Ji Xili still looked at the Empress Dowager calmly and said in a calm tone: "I said, I won't. I won't let the emperor appoint a new concubine. If the Empress Dowager wants to do it, she can go and talk to the emperor herself."
"How dare you go out and kneel down for the Ai family!" the Empress Dowager said angrily, obviously extremely angry.
Ji Xili lowered his head slowly, pursed his lips and was silent for a while, then turned around and walked out.
On this day, the weather was really not good. It was probably the beginning of winter, and it was quite windy outside.
The queen was wearing a thin shirt and was made to kneel outside the palace.
Everyone in the palace was in awe, no one dared to say a word, but secretly they couldn't help but think about it.
The rumors spread more and more, and eventually, some people even said that the queen ran out to steal sex and was caught by the emperor on the spot. The emperor was so angry that he killed the adulterer and many people in Lichunfang...
Rumors abounded, and at that time, rumor mills didn’t seem to be illegal.
But often the most deadly thing is not the flash of swords, but the invisible rumors.
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When Chen Fei came over to report, it was already approaching dusk.
Ji Xili was punished by the Empress Dowager to kneel outside his palace at noon.
At that time, Sheng Zhiyu had just finished busy with government affairs. It wasn't that he didn't want to see Ji Xili throughout the whole day. It was just that there were so many things that happened yesterday, and he wanted both of them to calm down, so he has been until now. He didn't even go to see Ji Xili, but he didn't expect Chen Fei to come over and tell him that Ji Xili was made to kneel by the Empress Dowager, and was made to kneel outside his palace.
Those who are in the know will know that this is an order from the Empress Dowager, but what about those who are unaware? Could it be Ji Xili who thought the emperor was punishing him by kneeling because of what happened yesterday
Sheng Zhiyu didn't dare to imagine how aggrieved Ji Xili would feel, and he didn't care to ask too many questions at the moment, so he rushed directly to the palace.
Not long after he entered the palace gate, he saw Ji Xili wearing a white thin shirt and being punished to kneel in the palace courtyard. There had been rain and dew in the morning, the ground was wet and cold, and she was afraid of the cold. Sheng Zhiyu immediately I felt my heart tightening, so I quickly walked over and hugged Ji Xili...
Ji Xili was kneeling so dizzy that he suddenly felt his body empty and he was picked up from behind. Then he felt the familiar body temperature beside him. Ji Xili subconsciously grabbed his clothes and pulled him from his arms. He raised his head and looked at him, but his eyes were a little dim.
I don't know whether to feel sorry for myself or Sheng Zhiyu.
She had to admit that the Empress Dowager's considerations were reasonable. The Empress Dowager only said those words to the emperor for the sake of his reputation. If she...
If she were still like before and didn't realize that she liked Sheng Zhiyu in her heart, she wouldn't even have to ask the Empress Dowager to persuade Sheng Zhiyu to marry another concubine. As long as it was for the good of the country, she would Don't care about this.
But things are different now, she is different from before...
She has Sheng Zhiyu in her heart. She likes Sheng Zhiyu, so how can she endure Sheng Zhiyu being with other women...
Therefore, even at the risk of contradicting the Empress Dowager, she still had to say those words.
She couldn't let Sheng Zhiyu marry someone else.
But after being punished to kneel outside the palace for so long, Ji Xili calmed down and thought a lot.