As for Li Xian, he naturally had no idea what had happened after he left. At this moment, he was sitting in a carriage, swaying towards the palace.
The guards protecting the palace had been replaced long ago, and Li Xian had no impression of them; but Li Xian and Xia Qingqing were able to return without any obstacles. Li Xian did recognize the maid who led the way. She was the maid who had asked Li Xian about Xia Qingqing's whereabouts and made a double entendre.
Li Xian was extremely impressed by this maid; her skillful way of collecting pearls and her flawless speaking skills made Li Xian realize for the first time that not everyone could enter the imperial palace.
Following the maid to a place called "Hande Hall", he could smell the smell of herbs and an indescribable smell of decay from a distance. Li Xian was deeply impressed by this smell. The Five Decays of Heavenly Beings! After the Five Decays of Heavenly Beings, the human body will slowly wither like rotten wood.
After seeing the emperor, Li Xian was really - unbelievable, is this a mummy!
"Father!" Xia Qingqing cried out miserably and threw herself on the side of the bed; the imperial physician beside her was still busy working.
The maid who led Li Xian carefully helped the emperor up and let him lean on her chest.
The emperor opened his dry and even wrinkled eyes and looked at everything around him hazily. It was obvious that he could no longer see clearly.
"Father, Father, I am Qingqing, I am back to see you." Xia Qingqing held the emperor's hand, her voice shrill and helpless. At this moment, Xia Qingqing was no longer the strong princess, but a helpless little girl; the tragic reality of the country's destruction and the family's ruin was about to happen before her eyes.
Watching things get worse and being unable to stop it is more heartbreaking than facing the bleak consequences directly.
The emperor finally reached out and grabbed Xia Qingqing, "Qingqing, Qingqing, you're back, you're back, did that kid Li Xian bully you?"
At this moment, the emperor was just a dying man. The emperor's majesty had faded, and all that remained was the love of a father.
"My husband is very good to me, father, don't worry, Qingqing is very happy now." Xia Qingqing held the emperor's hand, but her tears were like pearls that had broken off the string, dropping on her clothes and on the bed. Xia Qingqing carefully let her tears avoid the emperor's palm, which seemed like a wooden root.
"Please call me dad, Emperor. I'm so tired."
"Dad..."
"Okay, okay, Qingqing, be good. It's because Dad is incompetent that I can't let you live a good life. Go back and tell Li Xian that if he dares to let you suffer any injustice, I will not let him go even if I become a ghost."
Li Xian's eyebrows jumped when he heard this - Damn, you are still a ghost king even if you become a ghost. But he couldn't keep silent any longer, "Father-in-law, I am here with Qingqing to see you."
"Li Xian, come here, let me see."
Li Xian stepped forward and put his hand into the emperor's.
The emperor held Xia Qingqing in one hand and Li Xian in the other, and suddenly he felt a little emotional. "In my life, I have only done one thing right, which is to find a good husband for Qingqing. Li Xian, Qingqing is a miserable child, you must not let her be sad."
"Don't worry, father-in-law. As long as I, Li Xian, am alive, I will never let Qingqing suffer any grievances."
"I believe what you said." The emperor gently put Li Xian and Xia Qingqing's hands together, and then Li Xian and Xia Qingqing put their other hands on the emperor's skinny back of the hand.