On the way into the palace, Bai Yanqing remained silent, and so did Yun Qi.
Bai Yanqing thought over and over again about the meaning of Aunt An's words, but she had no clue what she meant! Until the carriage arrived at the entrance of the palace, Bai Yanqing still couldn't figure it out!
"Madam, we're here, get out of the car!"
Yun Qi's voice suddenly sounded in Bai Yanqing's ears.
Bai Yanqing finally came back to her senses! She quickly stood up, pushed open the carriage door, and carefully got out of the carriage with Yunqi supporting her!
In the Chen Kingdom's palace, carriages are not allowed to enter unless the emperor personally orders it! This is the Imperial Palace of Chen Kingdom, which is different from the Imperial Palace of Xingyue Kingdom!
In some cases, after entering the palace, you will be greeted by a sedan chair. Of course, this is only limited to people with high status, who have such special treatment! Normally, a daughter of a courtier with no rank like Bai Yanqing would not receive such good treatment! Therefore, after entering the palace gate, Bai Yanqing needs to walk!
The weather is cold, and every floor tile in the palace is filled with a biting chill! Bai Yanqing walked a few steps and then felt that her feet were so cold that she could hardly walk! She secretly regretted that if she had known this was the case, she should have worn shoes with thicker soles when she went out!
"What's wrong? But what's wrong with you?"
Yun Qi took a few steps and felt something was wrong with Bai Yanqing's state. He turned his head to her side and asked her considerately.
Bai Yanqing shook her head and said she was fine. She was really embarrassed to tell Yunqi that she couldn't move forward because her feet were so cold!
Seeing this, Yun Qi stopped asking any more questions, but Bai Yanqing's walking posture was really weird! She stood on her toes slightly and walked only on her toes. Anyone who saw this walking posture would find it strange, right?
"Brother Royal!"
At that time, Yun Ji's voice suddenly sounded. Bai Yanqing suddenly raised her head and saw Yun Ji waiting not far from the palace entrance!
"Third brother!"
Yun Qi walked forward quickly and greeted Yun Ji.
The two brothers looked at each other in tacit understanding and said nothing. After all, there are many eyes and ears in this palace, and if you are not careful, you will fall into someone's trap!
"Sister-in-law, your feet hurt?"
I have to say that Yun Ji’s eyes are quite sharp! He immediately noticed Bai Yanqing's weird walking posture!
Hearing what Yun Ji said, a look of embarrassment flashed across Bai Yanqing's face! She smiled at Yun Ji twice without refuting him!
"Madam, your feet hurt? Why didn't you tell me just now? I told you why your walking became slower after entering the palace!"
Yun Qi turned around with a guilty face and said to Bai Yanqing. He was really negligent!
"Ahem...it's nothing! Your Highness, don't worry!"
Bai Yanqing coughed twice in embarrassment to ease the embarrassment. There is really no need to alarm others with such a trivial matter! If it weren't for Yun Ji's sharp eyes, she would definitely not have taken the initiative to say it!
"How could you not care?"
Yun Qi secretly blamed himself, and then, in front of everyone, he suddenly bent down and picked up Bai Yanqing!
"Your Highness! What are you doing? Put me down quickly! If others see me, I might be criticized!"
Bai Yanqing exclaimed!
This was in the palace, not outside. Yunqi actually hugged himself in front of so many palace people! If this matter reaches the emperor's ears, there may be some unpleasant words!
"If the sky falls, I will hold it up! All you have to do is hide in my arms!"
Yun Qi leaned into Bai Yanqing's ear and said with a smile.
This intimate act made many palace people lower their heads in shame!
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... I looked at it sideways and vertically, but I couldn't see what's so amazing about this Miss Bai family! Why did the emperor have such disregard for his dignity for her?"
Yun Ji leaned next to Yun Qi's ear and whispered to him.
Bai Yanqing's appearance is not particularly outstanding among the girls from aristocratic families in the capital.
! And her temperament is not that pleasant! Yun Ji really couldn't figure out why his imperial brother would be obsessed with such a little girl!
Yun Qi raised his eyebrows but did not respond to Yun Ji's words. He only wanted to know how good Bai Yanqing was, but he didn't want others to know about such a wonderful person! What if someone else robs it with him?
Walking from the palace gate to the emperor's study room, no matter what, it takes a stick of incense! But this time, I don't know if it was because he had a beautiful woman in his arms. Yun Qi hugged Bai Yanqing and shortened the distance of one stick of incense to half a stick of incense!
Bai Yanqing looked at the golden plaque with the three characters "Imperial Study Room" and smacked her mouth! I thought to myself: Yunqi is a Lianjiazi after all, he walks like the wind!
"Your Highness, we're here, put me down!"
Bai Yanqing huddled in Yun Qi's arms and struggled a few times, trying to get him to let go!
The beauty in my arms is soft and fragrant! Yunqi felt a little reluctant to part with it! He couldn't bear to let go, couldn't bear to put her down! He really wanted to hold her like this for the rest of his life!
"Oh, Your Highness! Miss Bai! What are you...what are you doing!"
The emperor's personal grand duke came out, saw the scene in front of him, and immediately turned around to avoid suspicion! Don’t forget to make a few jokes!
Seeing this, Bai Yanqing hurriedly pushed Yun Qi, minding her own business, and jumped down! My feet were numb from the cold. When I jumped down, I couldn't stand firmly and my feet sprained again!
Seeing Bai Yanqing grimacing in pain, Yun Qi's heartache was all reflected on his face!
"Madam! How are you?"
Yun Qi hurriedly stretched out his hand to support Bai Yanqing.
"It's okay! I sprained a bit!"
Bai Yanqing endured the pain and tried to be as calm as possible! She was afraid that Yun Qi would do something outrageous again in a hurry!
Seeing this, Yunqi couldn't say anything more. After all, the emperor was still waiting for them in the imperial study! So, Yun Qi slowed down while supporting Bai Yanqing.
In the royal study, the emperor was sitting upright. It seemed that he had been waiting for a long time!
Seeing Yun Qi helping Bai Yanqing come in, the emperor's face darkened obviously!
"I've met my father!"
"I've met the emperor!"
Yun Qi supported Bai Yanqing, and they both knelt down and saluted the emperor!
The emperor raised his eyes and glanced lightly. The two people kneeling on the ground remained silent. Apparently, he didn't want them to get up now!
The way Bai Yanqing knelt silently and obediently made the emperor's expression calm down a little.
Yun Qi stared at Bai Yanqing with a worried look! At this moment, in his eyes, where is the place for other people? All he could see in his heart was this girl, enduring the pain in her feet and kneeling on the ground meekly!
"Qier!"
The emperor suddenly spoke up and called Yunqi! The sound of "Qier" made Yun Qi, who was staring at Bai Yanqing, visibly shaken!
"Father, my son is here!"
Yunqi spoke obediently, with a serious and naive look.
"Do you know why I called you here today?"
There was majesty in the emperor's voice.
"I don't know!"
Yunqi pretended to be honest and loyal, kneeling on the ground.
"Hmph! Are you really not aware, or are you pretending not to know? Aren't you going to give me an explanation for your trip to the Star-Moon Kingdom?"
The emperor spoke coldly, as if he had forgotten Bai Yanqing beside him, and had no intention of letting her get up!
"Father, what happened to the Star-Moon Kingdom is... an accident... I don't know that my lady's personal maid is actually the Emperor of the Star-Moon Kingdom!"
Yunqi pretended to be submissive. He knew exactly what the emperor was asking, but he wanted to talk about other things!
In the imperial study room, there was deathly silence! All the palace people inside were sent out by the emperor, leaving only the Grand Eunuch to serve around him.
Others don’t know why such a scene is happening, but Yunqi
Very clear! As a father, whenever he wanted to talk about something that was not popular with outsiders, he would always send the rest of the crowd away!
"Huh? Madam? Who is your madam? Who do you call madam? Why don't I remember when my eldest prince got married?"
Yunqi's words of "lady" seemed to have completely angered the emperor! He stood up quickly, even turning a blind eye to the memorial that he waved all over the floor!
The emperor's words clearly showed his attitude! He... doesn't want to admit the marriage between the Bai family and Yunqi!
"Father! This is my wife! She is Bai Yanqing, the daughter of Prime Minister Bai! Don't you remember? Earlier, you personally ordered the marriage!"
Yunqi looked at the emperor aggrievedly, and his eyes were filled with tears in an instant, as if he was going to cry if the emperor refused again!
Yunqi's words successfully choked the emperor! Indeed, it was him who personally decreed the marriage before!
But now... the emperor is afraid of the Bai family and doesn't want Bai Yanqing to fall into the house of the royal son-in-law!
First of all, the emperor is afraid of the Bai family joining forces with the Ji family! The Bai family and the Ji family have officially broken off all contact! But now, another Xingyue Kingdom Emperor Ji has appeared in the Bai Mansion! This is called the emperor, how can he not be afraid of the Bai family?
The Bai family gave birth to an imperial concubine from the Xingyue Kingdom. To put it more seriously, the Bai family was not innocent and was suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason! If the emperor really wants to pursue the case, I'm afraid the Bai family will not be able to escape!
"Your Majesty, please calm down and take a sip of tea to calm down! His Highness has a weak mind and has been a person who has accepted death since he was a child! It's not like you don't know, so why bother to vent your anger with him?"
Seeing this, the Grand Eunuch on the side quickly brought tea to smooth things over for them!
The warm tea is fragrant. When the emperor smelled it, the irritability in his heart suddenly subsided! He took the tea cup from the Grand Eunuch's hand and took a sip gently. When he felt calmer, he handed the tea cup to the Grand Eunuch again!
"The Bai family is suspected of collaborating with the enemy and treason. I declare that your marriage is cancelled!"
After the emperor said this, he turned around and sat back! From the beginning to the end, he never glanced at Bai Yanqing!
The emperor's words seemed to condemn the Bai family to death on the pillar of shame of "collaboration with the enemy and treason"!
Since ancient times, those who collaborate with the enemy and treason will have their entire family executed, implicating the nine clans!
No one would admit to such a big crime, let alone Bai Yanqing?
"Your Majesty! I have something to say! Regardless of whether Your Majesty is willing to listen or not, I have to say it!"
Although the emperor deliberately ignored Bai Yanqing, Bai Yanqing didn't want him to wrong the Bai family for no reason!
There were hundreds of lives in the Bai family, how could the emperor be allowed to kill them as soon as he asked? How can he be allowed to condemn someone just by saying he is condemned?
Not only Bai Yanqing doesn't admit to this unfounded crime, but Bai Jingxuan and the entire Bai family don't dare to admit it either!
