bayedsolid Chapter 419 It's Easy to Invite a God, But Difficult to Send Him Away
Chapter 419 It's Easy to Invite a God, But Difficult to Send Him Away
"Qing'er, take the child and go back."
The emperor looked at his daughter with a sorrowful expression, then at the little girl who looked like his daughter.
The two, one big and one small, are practically identical.
Same love for making things.
The sounds of children crying, laughing, and the erhu playing like ghostly screams...
What's most frustrating is the birds flying around on the roof and the bird droppings.
I don't know how this child was recruited.
He felt that his heart could stop beating at any moment.
They clearly intended to use the little girl as a hostage.
As it turned out, the mother and daughter really treated Huacui Palace as their own home, and even occupied Consort Zhen's courtyard and room.
He angered Consort Zhen so much that she came to him to complain.
Her pitiful appearance and crying made his heart turmoil.
So annoying!
Princess Yuqing refused to leave: "Father, Yu'er's condition is still unstable, and it's not advisable to move him. Besides, the person who caused Yu'er to fall into the water and almost killed him hasn't been found yet. How can I leave?"
What a perfectly legitimate reason! Even the Emperor couldn't utter a single word of objection.
This whole thing was caused by my father, the emperor.
If he hadn't forcibly taken Yu'er away, this child wouldn't have ended up like this.
"Investigate! I've already sent people to investigate. You go back and wait." The Emperor rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache coming on.
He felt that Yu'er was the Empress and the Crown Prince's precious darling, so he took her in and raised her for a while, hoping to make the Empress anxious and prompt her to volunteer to abdicate.
It wasn't that he was heartless, but he knew his own body.
An empress must never become a living empress dowager.
Unexpectedly, the old woman was even more ruthless and remained unmoved.
What he didn't expect was...
Right under his nose, his own grandson almost died in the icy lake.
A little scared.
It's a miracle that I'm still alive.
There were already quite a few court officials who defended the Empress, and now that they know, most of them will probably start making a fuss again, especially those annoying censors, who will definitely keep nagging.
Princess Yuqing is not so easy to please.
With red eyes, she gazed longingly at the little figure on the bed.
The blanket was empty, with only a small mound sticking out. If it weren't for the head peeking out, you wouldn't be able to tell that someone was lying on the bed.
It's so tiny, it breaks my heart to see it.
"My poor nephew, he lost his mother at such a young age, and his father is sickly and unable to take care of him. Even his grandmother, the Empress, couldn't protect him. He was all alone and almost fell victim to treacherous people... How pitiful..."
The emperor's brows twitched.
Perhaps touched by her mother's words, Miao Miao's eyes welled up with tears.
Tears rolled down her cheeks involuntarily.
With tears in her eyes, she looked at her maternal grandfather, the emperor: "Your Majesty, I don't want to leave. I want to stay with my little brother Yu'er. Look how pitiful he is. He's so young. He'll be sad if he can't see us."
Looking at the little one lying on the bed.
Her little hands gripped her fingers tightly, and she was still murmuring in her sleep, unable to sleep soundly at all.
It also trembles from time to time.
She must have been frightened when she fell into the water; I wonder if it will leave her with psychological trauma.
I'll probably be afraid of water when I grow up.
Just like some people are afraid of fire, and some people are afraid of the dark...
Most likely, it's because they experienced something terrible in their childhood, even if they don't remember what happened then.
But that deep-seated fear will be etched into their nerves, accompanying them throughout their lives, whenever they encounter the same scene.
The long-buried memories will be brought to the surface.
Xiao Yu'er really can't stay in the palace like this.
You never know what kind of problems might arise from staying here, whether it's a physical or psychological issue.
These princes and princesses had a lot of problems.
The Emperor looked at the mother and daughter, who were just as stubborn as each other, and was speechless.
I have a terrible headache and my heart feels heavy.
He waved his hand and sighed, "Fine, take Yu'er out of the palace and take good care of her."
"Your Majesty, you are truly a benevolent and wise ruler." Miao Miao showered the emperor with compliments, her eyes sparkling as she looked at him.
The image of a benevolent ruler, maintained throughout his life, is spoken by a child.
The emperor quite enjoyed it.
The court officials, fearing to offend him, dared not speak the truth.
The concubines would not tell the truth in order to please him.
But children are the most innocent and naive; what they say is never false.
These past few days, Xi'er has been on tenterhooks, fearing that her young master might offend the emperor.
The emperor's power is unpredictable.
The old emperor's face would turn dark one moment and benevolent the next.
It feels like there are eight hundred schemes hidden beneath that skin, and if they're unhappy, they'll chop someone's head off or beat them with a board.
The palace maids and nannies who were looking after the Crown Prince were almost beheaded, but the princess insisted on investigating the matter before making a decision.
Even if it is found out that they have nothing to do with it.
These people will inevitably get a beating.
The emperor, whose face had been dark for a while, finally smiled and looked at Miao Miao: "Girl, you should call me maternal grandfather."
Miao Miao was stunned. Had the Emperor acknowledged her as his granddaughter?
Sure enough, they were all pretending to be ignorant; they probably already knew all along.
"Grandfather, may I visit you in the palace often?"
emperor:"……"
Let's not do it; he wants to live a few more years.
"Grandfather, did I play the erhu badly?" Miao Miao said to herself. "Then I won't play the erhu next time I go to the palace. What do you like to hear? I'll learn it and play it for you."
She is still very self-aware.
Music requires a lot of talent, which she unfortunately lacked.
But regardless of whether it's good or bad, we should still do our best to show our sincerity.
The Emperor found the little girl quite adorable.
It also gave me a feeling of seeing my daughter when she was little. Back then, the little girl would also be lying next to his desk, chattering away to herself.
Unlike now, when I've grown up.
Everyone knows they're trying to annoy him, so they're going against him.
The little cotton-padded jacket from childhood is still the warmest.
A warm current suddenly surged into his long-parched heart, warm and comforting.
Princess Yuqing originally wanted to ask her mother when her confinement would be lifted, but seeing that her father and daughter got along well, she decided to ask.
The words that were about to come out were swallowed back down.
Now is not the time to ask; we don't want to invite trouble.
After staying in the palace for a few days, Princess Yuqing was able to take Yu'er away as she wished.
Before leaving, he visited his mother and his younger brother, the Crown Prince.
The two were initially restless and unable to eat or sleep, but they calmed down after hearing the news from Princess Yuqing.
Knowing that the little one was safe and sound, he was still to be taken out of the palace.
The huge weight that had been hanging over my heart finally lifted.
The Empress hugged her grandson and granddaughter Miaomiao, then turned her back to them and said, "Qing'er, your mother is doing well. You don't need to worry about anything else. Just make sure to take good care of Yu'er and don't bring him into the palace unless necessary."
She knew what the emperor was thinking.
After many years of marriage, she understood him even better than the emperor himself.
Although he compromised this time because Yu'er almost lost her life, he was still angry and it wouldn't be easy for him to get over it.
"Mother..."
Princess Yuqing was under the watchful eyes of her mother and her father's trusted eunuch, Qian.
The words that were about to come out remained unspoken.
Instead, they went to the Eastern Palace.
The crown prince held his son tightly, reluctant to part, and after a long while, he said to his elder sister, "Elder sister, I entrust Yu'er to you. I don't ask for anything else, I only pray that he lives a peaceful and smooth life, and that he will not suffer like I did..."
"Alright... Don't worry about Yu'er, just leave her to me. Take good care of her." Princess Yuqing nodded.
on the way back.
Princess Yuqing held her nephew without saying a word.
Sitting opposite, Miao Miao couldn't help but say, "Mother, I just got a token from my maternal grandfather, the Emperor... He said I can freely enter and leave the palace from now on, and no one will dare to stop me."
Princess Yuqing: "What do you need this for? I can enter the palace freely without it."
"...But you can't freely enter and leave your maternal grandmother's bedroom. You can do that with a token."
Princess Yuqing: ……
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