating me as a fool.
You keep telling me to believe you, but have you ever believed me? Um?
You got into trouble, and I always helped you clean up the mess, but you never believed that I wouldn't kill you.
A child who always lies to his mother does not give his mother much trust. Taiping, you have failed my painstaking teachings. "
"Mother……"
Taiping cried out sadly and then shut up. Only the expression on his face speaks of his grievances.
When the old emperor saw her like this, he couldn't help but feel compassion in his heart.
But what he said was: "Taiping, let me ask you, besides me, who else do you think can make Wu Yangui obey his command?"
Taiping lowered his eyes and replied: "There is also my daughter and Prince Liang..."
"very good,"
The old emperor continued to ask: "Wu Yangui stopped the young eunuch from asking the imperial doctor just in time. So, whose poison do you think Su Hong was poisoned by?
Let me remind you that Su Hong is not that imprudent. It would be almost as difficult to poison him as it would be to poison me. "
Taiping lowered his head slightly and replied softly: "I really don't know about this daughter. But the only ones who can do this are my daughter, Prince Liang, and the prince..."
"Prince? Do you think it is possible for him? Does he have the courage? Will he hate Xiao Hongzi more than you do and want to get rid of Xiao Hongzi more?"
The old emperor felt that his anger could hardly be suppressed.
After a series of rhetorical questions, he asked Webster, who was shrinking on the right side behind him, without looking back.
"Webster, you are the only one in the East Palace who has such courage and is eager to get rid of Xiao Hongzi and then be quick."
Webster knelt down, unable to reply.
She didn't need to reply to this.
The old emperor didn't even look at Webster, but continued to talk to Taiping: "Last night, we were attacked in many places. Anyone who can be so generous and dare to attack such an important place so blatantly except me, except those who were also attacked Prince Liang, Dong Palace, Taiping, who else do you think is in this court?!"
Taiping's head dropped to his chest and he whispered back: "Only...my daughter is the only one left."
The old emperor raised one corner of his lips and chuckled without warmth: "So, how do you dare to come and tell me that everything has nothing to do with you?"
Taiping's head suddenly lifted up, still raised high, and he defended softly but forcefully: "Mother, it really has nothing to do with my daughter."
The old emperor didn't want to talk to her anymore.
This sentence had nothing to do with her, and it extinguished the pity and love that had just arisen in the old emperor's heart.
The old emperor made no more noise and continued to look at the distant view outside the palace, waiting for reports from all sources.
The news came in quickly one after another.
"Your Majesty, no one in the palace heard the urgent report from 800 miles away."
"Your Majesty, no one heard the urgent message from 800 miles away in Xizhimen."
"Your Majesty, among the Zuo Jinwu guards who were in charge of patrolling the palace last night, only the two lieutenants of General Wu and their confidants said they heard the report."
"Your Majesty, someone saw General Wu passing by Princess Dachang's mansion yesterday afternoon."
The last report completely confirmed the suspicion that Wu Yangui was conspiring with Princess Taiping.
The old emperor's face was so gloomy that it seemed like water could drip from his face.
She slowly lowered her head, looked at Taiping, and said slowly: "You have been pampered since you were a child, and there is nothing in the world that cannot be obtained.
I originally thought that if you insist on taking a big position, I can give you hope to get it.
After all, I really think highly of you, and I really care about you. Even if I think you are not that suitable, I am still willing to be selfish and fight for you against the great injustice in the world.
But you're too impatient... Look, you don't even have any patience. How many years have I waited? How many years have you been waiting? "
Princess Taiping was anxious when she heard this.
She hugged the old emperor's legs and hurriedly explained: "Mother, my daughter has never done this, why don't you believe it?
Yes, the daughter is ambitious. The daughter does not want to let the throne fall by the wayside. She wants me, who is most like you, to carry on with your unfulfilled legacy, so that both of us, mother and daughter, can become immortal legends in history.
But my daughter was not in a hurry, everything she did was laying a foundation for herself.
Although Qiongsi is a threat to your daughter, isn't it just something you use to sharpen your daughter's mind? My daughter would not send troops to directly attack and kill him, she really didn't. "
The old emperor sighed deeply after hearing this.
She raised her head, looked at the sky outside the hall, and said with a trembling voice: "Taiping, you are wrong. You are wrong because you don't understand me, and you are wrong because you are really too anxious.
I am only fifty-eight this year, and I believe that I can live for at least another thirty years.
It has been a long thirty years for you. I believe that you cannot wait and will not be willing to wait that long.
Peace... In order to prevent the day when mother and daughter really kill each other, it's time for you to take a rest. "
