The emperor withdrew from the court, and Huo Tianxiu followed him to the imperial study. General Zhao and the Marquis had been waiting inside early in the morning.
The two of them have been here every day in the past few days, and the eunuchs who are serving them have become familiar with each other. They have already prepared tea and snacks, and when they see the emperor coming, they are ready to pick up the meals.
Eunuch Li called the eunuch and pointed at Huo Tianxiu: "I'll add another portion to my breakfast."
The young eunuch responded and retreated.
Eunuch Li took two steps and pushed open the door of the imperial study. The Marquis and General Zhao stood up and bowed to each other. The emperor waved slightly tiredly.
The four of them sat down again. General Zhao and Huo Tianxiu both watched the Marquis pointing at him and speaking.
The Marquis took a sip of tea. Although he had been thinking about this for a long time, it was still hard to get over. He murmured for a long time and said, "The Emperor didn't sleep all night?"
The angry General Zhao and Huo Tianxiu suddenly showed contempt in their eyebrows, and they had been thinking for a long time to come up with such nonsense.
"I know you should stop talking nonsense and talk about it if you have something to say." The emperor glanced at the three of them, and finally his eyes fell on the Marquis.
Originally, the Marquis and Old General Zhao really only wanted to comfort the emperor today, but unexpectedly when they entered the palace, news came that the emperor had guarded Yirou's body all night and refused to allow it to be placed. Now Yirou's body is still lying there. What to do on the couch in Ci'an Palace.
Although it is autumn now, the weather is still hot and tight. If it continues to dry like this, the smell will become unpleasant.
Although the officials heard the news, no one in the court dared to speak up. Even the officials kept silent this time. After all, the emperor's move showed more affection. At this time, he was in mourning and he really couldn't express his advice.
"Your Majesty, it's time for Princess Yirou's body to be placed." The Marquis gritted his teeth and said it directly.
"Place it?" The emperor sneered, his smile was self-deprecating, and there was a layer of helplessness on his face: "Where will I place it?"
"Of course she has entered the imperial mausoleum." The Marquis, General Zhao and Huo Tianxiu looked at each other. The emperor took her back to Ci'an Palace. Now that she has passed away, where else can she be buried besides the imperial mausoleum
"But Yirou doesn't want to enter the imperial mausoleum..." The emperor raised his head, closed his eyes, and placed his right hand in front of his forehead.
The three of them looked at each other, didn't they want to enter the imperial mausoleum
"Then..." Huo Tianxiu just said one word. The emperor's eyes suddenly opened and there was a 'pop' sound. The cup he picked up fell down. The words Huo Tianxiu held in his mouth could no longer be said. The broken cup happened to hit the emperor. At the feet of Eunuch Li, who had just come in to deliver breakfast, he was so frightened that he stood frozen at the door. He immediately knelt down and did not dare to speak.
Huo Tianxiu's expression was extremely innocent. He clearly hadn't said anything yet...
The Marquis and General Zhao didn't know why, but the emperor suddenly became angry. The Marquis lightly kicked Eunuch Li's calf and winked to let him go out first.
Eunuch Li lowered his head with gratitude and silently retreated on his knees.
The emperor's face was ashen, and from the corner of his eye he saw Eunuch Li retreating. The Marquis was afraid that Eunuch Li would be angered, so he stepped forward into the emperor's field of vision and took two steps forward: "Old General Zhao is old and can't withstand what you are doing. Shocked."
As soon as Mr. Hou finished speaking, General Zhao received a solid kick on the butt.
The Marquis turned to look at Huo Tianxiu. Huo Tianxiu was originally standing behind him, but he had already stepped aside. The Marquis glared at Huo Tian and said angrily: "Admiral Huo is worthy of being born as a guard, and his skills are still so agile."
Huo Tianxiu rolled his eyes: "Your mouth is still so eloquent after more than ten years."
The Marquis took two steps forward and pointed at him: "It's not your opening that has made Emperor Long Yan angry."
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"Is it because I opened my mouth?" Huo Tianxiu rolled up his sleeves, put one hand on his hips and pointed the other at himself, and then walked towards the Marquis.
Upon seeing this, the Marquis immediately retreated behind the emperor, took another cup of tea and handed it to him, then whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, you see Huo Tianxiu wants to attack me in front of you, hit him, continue Damn it."
The emperor held the tea cup in one hand, tilted his head and raised his eyebrows. He looked at Huo Tianxiu and then at the Marquis. The anger that was about to burst out could not be released for some reason.
He threw the tea cup heavily on the table and snorted: "Have you had enough trouble?"
The Marquis stood behind the emperor and gestured silently to Huo Tianxiu: "Have you had enough trouble?"
"You!" Huo Tianxiu shouted angrily, and then he realized that when the Marquis shrank his head, he put his finger on the emperor's forehead, and he quickly retracted his hand.
Although the emperor had his back turned and didn't see it, he still heard Huo Tianxiu's deafening word "you" and turned his head to look at him with a calm expression.
Fortunately, the Marquis returned from having fun and making trouble, but he still had a sense of restraint in his heart. He spoke to the emperor in time and asked: "But Princess Yirou still has an unfulfilled wish?"
"She wants to be buried together with Du Han." The emperor's enthusiasm just now disappeared, and now he felt even more tired. Although his expression was still unhappy, his tone was no longer angry.
Only then did the three people in the royal study understand why the emperor was suddenly so angry. They thought that Yirou would beg the emperor to spare the lives of Du Kun and Du Ming, but unexpectedly she was asking for death in the same acupuncture point.
I don't know whether the emperor was angry that she didn't care about her identity, or that she was thinking about Du Hanfei until her death, or both, but I don't know which one is deeper.
But what the three of them didn't expect was that there was a third reason, and she triggered the hidden pain in the emperor's heart.
Everyone who knew the pain disappeared, and it became the emperor's only secret.
For a long time, the emperor has always seemed ruthless, callous and sentimental, but when he suffered the pain, he chose to ignore, ignore and forget.
However, Yirou's death bloodyly opened up his long-lasting scars, bringing to mind scenes from the past that he had not dared to recall all these years.
The emperor walked to the window of the royal study and looked at the mountain for the first time...
Have you ever regretted it in these years
The emperor did not dare to ask himself such a question. He squinted his eyes slightly and looked at the mountains towering into the clouds.
After all these years, do you still blame me
The remaining three people looked at the emperor's rapidly changing expression, and were not sure what his plans were. However, General Zhao and Huo Tianxiu tacitly made trouble on both sides of the Marquis, gesturing for him to come forward.
The Marquis waved his hands repeatedly, and was picked up by Huo Tianxiu, pushed, and sent directly over.
The Marquis stumbled, awakening the Emperor from his memories, and turned to look at him with raised eyebrows.
The Marquis laughed awkwardly and cursed his mother in his heart, but he still said: "Your Majesty, no matter whether you want to fulfill Princess Yirou's wish or not, her body cannot be left in Ci'an Palace. If you haven't taken it yet, I have made up my mind, why not send it to the ice cellar of Dali Temple first..."
(End of chapter)