It turned out that that afternoon, the princess took off her red hairpins and her long hair spread behind her.
Dressed in plain clothes, she knelt down in front of the palace gate to apologize.
The emperor didn't treat his eldest sister the same way he treated Tao Mingfu.
As soon as he heard about this, he immediately asked Wanfu to come with a sedan to greet the princess.
"My sister has no shame in coming to see the emperor..." The eldest princess sat in a sedan chair and arrived outside the emperor's palace. She refused to enter the palace and knelt down directly outside the palace with her face on the ground, begging for forgiveness sincerely.
The emperor was painting "The Picture of a Lion Meowing and Playing with a Bird" in the palace.
Hearing this, the emperor was startled. He turned his head and peeked at the eldest princess kneeling outside the palace.
"Is she the eldest sister?" The emperor lowered his voice and asked Wanfu mysteriously.
Wanfu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and replied in a low voice, "Report to the Emperor, the eldest princess is as good as she is!"
The emperor frowned suspiciously, put down the brush in his hand, and while wiping his hands with a brocade handkerchief, he muttered, "Eldest sister has always been arrogant and domineering... She wears plain clothes and kneels down to apologize? It's not like her!"
After the emperor finished muttering, his eyes suddenly narrowed and he said in horror, "Could it be that something dirty got on you? Go and ask the Imperial Master to come and take a look! Don't let any evil spirits cause trouble!"
Wanfu: "..."
After the emperor finished speaking, when he saw Wanfu standing still, he couldn't help but said angrily, "Why aren't you going?"
Wan Fu said cautiously, "If... the eldest princess really acknowledges her mistakes and repentes, and sincerely apologizes. If the emperor doubts her instead, wouldn't it hurt the eldest princess's heart? I'm afraid it will be even harder for her to admit her mistakes next time..."
When the emperor heard this, he frowned and said, "What you said...makes some sense."
The emperor got up and went to the window.
He opened the window a crack, and at some point, snow began to fall outside.
Snowflakes are white and falling from the sky.
The eldest princess knelt outside the palace, her long hair loose. Her hair is well maintained, black and shiny, and there are not a few silver strands in her hair. Only the falling snowflakes fell on her hair, crystal clear.
She lowered her head, her long hair scattered half covering her face... The emperor couldn't see her expression clearly.
At this time, the eldest princess was kneeling on the cold and hard white marble floor tiles.
She looked at the falling snowflakes on the floor tiles in front of her.
It was too cold and the snowflakes did not melt, but her heart was burning...
She was still thinking about what happened on the way back from the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion...
Ma Qiancheng was forced into the car by her female officer.
"Why are you nervous? Her Royal Highness the Princess wants to take you back to the palace and ask the imperial doctor to take a look at you!" The female officer couldn't help but laugh when she saw Ma Qiancheng's nervous and resistant look.
Unexpectedly, when Ma Qiancheng heard this, he immediately became more resistant.
She shook her head like a rattle, "No, no, no, I'm fine, I won't go, I won't bother you! Today the princess can come to the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion, and can ask Wei Chen to report to the emperor, Wei Chen is very grateful! Thank you very much!" Even if I die immediately, I will be willing to do so!"
"Bah! Don't talk nonsense! If I don't allow it, who dares to ask you to die?!"
Unexpectedly, the eldest princess's carriage deliberately slowed down, and on the wide street here, the carriages behind it went hand in hand.
The princess opened the car curtain and said to this side.
The female officer also quickly opened the car curtains and smiled at Ma Qiancheng, "Princess cares about you so much, why don't you thank me quickly?!"
"Thank you Princess for your kindness! But Wei Chen is ashamed! Wei Chen really doesn't deserve it!" Ma Qiancheng turned pale with nervousness, "Weichen comes from a small place, and is rustic, poor and shabby... Who is Wei Chen? How dare you Are you bothering the princess to be so concerned? A humble minister is not worthy of this!"
After Ma Qiancheng finished speaking, he took advantage of the female officer's unpreparedness, suddenly opened the car door and jumped out of the car!
The carriage was moving, and when she jumped out of the carriage, she didn't even hesitate at all.
She landed too hard and sprained her foot.
"Hey! You!" The female officer was startled.
But Ma Qiancheng kowtowed to the princess's carriage frame, limped, got up and ran away.
"Stop the car!" the female officer shouted, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I'm humble enough to chase him back!"
The princess said with a smile on her face, "No need..."
"Huh?" The female officer was stunned.
The princess was seen looking at the direction where Ma Qiancheng was limping away, with deep eyes, and there seemed to be a tenderness hidden in her eyes that had not been shown for many years.
The female officer was secretly shocked... The princess was just playing for fun, could she be sincere?
"Come here." The princess waved to the female officer.
The female officer quickly jumped out of the carriage and jumped onto the princess's carriage.
There is a small brass stove in the princess's car, which is warm. However, the expression on the princess's face looks warmer than this small stove.
"I haven't met such an interesting person in many years. On the one hand, he dares to challenge the Imperial Master head-on and protects me with his own chest. He seems to be more brave than most people."
"But on the other hand, there are many cowards in Kyoto who don't even look down on things like 'Princess Shang'. But he really feels that he is not worthy of me..."
"I feel that the Imperial Master is a man like a god. And he is a man among men."
The princess lowered her eyes and smiled softly, her eyes gentle.
The female officer was frightened and said, "How about the princess ask for an official position in front of the emperor for him? He is a small official from a local place. He is not familiar with the place in Kyoto, so naturally he has to feel inferior."
The princess shook her head, "If he knew that his official position was begged for him by this palace, he would feel even more unworthy of me! Does this palace lack humble servants?"
The princess snorted softly, "I have plenty of humble servants!"
The female officer frowned, "Then you want to..."
Then... there was a story about the princess distributing plain clothes and coming to the palace to apologize.
Didn't the emperor ask Ma Qiancheng to persuade her and ask her to give the imperial master a chance to ease the relationship between the emperor and his ministers?
She went one step further and not only gave the imperial master a step up, but also gave the emperor a beautiful big step up!
Let both the emperor and his ministers have face - since Ma Qiancheng has made such great contributions, can the emperor not reuse him?
The white marble floor tiles in front of the princess were already covered with a thin layer of snowflakes.
Although she put thick clothes inside and put thick and soft cotton pads on her knees... her knees still hurt from kneeling!
What was the emperor thinking? Why don't you summon her quickly? Do you want her to freeze to death and die on her knees outside?
"Your Highness Princess, please get up quickly. The Emperor invites you to come into the palace to speak!" Wanfu stepped forward quickly and helped the eldest princess.
"Hiss... Ouch..." The eldest princess's legs were numb.
Two eunuchs came forward, helped her up, and carried her into the palace.
Hey, it’s still warm in the palace! The eldest princess's almost frozen body became alive in the warm palace.
"Okay?" The eldest princess motioned for Wanfu to close the palace door.
Wanfu looked at the emperor's face.
The emperor pointed at Yu Wenling and then nodded.
Yu Wenling entered the palace calmly... Wanfu then closed the door.
"Ma Qiancheng told me that I didn't do this well!" The eldest princess shook the snow off her body, but she didn't look as "humbly and introspective" as she did when she was kneeling outside the palace.
She said carelessly, "He said that there are constant uprisings in various places, and the court is in need of talents, but I have caused discord between the emperor and his ministers because of the fighting spirit between women. I really can't bear the emperor's love for his sister."
"Sister Chen knows that she was wrong. Your Majesty, please forgive me this time!"
When the emperor heard this, his eyes widened and he looked at the eldest princess in astonishment.
