After washing off the exhaustion and blood all over her body, Su Li changed into a clean palace attire and went to Bei Tangshang to plead guilty.
Bei Tangshang's expression was indifferent, and his eyes were calm, looking at Su Li who was kneeling below, without saying a word.
Apart from the father and daughter, there was no one else here, and even Bei Tangshang's confidant eunuch had gone out. In the huge hall, it was extremely quiet, without any sound.
Su Li knelt on the ground with a calm expression.
After a long time, Beitang still said: "Do you know that the palace is an important place, and outsiders are not allowed to enter the palace at will? Do you know that the princess of your country should be guilty of bringing a man back? This is a dirty palace, do you understand?"
"My son is guilty." Su Li bowed, "but act urgently. Brother was injured to save me. I want to save him."
Looking at her like this, Bei Tangshang almost couldn't remember what the beloved daughter who made him feel guilty a few years ago looked like. She has grown up, her eyebrows and eyes still have her mother's shadow, but her temperament is completely different.
She went to battle to kill the enemy, suffered a lot, and suffered a lot of injuries, just because she once said it was her wish. But now, this little girl who returned from the battlefield has grown to a level that no one can ignore. Even him.
"If you commit a crime knowingly, the crime will be aggravated." When Beitang Shang said this sentence, he almost gritted his teeth.
"Senior brother is willing to be hurt for me, so why can't I make a mistake to save him? Father, son and minister are convicted and willing to be punished. No matter how you punish me, you have no complaints." Su Li bowed again.
Beitang closed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "Even if you are not allowed to leave the palace for half a step from now on?"
"If the father can calm down in this way, the son has nothing to say."
Bei Tangshang looked at her, with some struggle in his eyes, he turned his back and flicked his sleeves, "Go and kneel outside for two hours."
"Thank you, father." Su Li bowed again, then retreated quietly, and knelt at the door.
The weather at the end of summer was still a bit stuffy, but Su Li didn't seem to feel it at all, even her eyes didn't fluctuate in the slightest.
The fourth prince, Bei Tang Heng, soon heard about this matter, he rushed to intercede for Su Li, but was scolded by the emperor angrily.
When he came out, he looked at Su Li with some guilt, "Yan'er... Fourth brother is useless."
Su Li looked up at him, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and said softly, "Thank you fourth brother for pleading for me, but my father is angry, I deserve to be punished."
"But the weather is so hot..." Bei Tangheng was a little anxious, "You little girl, how can you stand kneeling for two hours?"
"Fourth brother, don't worry, it's nothing." Su Li comforted him with a smile, "You go back, it will be bad if Father gets angry with you later."
Bei Tang Heng sighed, his eyes were full of distress, and at the same time he was also somewhat dissatisfied with Xiao Xu. But he saved Su Li again, so he shouldn't be blamed.
He stayed with Su Li for a while, and then was driven away by Su Li.
The little eunuch next to him stepped forward and said softly, "Princess, do you want to rest for a while?"
Su Li shook her head.
It wasn't until after sunset that the sky gradually darkened that Su Li knelt for two full hours.
After she returned to the palace, she realized that Xiao Xu had woken up, but she was still weak due to excessive blood loss.
"Princess, slow down." Yuan'er supported Su Li, "You have been kneeling for so long, you need to rest."
"It's okay." The corners of Su Li's mouth rose, it was worth it. Bei Tangshang has already punished her, so she tacitly agrees that she keeps Xiao Xu in the palace, and he can get the best medical treatment.
(end of this chapter)